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A person was electrocuted in Budhiganga Rural Municipality-2 of Morang district on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Ram Mandal (30) of Biratnagar Metropolitan City-6. DSP Deepak Shresth said that the tragedy occurred while he was cutting bamboo to construct a house in Budhiganga-2. He said that Mandal was critically injured after the bamboo touched the 11, 000-volt high tension wire. Following the incident, he was rushed to the Birat Teaching Hospital in Budhiganga but breathed his last during the course of treatment at around 5 pm yesterday. The body has been kept at the Koshi Hospital for postmortem. Police said that they are looking into the case.    

The World Bank has projected that Nepal’s gross domestic product (GDP) would fall due to climate change. It has been shown that the negative impact of climate change could reduce the GDP by 25 percent after 70 years. The World Bank made such a projection while making public the report ‘Nepal development update’, on Monday. It has been said in the report that its impact will also depend on the model and parameters adopted by Nepal to control the effects of climate change. That is why, the World Bank has drawn the attention of the government to formulate the policy by observing the changes in the climate. The World Bank stressed on the change in policy as it can affect the construction of infrastructure and foreign employment in Nepal as well. The World Bank has handed the micro fiscal model over to the Nepal government for the same. It has been learnt that this model is also being used in the preparation of Nepal development update. This model is being used in the analysis of economic and monetary facts. If Nepal adopts the model emphasized by the World Bank, it will help in policy making, economists said. According to the report, Nepal has mentioned the options to make environment-friendly policies in the future and to protect the rivers from the risk of drying in the country which has a huge contribution in hydroelectricity. Economist and ICIMOD Program Coordinator Dr Mani Nepal said that the formulation of a good policy would help reduce the risk in the future. It has been mentioned in the report the ways to control the impact of climate change on agriculture and on labor and employment and infrastructure among other sectors. Nepal said that it would help to avoid risks if Nepal changes the policy on such issues. Meanwhile, the World Bank has suggested Nepal to lift the ban on imports. Instead, Nepal has been suggested to increase the policy interest rate based on needs and loan facility. By doing so would subdued external demand and discourage imports, the World Bank said.

Three persons died and two others were injured when a boat capsized at Ghol in Narayani river in Susta of Nawalparasi district on Monday. Police identified the deceased as Guddu Harijan (22), Niraj Harijan (18) and Ranjit Gupta (18) of Susta-4. The ill-fated boat carrying youths returning home after a picnic capsized in Susta Rural Municipality-4 yesterday. Kishor Harijan and Sohit Sahahi, who were injured in the incident, have been taken to Bhairahawa for medical treatment. Police said that they are looking into the case.  

Dengue infection has spread in almost all the 77 districts of the country. The Ministry of Health and Population said that 54 people have died from the infection so far. Two people have died from dengue in the last 24 hours. The dengue infection has been confirmed in 46, 768 people till Friday from mid-July. The Ministry has urged the people to clean their surroundings and wear full sleeve clothes to prevent dengue.