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Under the aegis of the government, Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has gradually brought back Nepalis stranded in various West Asian countries through rescue flights. 

According to the NAC spokesperson Devendra Pun, 272 Nepalis stranded at Dubai airport were brought back home through a special rescue flight on Thursday. 

The same aircraft had transported 260 passengers stranded at Kathmandu-based Tribhuvan International Airport to Dubai Airport. 

A Nepal Airlines flight will depart here for Dubai today with 267 passengers, from where 164 Nepalis will be brought back home, spokesperson Pun. 

The rescue flights began after the airspace over West Asia remained closed since February 28. 

Flights were suspended in West Asian countries after the United States and Israel jointly carried out an air strike in Iran. 

Currently, the country is experiencing partial influence from a western low-pressure system, a high-pressure system in the upper atmosphere, and a low-pressure area in the lower atmosphere near the eastern region. 

According to the Meteorological Forecasting Division, this afternoon cloudy weather is generally expected in the Koshi Province along with hilly and mountainous areas, while the remaining regions will experience partly cloudy weather.  

There is a possibility of light rain or snowfall with thunder and lightning in some places of the hilly and mountainous areas of Koshi, Bagmati, Gandaki, and Lumbini Provinces, as well as in the hilly and mountainous regions of Karnali and Sudurpashchim Provinces, and in one or two places in the Madhesh, Bagmati, and Gandaki Provinces. 

Similarly, tonight, cloudy weather is expected in the hilly and mountainous areas of Koshi Province along with Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces, while the remaining areas will have partly cloudy conditions. 

The Division has informed that light rain or snowfall with thunder and lightning may occur in one or two places in the hilly and mountainous areas of these provinces. 

Alerts have been issued for the general public in areas where snowfall and rainfall are predicted.

The temperature in most parts of the country has increased.

Data from the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology suggests a gradual rise in temperature in most cities of the Tarai and Madhes regions. 

A similar pattern has also been noticed in Kathmandu.

On March 10, the temperature in Kathmandu was recorded at 20–22 degrees Celsius, while it reached 25.4 degrees Celsius this afternoon. Tonight, the minimum temperature is expected to range between 15 and 17 degrees Celsius.

Until this afternoon, Siraha and Banke reported the highest temperature at 31.1 degrees Celsius, while Humde Airport in Manang recorded 3.2 degrees Celsius.

As of the filing of this report, Biratnagar’s temperature is expected to reach 31–33 degrees Celsius, while Nepalgunj is likely to record around 30–32 degrees Celsius.

Likewise, Pokhara’s temperature is expected to be around 26–28 degrees Celsius. In the mountain region, Jumla is likely to see temperatures of up to 23–25 degrees Celsius, while Jomsom is expected to record around 17–19 degrees Celsius.

Overall, the temperature is forecast to rise over the next three days, with generally fair weather conditions expected.

Meteorologist Sanjeev Adhikari from the Department said that the temperature has increased due to rising air humidity and is likely to increase further in the coming days.

Bagmati Province Chief Minister Indra Bahadur Baniya said that the Madan Bhandari Academy of Health Sciences being operated under the domain of the provincial government would be developed into a University. 

Inaugurating the newly constructed 200-bed (specialized service) building of Hetauda Hospital under the Academy today, he mentioned that work to develop the Academy into a university in the near future has already begun. 

"By the time the students admitted to Madan Bhandari Academy of Health Sciences receive their certificates, it will have become University," Chief Minister Baniya said, adding, "To that end, the provincial government has already started working, and it will soon be completed." 

Since democracy is a system for the poor, they are committed to providing the poor with accessible and quality health services, CM Baniya said, assuring there would be no insufficiency of human resource and physical infrastructure at Hetauda Hospital.

The Health Minister of Bagmati Province Kiran Thapa Magar expressed a commitment not to allow a shortage of medicine and equipment in district hospitals and health institutions under the province.

Former Chief Minister Dormani Paudel, former Provincial Health Minister Ekalal Shrestha and others expressed confidence that the construction of the hospital building would facilitate the expansion of hospital services.

According to Bhupendra Kumar Yadav, Chief Engineer of the Urban Development and Building Office Makwanpur Hetauda, the hospital building was constructed at a total cost of Rs 266 million 425 thousand and 280 including VAT.