Customer engagement, easier and safer payments, cybersecurity and financial literacy will be central to his plans for Nepal’s largest digital wallet.

SSP Santosh Khadka has been asked to explain why a National Human Rights Commission team was denied access to former chief justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana while he was in custody.

White House officials had tempered expectations before the summit, pointing ​out that the leaders would also meet at international forums in Shenzen and Miami before year end.

Better road links and the expansion of markets into rural Achham have helped farmers increase production and household incomes.

Opposition lawmakers question why the former chief justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana was taken into custody and released 12 hours later, and demand an explanation in Parliament.

Rana’s request comes a day after police took him from his Maharajgunj home, citing a security threat, and held him for about 12 hours.

Twenty-nine families displaced by a landslide in Bheri-2 have been living under tarpaulins for a month, with continuing rain forcing some to spend nights at a nearby school.

Search teams recovered two more bodies on Monday, while efforts continued to locate 12 workers and guides who have remained unaccounted for since Sunday’s avalanche.

Residents who fled to forest shelters after the Marsyangdi river was partially blocked by a landslide on Sunday returned home as the river level fell and the weather cleared.

The landslide has exposed the foundations of several houses in Hariyali Tole, prompting residents to call for immediate protective measures.

Two separate shootings near Johannesburg and Cape Town left 27 people dead and 26 injured within hours, as police investigated possible turf and business disputes.

A rescue team has reached the base camp, while two bodies recovered from the avalanche are being flown to Kathmandu.

Swift dedicated the video of the year award for “The Fate of Ophelia” to Dolly Parton, while Madonna and Blackpink’s Lisa also took home top honours.

Finance Minister Swarnim Wagle has sought support from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank for relief and reconstruction efforts following the recent disaster in Nepal.