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Tottenham snatched an aggregate 2-1 victory over Eintracht Frankfurt to reach the Europa League semi-finals on Thursday after Dominic Solanke converted from the spot to secure a 1-0 win in the second leg of their quarter-final, Reuters reported.

The Premier League side will face Norway's Bodo/Glimt in May for a spot in the final.

Solanke gave Tottenham the lead from the spot two minutes before halftime after the visitors were awarded a penalty for a foul by goalkeeper Kaua Santos on Spurs midfielder James Maddison, according to Reuters.

Athletic Bilbao advanced to the Europa League semi-finals with a 2-0 home win over Rangers in their quarter-final second leg on Thursday, winning by the same score on aggregate to keep alive their dream of reaching the final at their San Mames stadium, Reuters reported.

After the sides drew 0-0 at Ibrox in the first leg, there was a fast, intense start to the return game, with Rangers looking unintimidated by the raucous atmosphere at the San Mames, where a record crowd of 52,114 was in attendance.

Bilbao had an early chance, with Nico Williams's mazy run from the wing ending with a save from keeper Liam Kelly and Oihan Sancet's rebound effort was charged down by James Tavernier, according to Reuters.

Harry Maguire scored in the dying seconds of extra time to help Manchester United snatch a place in the Europa League semi-finals on Thursday with a sensational 7-6 aggregate victory over Olympique Lyonnais in their quarter-final clash, Reuters reported.

A thrilling second leg tie was taken into extra time after United threw away a two-goal lead on the night to be pegged back to 2-2 after 90 minutes, with goals from Rayan Cherki and Alexandre Lacazette putting Lyon on the verge of the semi-finals at a stunned Old Trafford.

However, United made their numerical advantage, given to them after Corentin Tolisso's late red card in normal time, count. Maguire sent Old Trafford into delirium with his 121st-minute header which sealed a 5-4 victory in the second leg, according to Reuters.

Property worth around  Rs 6 million was destroyed in a fire at  Koshi Rural Municipality-6 in Sunsari on Thursday. 

The fire made to drive away mosquitoes spread to 10 houses in the neighborhood, turning them into ashes,  according to a local Birendra Kumar Yadav. He said that property worth around Rs was destroyed in the fire.

The houses of Babu Nand Goit, Ramanand Ram Yadav, Manoj Yadav, Khushi Lal Goit, and Bijay Goit among others were destroyed in the fire.

The fire was later brought under control with the help of a fire engine backed by Nepal Police and Armed Police personnel and locals. 

Two persons died and 14 others were injured in a bus accident at Dharampani in Makwanpurgadhi Rural Municipality-2, Makwanpur on Friday.

The incident occurred when the ill-fated bus (Ba Pra 01-006 Kha 7072) en route to Hetauda from Kathmandu fell some 200 metres down the road at 1 am today, according to the District Police Office, Makwanpur.

The deceased have been identified as Nilam Devi Raut (50) and Manushi Magar (13). Raut, who was seriously injured in the incident, breathed her last during the course of treatment while Magar's lifeless body was recovered from the site.

A team led by police inspector Birendra Rayamajhi was mobilized to the incident site immediately after receiving the information.. There were 15 passengers in the bus.

Among the injured, 10 are undergoing treatment at Hetauda Hospital and others at Sahakari Hospital in Makwanpur, the police added. 

The Summitters’ Summit will be held at Thame of Solukhumbu on April 22.

The event being organized by an organization, Sathsathai, will be attended by mountain climbers, climate and tourism experts and three-tiers of government. 

Chairperson of Sathsathai, Prajita Karki, informed that the organizations and government alike were encouraged to hold the event. The event focused on climate change and tourism is related to the Sagarmatha Sambaad, an international conference being held by the government. 

The Sagarmatha Sambaad secretariat has allowed the conduct of the event with the coordination of provincial and local governments, according to her.

Noted climbers including Qatari crown princess Asma Al Thani, Kamarita Sherma, Mingma David Sherpa and Maya Gurung will attend the program.

Even those surviving the glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) of Thame will participate in the summit. 

The District Administration Office, Parsa has decided to lift the prohibitory order imposed in Birgunj from 7 am today.

The meeting of the district security committee presided over by its coordinator and Chief District Officer Ganesh Aryal took the decision to revoke the order effective for four days, reasoning that the peace and security situation was growing normal.

Superintendent of Police in Parsa, Gautam Mishra, informed that the situation in Birgunj is limping back to  normalcy.

Earlier, the district administration was forced to clamp a curfew owing to the tense situation erupted after a clash between two communities over the procession carried out on the Hanuman Jayanti.

Presently there is a combined effect of local and westerly winds. The wind in the low pressure area around Uttar Pradesh of India has also affected the weather of the country, the Meteorological Forecasting Division said. 

The weather will be partly to generally cloudy throughout the country today. 

Light to moderate rain with thunder and lightning is likely to occur at some places of the hilly region of Koshi and other Provinces.. 

According to the Division, there is a chance of heavy rainfall at one or two places in Koshi Province. Also there is a possibility of light rain and snowfall in some places of the high hilly and mountainous region of the country. 

Similarly, the weather will be partly to generally cloudy in the hilly regions of the country, including Koshi, Madhes, Bagmati, Gandaki and Lumbini Provinces tonight.

There is a chance of light to moderate rain with thunder and lightning at a few places of Koshi, Madhes, Bagmati, Gandaki, Lumbini and Karnali Provinces. 

Light rain and snowfall is likely to occur at one or two places of the high hilly and mountainous regions of Koshi, Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces.