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The Embassy of Israel in Nepal dedicated a full day to community service at the organization- Tulasi Foundation- in Lalitpur to mark the spirit of ‘Good Deeds Day’ on Monday.

With an aim to spread kindness and compassion, the Embassy family, together with members of the Shalom Club (Nepali alumni who studied in Israel), spent the day with children and elderly citizens under the care of the foundation, sharing a hot meal, engaging in various fun activities and creating memories together, reads a statement issued by the Israeli Embassy in Kathmandu.

The Embassy also donated essential food supplies, fruits, and toys for children.

Expressing his joy, Ambassador Shmulik Arie Bass said, “TikunOlam” (World Fixing) is a concept in Judaism that means nurturing and improving humanity's lifestyles, according to the statement.

In modern times,the concept of Good Deeds Day was also invented in Israel in 2007 coordinating 7,000 volunteers in hundreds of NGOs for the society to raise the value of ongoing assistance during all the year to make Humanity and standard of living better in our world. This year more than 110 countries including Nepal have joined the efforts to help make the world better even with a small gesture. Let’s make the World better!”

The Embassy of Israel has been organizing Good Deeds Day in previous years as well, taking a break from regular Embassy work and spending a day doing community work. This initiative reflects Israel’s commitment to social responsibility and volunteerism, for the betterment of the society. 

Good deeds day is an annual tradition dedicated to doing good together, volunteering time, energy and expertise for the benefit of the society.

President Ram Chandra Poudel has certified five bills that were passed by both houses of the federal Parliament and submitted for certification.

President Paudel has certified the bills submitted for certification in accordance with Article 113 (2) of the Constitution, according to a press statement issued this evening by the Spokesperson of the Office of the President, Shailaja Regmi Bhattarai.

The bills certified to take a form a Act include Bill designed to amend some Nepal Acts related to Promotion of Good Governance and Delivery of Public Services, 2081, Bill designed to amend some Nepal Acts related to Cooperatives, 2081, Bill related to Economic Procedures and Fiscal Responsibility (First Amendment), 2081, Privatization Bill  (First Amendment), 2081 and Bill designed to amend some Nepal Acts relating to Improving Economic and Business Environment and Promoting Investment, 2081,

These bills, which were presented by the government as replacement bills for the Ordinances on the same, were passed by both houses of the federal Parliament today.

Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak has said the government is highly sensitive regarding the March 28 incident that took place in Tinkune of Kathmandu, causing the loss of lives and property.

He said this during a  meeting with the delegation from the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) at his office today.

The eight-member delegation led by General Secretary Ram Prasad Dahal submitted a memorandum to the Minister, concluding that media houses and media persons were targeted during the demonstration. He demanded a fair investigation into the incident. 

Receiving the memorandum, Minister Lekhak said an anarchic and violent mob was responsible for the violence. "The group was just intended to commit a crime." 

It was not associated with any ism or principle, according to him who further elaborated that the destructive mob demonstrated violence and as a result, media and the journalists bore the brunt of it. "The government is very much sensitive over the incident."

The government is determined to find out facts surrounding the arson on a house with journalists, assaults on media houses, according to the Home Minister.

"The death of journalist Suresh Rajak in the fire is the high concern of the government and it is serious about the injured media persons as well. The government is thinking about what can be done for the relief of the victims," he said.

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said the government would provide necessary support to the family of journalist Suresh Rajak, who was killed in the Tinkune incident on March 28.

During the meeting held at the official residence of the Prime Minister at Baluwatar on Monday, Prime Minister Oli urged the family members to perform last rites of Rajak, adding the government would pay attention to make necessary arrangements for Rajak's widow employment. 

Paying tribute towards journalist Rajak who lost his life in the fire incident that occurred in Tinkune in the course of a demonstration by the royalists, the Prime Minister expressed condolences to the bereaved family members.  

He added that a process to take stern legal action against the guilty ones has already begun by carrying out investigation into the incident. 

The meeting of the Socialist Front is underway at the central office of the CPN (Maoist Center) in Parisdanda.

Maoist Center Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, CPN (Unified Socialist) Chairman Madhav Nepal, Communist Party of Nepal General Secretary Netra Bikram Chand and Nepal Samajbadi Party leader Mahendra Raya Yadav among others are present in the meeting.

It has been said that the meeting will also decide on future strategies.

The meeting will also review the demonstration held by the parties affiliated to the Socialist Front on Friday to counter the activities of pro-monarchists.

Similarly, the opposition parties have been protesting in the Parliament and on the streets against the government decision to dismiss Nepal Electricity Authority Managing Director Kulman Ghising.

Nepali Congress (NC) President and former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba said the Muslim community's grand festival of Eid-ul-Fitr has been gradually promoting religious tolerance and harmony in Nepali society. 

Issuing a message of best wishes on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr today, President Deuba expressed the belief that the festival of Eid would inspire all to bring peace, harmony and prosperity in the country. 

Nepal is a beautiful country full of multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, multi-cultural and multi-religious characteristics and different ethnicities have their own unique traditions, religions, cultures, customs and festivals, Deuba said in the message. 

"Unity in diversity is the unique identity of Nepalis and we have our own tradition of respecting each of these festivals", the message reads. 

President Deuba has extended best wishes for happiness, peace and prosperity to all Muslim sisters and brothers at home and abroad on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, the holy festival of Islam.

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Iran on Sunday with bombing and secondary tariffs if Tehran did not come to an agreement with Washington over its nuclear program, Reuters reported.

In Trump's first remarks since Iran rejected direct negotiations with Washington last week, he told NBC News that U.S. and Iranian officials were talking, but did not elaborate.

"If they don't make a deal, there will be bombing," Trump said in a telephone interview. "It will be bombing the likes of which they have never seen before."

"There's a chance that if they don't make a deal, that I will do secondary tariffs on them like I did four years ago," he added, according to Reuters.

Iran sent a response through Oman to a letter from Trump urging Tehran to reach a new nuclear deal, saying its policy was to not engage in direct negotiations with the United States while under its maximum pressure campaign and military threats, Tehran's foreign minister was quoted as saying on Thursday.

Donald Trump has said he is "very angry" and "pissed off" with Russian President Vladimir Putin after weeks of attempting to negotiate a ceasefire in Ukraine, BBC reported.

In an NBC News interview, the US president said he was angry with Putin for attacking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's credibility, and threatened to impose a 50% tariff on countries buying Russian oil if he did not agree to a ceasefire.

"If Russia and I are unable to make a deal on stopping the bloodshed in Ukraine, and if I think it was Russia's fault - which it might not be... I am going to put secondary tariffs... on all oil coming out of Russia," he said.

The comments mark a shift in Trump's tone toward Putin and Russia, according to BBC.