<p>Nepal made it to the finals of the AFC solidarity Cup football championship, edging Laos 3-0 in a match played today at the Negeri Stadium in Kuching, Malaysia. The match was decided through penalty shoot-out. </p><p>Goalkeeper Kiran Kumar Limbu helped Nepal secure a win by saving two penalty kicks from the opponent Laos players. Likewise, another shot from a Laos player was charged beyond the goalpost.</p><p>As for Nepali team, all three players Heman Gurung, Bikram Lama and Sujal Shrestha did not miss the target.</p><p>Before ending up in a tiebreaker, the two teams played a 2-2 draw in the stipulated 90 minutes and extra time. </p><p>Meanwhile, Macau will take on Brunei on Tuesday in the semi-final. Nepal will play against the winner for the winner title.<br><br><br></p>

<p>The national grid is to get an additional 45 MW in the next 18 months.<br><br>Of it, 25 MW is to be received from the Madi A hydropower project, which will start production from next month.</p><p>Likewise, 6 MW will be added from the Daraundi project, according to Energy Secretary Anup Kumar Upadhyay.<br><br>Similarly, 14.9 MW will be added from the Hewa Khola hydel project. The project has already started its test production.</p><p>The 50 MW Upper Marsyangdi A project is also currently in the phase of test production.</p><p>It is producing 25 MW at the moment and will add 25 MW more after the technical preparation is completed. The project is a joint Nepal-China initiative.<br><br>The contribution of the private sector to the central transmission line of Nepal Electricity Authority is 784 MW from a total of 53 hydropower projects to date.<br></p>

<p>CPN (UML) chair and former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that the ethnic diversity is the symbol of national unity of Nepal adding that it should be utilized for gaining economic prosperity now.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br><br>While inaugurating the first national convention of the Loktantrik Aadivasi Janajati Mahasangh today, Chairman Oli said that the future journey for the nation should be made of economic prosperity and unity, leaving the filthy politics in the name of caste, geography and religion. <br><br>Chairman Oli said that prosperity could be achieved utilizing the rights guaranteed by the constitution. &nbsp;<br><br><br></p>

<p>CPN-UML General Secretary Iswar Pokharel has said the UML is not in favour of amending the constitution without any specific agenda for it.<br><br>Speaking at a press meet held at Choharwa of Siraha today, he made it clear that his party won't support the constitution amendment process until the rationale behind it is made clear.<br><br>Stating that the government is not yet sure about the constitution amendment process, he said a formal proposal for it is yet to arrive.<br><br><br></p>

<p>Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba today held a meeting with CPN-Maoist Centre Chair and Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal. <br><br>Discussion on giving final touch to the proposal of the constitution amendment figured during the meeting that took place at the PM's official residence in Baluwatar.</p><p>According to the PM's press advisor Govinda Acharya, the two leaders focused on the issues relating to the revision of one of the contentious issues in the constitution amendment-delineation of the federal province.<br><br><br></p>

<p>Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, stating that the government has taken note of the labourers' issues, has reaffirmed his commitment to address the issues relating to them.<br><br>Talking to a team of representatives from the All Nepal Trade Union Federation in his official residence at Baluwatar in the capital this morning, PM Dahal reiterated that the incumbent government will leave no stone unturned to secure the welfare of the labourers and farmers.<br><br>During the meeting, Federation chair Shalikram Jammarkattel brought to the notice of the PM that the Industrial Enterprises Act is not in favor of the labourers. <br><br><br></p>