The Deusi Bhailo was organized by Sanskritik Sansthan, the Cultural Undertaking of the government at the President's Office at Sheetal Niwas.
Nearly 200 Conservative MPs publicly backed the former chancellor ahead of the nomination deadline on Monday.
Prime Minister Deuba said freedom of the press is necessary for the strengthening of democracy, which has been guaranteed by the Constitution. The government will stand for press freedom as there cannot be development and strengthening of democracy in the country without it.
CPN (Unified Socialist) Chair Madhav Kumar Nepal has called for marching ahead in a common journey by forsaking ill will. He said so while addressing the Bagmati province-level cadres' assembly organised by the ruling Left-Democratic Alliance here today.
There is a gap of 20 percent of the polio coverage in the 34 districts of the country.
Nepali Congress (NC) senior leader Ramchandra Poudel has said the existing political alliance was the urgent demand of time as it was formed as a counterforce against attacks on democracy and the Constitution.
Laxmi Puja has been performed at the Dharmapath-based Gorkhapatra Corporation today.
Nepal Samajbadi Party's Chair Dr Baburam Bhattarai has claimed the existing left-democratic alliance was formed to lead the nation towards the path of good governance and prosperity by safeguarding democracy.
New cases are still surfacing and people are getting hospitalized, so the risk of dengue infection is still there.
Property worth Rs 7.5 million was gutted in a fire at Bajrabarahi of Thaha municipality-6 in Makwanpur last night. The fire due to short-circuit completely ruined the house of Megha Bahadur Balami, Palung Area Police Office, Makwanpur said.
Light rain is forecast in some parts of the country today, the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology said.
A woman has died after being crushed by a running threshing machine today at Bhrritole of Kailari Rural Municipality-3 in Kailali district.
Minister for Communications and Information Technology Gyanendra Bahadur Karki, also the government's spokesperson, today said the government would launch a campaign to alleviate poverty and end employment problems.
Nepal Police has celebrated Kukur Tihar by organizing a special program today.
President Bidya Devi Bhandari attended the 12-year fair of Nava Durga Devi Naach and Swet Bhairab at Thecho in Lalitpur this morning.