At least 15 killed in Israeli fire near Gaza aid centre, say medics
At least 15 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli tank shelling and gunfire near an aid distribution centre in Rafah in southern Gaza, according to medics and local residents, BBC reported.
Mohammed Ghareeb, a local journalist in Rafah, told the BBC that thousands of Palestinians had gathered near a US-funded humanitarian aid distribution centre when Israeli tanks approached and opened fire on the crowd.
Local journalists and activists shared harrowing footage of bodies and wounded individuals being transported on donkey carts to a Red Cross field hospital in the al-Mawasi area of Rafah, as rescue teams were reportedly unable to reach the scene.
Four girls from Belbari missing for four days
Four girls from Lalbhitti, Belbari Municipality-2, Morang have been reported missing.
The missing are 13-year-old Jenisa Nepali and 15-year-old Sabita Pariyar, students at Mahendra Secondary School in Sundarharaicha-11, and 12-year-old Smriti Karki Doli and Anushka Karki Doli, studying at Kabir Secondary School in Belbari-2.
It is learnt that the girls had left home on May 29, saying that they were going to meet a friend.
Chief of the Area Police Office Belbari Police Inspector Krishna Bahadur Khatri shared that they are searching for the missing girls.
India hands over school building in Achham
India on Saturday handed over a newly constructed building to Shree Mahendra Secondary School in Achham.
The building was built with the Indian government’s financial assistance of Rs 32. 40 million under ‘Nepal-Inda Development Cooperation’.
Lalit Bahadur Kunwar, Chief, District Coordination Committee, Achham, Rajendra Bahadur Kunwar, Mayor, Sanfebagar Municipality and Shri Suman Shekhar, First Secretary, Embassy of India, Kathmandu jointly handed over the building.
Political representatives, government officials, social workers and teachers of the school, students and their parents were also present on this occasion.
The Government of India’s grant under ‘Nepal-India Development Cooperation’ has been utilised for the construction of the school building comprising class rooms, laboratory, computer room, staff room, administration section, principal’s room, library, accounts section and toilets for boys and girls, reads a statement issued by the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu.
The grant has also been utilised for the procurement of furniture and computers. The project was taken up as a High Impact Community Development Project (HICDP) and was implemented through DCC Achham.
Shree Mahendra Secondary School was established in the year 1960 as a Secondary School and subsequently upgraded to Higher Secondary school.
Since 2003, Government of India has taken up over 573 HICDPs in Nepal in various sectors and has completed 495 projects. Amongst these, 43 projects are located in Sudurpashchim Province including Shree Mahendra Secondary School in Achham.
In addition to these, the Government of India has gifted 1009 ambulances and 300 school buses to various hospitals, health posts and educational institutions in Nepal. Amongst these,70 ambulances and 27 school buses have been gifted in Sudurpashchim Province. Out of these, 6 ambulances were gifted in Achham.
Rainfall likely in Koshi, Madesh, Bagmati and Gandaki
There is a possibility of light to moderate rain with thunder and lightning at a few places of Koshi, Madesh, Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces and at one or two places in the rest of the country today.
This is due to the influence of westerly winds and local winds in the western and central parts of the country, while most parts of Koshi Province are under the influence of monsoon winds, according to the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology.
As a result, the weather will remain partly to generally cloudy in the hilly areas of Koshi, Madesh, Bagmati and Gandaki and mainly fair to partly cloudy in the rest of the country.
Tonight, the weather will remain partly to generally cloudy throughout the country.
Light to moderate rain with thunder and lightning is possible at a few places of Koshi, Madesh, Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces and at one or two places in the rest of the country.
