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Visiting Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia Tim Watts paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Wednesday. During the meeting held at the Prime Minister's official residence in Baluwatar, matters relating to bilateral interests were discussed, the Prime Minister's Secretariat said. On the occasion, the prime minister expected continuous support from the government of Australia and the people there to Nepal's development and prosperity. He also inquired about the status and issues of Nepali students in Australia. The Prime Minister also extended an invitation to his Australian counterpart for the visit to Nepal. The two also touched on issues ranging from commercialization of the agriculture sector and development of agro-based industries to the promotion of tourism industry for Nepal's economic prosperity. The Australian assistant minister assured of continuous support from Australia to Nepal's development and prosperity campaign.  

Speaker Devraj Ghimire has said a significant achievement in education, social and health sectors is possible in Nepal-like countries through the highest use of information technology (IT). In his message of best wishes on the occasion of the World Telecommunication and Information Society Day today, the Speaker underscored the need for awareness and some policy-level provisions for the proper utilization of communications technology. "The use of IT has converted the world to a single village, but still challenges remain for making it safe, reliable and widely accessible," the Speaker said, adding Nepal has potential to advance towards economic development and prosperity with the creation of job opportunities by using IT. The World Telecommunication and Information Society Day is observed on May 17 each year following the decision of the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference in Antalya, Turkey, in 2006. This year the Day is celebrated with the theme of “Empowering the least developed countries through information and communication technologies.”  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the decision of Kailali District Court and Dipayal High Court to sentence Resham Chaudhary, who was found guilty in the Tikapur incident, to life imprisonment. Hearing the case today, a division bench of Justices Ananda Mohan Bhattarai and Nahakul Subedi concluded that he should be imprisoned for life in the Tikapur incident.. Earlier, the Kailali District Court had convicted Chaudhary in the Tikapur incident and sentenced him to life imprisonment. The defendants of the same incident Sita Ram Chaudhary and Ganga Ram Chaudhary, however, have been acquitted. Similarly, the decision of the Kailali District Court has been upheld in the case of another defendant, Laxman Chaudhary. The Kailali District Court had sentenced him to three years in prison. The Kailai District Court in 2019 handed down a life sentence to 11 people including Chaudhary in connection with the 2015 Tikapur incident in which nine people were killed in a violent clash.

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has asked the ruling coalition parties for the written suggestions about the issues to be included in the policy and programs. During a 10-party meeting held in Singha Durbar on Tuesday, Prime Minister Dahal asked for the suggestions to improve the economic situation of the country. Senior leaders of the major political parties gave suggestions in the meeting, CPN (Maoist Center) Chief Whip Hitraj Pandey said. But all could not give the suggestions due to lack of time, Rastriya Janamorcha Party Chairman Chitra Bahadur KC said. “The written suggestions were asked from those leaders who could not get time to speak in the meeting today,” he said.