Once the heartbeat of Nepali democracy, now a ghostly shell

The BICC building housed the Constituent Assembly and parliament after 2008. Due to destruction during Gen Z protests, federal parliament secretariat decided to end the lease.

The parliament building at the Birendra International Convention Centre (BICC) in New Baneshwar remains in ruins six months after vandalism and arson during the Gen Z protests last September, with no reconstruction work initiated so far.