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The District Administration Office, Banke has clamped an indefinite curfew in Nepalgunj Sub-Metropolitan City.

Chief District Officer Bipin Acharya issued a curfew order from 1 pm today until further notice.

The District Administration Office said that the curfew was clamped in the Nepalgunj area after the dispute broke out between the Hindus and Muslims during the rally taken out by the Muslim Community on Tuesday morning.

The Muslim Community took out the rally expressing dissatisfaction over the status posted by some people misusing the social networking sites.

The Office said that necessary action will be taken against those boycotting the order.

Meanwhile, Rastriya Prajatantra Party Dhawal Shumsher JB Rana has appealed to the members of the society to maintain social harmony in Nepalgunj.

The Department of Hydrology and Meteorology has urged farmers to postpone the schedule for rice harvesting and ensure the prompt storage of already harvested rice as the duration of monsoon is getting prolonged this year.

Tentatively, the process for monsoon exit commences on October 2 and this year, it still remains active.

Senior meteorologist Barun Poudel said the duration of monsoon is getting prolonged as it is likely to take around one week for its departure.

According to the Meteorological Forecasting Division under the Department, at present the axis of the monsoon trough remains at an average location and Nepal experiences impacts of the low-pressure system based in surroundings of the Bihar and West Bengal states in India.

Cloudy sky is expected for the next few days and rainfall is likely to take place at several places and in this prediction, farmers need to be especially careful for protecting their crops.

This is the rice harvesting season, if there is a plan to cut rice plants, it is advised to postpone it by a week and if already collected, it requires prompt storage.  He urged farmers to wait until monsoon ends to harvest crops.  

Tonight, partly to generally cloudy weather is expected throughout the country. Light to moderate rain with thunder and lightning is likely to occur at some places of Koshi Province, Madesh Province, Bagmati Province and Lumbini Province and at one or two places in the rest of the provinces.

Two years ago, the Department had revised the tentative timeline for an entry and exit of monsoon setting it from June 13 to October 2. Prior to this, this timeline was fixed at June 10- September 23.

The tentative period for the monsoon is revised based on the analysis of each 10 years.

In recent years, the exit of the monsoon is getting delayed.

This year, the monsoon began on June 14 and it spread nationwide after nine days of arrival. It firstly arrived in the eastern part of Koshi, Madhesh and Gandaki Provinces and almost all part of the Bagmati Provinces. When it was in its initial phase, it caused significant losses of lives in eastern Nepal.

A corruption case has been filed against nine persons including Secretary at Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supply Madhu Kumar Marasini.

The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) filed the corruption case against nine persons including Marasini at the Special Court today, CIAA spokesperson Bhola Dahal said.

The graft case was filed against the then Secretary at the Ministry of Science and Technology and then Chairman at the National Information Technology Center Sanjay Sharma, the then Executive Director at the National Information Technology Center Pranita Upadhyay, the then Deputy Director at the National Information Technology Centre and the current Managing Director of the Nepal Telecom Sunil Paudel, the then Director at the National Information Technology Centre and current Deputy Director Safal Shrestha, the then head of the Budget and Program Division of the Finance Ministry and current Secretary at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supply Madhu Marasini and the then Assistant Director at the National Information Technology Centre Ramesh Pokharel, the then Accounts Officer duo at the National Information Technology Centre Nim Bahadur Oli and Ram Bahadur Budha and computer engineer at the National Information Technology Centre Ram Sharan Gayak.

The anti-corruption watchdog concluded that they were found to have embezzled Rs 230 million while purchasing the national payment gateway.

A person died of dengue infection at the Rapti Academy of Health Sciences (RAHS), Ghorahi.

The deceased has been identified as 51-year-old Yagya Bahadur Dangi of Ghartigaon, Madi Rural Municipality-2 of Rolpa, RAHS Information Officer Nisan Bhattarai said.

Dangi was brought to RAHS on Sunday evening although problems were seen in his health since some time back.

He died while under treatment this morning, according to Bhattarai.

Dangi was a teacher at Shree Krishna Secondary School, Ghartigaon.