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An 18-year-old student died after falling from the roof of the Park Site Hotel in Ratnanagar Municipality-6, Chitwan on Wednesday. 

In the incident that reportedly took place last night, Sneha Pakhrin, a resident of Kamalamai Municipality-6 in Sindhuli, sustained serious injuries and died during the course of treatment at the local Bakuhar Hospital.

According to Deputy Superintendent of Police Rabindra Khanal of the District Police Office, Pakhrin had come to Chitwan on an educational tour from Sindhuli Gurukul College.

Further investigation into the incident is underway.

The weather is expected to remain partly cloudy in Karnali and Sudurpashchim Provinces and mainly fair in the rest of the country.

Later tonight, the weather will remain mainly fair across the country.

Meteorological Analysis by the Meteorological Forecasting Division states that at present there is no significant weather system affecting the country.

Seven polling stations have been added in Bajura for the House of Representatives election to be held on March 5. This takes the total number of polling centers to 77 and polling stations to 112.

Polling stations have been added in Budhinanda Municipality, Himali, Swamikartik Khapar Rural Municipality in Province Assembly ‘ka’ and Triveni Municipality in Province Assembly Constituency ‘ka’.

According to Bhim Bahadur Shahi, Election Officer of the District Election Office, Bhagwati Basic School Rudhi, Mandali Secondary School Kholikot and Ward No. 3 Jukot in Swamikartik Khapar Rural Municipality-1 have been divided and a new polling station has been established in Shambhushunanda Secondary School Juku.

Similarly, Madanashrit Basic School Baddala in Budhinanda Municipality-3, Sunanda Basic School Bam in Himali Rural Municipality-1, Kulamastajan Basic School Kyuri in Ward No. 5, and Kholikot Basic School in Ward No. 6 have been designated as new polling stations.

The number of voters in Bajura with four rural municipalities and five municipalities has reached 86,557, with 1,516 new voters.

Administrative and financial operations in Mugum Karmarong Rural Municipality have been at a standstill since mid-July after the position of Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) remained vacant. The Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration had transferred two officials—Dan Bahadur Shahi and Nain Singh Budha—to the municipality, but neither reported for duty, leaving daily operations blocked.

Complicating matters further, the ministry removed Subas Rawal, an eighth-level education officer who had been handling financial responsibilities until the end of June. Although two administrative officers were assigned in succession, the municipality has effectively been without a CAO since July.

Rural Municipality Chair Chhirang Kyapne Lama said he and his team visited the ministry several times requesting the appointment of a CAO, but the matter remains unresolved. “We formally asked the ministry to allow education officer Rawal to serve as acting CAO with financial authority, but they declined. The officials posted to our municipality are not willing to come,” Lama said.

Rawal is currently in Kathmandu for in-service training, further weakening the municipality’s leadership. The local government has again requested the ministry to temporarily appoint seventh-level engineer Hemanta Neupane as acting CAO with financial authority. “The ministry must either assign Engineer Hemanta as recommended or send a new CAO immediately,” Lama added.

The absence of a CAO has stalled project agreements, budget implementation, procurement processes, and all financial transactions. Employees have not received salaries and allowances since Dashain, and the distribution of social security allowances has also stopped, according to the municipality.

Lama said development projects, service delivery, and financial operations have been disrupted for three months. Without an urgent alternative arrangement from the ministry, he warned, all municipal functions could come to a complete halt.