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Two more Chinese nationals have been arrested in connection with the recent 100 kg gold smuggling case on Friday.

Li Jialin and Liu Fuyan were arrested from Tibhuvan International Airport on the charge of their involvement in the scam, said Chief of TIA Immigration Office, Ram Bandhu Subedi.

The duo were arrested when they were travelling to China, he added.

The arrested ones have been handed over to the Central Investigation Bureau for further investigation, according to the TIA Immigration Office.

Police on Thursday evening seized the counterfeit notes from Changunarayan area of Bhaktapur.

A joint police team deployed from Metropolitan Police Circle, Thankot and Police Range Changunarayan confiscated the fake notes worth Rs 1.5 million.

Police said that they have arrested nine persons for their alleged involvement in the transaction of fake notes.  

Acting on a tip-off, the police team carried out a raid at the rented room of Arjun Subedi and recovered the fake notes, Superintendent of Police (SP) Prajit KC said.

A 41-year-old man from Hetauda Sub-Metropolitan City-12 died of dengue fever while receiving treatment at the Chitwan Medical College. 

According to the Information Officer at Health Office Ram KC, the patient died on Thursday in the course of treatment.

This is the first recorded death caused due to dengue fever in the district in the current fiscal year.

KC said that, so far, the district has recorded 53 cases of dengue from 532 sample tests.

The issues that have emerged in the waste management of Pokhara Metropolitan City for the past two weeks have been resolved from Thursday following an agreement between the metropolitan city and struggle committee.

The locals of Lameahal from Pokhara Metropolitan City-32 had formed a struggle committee protesting the city's move to manage wastes in a temporary landfill site in the Lameahal area.

The garbage from the city was piled up after the locals at Lameahal obstructed the waste disposal stating that the landfill site was stinking, infrastructures were not developed as per the agreement and the roads there were left muddy.

The Metropolitan City said that the agreement between the local residents, struggle committee and metropolitan city has been made to dispose of wastes at the Lameahal landfill site for 18 months.

As agreed, the garbage carrying vehicles should reach the site between 6 am to 4 pm and should immediately cover the waste from the soil. 

Likewise, the metropolitan city would execute some infrastructure development projects.

Likewise, life insurance of citizens affected from the waste would be covered and the insecticides would be sprayed in the waste management site.

Mayor Dhan Raj Acharya said that the locals would be given the first priority based on their skills for employment opportunities and the local schools would be provided with assistance materials as well.