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Kathmandu, Bhadra 5 - The Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court of Nepal is set to hear writ petitions challenging the legality and jurisdiction the Property Investigation Commission formed by government to investigate the assets of public officials and other high-ranking people. Chief Justice Dr Manoj Kumar Sharma has issued an order to refer the cases to the five-member Constitutional Bench. The petitions challenge the constitutionality and legality of the commission's structure and in [...]
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Kathmandu, Bhadra 04 – The Government has directed all ministries and public agencies to expedite reform process to take Nepal off the FATF grey list. The meeting at the secretary level convened by Chief Secretary Govinda Bahadur Karki requested the related agencies to complete the work assigned to them in fixed deadlines. They are also required to report their progress to the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers. In February 2025, Nepal was moved to the Financial Acti [...]
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Kathmandu, Bhadra 03 - The government has warned that individuals who provides false information or fake documents to claim land as landless squatters may face legal action. The warning comes while efforts are ongoing to identify and manage landless squatters and unorganized settlers. The government has said that it is a process to help people who truly meet the criteria under law, rather than those attempting to acquire public or government-managed land on false pretenses. As per the report, [...]
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Kathmandu, Bhadra 02 - Nepal's foreign employment industry is still heavily dependent on private manpower agencies that recruit migrant workers abroad, and many workers are still being exploited and abused by the agencies by demanding excessive recruitment fees and committing fraud, as per the report by The Kathmandu Post. Manpower agencies play a central role in Nepal’s migration system. These agencies are vital for helping workers find foreign employers, handle documents and pape [...]
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Kathmandu, August 17, 2026- Nepal’s plan to pay government employees every 15 days has been delayed, despite a trial earlier this year. The system is now expected to roll out from Bhadra 2083. The government tested the new salary payment system in April by paying employees at the Ministry of Finance and the Financial Comptroller General Office (FCGO) twice within one month. However, the trial was not continued, and government employees returned to the regular monthly salary schedule. The [...]
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Kathmandu, Shrawan 31- Online fraud and digital offences are on the rise in Nepal, and the Nepal Police received 20,526 complaints of cybercrime during Fiscal Year 2025/26, with Facebook, Messenger, and TikTok accounting for thousands of reports as online fraud and digital offenses continue to rise. According to Nepal Police Cyber Bureau, the complaints were lodged from the mid-July 2025 to the mid-July 2026. During the same period, police have been able to register 161 cybercrime cases and [...]
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The Supreme Court of Nepal has convicted four men in a Morang gang rape case, after the Morang District Court and High Court in Biratnagar had acquitted them earlier. The court sentenced Ajay Paswan, Sujit Chaudhary, Rajesh Kamat and Rabin Kamat to nine years in prison each. Supreme Court held that changing or retracting a previous statement cannot, by itself, be grounds for acquittal. Judges must assess the testimony of the survivor along with any physical, scientific and circumstantial evid [...]
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Police have seized more than Rs 13.2 million in cash during separate operations in Kathmandu and Sarlahi, as authorities investigate suspected illegal financial transactions, including possible hundi activities. Police found Rs 7.62 million Nepali currency and Indian rupees in Kathmandu and Rs 5.13 million Nepali currency on a scooter in Sarlahi. Police had conducted search in the Kuleshwor, Kathmandu on Shrawan 26 as they were informed that suspected hundi transactions were being carried out [...]
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Kathmandu, Shrawan 27 - Nepal and India have signed eight Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) for eight development projects in the fields of education, health and agriculture, among which the Government of India contributes Rs 803 million in grant assistance. The agreement was handwritten on Tuesday by the concerned government agencies of Nepal and Embassy of India in Kathmandu. The projects will be carried out as part of India's High Impact Community Development Projects (HICDPs) progr [...]
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Kathmandu, Shrawan 26 - The government has retained the 5% tax on the social media earning of content creators, including YouTube, TikTok and other digital platforms in Nepal. Inland Revenue Department (IRD) has kept the provision in the income tax structure for the current fiscal year. The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) has said that those who receive payments in foreign currency for providing software or electronic services outside Nepal and provide payments to anyone through the uploadin [...]
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The District Administration Office, Bajhang has begun the services of issuing citizenship certificate and National Identity Card (National ID) to the people who are unable to travel to government offices due to disability, illness, poverty or geographical difficulties.  The home-based service is especially designed for the persons with severe disabilities and the bedridden and is for the economically vulnerable citizens in remote areas to enable them to complete the citizenship and Natio [...]
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Kathmandu, Shrawan 24 - The Supreme Court has issued an interim order directing the government to ensure the education, health and housing rights of children displaced from riverbanks and informal settlements in the Kathmandu Valley. The order was issued by a single bench of Justice Sapana Pradhan Malla in response to a writ petition filed by the child rights and human rights activists demanding immediate protection of children's fundamental rights affected by the displacement. The Su [...]
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