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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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    <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>Nepal resumes issuing work permits for its nationals seeking employment in the Middle East after a temporary suspension linked to the Iran war, citing guidance from the foreign ministry and demand from workers. </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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    <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>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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      <text>The Rastriya Swatantra Party wins 121 direct seats and leads in four more from 164 of 165 constituencies reported so far. The results from the Dhanusha 1 constituency are withheld pending an order from the Supreme Court. </text>
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      <text>The Rastriya Swatantra Party wins 119 direct seats and leads in six more from 164 of 165 constituencies reported so far. The results from the Dhanusha 1 constituency are withheld pending an order from the Supreme Court. </text>
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    <text>The Rastriya Swatantra Party wins 124 direct seats and leads in one more from 164 of 165 constituencies reported so far in Nepal. The results from the Dhanusha 1 constituency are withheld pending an order from the Supreme Court. </text>
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    <text>Nepal deploys its military to enforce an indefinite curfew in Kathmandu following anti-corruption protests. </text>
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    <text>More than 100 people have died in the past three days after unseasonably heavy rain floods parts of India and Nepal. </text>
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    <text>Five people are killed after two vehicles collided in Bajhang District, Nepal. </text>
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  <text>The Nepali supreme court directs the government to regulate cannabis cultivation for medicinal, scientific, agricultural, horticultural, and industrial purposes. </text>
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