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A person died and another was critically injured when a bus and a motorbike collided with each other at Polyangphedi in Rupa Rural Municipality-3 of Kaski on Monday.

The bus (Ga 1 Kha 7686) heading towards Lamjung from Pokhara collided head-on with the two-wheeler (Ga 15 Pa 8483) this morning.

The deceased has been identified as bike rider Bibek BK (23) of Bhorletar, MadhyaNepal Municipality-6, Lamjung.

Dipendra BK, who was riding pillion, was seriously injured in the incident. He is undergoing treatment at the Gandaki Hospital, Pokhara.

Critically injured in the incident, both of them were taken to Gandaki Hospital, Pokhara for treatment but Bibek breathed his last during the course of treatment.

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

A Lebanese national was arrested with USD 10, 000 from the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) on Sunday.

Police said that they arrested El Yaman Muhammad when he was about to board a flight of Nepali Airlines to Dubai last night.

According to police, Muhammad was apprehended with USD 10, 000 during a regular security check.

“We were conducting a regular check at the airport. We recovered USD 10, 000 from his possession. Muhammad could not give a proper answer when he was asked about the source of the money. That is why we arrested him,” a police source said.

Police said that they are looking into the case.

Kankai Municipality in Jhapa district has banned the sale and consumption of tobacco products effective from tomorrow (July 17).

The municipality has formulated an act and the town assembly meeting took a decision in this regard, said the municipality mayor Rajendra Kumar Pokharel.

“The sale and consumption of tobacco products have been banned in view of health and environmental risks. This will come into effect from tomorrow. I urge all to implement the municipality’s decision,” said the mayor.

This is as part of the municipality’s campaign to make Kankai clean, beautiful, managed, and developed local level, he added.
Violation of the directive and selling tobacco products is subject to a punishment of Rs 50,000 in fine, said the municipality chief administrative officer Mohan Prasad Neupane.

In the case of the consumption of tobacco products in public places, Rs 5,000 is fined.

Sixty-four households at Odak of Maiwakhola Rural Municipality-4 in Taplejung are to be evacuated to safety. 

The settlement has been facing a constant risk of floods and landslides for two weeks due to monsoon rains.

The local disaster management committee meeting on Saturday agreed to build temporary shelters at ward 3 promptly to shift the vulnerable households, according to Rural Municipality Chair Bijay Prakash Wanem. 

The hut construction project will commence on July 23.

The evacuation works will take place under coordination of various local agencies.

People of Odak have suffered the most in the entire rural municipality from monsoon-related consequences.

Bridges along the local rivers and rivulets have been swept away by floods and ground cracking is common at various places.