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Nepal's courts have convicted two former government ministers for orchestrating a document forgery scheme that allowed Nepali nationals to fraudulently resettle abroad as Bhutanese refugees, marking a significant action under the country's new anti-corruption administration.
Nepal's former finance minister Bishnu Paudel has been arrested on money-laundering charges, marking another high-profile prosecution since anti-corruption protests toppled the previous administration in 2025.
Nepal's newly elected government, led by 36-year-old Prime Minister Balen Shah, is aggressively pursuing investment and technological partnerships with China and India to deliver on election promises of economic growth and stability after youth-led protests toppled the previous administration.