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As many as 133 people have lost their lives due to floods and landslides since last June 10.

According to the Nepal Police headquarters, 145 people have been injured during the period while seven are still missing, besides the people caught in the Simaltal incident.

Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Dan Bahadur Karki shared two people died in Kathmandu Valley, 22 in Koshi Province, six in Madhes Province, 25 in Bagmati Province, 38 in Gandaki Province, 23 in Lumbini Province, seven in Karnali Province and 10 in Sudurpaschim Province.

According to him, 145 people have been injured including nine in Kathmandu Valley, 34 in Koshi Province, nine in Madhes Province, seven in Bagmati Province, 29 in Gandaki Province, nine in Lumbini Province, 34 in Karnali Province and 14 in Sudurpaschim Province.

A total of 67 people have been rescued including one in Kathmandu Valley, 49 in Koshi Province, 12 in Gandaki Province and five in Sudurpaschim Province. Seven people are reported missing in the floods and landslides.

A total of 4,018 families have been displaced due to the monsoon-induced disasters.

The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has decided to restore the power supply to six industries.

The state-owned power utility decided to reconect the electricity supply to six industries where the power was cut off, but with conditions.

The NEA disconnected the power lines of six industries after they refused to pay the dues of dedicated feeders and trunk lines.

The lines will be connected gradually from Tuesday evening.

Last week, the NEA had cut the power supply of Reliance Spinning, Ghorahi Cement, Arghakhachi Cement, Jagadamba Synthetic, Hulas Steel and Jagadamba Steel.

Executive Director Kulman Ghising had taken a minute regarding the decision of the meeting of the Board of Directors.

Also the Secretary of the Authority’s Board of Directors, Ghising has given a deadline of three months to the industries to pay the dues.

A female endangered one-horned rhino was found dead at Bhagadi, Bharatpur Metropolitan City-26 in the buffer zone of the Chitwan National Park today.

Park information officer Ganesh Prasad Tiwari said that the carcass of a female rhino was found at the Park's Kalabanjar Buffer Zone Users Community Forest. According to him, the horn and hooves of the dead rhino are intact and no signs of wounds are seen on the animal's body. Similarly, no suspicious articles were found at the location.

Based on this, Tiwari said, the rhino might have died of natural causes, probably due to age.

A team of veterinarians from the CNP has already reached the site and the cause of the rhino's death will be known after the team carries out a postmortem, he said.

Nepal suffered a trade deficit of Rs 1,440 billion while carrying out a foreign trade of total Rs 1,745 billion in the last fiscal year 2023/24.

As per the foreign trade statistics of the last fiscal year released by the Department of Customs, the country imported goods worth Rs 592 billion during the period while it exported goods worth Rs 152 billion.

The import-export and overall foreign deficit has decreased in the fiscal year as compared to previous fiscal year, reads the statistics. 

The trade deficit had reached Rs 1,768 billion in the fiscal year 2022/23 while importing goods worth Rs 1,611 billion and exporting goods worth Rs 157 billion.  The foreign trade deficit was Rs 1,454 billion in the previous fiscal year.

The import was decreased by 1.16 percent, export by 3.03 percent, overall foreign trade by 1.33 percent and foreign trade deficit by 0.96 percent in the last fiscal year as compared to previous fiscal year. The ratio of the last fiscal year is equal to 10.45 per cent.

India remained Nepal's largest trading partner, Nepal had a trade deficit of Rs 893.17 billion with India in the last fiscal year. Nepal had imported goods worth Rs 996.68 billion while it exported goods worth Rs 103.17 billion.

Nepal's second largest trade deficit is with China amounting to Rs 296.18 billion. Nepal imported goods worth Rs 298.77 billion while exported goods worth Rs 258.8 million.

Similarly, United Arab Emirates, Ukraine and Malaysia are in third, fourth and fifth position respectively with Nepal bearing the most trade deficit.

Nepal makes highest profit in trade with Denmark

During the last fiscal year, Nepal achieved its highest trade profit in transactions with Denmark.  It witnessed a profit of Rs 467.05 million with Denmark while the imports were valued at Rs 354.05 million followed by the exports worth Rs 822.01 million.

The second-highest trade profit was recorded with Afghanistan, amounting to Rs 466 million. Nepal imported goods worth Rs 27.6 million from Afghanistan and exported goods valued at Rs 493.06 million.

In terms of imports, petroleum products were the highest, with diesel worth Rs 143.97 billion, petrol worth Rs 68.10 billion, and LPG (cooking gas) worth Rs 55.61 billion.

Imports of iron products amounted to Rs 39.03 billion, while smartphones accounted for Rs 28.66 billion in imports.

Likewise, Nepal imported gold worth Rs 23.65 billion.

During the period Nepal exported various goods such as carpets, cardamom, fruit products, and steel items. It exported carpets worth Rs 10.57 billion, and cardamom worth Rs 7.93 billion.