Saturday 18th April 2026
Kathmandu — After receiving reports that many employees in insurance companies may have submitted fake academic certificates, the Insurance Authority has launched an investigation and is moving ahead with immediate disciplinary action. There have been repeated complaints suggesting that a significant number of individuals obtained jobs using fraudulent academic...
Kathmandu – The government led by Balen has decided to expand the jurisdiction of the anti-corruption authority to allow strict investigation of corruption in the private sector. The proposal is included in the draft Anti-Corruption Strategy for 2025 to 2028, which was made public by the Office of the...
Kathmandu — Citizen Life Insurance Company Limited has paid a total of NPR 753.67 million in insurance claims to policyholders during the first nine months of the fiscal year 2025/26. According to the company, the payments were made in response to claims submitted by insured individuals over this period. In March to April alone, Citizen Life disbursed claims worth NPR 102.39 million. As claim...
Kathmandu — After receiving reports that many employees in insurance companies may have submitted fake academic certificates, the Insurance Authority has launched an investigation and is moving ahead with immediate disciplinary action. There have been repeated complaints suggesting that a significant number of individuals obtained jobs using fraudulent academic documents. Just last month, an employee at one insurance company...
Editorial For the Nepal Insurance Authority (NIA), the past seven months have been marked not by regulatory breakthroughs, but by turmoil. The nation’s apex insurance watchdog has seen two of its most senior leaders fall under scrutiny—one acquitted, the other suspended—and now stands cautiously under interim leadership. These events, unfolding one after another, have exposed not just the fragility...
Kathmandu – The Nepal Insurance Authority has fined eight insurance companies for non-compliance with regulatory provisions. The regulator imposed a penalty of two lakh rupees on each company for failing to operate in line with the Insurance Act. According to the Authority, the companies had been asked to submit clarifications after not following its directives. However, their responses were...
Kathmandu – The government led by Balen has decided to expand the jurisdiction of the anti-corruption authority to allow strict investigation of corruption in the private sector. The proposal is included in the draft Anti-Corruption Strategy for 2025 to 2028, which was made public by the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers on April 13, 2026. According to the draft released last Tuesday, any financial loss...
