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2024 in Nepal

Events in the year 2024 in Nepal.

Incumbents

Provincial Governors

Events

January

  • 5 January – Nepal stops issuing permits to its citizens to work in Russia and Ukraine after 10 Nepalis are killed while serving in the Russian Army.

March

May

  • 3 May – The Supreme Court of Nepal orders the government to limit the number of permits it issues to those seeking to climb Mount Everest and other mountain peaks in the country to preserve the mountains and their environment.
  • 21 May – Kailash Sirohiya, the owner of Nepal's largest news organisation Kantipur Publications, is arrested at company offices in Kathmandu for alleged violations of citizenship laws after his citizenship card number is found to share that of another.

June

  • 26 June – Two days of heavy rains in Nepal kills 20 people.
  • 29 June – Landslides in Nepal kill nine people.

July

  • 1 July – A court in Sarlahi sentences Buddhist religious figure Ram Bahadur Bomjon to ten years' imprisonment and damage payments of $3,700 for sexually assaulting a minor.
  • 3 July – The Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) withdraws from Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal's governing coalition after entering into a coalition agreement with the Nepali Congress.
  • 7 July – At least 11 people are killed and eight others are missing due to heavy rainfall causing flash floods and landslides across Nepal.
  • 12 July:
  • Madan Ashrit Highway disaster: At least 11 people are killed and around 51 others are reported missing after two buses are swept off the Narayangarh - Mugling highway in Chitwan District by a landslide and fall into the Trishuli River. About 500 rescuers are involved in the search for survivors.
  • Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal steps down after losing a no-confidence motion filed against him in the House of Representatives.
  • 14 July – Khadga Prasad Oli, the leader of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist), is named Prime Minister as part of a coalition with the Nepali Congress. He is formally inaugurated on 15 July.
  • 24 July – 2024 Saurya Airlines Bombardier CRJ200 crash: Eighteen of 19 people aboard a passenger aircraft are killed during its takeoff at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu. The only survivor is the pilot.

August

September

  • 27 September–1 October – At least 224 people are killed and 24 others are reported missing following nationwide flooding and landslides caused by heavy rains.

October

  • 8 October – Five Russian climbers are found dead on Dhaulagiri after being reported missing on 6 October.
  • 9 October – Activist Deepti Gurung is awarded the Nansen Refugee Award by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, citing her work in helping amend the country's citizenship laws after her daughters were designated as stateless persons.
  • 18 October – Former deputy prime minister Rabi Lamichhane is arrested on suspicion of fraud and organised crime involving the alleged embezzlement of funds from a financial cooperative.

November

  • 15 November – A van falls off a mountain road near Shaileshikar, killing eight people and injuring four others.

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