REPUBLICA

The incessant rainfall occurred during the harvesting season in the first week of the last October resulted in reduced paddy production.

Police have arrested five people on charges of defrauding Rs 2 million 870 thousand by promising to send individuals to various countries for foreign employment.

The company’s Board Chairperson and Secretary of the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Radhika Aryal, said that in the coming days, with the operation of the MEGA project and the need for additional capital, bonus shares may also be issued to shareholders.

The victims have been identified as Ganga Saru (57) of Bheriganga Municipality-5, Surkhet; Dhanasari Rawat of Kalimati Rural Municipality-7, Salyan; and Chandra Bahadur Khaptadi (65) of Kalimati Rural Municipality-8.

CPN-UML Chair KP Sharma Oli said Nepal needs a people-led government, not a “foreign puppet,” accusing the current government of undermining sovereignty, the economy and the rule of law.

Of this amount, Rs 171.63 billion was collected in the month of Poush (mid-December to mid-January) alone, achieving 89.96 percent of the monthly target of Rs 190.77 billion.

The Nepali team will complete two phases of preparation camps at home and then travel to Sri Lanka and India for training, according to the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN). Nepal will play practice matches against the 'A' team in Sri Lanka and the Mumbai Cricket Association team in India.

NC (Special Convention faction) President Gagan Thapa has asked the EC to recognise his leadership ahead of candidate nominations, confident all records will be updated by January 17.

According to Deputy Superintendent of Police Khagendra Bahadur Khadka of the District Police Office, the accident occurred when a container (Me 1 Cha 4515), heading towards Maidhar from Biratamode, collided with a bus (Na 5 Kha 2149) coming from the opposite direction.

The party removed the name and photograph of Thapa, who was elected general secretary during the 14th General Convention, from its website on Thursday morning.