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Two children have drowned in the septic tank of a toilet in Binuwatol of Chandrapur Municipality-10, Rautahat.

The deceased have been identified as two-year-old Ranje Sah and two-year-old Khushbu Sah,  according to Rajkumar Rai, Deputy Superintendent of Police of the Area Police Office Chandranigahapur. 

They were playing at the house of local Hridaya Paswan when the incident took place last night.

Both children breathed their last during the course of treatment at the Chandranigahpur Hospital, police said.

Lalitpur Metropolitan City has presented a budget of Rs 7.47 billion for the fiscal year 2025/26.

Deputy Mayor Manjali Shakya Bajracharya tabled the estimates of income and expenditure for the new fiscal year in the municipal assembly on Tuesday. 

Of the total budget, Rs 2.96 billion has been allocated for current expenditure and Rs 4.50 billion for capital expenditure.

The LMC has targeted to collect Rs 3.71 billion from internal revenue.

The budget has given priority to areas such as good governance, heritage and cultural conservation, sustainable infrastructure, promotion of greenery, environment, self-reliant economy, quality education, clean drinking water for every household, social development, health and youth employment.

The Supreme Court has asked the Gandaki Provincial government not to suspend the enforcement of the ‘Ride Sharing’ regulations. 

Responding to a writ petition filed against the provincial government’s decision to suspend the implementation of the Ride Sharing regulations, the court issued an order in the name of the provincial government to not implement its decision to suspend the regulations for a month. 

The division bench of Supreme Court Justices Til Prasad Shrestha and Mahesh Sharma Poudel handed down the order on Tuesday. 

This has paved the way for implementation of the Ride Sharing Regulations in the Province, Chief Attorney of the Gandaki Provincial Government, Chiranjivi Sharma said.

It may be noted that the Ride Sharing (Regulation and Management) Regulations-2082 was introduced by the Province Government and published in the Provincial Gazette on May 13. But the Federation of Nepal Transport Entrepreneurs staged a nationwide public transport strike against the Regulations, following which the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers wrote to the Gandaki Provincial Government to suspend the implementation of the Regulations. 

Accordingly, the provincial government decided to suspend the regulations for one month on June 3.

There is a possibility of heavy rainfall at one or two places in Koshi and Sudurpaschim Provinces today.

Light to moderate rainfall with thunder and lightning is also likely at some places in the hilly areas of the country.

According to the Meteorological Forecasting Division, the influence of monsoon winds is felt across the country. The weather will remain partly to generally cloudy across the country today. There is a possibility of light to moderate rainfall and snowfall at a few places in the high-hilly and mountainous areas of all the provinces.

Later, tonight, the weather will be generally cloudy in Koshi, Karnali and Sudurpaschim Provinces and the rest of the hilly areas and will be partly to generally cloudy in the rest of the country. There is a possibility of light to moderate rainfall with thunder and lightning at some places in the hilly areas including Koshi, Karnali and Sudurpaschim Provinces and at a few places in the rest of the country. 

There is also a possibility of heavy rainfall at one or two places in Koshi, Gandaki, Karnali and Sudurpaschim Provinces. There is a possibility of light to moderate rain and snowfall at a few places in the high-hilly and mountainous areas of all provinces.

At least 17 people were killed in Russian air strikes on southeastern Ukraine on Tuesday, damaging schools, hospitals and a passenger train, according to Ukranian officials, BBC reported.

The strikes, in the Dnipropetrovsk region, wounded more than 100 others, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said. Three more people, including a toddler, were reported killed in separate strikes on the northeastern city of Sumy.

The rare daytime attack came as Zelensky arrived at the Nato summit in the Netherlands for meetings with European leaders.

Zelensky is also expected to meet US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the summit to discuss defence arrangements and further sanctions on Russia, according to BBC.

Aboard Air Force One en route to the Nato summit in the Netherlands, Trump shared a personal text message from a somewhat unlikely source, BBC reported.

It was sent by Nato boss Mark Rutte who praised the American president for what he had accomplished in using US bombers to attack Iran's nuclear facilities.

"Congratulations and thank you for your decisive action in Iran, " wrote Rutte in a message the president posted to his Truth Social account. "That was truly extraordinary and something no one else dared to do."

Trump has had his differences with Nato in the past, as he's called into doubt the alliance's mutual defence agreement and the military contributions made by other member nations, according to BBC.

Andreas Schjelderup scored in the 13th minute to give Benfica a 1-0 victory over Bayern Munich on Tuesday, sending the Portuguese club to the top of Group C in the Club World Cup, Associated Press reported.

The loss dropped Bayern Munich to second place in the group. Boca Juniors was eliminated from contention by the result.

Bayern suffered its first loss of the tournament as it struggled to find a rhythm ahead of the knockout stages later this week.

The game was marked by high heat with temperatures reaching 97 degrees Fahrenheit (36 Celsius), according to Associated Press.

The Trump administration on Tuesday postponed classified briefings for Senate and House members as lawmakers look for more answers about President Donald Trump’s directed strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities over the weekend and his announcement on Monday that the two countries had reached a ceasefire agreement, Associated Press reported.

The Senate briefing has been rescheduled for Thursday so that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubiocan attend, according to multiple people with knowledge of the scheduling change who would only discuss it on the condition of anonymity. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said on social media that the House briefing will now be held on Friday, “details to follow.” 

Trump proclaimed on social media that Israel and Iran had agreed that there will be an “Official END” of their conflict. That tentative truce briefly faltered Tuesday when Israel accused Iran of launching missiles into its airspace, but Trump later declared it was “in effect," according to Associated Press.