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The Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has urged the general public not to store petroleum products unnecessarily stating that import of petroleum products was regular. 

NOC Executive Director Chandika Prasad Bhatta urged the public not to store the petroleum products unnecessarily since that could cause risk of accident adding that the supply of the petroleum products was regular and would remain the same also during the election period. 

In a notice on Monday he said, "The import of petroleum products is uninterrupted through the pipeline. Import of petroleum products will continue even during the time of the election."  The election to the House of Representatives (HoR) is taking place on March 5.

He has also warned of fire-induced disasters if petroleum products were stored in cans, drums and other vessels. 

Bhatta has shared that storage of petroleum products was strictly prohibited in view of possible fire-induced disasters. 

The NOC has urged consumers to cooperate with the NOC only by purchasing the required quantity of petroleum products.

The Election Commission (EC) has directed the Election Code of Conducts Monitoring Officers to effectively implement the code of conduct until the voting centres are closed from today. 

The House of Representatives (HoR) election is scheduled to take place on March 5.

The EC has assigned the Assistant Chief District Officer and Chief of the District Treasury Office as the election code of conduct monitoring officers with specific responsibility. 

The EC has directed the concerned officials to effectively implement the code of conduct as per the provisions stated in the Election Code of Conducts, 2082 BS.

As per the election code of conduct, the political parties and candidates have been barred from being engaged in election publicity campaigns since last midnight. 

With the beginning of the silence period for the March 5 election to the House of Representatives, the election publicity is banned.

The silence period provides time for the voters to decide their voting for the favourable candidates. 

The election publicity and silence period are also effective on social networking sites. 

At least 200 civilians have been killed since the start of the US-Israel war on Iran last weekend, according to rights groups, as people inside Iran told the Guardian they were fearful of a rising death toll, The Guardian reported. 

The Iranian Red Crescent Society said that at least 555 people had been killed across Iran. However, in its latest update, the Norway-based human rights group Hengaw said the death toll on day three had reached at least 1,500, including 200 civilians and 1,300 members of the Iranian forces.

Hengaw said it was concerned about the rising number of civilian deaths, with the highest number of civilian fatalities recorded in Hormozgan province in southern Iran, after a missile strike on a girls’ elementary school in Minab at the weekend, which reportedly killed more than 150 people, including children, according to The Guardian. 

Israel’s determination to attack Iran and the certainty that US troops would be targeted in response forced the Trump administration to take pre-emptive strikes, secretary of state Marco Rubio said, in a new explanation for Washington’s surprise entry into the conflict, The Guardian reported. 

The rationale drew divided reviews from top members of Congress who on Monday evening received the first briefing by the Trump administration since it ordered the air campaign to begin over the weekend.

Rubio, CIA director John Ratcliffe and joint chiefs of staff chair Dan Caine spoke to the lawmakers behind closed doors in the Capitol ahead of a vote expected later this week in the House of Representatives on a war powers resolution that presents an unlikely opportunity to force Trump to end hostilities against Iran, according to The Guardian. 

Three US fighter jets were mistakenly shot down over Kuwait early Monday in an apparent “friendly fire” incident, military officials said. All six crew members ejected safely, The Guardian reported. 

According to a statement from US Central Command (Centcom), Kuwait’s air defences fired on the F-15 war planes during a combat mission on the third day of conflict following Saturday’s launch of US-Israeli airstrikes on Iran.

The crew members who ejected were recovered and are in “stable condition”, Centcom said, according to The Guardian. 

India and Canada have announced a host of agreements, including a 10-year nuclear energy deal, after their prime ministers met in Delhi to reset ties that plummeted due to diplomatic tensions, BBC reported. 

Narendra Modi and Mark Carney also struck agreement in areas such as technology, critical minerals, space, defence and education.

Carney said they agreed to conclude a free trade deal, years in the making, by the end of 2026. Both countries want to reduce exposure to punitive US trade tariffs, according to BBC. 

Two persons died while another sustained injuries when a bus and a motorcycle collided with each other at Golbazar Municipality-3 in Siraha on Sunday. 

The deceased have been identified as Santosh Mahato (37) and Aman Raya (20) from Dhangadhimai Municipality-8.

The bus (Lu 2 Kha 1085) heading towards Bhairahawa from Dharan collided head-on with the motorcycle (Sa 5 Pa 4759) last night. 

Injured seriously in the incident, Mahato and Raya breathed their last during the course of treatment at a local health facility, according to police inspector Sudhan KC. 

Dhiraj Mandal was injured in the incident. All three were riding in the same motorcycle, the police added. Mandal is currently receiving treatment in Biratnagar.

The  bodies have been  kept at Lahan-based Ram Kumar Uma Prasad Province Hospital for postmortem. 

Police said that they impounded the bus and arrested its driver for investigation. 

On the occasion of Phagu Purnima, devotees have thronged Bhimsen Temple in Bhaktapur. 

On Phagu Purnima devotees throng Pardeshi Bhimsen Temple in Ardash, Yachhen Bhimsen Temple in Yanchen, and Tachpal Bhimsen Temple in Dattatraya for a darshan and worshipping.

It is culturally believed that worshipping the deity Bhimsen on the day of Phagu Purnima opens up a new source of income and business flourishes. 

On this day, traditional Dhimebaja, Fansuri baja, Dha baja, are played by different groups going up to the Bhimsen Temple from different settlements. 

The Fagu festival is celebrated by worshiping the deity and savouring Samyebajji. This is called Bhising Pooja in the local language. 

Likewise, local women dress up in Newari ethnic costume, the Hakupatasi, worship the Bhimsen deity, savor Samyebajji, and then go around the neighborhood to celebrate Phagu.