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Speaker Devraj Ghimire has informed that an international conference on climate change would be organized on August 18-19 to draw global attention on the impact of climate change in Nepal.    

Speaker Ghimire shared it at a news conference held at Tribhuvan International Airport upon his arrival from Switzerland. The Speaker returned home on Sunday after attending the Sixth World Conference of Speakers of Parliaments in Geneva, Switzerland. He also informed that discussion was held on organizing similar event- on impact of climate change in Asia Pacific region- coming January 30-31. "The Conference was informed about Nepali lawmakers' preparation to hold the significant event," he shared.    

Ghimire had left here on July 27 to attend the 'Sixth World Conference of the Speakers of Parliaments' organized by the IPU in collaboration with the United Nations in Geneva.    

The event was organized from July 30 to August 2. During his stay, Speaker Ghimire had bilateral meetings with counterparts from various countries, including UK, Switzerland, Malta, Israel and Bhutan.(RSS)

To a much relief to the drought-hit Madhes province, the rainfall occurred well in the last 24 hours. The farmers welcomed the rains, cultivated land, and transplanted paddy seedlings on Sunday.    

Although the eastern belt of country witnessed adequate rains, the Tarai region had light to moderate rainfall in the last 24 hours, said the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, adding that the eastern Tarai did paddy plantation with the adequate rains.    

Meteorologist at Weather Forecasting Division, Binu Maharjan, informed that the Tarai region had the rainfall because the low pressure belt of monsoon was on the northern side of its average range- towards Nepal. However, there is cloudy weather across the country and rainfall was partial.    

The Anarmani Birta Station of Jhapa district recorded the rainfall at 151.6 ML in the last 24 hours.    

Some places in most of the provinces saw heavy rainfall during the day on Sunday. Currently, the rainfall is occurring in Koshi and Madhes provinces.    

The rainfall watch centres across the country recorded over 50ML rains. (RSS)

Five people have been injured in a bus accident on the way from Gorkha to Chitwan. Ward Chairperson Dinesh KC informed that five people on the bus were injured when the bus number Ga 2 Kha 1077 fell about 15 meters down from the Ainapahara in Aanbukhaireni Rural Municipality-2 of Tanahun around 4 pm on Sunday.

According to KC, 40-year-old Sunu Thapa of Sahidalkhan Rural Municipality-6, 43-year-old Sita Thapa of Sahid Lakhan-6 Raniswar, 28-year-old Meena Thapa Magar of the same place, 54-year-old San Bahadur Gurung of Gorkha Municipality-9 and 8-year-old Khushi Ram Ramdam of Giranchaur in Aanbukhaireni Rural Municipality-1 have been injured. According to KC, Sunu, who is in a serious condition, has been referred to Bharatpur for treatment.

The Nepal Women Association (NWA) has drawn the attention of the government to withdraw the proposed law that would legalize polygamy in certain circumstances.    

Submitting a memorandum to Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Ajay Kumar Chaurasiya, the Association urged the Minister to immediately take back the proposed law to that end.    

Terming the proposed legal provision as irresponsible, regressive and objectionable, the NWA said it would ruin the hard-earned achievements in the area of women rights and restore a practice of polygamy.    

"The proposal has clear intention of legalizing the criminal offenses like polygamy", reads the memo. The Association objected to the argument of a high-ranking official in the Law Ministry that 'the provision was brought to protect the rights of second woman and her children.'    

"This argument is a brazen attack on women's self-respect", argued the Association, stating that it was the responsibility of the State to protect the rights of a single woman and her children.    

The memo reads, "Restoring this provision under any pretext would be a betrayal to the long and arduous struggle launched by women for justice and equality."    

The Association also strongly demanded the government withdraw the anti-women and regressive proposal brought with ill intention without any delay. (RSS)