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A person died when a bus met with an accident at Jordhar in Tinau Rural Municipality-5 on Sunday. The bus (Lu 1 Kha 5956) was heading towards Gulmi from Palpa when the incident occurred. DSP Birendra Thapa, Information Officer at the District Police Office, Palpa, said that a body was found from the incident site. He said that 10 persons have been rescued and sent to the Lumbini Medical College for treatment. DSP Thapa said that police are searching for the injured persons. Police said that the bus fell some 100 meters down the road. Meanwhile, a person died and five others sustained critical injuries in a pick-up accident at Champetar in Phidim Municipality-11 of Panchthar district. The deceased has been identified as Sajan Kerung (28) of Luwafu, Phalelung-8. The pick-up (Me 1 Ja 2958) was en route to Phidim from Luwafu, Phalelung when the tragedy took place. The injured has been taken to the Panchthar Hospital for treatment.  

Social activist Shreedhar Lamichhane’s book ‘Sahaj Budheuli’ was launched amidst an event in Bhaktapur on Saturday. Minister for women, children and senior citizens Mahendra Raya Yadav, National Assembly member Bimala Paudyal Rai, senior doctor Gauri Shankar Lal Das and senior journalist Bhairab Risal among others were present in the program organized at the Siddhi Smriti Hospital. Saying that the book would be very useful for the senior citizens, Minister Yadav while launching the book expressed his commitment to disseminate the book across the country through National Federation of Senior Citizens at the initiative of the ministry. He also said that the government is planning to construct a 165-bed hospital for the senior citizens. Also speaking at the program, National Assembly member Rai said that senior citizens, policy makers, officials at the implementing agencies and local levels should read the book of Lamichhane. Shreesh Bhandari, editor of the book, said that this book can be considered as an official document to make the daily lives of senior citizens easier and iron out their problems. The book discussed the stories, pains and problems of the senior citizens and also the ways to resolve them, he said. The 264-page book was published by Eternal Publications Pvt. Ltd. The book can be obtained from Ratna Book Store, Bagbazaar, Book Palace, Exhibition Road, Unnati Books, Exhibition Road, Airavati Publication, Dillibazaar, Anu Books, Satdobato, Complete Book, Narayangarh, Student Book Shop, Hetauda and Asia Book Center, Birtamod.

The Supreme Court has issued an interim order directing the Kathmandu Metropolitan City to collect the garbage of the Singha Durbar and the President’s residence within three days. A single bench of Justice Prakash Man Singh Raut issued the order today. Advocate Padam Bahadur Shrestha had filed a writ petition at the apex court against the Kathmandu Metropolitan City for not collecting waste from Singh Durbar. He had demanded that the garbage of the Singha Durbar and the President's office be collected at the earliest. The Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers and KMC Mayor Balen Shah were made the defendants. The Court has ordered the Kathmandu Metropolitan City to collect the waste as soon as possible and dispose at the landfill site. Following the directive of Mayor Shah, the waste of Singha Durbar, President’s office and Prime Minister’s residence have not been collected since April 7.

Nepal reported 106 new Covid-19 cases and one death on Friday. According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 581 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 64 returned positive. Likewise, 1, 302 people underwent antigen tests, of which 42 were tested positive. The Ministry said that 46 infected people recovered from the disease. As of today, there are 414 active cases in the country.