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panic.</p></article><article class="article-image article-image--left 3"><h3><a href="/national/2025/04/04/high-court-sends-rsp-chair-rabi-lamichhane-to-custody-in-cooperative-fraud-case">High court sends RSP chair Rabi Lamichhane to custody in cooperative fraud case </a></h3><span class="article-author">By <a href="/author/post-report">Post Report</a></span><div class="image pull-right"><figure><a href="/national/2025/04/04/high-court-sends-rsp-chair-rabi-lamichhane-to-custody-in-cooperative-fraud-case"><img data-src="https://assets-api.kathmandupost.com/thumb.php?src=https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/news/2025/third-party/thumb-1743776511.jpg&w=300&height=200" class="lazy img-responsive"></a></figure></div><p>Tulsipur High Court overturns Rupandehi District Court’s bail order.</p></article><article class="article-image article-image--left 4"><h3><a href="/national/2025/04/04/oli-modi-hold-talks-on-bimstec-sidelines">Oli, Modi hold talks on Bimstec sidelines</a></h3><span class="article-author">By <a href="/author/post-report">Post Report</a></span><div class="image pull-right"><figure><a href="/national/2025/04/04/oli-modi-hold-talks-on-bimstec-sidelines"><img data-src="https://assets-api.kathmandupost.com/thumb.php?src=https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/news/2025/third-party/OliandModi-1743762758.jpg&w=300&height=200" class="lazy img-responsive"></a></figure></div><p>Discussions focused on enhancing bilateral cooperation, especially in the areas of development partnership, energy, people-to-people ties, and connectivity, says the MEA, India.</p></article><article class="article-image article-image--left 5 visible-xs"><h3><a href="/weather/2025/04/04/three-killed-four-injured-in-separate-wildfires-in-panchthar-and-palpa">Three killed, four injured in separate wildfires in Panchthar and Palpa </a></h3><span class="article-author">By <a href="/author/laxmi-gautam">Laxmi Gautam</a> & <a href="/author/madhav-aryal">Madhav Aryal</a></span><div class="image image-sm image-220 pull-right"><figure><a href="/weather/2025/04/04/three-killed-four-injured-in-separate-wildfires-in-panchthar-and-palpa"> <img data-src="https://assets-api.kathmandupost.com/thumb.php?src=https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/news/2025/news/wildire-1743761121.jpg&w=600&height=400" class="lazy img-responsive"></a></figure></div><p>Blazes in both districts continue amid dry weather and strong winds.</p></article></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-md-5 grid-second divider-right order-1--sm"><article class="1"><div class="image image-md main-news-image-wrapper"><div class="swiper-container"><div class="swiper-wrapper"><div class="swiper-slide"><figure><a href="/national/2025/04/04/police-arrest-rsp-chair-rabi-lamichhane-from-kathmandu-residence"> <img class="lazy img-responsive" 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data-src="https://assets-api.kathmandupost.com/thumb.php?src=https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/author/r/Ruhipic-1743740405.jpg&w=100&height=100" class="lazy img-responsive"></picture><p>It is a systematic attempt of the Bharatiya Janata Party to destroy the federal structure. </p></article><article class="article-image"><h3 style="margin-bottom:0;"><a href="/columns/2025/04/04/a-tale-of-a-failing-state">A tale of a failing state </a></h3><span class="article-author">By <a href="/author/hridayesh-tripathi">Hridayesh Tripathi </a></span> <picture class=" img-circle" style="width: 42px; height: 42px; overflow: hidden;"> <img data-src="https://assets-api.kathmandupost.com/thumb.php?src=https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/author/h/hridayesh-1743736904.jpg&w=100&height=100" class="lazy img-responsive"></picture><p>The government of Nepal has turned into a government of the parties, not the people. </p></article><article class="article-image"><h3 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