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KATHMANDU: Bangladesh Under-19 cricket team is batting against Nepal to chase the 212-run target posted by Nepal in their first quarter-finals match of the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Friday.

Nepal were restricted to 211/9.

Nepal claimed its first wicket at 6.3 overs when Sunil Dhamala bowled opening batsman Saif Hassan after scoring five runs.

Confusion gripped Bangladeshi players when both Pinak Ghosh and Joyraz Sheik ended up at the same side and Nepal took the wicket. Multiple replays confirmed that Pinak crossed the line after Sheik and was sent out of the field.

Lack of coordination among the batsmen was a big miss from Nepal’s side as well; it cost Nepal four wickets. First run-out was when Dhamala ran for the runs but Raju Rijal did not make a move, and Dhamala faced the loss.

Then it was Rijal, who ran between the wickets but Rajbir Singh maintained his position and the wicket keeper, Jaker Ali, took the wicket easily.

It was another easy wicket for Bangladesh as absence coordination made Kushal Bhurtel return with only 14 runs. Prem Tamang nearly lost his wicket as well because of the confusion, while running between the wicket. But the third umpire declared Tamang not out as he struggled to cross the line with his bat.

Fourth run-out of the match and Nepal’s innings ends with Sushil Kandel returning to the pavilion in the last ball. Kandel’s low shot hit straight into the stumps missing the pitcher’s hand.

New player Nazmul Hossain Shanto, went back soon after he came as bowler Prem Tamang caught his shot up front easily. J Sheik went back after a LBW in Dhamala’s ball.

Nepal had won the toss and chose to bat first.

Nepal's cable federation said it would suspend Indian television channels and protesters marched in Kathmandu carrying an effigy of India's prime minister on Monday, accusing their neighbour of imposing an economic blockade and meddling in internal politics.

Nepalese student take part in a protest shouting anti Indian slogans near the Indian embassy in Kathmandu, Nepal September 28, 2015. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar
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Nepalese student take part in a protest shouting anti Indian slogans near the Indian embassy in Kathmandu, Nepal September 28, 2015. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

KATHMANDU: Nepal's cable federation said it would suspend Indian television channels and protesters marched in Kathmandu carrying an effigy of India's prime minister on Monday, accusing their neighbour of imposing an economic blockade and meddling in internal politics.

Tension between the South Asian nations has spiked since Nepal adopted a new constitution last week, upsetting southern minority groups who fear being marginalised in a new federal structure.

More than 40 people have been killed in protests in the Himalayan republic since August. Indian oil trucks stopped crossing into Nepal because of protests in the south, prompting authorities to try to limit the use of cars and save fuel.

Nepal is almost totally dependent on India for overland supplies following earthquakes in the spring that killed nearly 9,000 people and blocked crossings from China.

India has been critical of Kathmandu for rushing through the constitution, despite opposition from minorities living close to the Indian border.

On Monday, a few trucks carrying fuel, vegetables and building materials started to cross the border into Nepal but hundreds more were waiting on the Indian side, a customs official in Nepal said.

TV CHANNELS OFF AIR

The Federation of Nepal Cable Television planned to suspend broadcasting of Indian channels in Nepal from 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Sunil Kumar Lama, the organization's general secretary, said on Monday.

"This is to protest against the blockade," Lama said. He declined to say how long the suspension would last.

Earlier in the day, protesters in central Kathmandu carried an effigy of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and shouted: "Down with Indian expansionism! Down with Modi!" before police scattered them and confiscated the effigy.

"We are asking India 'Please, please open up the border and stop interfering in Nepal's internal issues'," said nursing student Amrita Baral, who was among 130 protesters in a second march headed for the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu.

A representative of India's Ministry of External Affairs declined to comment on the new protests.

Nepal's largest trading partner, India strongly denies a trade blockade, saying its trucks have been hampered from entering Nepal firstly due to security concerns and later because protesters were blocking the roads.

A Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said Nepal had asked China to hasten the re-opening of the two border crossings closed since the earthquakes struck.

Nepal started rationing fuel for vehicles on Sunday, said Nepal Oil Corp spokesman Deepak Baral, after trade ground to a halt at crossing points on the India-Nepal border.

Hundreds of trucks carrying food and fuel lined up on the Indian side, while opposition protesters on the Nepal side sat on the road to block their path.

Some trucks started to move across the Sunauli-Bhairahawa border crossing on Monday, a customs official in Nepal said, but more than 1,000 trucks were still waiting in India.

"(Indian customs officials) are telling me, 'We're giving permission, there's no problem,' but we are still seeing a huge decrease in the number of trucks passing through," said Lawanya Kumar Dhakal, Bhairahawa's chief customs official.

(Additional reporting by Krista Mahr and Rupam Jain Nair in New Delhi; Writing by Krista Mahr; Editing by Janet Lawrence)

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After the protest which started against the demarcated 6 provinces went fierce Monday, 5 police lot their lives.
The district police office Kailali has informed that 7 policemen with SSP Laxman Neupane were de*@th during the clash happened between the demon$tra*tors and police in Tikapur, Kailali. Police have been trying to take control over the chaotic situation. The demon$tra*tors is pouring with stones and sticks over policemen. More than 50 were !nj*ured.
The government has decided to deploy Nepal Army (NA) in conflict-affected areas in different parts the country.

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