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Three parties have recommended their candidates from Lumbini in the National Assembly elections slated for January 25.

The Nepali Congress, CPN-UML and Nepali Communist Party have finalized their candidates for the elections to be held for three seats in Lumbini.

The Nepali Congress has decided to field Basudev Jangli of Dang from disabled quota.

Similarly, the CPN-UML has nominated Ram Kumari Jhankri while the Nepali Communist Party has put forward Somnath Pandey as its candidate for the upper house elections. 

Gauriganga Municipality of Kailali district has closed the schools for a week in a bid to avoid the impact of severe cold to school children.  

The cold wave coupled with declined temperature has badly affected the teaching and learning activities. So, the municipality office decided to close the schools for a week effective from tomorrow, the municipality office informed. 

Thick fog and haze have blanketed the neighbourhood. The cold wave has further added woes to the people.

Earlier, Dhangadhi Sub-Metropolitan City and Gauriganga Municipality had distributed firewood to locals to help them stay warm. 

Although the hilly region in Sudurpaschim has sunny weather, the southern plain has been blanketed with thick fog and haze for some days. It has also adversely affected the winter crops, the locals said.

The price of gold has dropped by Rs 400 per tola in the domestic market on Wednesday. 

According to the Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers’ Association, the yellow metal is being traded at Rs 267, 700 per tola today.  It was traded at Rs 268, 100 per tola on Tuesday. 

Similarly, the silver is being traded at Rs 4, 935 per tola.

AS Roma got their faltering Serie A title bid back on track with a 2-0 win at Lecce on Tuesday, where Irish striker Evan Ferguson and substitute Artem Dovbyk were on the scoresheet, Reuters reported. 

Roma, who suffered their fourth defeat in six league matches in a 1-0 loss at Atalanta on Saturday, did enough to see off a Lecce side which had held Juventus to a 1-1 draw at the weekend.

"We didn't ‌have much time to prepare the match after the Atalanta defeat, it was mostly video work," player-of-the-match Ferguson told Sky Sport, according to Reuters. 

Real Madrid forward Kylian Mbappe is set to miss Thursday's Spanish Super Cup semi-final against Atletico Madrid as he continues to recover from a knee injury, with the club naming their travelling squad to Saudi Arabia without the Frenchman, Reuters reported. 

The 27-year-old France captain, who equalled Cristiano Ronaldo's club record of 59 goals in a calendar year for Real in their 2-0 LaLiga win over Sevilla on December 20, has a sprain in his left knee. The injury also ruled him out of Sunday's 5-1 LaLiga home victory over Real Betis.

In a boost for manager Xabi Alonso, summer signing Trent Alexander-Arnold has been included in the squad. The England right back, 27, had been sidelined since early December with a thigh muscle injury in his left leg and was initially expected to miss two months, according to Reuters. 

Juventus strolled to a 3-0 win at Sassuolo on Tuesday to keep their Serie A title hopes alive in a game where under-pressure forward Jonathan David scored his first league goal since the opening day of the season, Reuters reported. 

Luciano Spalletti stuck with David who missed a penalty in Saturday's 1-1 draw with Lecce, and the much-maligned forward repaid the manager's faith by wrapping up the win along with providing an assist for Fabio Miretti.

"I had to score that goal and I'm happy, I'm happy with the win," David told DAZN, according to Reuters. 

Neymar has agreed to extend his contract with Santos until the end of ​2026, the Brazilian club said on Tuesday, as he maintains ​hopes of a World Cup call-up despite recent injuries, Reuters reported. 

The 33-year-old forward returned to his boyhood club Santos in January 2025 and played a key role in its survival ​in the Brazilian top flight, scoring ⁠five times in its last five matches.

“Santos is my place, I’m at home,” Neymar ​said in a ⁠video published on the Brazilian club’s social media. “It’s with you that I want to achieve the dreams that are still missing,” he added, referring to Santos’ fans, according to Reuters. 

The Mahakali Bridge Project Office in Mahendranagar has forwarded the works to repair and retrofit a dozen bridges along the East West Highway in Sudurpaschim Province.

The motorable bridges in the stretch of Chisapani of Kailali to Gaddachauki of Kanchanpur will be repaired. The bridges are over a dozen of rivers/streams, according to an engineer at the Bridge Project Office, Rabi Sah.

The World Bank has provided financial assistance to carry out the undertaking at a cost of Rs 19.2 million. "Repair of the bridges has been forwarded based on the categorization of condition rating," he said, adding that safe and working infrastructures require periodic maintenance and safety strengthening.