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Vote counting for May 13 polls is underway for the second consecutive day. The counting has been slow as it takes 15-20 minutes to count one ballot paper. In Kathmandu Metropolitan City, independent candidate Balen Shah continues to lead. Till 5 am, Shah has secured 1587, CPN-UML Keshav Staphit is in the second position securing 872 and Nepali Congress candidate Srijana Singh is in the third position with 822. In deputy, CPN-UML candidate Sunita Dangol is taking a lead with a huge margin. 

In Bharatpur Metropolitan City, there is tough competition between Maoist candidate Renu Dahal and CPN-UML candidate Bijaya Subedi. Dahal has secured 980, while Subedi has secured 871.

In Lalitpur, Nepali Congress candidate Chiribabu Maharajan is taking a lead with a wide gap. In Biratnagar, Nepali Congress candidate Nagesh Koirala is taking the lead. 

So far, Nepal Congress has won eight chiefs and ten deputies, and CPN-UML has won six chiefs and deputies. Maoist has won one chief and two deputies.

Query

I'm a 20-year-old male who cannot complete any task on time. I always leave my work for the night before the submission date and when the time finally comes to do it, I get stressed and anxious. I then become hard on myself, regretting why I hadn’t started earlier. I tell myself that I won't repeat this mistake again. But then the same thing happens with other deadlines. I am stuck in a cycle of procrastination. What should I do? - P.S. 

Answer by Kapil Sharma, Counselor at HUDEC Nepal 

You being aware of your habit and acknowledging it is a good thing. So this is the perfect time to work on it. 

Procrastination is a form of short-term stress relief for you right now. You may not be a procrastinator by personality. Perhaps you just have a habit of starting your work late. 

First, we need to figure out the reason behind this habit of yours. Reflect on why you’re doing this. Do you procrastinate on particular tasks or in all tasks? 

Normally, the cycle starts with you getting a new task. You may then feel a sense of discomfort, perhaps due to a lack of self-esteem or motivation. Fear of mistakes or perfectionism could also be the reason. In some cases, people feel they need to do their best and they are not quite ready to tackle the assigned work just yet. So they leave it for another day, thus starting to procrastinate. And this cycle keeps repeating for other works as well. 

When a person becomes a habitual procrastinator, they develop an aversion to their work, which then leads to avoidance. Avoiding these tasks offers them temporary relief, but will eventually raise their stress levels when it dawns on them that there is so much to accomplish in so little time. 

When you realize why you’re procrastinating, you will be able to figure out how to get out of it too, what habits to learn, and what to change. 

One thing to remember is that big work needs big motivation, and small work needs small motivation. For a task as simple as doing the dishes, if you have a sink full of dirty dishes and no motivation to wash them, you can divide it into smaller tasks. Maybe just clean a plate and a bowl now and then do something else. Come back after some time to do the rest. In no time, you will have washed all the dishes without even realizing it. 

Looking at the end goal or thinking about what you will achieve after doing certain work can help you get that motivation, be it big or small. 

Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC), the state-owned monopoly, hiked the prices of petroleum products.

The NOC has decided to increase Rs 10 per litre each in petrol, diesel and kerosene.

As per the new revised rate, the petrol will now cost Rs 170 per litre and diesel and kerosene will cost Rs 153 per litre.

The NOC, however, has not increased the price of aviation fuel and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG).

The decision will come into effect from today midnight.

1. So far, CPN-UML has won six chief and six deputies 

2. Nepal Congress has won three chiefs and three deputies  

3. CPN (Maoist Center) has won one chief and two deputies 

4. CPN(Unified Socialist) has won one chief and two deputies, and leading Pokhara Metropolitan City 

5. In Kathmandu Metropolitan City, independent candidate Balen Shah continues to lead 

6. In Bharatpur Metropolitan City there is tough competition between UML and Maoist candidates

7. In Lalitpur and Biratnagar Metropolitan City Nepali Congress candidates continue to lead

8. In many places independent and rebel candidates are leading 

9. As the vote count process is time-consuming it could take a couple of days to complete the vote-counting in major cities

10. Despite the five-party alliance, early counting shows there will be tough competition between Nepali Congress and CPN-UML

The vote counting for the new mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City  is underway at the City Hall in the Capital.

Out of 1, 180 votes counted so far, independent candidate Balen Shah garnered 402 votes while CPN-UML candidate Keshav Sthapit received 319 votes and Nepali Congress candidate Srijana Singh secured 202 votes.

CPN (Maoist Centre) mayoral candidate Renu Dahal is leading the vote count in Bharatpur Metropolitan City under the local level elections.

Out of 350 votes counted so far, Dahal garnered 133 votes. CPN-UML candidate Bijay Subedi got 127 votes.

Earlier, Subedi was leading the vote count.

Independent candidate Jagannath Paudel received 41 votes.

Independent candidate Balen Shah is leading the vote count by 200 votes in the ongoing vote count of Kathmandu Metropolitan City.

Shah has secured 480 votes while his closest contender Nepali Congress candidate Srijana Singh garnered 280 votes.

Similarly, CPN-UML candidate Keshav Sthapit received 200 votes.

A clash broke out between the cadres of Nepali Congress and CPN-UML at the polling station in Dhulachaur of Himali Rural Municipality, Bajura.

DSP Chaturbhuj Ojha of the District Police Office, Bajura said that the clash ensued after a ballot box with the broken seal was brought to the vote counting venue.

The Nepali Congress cadres pelted stones at the UML cadres after the latter vandalized the office demanding that the concerned authority should look into the incident.

It has been learnt that police fired nine rounds of bullets in the air to take the situation under control.