Litterateur Tara Nath Sharma passes away

Litterateur Tara Nath Sharma passed away at his residence on Tuesday. He was 87.

Sharma was born at Barbote of Ilam district in 1934.

He was awarded with Madan Puraskar in 1969 for ‘Belayat Tira Baralinda’.

Sharma was suffering from diabetes, high blood pressure and heart problems.

His final rites will be performed at the Pashupati Aryaghat this afternoon.

 

2 killed in Butwal bike accident

Two people died and one sustained injuries when a bike they were riding on met with an accident at Milan Chok in Bhutwal Sub-Metropolitan City-12 of Rupandehi on Tuesday.

The deceased have been identified as Prem Ruchal (20) and Rahul Thapa (20) of Hattibazaar of Gaidahawa Rural Municipality-9.

Bike (Lu 60 Pa 3652) rider Bimal Rana (21) of Rupandehi, who was seriously injured in the incident is undergoing treatment at the Lumbini Provincial Hospital in Butwal, the Area Police Office, Butwal said.

2 killed, 2 injured in separate road accidents in Lalitpur, Bhaktapur

Two persons died and two others were injured in separate road accidents in Lalitpur and Bhaktapur on Monday.

Ganesh Kumar Tharu (30) of Banke died when a bike (Province 2-030 Pa 9483) hit a road divider in Bagdole of Lalitpur last night.

Critically injured in the incident, he breathed his last during the course of treatment at the Patan Hospital at around 11 pm, police said.

Pillion rider Indra Bhandari (30) of Kailali was injured in the incident.

He is receiving treatment at the Patan Hospital, Metropolitan Police Range, Lalitpur said.

Similarly, a man died and other sustained injuries when two motorbikes (Ba 3 Kha 4765 and Ba 61 Pa 6618) collided with each other at Chyamasingh in Kamalbinayak of Bhaktapur.

The deceased has been identified as pillion rider Devendra Karki (34) of Dolakha.

Incapacitated in the incident, he breathed is last wh

Sindhupalchok DAO starts issuing e-passport

The District Administration Office (DAO), Sindhupalchok has started issuing e-passports. The service was launched on Sunday. 

According to Chief District Officer Bednidhi Khanal, Sita Laghu was the first recipient of the electronic passport in the district.  

As the Office said, the submission of applications for e-passports started on December 20, 2021. As many as 286 have applied for it and the Office will be distributing e-passports to 132 individuals at the moment.  

According to the Office, one will be eligible to receive the e-passport within 15 days of the submission of the application. RSS