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Construction entrepreneurs staged a demonstration in front of the Prime Minister’s official residence in Baluwatar on Monday demanding payment of the remaining amount.

Construction entrepreneurs had reached Baluwatar to stage the demonstration under the leadership of the Federation of Nepal Construction Entrepreneurs.

Saying that they have not got the payment for some of the projects that had already been completed, the construction entrepreneurs have been flaying the government.

They staged the demonstration putting forth nine-point demands including scrapping the consumer committee, payment of remaining construction work, price adjustment and extension of the deadline of the projects among others.

The country is under the influence of monsoon winds at present.

According to the Weather Forecasting Division at the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, there will be partial to general changes across the country in the daytime.

Light to moderate rainfall is predicted in some areas of the Gandaki and Lumbini Provinces and one to two places of the Koshi, Bagmati and Sudurpaschim.

There is a chance of light to moderate rainfall in some areas of the mountainous region and limited areas of the remaining provinces.

It is predicted that one to two areas of Koshi, Bagmati, Gandaki and Lumbini Provinces will see heavy rain with thunderstorms and lightning.

In the night time, there is a chance of heavy rainfall with thunderstorms and lightning in one to two areas of the Koshi, Bagmati, Gandaki and Lumbini Provinces. 

Two persons died when a motorbike (Na 57 Pa 231) they were riding on hit a parked truck at Manahari Rural Municipality-9, Jyamire, Makwanpur on Monday.

The deceased have been identified as bike rider Shambhu Giri (22) and pillion rider Sushil Giri (21) of Manahari-9, DSP Tek Bahadur Karki, DSP at the District Police Office, Makwanpur said.

The bike (Na 57 Pa 231) hit the stationary truck (Na 5 Kha 7472) this morning.

Both of them died while undergoing the course of treatment at the Chitwan Medical College Bharatpur Hospital, DSP Karki said.

Police said that they have impounded the truck and arrested its driver for investigation.

Khairahani Municipality of Chitwan has kicked off a 'larva search and destroy' campaign to protect the people from mosquito-borne dengue disease.

The municipality has started the door-to-door visit campaign since Sunday to search and destroy mosquito larva in potential areas.

Mayor Shahsi Kumar Khaniya, Deputy Mayor Kabita Uprety, other elected people's representatives, employees, health workers and locals had participated in the campaign.

On the occasion, Mayor Khaniya pledged to continue the campaign and asked the residents to remain cautious of dengue outbreak.

He said that the public awareness creating campaign would be continued to eliminate the Aedes mosquitoes' eggs.

Municipality's health section chief Nirmal Ghimire said that the public sensitization campaign has been intensified by reaching out to the community to eliminate dengue risks.

"There are several areas within the municipality which are favorable for mosquitoes to produce larva, " he said, adding, 'Rapid urbanization is contributing to spreading the mosquito-borne infection'.

Meanwhile, Ratnanagar Municipality has urged the municipal residents to adopt safety measures to protect oneself from mosquito bites.

The municipality has urged all ward residents to participate in the campaign to search and destroy mosquito larva.

Public Health Officer of the municipality Madhav Prasad Poudel said that the 'search and destroy' campaign has been put in place to eliminate the larva of mosquitoes that can transfer dengue.

Number of patients with dengue infection has reached 13 in Chitwan.

According to the Health office Chitwan, 13 people were tested positive to the dengue while carrying out blood tests among 121.