he Central Security Committee met today to review the security situation in the lead up to the near-coming election of the House of Representatives and Provincial Assembly.
The meeting held on Wednesday at the Ministry of Home Affairs under the chairmanship of Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand discussed various aspects of the security arrangements in ensuring that November 20 elections are held in free, fair and peaceful manner.
As many as 1,500 houses were damaged by landslides and floods triggered by incessant rainfall occurred for the past few days.
CPN (UML) Chair KP Sharma Oli has said there should be no delay to provide citizenship with economic, social and cultural rights to the Non-Resident Nepalis.
Local level elected representatives are not allowed to engage in election campaigning for or against any candidate or party within their own municipality.
The Nepali Congress has expelled the party leaders who fielded as rebel candidates against the official decision of party and ruling alliance for five years
Likewise, a pillion rider, Nagendra Prasad Koirala, 53, of Urlabari-4 died when a motorcycle (Ko 25 Pa 4651) overturned on the road at Kankai municipality-3 in Jhapa district.
Chief Election Officer Uttam Silwal said Manange would be declared elected unopposed today itself. He was elected Province Assembly member as an independent candidate in 2074 BS. He is now Minister for Youth and Sports of Gandaki Province.
In 743 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 45 people were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in its regular update on Wednesday. Likewise, the virus infection was detected in six people in 980 antigen tests performed in the last 24 hours.
The third 'Listikot-Dugunagadhi Mountain Trail Race' will be taking place in Sindhupalchowk on coming November 3.
Ambassador of China to Nepal, Hou Yanqi, paid a farewell call on Chief of the Army Staff (CoAS) Prabhu Ram Sharma at the Army Headquarters here today.
57 political parties have filed nominations towards the first-past-the-post system under the elections to the House of Representatives (HoR) and the Province Assembly (PA).
Twenty-seven thousand 750 people have been infected with dengue in Bagmati province since July 17 till date, the Bagmati Province Health Directorate said.
Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Jeevan Ram Shrestha has directed the rescue of foreign and domestic tourists and mountaineers who have been stranded at various places across the country due to continuous rain and snowfall.
A proposal has been forwarded to shift eight settlements identified as at high risk of disaster to safer places. Chairman duo of Sinja and Hima rural municipalities, Purna Prasad Dhital and Laxman Shahi, respectively, put this proposal in a meeting of the District Disaster Management Committee held today.