Security forces have been mobilised around the Bhaktapur residence of controversial businessman Durga Prasai, who is leading the protests, while his supporters have been arrested from various locations in Kathmandu.
The Balkhu area, a main traffic intersection in the inner ring road of Kathmandu in the early hours of Wednesday witnessed clashes between the Yuwa Sangh- Youth wing of the opposition CPN-UML and the pro-monarch supporters led by businessman Durga Prasai.
The youth wing of the opposition CPN-UML (Communist Party of Nepal- Unified Marxist Leninist), the Yuwa Sangh, took out a torch rally on Wednesday evening ahead of a show of strength by the party on Thursday.
Speaking during the special time of the parliamentary meeting on Monday, Nepali Congress lawmaker Pradip Paudel demanded a parliamentary probe into the case after the anti-graft agency weighed the golden base of Shiva Ling made of gold in the year 2021.
The move by the anti-graft body comes after claims of corruption in the use of gold in the temple's Jalahari which was carried out during the Prime Ministership of opposition leader KP Sharma Oli.
On Sunday, Chinese leaders, including Chu Min, the political chief, held separate meetings with influential figures like CPN (UML) Chairman KP Sharma Oli, Rashtriya Swatantra Party leader Swarnim Wagle and Rashtriya Prajatantra Party Chairman Rajendra Lingden at their respective party headqu
The Supreme Court of Nepal on Sunday issued a short-term interim order blocking the implementation of recently ratified Citizenship Act that was authenticated by President Ram Chandra Paudel last week.
The meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) was obstructed by the opposition over an allegation of corruption against the then Prime Minister and party chair- KP Sharma Oli. The Oli-led government had decided to install a new "Jalahari", the base of Shiva Linga inside the Pashupatinath
Protestors in Nepal on Wednesday waved black flags and pelted stones on the convoy of former Prime Minister and leader of the opposition party KP Sharma Oli.
Then Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli in April 2016, paid an official visit to China where two sides signed an agreement that gives Nepal access to four Chinese seaports in Tianjin, Shenzhen, Lianyungang and Zhanjiang, and three land ports in Lanzhou, Lhasa and Shigatse for third-country imports
Dahal, also chairman of the third highest seat-holding party- Maoist Center in the parliament, came to power garnering the support of CPN-UML (Communist Party of Nepal- Unified Marxist Leninist) led by KP Sharma Oli along with other small parties.