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Three dengue cases have been detected in Kavrepalanchok district after three years, according to health workers.

A 68-year-old man of Panauti Municipality-5 in the district infected with the virus is receiving treatment at Dhulikhel Hospital for the past two days, said Purushottam Timalsina, chief of health section at Panauti. His health condition is improving, he added.

Similarly, a man infected with the virus from Dhulikhel is under care, said the district health office, Dhulikhel. Two weeks ago, a dengue case in Panchkhal was also reported.

Following this, a joint team from the district health office and the municipal health office is today scheduled to reach the source of the infection, destroy mosquito eggs and larva under the ‘search and destroy campaign’, he said.

“We have taken the disease occurring very seriously. Efforts are on to control it,” said Dr Purushottam Sedhain, chief of the district health office.

Police have arrested an Indian in possession of pharmaceutical drugs from Nagdhunga.

A team deployed from the Metropolitan Police Division, Nagdhunga apprehended Bibek Kumar (18) of Bihar, India from a commuter bus (Ba 4 Kha 5144) heading towards Kathmandu from Gaushala, Mahottari during a regular security check.

Police said that they have confiscated 700 ampules of Diazepam, 700 ampules of Phenergan, 700 ampules of Nurofen and an Adhar Card from his possession.

Further investigation into the case is underway, police said.

The government has started administering the second dose of Covid-19 vaccine to children between five and 11 years from today.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, the children of 27 districts, who have taken the first dose of Pfizer vaccine from June 23, will be administered second dose till July 24.

The children of this age group should visit the nearby vaccination center carrying the vaccination card.

The vaccination campaign will be conducted in Jhapa, Ilam, Morang and Sunsari of Province 1, Saptari, Dhanusha, Parsa, Siraha and Mahottari of Madhes Province.

Similarly, the vaccine will be administered in Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, Lalitpur, Kavre, Chitwan, Sindhuli and Makwanpur of Bagmati Province and Kaski and Nawalparasi East of Gandaki Province.

Likewise, the campaign will also be conducted in Nawalparasi West, Rupandehi, Banke, Dang and Baridya of Lumbini Province, Surkhet of Karnali Province, Kailali, Kanchanpur and Dadeldhura of Sudurpaschim Province.

The government has planned to administer the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine to the children of the remaining 50 districts from July 21 to 27 and second dose from August 12 to 17.

Hindu devotees from various places of Kathmandu Valley have thronged Pashupatinath Temple from early in the morning today to offer their worship on the first Monday of Shrawan.

The entire month is considered to be the auspicious period to worship Lord Shiva. It is believed that one's wishes get fulfilled by worshipping Lord Shiva throughout the month especially on Mondays.

Devotees are seen lining up in the Pashupatinath Temple to offer worship and prayers to Lord Shiva.

A Nepal Army man died after being hit by a car of Raj Kumar Gurung, ward member of the Bharatpur Metropolitan City-19.

The incident occurred when the car (Ga 2 Cha 9062) heading towards Rampur from Mangalpur hit a motorbike (Ba 33 Pa 1455) the Nepal Army man was riding on near Sheetalchok, Bharatpur Metropolitan City-15.

According to the District Police Office, Chitwan, the deceased has been identified as Suraj Gurung (33) of Byas Municipality-12.

Critically injured in the incident, Gurung breathed his last during the course of treatment at the Chitwan Medical College.

Police said that they have arrested ward member Gurung for investigation.

DSP Rabin Bista said that Gurung was found driving the vehicle under the influence of alcohol.

Gurung was elected as a ward member from the CPN-UML in the recently held local level elections.

Sri Lanka's acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe has declared a state of emergency, according to a government notice released late on Sunday, as his administration seeks to quell social unrest and tackle an economic crisis gripping the island nation, Reuters reported.

"It is expedient, so to do, in the interests of public security, the protection of public order and the maintenance of supplies and services essential to the life of the community," the notification stated.

Sri Lanka’s ousted president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled overseas this week to escape a popular uprising against his government, has said he took "all possible steps" to avert the economic crisis that has engulfed the island nation.

Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation was accepted by parliament on Friday. He flew to the Maldives and then Singapore after hundreds of thousands of anti-government protesters came out onto the streets of Colombo a week ago and occupied his official residence and offices.

Sri Lanka's parliament met on Saturday to begin the process of electing a new president, and a shipment of fuel arrived to provide some relief to the crisis-hit nation, according to Reuters.

Wickremesinghe, an ally of Rajapaksa, is one of the top contenders to take on the presidency full-time but protesters also want him gone, leading to the prospect of further unrest should he be elected.

Three people were fatally shot and two were injured Sunday evening at an Indiana mall after a man with a rifle opened fire in a food court and an armed civilian shot and killed him, police said, Associated Press reported.

The man entered the Greenwood Park Mall with a rifle and several magazines of ammunition and began firing in the food court, Greenwood Police Department Chief Jim Ison said.

A 22-year-old from nearby Bartholomew County who was legally carrying a firearm at the mall shot and killed the gunman, Ison said at a news conference.

Four of those hit by gunfire were females and one was a male, Ison said. He didn’t immediately know the specific gender or age of those who were killed.

He said a 12-year-old girl was among the two injured, both of whom are in stable condition.

Police confiscated a suspicious backpack that was in a bathroom near the food court, Ison said.

Officers went to the mall at about 6 p.m. for reports of the shooting.

“The real hero of the day is the citizen that was lawfully carrying a firearm in that food court and was able to stop the shooter almost as soon as he began,” Ison said.

The mass shooting was just the latest to unnerve Americans in 2022. Schools, churches, grocery stores and a July Fourth parade in Highland Park, Illinois, have all become killing grounds in recent months. Still, the reality of America’s staggering murder rate can often be seen more clearly in individual deaths that rarely make the news.

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police and multiple other agencies are assisting in the investigation.

“We are sickened by yet another type of incident like this in our country,” Indianapolis Assistant Chief of Police Chris Bailey said.

There was no threat to the area Sunday night, authorities said, according to Associated Press.

Greenwood is a south suburb of Indianapolis with a population of about 60,000. Mayor Mark Myers asked for “prayers to the victims and our first responders.”

“This tragedy hits at the core of our community,” Myers said in a statement.

Authorities said they would provide more details Monday, Associated Press reported.

President Volodymyr Zelensky has fired the head of Ukraine's security agency (SBU) and the prosecutor general, citing many cases of treason in the two powerful organisations, BBC reported.

He said more than 60 former employees were now working against Ukraine in Russian-occupied areas.

A total of 651 collaboration and treason cases had been opened against law enforcement officials, he added.

The sacked officials, Ivan Bakanov and Iryna Venediktova, have not commented.

In his video address late on Sunday, Mr Zelensky said: "Such an array of crimes against the foundations of the national security of the state... pose very serious questions to the relevant heads [of the two organisations].

"Each of these questions will receive a proper answer," the Ukrainian president added.

The sacking of SBU chief Ivan Bakanov, a childhood friend of Mr Zelensky's, follows the high-profile arrest of a former SBU regional head in Crimea, annexed by Russia in 2014. Oleh Kulinych is suspected of treason, according to BBC.

In other developments on Sunday:

• Ukraine says a significant number of Russian warships in the Black Sea were moved from Crimea further east to the port of Novorossiysk. This comes as Kyiv has received further deliveries of longer-range missile systems from its Western allies
• Dozens of distraught relatives and local residents attended the funeral of four-year-old Liza, who was one of 24 people killed when Russian missiles hit the central Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia on 14 July
• Russia's former President Dmitry Medvedev, now deputy head of the Security Council, warned Ukraine of a "Judgement Day" if it were to attack Crimea