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Lukaku 'very happy' on Inter return
Romelu Lukaku said he was "very happy" to be back after the Belgian international striker arrived in Milan on Wednesday ahead of his return to Inter Milan on loan from Chelsea.
Federal and provincial elections within mid-December: CEC Thapaliya
Chief Election Commissioner Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya has said the Election Commission (CE) was holding preparations for the polls as it was the EC's responsibility to conduct the Federal and Province Assembly elections by mid-December.
Two dead, three injured as houses collapse
A four-month-old baby girl died after a house collapsed following an incessant rainfall at Bedkot Municipality-5 in Kanchanpur district.
Two-way traffic resumes in Nawalpur section along East-West Highway
The Narayanghad-Butwal section of the East-West Highway which was disrupted since early morning Wednesday has resumed from today.
Today's weather: Rain with thunder predicted
Light to moderate rain with thunder and lightning is likely to occur at many places of the country and chances of heavy rainfall at one or two places of the Province 1, Bagmati Province, Gandaki Province, Lumbini Province and Sudur Pashchim Province are likely today, according to the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology.
Toll now at 53 in San Antonio as families wait for answers
In the chaotic minutes after dozens of migrants were found dead inside a tractor-trailer sweltering under the Texas sun, the driver tried to slip away by pretending to be one of the survivors, a Mexican immigration official said Wednesday.
Serena brushes off retirement talk despite Wimbledon defeat
Serena Williams brushed off any talk of retirement on Tuesday by insisting she is "motivated" to play at the US Open later this year despite a shattering Wimbledon defeat.
Local levels working for disaster preparedness in Jumla
The local levels in the Jumla district have started working for disaster preparedness with the onset of monsoon. The District Administration Office, Jumla, has asked the local governments to unite for disaster preparedness to reduce the disaster-induced losses and ensure speedy rescue, relief and rehabilitation of the affected community.
Halesi Tuwachung declared fully vaccine-secured city
The Halesi Tuwachung Municipality in Khotang district has been declared a fully vaccine-secured city as all infants up to 15 months in the municipality received the required doses of vaccine.
Lyon fifer rattles Sri Lanka on Day 1
Galle, June 30: Nathan Lyon took his 20th five-wicket haul to bowl Sri Lanka out for 212 before Australia reached 98-3 at stumps Wednesday on the opening day of the first cricket test.Sri Lankan off spinner Ramesh Mendis dismissed David Warner (25) lbw and had Marnus Labuschagne (13) caught by Asitha Fernando in Australia's innings to finish the day on 2-35.Steven Smith was run out for 6 after a mix-up with Usman Khawaja, who refused to run after calling Smith for a single.Khawaja was batting on 47 with Travis Head on 6 at stumpsEarlier, Lyon returned bowling figures of 5-90 and leg spinner Mitchell Swepson had 3-55 to help Australia bowl Sri Lanka out to a modest score.Niroshan Dickwella top scored for Sri Lanka with 58, his 21st test half-century. He added 42 runs for the sixth wicket with Angelo Mathews (39) after Sri Lanka lost five wickets for 97 runs, and 54 runs for the seventh wicket with Mendis (22).Sri Lanka opted to bat first after winning the toss and resumed its innings after tea at 191-6.Lyon trapped Mendis lbw with just two runs added to to the teatime score to end his partnership with Dickwella.Dickwella edged Lyon to wicketkeeper Alex Carey and had Lasith Embuldeniya (6) as his fifth wicket.Earlier, he dismissed Dimuth Karunaratne (28) and Angelo Mathews (39), both caught by David Warner.Australia's second spinner Mitchell Swepson took two consecutive wickets in the 37th over with identical deliveries. The leg spinner got the first delivery of the over drifting toward right-handed Dananjaya de Silva's leg stump and the bouncing ball took a fine outside edge for a catch to wicketkeeper Carey. De Silva made 14.Dinesh Chandimal was dismissed first ball when the ball turned, bounced and rebounded to Warner at second slip from wicketkeeper Carey's glove.Captain Karunaratne and Pathum Nissanka opened the batting for Sri Lanka and added 38 runs for the first wicket.Fast bowler Pat Cummins forced an edge off Nissanka (23) with a rising delivery to wicketkeeper Carey and four runs later Starc had No. 3 batsman Kusal Mendis (3) driving far from his body for an edge to Carey.The home team named three spin bowlers for the match, including leg spinner Jeffrey Vandersay for his test debut. The 32-year-old has taken 25 wickets in 19 one-day internationals and seven wickets in 14 Twenty20 internationals for Sri Lanka.The series is being played for the Warne-Muralitharan Trophy, named after the two top bowlers in test history with 1,508 test wickets combined. This is the first series for the trophy after Australian great Shane Warne died in March from a heart attack while vacationing in Thailand.A brief remembrance was held for Warne before the match.The Australian leg spinner — who took 708 test wickets behind Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan's 800 — took his 500th test wicket at this ground in 2004 and helped rebuild the ground after it was destroyed by the Asian tsunami later that year. AP
DeBose, Kotsur, Eilish among 397 invited to film Academy
New York, June 30:Recent Oscar winners Ariana DeBose, Troy Kotsur and Billie Eilish are among the 397 individuals who have been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.The organization that puts on the Oscars said Tuesday that 44 percent of the 2022 class identifies as women, 50 percent come from outside of the U.S. and 37 percent are from underrepresented ethnic and racial communities. If the invitees accept, which most do, they will have voting privileges at the 95th Academy Awards.Actors invited this year include Anya Taylor-Joy, Jessie Buckley, Gaby Hoffman, “Belfast” co-stars Jamie Dornan and Caitríona Balfe, as well as Jesse Plemons and Kodi Smit-McPhee, both of “The Power of the Dog.” There is also a significant international presence as well, with invites going to Iran’s Amir Jadidi (“A Hero”), Norway’s Renate Reinsve (“The Worst Person in the World”), France’s Vincent London (“Titane”), Nigeria’s Funke Akindele (“Jenifa”) and Japan’s Hidetoshi Nishijima (“Drive My Car”).Directors on the list include Andrew Ahn (“Fire Island”), Reinaldo Marcus Green (“King Richard”), Mary Lambert (“Pet Sematary II”), Amy Seimetz (“She Dies Tomorrow”) and Isabel Sandoval (“Lingua Franca”).Several people, including “Flee” director Jonas Poher Rasmussen, “Drive My Car” writer-director Ryusuke Hamaguchi and “CODA” writer-director Sian Heder, were invited in multiple branches, but they must choose one when accepting.In the music branch, Eilish’s brother Finneas O’Connell was also invited, alongside Dan Romer (“Luca”) and Nathan Johnson (“Knives Out”). And writing branch invitees include Jeremy O. Harris (“Zola”), Adele Lim (“Crazy Rich Asians”), Alex Ross Perry (“Listen Up Philip”), Jon Spaihts (“Dune”) and Craig Mazin (“The Hangover Part II”).Every year the academy invites a new batch of entertainment professionals to join the organization. Though an Oscar nomination is not a requirement, it is often a starting point. The 2022 class of invitees, for instance, includes 71 Oscar nominees and 15 winners.The academy has for years put a special emphasis on diversifying their ranks. If all accept from this year’s class, 34 percent of the academy would be women, 19 percent from an underrepresented community and 23 percent from outside of the United States.The 95th Academy Awards will be held in Los Angeles on March 12, 2023. AP
Winner students of essay writing, speech competition awarded
Embassy of Pakistan organized award giving ceremonies of the 9th Annual Ambassador of Pakistan Essay Writing Competition and 5th Annual Ambassador of Pakistan Speech Competition.
Bridge washed away by floods in Bhadrapur
According to the District Police Office, Jhapa, a 12-meter-long concrete bridge connecting Chaituwari and Chaitupari on the inner road section of Bhadrapur Municipality-10 has been washed away.
FDI up by 18 per cent
By TRN Online, Kathmandu, June 29: Foreign direct investment (FDI) has increased by 18 per cent in comparison to a year earlier.According to the current macroeconomic and financial position published by the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB), FDI rose to Rs 17.08 billion in the end of mid-June 2022 from Rs 14.47 billion recorded in the end of mid-June 2021.The data showed that the upright jump in the amount of the cumulative FDI during the ten months of the current fiscal year (FY) remained conspicuous in comparison to the same period of the previous FY. The cumulative amount of FDI in the first ten months of the current FY increased by 18 per cent whereas it fell short by 17.8 per cent a year earlier. The data showed that the FDI in the first ten months of the FY 2020/21 recorded Rs 14.47 billion whereas the amount was recorded Rs 17.6 billion in the FY 2019/20.Meanwhile, the annual data of NRB showed that the inflow of FDI is going up in recent years. The annual FDI inflow in the FY 2018/19 recorded Rs 16.64 billion. In the following FY of 2019/20, the significant jump of FDI by 18 per cent to Rs 19.67 billion was noteworthy. in FY 2020/021, the FDI inflow merely inched up by 1.2 per cent to Rs 19.9 billion.
Charging station set up in Dhalkebar, charging electric vehicles made easy
25 to 30 vehicles get charged every day at the rate of Rs 15 per unit. A charging station has the capacity to charge two vehicles at a time.
