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May 5 - At least 13 people are killed and dozens of others are declared missing as a result of a Nepal flash flood after a mountain river burst its banks.^[1]
May 14 - An Agni Air flight carrying 21 people crashes while trying to land at Jomsom Airport in mountainous northern Nepal. Indian child actress Taruni Sachdev is among the 15 people killed.^[2]^[3]
May 16 - British musician Oz Bayldon, representing Music4children, establishes a Guinness World Record by performing the highest concert on land, at 6,676 m (21,246 ft), on Mera Peak.^[4]
May 28
- Political parties in Nepal fail to agree on a new constitution, leaving the country with no constitution and no sitting national Legislature.^[5]
- The first Racemandu motorcycle racing event is organized.^[6]
May 31 - Supreme Court Justice Rana Bahadur Bam is assassinated in Lalitpur.^[7]

September 6 - The United States removes the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) from their terror list, citing "a credible commitment to pursuing peace and reconciliation". In June, a group around party vice-president Mohan Baidya announced a split in the party.^[8]

^ "Nepal floods: Thirteen dead near Annapurna". 5 May 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
^ "Plane carrying 21 crashes in Nepal". 14 May 2012. Archived from the original on 15 January 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
^ "India Bachchan co-star Taruni dies in Nepal plane crash". 15 May 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
^ "Highest altitude concert on land". Guinness World Records. Retrieved May 26, 2017.
^ "Nepal left without constitution, Assembly". 28 May 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
^ "Yamaha 'Racemandu'". The Himalayan Times. 8 May 2017. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
^ "Justice Rana Bahadur Bam's murderers get life in prison". The Himalayan Times. APCA Nepal Pvt. Ltd. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
^ "Delisting of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)". 6 September 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2015.

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