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The Nepal International Tourism fair is going to be held with the aim of publicizing the tourist destinations of Nepal at the international level.

The fair is going to be organized on May 31 to June 1 to promote the tourism sector of Nepal globally, said Bishnu Pandey of Summit Event and Market Limited, the organizer of the fair.

To make the fair a success, the organizers held a discussion with the presidents and representatives of various organizations related to tourism in the capital on Sunday. On the occasion, Vice President of Nepal Tourism Board, Chandra Prasad Rijal, expressed his belief that the fair will help promote Nepal's tourism sector at the international level.

The fair will have booths representing all the seven provinces of Nepal as well as booths representing foreign countries. There will be more than 125 booths in the fair to be held at Bhrikutimandap exhibition center, according to the organizers. Stalls from neighboring India and China as well as from the Maldives, Malaysia, Bangladesh and Thailand will be included in the fair.

More than 200 foreign tourism companies from different countries will participate in the fair.

The Daffodil Cup, an inter school basketball and futsal tournament, has concluded. The event was organized by Daffodil School, Nayapati, Sundarijal. Chief Guest Major General Santosh Dhakal presented prizes to the winners.

Mills Berry School emerged victorious in the Futsal tournament in the Under-12 Boys category, defeating Bodhi Sadan. In the Under-14 Boys category, Daffodil Public School secured a victory against Daffodil Boarding School to claim the title. Chelsea World School triumphed in the Boys Under-16 category by defeating Daffodil Boarding School (A) team.

In the Boys Under-13 category of basketball, Golden Peak School emerged as the winners by defeating Bouddha Children Haven.

The tournament, which started on Jan 21, lasted for a week.

Arjun Sapkota has recently launched a new song titled ‘Nasodha Pir K Ko?’ on YouTube. The folk singer released the music video in celebration of his birthday, featuring the female vocals of singer Santi Shree Pariyar.

In the video, Sapkota himself takes center stage, with model Juna Bishwakarma appearing as his partner. Guest actors Badal Ghimire and Sreedhar Adhikari also make notable appearances. The video was choreographed and directed by Kajish Shrestha. The song’s lyrics were penned by Rabin Lamichhane.

Various trade unions have demanded action against those police personnel who assaulted immigration officials at the Tribhuvan International Airport.

Issuing a joint statement on Sunday, the trade unions demanded that the government take action against them within three days.

The police personnel had assaulted immigration officials during the security check at the ‘walk through’.

The trade unions showed their displeasure saying that the employees are becoming unsafe from police.

They have warned to halt all the services across the country including at the Tribhuvan International Airport if the guilty are not taken action.

“We will be forced to halt services at all the offices including at the Tribhuvan International Airport immigration office if the police personnel involved in the incident are not taken action within three days. We will also be compelled to announce the phase-wise protest programs,” the statement reads.

The trade unions have also condemned the incident where police personnel, who were deployed to protect the people, attacked the officials who were providing services at the workplace.

Chairperson of Nepal Civil Service Organization, Nepal Civil Servants Union, Nepal National Employees Organization, Integrated Government Employees Organization and Nepal Madhesi Civil Servants Forum among others mounted pressure on the government by submitting a joint memorandum.

The Election Commission (EC) on Sunday submitted a report of the recently held National Assembly (NA) election to President Ram Chandra Paudel.

The NA election was held in all seven provinces on January 25 to elect 19 NA members. 

Chief Election Commissioner Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya submitted the report amid a function in the President House, Sheetal Niwas.

Spokesperson at the Office of the President, Shailaja Regmi Bhattarai, said that the EC submitted the report on National Assembly Election, 2080 along with the election result as per the clause 60 of the NA Election Act, 2075 BS. 

Election Commissioners Ram Prasad Bhandari, Dr Janaki Kumara Tuladhar, Sagun Shumsher JBR and Secretary Surya Prasad Gautam were present on the occasion.

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has directed the Patan Academy of Health Sciences to manage challenges seen in the health sector.

Addressing the 12th Assembly of PAHS here today, he urged the office-bearers of the Academy to develop additional infrastructures and make the hospital's services of quality and effective.

The PM said development and prosperity is not possible until the common citizen is healthy, stressing on the need of making quality and accessible health services accessible to all citizens.

"The country's economic and social transformation is possible when the citizens are fit and healthy," he said.

Stating that it is the best initiative on the part of the Academy to provide community-based services, the Prime Minister, who is also the Chancellor of PAHS, suggested that the Academy should further make its programmes stronger by incorporating similar programmes.

He said, "I want to draw the attention of the Ministry of Health and Population to forward such types of programmes from other academics and educational institutions."

Stating that most of Nepal's territory is occupied by rural areas, PM Dahal pointed out the need of expanding health service access to rural level by producing skilled health workers motivated by the spirit of social responsibility in order to provide quality healthcare service in rural areas.

He explained, "I direct the Academy to improve its services so as to benefit significantly the citizens who are lagging behind in the human development index and have less access to quality health services." 

Prime Minister Dahal lauded the contribution of Patan Academy of Health Sciences in the overall health sector including health service, health education and carrying out health related scientific research.

Minister for Health and Population, Member of National Planning Commission, Mayor of Lalitpur Metropolitan City and Vice-Chancellors of different academies were present on the occasion.

The CPN (Maoist Center) Sudurpaschim Province Committee has issued a directive to change the decision to remove Khagraj Bhatta from the post of Parliamentary Party leader.

A Maoist Center Province Committee meeting held on Saturday issued such a directive.

A Parliamentary Party meeting of the Maoist Center held at the Province Assembly Secretariat on Friday decided to replace Bhatta with Man Bahadur Dhami.

Chairman Hari Ram Chaudhary said that the decision of the meeting held under the chairmanship of deputy leader Akkal Bahadur Rawal without informing the Parliamentary Party leader Bhatta to change the party leader has drawn the attention of the party and issued a directive to change the decision at the earliest.

The gold is being traded at Rs 118, 000 per tola in the domestic market on Sunday.

According to the Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers’ Association, tejabi gold is being traded at Rs 117, 450 per tola.

Similarly, the silver is being traded at Rs 1,400 per tola today.