NEPAL TROUNCES NORTH MARIABA ISLAND IN AFC FOOTBALL UPDATE Kathmandu, 2 March; Nepal Saturday trounced Noth Mariana Island 6-0 in the second match of the AFC Group D match in the Nepali capital. Bharat Khawas scored a hat-trick in the Himalayan state’s widest victory in an international match. Host Monday will play Bangladesh which lost to Palestine considered the strongest in the group. Nnnn FORMER WOMAN MINISTER’S VEHICLE INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT Kathmandu, 2 March: Two motorcyclists were killed in Nawal Parasi Saturday after a direct by a car in which Karima Begun was traveling. Begun , a former minister, gained notoriety when she slapped an official during in a tour of the south. Madhav Kumar Nepal ,prime minister then, ever took action against her, to save his government with the support of her Madeshibadi party.. Nnnn SUSHIL KOIRALA INAUGURATES MEET OF AFFILIATE BODY Kathmandu, 2 March; NC President Sushil Koirala Saturday inaugurated the three-day fourth general convention of the Nepal Dalit Sangh, a body affiliated with the opposition party, in Jhapa. The top party leadership, including Vice-chairman Ram Chandra and senior leader Sher Bahadur Deuba, was in the eastern district for the meet. nnnn THREE ARMED GROUPS MERGE WITH SP. Kathmandu, 2 March: Madhesh Rastriya Janatantrik Party (Krantikari) led by Ranabir Singh, Janatantrik Tarai Mukti Morcha led by Agni Bidrohi and Akhil Tarai Janatantrik Mukti Morcha led by Abinash announced merger in Janakpur with Sadbhabana Party (SP). The three parties were armed groups based in the terai. nnnn