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A tiger was found dead and buried in Madhyabindu Municipality of Nawalparasi (Bardghat Susta East).

The male tiger was found dead in the Nawadurga Community Forest located in Madhyabindu Municipality-15 on Saturday, said Forest Officer at Chormara Range Post, Durgadatta Kandel.

"An adult male Royal Bengal tiger was found buried in the forest 500 meters south of the East-West Highway", he said.

This is the second wild tiger found dead in a span of a week in Madhyabindu municipality.

Earlier on February 16, a male tiger was found dead in Arunkhola forest area located in ward no 10 of the same Municipality.

The Jufal Airport in Dolpa will be closed from February 28.

The airport is going to be closed from February 28 to March 29 for the maintenance of the runway.

The Civil Aviation Authority has already sent a notice to the Dolpa office for the same, said Civil Aviation Authority Office Jufal Chief Amit Chaurasiya.

A meeting of the district-based concerned body held under the chairmanship of Subarna Budha, Municipal Chief of Thulibheri Municipality, Jufal on February 12, had recommended the Civil Aviation Authority, Kathmandu to close the airport.

The airport is to be upgraded following complaints from the pilots that the runway is unsafe.

The 185 meters of the airport will be upgraded. It will cost Rs 60 million.

Cricketer Sandeep Lamichhane, who was convicted of rape by the Kathmandu District Court, will be allowed to fight the case from outside the jail.

Lamichhane had reached the Patan High Court on Thursday to file an appeal against the District Court’s decision.

Deputy registrar Tirtha Raj Bhattarai, who is also the spokesperson of the High Court, said that the permission has been granted to Lamichhane to fight the case from outside the jail.

“He got the permission to fight the case from outside the jail as per Civil Code 2074,” Bhattarai said.

The Kathmandu District Court on January 10 had slapped on cricketer Sandip Lamichhane an eight-year jail term along with Rs 500,000 as fine and compensation after finding him guilty of rape..

On Dec 29 last year, a single bench of judge Sishiraj Dhakal had issued a verdict in consonance with Section 219 (3) (e) of Civil Code 2074, finding Lamichhane guilty of raping ‘Gaushala 26’. 

The verdict has established that the accused “raped the victim taking advantage of her poor economic condition” and convicted him as per clause 219—1, 2 and 3 (d)—of the Criminal Code Procedure.

The case started unraveling after Lamichhane’s arrest from Tribhuvan International Airport on Oct 6 last year, on the basis of a complaint accusing him of raping a minor on Sept 6 the same year.

Citing statements from both the parties, the CCTV footage and an eyewitness account, the verdict states that ‘Gaushala 26’ and Lamichhane stayed at a hotel room in Kathmandu after their return from a journey to Nagarkot, adding that Lamichhane had raped her in the room.

Prof Dr Keshar Jung Baral has been appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of the Tribhuvan University.

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal appointed Baral as the Vice-Chancellor of the Tribhuvan University on Thursday.

Prime Minister Dahal’s press advisor Hari Lamichhane said that Prof. Dr Baral has been appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of the Tribhuvan University.

Prior to this, Prof. Dr Baral had served as the Vice-Chancellor of Pokhara University.

The Vice-Chancellor Selection and Recommendation Committee had recommended the names of three persons for the post of Tribhuvan University Vice-Chancellor.

Along with Baral, the names of Prof. Dr Chitra Bahadur Budhathoki and Prof. Dr Tankanath Dhakal were recommended for the post of Vice-Chancellor.