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For the first time in the Himalayan district, Jumla, e-pension services have been introduced for permanent government employees. 

Manjit Achhami, the District Treasury Controller Office (DTCO) in Jumla, announced that the e-pension service initiated by the Ministry of Finance of the federal government has been implemented in Jumla. 

Under this service, Kamal Thapa Kshetri, an agricultural officer from the Agriculture Development Office who retired from Chandannath Municipality, has become the first beneficiary. 

The necessity to travel to Kathmandu has been eliminated with the introduction of the e-pension service, resulting in savings of both time and costs, Achhami said. 

The presence of westerly and local winds, along with a low-pressure area in the lower atmosphere near eastern Nepal, is having a partial impact on the weather. 

As per the Meteorological Forecasting Division, the weather is anticipated to be generally cloudy in the Koshi, Bagmati, and Gandaki Provinces, and partly cloudy in the hilly and mountainous areas of Lumbini, Karnali, and Far-Western Provinces, as well as in the Madhes province. 

There is a likelihood of light to moderate rain or thundershowers, accompanied by temporary gusty winds, occurring in several locations within the Lumbini, Karnali, and Far western Provinces.

Nepal received altogether 7,642 tourists from third countries in the past nine months through the eastern border in Kakarbhitta, Jhapa.

Chief of the Immigration Office in Kakarbhitta, Tulsi Bhattarai, said that tourists from 81 countries across the world visited Nepal in the first nine months of the current fiscal year. 

The number of Bhutanese nationals coming to Nepal stood at the top of the ranking during the period followed by the USA, Thailand, Australia and the UK. The Immigration Office stated that a total of 4,154 tourists entered Nepal during the period. 

Chief of Office Bhattarai said that 1,612 Americans arrived in Nepal, 525 from Thailand, 229 from Australia and 182 from the UK entered Nepal through the eastern border point in Kakarbhitta.

He added that most of the tourists visiting Nepal shared that they would visit Lumbini, Pokhara, Kathmandu, Chitwan, Gorkha and other major tourist destinations in Nepal.

The Immigration Office shared that 9,942 tourists from third countries left Nepal from the same border point during the same period. 

Likewise, more than 3,000 Nepalis, who were in foreign countries for study and other purposes, arrived home through the Kakarbhitta point from different countries during the review period.

The officials shared that the number of tourists arriving in Nepal through the Kakarbhitta point has decreased compared to the figure of last year.

At least 11 persons were injured in a micro bus accident near Adamghat in Gajuri Rural Municipality-6, Dhading on Sunday.

The vehicle (Bagmati Pradesh 006 Kha 7221) was heading towards Pokhara from Kathmandu when the incident occurred.

The injured have been taken to a nearby health facility for treatment.

Further investigation into the incident is underway, said police.