Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, Feb. 26

KATHMANDU -- Nepal's economy grew at 0.8 percent during the first quarter of the current 2022-23 fiscal year which began in mid-July last year, the lowest year-on-year growth in the past seven years, the National Statistics Office (NSO) reported on Sunday.

The country logged a growth of 3 percent over the same period of the 2021-22 fiscal year and has targeted an 8-percent growth for the current fiscal year.