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At least four persons died and 27 others were injured in a bus accident at Pandini Rural Municipality in Arghakhanchi district on Tuesday.

The deceased have been identified as Ram Maya Basnet (78) and Bindu Kunwar (78) of Pokhara, Kaski, Kaushula Regmi (50) and Ramesh GC (45) of Modi Rural Municipality in Parbat district, according to Chief of District Police office, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Diwas Bahadur GC. 

Two persons died on the spot while two others succumbed to their injuries at different hospitals. 

The accident took place when the bus (Dha 1 Kha 504) heading towards Parbat from Supa Deurali in Arghakhanchi fell some 100 meters off the road. 

Ramesh GC is the bus driver. 

Most of the passengers are from Modi Rural Municipality, said police.

Similarly, of the injured, the condition of four is reported to be critical. 

All the injured are receiving treatment at Lumbini Medical College, Palpa, and Bhairahawa Medical College. 

Further investigation into the incident is underway. 

A team under the command of DSP GC and locals carried out a rescue operation, said former Chairperson of Pandini Rural Municipality Achyut Gautam.

Nepal lost to Scotland by two runs in the match held at TU Cricket ground under the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 on Tuesday. 

Despite half centuries from vice captain Dipendra Singh Airee and Gulshan Jha, Nepal fell short by just two runs in the match decided by the DLS method, after 50 overs could be completed in the second innings due to rain.

Batting first after winning the toss, Scotland scored 243 runs at the loss of eight wickets in allotted 50 overs. 

Opener George Munsey scored 75 runs off 62 balls followed by Finlay McCreath and Micheal English who scored 35 and 34 runs respectively.

Leg Spinner Sandeep Lamichhane was the pick of the Nepali bowlers, taking four wickets in 10 overs and limiting the visitors to a par score. 

Karan KC and Nandan Yadav chipped in with two wickets each.

However, Nepali bowlers gave away too many extra runs, at 16 including 11 wides.

As rain affected the second innings, Nepal were given a revised target of 221 runs in 39 overs. 

Gulshan Jha top-scored for Nepal with 61 runs off 35 balls, including five sixes and two fours. 

Airee scored 55 runs off 49 balls while captain Rohit Paudel contributed 32 runs off 46 balls, before being bowled out by eventual player-of-the-match Brad Currie. He took three wickets in eight overs, giving away 43 runs.

Nepal will now face the United States of America in the match to be held on Thursday, May 14.

In the points table including eight teams, Nepal languishes at the 7th position, with 18 points in 25 matches. 

Nepal have won eight matches and lost 15 so far. 

The USA tops the table with 36 points in 24 matches.

Foreign Minister Shishir Khanal has invited his Indian counterpart S. Jaishankar to visit Nepal.

In a sideline meeting during his visit to Mauritius a few weeks ago, Minister Khanal invited Indian External Affairs Minister Jaishankar to visit Nepal.

Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal confirmed this while responding to a question of reporters on Tuesday.

He said that a formal invitation has been received from the Nepali Foreign Minister and the date of the visit will be decided by mutual agreement.

Earlier, Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri was preparing to visit Nepal. However, his visit was postponed due to lack of preparation.

President Ram Chandra Paudel has removed Secretary of the House of Representatives Harka Raj Rai from his post.

On the recommendation of House Speaker Dol Prasad Aryal, President Paudel removed him from the post  effective today. 

The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) plunged by 39. 44 points to close at 2, 744. 40 points on Tuesday. 

Similarly, the sensitive index dropped by 5. 15  points to close at 468. 26 points.

A total of 10,678,550-unit shares of 338 companies were traded for Rs 1. 56 billion.

Meanwhile, Dhaulagiri Laghubitta Bittiya Sanstha Limited (DLBS)

was the top gainer today with its price surging by 15. 00 percent.

Likewise,  First Micro Finance Laghubitta Bittiya Sanstha Limited (FMDBL) was the top loser as their price fell by 12. 40 percent.

At the end of the day, the total market capitalization stood at Rs 4. 68 trillion.

Two persons died and 22 others were injured in a bus accident at Durgaphant Kadule in Pandini-8, Arghakhanchi on Tuesday.

Former chairman of Pandini Rural Municipality Achyut Gautam said that locals and police are carrying out rescue operations.

Preparations are underway to send the injured to the Palpa Hospital and Arghakhanchi Hospital, DSP Diwas Bahadur GC said.

The  bus (Ga 1 Dha) was heading towards Parbat from Arghakhanchi when the incident occurred, said police. 

The main opposition party, Nepali Congress (NC), has sought a response regarding Prime Minister Balendra Shah's leaving from the assembly hall while President Ram Chandra Paudel was addressing the joint sitting of the Federal Parliament on Monday.

Speaker Dol Prasad Aryal allocated the NC Chief Whip Basana Thapa time to speak at the outset of today's meeting of the House of Representatives after the MPs stood up from their seats.

Chief Whip Thapa said, "It is not a trivial matter but a serious issue that Prime Minister Shah left the House during the President's address; a clear response from the government is needed on this."

She also urged the Head of Government to respect the constitutional position and not to weaken the parliamentary tradition.

President Paudel had presented the government's policies and programs for the fiscal year 2083/84 in a joint meeting of both houses of the Federal Parliament on Monday.

Five people died in separate road accidents in various places of the country, including in Kathmandu, the Central Police News Room stated in its bulletin.

According to police,  Bhuvan Gurung (43) of  Siddhicharan Municipality-9, Okhaldhunga, died after being hit by a motorcycle (Ba Pra 02-060 Pa 1275) in Koteshwor, Kathmandu on Monday. 

Seriously injured in the accident,  Gurung breathed his last while undergoing treatment at the National Trauma Center.

Similarly, a person died in a motorcycle (BR 30U) accident near Thakurpokhari in Gausala Municipality-4, Mahottari on Monday night. 

The deceased has been identified as bike rider 25-year-old rider Suvesh Kumar Yadav of Navarajpur, Municipality-3. 

Yadav, who was seriously injured in the accident, died while receiving treatment at the municipal hospital in Gausala.

Likewise, a bus (Province 01-006 Kha 6649) collided with a tractor (Province 2-01-001 Ta 1467)  near Vivek Petrol Pump in Itahari Sub-Metropolitan City-17, Sunsari this morning, resulting in the death of 18-year-old Uttam Sardar of Kanchanrup Municipality-5, Saptari, who was traveling on the tractor. 

The drivers of both the vehicles have been taken into police custody.

Likewise, Surendra Paswan (22) of Tejapakad, Municipality–3 died in a motorcycle collision at Paroha Municipality-6, Rautahat on Monday. 

The incident occurred when the motorcycle (BR 05 AH 2877) collided head-on with another motorcycle (BA 81 Pa 6448) last night. 

He died while receiving treatment at the Provincial Hospital Gaur. 

Similarly, Rinkudevi Thakur (38) of Gamharia, Fatuwa, Vijaypur Municipality–5 died after falling off a motorcycle (Ma Pra 02–03–11 Pa 3508) at Bahadurpur Tole, Kathariya Municipality–4, Rautahat

Thakur died on the way to a medical facility for treatment, police said.