Nepal Highlights

World Bank has shown interest in investing in Hydro-projects in Nepal. This is the first time the World Bank has shown interest in investing in hydro-projects in Nepal after pulling back from the Arun III in 1996. The World Bank had pulled back from the project in 1996 after the erstwhile deputy Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal wrote to the WB to stop the project. This time, the WB has shown interest in investing in the 350 MW Upper Arun.

Nepal has continued its victory spree in the ICC by winning for the second consecutive day. Nepal beat Singapore today at a match played in Engineering College ground, Pulchok. Nepal had won another match played against Jersey yesterday.

Two persons have been killed in Dang Sunday afternoon when a Jeep ran over them while reversing, reports say. Poornima Bhandari and her six-month-old grand-daughter Sulochana Bhandari were killed on the spot when the Jeep ran over them while reversing.