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Five people have gone missing in the Baridya National Park. 

They have been identified as Resham Samaseli (25), Ram Bahadur Gharti (34), Rabilal Damai (41) and Sunil Samaseli (30) of Barahatal Rural Municipality-1 and Durga Bahadur Sijali (45) of Gangae of Lekbeshi Municipality-5. They reportedly entered the park area for alleged 'hunting'. 

They have been missing since Sunday evening, according to the District Police Office, Surkhet Deputy Superintendent of Police Mohan Jung Budthapa.  

A four-member security team has been mobilized for the search of the missing ones, the Surkhet Police said. 

The District Police Office, Bardiya has been informed about the incident. 

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One hundred and eighty inmates out of those escaping the Nawalparasi Jail during Gen Z movement last September are still at large. Of them, 150 are men and 30 women.  

A total of 546 detainees had escaped from the Nawalparasi Jail on September 9. Of them, 362 returned to jail while four others have been kept in another prison, said an employee at Jail Administration Nawalparasi, Kiran Aryal.

Some of the detainees had returned to prison themselves while police had arrested some others. 

The Jail Administration had issued a notice, asking the escaped detainees to return to the jail. 

The district custody had 575 detainees before the Gen Z movement. 

Of them, 41 were Indian prisoners. Thirty eight Indian prisoners are still absconding while police arrested three Indian detainees and handed them to the custody. 

Deputy Superintendent of Police at the District Police Office, Bir Dutta Panta, shared that search for those at large is on.

A demonstration was held in Kakarvitta, demanding justice to 16-year-old Inisha BK from Surkhet, who was allegedly murdered after rape. 

On the initiation of the Pragatisheel Youth Club, Dhulabari, the rally was organized today which later converged into a corner meeting. 

School students, teachers, human rights activists, representatives from various organizations and media persons joined the protest rally. 

The participants carried placards that read 'Let's stop murder and violence', ' where the daughter is scared, that society turns to failure'. 

The participants including women rights activists Radha Pradhan, Puja Sapkota and Binay Karki demanded fair investigation into the case, bringing those responsible under the purview of law. 

The gathering concluded that such a type of heinous crime has made the society unsafe. The victim must get justice, they asserted. 

Reconstruction of the BP Highway damaged by repeated landslides and floods has been intensified so that it could be brought to use for normal vehicle movement in Kavre section before monsoon. 

The shortest route to link the eastern hilly and southern plains to the federal capital, Kathmandu, was damaged heavily during the monsoon last year. The reconstruction was launched from three sections along the Highway.

Chief senior divisional engineer Suman Yogesh informed that they had intensified reconstruction activities to bring to use the Highway in a normal manner. The speed of activities at present suggests the highway operation in full scale in Kavrepalanchok section before the rainy season, according to him. 

The BP Highway was damaged significantly by the landslides and floods triggered by the late monsoon rains occurred in September 2024. 

Among four damaged sections, the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is assisting in reconstruction of the 3.2km stretch- from Barkhekhola to Piple. A contract for this is being made in a month. 

RCC walls are being constructed in the washed out sections of the roadway. Widening of road from Dalabesi to Narke via Mangalbar and Charsayabensi is also going on at present. 

However, it will take two years to complete the reconstruction of the damaged roads in Kavrepalanchok and Sindhuli districts, it is said. Nearly 30 km stretch of the Highway was destroyed by the rain-triggered floods and landslides. 

After reconstruction, the roadway will have two lanes. There will be five motorable bridges as part of the roads. For the 8.5km road stretching from Dalabensi to Charsayabensi, a company, Khani-A1-Kamaljit, has been contracted at Rs 1.42 billion. 

Similarly, Lama-Nawakantipur JV has been contracted for the reconstruction of 11.08 km section from Charsayabensi to Bhakundebensi; and Kharidhunga-Ghising-Kshitiz JV has been contracted for building the road in a 4.90km distance that covers Nepalthok to Barkhekhola.