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Three members of a single family died when a landslide triggered by torrential rainfall buried a house at Bhulu in Turmakhand Rural Municipality-2 of Achham in the wee hours of Monday.

The landslide buried the house of Amar Bista while they were sleeping at around 1 am today.

DSP Narayan Dangi of the District Police Office, Achham, the deceased have been identified as Amar Bista's brother Birendra Bista, son Sambidhan Bista and daughter-in-law Harikala Bista. His aunt Naina Bista was critically injured in the incident.

Police said that they are looking into the case.

A measurably significant earthquake was felt in Sindhuplachowk district on Monday.

According to the National Seismological Centre, Lainchaur, the earthquake was of local magnitude 4. 7 and was recorded at 6. 07 am. The epicentre was close to Ichok of Helambu, Sindhupalchowk.

The tremor was felt in the Kathmandu Valley as well.

At least 17 people from Haiti have died in a boat accident off the coast of The Bahamas, the government has said, BBC reported.

Bahamian PM Philip Davis said it is thought those on board were travelling from Haiti to Miami, Florida in the US.

Police in The Bahamas said the boat capsized more than 11 km (6.8 miles) off the island of New Providence. 

Another 25 people were rescued, including one woman who was found alive inside the overturned boat, authorities said.

One child was among the dead. At least one person is still missing, with search missions underway.

Two people were taken into custody, both from The Bahamas, over the suspected human smuggling operation, officials said.

The numbers of people attempting the dangerous journey to the United States have increased significantly with the rise in Haiti of gang violence, coupled with endemic poverty.

Preliminary investigations suggest that the speed boat left New Providence, the most populous island in The Bahamian archipelago, around 01:00 (0500 GMT) on Sunday with some 60 people on board, according to BBC.

One woman was found alive after police heard her "knocking on the hull of the boat", said Clayton Fernander, police commissioner of The Bahamas.

"The divers eventually went down and that's where they recovered the bodies, the 17 bodies," he said.

"There was one female who was still alive, was up in the air pocket of the hull of that boat, so I believe that that's what kept her alive."

Immigration Minister Keith Bell said survivors indicated that they paid between $3,000 and $8,000 (£2,500 and £6,670) for the voyage.

"We mourn lives lost of those seeking a better way of life," Mr Bell said. "Those here with families and friends in Haiti, encourage your loved ones not to risk their lives."

In May, at least 11 people, mostly from Haiti, died near the US territory of Puerto Rico, BBC reported.

Police on Sunday carried out a raid at a call centre in Janakinagar of Tilottama Municipality-2, Rupandehi and apprehended nine team leaders including an Indian national for their alleged involvement in defrauding people through various means.

A team deployed from the Area Police Office Butwal raided the Blue Sky Business Solution Pvt. Ltd and detained them for cheating the commoners through phone call and WhatsApp among others, DSP Thug Bahadur KC said.

He said that the team recovered 240 sets of mobile phones, hundreds of computers and other materials from the call centre being operated with an investment of Indian and Chinese nationals.

DSP KC said that they had been cheating and blackmailing people by sending fake messages, obscene pictures and videos of of the victims to the mobile phones of their relatives.

Police are interrogating with 240 staffers working at the call centre.

Rupendahi police said that they are looking into the case.