Roshan Shrestha

Home Minister Sudan Gurung is showing Nepal something it rarely sees from its governments — a promise kept within hours, not years. Talks between meter-interest (miterbyaj) victims and the government at Nijgadh, Bara have now stretched past six hours without a final agreement, but one demand from the victims was met almost immediately after it was raised.

Families searching for blood during a medical emergency will no longer have to contact multiple blood transfusion centres separately to check availability. A new “Blood Information” portal added to the Nagarik App now allows users to view blood stocks across the country from a single platform. The service provides real-time information on the blood groups available at participating transfusion centres and the number of units currently in stock.

The Rastriya Swatantra Party has made a final correction to its list of central committee members elected from Gandaki Province, restoring Som Sharma after an earlier decision replaced him with Puja Bastola. Sharma had secured the fourth-highest vote total in the Gandaki contest during the party’s general convention in Chitwan. His removal, despite that result, drew criticism over whether an administrative decision taken after the election could overturn the mandate given by party delegates.