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The monsoon wind has its influence throughout the country at present with the monsoon low pressure troughs in its average position, the Meteorological Forecasting Division stated. 

The weather will be generally cloudy across the country today.  

According to the Division, there is a possibility of light to moderate rainfall with thunder and lightning in most of the parts in Koshi, Bagmati, Gandaki and Lumbini Province, as well as in some areas of the remaining regions.

The Division further stated that there is a possibility of heavy rainfall in one or two places in Koshi, Bagmati, Gandaki, and Lumbini Provinces.

Similarly, tonight it will be partly to generally cloudy weather across the country. 

Some parts of Koshi, Bagmati, and Gandaki Provinces, and one or two places of other provinces are likely to receive light to moderate rainfall along with thunder and lightning, according to the weather bulletin issued by the Division.

Nepali will take on Singapore in the final match of ACC Men's U-16 East Zone Cricket Cup. 

The final match will be held at 7:45 am Saturday. 

Nepal secured their place for the final match of the championship defeating Malaysia by nine wickets in the semi-final held earlier today. 

Nepal chased the 91-run victory target in just 11.4 overs. 

Similarly, defeating Hong Kong by four wickets in another round of semi-final match today itself, Singapore made their place for the final. 

Chasing the target of 169 runs posted by Hong Kong, Singapore completed it in 38.5 overs losing six wickets.  

Earlier, Nepal had defeated Singapore by six wickets in a group-wise match.

Nepal are the defending champion of the series. 

They had clinched the title of the championship by defeating Malaysia in 2023 BS. 

Nepal, Singapore, Indonesia, Bhutan, Japan, Malaysia, Hong Kong, the Maldives, Thailand and Myanmar had participated in the ongoing championship organized by the Asian Cricket Council. 

Police have arrested 52 people, including six Chinese nationals for their alleged connection in crypto currency transactions and illegally operating a dating app.. 

A team deployed from Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police nabbed them while they were unlawfully operating the call center from a rented house at Lalitpur Metropolitan City-4 and Meto Dating App after registering the 'Social Software Development Company. 

The company has rented a house at Kathmandu Metropolitan City-13, Chagal as its branch from where such illegal activities were being conducted, the CIB informed. 

The CIB team had seized around Rs 1.4 million, three laptops and 54 mobile sets from the arrestees. 

Police have started an investigation into the case. 

Astronomers have discovered a strange new object in our Milky Way galaxy, Associated Press reported.

An international team reported Wednesday that this celestial object — perhaps a star, pair of stars or something else entirely — is emitting X-rays around the same time it’s shooting out radio waves. What’s more, the cycle repeats every 44 minutes, at least during periods of extreme activity.

Located 15,000 light-years away in a region of the Milky Way brimming with stars, gas and dust, this object could be a highly magnetized dead star like a neutron or white dwarf, Curtin University’s Ziteng Andy Wang said in an email from Australia. 

Or it could be “something exotic” and unknown, said Wang, lead author of the study published in the journal Nature, according to Associated Press.

President of Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FNCCI) Chandra Prasad Dhakal has urged the investors and business community in Spain to make their investment in Nepal with top confidence since Nepal has an investment-friendly environment. 

At a programme organized on Wednesday by the Embassy of Nepal in Madrid, Spain, Dhakal asked the investors from Spain for their investment in Nepal's tourism, agriculture, information technology and infrastructure sectors, the FNCCI shared.  

Members of the Spain Chamber of Commerce and Industry, business leaders, representatives of Nepali community and diplomats were present on the occasion.

Dhakal also said that high returns were possible from Nepal's tourism industry since this is the backbone of Nepal's economy.

A man died in an elephant attack at Phaktalung in Birtamod Municipality-7, Jhapa district on Thursday.

Khagendra Bahadur Khadka, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) of District Police Office, Jhapa, said that the deceased has been identified as  59-year-old Lok Prasad Limbu.

He was attacked in front of his house this morning, DSP Khadka said.

Police said that Limbu died on the spot.

Four people died in Spain, two in France and two in Italy as an early summer heatwave continued to grip much of Europe on Wednesday, triggering health alerts and forest fires and forcing the closure of a nuclear reactor at a Swiss power plant, Reuters reported.

Spanish officials said a wildfire in Catalonia had killed two people a day earlier, and authorities reported heatwave-linked deaths also in Extremadura and Cordoba. France's energy minister reported two deaths linked to the heat, with 300 others taken to hospital.

Italy issued red alerts for 18 cities, while in Germany temperatures were forecast to peak at 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in some areas, making it the hottest day of the year.

Two men over the age of 60 died in separate incidents on the beach in Sardinia from the heat, ANSA news agency reported.

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the US will charge 20% tariffs on imports from Vietnam under a new trade deal reached during last-minute negotiations, BBC reported.

Products sent from Vietnam to the US had faced a 46% levy, which was set to go into effect next week as part of Trump's "reciprocal" tariffs announced in April.

Dozens of other economies, including the European Union and Japan, are still scrambling to make their own deals with the US before the planned increases. 

Under the agreement, Vietnam will charge no tariffs on US products, Trump said in a social media post, according to BBC.