CPN-UML vice chairperson and former finance minister was arrested after investigators linked him to a money laundering case involving controversial businessman Deepak Bhatta.

Anti-graft body accuses officials and two German firms of rigging the e-passport contract. Concerns grow over dwindling passport stocks and future supplies.

Officials describe a Monday at Singha Durbar that left a constitutional body cornered, a foreign ambassador fuming, and a long-stalled investigation suddenly moving fast.

Last week, the helicopter flew directly above Nepalis’ houses in Chhangru, prompting residents to run out, shouting and protesting in anger.

A forensic examination of charge sheets reveals how corporate loans, paper land deals, share trading financed through credit, and alleged market manipulation converged in a 27-billion-rupee financial crime case.

Cases filed simultaneously in three courts target Shanker Group executives, Infinity Holdings chair Deepak Bhatta and FNCCI ex-president Shekhar Golchha over alleged securities, insurance, banking and money laundering offences.

Eight Chinese nationals, one Russian and one South Korean obtained one-year student visas based on forged documents submitted in the name of Balmiki Campus; one suspect and a Chinese visa applicant arrested.

Nearly three years after charges were filed, the Kathmandu District Court starts substantive proceedings in a case involving former ministers, senior officials and alleged brokers accused of defrauding hundreds with false US resettlement promises.

Authorities probe whether upcoming tax changes were leaked to traders, while importers insist the pre-budget rush was entirely legal.

Existing framework bars pension benefits for serving officials convicted of graft, but remains silent on those already retired.

Vehicles imported from China are under investigation amid suspicions that importers rushed customs clearance before the budget introduced higher taxes on electric vehicles.

Existing framework bars pension benefits for serving officials convicted of graft, but remains silent on those already retired.

The court found that the authorities failed to establish valid legal grounds for arrest under the anti-money laundering law, which requires a reasonable belief that an accused may flee, destroy evidence, or obstruct the investigation.

Investigators accuse prominent businessmen, including former FNCCI president Shekhar Golchha, of illegally diverting funds from listed companies, manipulating share prices and violating securities laws through coordinated stock market transactions.

FATF-linked delegation tells officials to speed up reforms as concerns grow over enforcement gaps, legal changes and limited results in key sectors.