More than 7,700 delegates are gathering in Kathmandu for the opening of the party’s 15th general convention, with leadership elections set for later this week

Lawmakers call it a slow lawmaking rate. The government had projected 64 bills would be registered in the period.

A special committee will review past appointments and develop clearer criteria based on lawyers’ professional performance and contribution.

At a five-hour full-court meeting, most of the bench pressed Manoj Kumar Sharma on why the Supreme Court is mired in controversy just four months into his tenure.

Government yet to explain former chief justice’s detention, fuelling questions over the legal basis for the police action.

SSP Santosh Khadka has been asked to explain why a National Human Rights Commission team was denied access to former chief justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana while he was in custody.

Police say they acted over a ‘security threat’, but have not identified it or explained why a crime investigation team was sent to take the former chief justice from his home.

Rana was taken from his home at around 3am after police cited a security threat. Hours later, questions remain over whether he was arrested, detained or taken into protective custody.

Authorities say the former chief justice was taken from his Maharajgunj residence after a security threat, but he faces no criminal case and will be released.

Nepal’s prime minister says syndicates and intermediaries have harmed workers and calls for direct talks between the two countries’ labour ministers.

The body was created to research, draft and review laws, but most of its bills never reach Parliament, while ministries continue to make legislation that often becomes contentious.

Handcuffs may be used only after an objective assessment finds a risk of escape, resistance or harm to the detainee or others, the court says.

It tells the Supreme Court that publishing bids through government media avoids duplication, while petitioners argue the change infringes constitutional rights.

A seven-member expert panel will trace the August 26 disaster from its source to downstream areas and examine geological, glacial and hydrological hazards, as well as the possible role of climate change.

The anti-graft agency received more than 40,500 complaints last fiscal year, while its conviction rate at the Special Court fell to 51.92 percent.