REPUBLICA

RSP Chair Rabi Lamichhane and Kathmandu Mayor Balen Shah are holding talks in Lalitpur as discussions continue on a possible alliance ahead of the House of Representatives election.

A team deployed from the Narcotics Control Bureau, Koteshwar, apprehended the suspects from the Sinamangal area of Kathmandu Metropolitan City-9 while monitoring foreign nationals arriving in Nepal by air. The arrests were made public on Tuesday.

The parties that have been deregistered include the Aam Aadmi Party Nepal, Nepal Communist Party (Loktantrik), Nepal Rastrabadi Party, Aadhunik Nepal Samajwadi Party, Nepal Communist Party (Gaurabhshali), and Maoist Janamukti Party. 

Nepali cricketer Minash Thapa, 27, has died in a motorcycle accident in Biratnagar. He recently represented Koshi Province in the Prime Minister Cup.

They had been serving a 13-year jail term since September 17, 2017, on a rape case. 

The government has given a public holiday today. Thamel, Baudha, Pokhara and Sauraha are major places that see special gatherings on Christmas Day in Nepal.

Compared to the same period of the previous FY, exports through the checkpoint increased by 89 percent, or Rs 18.79 billion. During the corresponding five months last FY, exports stood at Rs 21.18 billion.

For the first time in its history, TU has been able to secure the presence of a Nobel laureate, Prof Kajita Takaaki, as the chief guest, according to TU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Deepak Aryal. 

As per Supreme Court Spokesperson Arjun Prasad Koirala, a total of 57 former Nepali Congress lawmakers lodged a writ petition calling for HoR reinstatement. 

Nepal’s rising dependence on agricultural imports—despite vast fertile land and production potential—reflects policy failure, labour migration and market distortions that together threaten food security and economic sustainability.