Sunil Prajapati elected mayor of Bhaktapur for second term
Sunil Prajapati of Nepal Workers' and Peasants' Party has been elected as the mayor of Bhaktapur Municipality.
Prajapati was elected as the mayor of Bhaktapur for a second term receiving 29,200 votes while his closest contender Ram Prasad Kasula of Nepali Congress garnered 3, 352 votes.
Similarly, Rajani Joshi has been elected as the deputy mayor of Bhaktapur Municipality for the second term.
She secured 29, 695 votes while Ranjana Kharbuja is CPN-UML obtained 2, 784 votes.
UML’s Dal Bahadur Bhattarai elected as chairman of Malarani Rural Municipality, Arghakhanchi
CPN-UML candidate Dal Bahadur Bhattarai has been elected as the chairman of Malarani Rural Municipality, Arghakhanchi with 8, 283 votes.
He defeated his closest contender Padam Chhetri of CPN (Maoist Centre). Chhetri garnered 6, 726 votes.
Similarly, Dipa Pokharel of UML has been elected as the vice-chairperson of the rural municipality.
She received 8, 155 votes while her closest contender Shovakhar Khanal of the Nepali Congress got 6, 657 votes.
Govinda Karmacharya, Bhagwati Regmi elected as Chief, Deputy Chief of Bhirkot Municipality, Syangja
Govinda Kumar Karmacharya and Bhagwati Regmi of Nepali Congress have been elected as the Chief and Deputy Chief of Bhirkot Municipality, Syangja.
Karmacharya defeated his contender Bishwonath Aryal of CPN-UML with 835 votes and Regmi defeated Saraswoti Adhikari with 2, 281 votes.
Karmacharya secured 6, 504 votes while Aryal got 5, 669 votes.
Similarly, Regmi obtained 7, 179 votes while Adhikari received 4, 898 votes.
Nepal, India sign 6 agreements
Nepal and India have signed six agreements during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Lumbini on Tuesday.
The officials from the two countries signed the agreements in the presence of Indian Prime Minister Modi and his Nepali counterpart Sher Bahadur Deuba.
According to the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, the signed agreements are as follows:
| Sr. No. | Name of MoU |
|---|---|
| 1. | Memorandum of Understanding between Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR) and Lumbini Buddhist University on the establishment of Dr. Ambedkar Chair for Buddhist Studies |
| 2. | Memorandum of Understanding between Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR) and CNAS, Tribhuvan University on the establishment of ICCR Chair of Indian Studies |
| 3. | Memorandum of Understanding between Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR) and Kathmandu University (KU) on the establishment of the ICCR Chair of Indian Studies |
| 4. | Memorandum of Understanding [in collaboration] between Kathmandu University (KU), Nepal and Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M), India |
| 5. | Letter of Agreement (LoA) between Kathmandu University (KU), Nepal and Indian Institute of Technology (IITM), India [ For Joint degree program at Master’s level] |
| 6. | Agreement between SJVN Ltd and Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) for Development and implementation of Arun 4 Project |
