The arrest of a previously obscure man has exposed a web of connections involving the Prime Minister’s Office, senior security officials and Supreme Court judges, raising questions about institutional safeguards and judicial accountability.

For two decades, Bhatta cultivated extraordinary access to Nepal’s political and bureaucratic elite while keeping himself largely out of public view. A money-laundering investigation has now exposed the networks around him.

The Kathmandu District Court’s full verdict, issued recently, details how a network duped aspiring migrants with promises of US resettlement.

The screening, which has run since the IC814 hijacking, was made public by India, including a record in its parliament, in 2000. In Kathmandu, three separate government agencies say they can’t find a clear paper trail authorising the practice.

The Gen Z uprising brought down the government and left Nepal in a political vacuum. Here is how the five days that followed unfolded, as Army Headquarters emerged as the centre of efforts to restore order and form a new government.

Days after September 9, as the elected government collapsed, Nepal Army found itself at the heart of negotiations over a new government, the fate of Parliament and the country’s political transition.

In 2009, half a thousand blank travel documents disappeared from the ministry’s store section. Fifteen years later, a chargesheet over Tibetan refugees' travel papers has forced investigators back to a case they left unfinished.

The Jana Aastha Saptahik editor-in-chief was arrested over an alleged privacy law violation and is scheduled to be presented in court on Thursday, as journalists protest and the FNJ demands his immediate release.

His return ends a five-month absence from Nepal but leaves unanswered questions over his family’s movements, medical treatment and finances.

Pushpa Raj Bhattarai accused of issuing fraudulent documents to five Tibetan refugees 17 years ago; remanded in custody for investigation.

The case alleges that Joint Secretary Pushpa Raj Bhattarai approved Nepal-issued travel documents for five Tibetans from Indian refugee camps based on forged documents.

As officials debated escalation risks, the government reshuffled security leadership while questions emerged over coordination, intelligence assessment and crisis management.

The district court determines sentences for 16 convicts, saying the organised fraud tarnished Nepal’s international image and constituted offences against the state.

CIB team detains three people for investigation into alleged misappropriation of property belonging to Bal Mandir in Naxal, Kathmandu.

Verdict says an organised scheme forged government records, duped victims with false US resettlement promises, and tarnished Nepal's international image.