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At least six persons died on the spot when a jeep they were traveling in met with an accident at Jholekmod in Patan Municipality-8 of Baitadi section along the Jayaprithvi Highway on Tuesday. The deceased have been identified as Mane Bohora (60), Nare Bohora (42), Gorakh Bohora (35), Man Bahadur Dhami (45), Birkha Dhami (45) and Bire Dhami, 40, of Kedarsyun Rural Municipality-5. The jeep (Se 1 Ja 764) was heading towards Bagthala of Bajhang from Jhulaghat when the tragedy occurred at around 11.00 pm yesterday, Inspector Yogesh Khatry, spokesperson at the District Police Office, Baitadi said. Five other passengers of the jeep narrowly escaped the fatality as they managed to jump before the accident. The jeep carrying 12 passengers had fallen 500 meters down the road. The jeep driver fled the scene after the incident. Reason behind the accident is yet to be established. Police said that they are looking into the case.

Nepal reported 106 new Covid-19 cases and one death on Tuesday. According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 476 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 74 returned positive. Likewise, 1, 960 people underwent antigen tests, of which 32 were tested positive. The Ministry said that 48 infected people recovered from the disease. As of today, there are 469 active cases in the country.

The Survey Office and the Land Revenue Office will go for a merger. The process has been forwarded to merge the offices in a bid to make service delivery effective and reduce problems facing service seekers in reaching the two separate offices of the same kind in terms of service they provide, said Dr Damodar Regmi, secretary of the Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation. The merger will also help save some government expenditures, he added. "There is a need for all to have land ownership irrespective of those having land or landless people. The Survey Office should create an environment conducive for all to have land ownership by collecting details of the lands," he said. Similarly, the Survey Department Director General Janak Raj Joshi said the merger was as per the demand of people.

The Nepal Telecom Authority has directed Smart Telecom Pvt Ltd to operate its services in an easy and smooth manner. The Authority issued this directive to the organization regarding the service of the Smart Telecom Pvt Ltd not functioning at some places of the country. The Authority said telecom service should be operated in an efficient manner where the service recipients could use the service without any obstruction until the permission of telecommunication service terminated. It was the responsibility of the telecom service providers to operate the service continuously by following the rules and laws as telecom service has been classified as the most essential service.