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Minister for Communications and Information Technology Prithvi Subba Gurung has said that the School Education Bill will be introduced soon through a fast track process to address education-related problems. 

Making public the decisions of the Council of Ministers meeting today, Minister Gurung, who is also the spokesperson of the Government, said that the government is sensitive to the problems of teachers and shared that the government is preparing to pass the bill soon. 

According to Minister Gurung, the decision of the Council of Ministers held on April 18 has shown that the government is sensitive to the demands raised by the Nepal Teachers Federation and has decided to recommend to the President to convene a session of the Federal Parliament for the purpose of passing the School Education Bill. 

Meanwhile, the government has called on the agitating teachers to return to their respective work stations, saying that it is an important time to enroll students in schools for the new academic session. 

The government has also urged the teachers to examine the answer sheets of the secondary education examination (SEE) and conduct the examination of Grade 12. 

On a different note, Minister Gurung shared that the government has held discussions to appoint Nepal Rastra Bank governor and assured that appointment will be made soon. 

He also clarified that Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur had also held a discussion on the issue.

Likewise, the government has decided to form a negotiation team under the coordination of Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Finance to give in-principle consent to obtain a concessional loan of US$ 137 million for the third phase of the Rani Jamara Kulariya Irrigation Project. The project is being implemented with the financial assistance of the World Bank. The team will also finalize the financial agreement and project documents related to the loan.

Similarly, the government has decided to receive additional grant assistance of 1.8 million Swiss francs from the Government of Switzerland for small irrigation programs. 

The government has decided to prepare and submit an implementation action plan within seven days for the implementation of the report of the High-Level Economic Reform Suggestion Commission. 

Similarly, Minister Gurung shared that the government has decided to recommend to the President to convene a session of both houses of the Federal Parliament for April 25.

The CPN (Maoist Center) has drawn the attention of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli to prepare a common agenda and concept to be presented in the Sagarmatha Sambaad, an event the government is organizing with a focus on impact of climate change. 

The Department of Forest, Environment and Climate of the Maoist Center met PM Oli and welcomed the government's initiative to hold the international event on climate change from May 16-18.

PM Oli is also the Sambaad steering committee chair.

 A delegation led by Maoist Center’s Environment Department chief Madhav Sapkota met PM Oli at the latter's office, Singh Durbar today and urged to prepare a common program based on the initiatives made earlier.

On the occasion, PM Oli assured that the event should be made successful by all sides, rising above political party and favour. All political parties would cooperate to make Sambaad successful.

The Sagarmatha Sambaad announced previously was postponed for various reasons including COVID-19.

Sipradi Impact and Kathmandu Kickers under the Sipradiyan Sahayata Sanstha have launched a feee "Football for Future-Nationwide Girls' Football Training Camp" with an objective of developing the capacity of girls from different parts of the country, increasing their confidence, and creating inclusive opportunities.

The first phase of the program was launched in Dharan, where 84 girls from the local community participated enthusiastically, while more than 90 participated in the training camp held in Janakandani.

According to Shambhu Dahal, Senior Vice Chairman of Sipradiyan Sahayata Sanstha, “Our goal is to make every girl  believe in her abilities, seek opportunities, and bring changes to her community.

"Football is just a means – the goal is long-term social transformation. Our aim is to make this program more effective with the support and collaboration of local communities, schools, parents and stakeholders," he said.

After Dharan and Janakpur, the 'Football for Future - Nationwide Girls' Football Training Camp'  will now be held in Pokhara.

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Paris St Germain kept alive their dream of a first Champions League title on Tuesday by squeezing past Aston Villa 5-4 on aggregate after a pulsating second leg of their quarter-final which the English side won 3-2, Reuters reported.

Ahead 3-1 from the first leg, PSG appeared to have sealed the contest within the first half-hour as their marauding fullbacks Achraf Hakimi and Nuno Mendes scored from two flowing counter-attacks to stun the Villa Park crowd.

But Youri Tielemans revived hope with a 34th-minute deflected goal before Villa stunned the visitors early in the second half with two goals in two minutes from John McGinn and Ezri Konsa.

Villa poured forward, drawing a string of outstanding saves from PSG goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma to preserve the aggregate win and enable his side to move into a semi-final against either Real Madrid or Arsenal , who play on Wednesday, according to Reuters.

Five-time European champions Barcelona reached their first Champions League semi-final in six seasons with a 5-3 aggregate victory despite being beaten 3-1 by Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday, Reuters reported.

Serhou Guirassy scored a hat-trick for Dortmund to condemn Barca to their first defeat across all competitions this year but it could not prevent the Catalans from reaching the last four.

"Dortmund did very well. We did not have our best day. I had a feeling something like that would happen today because I know the stadium well," said Barcelona coach Hansi Flick.

"Things didn't go too well for us but Dortmund played very well. But congratulations to my team, we're in the semi-finals. We're happy. I'm really happy for the team and the club."

The visitors found themselves on the back foot from the start with Dortmund shooting out of the blocks as they attempted to bounce back from last week's 4-0 first-leg loss, according to Reuters.

China's first-quarter economic growth beat expectations, underpinned by solid consumption and industrial output even as policymakers brace for the impact of U.S. tariffs that analysts say pose the biggest risk to the Asian powerhouse in decades, Reuters reported.

President Donald Trump has ratcheted up tariffs on Chinese goods to eye-watering levels, prompting Beijing to slap retaliatory duties on U.S. imports in an intensifying trade war between the world's two biggest economies that markets fear will lead to a global recession.

Data on Wednesday showed China's gross domestic product (GDP) grew 5.4% in the January-March quarter from a year earlier, unchanged from the fourth quarter, but beat analysts expectations in a Reuters poll for a rise of 5.1%.

The outlook is expected to dim, however, as Washington's tariff shock hits the crucial export engine, heaping pressure on Chinese leaders as they try to keep the world's second-largest economy on an even keel and prevent mass job losses, according to Reuters.

Punjab Kings have beaten Kolkata Knight Riders by 16 runs in match 31 of the Indian Premier League 2025 at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur in Chandigarh on Tuesday.

Chasing 112 runs KKR were bundled out for 95. Yuzvendra Chahal has been the pick of the bowlers for PBKS with four wickets.

Punjab Kings have been bundled out for 111 after opting to bat first against Kolkata Knight Riders Harshit Rana has been the pick of the bowler with three wickets.

With the result Kolkata Knight Riders are sixth in the table losing four out of the three games. Meanwhile Punjab Kings are at fourth in the table with four wins in six games.

Currently the country is under an effect of local winds. 

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

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 country this afternoon. One or two places of the high hilly and mountainous regions of the country are also likely to receive light rain and snowfall.  

Similarly, the weather will be partly to generally cloudy in the hilly regions of the country including Koshi Province and fair in the rest of the country tonight, the Division said. 

Light to moderate rain with thunder and lightning is likely to occur at one or two places of the hilly regions of Koshi, Bagmati, Gandaki, Karnali and Sudurpashchim provinces. 

Light rain and snowfall is likely to occur at one or two places of the high hilly and mountainous region of the country.