Nepal’s Supreme Court, Banks Reopen After Protests; Curfew Relaxed In Kathmandu

<p>Kathmandu, Sep 11 (PTI) The Supreme Court and banks are set to open in Kathmandu with the relaxation in curfew for a few hours, even as business and commercial activities gradually resume in the Nepalese capital on Thursday.&nbsp; The Supreme Court of Nepal, which was completely damaged during Tuesday&rsquo;s protest, is set to reopen from Sunday.&nbsp; The decision to open the court was taken in an emergency plenary meeting of the Apex Court on Thursday, Chief Justice Prakash Man Singh Raut said in a statement.</p>
<p>Raut said that irreparable damage has been done to important court documents during the protests.</p>
<p>”Important documents from Nepal’s judicial history are on the verge of destruction,” said the statement.</p>
<p>The offices of both the Central Bank and Supreme Court were badly damaged during Tuesday&rsquo;s violent protests.</p>
<p>Nepal Rastra Bank, the central bank of Nepal, has instructed all the commercial banks to resume services from 10 am to 2 pm.&nbsp; Following this notice, some of the banks started operating till 2 pm from Thursday.&nbsp; The banks have been shut down since Tuesday due to the protests by the Gen Z group.&nbsp; A few offices also started operating partially on Thursday.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, some rush was seen in Kathmandu&rsquo;s major markets like Ashon, Indrachowk and Maru for shopping on Thursday evening between 5 and 7 pm, when curfew was relaxed, due to the upcoming Hindu festival of Vijaya Dashami.&nbsp; However, public transport services that were halted from Monday afternoon, citing security reasons, are yet to resume.</p>
<p>The Nepal Army has published a new schedule of restrictive orders and curfew for Friday.&nbsp; As per the notice, the curfew will remain till 7 am on Friday, and then restrictive orders will be in place from 11 am to 5 pm. Then curfew will be imposed from 7 pm to 6 am the next day, according to the Nepal Army notice.</p>
<p>There will be a window for movement for the general public from 6 am to 11 am and 5 pm to 7 pm .</p>
<p>The situation in Kathmandu and other parts of the country remained peaceful, with army troops carrying out patrolling in sensitive areas.&nbsp; The death toll from two days of violent protests that began on Monday has increased to 34, according to officials.&nbsp;</p>
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