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President Ram Chandra Paudel has urged honorary consular generals and consulates from various countries to work keeping the interests of the nation at the center. During a meeting with honorary consular generals and consulates at Sheetal Niwas this morning, the President was of the view that honorary consular generals and consulates were expected to contribute to strengthening bilateral relations by promoting the interests of the nation. Dinesh Shrestha, on behalf of consuls, apprised the President that they were dedicated to strengthening socio-economic and cultural relations with the respective countries and also the promotion of Nepal's tourism. The delegation congratulated Paudel on his election to the post of President and wished him a successful term.  

CPN (Maoist Center) leader Shiva Chandra Kushwaha joined the Janamat Party on Wednesday. He joined the Janamat Party by organizing a press conference in the Capital this afternoon. Kushwaha said that he joined the Janamat Party after he was ignored by the CPN (Maoist Center). He had filed nomination from the CPN (Maoist Center) in Bara 2 in the election to the House of Representatives held in November last year. He was defeated by a margin of 354 votes with Janata Samajbadi Party candidate Ram Sahaya Yadav. The by-election will held on April 23 in the vacant post after Yadav was elected as the Vice-President. After joining the Janamat Party, Kushwaha said that he would contest the by-election from Bara-2. Janata Samajbadi Party Chairman Upendra Yadav is preparing to contest the by-election in that region from the ruling alliance.    

Five security personnel were injured in a clash with protesters in Biratnagar on Tuesday. Province Police Office, Biratnagar said that three Nepal Police personnel and two Armed Police personnel were injured in the clash. The details of the injured police personnel have not been received yet. Police said that preparations are being made to take them to the hospital. It is not clear how many protesters were injured in the clash. The clash broke out after the security personnel tried to contain the demonstration organized to protest the naming of Koshi Province in Biratnagar. The situation became tense after the protesters pelted stones at the security personnel. Police lobbed 31 rounds of teargas canisters to take the situation under control. A source said that police also fired 15 rounds of bullets into the air. The protesters had staged a demonstration near Panchali of Biratnagar demanding that the government roll back its decision to name Province 1 as Koshi Province. Following the incident, a large number of Nepal Police and Armed Police Force personnel have been deployed in the area. DSP Rajan Kumar Dahal, spokesperson at the District Police Office, Morang, said that the situation is under control. The provincial government on March 1 had named the province as Koshi. Padam Limbu Lajehang was critically injured when police baton-charged the people protesting against the naming of the province. He breathed his last during the course of treatment.  

Loan shark victims, who came to Kathmandu on foot from Bardibas seeking justice, staged a demonstration in Maitighar on Tuesday. When they were stopped at Tangal while heading towards the Prime Minister’s official residence in Baluwatar to stage a demonstration, they returned to Maitighar and staged the protest. During the demonstration, the protesters chanted slogans like formulate a law against loan sharks, release the victims arrested on false charges and provide loans at concessional rates among others. After the loan shark victims started staging the protest, leaders of various political parties reached Maitighar to express solidarity to them. In the meantime, they chanted slogans against Rastriya Prajatantra Party lawmaker Gyanendra Bahadur Karki who had reached Maitighar to express solidarity in their protest. The government on Tuesday morning formed a four-member committee to address the demands of the loan shark victims. Joint Secretary at the Home Ministry Rudra Devi Sharma, Under Secretary at the Home Minister Dil Kumar Tamang, Under Secretary at the Office of Prime Minister and Council of Ministers Umakanta Adhikari and Under Secretary at the Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Junga Bahadur Danga are in the committee.