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The Central Committee meeting of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has been summoned for Thursday.  

The Central Committee meeting of the party to be held at the party central office in Banasthali, Kathmandu will take a decision on the Parliamentary Party leader.  

The swearing-in ceremony of the newly-elected House of Representatives (HoR) members is scheduled to take place at 2 in the afternoon on Thursday, while the RSP has fixed its Central Committee meeting at 4 pm on the same day to elect its Parliamentary Party leader.

RSP Spokesperson Manish Jha said that President Rabi Lamichhane will chair the meeting. 

All the Central Committee members have been directed to attend the meeting, which will hold discussions on diverse issues. 

The RSP has gained a supermajority by winning 182 HoR seats from the elections held on March 5.

The price of gold has dropped by Rs 1, 600 per tola in the domestic market on Tuesday. 

According to the Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers’ Association, the yellow metal is being traded at Rs 273, 900 per tola today.   It was traded at Rs 275, 500 per tola on Monday.  

The price of silver, however, has increased by Rs 80 and is being traded at Rs 4, 505 per tola.

Victoria Mboko's rapid rise has the Canadian teenager poised for Grand Slam success, former U.S. Open champion Andy Roddick said after she beat fellow teenager Mirra Andreeva 7-6(4) 4-6 6-0 on Monday to reach the Miami Open quarter-finals, Reuters reported. 

Mboko picked up her first WTA Tour-level win in Miami last year and has enjoyed a string of deep runs at tournaments in 2026 highlighted by a fourth-round appearance at the Australian Open in January.

"Mboko is going to win a slam in the next two years," Roddick said on his Served with Andy Roddick podcast, according to Reuters. 

Belgium must do without Leandro Trossard and Hans Vanaken for the upcoming trip to the United States where they play two World Cup warm-up matches, Reuters reported. 

Trossard has opted out of the friendly matches against World Cup co-hosts United States in Atlanta on Saturday and Mexico in Chicago on March 31.

The Arsenal forward has only recently recovered from a hip injury and in consultation with his club it was decided not to call him up so that he can continue his rehabilitation in London, the Belgian football association said on Monday, according to Reuters. 

French football icon Zinedine Zidane has agreed to take over his national team’s head coaching duties following this summer’s FIFA World Cup, ESPN reported on Monday, Reuters reported. 

Zidane, 53, reportedly reached a verbal agreement with the Federation Francaise de Football to replace Didier Deschamps, who has held the role since 2012.

The Frenchman, who managed La Liga powerhouse Real Madrid for two stints (2016-18, 2019-21), has long been expected to eventually become the coach for France, according to Reuters. 

France striker Kylian Mbappe says he has fully recovered from a knee injury ​and wants to play all of Real ‌Madrid's remaining matches in the season run-in as he builds toward the World Cup, Reuters reported. 

The 27-year-old missed four ​league games in 2026 due to ​a lingering knee issue from last season ⁠but featured off the bench in the ​64th minute of Madrid’s 3-2 win over Atletico ​on Sunday.

"I have made a 100% recovery," Mbappe told AS.

"I prepared for the last two World Cups in the best way possible, ​which is ​to play, ⁠score goals, win titles, and fight until the last minute for ​my club, and this year I ​am ⁠going to do the same to arrive in top form."

A Colombian Air Force plane crashed shortly after takeoff in the south of the country, leaving at least 66 people dead and dozens injured, officials have said, BBC reported. 

Air force commander Carlos Fernando Silva Rueda said 114 army personnel were on board, as well as 11 crew. 

The plane, a US-made C-130 Hercules used for transporting troops, came down near the town of Puerto Leguizamo, in Putumayo province, according to Reuters. 

Italy’s Giorgia Meloni has conceded defeat in a referendum on her justice reforms, while confirming she would continue as prime minister, Aljazeera reported. 

With almost all votes counted, the provisional result from Sunday and Monday’s constitutional referendum put the “No” camp at about 53.5 percent, and “Yes” at about 46.5 percent, with a higher-than-expected turnout of more than 58 percent.

“The Italians have decided. And we respect this decision,” Meloni said in a statement on X on Monday, alongside a video, saying the result of the referendum was “a lost opportunity to modernise Italy”.