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The 13th Senate meeting of the Far Western University has approved the budget of Rs 1.54 billion for the upcoming fiscal year. 

During the meeting held under the chairmanship of Prime Minister and Chancellor of the University, KP Sharma Oli, at his official residence, Baluwatar, today, the budget and program presented by the Registrar of the University, Prof Dr Binod Lekhak, was passed with amendment.  

Urging the University to maintain its financial condition, Chancellor Oli directed the University officials to present a realistic budget.  

He also asked the University to have audits as per the rule of 2081/82.

The landslides occurred at three places along BP Highway obstructed vehicular movement on Monday night. 

The District Police Office informed that efforts were on since early this morning to clear debris and repair the damaged road stretch to resume the vehicular movement..

The landslides occurred at Mamti of Roshi Rural Municipality-11, Khahare Khola and Biruwadanda of Roshi-9, according to the Information Officer at District Police Office Min Bahadur Ghale.

He informed that efforts were on to resume vehicular movement by clearing debris with the coordination of local people's representatives.

Four persons died in separate incidents in Dang district. Two teenage boys drowned in the Babai River while swimming on Monday.

The deceased have been identified as Bidhan KC (17) and Kushal Budhamagar (16) of Tulsipur Sub-Metropolitan City-2, Dang.

Chief of Hapure Area Police Office, Dev KC, informed that the boys had gone missing while swimming. The bodies are kept at Rapti Provincial Hospital for postmortem.

Similarly, two others died in a motorcycle accident. 

Police identified the deceased as Rohit BK (18) and Nishan BK (16) of  Gadhwa Rural Municipality-8. 

Seriously injured in the accident occurred at Sisnekhola Bridge along Rampur-Ghorahi road section, both boys breathed their last while receiving treatment at the Rapti Academy of Health Science on Monday evening, according to Spokesperson at District Police Office, Chakra Bahadur Shah.

They were heading towards Ghorahi from Rampur when the incident occurred. The tragedy occurred after the rider lost control of the two-wheeler (Ra 7 Pa 3270).

The bodies have been kept at the Rapti Academy of Health Science for postmortem.

The monsoon wind is active across the country at present.

The Weather Forecasting Division informed that it will be generally cloudy today, while few places of Koshi, Bagmati, Gandaki and Lumbini Provinces are likely to have heavy rainfall. 

The upper hilly and mountainous places of these provinces are predicted to have moderate rains and snowfall.  

Similarly, it will be generally cloudy tonight. Light to moderate rainfall is predicted in some hilly regions of Koshi, Gandaki, Lumbini, Karnali and Sudurpaschim Provinces, according to the weather service.

Over the past 15 years, China has established itself as a global leader in the clean energy technologies and now leads energy transition progress across the Asia, according to World Economic Forum (WEF). 

WEF in June this year released a new report titled Fostering Effective Energy Transition 2025 report which states that China showed high levels of readiness for the energy transition, backed by leading clean energy and industrial infrastructure, human capital, innovation and investment. The economy accounted for nearly 40% of the world’s clean energy investment in 2024.

China showed strong progress due to expanding renewable capacity and clean-energy technology production and diffusion. For the first time, the country’s CO2 emissions declined 1.6% y-o-y in the first quarter of 2025, 36 despite increasing energy demand, the report said.  China has made significant progress in its domestic energy transition and is now the world’s largest investor in clean energy, said Gum Huay, Managaing Director at the World Economic Forum. 

 China has emerged as a central driver of global energy transition in view of its significant strides in renewable energy and its broader commitment to transforming its energy system, according to Nicholas Wagner, an energy expert with the World Economic Forum (WEF). 

In a recent written interview with Xinhua, Wagner, manager of Energy and Industry Transition Intelligence at the WEF's Center for Energy and Materials, said China's recent progress in energy transition underscores both the scale of its commitment and its visionary long-term planning and investments.

China now leads the world in renewable energy capacity additions and is projected to account for about 60 percent of all new global capacity through 2030, said Wagner, citing the International Energy Agency (IEA). The Energy Transition Index, part of the Fostering Effective Energy Transition 2025 report released by the WEF, showed that China climbed five spots from the previous year to rank 12th out of 118 countries in 2025. It also placed fifth in transition readiness.

According to the white paper issued by China’s State Council, China has the world’s largest charging facility network, providing the most complete types of services covering the broadest areas.

By the end of 2023, there were 8,596,000 electric vehicle charging facilities across the country, of which 2,726,000 were public and 5,870,000 were private; the overall vehicle-charger ratio arrived at 2.37:1, the report says. 

According to the report, China has explored innovative ways to use solar PV power and launched a number of “PV plus” models that integrate PV power generation with activities including agriculture, transport, and desertification control and prevention. These models broaden the potential uses of solar PV power and contribute to green development throughout society.

The large power station in Tunli Town, Linfen City, Shanxi Province, has an installed capacity of 30 MW. The station adopts a “PV plus agriculture” model and utilizes agrivoltaic farming, growing oil-yielding peonies in greenhouses fitted with power-generating solar panels to increase land use efficiency, the report further says.  

Similarly, China has integrated traditional and new energy.  PetroChina Jilin Oilfield has built a 150 MW wind and PV power project on the site of abandoned well stations and the surrounding vacant land, the report said. 

Designed to supply electricity to the oilfield, this project is connected to the oilfield’s power grid nearby. In its first year of operation, it has generated a cumulative output of 380 GWh, meeting 22 percent of the oilfield’s electricity needs, according to the report.

Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Chairman Rajendra Lingden has said that his party will protest against corruption and ill-governance from the Parliament and  streets.

At the beginning of today's meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR), he questioned what the Good Governance Commission under the leadership of the Prime Minister is doing while issues of corruption and mismanagement are becoming apparent in the country.

"Ministers are coming under scrutiny one after another in various scams, if they have any morality and commitment to good governance, shouldn't the ministers resign?" Chairman Lingden said, adding that his party will strongly protest this from the Parliament and the streets.

The leader of the RPP Parliamentary Party in the HoR, Lingden, said it is not appropriate to forcibly conduct meetings while the opposition parties continue to protest in Parliament demanding the formation of a high-level committee to conduct an impartial investigation into the 'Visit Visa' case.

"The Speaker must also take the initiative to address the voice of the people. Efforts should be made to address the issues raised by the opposition parties," he added.

Lawmaker Ashok Kumar Chaudhary from the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) said that a fair investigation should be conducted into the questions raised against the Minister of Home Affairs, the Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation, and the Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration, and they should be answers.

MPs from RSP and RPP walked out of the meeting expressing their views on behalf of their respective parties.

Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Chairperson Rajendra Lingden’s decision to remove the party’s disciplinary chief Navaraj Subedi and spokesperson Sagun Sunder Lawoti has intensified internal divisions.

Earlier, Subedi publicly declared that he had relinquished all party responsibilities, including his ordinary membership, to lead the pro-monarchy movement. Since then, both Subedi and Lawoti have been actively involved in royalist activities. They subsequently filed complaints with the Election Commission, challenging their removal. Subedi argued that Lingden’s decision violated the party’s statute.

Party spokesperson Mohan Shrestha stated that Lingden dismissed Subedi and appointed Roshan Karki as the new head of the disciplinary committee. Shrestha contended that since Subedi had already abandoned his ordinary membership, he could not hold any position without his reinstatement. However, senior leaders, including General Secretary Dhawal Shumsher Rana and Prakash Chandra Lohani, opposed the move.

“The party president’s decision to remove me breached the party’s statute because there was no Central Committee decision or prior consultation with me,” Subedi said.

Tensions have long simmered between senior leaders Rabindra Mishra and Dhawal Shumsher Rana. On March 28, they joined mass protests at the call of Durga Prasain, defying the party leadership. Both Mishra and Rana face court cases for allegedly inciting violence but have since walked free on bail.

The removal of Lawoti as spokesperson and Subedi as disciplinary chief further angered rival factions, who called the moves unconstitutional. Critics have accused Lingden of weak leadership in the royalist movement, pressuring him to launch a decisive campaign to restore the monarchy. However, Lingden maintained that the time was not yet ripe for such an effort.

Although RPP eventually announced a prolonged and decisive movement, it fizzled out quickly. For some time, a faction within the party has been privately urging former king Gyanendra Shah that the movement cannot succeed under Lingden’s leadership, contributing to strained relations between the two.

A teenage girl died after being shot at in Harinagar Rural Municipality-6, Sunsari last night. 

The deceased has been identified as Archana Khatun (17) of Harinagar-6, informed Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Yogaraj Khatiwada. 

It has been reported that 25-year-old Ajaj Miya from Araria, India, opened fire at her on a domestic dispute. She died on the spot. 

Accused Miya fled the scene after the incident and is currently on the run. 

Police said that they have intensified search and surveillance along the bordering areas, including Supaul in India and Harinagar in Sunsari.