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Three persons died and two others sustained injuries in a tractor accident at Kalidamar in Manahari-3 of Hetauda on Monday. According to DSP Tek Bahadur Karki, spokesperson at the District Police Office, Makwanpur, the incident occurred after the tractor (Madhes Province 03-001 Ta 7188) turned turtle last night. The deceased have been identified as Prabin Praja (20), Raj Kumar Praja(24) and driver Birman Rumba (30) of Manahari-3. Similarly, Amrit Praja and Jokh Lal Praja of the same place were injured in the accident. They have been receiving treatment at Churehil Hospital, Hetauda.

Nepal reported 113 new Covid-19 cases on Monday. According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 766 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 64 returned positive. Likewise, 1, 044 people underwent antigen tests, of which 49 tested positive. The Ministry said that no one died of the virus in the last 24 hours and 72 infected people recovered from the disease. As of today, there are 362 active cases in the country.  

The National Women Commission (NWC) received 42 percent of complaints relating to mental violence in the first nine months of the current fiscal year. NWC Spokesperson Chamila Bhattarai said that a total of 1,467 complaints against women violence were registered in this period and of them, 612 are about mental abuses. According to NWC data, 430 complaints of economic violence, 379 about physical abuse, 46 of sexual violence and 612 of mental violence were registered at the constitutional entity in a period from mid-July to mid-April.  

Nepali security officials deputed as the United Nations peacekeepers in conflict-ridden Sudan are reported to be safe. Two officials of Nepali Army, three of the Nepal Police and one of the Armed Police Force have been sent to Sudan as the peacekeepers, and they all are safe, according to NA Spokesperson Krishna Prasad Bhandari.