Ex-Nepal PM Deuba returns after treatment

Former prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba returned to Nepal on Thursday after spending more than five months abroad for medical treatment following injuries sustained during the Gen Z protests last year.

Deuba and his wife, former foreign minister Arzu Rana Deuba, were seriously injured during violent protests on September 9, 2025, when anti-Government demonstrations led by the Gen Z movement swept across Nepal and resulted in the fall of the KP Sharma Oli Government. The couple travelled to Singapore in February for medical treatment. Deuba, who is also the former president of Nepali Congress (NC), reportedly stayed in Hong Kong for a brief period as well.

According to his party leaders, Deuba landed at Tribhuvan International Airport here in the afternoon after completing his medical treatment.

The whereabouts of Rana remain unclear. Deuba was received at the airport by senior NC leaders, including Purna Bahadur Khadka, Shashanka Koirala,

Prakash Man Singh and Bimalendra Nidhi, among others. Hundreds of party activists from across the country gathered near the airport to welcome the former prime minister, cheering as he arrived.

In an appeal issued after his arrival, Deuba said the mountains, green hills and vast plains of the Tarai had called him back home.

The former premier said he has returned not as a leader but as a lifelong citizen of the nation, ready to serve with humility, dedication, and love.

Deuba, 80, has served as Nepal’s prime minister five times between 1995 and 2022 and is a veteran NC leader. He became party president in 2016 and was re-elected in 2021. During the Gen Z protest, Deuba was not holding any ministerial position.  He was serving as a Member of Parliament and the party president.