Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Jagadish Kharel, has stated that the current government, founded on the Gen-Z protests (September 8-9), has a primary mandate to conduct the upcoming election with the participation of all political parties and citizens on the announced date.
Nepal has clinched Women's Twenty20 International Series cricket against Malaysia.
Flooding from the Rato River recently breached its embankments, causing damage worth Rs 150 million. The swollen river damaged approximately 1,610 metres of embankments on both sides.
Local authorities reported that the accident occurred in the northern state of Himachal Pradesh, noting that rescue workers and villagers at the scene are continuing to search for survivors.
The government has said reconstruction of the road infrastructure damaged by the recent floods and landslides will cost Rs 12.38 billion, and it has attached first priority to restoring the damaged roads.
Various aid agencies have distributed relief materials to the flood victims of Sunsari.
The Nepali national cricket team is taking on Kuwait today under the ICC T20 World Cup and East Asia Pacific Regional Qualifier with the target to participate in the T20 World Cup third time.
With the construction of 13-km road from Nisikhola rural municiplaity-6, Patihalne to Bhume rural municipality-1, Rupaga of Eastern Rukum remaining incomplete, travel through the route has turned tougher.
The Koshi province government is mobilizing a team of doctors from today in its effort to ease the health services in the monsoon disaster hit districts.
Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development has begun collecting details of loss and damage caused to the agriculture and livestock sector across the country due to the recent heavy rainfall.
Most parts of Lumbini, Karnali and Sudurpaschim provinces and some western parts of Gandaki province will witness the influence of western winds, while rest of the areas will experience weak monsoon and local winds, the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology stated today.
As many as 78,000 foreign tourists entered Nepal during last September.
Responding to queries raised in the social media, the KMC Mayor made it clear that the fire engines of the KMC were mobilized to douse the fire in Singha Durbar at about 8:15 pm when the crowd subsided. At day time, the crowd had prevented even the Nepali Army fire engine inside Singha Durbar from putting off the fire there, stated Mayor Balen in his Facebook account.
A police team in command of Assistant Police Inspector Ashok Mahato from Lamosanghu Police post reached the accident and rescued the injured and sent them to Sindu Sadabahar hospital in Khadichaur.
The Chief of Livestock Development Section of Chandannath Municipality in Jumla, Bir Bahadur Rawat, said the major market areas in the district including the district headquarters Khalanga bazaar sold goats and sheep equal to Rs 100 million during the Dashain festival. In addition, buffaloes were also sold for meat in the district.