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President Ram Chandra Paudel and National Assembly Chairman Narayan Prasad Dahal held a meeting today.

In the meeting that took place at the President's Office, Shital Niwas today, Dahal informed the President about his (Dahal's) participation in the 151st General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) on behalf of Nepal's Federal Parliament.

The 151st General Assembly of the IPU, which has members from the parliaments of 181 countries worldwide, will be held in Geneva, Switzerland from October 19 to 23.

A delegation of the Federal Parliament, led by the Chair of the National Assembly, is going to participate in the IPU 151st general assembly.

On that occasion, Chairman Dahal also informed the Head of State regarding the National Assembly elections to be held in Magh.

The Chairman of the upper house of the Federal Parliament, Dahal, met with Prime Minister Sushila Karki on Sunday to discuss and provide information on contemporary issues such as Nepal's participation in the IPU General Assembly and the National Assembly elections.

Three people died and two others were injured when a factory wall collapsed at the Kisan Dana Factory at Shantikunj Tole of Ratnagar Municipality-12 in Chitwan district this morning.

According to Rabindra Khanal, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) at the District Police Office, Chitwan, the deceased have been identified as Sumara Darai (45) of Khairahani Municipality-2 in Chitwan, Ramesh Damai, (45) of Gorkha district and currently residing at Ratnanagar Municipality-2 in Chitwan and Kamal Gurung (45) of the same place.

DSP Khanal shared that the incident occurred at 9:50 am when the wall no 4 of the factory suddenly collapsed burying five workers under the debris. 

Among all five injured ones, three succumbed to the injury during treatment at Chitwan Medical College, police said.

Likewise, two injured workers are Jitendra Mahato (39) and Akaj Prasad Tharu (40) currently residing at Ratnanagar Municipality-12 in Chitwan. 

They are currently undergoing treatment at Chitwan Medical College and their health condition is normal, reported DSP Khanal. 

Police are looking into the case. 

Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga has died at the age of 80, family sources have told the BBC.

Odinga died on Wednesday while receiving medical treatment at a hospital in India.

In recent weeks, there has been speculation about his health, although family members and political allies had dismissed reports suggesting he was critically ill, BBC reported. 

Bashar al-Assad’s government carried out a two-year clandestine operation to truck thousands of bodies from one of Syria’s largest known mass graves to a secret location more than an hour away in the remote desert, a Reuters investigation has found, Reuters reported.

The conspiracy by the then-Syrian president’s military to excavate the mass grave in Qutayfah and create an enormous second mass grave in the desert outside the town of Dhumair has not been previously reported.

To uncover the location of the Dhumair grave site and detail the vast operation, Reuters spoke to 13 people with direct knowledge of the two-year effort to move the bodies, reviewed documents produced by officials involved, and analyzed hundreds of satellite images of both grave sites taken over the course of several years, according to Reuters.

Arsenal midfielder Mikel Merino scored twice as Spain beat Bulgaria to move closer to qualifying for the 2026 World Cup, BBC reported.

Spain boast a formidable record in Group E with this their fourth win from four, while they have scored 15 goals and conceded none.

But Turkey's win against Georgia keeps them in the running to finish top of the standings, as they sit second on nine points, three behind Spain, according to BBC.

Italy beat Israel 3-0 at home on Tuesday thanks to a Mateo Retegui double and a late goal from Gianluca Mancini, securing at least a World Cup playoff berth amid tension between police and some demonstrators at a pro-Palestinian march, Reuters reported.

Retegui put Italy ahead just before the break after he was fouled and converted the resulting penalty. He netted the second in the 74th minute by winning possession on the edge of the area, cutting inside and curling his effort into the top corner.

Defender Mancini scored with a close-range header in second-half stoppage time to wrap up a comfortable win, according to Reuters.

Ivory Coast overcame Kenya 3-0 in their final qualifier on Tuesday to finish top of their group and secure a berth at next year's World Cup finals in Canada, Mexico and the U.S, Reuters reported.

The Ivorians are reigning African champions and will be competing at a fourth World Cup but first since 2014.

A fire on Tuesday at a garment factory in Bangladesh and an adjacent chemical warehouse killed at least 16 people and injured others, and the death toll could rise, an official said, Reuters reported.

The cause of the blaze wasn't immediately known, fire service director Tajul Islam Chowdhury said.

"Sixteen bodies have been recovered from the second and third floors of the garment factory," he said, adding that the number of deaths could rise as recovery operations were continuing, according to Reuters.