School bus accident in Colombia kills 17, injures 20
Seventeen people were killed and 20 were injured after a bus carrying school children fell off a cliff in a rural area in northern Colombia, the local governor said on Sunday night, Reuters reported.
In a post on X earlier in the day, the governor of Antioquia, Andres Julian, said the bus was traveling from the Caribbean town of Tolu to Medellin after a school trip and was carrying students from the Antioqueno High School.
The students had been celebrating their graduation on the beach, he added on Sunday night, according to Reuters.
EC proposes transparency in election spending
With just 80 days remaining for the House of Representatives (HoR) elections scheduled for March 5, the Election Commission has made some new provisions in the Election Code of Conduct-2082.
As per the new provisions in the Election Code of Conduct-2082, all spending and income should be done through banking systems and all bills and vouchers of the expenses should be kept safe.
The EC stated that such a provision was aimed at ensuring transparency in the source of election spending.
Similarly, the political parties and the candidates need to release the estimated costs for election campaigns and the sources of such amounts while filing their nominations.
The candidates should open a separate bank account and carry out the transactions solely from the same account for the election campaigning purpose, according to the new Election Code of Conduct.
Reconstruction of Boudha Police Office completed
The building of Metropolitan Police Circle, Boudha, which was torched and damaged during the Gen-Z protests on September 9, was rebuilt with support from the local residents and different organizations.
The policing services were delivered from the new office building from Sunday.
Inspector General of Nepal Police Dan Bahadur Karki inaugurated the new office building on Sunday.
Mayor of Gorkaneshwor Municipality Dipak Kumar Risal, Chief of Police Range Kathmandu Ramesh Thapa and several others were present at the event.
On the occasion, the speakers have urged the authority to book those involved in vandalism and arson of public property adding that CCTV footage could be instrumental to confirm the wrongdoers.
President asks government to solely focus on elections
President Ram Chandra Paudel has suggested that the government should entirely focus on holding the forthcoming House of Representatives (HoR) elections scheduled for March 5.
Receiving the annual report of the National Security Council of the fiscal year 2081/82 BS at the Office of the President on Sunday, the President asked the government to discharge its responsibility without impacting the upcoming polls, President's Press Advisor Kiran Pokharel said.
On the occasion, the President directed the security bodies including the Nepal Army to pay much attention to security issues being more prompt than before.
Likewise, President Paudel expressed confidence that the National Security Council will work further effectively in coming days by analyzing the possible new security threats.
Prime Minister and Chair of National Security Council Sushila Karki submitted the report to the President, it has been said.



