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There is a possibility of light rain with thunder and lightning at a few places in the mountain and hilly regions of Koshi, Bagmati, and Gandaki Provinces, and at one or two places in the remaining provinces today.

According to the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, Weather Forecasting Division, the weather today in mountain and hilly regions of the country will be generally cloudy, while the Tarai region will be partly cloudy.

Later tonight, the weather will be generally cloudy in Koshi, Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces and partly cloudy in the rest of the provinces. 

There is a possibility of moderate rain with thunder and lightning, and snowfall in a few places in the mountainous and hilly areas of Koshi Province and in one or two places in the hilly and mountainous areas of the rest of the provinces including the Tarai areas of Koshi Province. .

The National Cleanliness Week is to be launched in government offices from Monday.

The government has started a cleanliness week in all offices at the federal, provincial and local levels. 

For this, guidelines for the operation of the cleanliness week have been issued, said Subarna Bajracharya, a branch officer of the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers. 

The cleanliness week has been initiated to maintain a clean, healthy and organized environment in all government bodies and educational institutions and to develop hygiene-related practices. 

The cleanliness week will be launched at Bir Hospital at 8:30 am on Monday in coordination with the Ministry of Health and Population, shared Dr Samir Kumar Adhikari, Joint Spokesperson of the Ministry. 

He said that the cleanliness week will also be launched in all hospitals across the country at the same time.

Indicators specified in the guidelines for office cleanliness measurement, toilet and hygiene measurement, cleanliness of educational institutions and public places, canteen and kitchen cleanliness, waste management measurement, service recipient experience measurement, and institutional sustainability measurement are to be enforced.

The Law, Justice and Human Rights Committee of the House of Representatives has begun observing the holding centers, where landless squatters from unorganized settlements are being housed.

The relocation of squatter settlements along the banks of rivers and tributaries in Kathmandu valley to safer places has been underway since April 25. 

The committee members visited the holding centers at the Nepal Electricity Authority Training Center and the Agricultural Development Bank Training Center in Bhaktapur on Saturday and will gradually visit other areas as well, shared Committee Chair Samiksha Baskota.

She said that the committee shall hold discussion on the state of affairs of the holding centers, the service management and the areas of improvements in the coming days and present necessary suggestions and feedback to the concerned bodies.

In the previous meeting of the Committee, members expressed their views on treating the poor, disadvantaged and squatter communities with respect by adhering to the fundamental rights guaranteed by the Constitution, the basic values of humanity, the principles of social justice and the basic standards of international human rights. 

Meanwhile, the Committee will also study and facilitate the work of collecting integrated digital data of the landless being done by the government.

Floods triggered by rainfall obstructed the Siddhicharan Highway at Daldale, Katari Municipality-14, Udayapur. 

The Highway in Daldale has been completely blocked for traffic since Saturday, shared Central Police Spokesperson and Deputy Inspector General of Police Abinarayan Kafle.

Meanwhile, in view of possible floods on the Khurkot-Nepalthok-Katunjebesi section of the BP Highway in Kavrepalanchok, traffic has been stopped from 5 pm to 5 am until further notice.

A Secretariat meeting of the ruling Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) is scheduled to take place at 6 pm today.

The meeting, convened as per the directive of party President Rabi Lamichhane, will be held at Banasthali-based Ghantighar, the party's central office, according to party Spokesperson Manish Jha.

The agenda of the meeting includes discussions on schedules for the party convention, nominations of office-bearers to various commissions and departments, dissolution of district committees, disciplinary actions and the central committee meeting, it has been said. 

Russia has held its annual Victory Day military parade in Moscow to mark the defeat of Nazi Germany during the Second World War, Aljazeera reported. 

The parade, scaled back this year due to security concerns, started at about 10am (07:00 GMT) in Red Square, with a military formation bearing the Russian flag.

Security was tight as President Vladimir Putin spoke at the event, viewed as Russia’s most significant secular holiday.

Israel is set to release two Gaza-bound humanitarian aid flotilla activists who were abducted by Israeli authorities, a rights group has said, Aljazeera reported. 

Saif Abu Keshek, a Spanish-Palestinian, and Brazilian Thiago Avila will be freed on Saturday, according to a statement from the rights group Adalah, which was representing the two men.

Peter Magyar has been sworn in as Hungary’s new prime minister, almost a month after parliamentary elections that ended Viktor Orban’s 16 years in power, Aljazeera reported. 

Magyar, 45, who leads the centre-right Tisza party, was propelled into office on promises of change after years of economic stagnation under Orban, and strained ties with key allies, including the European Union.