28 june, jaleshwor- The Jaleshwor Jail in Mahottahari district has been inundated following the torrential rains this morning.

The rain that started from 5:00 am continued for around one and half hour, leaving the prison area waterlogged. The jail serves as the integrated confinement centre (for few years) for Mohattari, Dhanusha and Sarlahi districts.
Around 160-year-old jail infrastructure dating back to the Rana regime is based in the lowest point of Jaleshwor municipality-2.

According to jailor Pradeep Kumar Saha, inundation during rains has been the frequent problem for the jail. Waters covered an area from the main entrance to the jail to the detention centre, said guard Shyam Sundar Yadav.
According to him, inmates are facing problem cooking their food, eating, living, sleeping, going to toilet and even moving around due to the runoff from rain and the water that has entered from drain.

There are altogether 463 people, including 419 male, 41 female and three dependent children in the prison.
Likewise, the Armed Police Force (APF) and Nepal Police barracks where the security personnel stay, have been affected by water logging.

The water from the city drain also enters the prison whenever it rains. The prison authorities have urged the Jaleshwar municipality in writing and orally time and again to naddress this problem but in vain, officiating jailor Saha said. (RSS)

27 June, Butwal- Japanese Ambassador to Nepal, Masamichi Saigo, has called on Chief Minister of State-5, Shankar Pokhrel, today.

During the meeting held at the office of the Chief Minister and Council of Ministers, Ambassador Saigo said that Japan was always ready to help in development activities of Nepal to further strengthen existing friendly relation between the two countries.

Saying Buddhist culture has connected Nepal and Japan, Chief Minister Pokhrel said that Japan’s support was crucial in the context of development of Lumbini, reads a press release issued by Chief Minister’s Press Advisor, Sher Bahadur KC.

Chief Minister Pokhrel informed about immense potentialities of agricultural and industrial development in the state.
On the occasion, the Japanese Ambassador said that Japan would provide possible support in quality reform of education as well as development of health service and tourism, adding that Japan would move ahead by holding discussion regarding providing support to state and local government. The Chief Minister urged Ambassador Saigo to visit Lumbini. (RSS)

27 June, Janakpurdham- Chief Minister of State 2 government , Lalbabu Raut has provided cycles to 114 girl students under the ‘Educate Daughters, Save Daughters’ campaign.

At a programme organised at Shree Sakal Bhawan Kanya Secondary School today, Chief Minister Raut distributed cycles to students of the school.

On the occasion, he expressed the belief that the cycles distributed under the campaign would help the students coming from long distance.

The Chief Minister said that the state government has been thinking to keep the State-2 in forefront on women empowerment by forwarding various programmes under the ‘Educate Daughters, Save Daughters’ campaign including educational insurance and constructing women-friendly toilets.The State government is to distribute cycles to 14,000 girl students up to class 8 of community schools in the state-2. (RSS)

27 June, Kathmandu- The Office of the Controller of Examinations under the National Examination Board (NEB) has announced the results of the Class 10, Secondary Education Examinations (SEE), 2075.

The details of the SEE results made public through a news conference at the OCE at Bhaktapur are awaited.
Four hundred seventy-five thousand three candidates had appeared in the SEE conducted in the month of Chait last year. The Office has been publishing the results on letter grading system since some years back.

SEE results to be accessible on Nepal Telecom’s various services  Nepal Telecom has said that like in previous years it has provided various services for easily accessing the SEE results this year also.

In a press release today, Nepal Telecom stated that one can get his/her SEE results through SMS by typing the symbol number after typing SEE and sending it to 1600.

Similarly, one can get the results by dialing 1600 on Nepal Telecom’s mobile, landline and CDMA phones and by following the instructions.

Likewise, SEE results can be known by logging on: see.ntc.net.np. One can also see the mark-sheet also on this website. The authentic date of birth of the examinee is required for this.

The results can be accessed by using the above-mentioned services within some time of the NEB’s publishing the results, Nepal Telecom stated. (RSS)

27 June, Morang- An elderly man was killed after being hit by an auto-rickshaw (Ko 2 Ha 3685) on Thursday in Patharishanishchare municipality-9, Morang.

Kabichandra Budhathoki, 60, of Kanepokhari rural municipality-6 died at Noble Hospital in Biratnagar, said the police.
The auto-rickshaw driver and the vehicle have been taken under control by the police. (RSS)

26 June, Herat- At least eight security personnel were killed and 16 others injured following the Taliban attack on a district center in Herat province in the west of Afghanistan on Tuesday night, police said Wednesday.

“Taliban militants launched coordinated attacks on the center of Golran district of Herat province on Tuesday night, as a result, eight security personnel were killed and 16 others including the district police chief injured,” Abdul Ahad Walizada, the spokesman for provincial police told Xinhua.

However, fighting between the two sides continued until Wednesday morning and the Taliban fighters failed to capture the district center, Walizada added.

The official did not provide information on the possible casualties of militants. Taliban militants have not made comment yet. (RSS)

26 June, Sydney- Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Wednesday warned that “collateral damage” from trade spats between China and the United States were hurting smaller countries and threatening the global economy.

In an unusually public warning to allies in Washington, Morrison said the “world’s most important bilateral relationship — the US-China relationship” had become “strained”.

“Trade tensions have escalated. The collateral damage is spreading. The global trading system is under real pressure. Global growth projections are being wound back,” he said, speaking in Sydney.

“The impact of any further deterioration of the relationship will not be limited to these two major powers,” he added.
His comments come on the eve of a G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, that will be overshadowed by talks between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US counterpart Donald Trump aimed at easing tensions between the world’s two largest economic powers.

Decades of cautious engagement between China and the United States have been cast aside in the Trump-Xi era, replaced by two geopolitical behemoths openly tussling for economic, diplomatic and military influence.
In Australia, that has caused a dramatic erosion in confidence about both Washington’s and Beijing’s willingness to act responsibly in the world.

According to a poll released by respected Sydney think tank the Lowy Institute on Wednesday, only 32 percent of Australians say they trust China — a 20 point fall versus 2018.Just 25 percent of respondents said they had confidence in Trump.

Morrison’s conservative government was re-elected in May, largely on promises of continuing the Australian economy’s almost 28 years of near-continuous growth.

But that growth is starting to falter, and with a downturn looming, his government has played up the negative impact of an external shock from US-China tensions.

Economists say that is more of a risk for the future, blaming current woes on structural weaknesses at home.
Morrison is a vocal supporter of Trump and is expected to hold a meeting with the US leader on the sidelines of the G20 summit, where China’s growing influence in the South Pacific is sure to come up.

Australia is reportedly planning to build a new deep-water port on its northern coast able to accommodate US Marine deployments as part of efforts to counter China’s presence in the region.

The two men may also discuss a presidential visit. Since coming to office in early 2017 Trump has yet to visit Australia — a major military and intelligence partner. (RSS)

26 June, Istanbula- At least 10 illegal migrants were killed and 30 others injured on Wednesday in a traffic accident in northwestern Turkey.

According to the state-run TRT broadcaster, the tragedy occurred when the driver lost control of the vehicle carrying illegal migrants in the northwestern province of Edirne.

More details have not been revealed yet.There have been similar cases. On June 17, a boat carrying 40 refugees sank near Turkey’s Aegean coast and eight illegal migrants were killed while another one went missing.

Turkey has hosted a large number of Syrian refugees since the outbreak of the war in 2011. According to Turkey’s Directorate General of Migration Management, there were more than 3.6 million Syrians in Turkey in 2018. (RSS)

26 June, New delhi- At least 17 people were killed and 19 others injured in rain-related incidents in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh, the state-run broadcaster All India Radio (AIR) said Tuesday.

The deaths have taken place during the past 36 hours after monsoon rains lashed several parts of the state.
“So far 17 people were killed and 19 others injured in different rain-related incidents in the state in the last 36 hours. Maximum casualties have been reported from Hardoi where three farmers died when lightning stuck them in their fields.

Lightning also caused two deaths each in Sitapur and Jalaun and one death in Badayun,” the broadcaster said.
According to meteorological department officials, during the last 24 hours monsoon has reached Ruhelkhand and Tarai region in the state.

“Many districts including Shahjahanpur, Bareilly, Pilibhit, Lakhimpur are getting monsoon showers. Highest rain was recorded in Shahjahanpur in the last 24 hours which was 43 millimeters,” AIR said.

The local government of Uttar Pradesh has expressed grief over the deaths and directed all district magistrates to distribute monetary relief to those families that lost member, besides providing medical care to the injured.

According to meteorological department officials, thundershowers are likely to continue at many places across the state during the next two days. Southwest monsoon this year first hit India’s southern state of Kerala on June 8, after a delay of a week. (RSS)

26 June, Birmingham- A wet outfield delayed the start of the World Cup match between Pakistan and New Zealand at Edgbaston on Wednesday.

The scheduled 10:00am (0900 GMT) toss was put back after an early inspection by on-field umpires Paul Reiffel and Bruce Oxenford of Australia.

Overnight rain had left the outfield wet and there will be another inspection at 10:30 am before taking a final decision on when to start the match.

Unbeaten New Zealand are second on the 10-team table with 11 points, winning five matches and one no result while Pakistan are seventh with just two wins, three defeats and a no result. (RSS)