News of the death of the man injured in an explosion in the capital on Friday night has been covered by all national dailies. The papers also report that over 20 persons have been arrested in connection with the explosion that took place outside the office of Ncell in Nakkhu on the outskirts of Kathmandu. The NCP’s decision to withdraw support for Samim Miya Ansari’s appointment to the Muslim Commission has also been covered.
Here is a summary of important, ignored and interesting stories from the cover pages of national broadsheets:
Important
Ncell blast victim dies, no one has taken responsibility of the blast
Kantipur, Annapurna Post, Republica, The Himalayan Times, The Kathmandu Post and Nepal Samacharpatra report that the blast in the Capital on Friday night claimed the life of 49-year-old Singha Prasad Gurung.
No group had owned up to the attacks until Saturday, but police suspected it could have been carried out by the Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal, an offshoot of the erstwhile CPN (Maoist Centre) that waged the decade-long insurgency.
Gurung died while undergoing treatment at Nepal Mediciti Hospital at around 1 am Saturday. Two others injured–Pratikshya Khadka, 26, and Nirusha Manandhar, 25–are receiving treatment at the same hospital, police said.
Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa pledged to provide compensation to Singha Pratap Gurung’s family. There have also been reports of arsons targeting Ncell telephone towers in Achham, Kanchanpur, Nawalparasi, Nuwakot, Gorkha, Kaski and Myagdi. At least four telephone towers were torched in Myagdi alone.
As many as 20 suspects have been arrested in Kathmandu and other districts for investigation, police confirmed. According to Senior Superintendent of Police Uttam Raj Subedi, six persons have been arrested in Kathmandu on suspicion of their involvement in the blast.
Ansari’s name to be pulled from Muslim Commission
Kantipur reports that NCP is planning to withdraw the nomination of Samim Miya Ansari for chief of Muslim Commission. The NCP is planning to do so to make sure that there is no controversy surrounding one of their political leaders. Members of the Parliamentary Hearing Committee have deemed Ansari, ineligible for the post.
The committee said that Ansari was a Nepal Communist Party (NCP) candidate under the proportional representation electoral system for the House of Representatives in 2017. Ansari also figures on the NCP Central Committee members’ list submitted to the Election Commission. This also makes him ineligible for the post. According to PHC members, there are even discrepancies in the details of Ansari’s citizenship certificates.
Dispute over issue of single leadership
The Himalayan Times reports that conflict continues between Nepal Communist Party (NCP) leader Madhav Kumar Nepal faction, which advocates one person, one post, and party co-chair KP Sharma Oli’s faction, which wants the party committee chiefs to head both the government and party posts where the party has won. Gandaki province Chief Minister Prithvi Subba Gurung, who is close to Oli says that if this rule of party chiefs holding both party and government positions was not applied, there would be two power centres and that could lead to a tussle among party leaders.
Ignored
Government investigating consultancies involved in Aussie fraud
Nepal Samacharpatra reports that the Ministry of Education is investigating into consultancies which have put the future of Nepali students in Australia at risk. A committee formed under the leadership of Secretary Dev Kumari Guragain will probe into three dozen consultancies which have been sending Nepali students to Australia. The committee will take action against consultancies which have been sending students to Australia-based colleges without registering at the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology.
Nirmala Panta’s parents call off sit-in
They postponed the sit-in after submitting a memorandum to the Prime Minister, through the District Administration Office (DAO), Kanchanpur, on Friday. The victim’s father, Yagya Raj Panta, complained that the government was not serious about the rape and murder of their daughter even after the seven months.
Interesting 
Buffalo that gored man to death shot dead
The Himalayan Times reports that the stray buffalo that gored an elderly man to death in Machhegaun, Chandragiri Municipality, on Saturday has been shot dead. Manbir Manandhar, who was out on his daily morning stroll, was killed by the stray buffalo, according to the police. Police then chased the buffalo for three hours and shot it to avoid further incidents. Police haven’t found the owner of the buffalo. Locals say the buffalo came from Kirtipur.
Households to be rid of indoor pollution
The Kathmandu Post reports that Nepal is working to make all households free of indoor air pollution by 2020. The government wants to replace all firewood and biogas stoves in villages so that no one dies of air pollution. Nearly 7,500 Nepalis die annually due to diseases linked to air pollution. The government’s Biomass Energy Strategy 2017 envisions making the country air-pollution-free by 2022 by promoting clean cooking technologies.
Victims Push Against reappointment of transitional justice body officials
The Kathmandu Post reports that as the terms of the officials of two transitional justice bodies near completion, conflict victims have demanded “a free and fair process” for appointing new chairpersons and members and called on the government not to re-appoint the incumbent officials. Conflict victims’ organisations say since the incumbent officials were primarily responsible for the lackadaisical performance of the two transitional justice commissions, they shouldn’t be reappointed after mid-April.
