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Property worth around Rs 1 million was reduced to ashes when a fire destroyed six houses and sheds at Ranibas Bazaar in Simraungadh of Bara on Tuesday. Ward Chairperson Arabind Mukhita said that the fire started from the house of Rampreet Hajara and spread to the houses and sheds of Ramsurat Hajara, Lalbabu Paswan, Rajesh Paswan, Ramesh Paswan and Gagan Dev Paswan. The fire that broke out at 3 am today gutted cash, crops, clothes and utensils in the houses and sheds, Inspector Surendra Sah of the Area Police Office, Simraungadh said. Police took the inferno under control with the help of a fire engine after an hour.  

Wool of Himalayan goats – the raw material of Pashmina – is being collected for quality tests in Mustang. The International Trade Centre is testing wool quality in Nepal for the first time in coordination with international pashmina experts, national agriculture research council, Nepal Pashmina Industries Association and Mountain Goat Pashmina Farmers Association. Vice-Chairperson of Nepal Pashmina Industries Association Dhan Prasad Lamichhane said the collected wool samples would be sent to the internationally- accredited lab and the Nepal Bureau of Standards and Metrology for testing its commercial quality and standards. "We are collecting 800 samples of wool extracted from mountain goats being reared in Lomanthang, Loghekar Damodarkunda, Waragung Muktichhetra and Gharpajhong Rural Municipalities", he said, adding sample wool would be taken out from mountain goats of different colour, age and species reared by 160 farmers of the four rural municipalities. Nine trained professionals have been mobilized to extract wool from mountain goats in the presence of the representatives from the Association, NARC and international trade center. "The quality of Pashmina affects its market price", said Sichan Shrestha, specialist of International Trade Centre, adding, "There may be variation in the quality of wool of Mustang. The quality testing would help develop the breed of mountain goats, carry out research in the field and expand international marketing of wool. The wool sample collection being done in Mustang for the first time would help spell out the quality of pashmina obtained from mountain goats; it is claimed. "Pashmina obtained from Chyangra is considered to be of good quality. But official study was not undertaken taking this aspect into consideration", NARC official said. "This would help design a breed development program based on the research", the official added. As many as 52,00 mountain goats are being reared in Mustang.

Nepal reported 69 new Covid-19 cases on Monday. According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 488 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 25 returned positive. Likewise, 778 people underwent antigen tests, of which 44 were tested positive. The Ministry said that no one died of the virus in the last 24 hours. The Ministry said that one person recovered from the disease. As of today, there are 66 active cases in the country.

Four Deputy Inspectors General (DIGs) of Nepal Police have been recommended for their promotion to the post of Additional Inspector General. A Promotion Committee meeting held on Monday recommended four DIGs to be promoted to the post of AIG. According to IGP Basanta Bahadur Kunwar, who is also the member-secretary of the Committee, said that Sandeep Bhandari, Sudeep Giri, Mira Chaudhary and Tek Bahadur Tamang were recommended for the promotion.