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As many as 17 people were injured when a commuter bus met with an accident at Samuhagadh of Silgadhi Municipality-4 in Dipayal district on Friday.

The incident occurred after the bus (Na 5 Kha 4451) fell some 35 meters down the road.

Bhimlal Bhattarai, Information Officer at the District Police Office, Doti, said that the bus of Shaileshwori Yatayat Company was heading to Dipayal from Dhangadhi when the incident took place.

The injured have been rushed to Sujang Hospital at Rajpur in Doti for treatment.

The Department of Hydrology and Meteorology has said that the monsoon wind has its effects across the country at present and the low-pressure line of the monsoon is still around the average position.

Currently, some places in Gandaki, Lumbini, Karnali and Sudurpaschim provinces are receiving light to moderate rain coupled with thunder and lightning.

According to the Department, it will be generally partly cloudy throughout the country this afternoon. It said that light to moderate rain with thunder and lightning is likely to occur at some places in all provinces. 

Light to moderate rainfall is likely to occur at one or two places in all provinces and heavy rainfall at a few places of Koshi, Madhes, Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces in the next 24 hours. The Department has also urged the people there to remain cautious.

Similarly, it will be generally cloudy throughout the country tonight. Some places in Koshi, Madhes, Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces are likely to receive light to moderate rain while one or two places in Bagmati, Gandaki, Lumbini, Karnali and Sudurpaschim Provinces are forecasted to receive heavy rain.

The World Bank is going to increase the budgetary aid provided to Nepal.

In a virtual meeting held today with Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel, Vice President for South Asia Region of the World Bank, Martin Raiser, shared about the rise in budgetary assistance.

On the occasion, Vice President Raiser suggested improvements in areas such as the investment environment, economic reforms and employment growth. Nepal had received USD 205 million as budgetary aid from the World Bank last financial year.

In response, Finance Minister Paudel said that with a stable government in place the environment is conducive for more investment and pledged to work in collaboration to complete the projects on time.

The death toll from rain-induced disasters since June 10 has reached 175.

The landslides and floods that occurred in different parts of the country claimed the lives of 175 people, police said, adding that Kathmandu Valley itself witnessed the death of three persons in this period.

Koshi Province recorded the number of fatalities at 27, Madhes Province at eight, Bagmati Province at 31, Gandaki Province at 54, Lumbini Province at 33, Karnali Province at eight and Sudurpaschim Province at 11 totaling 175, according to Central Spokesperson of Nepal Police, DIG Dan Bahadur Karki.

Similarly, a total of 224 people have been injured in the landslide and flood. Among them, 11 persons were injured in the Kathmandu Valley. Till date, 37 persons were injured in Koshi Province, 11 in Madhes Province, 23 in Bagmati Province, 46 in Gandaki Province, 13 in Lumbini Province, 55 in Karnali Province, and 28 in Sudurpaschim Province.

The police also rescued as many as 113 people from the disaster. A total of 28 persons were rescued in the Kathmandu Valley itself.

DIG Karki further informed that a total of 49 persons were still missing in the floods and landslides. Bagmati Province witnessed the highest number of missing ones, 41, while Lumbini the least with only one.

The rain-induced disasters also killed as many as 820 cattle.

Since June 10, the flood and landslides damaged 286 houses, 105 cowsheds, 49 bridges, two schools and two government office buildings.

The number of households displaced by the disaster stands at 4,472 in the last two months.

A woman died when a truck hit a scooter at Gatthaghar in Bhaktapur on Thursday.

DSP Rajan Karki of the District Police Range, Bhaktapur said that the truck hit the parked scooter during the traffic police checking.

The truck (Na 6 Kha 2173) hit the scooter (Ba 49 Pa 8944) this afternoon.

Police said that the scooter rider died on the spot.

The identity of the deceased has not been ascertained yet.

Police said that they are looking into the case.

Foreign Minister Arzu Rana Deuba is to leave for India.

According to a high-level source at the Foreign Ministry, she is leaving for New Delhi next week.

During her stay in India, she will meet her Indian counterpart S Jaishankar including high-level officials.

This is Rana’s first foreign visit after being appointed as the foreign minister.

However, there has been no official information about Minister Rana’s India visit from either side.

The source said that the Cabinet meeting to be held today may take a decision on the same.

Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri had visited Nepal a few days ago after the formation of CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli-led government.

During this stay in Nepal, he paid courtesy calls on President Ram Chandra Paudel, Prime Minister Oli, ministers, Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba, CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal among others.

It has been said that Minister Rana is leaving for India to strengthen mutual harmony and relations between the two countries.

The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) gained 43.05 points to close at 3,000.81 points on Thursday.

Similarly, the sensitive index surged by 16.01 points to close at 535. 51 points.

A total of 68,980,346-unit shares of 334 companies were traded for Rs 29. 95 billion.

Meanwhile, Butwal Power Company Limited (BPCL), Rastriya Beema Company Limited (RBCL) and Modi Energy Limited (MEL), with their price surging by 10. 00 percent.

Likewise, Nepal Finance Ltd. (NFS) was the top loser as its price fell by 10.00 percent.

At the end of the day, total market capitalization stood at Rs 4. 76 trillion.  

The 132-kV double circuit transmission line, considered as the significant for quality power supply to Dhanusha, Mahottari and surrounding areas, has come into operation.

According to the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), construction of the transmission line from Dhalkebar of Dhanusha to Loharpatti of Mahottari, and the Loharpatti 132-kV substation has completed and it has come into operation from today.

The project was constructed at a cost of around Rs 1.13 billion by the government and NEA in order to improve power supply in Dhanusha and Mahottari, to manage the rising demand of power as well as to make power supply reliable and efficient.

The length of the double circuit transmission line is 23 kilometers. A total of 91 towers have been constructed for the transmission line. There are 132/33 kV, two power transformers of 30-MVA capacity, and a transformer of 22.5 MVA in the sub-station. Overall, the capacity of the substation is 82.5 MVA.

Around 150,000 customers under Janakpur, Jaleshwor, Gaushala and Yadukuwa distribution center would be benefitted once the sub-station starts supplying power.

Director of NEA Madhes Province Office, Munindra Thakur, said with the commencement of power supply from the substation, problems like electricity leakage, low voltage and electricity tripping would be resolved.

The power was being supplied in the area from Dhalkebar via Mujaliya of Janakpur. The construction of the project started around three years ago.