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Prime Minister Sushila Karki has extended heartfelt condolences to the CPN-UML Chair KP Sharma Oli and his family members on the demise of his father.

PM Karki visited the former Prime Minister Oli's residence at Gundu, Bhaktapur to convey her condolences to him.

Chair Oli's father, Mohan Prasad Oli, passed away on March 13 at the age of 97.

Protesters in Cuba have ransacked a Communist Party building following a rally over steep food prices and persistent power cuts, in a rare show of public dissent, BBC reported. 

Five people were arrested after a small group vandalised the offices in the central city of Moron overnight into Saturday, Cuba's Interior Ministry (Minint) said.

Discontent among Cubans has been mounting as the island is buffeted by rolling blackouts and shortages of food, fuel and medicine, exacerbated by a prolonged US oil blockade, according to BBC. 

Precipitation has started this morning in the western region of the country. 

The Department of Hydrology and Meteorology said rainfall began in the western parts of the country due to the influence of the Westerly low-pressure system, which is gradually moving eastwards.

Department's Information Officer Dinakar Kayastha said that it has been raining since early this morning in areas including Dadeldhura, Doti, Achham, Bajura, Bajhang, Gulmi, Kaski, Tanahu, Palpa, Arghakhanchi, and Manang in western Nepal, and that the rainfall-inducing system has now reached Chitwan.

The Meteorological Forecasting Division has also stated that the rainfall, which started from the west, is moving towards the east.

Kayastha stated that Gulmi received 17 millimeters of rain while Tanahun 11 millimeters in the last one hour, and it is still raining.

Currently, Nepal is under the influence of the Westerly low-pressure system,  information officer Kayastha said, adding that at present, Madhes, Bagmati, Lumbini, Karnali and Sudurpaschim Provinces have generally cloudy weather, while Koshi and Gandaki Provinces are partly cloudy.

The Department stated that fog has occurred in some areas of the Tarai and the Kathmandu Valley.

The weather bulletin issued today by the Department stated that generally cloudy conditions are expected in the hilly and mountainous areas of Gandaki, Lumbini, Karnali, Sudurpaschim Provinces as well as in Koshi and Bagmati provinces, while partly cloudy conditions are expected in the remaining areas.

Information officer Kayastha said that in some mountainous areas of the country, there is a possibility of moderate rainfall with thunder and lightning, along with snowfall in a few areas.

He added that there is a possibility of moderate rain with thunder and lightning in some hilly areas of Lumbini, Karnali and Sudurpaschim Prior, in a few hilly areas of Koshi, Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces, as well as in one or two places in the Tarai region of Lumbini and Sudurpaschim Provinces.

According to him, cloudy conditions will continue for a few more days.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of attempting to exploit the war in the Middle East to cause "even greater destruction" in his country, BBC reported. ​​​

He said Ukraine needed air-defence systems regardless of what was happening elsewhere. The US-Israeli war with Iran has led to many air-defence missiles being expended fending off retaliatory attacks.

Zelensky's comments came after Russia launched another massive aerial bombardment overnight into Saturday in which at least five people were killed, according to BBC. 

The price of gold has dropped by Rs 4, 800 per tola in the domestic market on Sunday.  

According to the Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers’ Association, the yellow metal is being traded at Rs 309, 400 per tola today.   

Similarly, the silver is being traded at Rs 5, 270 per tola.

Seven Indian nationals died and seven others were injured when an electric microbus met with an accident at Kantar in Shahid Lakhan Rural Municipality-3, Gorkha on Saturday.

According to District Police Office Chief Bharat Bahadur BK, among them, Muthu Kumar (58),  Anamalik (58), Meenakshi (59), Sivagami (53), Vijayal (57), Meena (58), and Tamilarsi (60), died on the spot.

The incident occurred when the microbus carrying 16 devotees returning from Manakamana fell some 200 meters down the road. 

The injured have been identified as 62-year-old Soranam, 65-year-old Mangada Jalam, 75-year-old Subhadra, 65-year-old Mayal, 73-year-old Saroja, 75-year-old Bhagyalakshmi and 34-year-old Meenakshi.

They are undergoing treatment at the Old Medical College in Chitwan

The driver of the microbus, 46-year-old Pushpa Malla Thakuri of Besisahar Municipality-1, Lamjung is safe while his assistant 29-year-old Santosh Gurung of Besisahar Municipality-3, is injured. 

Police said that further investigation into the incident is underway. 

England ended the Six Nations with a bitter taste after a last-gasp 48-46 defeat by France but with a clearer blueprint of how they want to play, head coach Steve ​Borthwick said after a breathless title decider on Saturday, Reuters reported. 

Thomas Ramos’s late penalty won it at ‌the Stade de France, condemning England to a fourth defeat of the campaign despite their most fluent attacking display of the championship.

“I’d first congratulate France on a tremendous performance today and huge congratulations to them for winning the title,” Borthwick told ​reporters after England lost four games for the first time in a Six Nations campaign, according to Reuters. 

Iraq will travel to Mexico at the end of the week ​for their World Cup playoff despite calls from coach Graham Arnold to postpone the match as they are facing travel disruption due to the Middle East ​conflict, the country's FA president Adnan Dirjal ​said on Saturday, Reuters reported. 

Iraq are due to face ⁠either Bolivia or Suriname in Monterrey on ​March 31. Regional airspace has been closed since February ​28, when U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran triggered retaliatory missile and drone attacks across the Middle East, grounding ​several flights.

Dirjal said in a video statement ​carried by the Iraqi News Agency that the federation had ‌written ⁠to world soccer's governing body FIFA to explain “the situation in the region and the difficulties facing the national team”.