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#13031735

27 November 2025

Former Nepali House Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara is escorted in a police van from the central jail in Kathmandu, Nepal, to the district court following a court order to release him on bail in a gold smuggling case on November 27, 2025. Former Speaker and CPN (Maoist Centre) Vice-chair Krishna Bahadur Mahara is arrested by the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) in connection with a gold smuggling case. The Patan High Court orders his release on a bail amount of NRs 2 million. Mahara is arrested on October 12, 2025, following fresh instructions from the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), which conducts an inquiry into his alleged involvement in smuggling gold concealed inside electronic cigarettes (vapes) in collaboration with a Chinese organized group. According to police, the CIAA seeks his detention to move forward with a renewed probe into his role in facilitating the entry of smuggled gold through the vape-import channel. Mahara is questioned by the CIAA only days earlier, on October 9, 2025. Although his name surfaces in the gold smuggling case three years ago, both the District Government Attorney's Office and Nepal Police previously free him during earlier rounds of investigation. Authorities now allege that Mahara uses his political influence to help a smuggling racket bring gold into Nepal in 2022, an operation that also leads to the arrest of his son, Rahul Mahara, on suspicion of involvement. In March 2024, Mahara is arrested from Kapilvastu and brought to Kathmandu for questioning related to the case. The Kathmandu District Court later remands him to custody, but he is allowed to stay at Norvic Hospital citing health complications. A high-level government commission led by former High Court Chief Judge Dilli Raj Acharya earlier criticizes the CIB for ''intentionally avoiding'' a full investigation into Mahara and other senior officials allegedly linked to large-scale gold smuggling.

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#13031738

27 November 2025

Former Nepali House Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara is escorted in a police van from the central jail in Kathmandu, Nepal, to the district court following a court order to release him on bail in a gold smuggling case on November 27, 2025. Former Speaker and CPN (Maoist Centre) Vice-chair Krishna Bahadur Mahara is arrested by the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) in connection with a gold smuggling case. The Patan High Court orders his release on a bail amount of NRs 2 million. Mahara is arrested on October 12, 2025, following fresh instructions from the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), which conducts an inquiry into his alleged involvement in smuggling gold concealed inside electronic cigarettes (vapes) in collaboration with a Chinese organized group. According to police, the CIAA seeks his detention to move forward with a renewed probe into his role in facilitating the entry of smuggled gold through the vape-import channel. Mahara is questioned by the CIAA only days earlier, on October 9, 2025. Although his name surfaces in the gold smuggling case three years ago, both the District Government Attorney's Office and Nepal Police previously free him during earlier rounds of investigation. Authorities now allege that Mahara uses his political influence to help a smuggling racket bring gold into Nepal in 2022, an operation that also leads to the arrest of his son, Rahul Mahara, on suspicion of involvement. In March 2024, Mahara is arrested from Kapilvastu and brought to Kathmandu for questioning related to the case. The Kathmandu District Court later remands him to custody, but he is allowed to stay at Norvic Hospital citing health complications. A high-level government commission led by former High Court Chief Judge Dilli Raj Acharya earlier criticizes the CIB for ''intentionally avoiding'' a full investigation into Mahara and other senior officials allegedly linked to large-scale gold smuggling.

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#12952471

5 November 2025

Former Nepali Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal gestures as he delivers a speech addressing the merger announcement ceremony of the ten communist parties under one name, the ''Nepali Communist Party,'' in Kathmandu, Nepal, on November 5, 2025. Following the September Gen-Z uprising and the announcement of elections for March next year, ten leftist parties merge in Nepal to form the ''Nepali Communist Party.'' The new party also includes the CPN-Maoist Center and the CPN-Unified Socialist led by former Prime Ministers Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda, and Madhav Kumar Nepal, along with eight others. The unification brings together the CPN-Maoist Centre, CPN (Unified Socialist), Nepal Socialist Party, Jana Samajbadi Party Nepal, Nepal Communist Party, CPN-Socialist, CPN-Maoist (Socialist), CPN-Communist, Maobadi Communist Kendra, and Deshbhakta Samajbadi Morcha under a single umbrella.

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#12952472

5 November 2025

Former Nepali Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal gestures as he delivers a speech addressing the merger announcement ceremony of the ten communist parties under one name, the ''Nepali Communist Party,'' in Kathmandu, Nepal, on November 5, 2025. Following the September Gen-Z uprising and the announcement of elections for March next year, ten leftist parties merge in Nepal to form the ''Nepali Communist Party.'' The new party also includes the CPN-Maoist Center and the CPN-Unified Socialist led by former Prime Ministers Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda, and Madhav Kumar Nepal, along with eight others. The unification brings together the CPN-Maoist Centre, CPN (Unified Socialist), Nepal Socialist Party, Jana Samajbadi Party Nepal, Nepal Communist Party, CPN-Socialist, CPN-Maoist (Socialist), CPN-Communist, Maobadi Communist Kendra, and Deshbhakta Samajbadi Morcha under a single umbrella.

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#12952444

5 November 2025

Nepali communist leaders take part in the merger announcement ceremony of the ten communist parties under one name, the ''Nepali Communist Party,'' in Kathmandu, Nepal, on November 5, 2025. Following the September Gen-Z uprising and the announcement of elections for March next year, ten leftist parties merge in Nepal to form the ''Nepali Communist Party.'' The new party also includes the CPN-Maoist Center and the CPN-Unified Socialist led by former Prime Ministers Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda, and Madhav Kumar Nepal, along with eight others. The unification brings together the CPN-Maoist Centre, CPN (Unified Socialist), Nepal Socialist Party, Jana Samajbadi Party Nepal, Nepal Communist Party, CPN-Socialist, CPN-Maoist (Socialist), CPN-Communist, Maobadi Communist Kendra, and Deshbhakta Samajbadi Morcha under a single umbrella.

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#12952445

5 November 2025

Nepali communist leader Barshaman Pun addresses the merger announcement ceremony of the ten communist parties under one name, the ''Nepali Communist Party,'' in Kathmandu, Nepal, on November 5, 2025. Following the September Gen-Z uprising and the announcement of elections for March next year, ten leftist parties merge in Nepal to form the ''Nepali Communist Party.'' The new party also includes the CPN-Maoist Center and the CPN-Unified Socialist led by former Prime Ministers Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda, and Madhav Kumar Nepal, along with eight others. The unification brings together the CPN-Maoist Centre, CPN (Unified Socialist), Nepal Socialist Party, Jana Samajbadi Party Nepal, Nepal Communist Party, CPN-Socialist, CPN-Maoist (Socialist), CPN-Communist, Maobadi Communist Kendra, and Deshbhakta Samajbadi Morcha under a single umbrella.

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#12952446

5 November 2025

Former Nepali Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda, arrives at the event venue for the announcement of the merger of 10 communist parties under the ''Nepali Communist Party'' in Kathmandu, Nepal, on November 5, 2025. Following the September Gen-Z uprising and the announcement of elections for March next year, ten leftist parties merge in Nepal to form the ''Nepali Communist Party.'' The new party includes the CPN-Maoist Center and the CPN-Unified Socialist led by former Prime Ministers Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda, and Madhav Kumar Nepal, along with eight others. The unification brings together the CPN-Maoist Centre, CPN (Unified Socialist), Nepal Socialist Party, Jana Samajbadi Party Nepal, Nepal Communist Party, CPN-Socialist, CPN-Maoist (Socialist), CPN-Communist, Maobadi Communist Kendra, and Deshbhakta Samajbadi Morcha under a single umbrella.

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#12952447

5 November 2025

Nepali communist leaders take part in the merger announcement ceremony of the ten communist parties under one name, the ''Nepali Communist Party,'' in Kathmandu, Nepal, on November 5, 2025. Following the September Gen-Z uprising and the announcement of elections for March next year, ten leftist parties merge in Nepal to form the ''Nepali Communist Party.'' The new party also includes the CPN-Maoist Center and the CPN-Unified Socialist led by former Prime Ministers Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda, and Madhav Kumar Nepal, along with eight others. The unification brings together the CPN-Maoist Centre, CPN (Unified Socialist), Nepal Socialist Party, Jana Samajbadi Party Nepal, Nepal Communist Party, CPN-Socialist, CPN-Maoist (Socialist), CPN-Communist, Maobadi Communist Kendra, and Deshbhakta Samajbadi Morcha under a single umbrella.

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#12952449

5 November 2025

Nepali communist leaders take part in the merger announcement ceremony of the ten communist parties under one name, the ''Nepali Communist Party,'' in Kathmandu, Nepal, on November 5, 2025. Following the September Gen-Z uprising and the announcement of elections for March next year, ten leftist parties merge in Nepal to form the ''Nepali Communist Party.'' The new party also includes the CPN-Maoist Center and the CPN-Unified Socialist led by former Prime Ministers Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda, and Madhav Kumar Nepal, along with eight others. The unification brings together the CPN-Maoist Centre, CPN (Unified Socialist), Nepal Socialist Party, Jana Samajbadi Party Nepal, Nepal Communist Party, CPN-Socialist, CPN-Maoist (Socialist), CPN-Communist, Maobadi Communist Kendra, and Deshbhakta Samajbadi Morcha under a single umbrella.

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#12952450

5 November 2025

Former Nepali Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda, and Madhav Kumar Nepal attend the merger announcement ceremony of the ten communist parties under one name, the ''Nepali Communist Party,'' in Kathmandu, Nepal, on November 5, 2025. Following the September Gen-Z uprising and the announcement of elections for March next year, ten leftist parties merge in Nepal to form the ''Nepali Communist Party.'' The new party includes the CPN-Maoist Center and the CPN-Unified Socialist, led by former Prime Ministers Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda, and Madhav Kumar Nepal, along with eight others. The unification brings together the CPN-Maoist Centre, CPN (Unified Socialist), Nepal Socialist Party, Jana Samajbadi Party Nepal, Nepal Communist Party, CPN-Socialist, CPN-Maoist (Socialist), CPN-Communist, Maobadi Communist Kendra, and Deshbhakta Samajbadi Morcha under a single umbrella.

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#12952451

5 November 2025

Nepali communist leaders take part in the merger announcement ceremony of the ten communist parties under one name, the ''Nepali Communist Party,'' in Kathmandu, Nepal, on November 5, 2025. Following the September Gen-Z uprising and the announcement of elections for March next year, ten leftist parties merge in Nepal to form the ''Nepali Communist Party.'' The new party also includes the CPN-Maoist Center and the CPN-Unified Socialist led by former Prime Ministers Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda, and Madhav Kumar Nepal, along with eight others. The unification brings together the CPN-Maoist Centre, CPN (Unified Socialist), Nepal Socialist Party, Jana Samajbadi Party Nepal, Nepal Communist Party, CPN-Socialist, CPN-Maoist (Socialist), CPN-Communist, Maobadi Communist Kendra, and Deshbhakta Samajbadi Morcha under a single umbrella.

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5 November 2025

Former Nepali Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda, and Madhav Kumar Nepal attend the merger announcement ceremony of the ten communist parties under one name, the ''Nepali Communist Party,'' in Kathmandu, Nepal, on November 5, 2025. Following the September Gen-Z uprising and the announcement of elections for March next year, ten leftist parties merge in Nepal to form the ''Nepali Communist Party.'' The new party includes the CPN-Maoist Center and the CPN-Unified Socialist, led by former Prime Ministers Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda, and Madhav Kumar Nepal, along with eight others. The unification brings together the CPN-Maoist Centre, CPN (Unified Socialist), Nepal Socialist Party, Jana Samajbadi Party Nepal, Nepal Communist Party, CPN-Socialist, CPN-Maoist (Socialist), CPN-Communist, Maobadi Communist Kendra, and Deshbhakta Samajbadi Morcha under a single umbrella.

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#12952453

5 November 2025

Nepali communist leaders take part in the merger announcement ceremony of the ten communist parties under one name, the ''Nepali Communist Party,'' in Kathmandu, Nepal, on November 5, 2025. Following the September Gen-Z uprising and the announcement of elections for March next year, ten leftist parties merge in Nepal to form the ''Nepali Communist Party.'' The new party also includes the CPN-Maoist Center and the CPN-Unified Socialist led by former Prime Ministers Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda, and Madhav Kumar Nepal, along with eight others. The unification brings together the CPN-Maoist Centre, CPN (Unified Socialist), Nepal Socialist Party, Jana Samajbadi Party Nepal, Nepal Communist Party, CPN-Socialist, CPN-Maoist (Socialist), CPN-Communist, Maobadi Communist Kendra, and Deshbhakta Samajbadi Morcha under a single umbrella.

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#12952455

5 November 2025

Former Nepali Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda, and Madhav Kumar Nepal attend the merger announcement ceremony of the ten communist parties under one name, the ''Nepali Communist Party,'' in Kathmandu, Nepal, on November 5, 2025. Following the September Gen-Z uprising and the announcement of elections for March next year, ten leftist parties merge in Nepal to form the ''Nepali Communist Party.'' The new party includes the CPN-Maoist Center and the CPN-Unified Socialist, led by former Prime Ministers Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda, and Madhav Kumar Nepal, along with eight others. The unification brings together the CPN-Maoist Centre, CPN (Unified Socialist), Nepal Socialist Party, Jana Samajbadi Party Nepal, Nepal Communist Party, CPN-Socialist, CPN-Maoist (Socialist), CPN-Communist, Maobadi Communist Kendra, and Deshbhakta Samajbadi Morcha under a single umbrella.

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#12952456

5 November 2025

Nepali communist leader Ram Sahaya Prasad Yadav attends the merger announcement ceremony of the ten communist parties under one name, the ''Nepali Communist Party,'' in Kathmandu, Nepal, on November 5, 2025. Following the September Gen-Z uprising and the announcement of elections for March next year, ten leftist parties merge in Nepal to form the ''Nepali Communist Party.'' The new party also includes the CPN-Maoist Center and the CPN-Unified Socialist led by former Prime Ministers Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda, and Madhav Kumar Nepal, along with eight others. The unification brings together the CPN-Maoist Centre, CPN (Unified Socialist), Nepal Socialist Party, Jana Samajbadi Party Nepal, Nepal Communist Party, CPN-Socialist, CPN-Maoist (Socialist), CPN-Communist, Maobadi Communist Kendra, and Deshbhakta Samajbadi Morcha under a single umbrella.

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5 November 2025

Former Nepali Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda, and Madhav Kumar Nepal attend the merger announcement ceremony of the ten communist parties under one name, the ''Nepali Communist Party,'' in Kathmandu, Nepal, on November 5, 2025. Following the September Gen-Z uprising and the announcement of elections for March next year, ten leftist parties merge in Nepal to form the ''Nepali Communist Party.'' The new party includes the CPN-Maoist Center and the CPN-Unified Socialist, led by former Prime Ministers Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda, and Madhav Kumar Nepal, along with eight others. The unification brings together the CPN-Maoist Centre, CPN (Unified Socialist), Nepal Socialist Party, Jana Samajbadi Party Nepal, Nepal Communist Party, CPN-Socialist, CPN-Maoist (Socialist), CPN-Communist, Maobadi Communist Kendra, and Deshbhakta Samajbadi Morcha under a single umbrella.

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