13 injured in Ramechhap bus accident
At least 13 passengers were injured when a bus met with an accident at Khandadevi Rural Municipality-3 in Ramechhap district on Sunday. The incident occurred when the bus (Ba 3 Kha 4048) heading towards Kathmandu from Doramba skidded off the road today. Over-speeding is blamed for the accident, said eyewitnesses. All the injured have been taken to the Dhulikhel Hospital for treatment, said police, adding that around 30 passengers, most of them returning home after receiving Dashain tika, jamara and blessings from elders, were onboard the reserved bus when the accident took place.
Rain likely in three provinces
Light rainfall is taking place in a few places of Lumbini and Sudurpaschim Province. There is a possibility of heavy rain at a couple of places in Lumbini, Karnali and Sudurpaschim Provinces in the afternoon, according to the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, Weather Forecasting Division. According to the weather bulletin issued by the division, Lumbini, Karnali and Sudurpaschim Provinces will have normal to complete change in the weather while the rest of the provinces will have partial change in the afternoon. There is a possibility of light to moderate rain with thunder and lightning in some places of Lumbini, Karnali and Sudurpaschim provinces. The same weather system will continue during the night as well.
Creeslough: Ten dead after Donegal petrol station explosion
Ten people have died after a huge explosion at a petrol station in the Republic of Ireland, BBC reported.
Four men, three women, a teenage boy and girl and a younger girl were killed, said gardaí (Irish police).
The blast happened at the Applegreen service station in the County Donegal village of Creeslough on Friday.
It destroyed the building and a section of an apartment block, with police saying the evidence gathered so far suggested it was a tragic accident.
Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Micheál Martin described the explosion as an "enormous trauma".
Another person is critically ill in the burns unit of a hospital in Dublin.
Early on Saturday evening An Garda Síochána (the Irish police force) said a search and rescue operation had ended with no more causalities found, according to BBC.
Emergency service crews from Northern Ireland had been sent across the border to help their Irish counterparts deal with the aftermath of the blast.
The taoiseach described the rescue mission as a demonstration of "solidarity and community values".
President Bhandari admitted to hospital
President Bidya Devi Bhandari has been admitted to the Maharajgunj-based Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) on Saturday. She was admitted to the hospital at 11 am today after showing symptoms of dengue. Ram Bikram Adhikari, Information Officer at the TUTH, said that President Bhandari has been admitted to bed 601 of Annex 2. Dr Niraj Bam involved in her treatment said that President Bhandari had symptoms of dengue. “She was admitted to the hospital following symptoms of headache, fever and vomiting for the past three to four days,” Dr Bam said.
