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Police have arrested an inmate who escaped from the central jail during the Gen-Z Protest on September 9.

Subin Gurung (22) of Siranchowk Rural Municipality-8 in Gorkha district, currently living in Tarakeshwor in Kathmandu, was apprehended from Manamaiju area, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Shiva Kumar Shrestha said. 

Gurung was charged with smuggling and poaching of wildlife.

The United Kingdom is preparing for Storm Bram, which is expected to hit on Tuesday and Wednesday, bringing gusts of up to 90mph (144km/h) to north-west Scotland and strong winds widely across the country. The Met Office has issued an amber warning for north-west Scotland from 16:00 to 23:59 BST Tuesday, with yellow warnings in place for Wales, south-west England, Northern Ireland, and other parts of Scotland and north-west England. Bram will also bring heavy rainfall, with 20-40mm expected widely and up to 80mm on higher ground, raising the risk of localised flooding, particularly in already saturated areas. Travel disruption, property damage, and power outages are possible. Storm Bram, named by Met Éireann, develops rapidly on Tuesday before moving north to the west of the UK

Soldiers guarded Nepal's parliament and patrolled deserted streets on Wednesday with the capital Kathmandu under a curfew, after two days of deadly anti-corruption protests forced Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli to resign, Reuters reported.

The upheaval in the poor Himalayan nation was unleashed by a social media ban that was announced last week, but was rolled back after 19 people were killed on Monday as police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to control crowds.

The death toll from the protests had risen to 25 by Wednesday, Nepal's health ministry said, while 633 were injured.

Nepal's army said that relevant parties were coordinating to tackle the situation after the protests and resolve the issue. Media also said preparations were being made for authorities and protesters to hold talks, without giving details. Reuters could not independently confirm the information, according to Reuters.

The Ministry of Finance held a discussion with the Ministry of Health and Population regarding the implementation of the budget for the current fiscal year, 2025/26.

During the meeting, the Ministry of Health and Population proposed the recruitment of an additional 2,100 healthcare professionals including doctors and nurses at the federal level to support the expansion of specialized services to the province levels and the upgrading of federal hospitals, according to the Secretariat of Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Bishnu Prasad Paudel.

Minister for Health and Population, Pradip Paudel, voiced the critical need for increasing the healthcare workforce to extend services to the province levels and to enhance the overall efficiency and quality of healthcare delivery.

The meeting also discussed various issues, including the national health insurance scheme, social security measures, the provision of free medicines for children, the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the proposed Bir Hospital facility in Duwakot of Bhaktapur, and challenges related to burn treatment services.

Four people succumbed to dengue fever in the last fiscal year 2024/ 25 in Surkhet district.  

According to the District Public Health Service Office, Surkhet, the district recorded 1,837 dengue patients and four deaths in the last fiscal year. 

Focal person of the Office for the dengue control Udaya BC said that the risk of dengue fever is rising every year in Surkhet. 

He said 639 cases were reported in the fiscal year 2020/21 and 1,322 cases in 2021/22 while the cases rose to 1,484 in the fiscal year 2022/23. 

However, the cases slightly decreased in the year 2023/24.. 

The Office has identified Birendranagar, Panchapuri and Gurvakot as the high risk zones for dengue fever.

Thailand’s embattled prime minister was suspended from duty Tuesday and could face dismissal pending an ethics probe over a leaked phone call she had with Cambodia’s powerful former leader, CNN reported.

Paetongtarn Shinawatra, 38, has only held the premiership for 10 months after replacing her predecessor, who was removed from office. Her suspension brings fresh uncertainty to the Southeast Asian kingdom, which has been roiled by years of political turbulence and leadership shake-ups.

Thailand’s Constitutional Court accepted a petition brought by a group of 36 senators who accused Paetongtarn of violating the constitution for breaching ethical standards in the leaked call, which was confirmed as authentic by both sides.

Chairman of Nepal Pariwar Dal and lawmaker Ek Nath Dhakal has awarded to 195 students from 102 schools with Ambassador of Pakistan Scholarship amid a function organized in Kathmandu on June 26. The scholarship are awarded to the most deserving and bright Nepali students selected by the respective principals of the schools across Nepal.   

Speaking in the program, Dhakal lauded Pakistan for its continued technical support, especially in the field of education. This, he said, was a reflection of the close friendly ties between Pakistan and Nepal. He expressed hope that Pakistan’s support would go a long way in reminding the youth of the two countries about shared vision. He stressed the need for enhancing bilateral relations between the two countries in other areas as well.

Pakistanti Ambassador to Nepal said that Pakistan would continue its endeavor of scholarship programme and expanding the cooperation at all levels of education, including Higher Secondary students in Nepal. He said that today’s event was celebration of success of the students and a reflection of it being shared responsibility. Ambassador Hashmi highlighted that to encourage Nepali youth in the fields of studies, sports and healthy social activities is a vital part of our bilateral cooperation.  

There is an influence of the westerly and local winds in the country. 

The Meteorological Forecasting Division said that there is a partial influence of the water vapor-rich air coming from the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. 

The weather will be partly to generally cloudy in the hilly region and fair in the rest of the country this afternoon, according to the Division. 

Light to moderate rain with thunder and lightning is likely to occur at a few places of the hilly region and at one or two places of the rest of the provinces. 

Light rain and snowfall is likely to occur at some places of the mountainous region. 

Similarly, the weather will be partly cloudy in the hilly region and fair in the rest of the country tonight. 

Light to moderate rain accompanied by thunder and lightning is likely to occur at one or two places of the hilly region of the country, including Koshi Province.

There is a possibility of light rain and snowfall at one or two places in the mountainous region of the country.