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Police have arrested eight persons including actors Marichman Shrestha aka Balchhi Dhurbe and Raju Paudel alias Raju Master on the charge of promoting illegal online gambling. A team of Crime Investigation Office apprehended Shrestha and Paudel among eight persons today, Office spokesperson Rabindra Regmi said. They are accused of doing illegal transactions through a banned online betting app called 1XBet, an online betting platform prohibited by the law of Nepal. Earlier on Wednesday, police had rounded up five persons involved in organizing illegal gambling and transacting over Rs 7.4 million. While carrying out an investigation into the same case, police found the involvement of the actors. They were found hosting online gambling and advertising it on YouTube. They are accused of attracting youth through advertisements to play online gambling, which is illegal in Nepal.  

Continuous rainfall since the past few days has caused damages to the temporary dam of the under-construction 900- Megawatt Arun III Hydropower Project in Sankhuwasabha district. The northern parts of the district are receiving continuous rainfall for a couple of days. The erosion along the project's temporary structure poses a threat to nearby settlements. Following the development, people residing in areas near the river have been alerted to possible consequences and urged to stay safe, according to District Police Office's Deputy Superintendent of Police Birendra Godar. On April 30, the landslide blocked the river at its 429-meter-long diversion tunnel, causing water to fill the 26-meter-high dam.

This year's monsoon has entered the country since Wednesday. Though monsoon generally remains active in the country since June 13, this year it entered one day later, the Weather Forecasting Division at the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology said. Meteorologist Raju Pradhananga said the monsoon that entered into the country on Wednesday has reached Koshi, eastern Madhes, most of the areas of Bagmati and eastern territory of Gandaki Province. According to him, the monsoon will gradually remain active in other areas in some days. The Department has predicted below average rainfall in most of the places of the country this year. However, predictability of rainfall will vary in the territories. It may be noted that the Department had predicted above the average rainfall in the last two years. Rainfall was average last year. Meteorologist Pradhananga said four months from June to September is considered the monsoon period in Nepal. As many as 1.25 million people are predicted to be affected by monsoon-induced disasters in the country this year. This year monsoon will affect over 286,000 households, it is forecasted. In the past 24 hours, Khadibazaar of Lanjung saw the highest amount of rain (135.2 mm), the Weather Forecasting Division informed. Likewise, Kathmandu saw 39.5 mm rain on Wednesday, the division-issued bulletin said.

Police on Wednesday arrested nine Indian nationals for illegally operating pharmacies in Dodhara Chadani of Kanchanpur. The arrestees have been identified as Sanjaya Bishwas, Kartik Sardar, Rabi Biswhas, Niwas Gaain, Niranjan Adhikari and Bhupendra Puri of Uddhamsingh Town and Rajesh Bishwas, Santosh Sarkar and Sudhanshu Haldar of Pilibhit, India Inspector Bharat Raj Giri said that nine Indian nationals, who had been illegally operating pharmacies in Dodhara Chadani Municipality, were arrested yesterday. "We have arrested nine Indian nationals with drugs', " he said, adding, 'We will investigate the case and forward it to the Department of Health for action'.