Weekly Summary
Flood recovery and climate-justice diplomacy dominated the week, with political moves to investigate Bhotekoshi River floods, UNGA-linked calls for faster adaptation funding, and U.S. support announced for Bhotekoshi flood recovery. Governance and accountability developments included court scrutiny of detention in the Bharat Dahal case, where the Supreme Court ordered Bharat Dahal’s release while allowing investigation to continue, alongside provincial bribery inquiries connected to Padma Nursing Home bed upgrade approvals. By the end of the week, foreign-policy and legal-security priorities converged through visa exemptions under Nepal–Belarus agreement and the arrest of former Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JB Rana, though specific charges against Rana were not specified in the provided briefs and police legal basis details were described as pending/were questioned.
Forex remained relatively stable over the week: USD/NPR moved within 153.25-153.70 (0.06% net change), starting at NPR 153.70 on Sep 20 and ending at NPR 153.61 on Sep 27; other major pairs traded in narrow ranges (CAD 108.60-109.80, AUD 107.97-109.51, GBP 203.43-205.58, JPY 9.72-9.77). international gold closed near NPR 246,863 per tola; international silver closed near NPR 3,707.
