In 1,127 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of two persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in its regular update on Saturday.
Dhan Bahadur Gurung of the Nepali Congress has been elected to the post of chairperson of Naso rural municipality in Manang district. He gathered 820 votes while his closest rival Man Bahadur Gurung of the CPN (UML) got 676 votes.
Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan was elected as the president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the UAE official WAM news agency reported on Saturday.
The ballot boxes of the polling that took place at Yang in Phaktanglung rural municipality-7 in Taplejung district will reach the vote-counting centre in three days due to the geographic remoteness of the polling centre, according to the District Election Officer.
The number of polling centres where voting was halted owing to various reasons in the local level elections has reached 79 so far, according to the Election Commission (EC).
National (PABSAN), a non-profit making organization of private schools in the country, has appealed to the government to revoke the decision to give two days of holiday in a week (Saturday and Sunday) in schools.
Mohan Singh Lalchan of the CPN (Unified Socialist) has won the election as chairperson of Gharpajhong rural municipality in the Mustang district. Nepali Congress, CPN (Maoist Centre) and CPN (Unified Socialist) had made an electoral alliance in the rural municipality.
Ballot boxes will be transported by helicopter only on Sunday from Limi village of Namkha rural municipality-6.
Kanchha Ghale of CPN (UML) has been elected to the post of chairperson of Nesyang rural municipality in Manang district. He got 861 votes.
The counting of votes of Lalitpur Metropolitan City has started. The counting of votes has started from ward no 1 after the decision of an all-party meeting held at 7:00 am.
Nepali Congress has made a victorious start in Dang. In Dangisharan rural municipality ward no. 1 including Ramesh Bhandari, who became the candidate from the Nepali Congress, his panel won.
Vote counting has started in Bharatpur Metropolitan City. The counting of votes has started from the Ram Nagar Secondary School and Adikabi Bahnu Secondary School Center of ward-1 of the metropolis from Saturday noon.
CPN (UML) candidate, Kancha Ghale, has won chair in Manang Ngisyang Rural Municipality of Manang district.
The counting of votes in Kathmandu Metropolitan City has started.
The counting of votes has started in 11 of the 17 municipalities in Morang district where local elections were held on Friday.