IN BRIEF

Results to be delayed

MADHYAPUR THIMI: Publication of the results of this year’s SLC examination will be delayed due to the election. Office of the Controller of Examinations, said the results will be delayed due to a delay in checking the answer sheets, as many teachers across the country have been mobilised for election. According to examination controller, Harka Prasad Shrestha, the office will try to bring out the results by the end of July. — RSS

Schools closed

MADHYAPUR THIMI: The Higher Secondary Schools affiliated to the Higher Secondary Education Board (HSEB) have been closed from Friday for the election. All the Higher Secondary Schools are closed as students have to go to villages for “making the election a success”, HSEB said. According to HSEB member secretary Ram Bahadur Khadka, the higher secondary schools all over the country were closed from Friday by ending even the academic year as the election is nearing. — RSS

Piper meets Nembang

KATHMANDU: UNDP Country Representative, Robert Piper, paid a courtesy call on Speaker Subas Nembang at the latter’s office on Friday. At the meeting, they discussed about election and other contemporary issues, the Parliament Secretariat said. — RSS

German team’s visit

KATHMANDU: A delegation of German Parliament (Deutscher Bundestag) will visit Nepal from Sunday. According to a press release, issued by German Embassy on Friday, the delegation will consist of five members of Parliament. — RSS

Election training held

KATHMANDU: The National Election Observation Committee on Friday provided training to 700 election observers . — HNS

TUTA’s appeal

KATHMANDU: The Tribhuwan University Teachers’ Association on Friday appealed to all professors to play an active role from their own fields to help conduct election in a free and fair manner. — HNS