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Two persons, who went missing in the landslide at Bagmati Rural Municipality-5, Sikredobhan in Makawanpur, were found dead on Wednesday.

Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) of Makwanpur, Tek Bahadur Karki said that the bodies of two persons among others who went missing in the flood and landslide occurred after incessant rain since Tuesday morning were found on the bank of Bagmati River at Hariharpurigadh Rural Municipality-1, Kokare.

The deceased have been identified as Akkal Bahadur Syangtan (60) and his daughter Sheela Pahari (22).

With this, the death toll has reached three.

Pasang Ghising (17) of Hariharpur Rural Municipality-1, Kokati, Sindhuli, however, was rescued alive on Tuesday evening.

He was rescued from the Bagmati river bank.

Ghising, who was found injured, is being treated at the Hetauda Hospital.

Three people, who were swept away by flood and landslide, are still missing.

Whereabouts of Akkal Bahadur's son-in-law Jeewan Pahari (25), his four-year-old grandson Milan Pahari and one-and-a-half-year-old granddaughter Divya Pahari are still unknown.

Search for the missing is underway with the help of the police and locals, DSP Karki said.

Akkal Bahadur's wife Santamaya (55) was found dead on Tuesday, police said.

Two inmates died under mysterious circumstances in the Sankhuwasabha District Prison on Wednesday.

The deceased have been identified as Binod Tolangi (19) of Modi Municipality and Akash Balami (28) of Kakani Rural Municipality-7, Nuwakot.

DSP Birendra Godar said that the duo were arrested and handed over to the prison administration after they tried to flee from the toilet at around 1 am today.

“Both of them were taken to the hospital after they were found in an unconscious state inside the prison this morning. They breathed their last during the course of treatment at 6 am,” he said.

The bodies have been kept at the morgue of the hospital.

Tolangi and Balami, who were serving the jail sentence in a rape and theft cases, had tried to escape from the prison.

Following the incident, a large number of security personnel were deployed in the premises of the district prison.

A meeting of the District Security Committee is being held at the District Administration Office to discuss the issue.

Chief District Officer Shiva Kumar Karki said that a committee will be formed to investigate the incident.

Property worth around Rs 30 million was reduced to ashes when a fire broke out at the MM Plastic Industry in Biratnagar Metropolitan City-14 on Wednesday.

The fire broke out at the plastic industry belonging to Suyash Pyakurel at around 9 am today, SP Deepak Pokharel of the District Police Office, Morang.

Pyakurel said the inferno that started due to short-circuit destroyed two UPS, 200 batteries, AC, inverter and cable wires among others.

The fire was extinguished with the help of two fire engines of Nepal Police and Biratnagar metropolis after two hours.

SP Pokharel said that they are looking into the incident.

The National Soil Conservation Day is being marked by organizing various programs on Wednesday.

The day has been observed since August 1973 to keep the ecosystem balanced, maintain productive potentials of the land by reducing soil erosion and preserve infrastructure.

August 9 (Shrawan 24) has been observed as a 'soil conservation day' as it also marks the establishment of the department of soil conservation and watershed management.

Nepal has been at higher risk in terms of environmental sensitivity, natural hazards and climate change.

The country has lost lives and properties as well as faced environmental degradation due to the effects of human-induced and natural disasters.