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United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has said the World Social Forum represents an important space to lift up voices, focus on the most vulnerable, restore hope and find innovative solutions for people and the planet.

He said this in a message of best wishes he sent to the World Social Forum (WSF) 2024 that commenced here on Thursday. In his message, the UN Secretary-General has conveyed his warm greetings to all gathered in Kathmandu for the four-day event.

"Thank you for coming together in the spirit of solidarity and cooperation. Uniting for the common good is critical as conflicts rage and geopolitical divisions grow. We need global solidarity to rescue the Sustainable Development Goals – and reform an outdated, dysfunctional and unfair global financial system," he said.

Stressing on rallying together to address the climate crisis, he said, "As I witnessed during my recent visit to Nepal, countries on the frontline of climate change require far greater support. My Climate Solidarity Pact urges big emitters to make extra efforts to cut emissions and wealthier countries to support emerging economies to do so."

He called for uniting within communities – with a renewed social contract, based on trust, justice and inclusion, and anchored in human rights. "Women, youth, and marginalized people must have a seat at the decision-making table. A world of peace, dignity and sustainability is not only possible, it is necessary. Let us build it together."

Pediatric oncologist Krishna Sagar Poudel of BP Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital in Chitwan has shared that of the total cases, more than 50 percent children with cancer disease are still out of hospital's access.

"More than 1,500 children in the country are estimated to have been diagnosed with cancer every year. But, only 50 percent of the estimates visit the hospitals. And, some 400 children with cancer visit the BP Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital," he stated.

Dr Poudel said so at a program organized at the hospital on Thursday to distribute stationeries to the children with cancer.

On the occasion, he stated that 60 percent of the childhood cancer cases visiting the BP Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital for treatment are cured.

He added that only 30 percent of the childhood cancer is cured in Nepal but it could be increased up to 80 percent given that the number of beds in the hospitals are increased and accessible treatment services are expanded.

The event was also organized to raise the parents on the occasion of the International Childhood Cancer Day.

The WHO has also enlisted Nepal in its focus in the global campaign against childhood cancer.

In Nepal, the government has ensured several services for free for the treatment of childhood cancer.

Ram Kumar Subedi and Shovakanta Dhakal have been found guilty in the Lalita Niwas land grab case.

Saying that the duo played a role in transferring the land of Lalita Niwas in the name of private individuals, the Special Court found Subedi and Dhakal among others guilty.

The joint bench of Special Court members Dr Khusi Prasad Tharu, Ram Bahadur Thapa and Ritendra Thapa issued the guilty verdict for their involvement in transferring the land of Lalita Niwas in the name of certain individuals.

The Employment Permit Section Korea under the Department of Foreign Employment (DoFE) is conducting the Korean Language Test (KLT) from February 19.

According to EPS Korea, the exam will be held at National Vocational Training Academy, Bhainsepati.

Director at EPS Korea Maiya Kandel said that exams will be conducted in five shifts in a day and arrangements have been made to conduct exams for 1,000 students each day.

"Arrangements have been made to run exams on Saturday as well. Around 47,000 students can take their KLT in the first shift," Kandel added.

The students should appear for the biometric registration of their fingerprints a day before at the EPS Korea Section Office at Gwarko, Lalitpur. And the biometric would be verified at the examination center.