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Five women heading to the UAE from the Immigration Office of the Tribhuvan International Airport have been arrested.

The Immigration Office apprehended the women heading to the UAE via Kuwait after the officials found the documents submitted to the office fake. They have been handed over to the police.

According to a source, the detainees have been identified as Maya Tamang Parbati Sarki,  Anju Bohara, Karuna Singh Thakuri and Somi Dhimal.

"The plus 2 certificates submitted by them are found to be fake. They even did not have travel history," an official at the Immigration Office said.

The women were preparing to go to the UAE via Kuwait by Jazeera Air.

The Home Ministry has been discouraging the people from working in Gulf countries on tourist visas.

It has been learnt that the human trafficking racket were preparing to take the women to UAE with false promises of lucrative jobs.

Chemical fertilizers (Urea) procured by the Agriculture Inputs Company Limited through global bidding are being supplied to different districts.

A total of 5,000 metric tons of chemical fertilizers imported to the country is being supplied to different districts. Altogether 100,000 sacks of chemical fertilizers were imported to Birgunj in two phases.

Information Officer at Agriculture Inputs Company Limited Provincial Office Birgunj, Alok Kumar said that the chemical fertilizer is being sent to different districts as per the need.

"Remaining quantity of chemical fertilizer will be imported. 12,000 metric tons of fertilizers are being transported to the country (Birgunj) through Sirsiya dry port", he added.

The office has been supplying chemical fertilizers in 16 districts, including Madhes province districts, Kathmandu, Kavre, Dhading, Makawanpur, Sindhuli, Chitwan, Tanahun, Parbat, Nuwakot and Kaski.

The fertilizer is being distributed to the farmers through the Agriculture Inputs Company Office based in different districts.

The government had entrusted the Swiss Singapore Overseas Enterprises with the responsibility for importing 30,000 metric tons of chemical fertilizers that was purchased from Oman through global bidding.

Some parts of the country are likely to receive rain with thunderstorms today.

According to the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, light to moderate rain with thunderstorms are predicted in some mountainous areas.

There is a possibility of heavy rainfall in some areas of Bagmati and Karnali provinces. Presently, the low pressure line of the monsoon is moving towards the south from the average line.

Three soldiers were killed in action in a pre-dawn suicide attack on an army camp in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri. Two terrorists were shot dead, NDTV reported.

Two soldiers were also injured in the attack.

This is the first terror attack on an army camp in four years; terrorists had attacked Sunjwan camp in February in 2018.

The terrorists were trying to scale the fence of the camp when an army sentry spotted them and opened fire, leading to a gunfight.

"Someone (terrorists) tried to cross the fence of Army camp at Pargal. Sentry challenged and exchange of fire took place," Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Mukesh Singh said.

Rajouri district and other parts of the Jammu region have largely been free from terrorism but over the last six months there have been a series of terrorist-related incidents in Jammu.

Police said the Lashkar-e-Toiba terror group is behind the attack.

Recently, police busted a major Lashkar module in the area after the arrest of Talib Hussain Shah, a BJP leader who was eventually disowned by the party.

Shah, according to police, was involved in series of attacks in the area and large cache of arms and ammunition was recovered from him.

The attack comes just a day after police averted a major tragedy by recovering 25 kg improvised explosive device (IED) in Pulwama district of the union territory, according to NDTV.

In a similar terror attack in 2016, at least 18 soldiers were killed in action in Uri in the union territory.