Weekly Summary
Across the week, Nepal’s parliamentary agenda and lawmaking disputes expanded from claims about whether Parliament received sufficient business to an impending House of Representatives session centered on multiple bills including the Children (First Amendment) Bill. Accountability and policing featured prominently, including a police raid on Prakash Mundada tied to allegations of illegal materials and unaccounted funds, and Pushparaj Bhattarai’s arrest in a fake travel document scheme involving Tibetan refugees. On daily life and governance, the week highlighted recurring LPG shortages and exchange queues, disaster and public-service actions like Cabinet-approved relief for Sunsari-Siraha victims, and ongoing national security scrutiny amid calls for an independent probe into security-force killings in Sunsari and Siraha.
Forex remained relatively stable over the week: USD/NPR moved within 152.64-152.92 (0.18% net change), starting at NPR 152.92 on Aug 02 and ending at NPR 152.64 on Aug 09; other major pairs traded in narrow ranges (CAD 108.85-109.11, AUD 107.06-107.58, GBP 205.16-205.69, JPY 9.56-9.73). international gold closed near NPR 248,516 per tola; international silver closed near NPR 3,639.
