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The weather today will be generally cloudy in the high hilly and mountainous regions of Koshi, Bagmati, and Gandaki Provinces today, while it will be partly cloudy in the rest of the areas. 

Furthermore, there is a possibility of light snowfall and rain at one or two places in the high hilly and mountain regions of Koshi, Bagmati, and Gandaki Provinces, according to the Meteorological Forecasting Division.

Meanwhile, fog and mist will occur in some areas of the Tarai region.

Later tonight, mist will occur in a few places in the Tarai region. 

The high hilly and mountain regions of Koshi, Bagmati, and Gandaki Provinces will be partly cloudy, while the rest of the areas will remain mainly fair. 

There is a possibility of light snowfall at one or two places in the high hilly and mountainous regions of Koshi and Gandaki Provinces.

Meteorological Analysis by the Division states that there is partial influence of a westerly low-pressure system over the country.

A person died and three others injured in a car accident at Ishwarpur in Sarlahi along the East-West Highway on Wednesday. 

The deceased has been identified as 27-year-old Shubham Jaiswal of Butwal Sub-metropolitan City-1.  

The car (Lu 3 Cha 5472) was heading towards Butwal from Kakarbhitta when the incident occurred this morning. 

The injured have been identified as car driver Sahil Verma (23), Bhrikishor Verma (48) and Sanjay Jaiswal (52) of Butwal Sub-Metropolitan City-1. 

All the injured are undergoing treatment at Shubhaswastik Hospital in Bardibas. 

Among the injured, the condition of Jaiswal is reported to be critical.

Further investigation into the incident is underway.

A person died after falling off a moving tractor at Dangshree in Rishing Rural Municipality-3, Tanahun on Tuesday. 

According to Deputy Superintendent of Police Shravan Kumar BK of the District Police Office, the deceased has been identified as 23-year-old Purna Bahadur Thapa of Rishing Rural Municipality-4. 

Thapa, who was seriously injured after falling off the tractor (Ga 1Ta 6294), died during the course treatment at the local Ratnahari Hospital. 

Police said that they are looking into the case. 

The number of tourists visiting Mustang has gone up even in the winter season. 

The number of tourists has sharply increased in the district this January as compared to corresponding period of the last year.

According to the Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP) under the National Trust for Nature Conservation, Mustang, 10,822 foreign tourists entered Mustang in January, 2026. 

ACAP, Mustang, Chief Rajesh Gupta shared that 10,045 tourists from SAARC countries visited Mustang in this January while 777 from other countries.  

According to ACAP, Jomsom Office, the number of foreign tourists visiting Mustang was 4,346 in January, 2025. 

The number of tourists increased by 6,476. 

Out of 6,476 foreign tourists—3830 were from SAARC countries and the remaining 830 from other countries. 

Mustang had welcomed 161,142 foreign tourists from January to December, 2025. 

Chief Gupta added that, specially, the number of Indian tourists to pay homage to Muktinath Temple has remarkably increased. 

The ACAP has estimated that around 200,000 foreign tourists would visit Mustang in 2026.