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21 May – Kailash Sirohiya, the owner of Nepal's largest news organisation Kantipur Publications, is arrested at company offices in Kathmandu for alleged violations of citizenship laws after his citizenship card number is found to share that of another.
National Assembly elections were held in Nepal on 25 January 2024 [1] in order to elect 19 of the 20 retiring Class III members of the National Assembly, the upper house of the Federal Parliament of Nepal.
Flooding in Nepal coincided with 2024 floods in neighbouring and nearby states of India, such as Uttar Pradesh and Assam. Nepalese weather official Binu Maharjan stated that a low-pressure system lingering over nearby regions of India and over the Bay of Bengal was the primary cause of the increased and prolonged flooding in 2024.
The Madan Ashrit Highway disaster was a road accident on July 12, 2024 that was caused by a large landslide that pushed two buses carrying a total of 65 passengers on the Madan Ashrit Highway into the Trishuli River in Nepal. [1] The disaster left at least 19 people dead, [2] injured three people and left 40 others missing. [3]
On April 26, 2024, a Flight Release Certificate was issued, allowing a test flight to renew the expired airworthiness certificate. After the TBO extension expired, the aircraft was grounded and sent to short-term storage. On July 24, 2024, the aircraft underwent a Return to Service check before being cleared for the ferry flight to Pokhara. [5]
The 2024 Prime Minister Cup was the sixth edition of the Prime Minister One Day Cup, the premier one-day cricket tournament in Nepal. The tournament was contest by teams representing the seven Provinces of Nepal as well as three departmental teams. It began on 13 January 2024 and end on 3 February.
On 16 August 2024, two glacier lakes burst in Thame village of the Everest region in Solukhumbu District of Nepal. The flood damaged a number of households of Khumbu Pasanglhamu Rural Municipality. [1] [2] Initially, the flood was believed to be due to the blocked river breached by a landslide.
The Fourth Oli Cabinet is the current Government of Nepal, formed on 15 July 2024 after KP Sharma Oli was sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Nepal by president Ram Chandra Poudel. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Oli was appointed prime minister as per Article 76(2) of the constitution , following the ouster of the government of Pushpa Kamal Dahal after a failed ...