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A person died and four others were injured when a car hit a rickshaw at Gitanagar in Bharatpur Metropolitan City, Chitwan on Thursday. 

Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Rabindra Khanal of the District Police Office, Chitwan shared that 44-year-old Min Bahadur Khatri, who was severely injured in the mishap, of Madi Municipality-7 in the district died while receiving treatment at the Chitwan Medical College, Bharatpur.  

All four injured people are being treated in the same hospital, police said.

The 62nd Session of the Programming Committee of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) started on Wednesday in Kathmandu, the SAARC Secretariat stated. 

The meeting is being held under the Chairmanship of Nepal and is scheduled to conclude today, bringing together the National Focal Points as well as delegates of the SAARC Member States along with senior officials of the SAARC Secretariat.

Inaugurating the Session, Foreign Secretary Amrit Bahadur Rai underscored the vital role of Programming Committee meetings in keeping SAARC functional and focused. 

According to the SAARC Secretariat, Rai maintained that regional cooperation is not merely 'desirable but also essential’, as it serves as a bridge between national efforts and global processes and provides a platform for collective regional solutions. 

Reaffirming Nepal’s strong belief in the continued relevance of SAARC, he suggested a gradual, step-by-step approach to resuming pending meetings. 

Rai emphasized that a pragmatic, flexible and forward-looking approach would go a long way in ensuring that SAARC, along with its Regional Centres and Specialized Bodies, remain able and empowered to address emerging challenges and deliver tangible results for the benefit of the people of the region.

Likewise, Secretary General of SAARC Md. Golam Sarwar urged for a more dynamic future where practical steps could be taken to turn the aspiration of cooperation into the reality of progress.

The Election Commission (EC) has prepared resource materials for the promotion of civic education targeting the House of Representatives (HoR) elections scheduled for March 5.

The resource materials include the contents on democracy, fair election, inclusion, voters' namelist and voting, among others. 

Likewise, the importance of voting, constitutional provisions on elections, elections and political parties are also mentioned in the Civic Education Promotion Resource Materials, according to the EC.

EC's Assistant Spokesperson Kul Bahadur GC said that the concerned authority, institutions and individuals can promote the civil education based on the resource materials. 

Moreover, the EC is expediting the activities related to the voter education program from February 13.

The US House on Wednesday voted to rescind tariffs that Donald Trump imposed on Canada last year, a rare bipartisan rebuke of the White House’s trade policy as the president threatened electoral retaliation against any Republican who defied him, The Guardian reported. 

The largely symbolic resolution to disapprove of the national emergency Trump declared to impose tariffs on Canada passed 219 to 211, with six Republicans – Don Bacon of Nebraska, Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Kevin Kiley of California, Dan Newhouse of Washington and Jeff Hurd of Colorado – voting with all Democrats except Jared Golden of Maine, who voted against it.

“Any Republican, in the House or the Senate, that votes against TARIFFS will seriously suffer the consequences come Election time, and that includes Primaries!” Trump wrote on Truth Social before the vote was finalized, adding: “TARIFFS have given us Economic and National Security, and no Republican should be responsible for destroying this privilege.”

Sir Keir Starmer has labelled comments about immigration made by billionaire Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe as "offensive and wrong", BBC reported. 

Sir Jim, founder of one of the world's largest chemical companies, Ineos, told Sky News on Wednesday that the UK had been "colonised by immigrants" and suggested the prime minister was "too nice" to do "difficult things" to stabilise the country's economy.

In his rebuke on Wednesday evening, Sir Keir added that Britain was "a proud, tolerant and diverse country" and called on Sir Jim to apologise, according to BBC. 

Actor James Van Der Beek, best known for his starring role in US teen drama Dawson's Creek, has died aged 48 after being diagnosed with bowel cancer, BBC reported. 

"Our beloved James David Van Der Beek passed peacefully this morning," his family said in a statement posted to his social media accounts. "He met his final days with courage, faith, and grace."

The star was diagnosed with the disease in the latter half of 2023 but only revealed the news in November 2024, according to BBC. 

An 18-year-old has been named as the suspect in a shooting that killed eight people and injured dozens more in British Columbia, Canada, BBC reported. 

Police said Jesse Van Rootselaar was found dead at the scene from a self-inflicted gunshot injury. The motive for the attack is not yet known.

Six people were killed and at least 25 others were injured at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School. Two others - the suspect's mother, 39, and step-brother, 11 - were found dead at a nearby home, according to BBC. 

Security has been beefed up at Rautahat border point in view of the March 5 elections to the House of Representatives.

Local residents mentioned that security agencies have intensified surveillance along the Nepal-India border to curb the illegal entry of weapons, ammunition, explosives, firecrackers and narcotics from across the border.

According to them, the increased vigilance has reportedly disrupted smuggling networks operating along the border area.

Chief of Rautahat police and Superintendent of Police (SP) Sitaram Rijal shared that they have strengthened coordination among the security agencies so as to maintain law and order as well as to ensure that voters can exercise their franchise rights without fear and intimidation. 

SP Rijal observed that security mechanisms in the district have become more robust and alert in the recent weeks. He added that seizures of illegally imported goods and tax-evaded items have notably increased.

Likewise, Chief of Area Police Office, Simraungadh, Police Inspector Krishnadev Prasad Sah informed that with the election-centric stricter border security measures in place, smuggling and illegal trade activities have noticeably come down.

According to him, there is a rise in arrests of individuals involved in illegal cross-border activities through unofficial routes, claiming that the crackdown has contributed in restoring a sense of security in the local community.

Meanwhile, the Area Police Office reported that in the last three months, four absconding convicts were nabbed, 18 cases were filed and four people were detained for possessing nearly 80 km marijuana. 

Likewise, police here also seized 46,000 tablets of narcotic drugs-hydrochloride during this period.