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Education Minister Pokharel heckled by own party's local leaders in Siraha
A routine curriculum-consultation stop in Siraha turned into an uncomfortable moment for Nepal's youngest minister — caused due to RSP' local leaders.
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Death toll climbs to 1,385 as rescue operations continue past two weeks
Friday's government update shows 13,676 people rescued and more than 21,000 security personnel still deployed. Around 5,130 people remain missing a number that has barely moved in days, leaving diaspora families still waiting for word on relatives.
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"Planning to fly to Nepal? Here's what's actually closed in Nepal"
Nearly three weeks after the Bhotekoshi flood, Nepal's tourism sector says the country is open — but "open" means something specific. Here's exactly what that means for your flight, your road trip, and your trek.
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Flood death toll rises to 1,377; government revises missing count to 5,130
A government update issued Thursday morning gives the most current official casualty figures for the Bhotekoshi disaster, more than two weeks after the flood and clarifies an apparent contradiction in earlier missing-person figures reported this week.A government update issued Thursday morning gives the most current official casualty figures for the Bhotekoshi disaster, more than two weeks after the flood and clarifies an apparent contradiction in earlier missing-person figures reported this week.
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Kathmandu's cooking gas shortage, six months in, still has no end date
A crisis that began with a distant war has been compounded by flood-damaged highways, and now a minister's resignation. Supply in the Valley remains below a fifth of demand, with black-market prices nearly 50 percent above the official rate.
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Deepak Shah Takes Oath as Nepal’s New Industry Minister
Deepak Kumar Shah has taken charge as Nepal’s new Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies after the resignation of Gauri Kumari Yadav.
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Ruling-party MP revives dispute over PM adviser's disputed India trip in fresh government criticism
Amresh Kumar Singh, an RSP lawmaker within Prime Minister Balendra Shah's own governing alliance, said no adviser has the right to travel abroad "in collusion with any intelligence agency" language that echoes a months-old, still-unresolved dispute over the PM's chief adviser's reported visit to New Delhi.
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RSP lawmaker recommended as new industry minister, hours after predecessor quit
Deepak Kumar Sah has been put forward to take over the Industry, Commerce and Supplies portfolio the same day Gauri Kumari Yadav resigned over her remarks on the gas shortage — the government's third such handover since March.
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Industry minister quits after gas-shortage remarks, third exit from Shah's cabinet
Gauri Kumari Yadav resigned a day after threatening to cancel the licenses of Nepal's 58 gas companies amid a Kathmandu Valley LPG shortage, following a formal complaint from business representatives to the prime minister.
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Home Minister calls September 8 "the day the country died"
Speaking at Nepal's first official Gen Z Martyrs' Memorial Day, Sudan Gurung pushed back on efforts to define the uprising by the unrest of September 9 rather than the shootings the day before.
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Nepal faces decisive anti-money laundering review this month, with remittances at stake
Nepal has been under increased global financial monitoring since February 2025. A review described by regional regulators as decisive is due this month and if Nepal is downgraded further, sending money home could get slower and more expensive.
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A year on, Gen Z martyrs' families say Nepal's promises remain unmet
Prime Minister Balendra Shah skipped the first anniversary of the uprising that brought his government to power. Survivors and victims' families used the day to say medical care, justice and the release of jailed protesters still haven't come.
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Nepal secures $20m climate fund payout as flood bill nears $5 bn
The government has locked in its first major piece of international climate financing since the August 26 Bhotekoshi floods, even as officials warn the final reconstruction bill could top initial estimates by 30 percent — pushing Kathmandu to weigh loans it says it would rather avoid.
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One Year of Nepal's Gen Z Uprising: How a Hashtag Became a Government and What Comes Next
A year ago, a government ban on social media lit a spark that years of frustration over corruption, nepotism and stalled opportunity had already primed to explode. What began as scattered outrage on TikTok, Reddit and Discord pulled thousands of young Nepalis onto the streets of Kathmandu, toppled a four-time prime minister, and installed the country's youngest-ever elected leader. On the first Gen Z Martyrs' Day, Nepal is asking the harder question: has the government it built actually changed the country?