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PM Balen Shah Unveils 25-Member Secretariat and Official Biography

The Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers has made public the structure of Prime Minister Balendra Shah's 25-member advisory team and personal secretariat, alongside his official biography. According to records on the prime minister's portal reported by Nagarik News, Annapurna Post, and Thaha Khabar, the team includes five senior advisers with ministerial or state-ministerial status. Kumar Byanjankar serves as honorary chief political adviser, Asim Shah as political adviser, and Prof. Dr. Jagdish Prasad Agrawal as honorary health adviser, all receiving cabinet-minister-level benefits. Sudip Dhakal and Bibek Mishra advise with minister-of-state equivalency.

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Business

Parsa Resident Wins Rs 1 Million in Tax Incentive Lottery

Lalbabu Sah Kanu of Parsa district has won the Rs 1 million bumper prize in the government's Taxpayer Incentive Gift Programme lottery. Kanu secured the top award for the first fortnight of Asoj after buying Rs 21,000 worth of lubricating oil. Following the announcement held at the Ministry of Finance hall in Kathmandu, Inland Revenue Department Director General Dr. Bhishma Kumar Bhusal notified Kanu by phone and instructed him to visit his nearest tax office to claim the payout.

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Business

Government Prepares Security Outlets to Sell Cooking Gas

The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies plans to permit security agencies to sell liquefied petroleum gas through their fuel stations to mitigate shortages during emergencies. Ministry Secretary Rudra Singh Tamang told a parliamentary committee that opening gas outlets at pumps run by the Nepal Army, Nepal Police, and the Armed Police Force will provide a buffer against supply bottlenecks, according to Nagarik News, Karobar Daily, and DC Nepal.

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Business

NEA Manages Disaster Outages with Imports as Long-Term Deals Advance

The Nepal Electricity Authority is arranging to import 1,154 megawatts of power from India through cross-border links including the Dhalkebar–Muzaffarpur and Tanakpur–Mahendranagar lines, following severe disaster damage. Recent monsoon flooding and landslides disabled over 1,200 megawatts of domestic generation and transmission capacity, including more than 400 megawatts knocked offline along the Trishuli River.

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