Excessive heat forces schools to close for a week in Rautahat
Normal life in Rautahat district has been adversely affected due to extreme heat. As the temperature is soaring up every day, the concerned authority has directed the schools to shut down for a week. Issuing a notice on Thursday, the District Education Coordination Unit, Rautahat has urged the schools of all the 16 local units to close down for a week. Unit Chief Ramabinay Kumar Singh said that as the students have started falling sick owing to the excessive heat, the schools have been asked to shut down for a week.
14 climbers scale Mt Kanchenjunga today
Fourteen mountaineers including four foreigners have successfully climbed Mount Kanchenjunga on Thursday. Yukta, Phursana, Tej, Mingmar, Dawa Yangjom, Dima, Pasang Dorji and Dima Dawa, and four foreigners (one from the United States, two from Taiwan and one from France) scaled the world’s third highest peak today, said Mingma David Sherpa, manager of the Elite Expedition, which managed their expedition. Prior to this ascent, they successfully scaled Mount Everest, he said.
Two inmates escape from Lamjung prison
Two inmates escaped from the District Prison in Lamjung on Thursday. Bishnu BK (27) of Duepiple, Madhyanepal-4, Lamjung and Chandra Bahadur Gurung (37) of Ghattekhola, Gorkha escaped by crossing a compound wall at around 1 am today. A police team under the command of DSP Prakash Shreemal has been mobilized to search for the duo who escaped from the prison in Shera, Besisahar Municipality-8. BK was arrested on the rape charge and Gurung on the fraud charge.a Inspector Jagdish Regmi, Information Officer at the District Police Office, Lamjung, said that the search for the prisoners, who escaped by crossing the wall, has been intensified.
CNP arrest two wildlife body parts smugglers
The Chitwan National Park (CNP) has arrested two persons for their alleged involvement in smuggling wildlife body parts. The arrestees have been identified as Raj Chepang and Sundar Praja, both of Kalika Municipality-11. Chepang was held from Sauraha on May 27, and Praja from his house on May 28, according to the CNP Information Officer Ganesh Prasad Tiwari. Two country-made pistols were also confiscated from the house of Praja, he said. The seized pistols have been handed over to the District Police Office, Chitwan. Police are looking into the case.



