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]
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]