"September protest"

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29 January 2026

Remains of the vehicles torched during the September Gen-Z protest are piled up in the burnt-down Federal Parliament premises in Kathmandu, Nepal, on January 28, 2026. The Parliament Secretariat worries about where to administer the oath of office to the newly elected lawmakers. The International Convention Center in New Baneshwor, which has been used as the Parliament building since the first Constituent Assembly, is destroyed due to arson on September 8 and 9, 2025. The parliamentary party offices used by political parties, including Nepali Congress and CPN-UML inside the Singha Durbar, are also affected by fire. Currently, the secretariat does not have any building capable of accommodating 275 lawmakers in a single hall for the swearing-in ceremony. The secretariat intensifies its search for a hall to hold the HoR meetings. It urges the Ministry of Urban Development to quickly complete construction of the new Parliament building within the Singha Durbar complex.

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29 January 2026

Remains of the vehicles torched during the September Gen-Z protest are piled up in the burnt-down Federal Parliament premises in Kathmandu, Nepal, on January 28, 2026. The Parliament Secretariat worries about where to administer the oath of office to the newly elected lawmakers. The International Convention Center in New Baneshwor, which has been used as the Parliament building since the first Constituent Assembly, is destroyed due to arson on September 8 and 9, 2025. The parliamentary party offices used by political parties, including Nepali Congress and CPN-UML inside the Singha Durbar, are also affected by fire. Currently, the secretariat does not have any building capable of accommodating 275 lawmakers in a single hall for the swearing-in ceremony. The secretariat intensifies its search for a hall to hold the HoR meetings. It urges the Ministry of Urban Development to quickly complete construction of the new Parliament building within the Singha Durbar complex.

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29 January 2026

Remains of the vehicles torched during the September Gen-Z protest are piled up in the burnt-down Federal Parliament premises in Kathmandu, Nepal, on January 28, 2026. The Parliament Secretariat worries about where to administer the oath of office to the newly elected lawmakers. The International Convention Center in New Baneshwor, which has been used as the Parliament building since the first Constituent Assembly, is destroyed due to arson on September 8 and 9, 2025. The parliamentary party offices used by political parties, including Nepali Congress and CPN-UML inside the Singha Durbar, are also affected by fire. Currently, the secretariat does not have any building capable of accommodating 275 lawmakers in a single hall for the swearing-in ceremony. The secretariat intensifies its search for a hall to hold the HoR meetings. It urges the Ministry of Urban Development to quickly complete construction of the new Parliament building within the Singha Durbar complex.

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29 January 2026

Remains of the vehicles torched during the September Gen-Z protest are piled up in the burnt-down Federal Parliament premises in Kathmandu, Nepal, on January 28, 2026. The Parliament Secretariat worries about where to administer the oath of office to the newly elected lawmakers. The International Convention Center in New Baneshwor, which has been used as the Parliament building since the first Constituent Assembly, is destroyed due to arson on September 8 and 9, 2025. The parliamentary party offices used by political parties, including Nepali Congress and CPN-UML inside the Singha Durbar, are also affected by fire. Currently, the secretariat does not have any building capable of accommodating 275 lawmakers in a single hall for the swearing-in ceremony. The secretariat intensifies its search for a hall to hold the HoR meetings. It urges the Ministry of Urban Development to quickly complete construction of the new Parliament building within the Singha Durbar complex.

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29 January 2026

Remains of the vehicles torched during the September Gen-Z protest are piled up in the burnt-down Federal Parliament premises in Kathmandu, Nepal, on January 28, 2026. The Parliament Secretariat worries about where to administer the oath of office to the newly elected lawmakers. The International Convention Center in New Baneshwor, which has been used as the Parliament building since the first Constituent Assembly, is destroyed due to arson on September 8 and 9, 2025. The parliamentary party offices used by political parties, including Nepali Congress and CPN-UML inside the Singha Durbar, are also affected by fire. Currently, the secretariat does not have any building capable of accommodating 275 lawmakers in a single hall for the swearing-in ceremony. The secretariat intensifies its search for a hall to hold the HoR meetings. It urges the Ministry of Urban Development to quickly complete construction of the new Parliament building within the Singha Durbar complex.

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29 January 2026

Remains of the vehicles torched during the September Gen-Z protest are piled up in the burnt-down Federal Parliament premises in Kathmandu, Nepal, on January 28, 2026. The Parliament Secretariat worries about where to administer the oath of office to the newly elected lawmakers. The International Convention Center in New Baneshwor, which has been used as the Parliament building since the first Constituent Assembly, is destroyed due to arson on September 8 and 9, 2025. The parliamentary party offices used by political parties, including Nepali Congress and CPN-UML inside the Singha Durbar, are also affected by fire. Currently, the secretariat does not have any building capable of accommodating 275 lawmakers in a single hall for the swearing-in ceremony. The secretariat intensifies its search for a hall to hold the HoR meetings. It urges the Ministry of Urban Development to quickly complete construction of the new Parliament building within the Singha Durbar complex.

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#13250246

29 January 2026

A portion of the Federal Parliament of Nepal collapses after arson and vandalism during the Gen-Z protest in September, as pictured on January 28, 2026. The Parliament Secretariat worries about where to administer the oath of office to the newly elected lawmakers. The International Convention Center in New Baneshwor, used as the Parliament building since the first Constituent Assembly, is destroyed due to arson on September 8 and 9, 2025. The parliamentary party offices used by political parties, including Nepali Congress and CPN-UML inside the Singha Durbar, are also affected by fire. Currently, the secretariat does not have any building capable of accommodating 275 lawmakers in a single hall for the swearing-in ceremony. The secretariat intensifies its search for a hall to hold the HoR meetings. It urges the Ministry of Urban Development to quickly complete construction of the new Parliament building within the Singha Durbar complex.

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29 January 2026

A portion of the Federal Parliament of Nepal collapses after arson and vandalism during the Gen-Z protest in September, as pictured on January 28, 2026. The Parliament Secretariat worries about where to administer the oath of office to the newly elected lawmakers. The International Convention Center in New Baneshwor, used as the Parliament building since the first Constituent Assembly, is destroyed due to arson on September 8 and 9, 2025. The parliamentary party offices used by political parties, including Nepali Congress and CPN-UML inside the Singha Durbar, are also affected by fire. Currently, the secretariat does not have any building capable of accommodating 275 lawmakers in a single hall for the swearing-in ceremony. The secretariat intensifies its search for a hall to hold the HoR meetings. It urges the Ministry of Urban Development to quickly complete construction of the new Parliament building within the Singha Durbar complex.

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29 January 2026

A general view of the federal parliament building, torched during the September 2025 Gen-Z protest, is seen on January 28, 2026. The Parliament Secretariat worries about where to administer the oath of office to the newly elected lawmakers. The International Convention Center in New Baneshwor, used as the Parliament building since the first Constituent Assembly, is destroyed due to arson on September 8 and 9, 2025. The parliamentary party offices used by political parties, including Nepali Congress and CPN-UML inside the Singha Durbar, are also affected by fire. Currently, the secretariat does not have any building capable of accommodating 275 lawmakers in a single hall for the swearing-in ceremony. The secretariat intensifies its search for a hall to hold the HoR meetings. It urges the Ministry of Urban Development to quickly complete construction of the new Parliament building within the Singha Durbar complex.

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29 January 2026

A general view of the federal parliament building, torched during the September 2025 Gen-Z protest, is seen on January 28, 2026. The Parliament Secretariat worries about where to administer the oath of office to the newly elected lawmakers. The International Convention Center in New Baneshwor, used as the Parliament building since the first Constituent Assembly, is destroyed due to arson on September 8 and 9, 2025. The parliamentary party offices used by political parties, including Nepali Congress and CPN-UML inside the Singha Durbar, are also affected by fire. Currently, the secretariat does not have any building capable of accommodating 275 lawmakers in a single hall for the swearing-in ceremony. The secretariat intensifies its search for a hall to hold the HoR meetings. It urges the Ministry of Urban Development to quickly complete construction of the new Parliament building within the Singha Durbar complex.

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22 December 2025

Former Nepali Prime Minister Jhalanath Khanal (right) addresses the media after his spouse, Rabilaxmi Chitrakar (left), returns home on December 22, 2025, after undergoing treatment at Apollo Hospital in New Delhi, India, for three months. Chitrakar, who is seriously injured in a house fire during the Gen-Z movement and is on the verge of death, returns to Nepal after her health condition is stable and improving. Chitrakar sustains burn injuries when a mob sets her residence on fire on September 9. Burn doctors refer her to be flown to Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, by air ambulance as her condition complicates with infection spreading over her body, especially after she sustains serious injuries to her left hand.

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22 December 2025

Former Nepali Prime Minister Jhalanath Khanal (in a red jacket) arrives at the international terminal of Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, on December 22, 2025, to receive his wife, Rabilaxmi Chitrakar, after she undergoes treatment at Apollo Hospital in New Delhi, India, for three months. Chitrakar, who is seriously injured in a house fire during the Gen-Z movement and is on the verge of death, returns to Nepal after her health condition is stable and improving. Chitrakar sustains burn injuries when a mob sets her residence on fire on September 9. Burn doctors refer her to be flown to Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, by air ambulance as her condition complicates with infection spreading over her body, especially after she sustains serious injuries to her left hand.

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22 December 2025

Former Nepali Prime Minister Jhalanath Khanal (in a red jacket) arrives at the international terminal of Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, on December 22, 2025, to receive his wife, Rabilaxmi Chitrakar, after she undergoes treatment at Apollo Hospital in New Delhi, India, for three months. Chitrakar, who is seriously injured in a house fire during the Gen-Z movement and is on the verge of death, returns to Nepal after her health condition is stable and improving. Chitrakar sustains burn injuries when a mob sets her residence on fire on September 9. Burn doctors refer her to be flown to Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, by air ambulance as her condition complicates with infection spreading over her body, especially after she sustains serious injuries to her left hand.

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22 December 2025

Former Nepali Prime Minister Jhalanath Khanal (in a red jacket) arrives at the international terminal of Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, on December 22, 2025, to receive his wife, Rabilaxmi Chitrakar, after she undergoes treatment at Apollo Hospital in New Delhi, India, for three months. Chitrakar, who is seriously injured in a house fire during the Gen-Z movement and is on the verge of death, returns to Nepal after her health condition is stable and improving. Chitrakar sustains burn injuries when a mob sets her residence on fire on September 9. Burn doctors refer her to be flown to Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, by air ambulance as her condition complicates with infection spreading over her body, especially after she sustains serious injuries to her left hand.

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22 December 2025

Former Nepali first lady, Rabilaxmi Chitrakar, who is in a wheelchair, is welcomed back on her arrival at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, on December 22, 2025, after returning home from undergoing treatment at Apollo Hospital in New Delhi, India, for three months. Chitrakar, who is seriously injured in a house fire during the Gen-Z movement and is on the verge of death, returns to Nepal after her health condition is stable and improving. Chitrakar sustains burn injuries when a mob sets her residence on fire on September 9. Burn doctors refer her to be flown to Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, by air ambulance as her condition complicates with infection spreading over her body, especially after she sustains serious injuries to her left hand.

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22 December 2025

Former Nepali first lady, Rabilaxmi Chitrakar, the spouse of Former Prime Minister Jhalanath Khanal, is welcomed back on her arrival at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, on December 22, 2025, after undergoing treatment at Apollo Hospital in New Delhi, India, for three months. Chitrakar, who is seriously injured in a house fire during the Gen-Z movement and is on the verge of death, returns to Nepal after her health condition is stable and improving. Chitrakar sustains burn injuries when a mob sets her residence on fire on September 9. Burn doctors refer her to be flown to Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, by air ambulance as her condition complicates with infection spreading over her body, especially after she sustains serious injuries to her left hand.

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