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Updated at : July 5, 2025 17:54
Rice transplantation underway at the Nepal Agriculture Research Council in Khumaltar, Lalitpur, on Sunday. As planting gets a boost with monsoon rains, Nepal marks Asar 15 as National Paddy Day to celebrate the crop’s significance in ensuring food security Hemanta Shrestha/TKP
A woman pours milk into earthen containers to make Bhaktapur’s prized yoghurt, on Friday. Juju Dhau is a delicacy sought especially on Asar 15. Himanshu Thakur/TKP
Supreme Court Joint-registrar Achyut Kuikel briefs the media on the Constitutional Bench’s decision on Wednesday midnight. Hemanta Shrestha/TKP
People and vehicles make their way along a flood-ravaged road with exposed drainage pipes, at Kapan in Budhanilakantha Municipality in northern Kathmandu, on Monday. The area, built over a seasonal spring, sees severe flooding every monsoon. Suryams Upreti/TKP
A busy Lagankhel road pictured during a drizzle on Monday afternoon. Himanshu Thakur/TKP
A municipal worker sweeps the floor at Patan Durbar Square on Tuesday. Deepak KC/TKP
Women cross the dilapidated Gaurighat bridge in Kathmandu on Tuesday. A dispute over tender has left the structure, damaged in the 2015 earthquakes, in a state of disrepair. Suryams Upreti/TKP
A handicrafts vendor waits for customers in Dattatreya, Bhaktapur earlier this week. Hemanta Shrestha/TKP
Bagmati water flows out of the Chobhar gorge and under the bridge in Kathmandu on Thursday. Authorities’ plan to widen the outlet to drain more floodwaters has drawn the flak of local residents and conservationists, who fear an assault on the archaeological site. Hemanta Shrestha/TKP