TMDP CWC meet

Kathmandu: The central working committee meeting of the Tarai Madhes Democratic Party (TMDP) continued on Friday. The CWC meet will conclude tomorrow, said party spokesperson

Sarbendra Nath Shukla, adding that the party would publicise the first week of protest programmes tomorrow. The fifth largest party in the Constituent Assembly had withdrawn their support from the coalition of the Maoist-led government for not fulfilling its 13-point demands. — HNS

3 die of suffocation

KIRTIPUR: Three persons died of suffocation in the closed room in Kirtipur on Thursday night in. The deceased are Bhuwan Lama, 22, his wife Shanti, 20, and their 20-day-old daughter. The Lama family, hailing from Padampokhari VDC in Makwanpur district, were living in a rented house owned by Chakralal Pode. It was said that a fire lit to warm themselves caused the suffocation. The bodies were partially charred. — RSS