FGN27 NEPAL-YOUTH-2NDLD PROTEST ****14 killed as youths clash with police over social media ban in Nepal; Army deployed to control situation Kathmandu: At least 14 people were killed and dozens injured on Monday as violent protests by youths rocked the Nepalese capital and certain other areas over the government’s decision to ban social media sites, prompting authorities to deploy the army in Kathmandu to control the situation.**** FGN24 NEPAL-UML-SINOINDIA ****Nepal’s ruling party urges India and China to withdraw Lipulekh trade agreement Kathmandu: Nepal’s ruling CPN-UML has expressed reservations over an agreement between India and China to resume border trade through Lipulekh pass, urging both countries to withdraw from the arrangement.**** FGN19 UKRAINE-ZELENSKYY-TARIFFS ****‘Right idea’ to impose tariffs on countries making deals with Russia: Zelenskyy New York/Washington: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that it is the “right idea” to impose tariffs on countries making deals with Russia, without naming India.**** FGN9 SINGAPORE-MINISTER-INDIA-ASEAN ****ASEAN benefits when China, India engage: Singapore minister Singapore: Describing India and China as “drivers of Asia’s growth”, a senior Singaporean minister on Monday said the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) gain when New Delhi and Beijing engage.**** FGN22 BANGLA-YUNUS-CRITIC-ARREST ****Bangladesh police arrest Liberation War veteran, critic of Yunus-led interim govt Dhaka/New Delhi: Bangladesh police on Monday said they arrested 1971 Liberation War veteran and former bureaucrat Abu Alam Shahid Khan, a prominent critic of Muhammad Yunus’s interim government, amid a series of detentions of dissenting voices since the ouster of Sheikh Hasina’s regime.**** FGN4 LANKA-HUMANRIGHTS ****Sri Lanka opposes international action on human rights, urges support for domestic justice process Colombo: Sri Lanka on Monday opposed international intervention on its human rights situation at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, asserting that such actions undermine ongoing domestic efforts to ensure justice and reconciliation.**** PTI SKS SKS RD RD