KATHMANDU: The counting of votes for the new leadership of Nepal Bar Association (NBA), an umbrella organization of legal practitioners, has begun on Monday evening.
The vote count began at the NBA office from 5:00 pm, said chief election officer, Damodar Khadka. The count began after ballot boxes from 35 polling centers were reached in the capital today itself.
Senior Advocate Chandeshwar Shrestha from Progressive, Professional and Inclusive Group and Advocate Sunil Pokharel from Democratic Group are vying for the new leadership.
Out of 10,313 voters across the nation, 8,329 have cast their votes in the election. It will take around four days to complete the counting, said Khadka.
KATHMANDU: Nepali leg spinner Sandeep Lamichhane has been included in the playing XI by Delhi Capitals in the clash against Kings XI Punjab on Monday.
Delhi won the toss and elected to field first.
On Saturday, Sandeep took one wicket against Kolkata Knight Riders.
Both the teams have won two matches and lost one each of the three games played. Delhi and Punjab have equal 4 points each at points table and are placed in fourth and fifth position respectively on run rate.
Delhi Capitals XI: 1 Prithvi Shaw, 2 Shikhar Dhawan, 3 Shreyas Iyer (capt), 4 Colin Ingram, 5 Rishabh Pant (wk), 6 Hanuma Vihari, 7 Chris Morris, 8 Harshal Patel, 9 Avesh Khan, 10 Sandeep Lamichhane, 11 Kagiso Rabada
KXIP XI: 1 KL Rahul, 2 Mayank Agarwal, 3 David Miller, 4 Sarfaraz Khan, 5 Mandeep Singh, 6 Sam Curran, 7 R Ashwin (capt), 8 Hardus Viljoen, 9 Mujeeb-Ur-Rahman, 10 M Ashwin, 11 Mohammed Shami
KATHMANDU: The central government has sent 468 tarpaulins meant for the windstorm victims of Bara and Parsa districts.
According to Disaster and Conflict Management Division at Ministry for Home Affairs, the tarpaulins were sent to the affected families through trucks of Armed Police Force.
Under Secretary at the Division Bed Nidhi Ghimire informed that it has been established that some 400 families were hit by the disaster and thus tarpaulins were send accordingly.
He added that 468 tarpaulins were sent as District Administration Office, Bara has 140 tarpaulins in stock.
At least 32 people were killed and over 500 were injured in the windstorm that hit Bara and Parsa districts on Saturday night.
BHAKTAPUR: A team from the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) arrested a government employee while taking bribe.
The anti-graft body arrested Nayab Subba of Inland Revenue Office, Bhaktapur, Sabin Subedi, red-handed while taking Rs 15,000 as bribe from a service-seeker.
The team arrested Subedi from his office, according to the Metropolitan Police Circle, Jagati.
Subedi had asked the bribe from the service seeker alluring him of revenue adjustment.
KATHMANDU: Metropolitan Traffic Police Division (MTPD) has fined the driver of the jeep, Ba 1 Jha 9527, escorting former Prime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand for reckless driving.
MTPD fined driver Santosh Ghimire Rs 500 for reckless driving after a video of the security escort vehicle belonging to the Armed Police Force hitting a scooter went viral on social media.
Earlier, ex-PM Chand had apologized to the scooter rider for the mishap.
The windstorm gushed in, took away at least 27 lives injuring more than 400 in Bara and Parsa districts on Sunday night. It was only a two-minute-affair that claimed the lives of a few dozens.
KATHMANDU: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Monday made an aerial inspection of the windstorm-hit areas of Bara district. The prime minister reached the disaster-hit areas cutting short his Jhapa trip.
Press Coordinator to PM Oli, Chetan Adhikari said that the prime minister directed the authorities to carry out rescue and relief works effectively.
PM Oli also reached the Kalaiya-based District Hospital and took stock of the health condition of the injured. On the occasion, Dr Sachendra Kumar Yadav apprised the prime minister of the health condition of those admitted at the hospital. He was accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Upendra Yadav and Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa. Following the visit, the team led by the prime minister left for Birgunj to meet with the injured at the Narayan Sub-regional hospital.
KATHMANDU: Lawmakers of the ruling Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) will be donating their one day’s salary to the windstorm victims of Bara and Parsa districts.
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli informed that the party’s lawmakers representing the federal parliament will be donating their one day’s salary to the Prime Minister’s Disaster Relief Fund.
At least 32 persons were killed and some 500 were injured after windstorm hit Bara and Parsa districts on Saturday night.
KATHMANDU: Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal has expressed deep sorrow over the loss of lives and property caused by the deadly cyclone that hit Bara and Parsa on Sunday evening.
“I would like to express my heart-felt condolence over the death of those killed in the Bara cyclone and similar grief with the families of the deceased,” said Dahal in a statement issued by his secretariat.
Meanwhile, Former Minister Dahal urged the government to provide due compensation to the families of the deceased and free treatment to those injured.
As many as 32 people perished and over 500 sustained injuries in the unprecedented cyclone.
KATHMANDU: Bara district has been in a state of great shock after 32 people perished in a cyclone that lashed at Bara and Parsa districts on Sunday evening.
Home Ministry has identified 25 people among those killed in the calamity. Feta Rural Municipality is the hardest-hit where as many as 17 people were killed.
Prime Minister KP Oli reached the incident sites to take stock of the casualties and damages induced by the unprecedented windstorm.
Over 500 people sustained injuries in the deadly storm. Seven among those injured have been airlifted to Kathmandu for the treatment. They are undergoing treatment at TU Teaching Hospital.
According to Mahendra Prasad Shrestha, spokesperson for the Ministry of Health and Population, the condition of two among those airlifted to Kathmandu is critical.
An emergency cabinet meeting of Province 2 decided to provide Rs 300,000 to each family of the deceased and has formed a five-member high level rescue and relief committee in response to the deadly disaster.
