1 dies in mishap

DHADING: One person was killed and one seriously injured when a truck hit a motorcycle coming from the opposite side at Chambas, Gajuri, along the Prithvi Highway on Monday.

The driver of the motorcycle, Maram Kumar Sudehi, 30, of Nawalparasi district died on the spot while pillion rider Ramakanta Gautam, 40, of Rupandehi was seriously injured when the truck (Lu 1 Kha 3166) hit the motorcycle headed for Kathmandu from Nawalparsi, area police

office, Gajuri, said.

The injured person

is undergoing treatment at the Primary Health Post in Gajuri while the truck and the driver have been taken under police custody. — HNS

NSP reshuffled

KATHMANDU: Badri Prasad Mandal, the president of the Nepal Sadbhavana Party, on Monday reshuffled the party’s central committee body with a view to strengthening the party. Laxman Lal Karna and Durga Prasad Chaudhary have been appointed as vice chairmen while Devendra

Mishra is the new general secretary of the 25-member central committee. Muktinath Mandal has been appointed as the spokesperson, a press statement issued on Monday said. — HNS