Rana’s request comes a day after police took him from his Maharajgunj home, citing a security threat, and held him for about 12 hours.

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.

Police cited a security threat but have yet to explain what prompted them to remove Cholendra Shumsher Rana from his Maharajgunj residence.

The Kaligandaki river flooded the Farse settlement, while a landslide buried a house and a cattle shed in Palpa, leaving one dead and two missing.

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.

A senior police source confirmed that officers arrested Rana at his Maharajgunj residence on Sunday, with further details yet to emerge.

The driver who died of burns was allegedly using driving licences issued in other people’s names.

In just a year, hundreds of Nepalis have been deported after paying millions to reach the US through the so-called ‘donkey route’. Why are so few willing to report those who sent them?

Police say the 23-year-old driver did not flee after the fire started and suffered burns to more than 90 percent of his body. His motive remains unclear.

Police say one person may have been killed in the fire, but the victim’s identity and the circumstances remain unconfirmed.

Two ANFA officials arrested as investigators examine Bahrain match arrangements, kit purchases and World Cup ticket sales amid a wider crisis at the football governing body.

IGP Dan Bahadur Karki has sought to defend the police’s operational autonomy, but his attempts to hold the line have often ended in accommodation.

Nepal has sought Chinese assistance to rebuild the 16-km Syaphrubesi-Rasuwagadhi road, while the government prepares a temporary track to restore access to the border crossing.

The infrastructure development minister discusses plans for resettlement, damaged roads and bridges, the China border crossing and efforts to build safer settlements for disaster-prone communities.