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Nepal reported 814 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 2, 762 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 509 returned positive. Likewise, 2, 653 people underwent antigen tests, of which 305 were tested positive.

The Ministry said that no one died of the virus in the last 24 hours.

As of today, there are 5, 144 active cases in the country.

The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) plunged by 2. 76 points to close at 2,193.48 points on Tuesday.

Similarly, the sensitive index dropped by 0. 00 points to close at 421. 13 points.

A total of 7,813,102 units of the shares of 217 companies were traded for Rs 3. 29 billion.

Meanwhile, Bindhyabasini Hydropower Development Company Limited was the top gainer today with its price surging by 9. 99 percent. Likewise, Rastra Utthan Laghubitta Sanstha Limited was the top loser with its price dropped by 4. 24 percent.

At the end of the day, the total market capitalization stood at Rs 3. 13 trillion.

The water level has risen in Saptakoshi river following incessant rainfall.

Following the rise in water level, the authorities have put the red lights on and also hoisted red flags.

Chief District Officer of Sunsari Indradev Yadav said that the water flow in the river was measured at 229, 810 cusec on Tuesday morning.

The authorities have opened 33 out of 56 doors of the Saptakoshi barrage after the water level in the river crossed the danger level today, he said.

It is considered as dangerous after the water level crosses 150, 000 cusec in the river.

Arable lands and human settlements have been inundated after the concerned authorities did not open all the gates off Koshi Barrage which is under the control of the Indian government.

The water level in the river has been rising continuously in the river since Monday, Chief District Officer Yadav said.

CPN-UML lawmaker Bishal Bhattara has demanded that the government withdraw the arrest warrant issued against Communist Party of Nepal General Secretary Netra Bikram Chand.

Speaking at a meeting of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, lawmaker Bhattarai urged the government to withdraw the arrest warrant issued against Chand among other leaders of his party immediately.

Saying that the Chand group has already chosen a path of Nepali politics in a peaceful way, the government should encourage Chand among other leaders instead of taking action against them.

“We have heard that the government has sent a letter to take action against Communist Party of Nepal General Secretary Chand among other leaders of his party,” he said, adding, “If the news in the media is correct, the government should immediately roll back its decision.”

The then KP Sharma Oli-led government had brought the Chand group, which had once adopted violent means to get their demands addressed, into mainstream politics by forging a three-point agreement.

Instead of giving continuity to the works of the Oli government, the coalition government has been compelling the group to choose the path of violence again, he said.

The price of gold has increased by Rs 200 per tola in the domestic market on Tuesday.

According to the Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers' Association, the precious yellow metal is being traded at Rs 95, 600 per tola today.

Meanwhile, tejabi gold is being traded at Rs 95, 100 per tola.

The yellow bullion was traded at Rs 95, 400 per tola on Friday.

Similarly, the price of silver is being traded at Rs 1,220 per tola today.

Police have arrested a man in possession of 20 tola gold from Biratnagar Airport on Tuesday.

The suspect has been identified as Kul Bahadur Sunuwar (45) of Itahari, Sunsari.

Police said that they searched him after he acted suspiciously while boarding a flight of Yeti Airlines to Kathmandu.

Sunuwar, who was arrested with the precious yellow metal, has been kept at the District Police Office, Morang.

During the interrogation, he said that he bought three kg of gold from a bank and was going to take it to Kathmandu by making ornaments.

DSP Deepak Shrestha of the District Police Office, Morang said that police have asked Sunuwar to bring the bills of the gold.

Further investigation into the incident is underway.

Two persons died and three went missing when a landslide buried houses at Taming in Rum of Malika Rural Municipality-2, Myagdi on Tuesday.

Chief Administration Officer of Malika Rural Municipality Hemraj Kafle said that the landslide buried houses of Gham Bahadur BK and Gothe BK.

Local Sam Bahadur BK said that the bodies of Gothe BK’s sons—Rajan and Nabin—were found this morning. Gothe and his wife Gori BK sustained injuries in the incident.

Gham Bahadur, his wife Ram Maya and daughter Roji BK have gone missing.

Locals are searching for the missing persons.

Malika Rural Municipality Chairman Beg Prasad Gaburja said that the local representatives and security personnel are heading towards the incident site.

The incident site is three hours walk from Darwang.

At least 37 people have now died in flash floods in eastern Kentucky, as the region braces for more rainfall, BBC reported.

At least six children - including four siblings, aged one to eight, who were reportedly swept from their parents' grip - are among the dead.

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said the death toll would continue to rise as "hundreds" remained unaccounted for.

More than 12,000 households remained without power, and hundreds of homes and businesses have been flooded.

The damage to roads, bridges and other infrastructure will cost millions to repair, the governor said on Monday.

Mr Beshear, who toured some of the hardest-hit neighbourhoods over the weekend, said he had seen "houses swept away" and "schools ruined".

This is the worst flash flooding the region has seen in decades, according to BBC.

Mr Beshear called the deluge "the deadliest and the most devastating of my lifetime", adding: "If things weren't hard enough on the people of this region, they're getting rain right now."

Displaced locals have taken refuge in state parks, churches and mobile homes brought in by the state. Around 300 people are in shelters, officials say.

Many people "only have the clothes on their backs", Mr Beshear said. "Everything is ruined."

Overnight curfews have been declared in two devastated counties amid reports of "excessive looting".

"I hate to have to impose a curfew, but looting will absolutely not be tolerated," an official for Breathitt County wrote on Facebook on Sunday evening. 

"Our friends and neighbours have lost so much - we cannot stand by and allow them to lose what they have left."

One of those dead was Eva Nicole Slone, 50, who had ventured out in the storm in Knott County on Thursday to check on an elderly neighbour.

Ms Slone's body was recovered the next day near her home, her daughter told the Lexington Herald Leader newspaper.

Four children - age two, four, six and eight - died in Knott County after their trailer home was swept away.

"They were holding on to them," the children's aunt told CNN, describing the moment they were torn from their parents' arms.

"The water got so strong it just washed them away."

President Joe Biden has declared the floods "a major disaster" and ordered federal aid to help local rescuers, BBC reported.