Nepal Update: More than 8 hundred thousand names added onto electoral lists and stolen arch returns home

Historic Toran returned to its shrine in Kathmandu, Nepal - 21 Nov 2025

Residents and cultural groups carry the historic Toran, a carved wooden arch stolen from the Kumari Ghar in Kathmandu Durbar Square. Source: AAP / Michael Nigro / Skanda Gautam / SOPA Images/Skanda Gautam / SOPA Images/Sipa USA

Listen to the latest weekly update from Nepal, including 8,37,094 new voters added for the election of the House of Representatives scheduled to be held in March, three options presented to the Nepal Government to enable Nepalis living overseas to vote, and the historic wooden arch, stolen 26 years ago from the Kumari Ghar in Kathmandu, returns home.


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