Overview

• President Ramchandra Paudel administered the oath to Anil Kumar Sinha, Mahabir Pun, Jagdish Kharel and Madan Pariyar, taking the interim cabinet to eight as Prime Minister Sushila Karki keeps key portfolios.
• The planned appointment of Sangeeta Kaushal Mishra as health minister was dropped after reports of an anti-graft investigation into her past decisions, leaving the Health Ministry without a new head.
• A three-member judicial inquiry commission led by retired judge Gauri Bahadur Karki was constituted with a three-month mandate to examine the killings, arson and vandalism during the Gen Z uprising.
• Reports put the death toll at roughly 72–74 with more than 2,100 injured, while surveys cite extensive property damage including hundreds of torched vehicles and insurance claims around NRs 20.7 billion.
• Gen Z activists called for the arrest of KP Sharma Oli and ex–home minister Ramesh Lekhak over an alleged September 8 shootout, as Oli denied ordering police to fire and urged an investigation.