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Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli will be responding to questions raised by lawmakers in the meeting of the House of Representatives today.

Similarly, Speaker Devraj Ghimire is scheduled to present a proposal seeking consideration on the 'Ship (Operation and Management) Bill, 2081, which originated in the National Assembly.

Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Damodar Bhandari will table a proposal seeking general discussion on the WTO Agreement on Concessions in the Fisheries Industry.

Furthermore, three parliamentary committees—the Public Accounts Committee, the Legislative Management Committee, and the Federalism Strengthening and National Concerns Committee are holding meetings today.

The PAC will discuss 'complaints related to the construction of the Jagadulla Hydropower Project' while the Legislative Management Committee will hold clause-wise discussion on the ‘Water Resources Bill, 2081’.

The Federalism Strengthening Committee will discuss the progress status of projects of national pride under the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport.

More than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since May while trying to get food in the Gaza Strip, mostly near aid sites run by an American contractor, the U.N. human rights office said Tuesday, Associated Press reported.

Meanwhile, Israeli strikes killed 25 people across Gaza, according to local health officials.

Desperation is mounting in the Palestinian territory of more than 2 million, which experts say is at risk of famine because of Israel’s blockade and nearly two-year offensive. A breakdown of law and order has led to widespread looting and contributed to chaos and violence around aid deliveries, according to Associated Press.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the U.S. and Japan have struck a deal that will lower the hefty tariffs Trump had threatened to impose on goods from its Asian ally while extracting commitments for Japan to invest $550 billion in the U.S. and open its markets to American goods, Reuters reported.

The agreement - including a 15% tariff on all imported Japanese goods, down from a proposed 25% - is the most significant of the string of trade deals the White House has reached ahead of an approaching August 1 deadline for higher levies to kick in.

"This is a very exciting time for the United States of America, and especially for the fact that we will continue to always have a great relationship with the Country of Japan," Trump said on his Truth Social platform.

Industry and government officials briefed on the agreement said the deal also lowers the tariff to 15% from 25% on Japanese autos, which account for more than a quarter of all the country's exports to the U.S, according to Reuters.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a bill that critics say weakens the independence of the country's anti-corruption bodies, sparking protests and drawing international criticism, BBC reported.

Critics say the new law undermines the authority of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (Nabu) and the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (Sapo) - placing them under the control of the prosecutor general.

In an address on Wednesday, Zelensky said both agencies would still "work", but needed to be cleared of "Russian influence". 

After the bill passed, hundreds of people gathered in Kyiv for the biggest anti-government protest since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022, according to BBC.

The ruling CPN-UML has concluded that former President Bidya Devi Bhandari, who has served as the Head of State and the Supreme Commander of the Nepal Army, should not return to active party politics.

The party's Central Committee meeting that concluded last night decided that it was not appropriate for someone who has already become the Head of State and the patron of the republic to rejoin active politics, Rajendra Gautam, the party's publicity department chief, said.

At a press conference organized at the party's central office in Chyasal, Lalitpur following the CC meeting, Gautam said the Central Committee has concluded that it is against the Constitution, and norms and values of the party.

The CC has also removed the age limit of 70 years as well as the two-term limit, paving the way for current Chair and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli to extend his term as the party chair.

This decision will be formalized after it is passed in the upcoming statutory convention.

According to Gautam, Vice Chairman Surendra Pandey and Yubaraj Gyawali and standing committee member Karna Bahadur Thapa had expressed their disagreement over the decision to not allow former president Bhandari to rejoin the party.

The meeting also unanimously passed the statute amendment report by Vice Chair Bishnu Prasad Poudel and the organizational proposal report by General Secretary Shankar Pokharel.

Heavy rainfall is likely to occur at one or two places of Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces today. 

Light to moderate rain with thunder and lightning is also possible at some places of Koshi, Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces along with hilly regions of the rest of the country, according to the Meteorological Forecasting Division. Chances of light to moderate snowfall and rainfall in the high hilly and mountainous region of the country also exist.

Tonight, the weather will continue to remain partly to generally cloudy throughout the country. 

Light to moderate rain with thunder and lightning is likely to occur at a few places of the country. 

There is the influence of monsoon winds across the country.

Ozzy Osbourne, frontman of 1970s heavy metal band Black Sabbath, earned his infamy biting the head off a bat on stage and pursuing a drug-fuelled lifestyle before reinventing himself as a loveable if often foul-mouthed reality TV star, Reuters reported.

Known to fans as "The Prince of Darkness" and the "Godfather of Heavy Metal," Osbourne has died at the age of 76, his family said in a statement on Tuesday.

"It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning. He was with his family and surrounded by love," his family said, asking for their privacy to be respected, according to Reuters.

Osbourne kicked off his career blaring out Black Sabbath's hits, from "Paranoid" to "War Pigs" to "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath". Those plus a string of solo releases saw him sell more than 100 million records worldwide.

Police used tear gas to disperse angry students in Bangladesh on Tuesday who demanded answers from the interim government after an air force fighter jet crashed into a Dhaka school and killed 31 people, at least 25 of them children, Reuters reported.

The children, many aged under 12, were about to return home from class on Monday when the Chinese-manufactured F-7 BGI Bangladesh Air Force jet ploughed into their school and burst into flames, trapping pupils in the fire and debris.

The military said it had suffered mechanical failure, according to Reuters.

Students from the school and others from nearby colleges protested as two government officials visited the crash site, demanding an accurate death toll and shouting, "Why did our brothers die? We demand answers!"