New government to be formed in Lumbini Province 

The alliance of parties comprising Nepali Congress, CPN (Maoist Centre), Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) and Rastriya Janamorcha is going to stake its claim before Province Chief for the same.

Public, private vehicles banned after 8 pm in Kathmandu Valley from today  

Public and private vehicles will be barred from plying in the Kathmandu Valley after 8 pm beginning today in view of COVID-19 risk. However, vehicles for essential services are allowed to operate 24 hours.    

Earthquake jolts Udayapur  

An earthquake with epicentre around Pokhari of Udayapur district was recorded at 9.45 am today, the National Seismological Research Centre said.    

CM Poudel to support for youth entrepreneurship 

Chief Minister of Bagmati Province Dormani Poudel has pledged to support for the holistic development of the youth.  

Speeding vehicles kill 358 wild animals in Banke National Park   

The highway inside the park in Banke district has become like an electric trap for wildlife. Statistics of the last seven years show the number of wild animals killed after being hit by vehicles on the highways is increasing every year.  

RT-PCR test unavailable since eleven days   

RT-PCR tests for Corona Virus remains closed at Gajendra Narayan Singh Hospital in Rajbiraj for the past eleven days. At a time when the threat of a possible third wave of COVID-19 is on the rise, RT-PCR testing has been halted.    

International Youth Day being celebrated today

International Youth Day is being celebrated all over the world including in Nepal today. The day is also being celebrated in Nepal under the slogan 'Transformation in Food System: Youth Innovation for Human and Global Health'. On the occasion of the day, President Bidya Devi Bhandari and Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba will deliver a video message at a program organized by the National Youth Council at 10.30 am today. Various non-governmental organization

Congress Central Committee meeting today  

The ruling Nepali Congress has called a meeting of the party's central working committee at 2:00 pm today. According to NC office chief secretary Krishna Prasad Poudel, the schedule of the party's 14th general convention and election guideline will be presented at the meeting.    

Two men arrested on charge of incest rape   

Parbat district police have arrested a man on the charge of raping his daughter. The man's younger brother was also arrested on the charge of committing the same heinous act.    

UK opposition party expresses solidarity for ex-Gurkhas’s hunger strike   

The United Kingdom’s main opposition, Labour Party, has expressed its solidarity for the struggle waged by ex-Gurkha veterans who resorted to stage hunger strike nearby Prime Minister’s residence since last Saturday to have their demands addressed.