A man has died after being attacked by a wild elephant in Barbardia Municipality-7 of Bardia district. The deceased has been identified as 50-year-old Soliram Tharu, according to the Deputy Superintendent of Police at the District Police Office Bardia, Hikmat Bahadur Bohara.
In his address to an interaction organized by the Democratic Federation of Indigenous Nationalities here on Friday, he said enabling all indigenous nationalities would help pursue country's development.
The constitutional election body has also issued directive to the leaders and candidates of the concerned political parties to furnish clarifications within 24 hours. In regard to the expression made by the political leaders and candidates, the EC separately sent letters seeking clarifications from the concerned noting it was a violation of the code of conduct.
He further said the communist movement got a severe dent in Nepal because of the leadership of CPN UML. People's indifference was growing on communist movement and rightist opportunism, Chairperson Nepal emphasized.
The concerned candidates included in the closed list of Proportional Representation (PR) election system for upcoming elections to the member of House of Representatives and Province Assembly are allowed to pay the penalized amount on public holiday on October 22 (Saturday).
The production and use of bioenergy based on forest resources is on rise of late.
Dean Richard Thompson, newly appointed ambassador of the USA to Nepal, Riina-Riikka Heikka, ambassador of Finland and Gudni Bragason, ambassador of Iceland have presented their credentials to President Bidya Devi Bhandari.
Chairperson of the Rashtriya Samachar Samiti (RSS), Dharmendra Jha, has underscored that the positive role of media was expected to ensure free and fair elections.
Home Minister and Nepali Congress leader Balkrishna Khand has claimed that the coalition-led federal and provincial governments would be formed after the upcoming elections.
The Department of Ayurveda and Alternative Medicine said that ban on hemp at present obstructed the manufacture of 21 Ayurvedic medicines.
In 1,013 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 48 people were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in its regular update on Friday. Likewise, the virus infection was detected in six people in 1,467 antigen tests performed in the last 24 hours.
One in every six drivers have consumed alcohol while driving in the survey of the last 30 days.
There is an engraved but false notion in the Nepali Society that traditional Ayurveda medicines are not well tested, bad for health such as one can develop kidney and heart disease the intake of Ayurveda medicines.
He expressed his confidence that the ruling coalition will emerge victorious in the election to be held on November 20 to ensure the protection of the constitution, stability, prosperity and inclusion.
Similarly, in the review month, consumer price inflation in the Kathmandu Valley, Terai, Hill and Mountain stood at 7.62 percent, 9.33 percent, 8.82 percent and 6.68 percent respectively.