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Birgunj Metropolitan City has decided to close the schools for three more days in view of the cholera outbreak.

Chief of education division at metropolis, Anand Lamichhane, informed that the schools would remain closed from August 27 to 29 in a bid to contain cholera spread.

It was decided by a meeting chaired by the Mayor. 

All community and institutional schools will postpone the teaching learning activities during these days, he added.

The local level has further requested the teachers and employees at schools to form teams and mobilize in the community to spread public awareness against cholera. Earlier, the schools were closed for Sunday and Monday. 

The 10th Central Committee meeting of the CPN-UML called for August 29 has been postponed. 

UML Central Publicity Department Chief, Rajendra Gautam shared that the meeting set for August 29 at the central office in Chyasal, Lalitpur has been adjourned. 

The pre-set meeting has been postponed due to inadequate preparations, he shared. 

It may be noted that the UML had called the meeting meant for gearing up preparations for its second statutory convention. 

There was an agenda to present the report with recommendations on party statute amendment at the Central Committee, but it is still continuing, so the meeting has to be put off, Gautam added. 

A fresh date for the meeting will be fixed  soon, he said. 

The party has set August 27 as the deadline for its subordinate committees to submit recommendations on the statute amendment. 

President Ram Chandra Paudel has urged King Abdullah II of Jordan to take necessary initiative for the release of Bipin Joshi, a resident of Mahendranagar, Kanchanpur, who has allegedly been taken hostage by Hamas, a Palestinian armed group.

In an official message dispatched to the Jordanian monarch on Tuesday, President Paudel requested immediate efforts to ascertain Joshi’s present status, ensure his safe release, and facilitate his return to Nepal. 

The President said that Nepal would deeply appreciate any humanitarian and diplomatic initiatives undertaken by King Abdullah II in this regard.

Earlier on Sunday, Bipin's mother and sister called on President Paudel and appealed for his support in securing his release. 

In response, the President assured them that he would make all possible efforts to that end. 

Ishwori Devi Neupane has been elected unopposed as the Chairperson of the State Affairs and Good Governance Committee of the House of Representatives.

Neupane was elected unopposed as she was the only candidate to file nomination for the post.

Harka Rai, Secretary at the House of Representatives, said that only Ishwori Devi Neupane filed her candidacy within the stipulated time.

Ramhari Khatiwada proposed Neupane’s nomination while Krishna Gopal Shrestha seconded the proposal.

A meeting of the State Affairs and Good Governance Committee has been called for 3 pm tomorrow.

The Parliament Secretariat stated that Neupane will be announced as the Chairperson of the State Affairs and Good Governance Committee in the same meeting.

More than 1,000 supporters of Sri Lanka’s former president Ranil Wickremesinghe protested his arrest in Colombo on Tuesday ahead of a crucial hearing to decide whether to grant bail to the senior opposition politician accused of misusing public funds during his presidency, Associated Press reported.

Wickremesinghe, who was president from 2022 to 2024, was arrested last Friday over accusations of using public funds to attend his wife’s graduation ceremony in London after an official visit to the United States in 2023. The court ordered him to be detained until Tuesday’s hearing. 

Wickremesinghe’s arrest has caused uproar with opposition lawmakers and politicians claiming it is a political witch hunt that undermines the country’s democracy.

On Tuesday, supporters and opposition activists gathered on the main streets leading to the Magistrates’ Court in protest, according to Associated Press.

Bones, likely to be human, have been recovered at a wartime undersea mine in western Japan where about 180 mostly Korean forced laborers died in an accident in 1942, according to a Japanese civil group helping in the search for their remains, Associated Press reported.

Three possible limb bones and a skull were found in the past two days by Korean divers at the former site of the Chosei Mine in Yamaguchi prefecture, according the group known as Kizamu Kai. 

The bones were to be examined by local police to determine whether they belong to any of the victims who died at the mine 83 years ago.

If confirmed, the discovery is expected to accelerate efforts to recover other remains of the 136 Korean forced laborers and 47 Japanese workers killed in the mine collapse, according to Associated Press.

Bheri Hospital is all set to provide dialysis services for free of cost to the needy people who also suffer from the diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson and seropositive.

The people with such health issues and also in want of dialysis service would be provided it freely. The hospital made public a list of the people who could access this treatment. 

The scheme was launched as per the project directive on treatment of the destitute. 

The Nursing and Social Security Division under the Department of Health Service had introduced the scheme.

Medical superintendent at Bheri Hospital, Dr Nirajan Subedi, informed that the people suffering from Hepatitis B and HIV are termed as the seropositive ones. Such patients would be entitled to the treatment costing as high as Rs 300, 000 for dialysis in a year.  

With this scheme in place, the people facing financial problems to treat kidney disease would get huge relief. 

The service begins on Wednesday, Dr Subedi informed. 

The hospital is also making homework to finalize the list of the people who would be entitled to the kidney transplantation and peritoneal dialyses.

Indian exporters are bracing for disruptions after a U.S. Homeland Security notification confirmed Washington would impose an additional 25% tariff on all Indian-origin goods from Wednesday, ramping up trade pressure on the Asian nation, Reuters reported.

Indian exports will face U.S. duties of up to 50% - among the highest imposed by Washington - after President Donald Trump announced extra tariffs as punishment for New Delhi's purchases of Russian oil.

The new duties will apply to goods entering the U.S. for consumption or withdrawn from warehouses for consumption from 12:01 a.m. EDT on Wednesday or 9:31 a.m. IST, according to the Homeland Security notice.

The Indian rupee weakened 0.2% to 87.75 per U.S. dollar in early trade, even as the greenback declinedagainst many other currencies. The benchmark equity indexesand were each trading 0.7% lower, according to Reuters.