Submit your Article

The 11th general convention of Nepal Democratic Lawyers Association (DLA) has elected a new 43-member working committee under the leadership of Sitaram KC. KC was elected with 653 votes to defeat his nearest competitor Lakshmidevi Dahal Rawal, who got 177 votes. Similarly, Kedar Karki got 130 votes while Laxman Thapalia and Krishna Ghimire Bhusal secured 55 votes and 53 votes. Likewise, Jagannath Dhakal was elected Senior Vice President, according to the results of the vote announced this morning. Kavita Thapa Karki was elected the Women vice president with 619 votes and Janaraj Shrestha as the vice president of Bagmati Province. Kabita Basnet was elected as Koshi Province vice president, Ramanand Shah as Madhesh Province vice president, Bhumishwar Sharma Gautam as Gandaki province vice president, Bishnuprasad Dhital as Lumbini province vice president, Padam Bahadur Shahi as Karnali province vice president and Gangaram Upadhyaya as Sudurpaschim province vice president, according to Election committee coordinator Hemraj Nepal. Similarly, Gyanendra Prasad Adhikari has been elected general secretary, Shiv Prasad Regmi secretary, Dhanmaya Rana as the women's secretary, and Hari Bahadur Basnet as the treasurer. A total of 1,410 delegates from 88 DLA units across the country participated in the convention. A total of 1,061 votes were cast in the election.    

As many as 28 people were killed and more than 140 injured as heavy rain and thunderstorms hit several parts of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab on Saturday, Pakistan-based Geo News reported. As per the provincial disaster management authority, 25 people were killed in rain-related incidents in KP's Bannu, Dera Ismail Khan, Karak and Lakki Marwat while 145 were injured. It added that at least 69 houses were partially damaged by the rain, Geo News reported. As per PDMA's breakdown, 15 people died and 100 were injured in Bannu. It also added that 68 houses were partially damaged in the area. Meanwhile, at least five people were killed and 42 others were wounded in the Lakki Marwat district, according to Business Standard. Meanwhile, in Karak, four people died and one person was injured. In, Dera Ismail Khan a child died due to the rains, two people were injured and one house was partially damaged.

A huge cache of bullets was found while cleaning the drainage in Birgaunj Metropolitan City-6 on Sunday. It has been learnt that 105 bullets of different calibers were found in a plastic bag while the employees of Metropolitan City were cleaning the drainage. DSP Komal Shah of the District Police Office, Parsa said that a total of 105 bullets including 32 rounds of 9 mm, 24 rounds of 38 bore, four rounds of SLR and 17 rounds of hornet were found while cleaning the drainage this morning. He said that they are looking into the case.  

Byas Municipality of Tanahun has written to the local public transport committees to ensure that all passenger vehicles have a dustbin to collect garbage from passengers. A correspondence has been made with instructions for the management of mandatory dustbin in vehicles that provide public transport service within the municipality area, said Chief Administrative Officer Gangalal Subedi. The transport committees have also been asked to inform the passengers not to throw garbage outside of the vehicle. Anyone found littering against the said provision will be fined Rs 3,000 for the first offense and Rs 7,000 for the second offense. The municipality has written to Prithviraj Marg Transport Committee, Local Transport Pvt. Ltd., Byasabhumi Transport Pvt. Ltd., Taxi Entrepreneurs Committee and Auto Rickshaw Traders Committee. In addition, the municipality has appealed to all concerned not to carry out business in the streets and intersections and slaughter animals for meat only in designated places. The Byas Municipality is currently disposing garbage around Buddhasingh Highway in ward 13. It is looking for a permanent place to set up a landfill site for disposal of waste collected from the municipality.