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A domestic buffalo reared by a farmer in Manahari, Makawanpur has killed a tiger. 

A buffalo owned by Bal Bahadur Rai of Manahari Rural Municipality-6, Pratappur killed the tiger that came out of Chitwan National Park (CNP).

CNP's Information Officer Ganesh Prasad Tiwari said that the tiger died in retaliation to the buffalo this morning.

The buffalo was injured in the tiger attack. This is the first such incident in the park and its buffer zone.

"The dead tiger looks old and thin. The jungle cat might have gone out in search of food for not being able to hunt inside the park", he said.

Information Officer Tiwari informed that the body has been brought to the National Park for post-mortem.

Vehicular movement along the Galchhi-Rasuwagadhi road section has been obstructed due to a landslide with boulders.

According to District Traffic Office, Chief Jejung Karki, the dedicated double lane road has been completely obstructed due to a landslide with boulders near Belkotgadhi Municipality-8, Borokhola in Nuwakot.

The road from Devighat to Galchhi via Mahadevphant has been completely blocked.

There is no alternative road around the same route, which has troubled transport vehicles to move.

Police have urged the vehicles heading to Kerung via Trishuli of Nuwakot and Rasuwagadhi from Galchhi, Dhading to reach Kathmandu from Galchi and use the Tokha-Chhahare road.

Chief of Galchhi-Rasuwagadhi Road Project Office, Dhurba Kumar Shrestha said that it would take time to operate the road as a 'breaker' has to be installed to remove the boulders that occurred along with the landslide on Wednesday night.

Human resources with heavy equipment have been mobilized since this morning to clear the landslide debris.

The monsoon winds have widespread effects throughout the country and the monsoon low pressure line is towards the western part of its average location and in some northern direction towards the east of its average location, the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology said.

The weather thus will be partly to generally cloudy throughout the country at present. Light rain accompanied by thunder and lightning is taking place at a few places of Koshi, Madhes, Bagmati, Gandaki and Lumbini Provinces and at one or two places of rest of the provinces.

According to the Department, it will be generally cloudy throughout the country this afternoon. Light to moderate rain with thunder and lightning is likely to occur at some places of all the provinces.

Heavy rainfall is likely to occur at a few places of Koshi, Madhes and Sudurpaschim Provinces and at one or two places of the rest of the provinces.

Similarly, the weather will be partly to generally cloudy throughout the country tonight with chances of light to moderate rain accompanied by thunder and lightning at some places of all the provinces. 

Heavy rainfall is also likely to occur at one or two places of Koshi and Madhes Provinces. Light to moderate rain with thunder and lightning is likely to occur at a few places of the province in the next 24 hours.

In view of possible heavy rainfall at some places of Koshi, Madhes and Lumbini Provinces, the Department has urged the general public of these areas to adopt precautionary safety measures.

The Ministry of Health and Population and the National Innovation Center have signed an agreement for collaboration in repair, maintenance and management of medical appliances at 17 hospitals under the purview of the federal government.

Dr Madan Upadhyay, Chief of the Ministry's Quality Measurement and Regulation Division and Dr Mahabir Pun signed on a letter of agreement to that connection on behalf of the Division and the Center, respectively.

Minister for Health and Population Pradip Paudel witnessed the signing of the agreement.

On the occasion, Minister Paudel said that the Ministry is collaborating with the Center as it is necessary to make the health equipment functional and well-managed for managing the health sector in the context of limited resources with the State.

"We are immediately not in a position to purchase the required medical equipment due to the resource constraints. This agreement that has been reached with the goal of making the most out of the available equipment with us is an important initiative," he said. 

Stating that much amount that would be spent on buying new equipment would be spared if the equipment that are lying idle could be repaired and maintained and reused, he said works on repair and maintenance of such equipment has been initiated now.

The health minister expressed happiness to give the responsibility of an important work as managing the medical equipment to a renowned and established organization of the country. He added that this culture of partnership indicates that the State has confidence in the domestic organizations and workforce.

Center chairperson Pun said that the National Innovation Center has got another significant responsibility in connection with improvement of the health sector. "This responsibility is related to the repair and maintenance of biomedical equipment at government hospitals and to determine the condition of such appliances," he elaborated.