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Nepal clinched the title of ACC Men's U-16 East Zone Cricket Cup. 

In the final match held at UKM Oval Cricket ground of Malaysia today, Nepal defeated Singapore by two wickets and won the title. 

Chasing the 114-run victory target posted by Singapore, Nepal made it in 29 overs losing eight wickets. 

For Nepal, Joy Thapa and Abhay Yadav contributed 24 runs, Shiwansh Bajgai 20 runs, Shubham Khanal 18 runs, Prasiddha Joshi 17 runs and Abhay 10 runs respectively. 

Kapish Venkatraman of Singapore took four wickets while Yuvaan Pandey claimed two wickets, Vedansh Gupta and Akash Teja took one wicket each. 

Earlier, winning the toss, Singapore chose to bat first. Singapore were  limited to 113 runs in 40.5 overs losing all wickets. 

Rohan Austin scored the highest 23 runs for Singapore while Riaan Naik made 15 runs, Vedansh Gupta 12 runs and Akash Teja 10 runs.  

Other batters of Singapore except them failed to score in double digit. 

Nepal's Abhay Yadab and Sushil Bahadur Rawal took three wickets each while Shubham Khanal claimed two wickets and Captain Bipin Prasad Sharma took one wicket. 

The Nagarik Unmukti Party has decided to withdraw its support to the Sudurpaschim Province government. 

The Parliamentary Party meeting held in Dhangadhi today made the decision to this effect after Chief Minister Kamal Bahadur Shah dismissed Minister for Industry, Tourism, Forest and Environment Rameshwor Chaudhary, who was representing the party in the government.

Chief Minister Shah had dismissed Minister Chaudhary from his post on Thursday. 

The decision to withdraw support was based on a communication received from the party's central leadership, said Parliamentary Party leader Ghanashyam Chaudhary.

The Nagarik Unmukti Party is the fourth largest party in the provincial assembly with seven members.

Despite the withdrawal of support by Nagarik Unmukti, the Kamal Bahadur Shah-led government still holds a majority.

 In the 53-member Provincial Assembly, the ruling Nepali Congress has 18 members supported by CPN-UML with 11 members. 

The main opposition CPN (Maoist Center) has 11 members, the CPN (Unified Socialist) has four (one suspended), one member is from RPP and one is an independent member.

A total of 35 people have been found infected with COVID-19 in a week. Furthermore, in the last 24 hours, three persons were found to have been infected with the virus.

According to the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division, COVID-19 infection has been confirmed in 31 districts of Nepal since last December to the beginning of July. So far, 249 people have been confirmed COVID-19 positive. One person has died of the virus.

Meanwhile, considering the increased risk of COVID-19 infection, the Ministry of Health and Population has made COVID-19 surveillance more effective, by setting up health screening desks at 17 border checkpoints across the country. 

COVID-19 testing is carried out at health desks at all border checkpoints using the RDT method, MoHP spokesperson Dr Prakash Budathoki said.

The Ministry has also urged one and all to adopt standards such as wearing masks, washing hands with soap and water or using sanitizers, and paying attention to personal hygiene to avoid getting infected from respiratory ailments including COVID-19.

Those coming from COVID-19 affected areas and with symptoms similar to COVID-19 have also been suggested to stay in self-quarantine and isolation.

Telephone service has been disrupted in three local levels of Humla district for more than two weeks, leaving the service-recipients without reliable communication. 

In Kharpunath rural municipalities, villages such as Pius, Bacchegauda and ward no 3 of Sunkhada have experienced frequent outages, with the network signal only appearing late at night, according to a local resident Shanti Shahi.

A telephone tower at Thana of Raya is dysfunctional now, she added. Likewise, in Sarkegaad, local residents of Syaltadi, Rip and Unapani villages report that the Nepal Telecom services are not functioning. 

"Even if the mobile phone shows the signal, calls do not go through," lamented Binod Fadera of Rip village. The rural municipality itself lacks operational connection of telecommunication, added a local business person Gagan Aidee.

Prolonged telecommunication disruption has plagued Piplang of Chankheli Rural Municipality for nearly a month. Locals must climb high hills to make calls as the network fails to function in their locality, shared Basuna Tamang, a local resident.

Chankheli Rural Municipality Chairperson Pyarilal Shahi attributed the disruption in the telecommunication services due to issues in the Nepal Telecom's tower at Melchham. 

Shahi mentioned that administrative works have been hampered due to lack of connectivity and local residents are also facing problems in communications.

Also, the delay surrounding the construction of 4G tower by the Nepal Telecom to provide network access to the rural municipality has further added to the woe of the local residents for reliable and convenient communication service.

Chief Administrator at Chankheli Rural Municipality Deepak Giri shared that they have been resorting to letter correspondence for administrative business in absence of reliable telecommunication services.

Much to the dismay, wireless internet installed by a private company is also not functioning effectively, he said.

A person died in a motorcycle accident at Raptiroad in Hetauda Sub-Metropolitan City-10 along the East-West Highway on Thursday night.. 

Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) and Spokesperson of District Police Office, Makawanpur, Shyamu Aryal identified the deceased as Dipendra Kumar Jha (45) of Janakpur Sub-Metropolitan City-4.

Seriously injured in the mishap, Jha breathed his last while receiving treatment in a hospital.

A man died in a crocodile attack in Budhirapti river, Chitwan district on Thursday night. 

According to the District Police Office, Chitwan, the deceased has been identified as Abhisek Majhi (27) of Chitrasari, Ratnagar Municipality-8.

The incident occurred when Majhi had gone to the Budhirapti river for fishing last night along with his friend, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Rabindra Khanal  said.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that a phone call earlier in the day with Vladimir Putin resulted in no progress at all on efforts to end the war in Ukraine, while a Kremlin aide said the Russian president reiterated that Moscow would keep pushing to solve the conflict's "root causes."

The two leaders did not discuss a recent pause in some U.S. weapons shipments to Kyiv during the nearly hour-long conversation, according to a readout provided by Putin aide Yuri Ushakov, Reuters reported.

U.S. attempts to end Russia's war in Ukraine through diplomacy have largely stalled, and Trump has faced growing calls - including from some Republicans - to increase pressure on Putin to negotiate in earnest.

Within hours of the call's conclusion, an apparent Russian drone attack sparked a fire in an apartment building in a northern suburb of Kyiv, Ukrainian officials said, indicating little change in the trajectory of the conflict.

U.S. President Donald Trump took a victory lap in friendly territory on Thursday, celebrating passage of his massive tax-cut and border security bill among supporters at the Iowa State Fairground, Reuters reported.

Trump flew to the state, which voted for him by large margins during the last three presidential elections, directly after the U.S. House of Representatives passed his “big, beautiful bill” and sent it to his desk to be enacted into law.

“Every major promise I made to the people of Iowa in 2024 became a promise kept,” Trump told the crowd of thousands at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines.

By visiting the state Trump was reinforcing his image as a president who delivers on his promises, especially to his rural and conservative base, according to Reuters.