Two killed, three injured in assorted road accidents in Jhapa
Two persons died while three others were injured in separate road accidents in Jhapa district last night.
A person died when a motorcycle went out of control near Jhilimili Bridge in Bhadrapur Municipality-4 last night, and a person died and two others were injured when a passenger bus hit a motorcycle at Charpane Chowk in Birtamode Municipality-2.
Motorcycle rider Dhanapati Pathak (31) and Lekhnath Dahal (28) of Kachankewal Municipality-2 were injured when the motorcycle (Pra 1-01-013 Pa 9607) went out of control and hit the pillar on the side of the Jhilimili Bridge in Bhadrapur Municipality-4.
Of them, pillion rider Dahal died while undergoing treatment at Omsai Pathibhara Hospital, Bhadrapur while Pathak is still undergoing treatment at the same hospital.
Similarly, Toyanath Upreti of Kankai Municipality-8, died when the motorcycle (Me 1 Pa 7248) he was riding on hit by a passenger bus (Pra 1-01-002Ba. 0149), Police Inspector Nawaraj Neupane of District Traffic Office Jhapa said.
Raviratna Sitaula (59) of Kankai-5 and Sagar Majhi of Bahradashi Rural Municipality-7 who were riding pillion riding were injured in the incident. Both are undergoing treatment at Birta City Hospital, Biratmode.
Police said that they arrested the bus driver for investigation.
One killed as locals, police clash in Sarlahi
A person died when a clash broke out between police personnel and locals at Barahathawa in Sarlahi on Friday.
The deceased has been identified as Jaishankar Sah (32) of Barahathawa Municipality.
According to DSP Dipendra Panjiyar, spokesperson at the District Police Office, Sarlahi, the cause of Sah’s death has not been not been revealed.
“It has been said that Sah died during the course of the demonstration. But the cause of the death is being investigated,” he said.
Locals staged a demonstration outside the Barahathawa Municipality this morning demanding that the municipal hospital be upgraded into the provincial hospital.
Police lobbed 13 rounds of teargas canisters after the demonstrators startled pelting stones.
DSP Panjiyar said that police fired 19 rounds of teargas shells to disperse the mob.
The demonstrators have claimed that Sah died in police firing.
Bhimphedi-Kulekhani-Dakshinkali road closed
Bhimphedi-Dakshinkali road linking Hetauda, the capital of Bagmati province, to the federal capital Kathmandu, has been closed for vehicular traffic from today.
This is the shortest route from Hetauda to Kathmandu. The road will be closed until April 12, 2024.
The road is being closed as upgrading works will be started on this road section at Dakshinkali municipality from today.
The District Police Office, Makawanpur has urged commuters to use alternative roads until April 12.
District Police Office, Makawanpur spokesperson Laxmi Bhandari said the alternative roads are - the road leading to Kathmandu via Kulekhani-Chitlang and the Kanti Highway.
According to her, one can also take the Narayangadh-Muglin road to Kathmandu.
Public notice issued to appoint TU VC through open competition
For the first time of its kind, the government is appointing the Vice-Chancellor of the Tribhuvan University (TU) through open competition.
Issuing a notice today, the committee formed to select and recommend the VC of the TU has sought applications from the qualified individuals for the open competition.
Prior to this, Prime Minister and Chancellor of the TU, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, had said that the VC of the TU would be appointed on the basis of merit by ending political appointment in the country's largest and the grand old university.
The notice of the recommendation committee comes in line with the PM's announcement to appoint the VC based on meritocracy.
This time, qualification and experiences, concept paper and four-year-long plan of actions of the applicants would be considered for the appointment of the VC.
