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Cathay officially kicked off its 80th anniversary celebrations as it steps into 2026, marking eight decades of connecting Hong Kong with the world since 1946. Under the theme “80 Years Together,” the airline will roll out a series of events and initiatives throughout the year to honour its heritage and future vision.

The celebrations began with the unveiling of a special anniversary livery on a long-haul Airbus A350, featuring the iconic green-and-white “lettuce leaf sandwich” design alongside the 80th anniversary mark. A similar livery on a Boeing 747 freighter will follow in the coming weeks.

Cathay Group CEO Ronald Lam highlighted the airline’s deep ties with Hong Kong and reaffirmed its commitment to invest over HK$100bn in fleet upgrades, customer experience, and innovation. Vintage uniforms worn by cabin crew also paid tribute to Cathay’s service legacy

Nepal Police has called for applications from those interested and eligible to be recruited as Election police personnel for the upcoming March 5 House of Representatives elections. 

The Police Headquarters issued a notice today, calling applications for a total of 133,980 positions. 

Applications for the election police  personnel can be submitted to all 77 District Police Offices from tomorrow i.e. January 9 to 15. 

The Police Headquarters has stated that the age of the candidate should be between 18 to 54 years by the last date for registering the application form.

Nepali citizens, who can read and write, who have not been convicted by a court for any criminal offense, who are not members of any political party at the time of recruitment, who are physically and mentally healthy, and who are not members of terrorist and destructive organizations are eligible to take part in the recruitment process, shared Nepal Police Spokesperson and Deputy Inspector General of Police Abinarayan Kafle.

Individuals who have applied for various positions in various security agencies, such as the Nepal Army, Nepal Police, Armed Police Force Nepal, or former forest guards and security organizations and have passed the physical fitness and health tests will be selected as election police officers.

Similarly, those who have been recruited as temporary police officers in the previous elections to the House of Representatives, Provincial Assemblies, and local levels and have performed satisfactorily, and Nepali citizens who have retired after working in security agencies of foreign friendly countries, will also be selected as election police officers.

The term of office of the election police personnel will be 40 days from the date of appointment or as prescribed by the Government of Nepal. 

The election police personnel will be paid Rs 34,776 for 40 days at the rate of Rs 869.40 paisa per day, similar to the starting salary scale of Nepal Police constables. They will also receive food allowance for 40 days.

A two-day International Yam Festival is going to be organized in Bahundangi Bazaar of Mechinagar Municipality-4 on the occasion of Maghe Sankranti from January 14 to 15.

The festival is being organized by 14 government and non-government organizations and will see an exhibition of traditional foods including yams from Nepal, India and Bhutan. 

According to Arjun Karki, Ward Chairman of Mechinagar-4, who is also the chair of the organizing committee, , this is the fourth time that the Yam Festival is being organized in Bahundangi.

The organizers have stated that 18 types of traditional foods made from yams are to be exhibited at the festival. 

The festival is being organized with the participation of the Koshi Province Government and the Tourism Office Kakadbhitta with the support of UNDP, ICIMOD, WWF, and other NGOs.

Around 50,000 people are expected to attend the festival, which will also include musical performances by folk artists Daisy Baraili and Kamalikanta Bhetwal.

Four persons died in a bus accident in Shankharapur Municipality-3, Kathmandu.

Superintendent of Police Pawan Kumar Bhattarai, spokesperson of the District Police Range, Kathmandu, confirmed that four people have died and 22 others injured in the accident. 

He said that the bus (Ba 4 Kha 8788) returning from a picnic met with an accident at around 6 pm. 

The injured are being treated at various hospitals in Kathmandu. 

The bus was reportedly carrying 40 people, who were employees of the 'Nature Herb' organization, returning after a picnic, police said.