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Krishna Khand of CPN-UML has been elected as the mayor of Waling Municipality in Syangja.

Similarly, Kabita Tiwari has been elected as the deputy mayor of the municipality.

Khand garnered 13, 776 votes against Dilip Khan of Nepali Congress who received 12, 822 votes.

Tiwari got 12, 822 votes while her closest contender Khagisara Thapa obtained 12, 340 votes.

Bharat Prasad Rijal of Nepali Congress has been elected as the mayor of Dullu Municipality, Dailekh.

He defeated Rudra Bahadur Shahi by 133 votes. 

Nepali Congress and CPN (Maoist Centre) has forged alliances in the municipality and wards.

Similarly, Bina Karki has been elected as the deputy mayor. She defeated Tek Bahadur Khadka of CPN (Maoist Centre).

Independent candidate Balen Shah has stretched his lead by 7, 479 votes in Kathmandu Metropolitan City.

Shah has secured 15, 906 votes while Keshav Sthapit of CPN-UML is trailing with 8, 427 votes.

The vote counting has been completed in two wards of Kathmandu so far.

CPN-Maoist Centre candidate Renu Dahal is leading with 1, 393 votes in Bharatpur Metropolitan City.

Out of 26, 258 votes counted so far, Dahal secured 9, 447 votes. Bijay Subedi of CPN-UML received 8, 058 votes.

Similarly, independent candidate Jagannath Paudel got 4, 265 votes.

Deputy mayoral candidate Chitrasen Adhikari obtained 11, 265 votes and Himala Gurung of Rastriya Prajantra Party got 6, 577 votes.

The Election Commission said that 127, 839 people have cast their votes in Bharatpur Metropolitan City.

The ruling coalition has emerged victorious in Madhyapur Thimi Municipality of Bhaktapur.

Nepal Congress has won the post of mayor while CPN (Maoist Centre) the post of deputy mayor.

Sundar Shrestha has been elected as the mayor defeating Madan Sundar Shrestha of CPN-UML with 4, 063 votes.

Surendra garnered 15, 098 votes while Madan received 11, 035 votes.

 Bijay Shrestha has been elected as the deputy mayor with 12, 102 votes. His closest contender Uttara Nepali of UML got 8, 963 votes.

Nepali Congress has won six wards in Madhyapur Thiki which has nine wards.

Prakash Adhikari of CPN-UML has been elected as the mayor of Tokha Municipality, Kathmandu. He garnered 10, 340 votes.

His closest contender Rajani Thapa of Nepali Congress secured 10, 166 votes.

Similarly, Murari Tamang has been elected as the deputy mayor with 10, 132 votes. Her closest contender Gyan Maya Dangol of CPN-UML received 9, 518 votes.

Proposed Nepali Ambassador to China Bishnu Shrestha said that he would raise his voice to give full membership of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) to China.

He expressed his commitment during a hearing of the Parliamentary Hearing Committee of Federal Parliament.

Shrestha has mentioned in his action plan that he would raise his voice to give full membership of SAARC to China. Shrestha also said that he will take initiation to make Nepal a full member of Shanghai Cooperation Organization(SCO) of which Nepal is a dialogue partner. He also pledged to ensure the regular monitoring of Nepal-China border through establish bilateral mechanism. 

The Committee endorsed Shrestha's name today itself.

Nepal reported 19 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 3, 565 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 18 returned positive. Likewise, 632 people underwent antigen tests, of which one was tested positive.

The Ministry said that no one died of virus in the last 24 hours. The Ministry said that 18 infected people recovered from the disease.

As of today, there are 149 active cases in the country.