{"id":57427,"date":"2026-10-26T12:39:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T06:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=57427"},"modified":"2026-10-26T12:39:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T06:54:00","slug":"npl-is-celebration-for-nepali-sports-prime-minister-shah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/npl-is-celebration-for-nepali-sports-prime-minister-shah\/","title":{"rendered":"NPL is celebration for Nepali sports: Prime Minister Shah"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Kathmandu, Oct 26: Prime Minister Balendra Shah has stated that the Nepal Premier League (NPL) has emerged as a prominent celebration of Nepali sports over the past few years.<\/p>\n<p>He extended his best wishes for success via social media regarding the third edition of the NPL, which commences today.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Shah remarked, &#8220;I offer a cordial welcome to all international athletes and commentators who have come to participate in the NPL. I extend my sincere wishes to all Nepali players, event organizers, and the Nepal Cricket Association (CAN) for the successful execution of this distinguished sporting festival.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The inaugural match of the NPL is commencing today at 5:00 PM. This contest features Lumbini Lions, the champions of the second edition, competing against Sudurpashchim Royals, the runners-up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu, Oct 26: Prime Minister Balendra Shah has stated that the Nepal Premier League (NPL) has emerged as a prominent celebration of Nepali sports over the past few years. He extended his best wishes for success via social media regarding the third edition of the NPL, which commences today. Prime Minister Shah remarked, &#8220;I offer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,11,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main-news","category-national","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57427"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57427"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57429,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57427\/revisions\/57429"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}