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Twenty-two passengers were injured when a bus met with an accident at Bijauna in Manahari Rural Municipality-7, Makwanpur, on Sunday.

According to Pushkar Bogati, Deputy Superintendent of Police and spokesperson of Makwanpur District Police Office, a passenger bus with the registration number Ba 06–001 Kh 0054, heading towards to Chitwan from Birgunj, went out of control and crashed into an electric pole on the left side of the road, injuring 22 passengers traveling in the bus. 

DSP Bogati said that the injured were rescued and sent to Chitwan Hospital for treatment.

The District Administration Office has continued the prohibitory order within Gaur Municipality area. 

The prohibitory order has continued to be effective from 8:30 am today within the eastern Mudbalwa Gate, western Lalbakaiya Dam, north of Bam Canal and south of Gaur Customs Office.

Chief District Officer Dinesh Sagar Bhusal said that the prohibitory order has been continued from 8:30 am on Sunday until further notice. 

The order was issued from 1 am on Saturday to 6:30 am today after a clash between two communities in Savgadha village of Gaur-6 on Saturday morning. 

The prohibitory order had been relaxed from 6:30 am to 8:30 am today.

An earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale jolted Sankhuwasabha district on Sunday. 

The tremor occurred at 7: 31 am with its epicenter near Ritak in Bhotkhola Rural Municipality of the district, according to the National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Center, Lainchaur.

Mist is likely during the morning hours in some places of the Tarai region today. 

Likewise, the weather in the mountainous region of the country will be generally cloudy and partly cloudy in the hilly region. The weather in the Tarai region will be mainly fair. 

There is a possibility of light rain and snowfall at a few places in the mountainous region of Koshi, Gandaki, and Bagmati Provinces, and at one or two places in the hilly and mountainous region of Lumbini, Karnali, and Sudurpaschim Provinces, according to the 24-hour forecast released at 8 am today by the Metrological Forecasting Division.

Tonight, there will be hazy conditions in a few places in the Tarai region. The weather will remain partly cloudy in the mountainous region of Koshi, Bagmati, Gandaki, and Karnali Provinces, while the weather in the remaining region will be mainly fair. 

There is also a possibility of light rain and snowfall at one or two places in the mountainous regions of Koshi, Gandaki, and Karnali Provinces.

Meanwhile, the Meteorological Analysis by the Division states that there is partial influence of the westerly winds in the country.