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Five persons died and 24 others were injured when a bus met with an accident at Kuhibhir in Phikkal-4 of Sindhuli on Sunday. The District Police Office, Sindhuli said that the identities of the deceased have not been established yet. The ill-fated bus (Ba 2 Kha 6596) carrying 29 persons were heading towards Kathmandu from Rumjatar of Okhaldhunga when the incident occurred. Police said that they are looking into the case.

The hilly region in the country is likely to be partly to generally cloudy today due to a slight impact of the westerly wind, according to the Meteorological Forecasting Division of the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology. The Division said that most of the hilly belts of Gandaki, Lumbini, Karnali and Sudurpaschim provinces would remain partly to generally cloudy. The Division also said that light rain coupled with thunder and lightning is likely to take place at one or two places of the hilly regions. Tonight, it will be partly cloudy in the high hilly and mountainous regions of Koshi and Gandaki Provinces while the weather will be fair in the rest of the country. Light rain or thunder and lightning are likely in one or two places of Gandaki Province this evening, meteorologist Barun Paudel said.  

A Shree Airlines plane bound to Bhairahawa has been diverted to Kathmandu after it showed a fire warning signal on Thursday. The aircraft made a successful landing in the Tribhuvan International Airport and the situation of flight is normal, said the TIA’s spokesperson Tek Nath Sitaula. The aircraft was diverted from Dhading district after a crew member informed the air traffic control tower in Kathmandu about the manifestation of a spark of fire in the engine, said the airport officials.  

Kathmandu Valley and the surrounding regions received light rain on Wednesday. The weather across the country is cloudy at present and Kathmandu received 0.2 millimeters of rainfall until 8:45 am, meteorologist Barun Paudel said. He added that snowfall is taking place in Dolpa and Humla while light rainfall is reported in Sarlahi and other districts. According to him, the weather is cloudy due to the influence of the Westerly wind and there are chances of light rainfall at some places of the hilly region, including in the Kathmandu Valley, today. Similarly, thunder and lightning is forecast at some places of the hilly region today. The weather is expected to be partly to generally cloudy in the hilly region tonight. According to the Meteorological Forecasting Division, light rain with thunderstorms is likely to occur in some places of the hilly region in Koshi and Gandaki provinces tonight. There is a chance of light snowfall in high hilly and mountainous areas of Koshi, Gandaki and Karnali provinces today. As general influence of Westerly wind is still prevailing in the country, partial to generally cloudy weather would continue to occur in Sudurpaschim, Karnali, Lumbini and Gandaki provinces. Brief rain with thunderstorms is predicted in the hilly region and light snowfall is likely to take place in some areas of high hill and mountainous areas, the Division said. Tomorrow's weather Light rainfall accompanied by thunder and lightning at some places of the hilly region and snowfall at one or two places of the mountainous region is forecast tomorrow as well. The Division has urged for precaution as there is possibility of thunder and lightning.