Five people have been killed while nine others were injured when a vehicle carrying members of a marriage procession met with an accident in Dhanusha this morning.
Nepali Congress is the lead in vote count of the elections held to the House of Representatives and the Provincial Assembly in Syangja constituency No. 2. The NC candidate for the House of Representatives Dhanraj Gurung continues to maintain the lead. He is ahead of CPN (UML) candidate Padma Kumari Aryal by 2,213 votes. As of the latest count, Gurung has received 22,480 votes while Aryal garnered 20,267 votes.
Rapti Provincial Hospital in Tulsipur of Dang used to throw the waste it produced haphazardly.
Growing issue of generation shift in politics takes back seat
The CPN (Unified Socialist) has said it had not taken any decision to be unified with the CPN (Maoist Centre).
Newly elected member of the House of Representatives Gyanendra Bahadur Karki, who is also the Minister for Communications and Information Technology, said the next government would focus on resolving problems of poverty and unemployment in the country.
Nepali Congress (NC) leader and Member of Parliament Dr Chandra Bhandari has stressed the need to elevate young generation in leadership.
Central member of the Nepali congress and newly elected member of the House of Representatives, Dr Sashank Koirala, has said the ruling alliance will form governments in centre and provinces
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya has said the elections to the House of Representatives and Province Assembly-2022 have been successful in establishing an advanced political culture in the nation.
Secretary at the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Dr Baikuntha Aryal has directed the subordinate bodies of the ministry to effectively implement programmes incorporated in policy, programmes and budget of the current fiscal year.
Ajaymeru Rural Municipality has reaffirmed its commitment to eliminate Violence Against Women (VAW) for which initiation should start from each household, it said. In course of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, the local level in the Dadeldhura district is organizing various events aimed at raising awareness of women's empowerment to eliminate VAW.
A survey conducted by Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB), the central bank, showed that 95.7 per cent of respondents expected the price level to increase over the next year while 86.6 per cent of respondents expected the price level to increase in the next three months.
The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed cases against 11 people at the Special Court. The cases were filed against them for misusing state resources.
In 421 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, six people were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in its regular update on Friday. Whereas, no one was found with the infection in 477 antigen testing conducted in the last 24 hours.
Although the locals have been demanding the construction of a suspension bridge over the Seureni stream located at Junichande rural municipality 4 and 11 for the last 15 years, it has not been constructed yet.