The 34th general convention of the Pokhara Chamber of Commerce and Industry elected Pawan Kumar Prajapati as its chair. According to the vote count results unveiled on Sunday evening, he received 1,613 votes to win the race for the chair. The general convention was held on September 9-10. Newly-elected Prajapati was the senior vice-chair of

 Jhapa’s Birtamod municipality has warned contractor companies of action for not timely completing building construction. The municipality has sent a letter to the Dhulikhel Construction Service that was awarded the contract for the construction of Town Hospital building in Birtamod stating that the agreed works were not completed even after an end of contract period.

 The Gandaki Province is to take part in all 26 sports events of the 9th National Games. The Province Sports Council said that participating players would be kept in closed-door training session from September 17. Member-secretary of the Council Tej Bahadur Gurung informed that as many as 716 players would participate in all sports genre

 A squad of the Nepal has arrested and jailed an absconding murderer after 16 years. A team from the District Police Range Kathmandu arrested Raj Kumar Magar, known as Kumar Tamang, and sent him to Dillibazaar Prison on Sunday. Magar who was involved in the murder of Manoj Khadka at Kathmandu metropolis-32, Koteswor Chowk in

 An elderly man was killed when a tiger attacked him at Madhuban Municipality-2 in Bardiya district. The deceased identified as Jhotharu Tharu, 61, of Ambarpur in the municipality was grazing buffaloes in local Kushminiya community forest when the attack took place, said the police. Tharu, who had gone missing since Sunday, was found dead in

Citizens in the Bagmati Province will be provided blood transfusion services free of cost.  The Province Government has launched the service, as per the Blood Transfusion Service Operation and Management Working Procedure, targeting those people who can’t afford it. Blood transfusion is medically one of the most essential services. The District Health Office, Chitwan has

 Following Japanese encephalitis outbreak in Chitwan district, awareness campaigns have been launched in the district. A rapid response team coordinated by chief of the district health office has been formed and special cautions adopted to contain the risks, said the health office chief Durgadatta Chapagain. So far, out of 22 tests, nine Japanese encephalitis cases