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Real Madrid forward Kylian Mbappe said Benfica's Gianluca Prestianni should be banned from the Champions League after the Argentine was accused of directing a racist slur at Vinicius Jr during the Spanish side's 1-0 playoff first-leg win on Tuesday, Reuters reported. 

Denying the accusation, Prestianni said the Brazilian misheard him.

The incident occurred shortly after Vinicius had curled Real into the lead five minutes into the second half in Lisbon, according to Reuters. 

Real Madrid's Champions League playoff first leg at Benfica was suspended for 11 minutes on Tuesday after their Brazilian forward Vinicius Jr accused the home side's Argentine winger Gianluca Prestianni of directing a racist slur at him, Reuters reported. 

The alleged incident occurred shortly after Vinicius had fired Real ahead five minutes into the second half with a stunning strike at Lisbon's Estadio da Luz.

As the Brazilian celebrated, television pictures showed a heated exchange between him and Prestianni, according to Reuters. 

President Ram Chandra Paudel has said festivals foster harmony and fraternity among people from diverse communities.

Giving a message of best wishes on the occasion of Gyalpo Lhosar today, President Paudel said that the festivals like Gyalpo Lhosar help us create and enhance unity, socio-cultural solidarity, tolerance and fraternity. He expressed belief that the festival would ultimately reinforce national unity.   

The Head of State wished peace, prosperity and happiness to all Nepali sisters and brothers in the country and abroad on this occasion.

According to him, the Gyalpo Lhosar is celebrated as the New Year by the Sherpa community of Mahayan Buddhist sect settled in the mountainous region of Nepal.

A special delicacy made up of nine species of grains called 'guthuk', and 'khapse' are prepared and eaten during this festival. 

The New Year greetings are also exchanged. 

The government has given a public holiday today.

Foreign Minister Bala Nanda Sharma called on the newly elected Prime Minister of Bangladesh Tarique Rahman, on Tuesday evening.

He extended warm felicitations and handed over a congratulatory message from Prime Minister of Nepal, Sushila Karki. 

In her message, PM Karki congratulated Bangladeshi Prime Minister Rahman on his election and expressed her willingness to work together in a spirit of mutual respect, shared commitment and partnership to ensure that Nepal-Bangladesh ties continue to flourish for the mutual benefit of the two countries and people. 

 The Foreign Minister also congratulated Rahman on leading the Bangladesh Nationalist Party to a resounding victory in the national elections held on February 12 and commended the Government of Bangladesh for the successful conduct of elections and smooth transition to the democratic process. 

On the occasion, Prime Minister Rahman thanked Foreign Minister Sharma for attending the oath-taking ceremony and underscored that his visit reflects the solidarity and goodwill of the government and people of Nepal towards the government and people of Bangladesh.

The two leaders reaffirmed their shared commitment to further strengthening the enduring partnership between Nepal and Bangladesh and held a constructive exchange on advancing bilateral cooperation across areas of trade, investment, energy, connectivity, education, and tourism, among others, according to Nepali Embassy in Bangladesh.

Rahman also expressed his best wishes for the upcoming parliamentary elections in Nepal. 

Foreign Minister Sharma also held a meeting with the leader of the opposition and Ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, Dr Shafiqur Rahman. 

During the meeting, the two leaders deliberated on key areas of bilateral cooperation. 

Foreign Minister Sharma is on a visit to Bangladesh from February 16 to 19.

The Election Commission (EC) has appealed to one and all not to misuse technology in a way it jeopardizes election fairness and integrity. 

EC drew attention of all sides not to disseminate fake information on social networks, but to extend cooperation in creating a clean information atmosphere for holding elections successfully.

Officiating Chief Election Commissioner Ram Prasad Bhandari urged users of mass media and content creators to avoid posting the contents generated by artificial intelligence that intend to fuel confusion and illusion. It is time to make the election a dignified exercise. 

The media houses are also urged not to make poll surveys.  

Such poll surveys disillusions voters, affecting their voting rights proposed by Election Code of Conduct, 2082. It disheartens candidates and unsettles the competitive atmosphere. So such practices should not be continued, EC added.

Irrespective of the convenience caused by the technology, its misuse jeopardizes election integrity, EC stressed. It is everyone's responsibility to adhere fully to the election code of conduct.

The Gyalpo Lhosar, the cultural festival of the Sherpa community, that falls on the Shukla Pratipada in the Nepali month of Falgun is being marked today by organizing different programs.

The festival is observed as the New Year by the Sherpa community who primarily reside in the mountainous region of Nepal. But the festival is marked in 22 districts in the country.

Gyalpo Lhosar is celebrated with gaiety and much fun from the Shukla Pratipada to Purnima. This festival is also celebrated by Mahayan Buddhists as their New Year.

This festival has been observed since the time of the ninth king of Bhot Uday Gungyal. 

On this occasion, people of the Sherpa community clean up their houses and villages, sources of water and flutter new prayer flags on the roof of their houses.

They cook delicacies such as Guthuk and Khapse and exchange best wishes with each other to welcome the New Year.

The Gurung community marks its New Year on Paush 15 as the Tamu Lhosar while the Tamang community observes it as Sonam Lhosar on the day of Magh Shukla Pratipada.

Peru's Congress on Tuesday ousted President Jose Jeri just four months into his term over a scandal involving undisclosed meetings with a Chinese businessman, extending a cycle of political upheaval that has gripped the Andean nation for much of the past decade, Reuters reported. 

There were 75 lawmakers who voted in favor of removing Jeri, while 24 voted against and three abstained.

Legislators will now elect a new head of Congress who will also assume Peru's presidency, becoming the country's eighth president in as many years. Jeri is Peru's third consecutive president to be removed from office, according to Reuters. 

Russian and Ukrainian delegations have ended the first day of US-brokered peace talks in Geneva, a week before the fourth anniversary of Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, BBC reported. 

Top Ukrainian negotiator Rustem Umerov said the negotiations would continue in the Swiss city on Wednesday morning.

Hopes for a breakthrough during the latest - third - round of trilateral talks are low, as the Kremlin has not wavered from its maximalist demands for Ukrainian territory, according to BBC.