Nepal, July 17 -- The nine-day protest against loan sharking has been suspended after the government and representatives of loan-sharking victims reached a nine-point agreement on Friday.

The "Justice March" on foot, which began from Tritiyagachhi in Janakpur on July 9, had reached Nijgadh in Bara, where an initial understanding was reached with Home Minister Sudan Gurung on July 16 to form formal negotiating teams in Kathmandu.

Following that agreement, the victims' delegation traveled to Kathmandu, where intensive talks were held with a government team led by Pushkar Sapkota, secretary at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers.

The agreement was signed by Secretary Sapkota on behalf of the government and Awadhesh ...