Daily Briefing: Key Events in Nepal

Ratopati June 04, 2026

Kathmandu. Today is Thursday, Jeth 21, 2083 BS. We are here with the main events of the day with Ratopati's night presentation 'Ratopati Briefing' with 10 news at 10.

1. Tiktoker Adhikari in Jail

Lalitpur District Court has ordered Tiktoker Tulsha Adhikari, also known as Tulsi Adhikari, to be sent to jail for pre-trial detention.

On Thursday, Judge Teknath Gautam's bench of Lalitpur District Court issued an order to send Adhikari to jail for pre-trial detention based on the evidence received.

2. Ravi's India Visit

The special importance given to the Chairman of Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) Ravi Lamichhane by India is being viewed meaningfully in diplomatic circles.

Ravi-led delegation, which reached New Delhi on Jeth 18 at the invitation of Nitin Naveen, President of India's ruling party Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), held meetings with high-level officials including Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar.

3. License Issue

There is good news for millions of service recipients who have been waiting for smart driving licenses for a long time. Overcoming the severe shortage of smart cards and the slowness in printing, the Department of Transport Management and Security Printing Center have brought the printing work to the final stage. According to the Security Printing Center, the printing of 1.57 million smart licenses has been completed so far.

As per the agreement with the department, the center was given the responsibility to print 1.2 million cards in the first phase and 1.7 million in the second phase. Of these, only a very small number of licenses are left to be printed, informed Deputy Secretary of the Center, Gopal Raj Timilsina.

4. UML's Conclusion

UML has concluded that the party's relationship with the public has drifted away due to the increasing luxurious and ostentatious lifestyle of leaders and the lack of good conduct and behavior.

Leaders reached this conclusion after group discussions at the two-day 'Party Membership Renewal and Expansion Motivation National Workshop' organized by the Organization Department in Kathmandu. After a shameful defeat in the parliamentary elections held on Falgun 21, CPN-UML organized a two-day workshop with the objective of making the party effective.

5. Difficulty for Cancer Patients

There is a severe shortage in the market of 'Carboplatin' and 'Cisplatin' drugs used in chemotherapy for cancer treatment.

These drugs, mainly imported from India and Bangladesh, are scarce in the market. Importers say that this drug, which has an annual consumption of 24,000 vials, is currently out of stock.

6. Foreign Minister's India Visit

Foreign Minister Shishir Khanal is scheduled to pay an official visit to India from Jeth 22 to 24 at the cordial invitation of Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar.

This visit, which is part of the regular high-level visits exchange between Nepal and India, is expected to further strengthen the historical and multifaceted bilateral relations between the two countries.

7. Nepali Congress Active Membership Update

In the Nepali Congress, only 375,000 active members have updated their membership so far. The active membership management committee led by General Secretary Pradip Paudel has given time to renew active membership for digitally updating.

As of the preparation of this news, 375,000 have updated their membership, informed Prakash Snehi Rasaili, member of the membership management committee and party joint general secretary. Rasaili informed that the number is estimated to reach 400,000 by the evening.

8. Miracle on Everest

Guide Dawa Sherpa, 52, who went missing in the 'Death Zone', considered the most dangerous part of the world's highest peak Sagarmatha, has been found alive after seven days.

Sherpa, who had been out of contact since May 30, was rescued alive on Thursday morning. According to Nisha Thapa Raut, Director of the Department of Tourism, Dawa had been out of contact with his agency since May 30. He was found on Thursday morning around 9 AM at 'Camp One Point' near Sagarmatha Base Camp, crawling in the snow.

9. Dhawal on a New Journey

Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) General Secretary Dhawalshamsher Rana has formally announced his resignation from the party.

Addressing a press conference in the capital on Thursday, Rana also announced the formation of a new political party.

At the press conference, he stated that the RPP leadership has failed to preserve the party's core agenda and has neglected internal democracy, forcing him to choose a new path.

10. Prisoner taken to hotel for alcohol and meat

Prisoners sentenced by the court are kept in prison for a certain period of imprisonment. They are kept under 24-hour security and provided with sustenance by the state, but a prisoner from Central Jail Sundhara has been found in a hotel.

Anup Bhandari, who is serving a sentence for fraud at the Central Detention Center, was found at Hotel Deep Sagar in Samakhushi. Prison office documents show that he was permitted to be taken to Vinayak Hospital and Maternity Home Pvt. Ltd. in Samakhushi on Jeth 1 for treatment of a back-related illness.