Nepal News Evening Briefing | Friday, December 19, 2025
Summary
Nepal prepares for the March 5, 2026 House of Representatives election with new polling stations, security plans, and political candidate selections amid ongoing social and immigration challenges.
Key Points
- Election Commission finalizes 10,967 polling stations for the March 5, 2026 House elections, adding 168 new and removing 93 stations.
- Nepal Police implements the Integrated Security Plan 2025 to ensure a free and fair election with over 1.3 million personnel mobilized.
- The Cabinet extends the mandate of the Gen Z commission investigating September protests by one month and passes an ordinance adjusting proportional representation quotas based on the 2022 census.
- US suspends the Diversity Visa lottery program, impacting over a million Nepali applicants, and deports 75 Nepali nationals amid intensified immigration enforcement.
