LIFE NORMAL IN VALLEY Kathmandu, 23 May: Life returned to normal Wednesday in the capital with an overnight agreement between government to consider demands in a nine-point agreement of an umbrella organization of indigenous nationalities pressing for ethnic provinces. The organization called off further protests Tuesday on the last day of a three-day national strike with a broad Madeshbadi front of Upendra Yadav, chairman of UJFN. People thronged markets; schools, markets and industries re-opened after a forced closure osting the nation millions of rupees. There was a sort of ‘benefit’ of sort for people with no load-shedding as Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) saved 40 percent power with the closure of industries during the strike. Nnnn PARLIAMENT, CA MEETINGS SCHEULED WEDNESDAY Kathmandu, 23 May: Parliament and constituent assembly (CA) meetings are scheduled to be held Wednesday. Meetings are being one day after a controversial government decision to extend a tenure of the CA Tuesday night. A bill was registered in parliament for the extension Tuesday night. nnnn FORMER FOREIGN POST EMPLOYEE CONVICTED FOR CORRUPTION Kathmandu, 23 May:: A two-judge bench of the supreme court Tuesday sentenced Former employee of Foreign Post Office Keshab Rag Gautam employee to a one-year jail term along with a fine of Rs.6.683 million for corruption my misusing official power. The supreme court said Gautam couldn’t account for assets a bank locker and eight ropanis land in Bkaktapur.. Special court earlier cleared Gautam on technicality but the apex court re-opened the case. Nnnn BODY PARTS OF 12 PERSONS KILLED IN SERI RIVER FLASH FLOODS BURIED Kathmandu, 23 May: Decomposed body parts of 12 persons killed last month in a hlafh flood don Seti river were buried Tuesday at Ramghat along the river bank in the presence of police and representatives of Nepal Red Cross Society. The body parts were kept at Western Regional Hospital in Pokhara for identification. Thirty-two persons were killed and 38 others are listed missing. nnnn. .GOLD PRICE SLIPS RS.200 PER TOLA Kathmandu, 23 May: Old price slipped by Rs 200 per told Tuesday. The yellow metal was traded for Rs. 55,200 per tola butsilver pricewas unchanged, It was traded for Rs.1,034 per tola. nnnn.