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A four-month-old child died in a motorbike accident at Nalinchowk in Bhaktapur.

Police identified the deceased as Losang Dolma, daughter of Buddha Tamang and Susmita Tamang of Panchkhal-1, Kavre.

The incident occurred when the bike (Bagmati Province 02-021 PA 6763) they were riding on met with an accident.

Critically injured in the incident Dolma breathed her last during the course of treatment at the Neuro Hospital, the Metropolitan Police Range, Bhaktapur said.

Buddha and Susmita were also injured in the incident.

Police said that they are looking into the case.

The CPN (Maoist Centre) has stressed on forging alliances with the ruling coalition in the forthcoming local level elections.

In a circular issued on Monday, party Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal has given priority to forging electoral alliances and further said that the center's approval is necessary if the elections are to be contested alone.

Dahal said that the recommendation of all the candidates should be made by April 18.

The price of gold has risen by Rs 800 per tola in the domestic market on Tuesday.

According to the Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers' Association, gold is currently trading at Rs100,900 per tola. The yellow metal was traded at Rs 100, 100 per tola on Monday. 

Similarly, the Tejabi gold is now trading for Rs 100, 400 per tola in the market. Earlier on Monday, it was traded at Rs 99, 600.

Similarly, the price of silver rose by Rs 15 per tola and is now trading at Rs 1, 380 per tola. It was traded at Rs 1, 365.

The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) increased by 4.91 points to reach 2424.70 points in the pre-open session on Tuesday.

Similarly, the sensitive index surged by 0.78 points to reach 455.65 points.

Shares were traded 21 times in this session.

As many as 448 shares of 18 companies were traded at Rs 252, 982.

In the pre-open session, the value of 12 companies were increased the value of five companies decreased.

Meanwhile, Agricultural Development Bank is in the forefront at present with its shares traded at Rs 86, 536.

Police have arrested two persons in possession of an automatic pistol from Ramanandachowk, Janakpur.

The detainees have been identified as Indresh Kumar Singh (30) of Jaleshwor Municipality-9, Mahottari and currently residing at Janakpurdham-4 and Abhisek Kumar Singh (19) of Manarasiswa Minicipality-1 and presently living at Janakpurdham-8.

The duo were heading towards provincial hospital from Ramanandachowk with the pistol on a bike (Ja 7 Pa 7932) when police arrested them during the security check, DSP Jitendra Kumar Basnet, spokesperson at the District Police Office, Dhanusha said.

Police said that they are looking into the case.

Nearly two-thirds of all Ukrainian children have fled their homes in the six weeks since Russia’s invasion, the UN's children's agency UNICEF said on Monday, BBC reported.

The UN has also verified the deaths of 142 youngsters, although they have warned the actual number is almost certainly much higher.

Manuel Fontaine, UNICEF’s emergency programs director who just returned from Ukraine, said having 4.8 million of Ukraine’s 7.5 million children displaced in such a short time is something he had not seen happen so quickly in 31 years of humanitarian work.

"Of the 3.2 million children estimated to have remained in their homes, nearly half may be at risk of not having enough food," Fontaine told the UN Security Council, according to BBC.

He warned the situation was probably worse in cities like Mariupol and Kherson, where there was no water and sanitation services and the supply of food and medicine had been disrupted. 

Meanwhile Ukraine’s UN ambassador, Sergiy Kyslytsya, claimed Russia has taken more than 121,000 children out of Ukraine and reportedly drafted a bill to simplify and accelerate adoption procedures.

Fontaine said there was so far "no evidence" of such accusations, but that UNICEF would investigate the matter, BBC reported.

Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Gujarat Titans by eight wickets in their IPL game here on Monday, The Indian Express reported.

The Sunrisers chased down the target of 163 with five balls to spare with captain Kane Williamson top-scoring with a 57 while Nicholas Pooran remained not out on 34.

Young Abhishek Sharma made 42 at the top of the order before retiring hurt. For the Titans, Hardik Pandya and Rashid Khan took a wicket each, according to The Indian Express.

Earlier, captain Pandya top-scored for the Titans with a 42-ball 50 not out while Abhinav Manohar chipped in with 35. For SRH, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and T Natarajan took two wickets apiece while Marco Jansen and Umran Malik got one each.

Russia has warned Finland and Sweden against joining Nato, arguing the move would not bring stability to Europe, BBC reported.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that "the alliance remains a tool geared towards confrontation". 

It comes as US defence officials said Moscow's invasion of Ukraine has been a "massive strategic blunder" which is likely to bring Nato enlargement. 

US officials expect the Nordic neighbours to bid for membership of the alliance, potentially as early as June. 

Washington is believed to support the move which would see the Western alliance grow to 32 members. US State Department officials said last week that discussions had taken place between Nato leaders and foreign ministers from Helsinki and Stockholm. 

Before it launched its invasion, Russia demanded that the alliance agree to halt any future enlargement, but the war has led to the deployment of more Nato troops on its eastern flank and a rise in public support for Swedish and Finnish membership, according to BBC.

Finnish MPs are expected to receive a security report from intelligence officials this week, and Prime Minister Sanna Marin said she expects her government "will end the discussion before midsummer" on whether to make a membership application. 

Finland shares a 1,340km (830 miles) long border with Russia and has been rattled by the invasion of Ukraine.

And Sweden's ruling Social Democratic party, which has traditionally opposed Nato membership, said it is rethinking this position in light of Russia's attack on its western neighbour. Party secretary Tobias Baudin told local media that the Nato review should be complete within the next few months. 

"When Russia invaded Ukraine, Sweden's security position changed fundamentally," the party said in a statement on Monday. 

But Moscow has been clear that it opposes any potential enlargement of the alliance. Mr Peskov warned the bloc "is not that kind of alliance which ensures peace and stability, and its further expansion will not bring additional security to the European continent". 

Last week Mr Peskov said that Russia would have to "rebalance the situation" with its own measures were Sweden and Finland to join Nato, BBC reported.

And in February Maria Zakharova, Russia's foreign ministry spokeswoman, warned of "military and political consequences" if the countries joined the bloc. 

Nato was formed in 1949 to counter the threat of Soviet expansion, though since the fall of the Berlin wall a number of formerly communist eastern European countries have joined. 

Member states agree to come to one another's aid in the event of an armed attack against any individual member state.

Despite the threats, both countries have pushed ahead with their bids and stepped up defence spending. 

On Monday, army leaders in Helsinki announced a new plan to allocate €14m (£10.88m) to purchase drones for Finland's military. 

And last month Swedish officials said they would boost defence spending by three billion kronas ($317m; £243m) in 2022, according to BBC.