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The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) gained 52. 36 points to close at 2, 665. 45 points on Wednesday.

Similarly, the sensitive index surged by 8. 65 points to close at 448. 80 points.

A total of 17,692,819-unit shares of 322 companies were traded for Rs 9. 20 billion.

Meanwhile, Corporate Development Bank Limited (CORBL) and Dolti Power Company Limited (DOLTI) werethe top gaines today, with theit price surging by 10. 00 percent.

Likewise, Barahi Hydropower Public Limited (BHPL) was the top loser as its price fell by 8. 21 percent.

At the end of the day, total market capitalization stood at Rs 4. 42 trillion.

The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation has made notable strides in conservation and reconstruction of cultural heritages damaged by earthquake in 2015 and 2023.

The Ministry had set a target to carry out reconstruction of 25 such cultural heritages within the current fiscal year 2024/25.

By the middle of the fiscal year (mid-January), 27 such heritages have been successfully rebuilt and preserved, surpassing its target.

Progress relating to reconstruction of cultural heritages was, however, slower in the last fiscal year with 13 out of 24 planned stupas were completed across Dhading, Rasuwa, Sindhupalchowk and Dolakha districts.

This year, the Ministry attained an impressive progress in cultural heritages preservation efforts.

Joint-Secretary Ramkrishna Lamichhane informed that 20 heritage conservation works were scheduled for fiscal year 2023/24, a total of 40 have been completed so far.

Joint-Secretary Lamichhane further said that the Ministry has developed a concept paper for building eco-hill stations and establishing tourism spots in hilltops and thus has taken forward location selection process.

The Ministry has monitored three airlines companies to ensure compliance of safety standards.

Similarly, out of 50,000 pages that were to be collected, cataloged and preserved using chemicals, 10,000 pages have been collected and cataloged and preserved.

In a continuation of conservation work of heritage sites at Simraunagadh area in Bara district, the Ministry said that a notice of bidding has been published and evaluated and mandate has been given.

Also, the expansion of road network till eastern side of Bihar area in Bihar State of India under the Lumbini Master Plan recorded 68 per cent progress in the current fiscal year while electrification, road construction works at the cultural centre under the Lumbini Masterplan have been completed by 84 per cent till date, the Ministry added.

A three-day holiday has been declared in community and institutional schools in Nepalgunj due to the increasing cold.

The schools will be closed from today till January 24, said Gorkha Bahadur Thapa, Head of the Nepalgunj Sub-Metropolitan City's Education, Youth and Sports Division.

He said this holiday has been given due to the excessive cold condition and it would be adjusted from the monsoon holidays.

It is difficult to run classes in schools due to the cold wave.

According to him, parents had also been informally requesting the schools and the local government for giving holiday in view of the excessive cold weather. 

As many as 14,000 adolescent girl students in Tanahun district will be vaccinated against cervical cancer.

A total of 14,278 girl students studying in all 10 local schools of the district will be vaccinated against HPV.

Chief of the District Health Office, Shankar Babu Adhikari informed that the HPV vaccination campaign will be conducted on February 4-12.

In the first phase, the campaign will be conducted in Byas Municipality, Bhanu Municipality, Devghat, Bandipur and Abukhaireni Rural Municipalities from February 4-7, while in the second phase, the vaccination campaign will be conducted in Shuklagandaki Municipality, Bhimad Municipality, Myagde, Rishing and Ghiring Rural Municipalities during February 9-12.

A total of 14,278 girl students including 14,078 school-going from grade 6 to 10 and 200 non-school going students will be vaccinated, Adhikari informed. 

The Department of Hydrology and Meteorology said presently the country has witnessed partial impact of westerly low-pressure system.

The weather is partly cloudy in the hilly regions of Karnali and Sudurpaschim Provinces and fair in the rest of the country.

Also, there is fog in many parts of the Tarai.

According to the Meteorological Forecasting Division, the weather will be partly to generally cloudy in the hilly regions of Gandaki, Karnali and Sudurpaschim Provinces and fair in the rest of the country this afternoon.

There is a possibility of light snowfall at one or two places of the high hilly and mountainous region of Karnali and Sudurpaschim provinces.

Similarly, the weather will be partly to generally cloudy in the hilly regions of Gandaki, Karnali and Sudurpaschim provinces tonight.

Light snowfall is likely to occur at a few places of the high hilly and mountainous regions of Karnali and Sudurpaschim provinces and at one or two places of the high hilly and mountainous regions of Gandaki province.

In the next 24 hours, there is a possibility of light snowfall at some places of the high hilly and mountainous regions of Karnali and Sudurpaschim Provinces and one or two places of the high hilly and mountainous region of Gandaki Province. 

Minister for Water Supply Pradeep Yadav has expressed his commitment to make all possible efforts for resolving the drinking water problem in Dharan.

He made this commitment during a meeting with the Dharan Sub-Metropolitan City Mayor Harka Sampang at the Ministry in Singha Durbar today.

Minister Yadav said that preparations were afoot to call for tender for developing integrated water supply project this year for addressing the problem.

"The Dharan sub-metropolis should take the responsibility for guaranteeing the acquisition of land for the project. The project has been selected and we will resolve the drinking water problem on a sustainable manner," the Water Supply Minister added.

Mayor Rai shared on the occasion that Dharan has been facing drinking water problem since long and he had taken initiative to solve the problem as permitted by the sub-metropolis' budget, but has come to meet the Water Supply Minister now due to the lack of budget for the same, the Minister's private secretariat said. 

The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) gained 5. 08 points to close at 2, 613. 08 points on Tuesday.

Similarly, the sensitive index surged by 1. 00 points to close at 440. 14 points.

A total of 11,626,020-unit shares of 311 companies were traded for Rs 6. 19 billion.

Meanwhile, Mandakini Hydropower Limited (MHL) was the top gainer today, with its price surging by 10. 00 percent.

Likewise, River Falls Power Limited (RFPL) was the top loser as its price fell by 8. 96 percent.

At the end of the day, total market capitalization stood at Rs 4. 33 trillion.

People from Sundarharaicha Municipality-8 of Morang district have drawn attention of the federal government towards urgency of their safety from wild elephants.

They submitted a memorandum to the Ministry of Forest and Environment through the Sub-Division Forest Office, Sakalpur.

A local educator Tikaram Dhakal informed that they were living in constant terror of elephants.

The herds of elephants have been causing human and physical losses in the northern belt of Sundarharaicha for long.

So, those suffering the elephant terror drew the government's attention.

The marauding tuskers not only took human lives but also damaged dozens of houses and crops. "The people in this area have not slept well due to elephant menace. We request the government for seeking measures to ensure safety to citizen's life and property," the letter mentioned, urging the federal government to take concrete steps to address this pressing need.

The Subdivision Forest Office, Morang also informed that the pachyderm was wreaking havoc in the settlements of Jhapa, Morang and Sunsari districts.

Similarly, Chairman of Sundarharaicha Journalists' Group, Baburam Niraula, said the elephant terror was intensified for some days.

The police have requested the locals not to walk alone and maintain further alertness to avoid elephant attack.