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Police have arrested three persons for their alleged involvement in gang-raping a 25-year-old woman in Biratnagar.

The suspects have been identified as Tek Bahadur Tamang (43) and Binod Chauhan (20) of Mithila Bihari Municipality-11, Dhanusha and 16-year-old boy of Sindhuli.

Tamang is the truck (Pradesh 2-04-001 Kha 0021) driver. Chauhan is the assistant driver.

The 16-year-old boy is the assistant driver of another truck, police said.

DSP Ranjan Kumar Dahal of the District Police Office, Morang said that they raped the woman at Biratnagar Metropolitan City-3 in the wee hours of Monday.

According to him, the trio had reached a hotel in the Bus Park in Biratnagar to have dinner after parking the truck.

After having dinner, they returned to the place where they had parked the truck on a city safari, Dahal said.

According to a preliminary investigation, the woman was also traveling in the same city safari. After having a little chit-chat, they took her to the truck parking area and rape her.

Those who reached the incident site after hearing the screaming of the woman had called the police, it has been learnt.

The irate locals also vandalized the truck.

Further investigation into the incident is underway, police said.

An earthquake measuring 4.8 on Richter Scale was felt in hilly districts of Sudurpaschim Province including in Baitadi on Monday morning.

The National Seismological Center confirmed that the quake struck at 9:26 am today.

The epicenter of the tremor was at Mirik at Batan, India.

The District Police Office, Baitadi said that the tremor was felt  this morning and so far they have not received any information about the damage.

The price of gold has dropped by Rs 700 per tola in the domestic market on Monday.

According to the Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers’ Association, the yellow metal is being traded at Rs 112, 300 per tola today. It was traded at Rs 113, 000 per tola on Sunday.

Meanwhile, tejabi gold is being traded at Rs 111, 750 per tola. It was traded at Rs 112, 500 per tola.

Similarly, the silver is being traded at Rs 1,390 per tola today.

Nepal Rastra Bank has started distributing new banknotes to the general public for Dashain festival from Monday.

Each person will be allowed to exchange up to Rs 18, 500 in denominations of Rs 5, Rs 10, Rs 20, Rs 50 and Rs 100 and 1000, the bank said.

Naresh Shakya, Executive Director of Currency Management Department, said that the bank is planning to issue new banknotes worth around Rs 10 billion.

Meanwhile, people have started queuing up at Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) office in Baluwatar to collect new banknotes for Dashain since early morning.

Former Prime Minister and CPN (Unified Socialist) leader Jhalanath Khanal left for China on Sunday evening to attend the third 'Belt & Road Forum (BRF) to be held in Beijing, informed party's central foreign secretary Dr Shanker Khatiwada.

According to him, former PM Khanal is also scheduled to address the third BRF to be held on October 18.

During his stay in China, leader Khanal will also have separate meetings with the leaders of the Chinese Communist Party and leaders coming from different countries.

Leader Khanal along with Rabi Laxmi Chitrakar and Prof Dr Yuwaraj Sangraula left for China to participate in the program.

The team will return home on October 22.

Nepal Oil Corporation has slashed the prices of petroleum products.

The corporation has reduced the price of petrol by Rs 11 per liter and kerosene and diesel by Rs 5 per liter.

As per the new revised rate, petrol will cost Rs 172 per liter and diesel and kerosene Rs 168 per liter.

The state-owned oil monopoly, however, has not reduced the price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG).

A person died and five others were injured when a jeep met with an accident at Gumdi of Gangajamuna Rural Municipality-4 in Dhading on Sunday.

The deceased has been identified as Anurodh Tamang (14) of Gangajamuna-2.

The jeep was en route to Tawal of Rigaun from Dhadhingbesi when the incident occurred.  

The injured, who include two children, are being treated at the Gumdi Health Post, according to the District Police Office, Dhading.

Newly appointed Chief Minister of Koshi Province Kedar Karki expanded his Cabinet on Sunday.

Soon after taking the oath of office and secrecy, Karki expanded his Cabinet by inducting two ministers.

He appointed Ram Rana of CPN-UML and Shumsher Rai of Nepali Congress as ministers.

Both of them have already taken the oath of office and secrecy.

Karki was appointed as the chief minister with the support of eight lawmakers of Nepali Congress and 39 of CPN-UML.

After being appointed as the chief minister, Karki held a meeting with UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli in Balkot on Sunday.

Karki became the chief from the Shekhar Koirala faction of the Nepali Congress.

CPN (Maoist Centre) provincial assembly leader Indra Bahadur Angbo had staked a claim for the chief ministerial post from the current alliance.

The candidate of the alliance was deprived of being the chief minister after the Koirala faction with the support of the UML put forward Karki’s name.

UML’s Chief Minister Hikmat Karki had resigned from his post after he failed to secure a vote of confidence.