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The inaugural edition of the league, which features eight teams, is set to take place from November 30 to December 21 at the TU Cricket Ground in Kirtipur, Kathmandu. <i>Hemanta Shrestha/TKP</i></figcaption></section><section class="image story-section section- section-center"><img class="lazy img-responsive" data-src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/news/2024/miscellaneous/Untitled13-1731986229.jpg"><figcaption>Children play at an open air gymnasium on the banks of Bishnumati River at Indrayani Sadak in Kathmandu on Monday. <i>Safal Prakash Shrestha</i></figcaption></section><section class="image story-section section- section-center"><img class="lazy img-responsive" data-src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/news/2024/miscellaneous/Untitled2-1732078998.jpg"><figcaption>A priest pictured at the Krishna Mandir in Mangalbazar, Patan on Tuesday. <i>Safal Prakash Shrestha</i></figcaption></section><section class="image story-section section- section-center"><img class="lazy img-responsive" data-src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/news/2024/miscellaneous/Untitled3-1732086908.jpg"><figcaption>Buddhist monks attend prayers on the first day of a five-day ceremony for world peace at a vihar in Lumbini, Kapilvastu, on Tuesday. <i>Manoj Paudel/TKP</i></figcaption></section><section class="image story-section section- section-center"><img class="lazy img-responsive" data-src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/news/2024/miscellaneous/SahakariVictimsProtestMaitighar09-1732162435.jpg"><figcaption>People who lost their deposits to misgoverned cooperatives stage a protest in the Capital on Wednesday. <i>Angad Dhakal/TKP </i></figcaption></section><section class="image story-section section- section-center"><img class="lazy img-responsive" data-src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/news/2024/miscellaneous/TU-1732162752.jpg"><figcaption>A general view of the TU Cricket Ground, Kirtipur is seen in this photograph taken on Wednesday. The ground, which will host the inaugural edition of the Nepal Premier League T20 cricket tournament from November 30 to December 21, is in the final phase of renovation, according to the Cricket Association of Nepal. <i>Hemanta Shrestha/TKP</i></figcaption></section><section class="image story-section section- section-center"><img class="lazy img-responsive" data-src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/news/2024/miscellaneous/Untitled3-1732173315.jpg"><figcaption>The shopping district of New Road wears a clean new look in this photo taken on Wednesday after the Kathmandu Metropolitan City removed tangled wires from utility poles which were subsequently laid underground. <i>Safal Prakash Shrestha</i></figcaption></section><section class="image story-section section- section-center"><img class="lazy img-responsive" data-src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/news/2024/miscellaneous/Untitled8-1732242420.jpg"><figcaption>A victim of cooperative fraud, Sushila Shahi, pictured with her child during a protest meeting in Kathmandu on Thursday. The resident ofSankhu in the Valley was injured during Wednesday’s protest calling for recovery of lost savings. Shahi had deposited Rs300,000 that she earned selling vegetables over the years, along with Rs500,000 that her brother remitted from foreign employment. Unable to withdraw her money from Sumeru Cooperative, she relies on her husband’s meagre monthly income of Rs12,000 as a clothes salesman. <i>Angad Dhakal/TKP </i></figcaption></section><section class="image story-section section- section-center"><img class="lazy img-responsive" data-src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/news/2024/miscellaneous/Untitled9-1732242420.jpg"><figcaption>A man dressed as a demon performs during the 12-year Shwetakali (Naradevi Ajima) Nach at Kathmandu Durbar Square on Thursday. This tantrik dance tradition was started in the 10th century during the reign of Thakuri king Gunakamadev, the founder of Kathmandu city. It is perfomed over several days. <i>Safal Prakash Shrestha</i></figcaption></section><section class="image story-section section- section-center"><img class="lazy img-responsive" data-src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/news/2024/miscellaneous/Untitled16-1732330374.jpg"><figcaption>Nepal’s number one amateur golfer Sadbhav Acharya poses for a photo with the Faldo Junior Tour trophy upon his arrival at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu on Friday. Acharya won the Boys’ Under 21 Division title at the 28th Faldo Junior Tour European Grand Final at the Al Ain Equestrian Shooting and Golf Club in the United Arab Emirates on Thursday. He claimed a two-stroke victory over Denmark’s Viktor Kofod-Olsen with a score of 5-under 205. He finished second in the overall leaderboard, two strokes behind Welsh golfer Dion Regan. 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