Crime

Parliamentary Probe finds Rabi Lamichhane involved in misuse of cooperative funds

Parliamentary Probe finds Rabi Lamichhane involved in misuse of cooperative funds

The parliamentary special probe committee investigating crisis-ridden cooperatives has found Rabi Lamichhane, chairman of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), involved in misusing millions of rupees...

CIAA files corruption and money laundering case against former Lumbini Development Trust official

CIAA files corruption and money laundering case against former Lumbini Development Trust official

KATHMANDU: The former planning chief of the Lumbini Development Trust (LDT), Saroj Bhattarai, and another person are the targets of a case brought before the Special Court by the Commission...

Lumbini Provincial Assembly member Dhan Bahadur KC released from jail after only one day

Lumbini Provincial Assembly member Dhan Bahadur KC released from jail after only one day

KATHMANDU: A 33-year-old forgery case led to the brief incarceration of Dhan Bahadur KC, a member of the Lumbini Provincial Assembly who represents the Rukum East 1 (B) constituency, on Sund...

Two arrested for murder of woman in Sundarijal

Two arrested for murder of woman in Sundarijal

KATHMANDU: A woman was killed in Sundarijal, Gokarneshwar Municipality-1, on Saturday, and Santosh Ram Mahara, 24, and Rambinay Mahara, 40, of Sarlahi, were taken into jail in Basundhara, Ka...

Mother and son found dead in Udayapur

Mother and son found dead in Udayapur

KATHMANDU: In Sorung Chhabise, Katari Municipality-10, Udayapur district, a tragic incident has occurred where a mother, Nirmala Thapa, 40, and her 6-year-old son, Aarus Thapa, were found de...

35 industries fined for child labor in FY 2023/24

35 industries fined for child labor in FY 2023/24

KATHMANDU: In the last fiscal year 2023/24, action was taken against 35 industrial institutions and employers for using child labor, as per the Labor and Employment Office in Hetauda. The Of...

Chitwan National Park arrests 34 in major rhino poaching bust

Chitwan National Park arrests 34 in major rhino poaching bust

KATHMANDU: Chitwan National Park (CNP) has made its largest single-year arrest of poachers, detaining 34 individuals linked to the illegal hunting of one-horned rhinos. This significant oper...

Man murdered at Nepal Oil Corporation depot in Dhanusha

Man murdered at Nepal Oil Corporation depot in Dhanusha

KATHMANDU: Rakesh Barma, a 40-year-old wage employee at the Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) depot in Sakhuwa Mahendra Nagar, Kshireshwarnath Municipality, Dhanusha, was murdered on Friday at aro...

Naresh Bhatta ordered to stay in custody as evidence revealed in wife's disappearance case

Naresh Bhatta ordered to stay in custody as evidence revealed in wife's disappearance case

KATHMANDU: Naresh Bhatta, charged with concealing the body of his wife, Mamata Kafle, has been ordered to remain in police custody with no bond. This decision follows disturbing evidence pre...

Banke police seize 34 tolas of gold and 10.5 kg of silver

Banke police seize 34 tolas of gold and 10.5 kg of silver

KATHMANDU: In Banke, police have confiscated a significant amount of gold and silver. On Monday afternoon, authorities apprehended several individuals who were found with 34 tolas of gold an...

4 arrested for drug smuggling at Lalitpur hotel

4 arrested for drug smuggling at Lalitpur hotel

KATHMANDU: Four individuals have been arrested for smuggling illegal drugs from a hotel in Lalitpur. The suspects, Sabina Maharjhan and Samit Rajbansi, both 29 and residents of Sanagaun, Mah...

Restaurant owner found murdered in Kathmandu

Restaurant owner found murdered in Kathmandu

KATHMANDU: Rupak Bantawa, a 40-year-old restaurant owner and pool house operator, was found murdered in his home in Buddhanagar, Kathmandu. Bantawa, who ran ‘The Time Pass Snooker and Snack...