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Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has reached Dubai as a stopover flight to Turkmenistan to attend the Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries.

The PM is visiting Turkmenistan to attend the Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries which is scheduled to take place in the City of Awaza on August 5-8.

The PM landed at Dubai International Airport at 3 am local time.

Nepal’s Ambassador to UAE Tej Bahadur Chhetri and other officials welcomed the PM in Dubai.

The Nepali delegation left Kathmandu for Dubai at 11:55 last night by a flight of FlyDubai.

PM Oli is visiting Turkmenistan at the official invitation of President of Turkmenistan, Serdar Berdimuhamedow, and UN General-Secretary Antonio Guterres.

CPN-UML senior Vice Chairman Ishwor Pokharel has been appointed the party's Acting Chair.  

He took charge of the party's Acting Chair with party Chair and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli leaving for Turkmenistan last night.

Prime Minister Oli left for Turkmenistan to attend the Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries.

Chairman Oli assigned the party's senior Vice Chairman as the acting Chairman in accordance with Article 21 (2) of the UML Statute, Chief of UML's Publicity Department Rajendra Gautam said. 

Prime Minister Oli is scheduled to return home on Friday night. 

Four-wheelers have restricted from the plying the Sharada Barrage after the water level increased in the Mahakali River in Kanchanpur district.

Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Sagar Bohara of the District Police Office, Kanchanpur, said that mobility of the four-wheelers is barred in the Sharada Barrage with the rise in the water level in the river following the torrential rain.

He said, "Vehicles are prevented from moving after the water level reaches 100,000 cusecs per second in the Mahakali River."  

DSP Bohara shared that the water level reached 109,980 cusecs per second at 8 am today.

A new political party formed by the students who spearheaded an anti-government movement ousting former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday rallied in Bangladesh’s capital and pledged to build a new Bangladesh amid political uncertainty over the next election, Associated Press reported.

Separately, supporters of the student wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, or BNP, also held a rally in the capital, Dhaka, where party leaders also vowed to work to establish democracy following the fall of Hasina.

The rallies took place two days before the country’s interim government headed by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus is marking the anniversary of Hasina’s fall, according to Associated Press.

U.S. and Chinese officials may be able to settle many of their differences to reach a trade deal and avert punishing tariffs, but they remain far apart on one issue: the U.S. demand that China stop purchasing oil from Iran and Russia, Associated Press reported.

“China will always ensure its energy supply in ways that serve our national interests,” China’s Foreign Ministry posted on X on Wednesday following two days of trade negotiations in Stockholm, responding to the U.S. threat of a 100% tariff. 

“Coercion and pressuring will not achieve anything. China will firmly defend its sovereignty, security and development interests,” the ministry said, according to Associated Press.

A far-right Israeli minister visited and prayed at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site on Sunday, triggering regional condemnation and fears that the provocative move could further escalate tensions. The visit came as hospitals in Gazasaid 33 more Palestinians seeking food aid were killed by Israeli fire, Associated Press reported.

With Israel facing global criticism over famine-like conditions in the besieged strip, Itamar Ben-Gvir ‘s visit to the hillside compound threatened to further set back efforts by international mediators to halt Israel’s nearly two-year military offensive in Gaza.

The area, which Jews call the Temple Mount, is the holiest site in Judaism and was home to the ancient biblical temples. Muslims call the site the Noble Sanctuary. Today it is home to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third-holiest site in Islam, according to Associated Press.

Western leaders have condemned videos of emaciated Israeli hostages filmed by their captors in Gaza, with the Red Cross calling for access to all remaining in captivity, BBC reported.

UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy said "images of hostages being paraded for propaganda are sickening" and they must be released "unconditionally".

The calls come after the Palestinian Islamic Jihad published video of Rom Braslavski, thin and crying, on Thursday, and Hamas released footage of an emaciated Evyatar David on Saturday.

Israeli leaders accused Hamas of starving hostages, according to BBC.

The water level has risen in the Saptakoshi River following the rain in the region. 

According to the officials, the water current was measured at 191,210 cusecs per second in the Saptakoshi River on Sunday evening. With the rise in the water current, 16 out of 56 sluice gates have been kept open.     

Superintendent of the Armed Police Force, Nepal, Nirmal Thapa said that the water flow was measured at 175,685 this morning. 

In response to the rising water levels, 23 gates of the Koshi Barrage have been opened.

A red alert is issued to the public after the Koshi River recorded more than 150,000 cusecs of water flow per second.