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*7 July – At least 11 people are killed and eight others are missing due to heavy rainfall causing [[flash flood]]s and landslides across Nepal.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 7, 2024 |title=Heavy rains trigger landslides in Nepal, 11 killed, 8 missing |website=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/heavy-rains-trigger-landslides-nepal-11-killed-8-missing-2024-07-07/ }}</ref>
*7 July – At least 11 people are killed and eight others are missing due to heavy rainfall causing [[flash flood]]s and landslides across Nepal.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 7, 2024 |title=Heavy rains trigger landslides in Nepal, 11 killed, 8 missing |website=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/heavy-rains-trigger-landslides-nepal-11-killed-8-missing-2024-07-07/ }}</ref>
*12 July:
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** More than 60 people are reported missing after two buses are swept off the [[Narayangarh, Chitwan|Narayangarh]] - [[Mugling]] highway near [[Simaltal]] by a landslide and fall into the [[Trishuli River]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 12, 2024 |title=More than 60 people missing after two buses swept into river in Nepal |website=[[Al Jazeera]] |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/12/more-than-60-people-missing-after-two-buses-swept-into-river-in-nepal }}</ref>
** At least one person is killed and around 50 others are reported missing after two buses are swept off the [[Narayangarh, Chitwan|Narayangarh]] - [[Mugling]] highway in [[Chitwan District]] by a landslide and fall into the [[Trishuli River]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 13, 2024 |title=Nepal recovers first body from buses swept away by landslide |website=[[France 24]] |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240713-nepal-recovers-first-body-from-buses-swept-away-by-landslide }}</ref>
** Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal loses a no-confidence motion filed against him in the [[House of Representatives (Nepal)|House of Representatives]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 12, 2024 |title=Nepal’s prime minister loses a confidence vote forcing him to step down |website=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://apnews.com/article/nepal-prime-minister-confidence-vote-parliament-politics-27923b7dbc25d20c6b90a9b8fbf3c8cf}}</ref>
** Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal loses a no-confidence motion filed against him in the [[House of Representatives (Nepal)|House of Representatives]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 12, 2024 |title=Nepal’s prime minister loses a confidence vote forcing him to step down |website=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://apnews.com/article/nepal-prime-minister-confidence-vote-parliament-politics-27923b7dbc25d20c6b90a9b8fbf3c8cf}}</ref>



Revision as of 10:06, 13 July 2024

2024
in
Nepal

Decades:
See also:

Events in the year 2024 in Nepal.

Incumbents

Provincial Governors

Events

January

  • 5 January – Nepal stops issuing permits to its citizens to work in Russia and Ukraine after 10 Nepalis are killed while serving in the Russian Army.[1]

March

May

  • 3 May – The Supreme Court of Nepal orders the government to limit the number of permits it issues to those seeking to climb Mount Everest and other mountain peaks in the country.[3]
  • 21 May – Kailash Sirohiya, the owner of Nepal's largest news organisation Kantipur Publications, is arrested at company offices in Kathmandu for alleged violations of citizenship laws after his citizenship card number is found to share that of another.[4]

June

  • 26 June – Two days of heavy rains in Nepal kills 20 people.[5]
  • 29 June – Landslides in Nepal kill nine people.[6]

July

  • 1 July – A court in Sarlahi sentences Buddhist religious figure Ram Bahadur Bomjon to ten years' imprisonment and damage payments of $3,700 for sexually assaulting a minor.[7]
  • 3 July – The Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) withdraws from Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal's governing coalition after entering into a coalition agreement with the Nepali Congress.[8]
  • 7 July – At least 11 people are killed and eight others are missing due to heavy rainfall causing flash floods and landslides across Nepal.[9]
  • 12 July:

Arts and entertainment

Holidays

Source:[12]

Deaths

References

  1. ^ "Nepal bars citizens from going to Russia or Ukraine for work". ABC News. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Nepal's communist parties join forces to form a new coalition government". Associated Press. 4 March 2024. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  3. ^ "'We are pressuring the mountain too much': Nepal court limits Everest climbing permits". France 24. 4 May 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Owner of Nepal's largest media organization arrested over citizenship card issue". Associated Press. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Heavy rains in Nepal kill 20 in two days amid landslides, lightning strikes". Reuters. 26 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Nepal landslides kill nine, including 3 children". Reuters. 29 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Nepalese spiritual leader 'Buddha Boy' sentenced to 10 years in prison for sexual assault on minor". Associated Press. 1 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Key partner withdraws support from Nepal's government to join new coalition". Associated Press. 4 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Heavy rains trigger landslides in Nepal, 11 killed, 8 missing". Reuters. 7 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Nepal recovers first body from buses swept away by landslide". France 24. 13 July 2024.
  11. ^ "Nepal's prime minister loses a confidence vote forcing him to step down". Associated Press. 12 July 2024.
  12. ^ "Nepal Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 14 November 2023.

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