2 verifications about Nepal Nepal ×
“Nepal's Prime Minister enacted a law on April 21, 2025 mandating a 12-hour workday Monday through Friday with weekends off.”
This claim originated as a social media rumor and was explicitly debunked by Nepal's Labour Ministry on the very date cited. The Kathmandu Post reported on April 21, 2025 that no such law was enacted, and Nepal's standard 8-hour workday under the 2017 Labour Act remains unchanged. Multiple independent legal sources confirm that "12 hours" refers only to an overtime-inclusive daily maximum — not a mandated schedule. No credible evidence supports any part of this claim.
“Gastrointestinal parasites have been detected in Coturnix japonica (Japanese quail) in Kathmandu, Nepal.”
The specific geographic assertion—that parasites were detected in quail in Kathmandu—is not supported by the available evidence. The most relevant studies documented gastrointestinal parasites in Japanese quail sampled in Siddharthanagar, Rupandehi, Nepal, not Kathmandu. While fecal samples were processed at a Kathmandu-area laboratory, this does not constitute detection in quail located in Kathmandu. GI parasites in Japanese quail are well-documented in Nepal and globally, but the Kathmandu-specific claim lacks direct evidentiary support.