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Nine complaints have been filed against 17 proposed ambassadors to different countries at the Parliamentary Hearing Committee (PHC).

Committee President Ishwori Devi Neupane said the hearing on the complaints has been scheduled to start from August 30.

"Nine complaints have been filed against 17 ambassadors proposed by the government for various countries. We will call the complainants at the Committee and ask them to clarify the subject of their complaint and its rationale," she mentioned.

Neupane further said, "Schedule has been revised and passed in accordance with Section 15 of Parliamentary Hearing Committee Procedure on the issue of concluding the hearing process, holding discussion by calling the proposed ambassadors."

During the meeting, lawmakers expressed the view that the appointment of ambassador was not inclusive. Lawmakers—Pashupati Shumsher JB Rana, Gyanendra Bahadur Karki, Janardan Sharma, Prakash Adhikari, Ananda Prasad Dhungana, Leelanath Shrestha, Ishwori Gharti, Mahesh Kumar Bartaula, Bhagawati Neupane, among others, raised the question saying the government failed to ensure participation of Dalit, Madhesh and Muslim communities while making recommendation of the ambassadors.  

They shared that the Committee's request of maintaining inclusion while appointing ambassadors was not implemented. 

The government had recommended Prof Dr Krishna Prasad Oli as the ambassador to China, Sunnima Tuladhar to Denmark, Dr Shail Rupakheti to Germany, Dr Shankar Prasad Sharma to India, Prof Dhan Prasad Pandit to Israel,  Dr Netra Prasad Timalsina, Rita Dhital to Pakistan, Prakash Manu Poudel to Portugal, Ramesh Chandra Poudel to Qatar, Jung Bahadur Chauhan to Russia, Naresh Bikram Dhakal to Saudi Arabia, Prof Dr Kapilman Shrestha to South Africa, Dr Shiva Maya Tumbahamphe to South Korea, Sanil Nepal to Spain, Ram Krishna Bhattarai to Sri Lanka, Chandra Kumar Ghimire to UK and Lok Darshan Regmi to USA.

The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) plunged by 111. 96 points to close at 2,782.60 points on Tuesday.

Similarly, the sensitive index dropped by 22. 87 points to close at 496. 47 points.

A total of 43,868,970-unit shares of 330 companies were traded for Rs 18.  billion.

Meanwhile, Taragaon Regency Hotel Limited (TRH), Aatmanirbhar Laghubitta Bittiya Sanstha Limited (ANLB) and Dolti Power Company Limited (DOLTI) were the top gainers today with their price surging by 10. 00 percent. Likewise, Nepal Finance Ltd. (NFS) was the top loser with its price dropped by 10. 00 percent.

At the end of the day, the total market capitalization stood at Rs 4. 41 trillion.

Visiting Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Albusaidi paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Tuesday.

During the meeting held at the Singha Durbar-based Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, matters relating to bilateral interest and mutual concerns and benefits were discussed, according to the Prime Minister's Secretariat.

Prime Minister's chief advisor Bishnu Prasad Rimal and Foreign Secretary Sewa Lamsal were also present in the meeting.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Government of the Sultanate of Oman arrived in Kathmandu on Monday on a two-day official visit at the invitation of his Nepali counterpart Arzu Rana Deuba.

Nepal and Oman had established diplomatic ties on January 21, 1977.

The gold is being traded at Rs 152, 300 per tola in the domestic market on Tuesday.

According to the Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers’ Association, the silver is being traded at Rs 1,850 per tola today. 

Police have arrested four persons with a huge cache of gold and silver from Nepalgunj.

DSP Narayan Dangi of the District Police Office, Banke said that four persons were nabbed with 34 tola of gold and 10.5 kg of silver from Nepalgunj.

They were apprehended from a jewelry shop in the town. However, the shop owner has managed to flee.

Police have not yet revealed the identities of the arrested.

Police detained them acting on a tip-off.

Two Spanish tourists have gone missing during the Ghorepani trekking. Ghorepani is a famous tourist destination.

Two Spanish- a male, Erik Kasanovas, and a female, Molass Missy- were heading to Ghorepani from Tikhedhunga of Annapurna Rural Municipality-9 of Kaski via Ulleri on Sunday, but they lost contact, according to Bharat Man Gurung, spokesperson at the rural municipality.

Two tourist bags were found unattended near the Bhurungdi River Bridge on Sunday evening. It is suspected that they were swept away by the river as they followed the old route.

"They had registered their names at ACAP check post of Birethanti, mentioning that they were going to Ghorepani on Sunday morning," Gurung said, adding that search for the missing ones is continued, as they are suspected of getting swept away by the river after falling from the stream.

They might have fallen into the flooded river while taking photographs at the stream, he added.

There is a beautiful stream at the place where their bags were found. While searching, a joint team of police persons, locals and people's representatives also found two walking sticks.

The concerned embassy was informed about the missing tourists.

Among the patients who came for treatment in various hospitals of the district, 588 people have been diagnosed with dengue infection.

Out of the 2,394 patients who came to the hospital, 588 were found to be infected with dengue. Of the infected, 417 are from Chitwan, while 171 are from outside the district, informed Ram KC, vector controller of Public Health Office, Chitwan.

He said, “Mosquitoes bite two hours before sunrise and two hours before sunset. Those who come in contact with mosquitoes more during that time are at risk of infection." Since July, 236 people have been infected with dengue in Ichchhakamana Rural Municipality.

Similarly, 107 people have been infected in Bharatpur Metropolitan City-11 in Khairhani, 49 in Ratnanagar, three in Madi, three in Rapti and eight in Kalika Municipality, KC informed.

According to him, there are 225 women and 192 men among the infected people found in the district.

KC said that dengue is seen especially in August and October because it creates a favorable environment for mosquitoes when there will be rain and sun shine simultaneously. He said, "Now the infection has started to be seen since the beginning of July."

Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Albusaidi arrived in Kathmandu on a two-day official visit to Nepal on Monday.

The Foreign Minister of Oman arrived at the invitation of his Nepali counterpart Arzu Rana Deuba.

Foreign Secretary Sewa Lamsal received the Omani Foreign Minister at the Tribhuvan International Airport.

During the visit, the two Foreign Ministers are scheduled to hold a bilateral meeting and discuss various matters on further bolstering Nepal-Oman ties, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Ministry said that the visiting Omani Foreign Minister will pay courtesy calls on President Ram Chandra Paudel and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.

He is scheduled to leave Kathmandu on August 27.