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    <slug>/feed/2026/04/22/nepali-home-minister-sudan-gurung-resigns-to-allow-an-impartial-investigation-into-his-financial-activities-becoming-th</slug>
    <text>Nepali home minister Sudan Gurung resigns to allow an impartial investigation into his financial activities, becoming the second minister to leave prime minister Balen Shah's government following recent elections. </text>
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    <text>The Balen Shah cabinet establishes a five-member commission, led by a former Supreme Court judge, to investigate the assets of current and former Nepali public officials. </text>
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    <slug>/feed/2026/04/9/nepal-issues-an-arrest-warrant-for-former-prime-minister-sher-bahadur-deuba-and-his-wife-former-foreign-minister-arzu-r</slug>
    <text>Nepal issues an arrest warrant for former prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and his wife, former foreign minister Arzu Rana Deuba, for alleged money laundering. </text>
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    <text>Nepal's former prime minister K. P. Sharma Oli is arrested over his alleged involvement in the crackdown on the 2025 protests. </text>
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    <text>The Nepalese election commission releases the official results of the recent election, with Balen Shah's Rastriya Swatantra Party winning 182 seats in the 275-member House of Representatives. The result gives the party a majority in the House and places it two seats short of a supermajority. </text>
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    <date>2026-03-7</date>
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    <keywords>Balen Shah</keywords>
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    <text>Partial preliminary results in Nepal indicate that the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) won 60 of 165 first-past-the-post seats, while also leading in 61 other consituencies. In Jhapa 5, RSP prime ministerial candidate Balen Shah defeats former prime minister K. P. Sharma Oli. </text>
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      <text>Clashes erupts across Nepal between supporters of ousted Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli and supporters of Interim Prime Minister Sushila Karki. A curfew is imposed in various districts since 08:00 p.m. </text>
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    <text>Clashes erupt across Nepal between supporters of ousted prime minister K. P. Sharma Oli and supporters of interim prime minister Sushila Karki. A curfew is imposed in various districts. </text>
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      <text>Police announces that nine prisoners were killed and 12,500 others are on the run after a series of jailbreaks across Nepal amid the ongoing protests. </text>
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    <text>Nepali police announce that nine prisoners have been killed and 12,500 others are at large after a series of jailbreaks across Nepal amid the ongoing protests. </text>
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      <text>The Nepali parliament is dissolved and Sushila Karki is appointed interim prime minister of Nepal, making her the first woman to head Nepal's government. </text>
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      <text>The Nepali parliament is dissolved and Sushila Karki is to be sworn in as interim prime minister at 3:30 PM GMT. </text>
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    <text>The House of Representatives is dissolved and Sushila Karki is appointed interim prime minister of Nepal, making her the first woman to head Nepal's government. </text>
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      <text>Nepalese president Ram Chandra Poudel and prime minister K.P. Sharma Oli both resign in response to the protests amid a government collapse. </text>
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    <text>Nepalese prime minister K.P. Sharma Oli resigns in response to the protests amid a government collapse. </text>
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    <day>22</day>
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  <text>Nepalese police arrest former deputy prime minister and finance minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel on money laundering charges. The arrest forms part of an anti-corruption campaign launched by prime minister Balen Shah's government following the collapse of the previous administration. </text>
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