A couple died due to electrocution in Pipara of Kanchanrup Municipality-5 of Saptari this morning. The deceased have been identified as 50-year-old Badri Sardar and his 45-year-old wife Bimala Devi, said Madhav Prasad Kafle, Deputy Superintendent of Police of the Area Police Office, Kanchanpur.
Foreign Secretary of India, Vikram Misri, arrived here this morning for a two-day official visit.
The Kankai Ghat in Kankai Municipality-4 of Jhapa is going to provide electric crematorium soon.
The Narayangadh-Muglin road section, which was blocked this morning due to a dry landslide, has been opened for traffic.
A total of 2,853 incidents of disasters have occurred across the country from mid-April 19 to mid-August this year. In the incidents, 126 people have lost their lives while 585 were injured.
Two parliamentary committees—the Infrastructure Development Committee and the Legislative Management Committee under the federal parliament are meeting today.
The Narayangadh-Muglin road section has been blocked due to a dry landslide. The road section at Tuinkhola in Ichchakamana Rural Municipality-5 of Chitwan was blocked this morning due to a landslide.
There is possibility of heavy rainfall at one or two places in the hilly areas of Koshi and Bagmati Provinces today.
Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation, Balaram Adhikari, has said that the government has so far returned the savings of 6,700 depositors from troubled cooperatives.
Executive Director of the Nepal Administrative Staff College (NASC) and Former Secretary at Finance Ministry, Ram Sharan Pudasaini, said time has come to broaden tax base without placing undue burden on existing taxpayers.
Minister for Health and Population Pradeep Paudel has described the Paropakar Maternity and Women's Hospital, a specialized hospital for women's health, a national heritage that connects the lives of millions of mothers and children in the country.
President Ramchandra Paudel visited the historic Shree Krishna Temple in Patan today to pay homage on the occasion of Krishna Janmashtami.
A 16-year-old boy died and five others were injured after accidentally receiving an electric shock while hoisting the national flag as part of preparations for the Krishna Janmashtami festival in Bannigadhi Jayagadh Rural municipality-1, Achham.
The road connecting the provincial headquarters Hetauda to the federal capital Kathmandu has been blocked due to a dry landslide.
Police Inspector and Information Officer at the District Police Office Bajura, Dev Bahadur Chaudhary said that the traffic along the highway has resumed after the obstruction caused by the flooded Rila River in Badimalika Municipality-4 was cleared away.