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The District Police Office, Chitwan, has taken 113 individuals under control by launching a 'special sweep operation'.

Such a number of individuals were taken under control on Thursday for their involvement in drug smuggling, disturbing peace under the influence of alcohol, creating trouble for passengers, making obstacles in service delivery at government offices and riding modifying vehicles. 

The International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace is being marked all over the world today. 

The International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace seeks to reaffirm the UN Charter and its principles of resolving disputes among countries through peaceful means and acknowledges the use of multilateral decision-making and diplomacy in achieving peaceful resolutions to conflicts among nations.

According to the UN, multilateralism is part of the United Nations' DNA. 

The Charter does not simply define the structure, mission and functioning of the Organization. It is one of the pillars of the international system in which we live today.

Commitment to multilateralism and international peace and security was reaffirmed by most world leaders in the UN General Debate in 2018. 

This commitment was reinforced in the discussion during the High-level Dialogue on Renewing the Commitment to Multilateralism on 31 October 2018, it is said.

The experts and scholars have called for effective coordination among federal, provincial and local governments to implement climate adaptation programs at the community level, and to reduce climate change risks. 

In the 7th National Conference concluded in Lamahi of Dang district on Thursday, the speakers said the roles of local government and community should be made vibrant. 

The conference was held under the theme 'Bridging Policy and Practice: Harmonizing Climate Governance' that brought the government officials, policymakers, scholars and development partners together. 

They said that the gap between climate policies and practices should be narrowed down.

Inaugurating the conference, Minister for Forest and Environment of Lumbini Province Dev Karan Prasad Kalawar viewed for the expansion of the adaptation programs at the community level to reduce climate change impacts.    

Vice Chairman of Provincial Planning Commission of Lumbini Province Dr Dilliraj Aryal said climate change is a crosscutting issue and Nepal is experiencing its impacts despite our negligible contributions to carbon emissions.

The 20th Loktantra Day is being marked across the country today by organizing several programs, including offering tributes to the martyrs who sacrificed their lives in democratic struggles.    

The Loktantra Day has been observed in commemoration of the historic event when the direct rule and autocratic regime of then King Gyanendra Shah came to an end after the reinstatement of dissolved Parliament in 2063 BS following the 19-day-long People's Movement.    

It may be noted that the autocratic regime was abolished on April 24, 2006 AD (Baishakh 11, 2063 BS) while the Parliament that was dissolved on May 22  2002 AD (Jestha 8, 2059 BS) was reinstated.    

On the day, former King Shah's proclamation noted, "The House of Representatives (HoR) has been reinstated in accordance with the public sentiment expressed through the present people's movement, keeping in mind the fact that the source of state power rests on the Nepali people and the sovereignty and state power of Nepal lies with the Nepali people".    

A meeting of the HoR was convened on April 28, 2006 AD on the strength of the People's Movement with the participation of seven political parties agitating against autocracy and the then rebel Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist).    

The Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal was proclaimed in 2015 by the Constituent Assembly through epochal Constituent Assembly elections.

Accordingly, the country is now in the practice of federalism after holding three elections at the federal, and two in provincial and local levels.