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At least 14 children died and 19 others injured in leopard attacks in a span of five years in Tanahun district, said the district forest office. The deceased (10 boys and four girls) were in the age group of 1.5-11 years old, said assistant forest officer Raj Kumar Shrestha. In the current fiscal year, 2022/23, two children died and three others were injured in four leopard attacks, he said. Similarly, 77 domestic animals (69 goats, six pigs, one cow, and a calf) were killed in the 42 cases of the animal attack. Four barking deer and one python have been rescued, and three leopards and an Asian palm civet were found dead, said Komal Prasad Kafle, chief of the Division Forest Office. Human encroachment on the habitats of wild animals has threatened them. However, the forest office has taken some initiatives to minimize human losses from wild animal attacks. Human losses from wild animal attacks have decreased to some extent after ponds have been built for wild animals at each local level, he said.  

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal pointed out the need of encouraging youth to seek entrepreneurship and to become self-employed. In a message of best wishes on the occasion of 8th anniversary of National Youth Council here today, PM Dahal said that economic prosperity could be attained if youth are made self-sufficient, arguing that youth were catalysts for change. Council was formed on this day in 2072 BS for promoting leadership among the youth and to advance the agenda of the youth in the country. The Council has spread its tentacles all over the country and is functioning at all local levels. Stating that it was imperative for the Council to move ahead formulating youth-oriented policies and programs ensuring its implementation to mobilize youth force positively, Dahal commended the Council for positively leading in the areas of youth awareness, empowerment and leadership development among others in spite of resources and budget constraints in a short span of time. Lauding the Council's positive initiatives for greater development of the youth, the Head of the Government expressed his confidence that the Council would move ahead effectively shouldering the responsibility of nation-building and ensuring welfare of youths associated with parent government organizations. Meanwhile, Council's Chairperson Surendra Basnet in a separate congratulatory message, spoke of the need to make youth, the backbone in the nation-building, self-employed and self-reliant. Basnet underscored the need to link education with labor, labor with skills, skills with production, employment and entrepreneurship. Furthermore, he opined that it was important to form a socialist system of the state by making youth force an integral part of development and prosperity.  

Nepali Congress leader Prakash Man Singh has said a broader consensus government would be formed after the presidential election. Talking to journalists in Dhanusha on Thursday, leader Singh, who arrived here to attend a program, said that a broader consensus government would be formed after the presidential election slated for March 9 as per the agreement signed among the eight political parties. He said that the politics which had lost direction has come to the right track. Singh claimed that Nepali Congress senior leader Ram Chandra Paudel’s victory is certain in the presidential election. He said that the onus rests on the shoulders of all the political parties to take the country towards the path of prosperity by creating a conducive political environment.

The Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) has withdrawn its support extended to the Karnali Province government headed by Chief Minister Raj Kumar Sharma. RPP Province Assembly member Santoshi Shahi handed a letter to the Province Chief Tilak Pariyar today and informed that the party has withdrawn its support extended to the government. She said the party pulled out of the Karnali Province government as per the directive of the RPP central level. The RPP had also withdrawn its support to the federal government a few days ago. "The party central level has made a decision that it will not be appropriate for the RPP to be in power in the changed political context. In line with this decision, the RPP will withdraw its support extended to the provincial governments across the country," Shahi said. The RPP has only one seat in the 40-member Karnali Province Assembly.