Tremor felt in hilly districts of Sudurpaschim
An earthquake measuring 4.8 on Richter Scale was felt in hilly districts of Sudurpaschim Province including in Baitadi on Monday morning.
The National Seismological Center confirmed that the quake struck at 9:26 am today.
The epicenter of the tremor was at Mirik at Batan, India.
The District Police Office, Baitadi said that the tremor was felt this morning and so far they have not received any information about the damage.
People queue up at NRB office in Baluwatar to collect new banknotes for Dashain (With photos)
Nepal Rastra Bank has started distributing new banknotes to the general public for Dashain festival from Monday.
Each person will be allowed to exchange up to Rs 18, 500 in denominations of Rs 5, Rs 10, Rs 20, Rs 50 and Rs 100 and 1000, the bank said.
Naresh Shakya, Executive Director of Currency Management Department, said that the bank is planning to issue new banknotes worth around Rs 10 billion.
Meanwhile, people have started queuing up at Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) office in Baluwatar to collect new banknotes for Dashain since early morning.
NOC slashes fuel prices
Nepal Oil Corporation has slashed the prices of petroleum products.
The corporation has reduced the price of petrol by Rs 11 per liter and kerosene and diesel by Rs 5 per liter.
As per the new revised rate, petrol will cost Rs 172 per liter and diesel and kerosene Rs 168 per liter.
The state-owned oil monopoly, however, has not reduced the price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG).
1 killed, 5 injured in Dhading jeep accident
A person died and five others were injured when a jeep met with an accident at Gumdi of Gangajamuna Rural Municipality-4 in Dhading on Sunday.
The deceased has been identified as Anurodh Tamang (14) of Gangajamuna-2.
The jeep was en route to Tawal of Rigaun from Dhadhingbesi when the incident occurred.
The injured, who include two children, are being treated at the Gumdi Health Post, according to the District Police Office, Dhading.
