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Rohingyas, who have been living in Nepal as refugees after being displaced from Myanmar, staged a demonstration outside the office of United Nations in Pulchowk, Kathmandu on Monday.

They staged the demonstration demanding resettlement in third countries.

Earlier on June 27, the Rohingyas had staged a protest outside the office of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Kathmandu, saying that the UNHCR cut off the financial aid it has been giving to the Rohingya refugees and their children.

Their parents said that they have been facing difficulties in paying school fees among others after the UNHCR cut off the financial aid.

The government of Nepal has termed the Rohingyas living in Nepal as illegal immigrants.

The UNHCR, however, has recognized them as refugees.

A security guard committed suicide at the Indian Embassy in Lainchaur, Kathmandu.

According to the Indian Embassy, Deepak Singh (32) of Uttarkhand, India shot himself to death while on duty.

The body has been taken to the Maharajgunj-based Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) for postmortem.

Indian Embassy spokesperson Nabin Kumar said that Singh shot himself while on duty and he died on the spot.

Further investigation into the incident is underway.

Police have arrested three persons in possession of a pistol in Rautahat on Sunday.

A police team deployed from the Area Police Office, Lumbini apprehended the trio with the pistol, two rounds of bullets and a knife last night.

Police said that they have also seized a motorbike (UP 55 AD 0648) from them.

The detainees have been identified as bike rider Medi Husain (34) aka Chinak of Siddharthanagar, India, pillion riders Akbar Khan (51) and Asik Ali (55), SP Rabindra Regmi said.

Further investigation into the incident is underway, police said.

As many as 237,813 foreign tourists have visited Nepal in the last six months.

According to the statistics shared by Nepal Tourism Board, a total of 46,900 tourists came in Nepal via airway last June alone. It is a 69.3 per cent recovery in comparison to the arrival of foreign tourists in June 2019.

In May this year, 53,608 tourists entered Nepal, the Board said, adding last April recorded arrival of over 50,000 tourists.

Over 42,000 came to Nepal in March while February saw arrival of around 20,000. Similarly, 17,000 tourists flew to Nepal in January this year. The foreign tourists’ influx has been improving since the beginning of this year.

Tourism sector was one of the hard hit sectors in Nepal by COVID-19 pandemic. The sector remained affected by the pandemic for over two years.

Among the foreign tourists arriving in Nepal this year, Indian nationals stand atop followed by the American.