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Kathmandu-Tarai Expressway likely to miss revised deadline againWith only 48 percent physical progress achieved, officials say the fast-track project will need at least another two or three years for completion as disputes in the Khokana section remain unresolved.Read 
Marginalised communities’ barrier to techThey, too, can succeed in tech. We can't afford to keep excluding them.Read 
Why Nepal must build a sovereign ‘AI Factory’Sovereign AI infrastructure could transform Nepal from a consumer of technology into a producer of digital intelligence.Read 
US and Iran report progress on talks ending war, looking to next few daysUS Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who is visiting India, also said some progress had been made on Iran and that the US might have “something to say” on the issue in the coming days.Read 
Thirty-six Nepali workers in Qatar unpaid for eight monthsWorkers say a Qatari company has withheld salaries and benefits for eight months, leaving them unable to return home as unpaid dues cross Rs20.5 million.Read 
Rubio touts US energy on India trip meant to repair tiesThe US has meanwhile grown closer to India’s rival and neighbour Pakistan, with Islamabad emerging as a key interlocutor in efforts to end the Iran war, a new irritant to the US-India relationship.Read 
Nepali Army plans 21-day isolation for peacekeepers returning from Ebola-hit CongoDecision comes amid an outbreak of Bundibugyo strain that has killed at least 144 people and infected over 600 in Congo and Uganda since late April.Read 
At least 90 dead in China’s worst coal mine disaster in over 16 yearsIn 2009, a coal and gas outburst in Heilongjiang Province killed 108 people and injured 133.Read 
NEPSE ends week higher ahead of budget announcementBenchmark index rises 0.97 percent to 2,758.49 points as hydropower stocks lead sectoral rally. Market cap adds Rs 45 billion despite slight dip in turnover.Read 
Nepali film ‘Elephants in the Fog’ wins Jury Prize at CannesDirected by Abinash Bikram Shah, the film earns recognition in the ‘Un Certain Regard’ section at the prestigious festival.Read 
Pilaru echoes a fading Tharu traditionA community-led exhibition in Lalitpur reclaims the cultural history of Pilaru, a traditional clay instrument shaped by memory and oral heritage.Read 
NEPSE this weekHere is a snapshot of what happened at the stock market this week.Read