KATHMANDU: The government of Province 2 has formed a five-member high level immediate relief and rescue committee under Minister for Internal Affairs and Law Gyanendra Kumar Yadav.

Minister for Social Development Nawal Kishor Sah, Minister for Industry, Tourism, Forests and Tourism and Environment Ram Naresh Raya, Chief Attorney Dipendra Jha while the Under Secretary at the Ministry of Law is the member secretary in the committee.

The committee will investigate the deaths and property damages caused by the cyclone that hit Bara and Parsa districts on Sunday evening.

A cabinet meeting of Province 2 held this morning decided to provide Rs 300,000 each in relief to victims’ families killed by the storm.

Chief Minister Lal Babau Pandit has reached the incident sites to take stock of the damages this morning and expressed deep sorrow over casualties and damages caused by the storm.

Similarly, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has expressed deep sorrow over the deaths induced by the windstorms in Province 2.

KATHMANDU: The government of Province 2 has decided to provide Rs 300,000 each in relief to victims’ families killed in the storm that broke in Bara and Parsa on Sunday evening.

A cabinet meeting of the Province 2 held this morning took a decision to this effect.

Meanwhile, the the government of Province 2 has expressed deep sorrow over the deaths and damages caused by the cyclone.

Chief Minister Lal Babau Pandit has reached the incident sites to take stock of the damages this morning.

Similarly, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has expressed deep sorrow over the deaths induced by the windstorms in Province 2.

The death toll from the windstorm in Bara and Parsa has reached 32 while over 500 others sustained injuries in the disaster. The injured are undergoing treatment at various hospital including Kalaiya and Birgjubn hospitals.

KATHMANDU: Delhi Capitals, in which leg spinner of Nepali Cricket Team Sandeep Lamichhane is involved, is taking on Kings II Panjab under Indian Premier League (IPL) on Monday

Both the teams will vie for their third win in the match to be held in Panjab’s home cricket ground.

Earlier, both the teams have won two matches and lost one each of the three games played.

Delhi and Panjab have equal 4 points each at points table and are placed in fourth and fifth position respectively on run rate.

Delhi had given continuity to the same plying set in the second match after it won the first match. Sandeep is likely to be in the team today if Delhi fielded the same team against Kolkata Knight Riders.

Delhi had defeated Kolkata in its third game in super over.

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Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Colin Ingram, Rishabh Pant, Hanuma Vihari, Chris Morris, Harshal Patel, Amit Mishra, Axar Patel, Sandeep Lamichhane and Kagiso Rabada

KATHMANDU: Land mafias have captured as many as 230 bighas of land belonging to the Nepal government in Srilanka Tappu (island)  in  Sunsari district.

They have captured a huge amount of land in cahoots with the government officials along the course of the Sapta Koshi river in Barahakshetra Municipality-6. According a report in Kantipur daily, the land mafias tilled the land from March 27 to 30.

They threatened the locals when they protested the move with the help of police personnel.

KATHMANDU: Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) will remain closed for 10 hours starting Monday.  Nepal’s only one international airport is going to be closed due to its runway up-gradation, reported Nagarik daily.

It will remain closed from Monday 10 pm until 8 am Tuesday and so on until the repair work will be over.

According to TIA sources, the runaway repair will be over by May 28 and that the airport will open as usual from May 29.

The TIA, which had been constructed in 1997, has a 3,000-meter-long runaway.

KATHMANDU: As many as 91 thousand 4 hundred and 20 youths have have filled out forms for Korean Language Test under the Employment System as of Sunday evening, the largest number ever since 2007.

The number may even go higher as the the deadline for application was until Sunday midnight (12 am).

Of the total applicants, 62 thousand 8 hundred and nineteen have have applied for service sector while 28 thousand 6 hundred and one have applied for agriculture, according to Shobhakar Bhandari, spokesperson for EPS, Korea section under the Department of Foreign Employment.

KATHMANDU: The government on Sunday appointed 25 members to the National Development Council (NDC).

The government appointed industrialists, local level representatives, and NGO representatives to the NDC as per the cabinet decision of March 25.

The National Planning Commission (NPC), the government has appointed Mayor of Kathmandu Bidya Sundar Shakya, Bharatpur Mayor Renu Dahal, Biratnagar Mayor Bhim Parajuli, Birgunj Mayor Bijaya Sarawagi, Janapur deputy mayor Rita Kumari Mishra, Butwal Mayor Shivaraj Subedi, Birendranagar Mayor Mohan Maya Bhandari, Dhangadi deputy mayor Sushila Mishra Bhatta, vice-chair of Aathrai rural municipality Rupadevi Kandangwa and mayor of Damak Geeta Adhikari.

Similarly, Pokhariya deputy mayor Salma Khatoon, Putalibazaar Mayor Seema Kumari Chettri, Shiva Raj municipality deputy mayor Shiva Kumar Chaudhary, Chief of Kumakha rural municipality Dilmaya Budhamagar, Mayor of Puchaudi municipality Rana Bahadur Kunwar, Chief of Mustang DCC Tshering Lyamho Gurung, President of DCC Federation Geeta Sundas, President of Municipality Association of Nepal Ashok Byanju and President of National Association of Rural Municipalities Hom Narayan Shrestha have been appointed members of the Council.

The government has also appointed President of National Cooperatives Federation Keshav Badal, President of Federation of Nepali Chambers of Commerce and Industry Bhawani Rana, President of Confederation of Nepalese Industries Hari Bhakta Sharma, President of Chamber of Commerce Rajesh Kaji Shrestha, President of Joint Trade Union Committee Binod Shrestha and NGO Federation Chair Jitram Lama as members.

The members have been appointed considering the meeting of the Council summoned for coming April 3 and 4.

HETAUDA: Chairperson of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Kamal Thapa has emphasized the need for creating investment-friendly environment to attract foreign investors in the country.

Speaking at a program in Hetauda on Sunday, Thapa said the country must assure the investors that no corruptions and irregularities will take place.

KATHMANDU: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) is set to sell treasury bills worth around Rs 11.6 billion at an auction tomorrow.

The auction will last for 91 days for a treasure bill worth Rs 1 billion, 182 days for a bill worth Rs 3 billion, according to NRB.

KATHMANDU: The central committee meeting of the Nepali Congress has been scheduled to be held on April 6.

The meeting will discuss the current political developments and the convention of its sister organizations, NC spokesperson Biswa Prakash Sharma said.

The meeting to be held at the NC central office in Sanepa, Lalitpur will be attended by the central office-bearers, central members and invitee members.