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Gauri Kumari Yadav resigned a day after threatening to cancel the licenses of Nepal's 58 gas companies amid a Kathmandu Valley LPG shortage, following a formal complaint from business representatives to the prime minister.
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Speaking at Nepal's first official Gen Z Martyrs' Memorial Day, Sudan Gurung pushed back on efforts to define the uprising by the unrest of September 9 rather than the shootings the day before.
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Nepal has been under increased global financial monitoring since February 2025. A review described by regional regulators as decisive is due this month and if Nepal is downgraded further, sending money home could get slower and more expensive.
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Prime Minister Balendra Shah skipped the first anniversary of the uprising that brought his government to power. Survivors and victims' families used the day to say medical care, justice and the release of jailed protesters still haven't come.
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The government has locked in its first major piece of international climate financing since the August 26 Bhotekoshi floods, even as officials warn the final reconstruction bill could top initial estimates by 30 percent — pushing Kathmandu to weigh loans it says it would rather avoid.
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A year ago, a government ban on social media lit a spark that years of frustration over corruption, nepotism and stalled opportunity had already primed to explode. What began as scattered outrage on TikTok, Reddit and Discord pulled thousands of young Nepalis onto the streets of Kathmandu, toppled a four-time prime minister, and installed the country's youngest-ever elected leader. On the first Gen Z Martyrs' Day, Nepal is asking the harder question: has the government it built actually changed the country?