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A man died in a syringe attack in Bhadrapur Municipality-10, Satrabighe, Jhapa. 

The deceased has been identified as local Khem Dhakal. 

According to the District Police Office, Jhapa, a group of unit persons attacked Dhakal while he was returning home from a neighbour's house on Thursday evening. 

He was seriously injured in the attack and died on the way to the hospital. 

Police have arrested 26-year-old Dipesh Kumar Singh of Siraha on suspicion of his involvement in the attack, police spokesperson Khagendra Bahadur Khadka informed. 

The substance used in the syringe has not yet been ascertained yet, according to the police. 

The Weather Forecasting Division said that currently there is no impact of the remarkable weather system in the country while mist and fog are persisting in some southern parts of Tarai.  

The weather has remained largely fair in hilly and mountainous regions of the country. 

There is a chance of mist and god in most parts of Tarai this afternoon. 

The Division has indicated partly cloudy weather in the hilly and mountainous areas of Koshi Province and the mountainous areas of Gandaki Province, while the rest of the areas will experience mostly clear skies. 

Similarly, some areas of the Tarai will experience mist tonight. 

In the high hilly and mountainous areas of Gandaki, Karnali, and Sudurpashchim Provinces, the weather will be partly cloudy, while in other areas, the weather is forecast to be mainly clear. 

The death toll in a Baitadi bus accident has reached 13. 

The bus was carrying wedding attendants. 

Eight among them died on the spot and five others breathed their last at Dadeldhura Hospital. 

The Bajhang-bound bus (Supa Province 02 001 Kha 1119) from Purchaidi Municipality-7, Bhawane of Baitadi  met with an accident at Purchaidi-7 Badgaun Mode on Thursday. 

Baitadi Police Chief Deepak Kumar Roy said that 40-year-old Keshav Raj Joshi of Bitthadchir Rural Municipality-7, Bajhang, 13-year-old Ashok Raj Joshi from the same place, 35-year-old Basanta Joshi, 41-year-old Bisna Dutta Joshi, 60-year-old Mohan Dev Bhatta of Kedarsyu Rural Municipality, Bajhang, 40-year-old Basanta Raj Ratala of Jayaprithvi Municipality, Bajhang, and 40-year-old Pushpa Awasthi of Purchaudi-7, Baitadi died on the spot. The identity of a person is yet to be established. 

Those pronounced dead at Dadeldhura Hospital include 17-year-old Bisna Dutta Joshi of Bitthadchir Rural Municipality-7, Bajhang, 28-year-old Deepk Raj Joshi of the same place, 46-year-old Kisana Dutta Joshi, 27-year-old Keshav Raj Bhatta from Bassi, Kedarsyu Municipality-7, and 15-year-old Sushil Joshi of Purchaudi Municipality-7, Baitadi. 

Thirty-four others injured in the accident are being treated in Dadeldhura, Dhangadhi, and Bajhang. 

The bride and groom, however, were not onboard the bus, it has been informed. 

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has urged all the bodies concerned to make the upcoming elections to the House of Representatives human rights-friendly by fully adhering to the election code of conduct. 

The elections to the House of Representatives are taking place on March 5. 

Stating that it has been monitoring the human rights situation in the run up to the HoR elections, NHRC requested everyone to make the election friendly to human rights.

At a discussion held on Thursday with the chiefs and representatives of different organizations monitoring the elections, the NHRC stressed the effectiveness of election monitoring and observation, according to NHRC Spokesperson Dr Tikaram Pokharel.

The citizen's right to voting in a confidential way should not be violated. If any audio and video record is made on voting and uploaded on social platforms, it breaches voter's privacy, NHRC said, adding that contents produced and disseminated to offend others' dignity, is sheer violation. It should also be monitored well, NHRC underlined.  

The human rights watch body also showed concern over some candidates and offices of some political parties violating the election code of conduct.