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Chelsea held off League One leaders Cardiff City to secure their place in the EFL Cup semi-finals with a hard-fought and absorbing win in south Wales, BBC reported. 

Roared on by a fervent capacity crowd at Cardiff City Stadium, the home side impressed in and out of possession as they contained their Premier League opponents and showed flashes of their own attacking threat in a goalless first half.

Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca had changed his entire team from Saturday's Premier League victory over Everton, which had been overshadowed by his post-match comment that the preceding 48 hours had been the "worst" of his tenure, according to BBC. 

Late strikes from Andreas Christensen and Marcus Rashford secured a hard-fought 2-0 victory for Barcelona against third-tier side Guadalajara on Tuesday, sending the Catalans through to the last 16 of the Copa del Rey, Reuters reported. 

Barcelona laboured for much of the match at the Pedro Escartin stadium, holding over 80% of possession but struggling to break down a disciplined five-man Guadalajara defence.

The home side posed a constant threat on the counter-attack and frustrated the European heavyweights for long stretches, according to Reuters. 

The price of gold has increased by Rs 700 per tola in the domestic market on Wednesday. 

According to the Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers’ Association, the precious yellow metal is being traded at Rs 259, 700  per tola today. It was traded at Rs 259, 000 per tola on Tuesday.

Similarly, the price of silver has increased by Rs 170 and is being traded at Rs 4, 055 per tola today.

There is no impact of any significant weather system in the country.

It will be generally fair today, according to the Weather Forecasting Division.

The weather service, however, informed that high hills and mountainous areas of Karnali and Sudurpaschim Provinces will be partly cloudy tonight.  

The Kathmandu Valley recorded a minimum temperature at 6 degree Celsius at 5:45am. The maximum temperature will remain between 17 to 19 degree Celsius today, the Division added.

The government has expressed a firm commitment to launching a campaign against corruption so that integrity and good governance would be established.

Secretary at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, Gobinda Bahadur Karkee, on Tuesday, made such commitment while addressing a session under the 11th Session of the Conference of States Parties to the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) themed 'Shaping Tomorrow’s Integrity' in Doha, Qatar.

In his statement, Secretary Karkee informed that the current government in Nepal had adopted a strict zero-tolerance policy against corruption, and pursued robust legal, administrative and institutional reforms. 

He highlighted the efforts and commitments of the interim government formed following the historic public movement aimed at promoting good governance and controlling corruption. 

Secretary Karkee shared before the global community about the measures taken by the Nepal government in criminalizing bribery, abuse of authority, illicit enrichment, money laundering, and related offences in line with UNCAC.

The leader of the Nepali delegation reaffirmed Nepal’s unwavering commitment to the UNCAC, and shed light on the obligations of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Action Plan, and the Second National Strategy and Action Plan against Corruption being finalized.

The conference is considered the world’s largest gathering dedicated to combating corruption. It began on Tuesday.

Finance Minister Rameshwor Khanal has underscored the need for reinforcing economic cooperation between Nepal and China and increasing investment accordingly.

In his address at a program on Nepal-China cooperation and investment organized on Tuesday, Finance Minister Khanal informed that the Nepal government had launched various schemes for economic reform, so Chinese investors could mobilize their capital with confidence.

Nepal and China can further enhance cooperation by identifying various sectors of investment so that it could help attract foreign investment, according to him.

On the occasion, Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Chen Song, talked on multidimensional relations between China and Nepal. 

China is interested in investing in industry, energy and construction of infrastructures in Nepal, he informed.

Although voting in the ongoing 11th National Congress of the CPN UML was said to begin from 8:00, it began delaying an hour.

The National Congress to elect new leadership in UML is going on at Bhrikutimandap, Kathmandu. 

It was inaugurated by Chairman, KP Sharma Oli, at Sallaghari, Bhaktapur last Saturday. 

KP Sharma Oli and Ishwor Pokharel are vying for the post of chairman. Oli is in re-election bid for the third time in a row.

A total of 660 leaders have filed candidacies for the 301-member central committee in the party. 

There are 80 machines installed for voting. As many as 2,263 representatives are attending the convention.

The leadership-changing convention of the UML is held in the wake of the Sept 8-9 Gen Z movement that significantly influenced national politics. 

The event is observed with keen interest whether Oli, who had to step down as Prime Minister of the coalition government following the Gen Z movement, will be reelected chairman for the third time to reinforce his power in the party or gets drubbed by Pokharel. 

The Oli-led faction has claimed that it is an adverse situation facing the party and country, which warrants a leadership of able person, while Pokharel and his panel have asserted that Oli should not continue considering the anti-incumbency atmosphere, especially after the Gen Z movement.

The Election Commission (EC) has made a new provision on use of flags during the election campaigning.

In the March 5 election to the House of Representatives (HoR), EC proposed a new provision in the election code of conduct, as per which, the political parties would not be allowed to carry more than 10 flags. 

Such a scheme is being introduced to curb the misuse of the flag. 

The office of the party or election candidate can place a flag prepared with fabric (3 x 4 feet) or have a signboard of the same size. The political parties are not allowed to use digital board, flex, or glue signboard, and audio visual materials as the flag. 

The proposed code of conduct has further reminded the political parties to not visit the voters' doorstep in a group of over 25 persons. 

The election campaigning will be further deterred using musical bands and pageants.