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A fire broke out at the Woodland Hotel in Durbarmarg, Kathmandu on Thursday. 

The District Police Range, Kathmandu, said that the fire broke out at the dance club of the hotel.

Four fire engines, local and police personnel have been deployed to take the fire under control.

The cause of the fire has not been ascertained yet.

Inter Milan scored late goals to earn a 2-0 win at Borussia Dortmund in their final Champions League group phase match on Wednesday but it was not enough for a top-eight finish, with both teams going into the playoffs for a knockout stage spot, Reuters reported. 

Federico Dimarco curled home a sublime free kick in the 81st minute before Andy Diouf added another goal in stoppage time to snap Inter's three-game losing run in the competition.

Despite hopes before the game of a top-eight spot and automatic progress to the last-16, Inter came 10th on 15 points, according to Reuters. 

Goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin scored an astonishing 98th-minute header as Benfica beat Real Madrid 4-2 on Wednesday to keep themselves in the Champions League and deny their illustrious opponents an automatic spot in the last 16, Reuters reported. 

In an extraordinary finale, the Portuguese side were heading out despite leading 3-2 with seconds of stoppage time remaining before Trubin came forward for a free kick to score the goal needed to sneak into the playoff round on goal difference.

That sparked wild celebrations from Benfica players, fans and their charismatic coach Jose Mourinho - a former manager of Real Madrid - at the Stadium of Light in Lisbon, according to Reuters. 

The Chinese Football Association on Thursday said its former president Chen Xuyuan and former national team coach Li Tie, who were among 73 people convicted of match-fixing, would be barred from soccer-related activities for life, Reuters reported. 

The announcement followed lifetime bans issued, opens new tabin September 2024 on 43 soccer players and officials also for match-fixing.

Real Madrid forward Kylian Mbappe said the team did not match the hunger shown by Benfica in Wednesday's 4-2 Champions League defeat and that they are not showing the consistency worthy of champions, Reuters reported. 

A 98th-minute header from Benfica goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin denied 15-times European champions Real an automatic spot in the last 16, while the Portuguese side crept into the playoffs on goal difference.

"It isn't about quality, and it isn't about tactics," Mbappe, who scored twice on Wednesday, told reporters, according to Reuters. 

A person died after a motorcycle he was riding on fell into the Radhapur canal of Bharatpur Metropolitan City-14, Chitwan on Wednesday. 

The deceased has been identified as 40-year-old Binod Subedi of Bharatpur Metropolitan City-16, according to Rabindra Khanal, Deputy Superintendent of Police of the District Police Office. 

Subedi was rescued and rushed to the Bharatpur Hospital, where he died in the course of treatment.

The District Security Committee has categorized 29 polling stations in Palpa  as highly sensitive.

According to Chief District Officer Binu Kunwar, 20 polling stations in Constituency-1 and nine in Constituency-2 are sensitive. 

A total of 118 polling centers and 251 polling stations have been determined for the district which has two House of Representatives constituencies

Out of 207,436 total voters in Palpa, 98,383 are in Constituency-1 and 109,053 are in Constituency-2. The number of new voters to be registered for the March 5 election is 6,110 in the district.

Kaski is divided into three electoral constituencies for the March 5 elections to the House of Representatives. Among them, Constituency-1 is known to give an outcome that changes frequently.

The constituency covers Madi and Rupa rural municipalities  and ward nos- 10, 12, 13, 14, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 and 32 of Pokhara Metropolitan City. A total of 17 candidates are contesting from the constituency, according to Rudra Neupane, Information Officer of the Election Office in Pokhara.

Out of the total candidates in this constituency, 16 are men, one is a woman while all but one are candidates representing political parties. There are 116,878 voters in this constituency.

In the first general elections following restoration of democracy in 1990, Taranath Ranabhat of the Nepali Congress was elected from this constituency in 2048 BS, who went on to assume the responsibility of the Speaker of the country. In the following elections in 2051 BS, Khagaraj Adhikari of the CPN (UML) won while Ranabhat won it for the second time four years later in 2056 BS.

In the first Constituent Assembly elections held in 2064 BS after the 2006 people's movement, Dev Gurung of the CPN (Maoist Center), i.e. the then CPN Maoist, won from this constituency. Gurung, who won from two constituencies, later chose Manang and in the by-election in 2065 BS, Krishna Bahadur Gurung of the same party was elected. 

Meanwhile, in the second Constituent Assembly election held in 2070 BS, Yagya Bahadur Thapa of the Nepali Congress won from this constituency, while Khagraj Adhikari of the UML and Maoist alliance won the House of Representatives election held in 2074 BS. Then, Man Bahadur Gurung of the UML won the constituency in the election held in 2079 BS.

Among the 17 candidates in the fray this time, Bain Bahadur Adhikari Chhetri from the UML, Tilak Bahadur Ranabhat from the Nepali Congress, Rajkaji Gurung (Karan) from the Nepali Communist Party, Khadak Raj Poudel (Ganesh) from the Rastriya Swatantra Party, Baburam Thapa from the RPP, and Manisha Dwa from the Ujyalo Nepal Party are some notable figures likely to engage in a competition to win this constituency.