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The price of gold has increased by Rs 100 per tola in the domestic market on Monday. 

According to the Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers’ Association, the precious yellow metal is being traded at Rs 196, 600 per tola today. It was traded at Rs 196, 500 per tola on Sunday.

Similarly, the price of silver, however, has dropped by Rs 5 and is being traded at Rs 2, 250 per tola today.

The UN's main food agency has warned that families trapped within the besieged Sudanese city of el-Fasher face starvation, BBC reported.

The World Food Programme (WFP) said it had not been able to deliver food to the city in the western Darfur region by road for more than a year.

El-Fasher has been surrounded by paramilitary fighters from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for nearly16 months - determined to seize it from Sudan's army.

The WFP warning comes as local activists have already begun reporting deaths by starvation in the city, which is home to about 250,000 people, according to BBC.

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has reached Dubai as a stopover flight to Turkmenistan to attend the Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries.

The PM is visiting Turkmenistan to attend the Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries which is scheduled to take place in the City of Awaza on August 5-8.

The PM landed at Dubai International Airport at 3 am local time.

Nepal’s Ambassador to UAE Tej Bahadur Chhetri and other officials welcomed the PM in Dubai.

The Nepali delegation left Kathmandu for Dubai at 11:55 last night by a flight of FlyDubai.

PM Oli is visiting Turkmenistan at the official invitation of President of Turkmenistan, Serdar Berdimuhamedow, and UN General-Secretary Antonio Guterres.

CPN-UML senior Vice Chairman Ishwor Pokharel has been appointed the party's Acting Chair.  

He took charge of the party's Acting Chair with party Chair and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli leaving for Turkmenistan last night.

Prime Minister Oli left for Turkmenistan to attend the Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries.

Chairman Oli assigned the party's senior Vice Chairman as the acting Chairman in accordance with Article 21 (2) of the UML Statute, Chief of UML's Publicity Department Rajendra Gautam said. 

Prime Minister Oli is scheduled to return home on Friday night. 

Four-wheelers have restricted from the plying the Sharada Barrage after the water level increased in the Mahakali River in Kanchanpur district.

Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Sagar Bohara of the District Police Office, Kanchanpur, said that mobility of the four-wheelers is barred in the Sharada Barrage with the rise in the water level in the river following the torrential rain.

He said, "Vehicles are prevented from moving after the water level reaches 100,000 cusecs per second in the Mahakali River."  

DSP Bohara shared that the water level reached 109,980 cusecs per second at 8 am today.

A new political party formed by the students who spearheaded an anti-government movement ousting former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday rallied in Bangladesh’s capital and pledged to build a new Bangladesh amid political uncertainty over the next election, Associated Press reported.

Separately, supporters of the student wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, or BNP, also held a rally in the capital, Dhaka, where party leaders also vowed to work to establish democracy following the fall of Hasina.

The rallies took place two days before the country’s interim government headed by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus is marking the anniversary of Hasina’s fall, according to Associated Press.

U.S. and Chinese officials may be able to settle many of their differences to reach a trade deal and avert punishing tariffs, but they remain far apart on one issue: the U.S. demand that China stop purchasing oil from Iran and Russia, Associated Press reported.

“China will always ensure its energy supply in ways that serve our national interests,” China’s Foreign Ministry posted on X on Wednesday following two days of trade negotiations in Stockholm, responding to the U.S. threat of a 100% tariff. 

“Coercion and pressuring will not achieve anything. China will firmly defend its sovereignty, security and development interests,” the ministry said, according to Associated Press.

A far-right Israeli minister visited and prayed at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site on Sunday, triggering regional condemnation and fears that the provocative move could further escalate tensions. The visit came as hospitals in Gazasaid 33 more Palestinians seeking food aid were killed by Israeli fire, Associated Press reported.

With Israel facing global criticism over famine-like conditions in the besieged strip, Itamar Ben-Gvir ‘s visit to the hillside compound threatened to further set back efforts by international mediators to halt Israel’s nearly two-year military offensive in Gaza.

The area, which Jews call the Temple Mount, is the holiest site in Judaism and was home to the ancient biblical temples. Muslims call the site the Noble Sanctuary. Today it is home to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third-holiest site in Islam, according to Associated Press.