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Ukraine and the U.S. on Wednesday signed a deal heavily promoted by U.S. President Donald Trump that will give the United States preferential access to new Ukrainian minerals deals and fund investment in Ukraine's reconstruction, Reuters reported.

The two countries signed the accord in Washington after months of sometimes fraught negotiations, with uncertainty persisting until the last moment with word of an eleventh-hour snag.

The accord establishes a joint investment fund for Ukraine's reconstruction as Trump tries to secure a peace settlement in Russia's three-year-old war in Ukraine.

The agreement is central to Kyiv's efforts to mend ties with Trump and the White House, which frayed after he took office in January, according to Reuters.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Ukrainian First Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko were shown signing the agreement in a photo posted on X by the Treasury, which said the deal "clearly signals the Trump Administration's commitment to a free, sovereign, prosperous Ukraine."

Nagarik Unmukti Party patron Resham Chaudhary, who was arrested this afternoon, has been released.

Chaudhary was arrested based on the 'unofficial letter' written by an officer of the Judgment Execution Directorate under the Supreme Court, Mahiman Singh Bista.

He was released after the SC informed that the letter was an unofficial one, said Spokesperson at the District Police Range, Kathmandu, and Superintendent of Police, Apil Raj Bohara. 

Clearing the uncertainty, the SC had sent a letter to the Central Jail, Dillibazaar, to release Chaudhary. 

Bohara added Chaudhary has been released, while officer Bista has been arrested in connection with the issuance of an unauthorized letter that led to Chaudhary's arrest.

Chaudhary was arrested from Nepal Academy premises at a time when he was going to attend a party unification program between the Janamat party and the Nagarik Unmukti Party.

Foreign Department Chief of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Bijay Chauthaiwale, met Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak today.

BJP leader Chauthaiwale, who is currently on a Nepal visit, met Home Minister Lekhak at Singh Durbar. 

On the occasion, Minister Lekhak condemned the recent terrorist attack in Jammu-Kashmir of India and made it clear that Nepal government is against terrorist attack. He held talks with the visiting leader to strengthen Nepal-India relations, which are cordial and subsisting for long.

BJP leader Chaudhaiwale also expressed belief that relations between the two countries would be further strengthened.  "Nepal-India relations are firm and no issue can strain the friendly relations," he said, expressing condolence to the family members of a Nepali youth who was killed in the terrorist attack in Kashmir.

He further said BJP would cooperate fully to consolidate Nepal's democracy.

President Ram Chandra Paudel appointed Kham Bahadur Garbuja, a House of Representatives member, as the Minister of State for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation on Wednesday.

The appointment was made in accordance with the recommendation made by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, said the President's Office.