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Fulpati marks the seventh day of Dashain as sacred offerings arrive in homes
Households across Nepal are bringing in Fulpati on Saturday, the seventh day of Bada Dashain, while a procession carries the offering to the Dashain Ghar at Hanuman Dhoka.
Read the storyJanakraj Sapkota's novel Magani Marik puts Madhesh's Dom community at its centre
The journalist's new book draws on two decades of reporting in Madhesh, turning stories that never made the news into fiction about caste, poverty and migration.
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Central bank lifts wallet deposit limit for festivals and warns of online scams
Nepal Rastra Bank has temporarily allowed up to 50 deposits a day into digital wallets during Dashain, Tihar and Chhath, while cautioning that fraudsters become more active as festive spending rises.
Nepal Police plan an anti-scam centre to freeze stolen money within minutes
Police, the central bank, lenders, payment firms and telecom operators would work side by side around the clock under a plan that could start operating within a month if the finance ministry funds it.
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Amazon deforestation in Brazil falls to lowest level on record
Forest loss in the Brazilian Amazon dropped 42 percent to about 3,335 sq km in the year to July, according to official satellite data released days before a presidential run-off.
President issues two science ordinances as Congress resists land ordinance
President Ramchandra Paudel signed two ordinances on the government's recommendation on Friday, the same day the opposition Nepali Congress came out against a planned ordinance on land.
India sends secretary-rank diplomat Sudhakar Dalela as next envoy to Nepal
A former ambassador to Bhutan who once ran India's Nepal desk, Dalela outranks the officials New Delhi has usually posted to Kathmandu.
Private power firms cleared to prepare for cross-border electricity trade
The energy minister has agreed to issue letters of intent valid for up to two years, though they stop short of allowing companies to buy or sell power abroad.
Dozens of children killed as school roof collapses in Pakistan's Peshawar
At least 33 people died when classroom roofs gave way at a private school in north-west Pakistan on Thursday, most of them primary pupils.
Remittances reach Rs 436 billion in two months, but growth slows
Money sent home by Nepalis working abroad rose 23.9 percent in the first two months of the fiscal year, even as fewer people left for overseas jobs for the first time.
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