Last week at Nepal News: Seven stories that matter
Summary
Nepal News highlights key stories from last week including financial fraud in foreign missions, political interference in air safety, leadership crises in major parties, stalled mega projects due to land compensation issues, enforcement failures of smoking bans, misuse of sports funding, and the impact of recent floods and landslides.
Key Points
- Nepali foreign missions have been involved in financial fraud through illicit allowance claims, severely exploiting the state treasury.
- Former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli intervened to bypass safety standards in Nepal Airlines shortly before a fatal crash, risking lives.
- Nepali Congress and CPN (UML) face intense pressure to replace longstanding leaders Sher Bahadur Deuba and KP Sharma Oli amid calls for reform.
- Mega infrastructure projects like Gautam Buddha International Airport suffer severe delays due to inflated land compensation costs caused by political interference.
- Nepal's failure to enforce the public smoking ban exposes vulnerable populations to health hazards despite significant tobacco tax revenues.
