33 people injured as bus catches fire in Daunne
Thirty-three passengers were injured when a bus caught fire at Daunne, Nawalparasi Bardaghat Susta East along the East-West Highway.
The incident occurred at 5:30 am near the Bishwokarma Temple of the Daunne road section at Binayi Triveni rural municipality-2 after the bus met with an accident.
The bus (Na 5 Kha 5100) going towards the east from west veered off and rammed on the hill side to the north, Superintendent of Police Prajjwal Maharjan said. The bus caught fire upon hitting the hillside.
Maharjan said that among the injured passengers six are in serious condition.
Eight of the injured passengers are receiving treatment at the Purano Medical College in Bharatpur while the rest are under medical care at Madhyabindu District Hospital, Danda.
Five taken ill after consuming wild mushroom in Baitadi
Five persons have taken ill after consuming wild mushroom in Baitadi on Tuesday.
Those taken ill are Sunita Joshi (14), Sabita Joshi (12), Kiran Joshi (10), eight-year-old Soniya Joshi and four-year-old Divya Joshi.
They are undergoing treatment at Kesharpur Primary Health Centre in Melauni, said Acting Chief Public Health Inspector Mukesh Kanta Dayal.
All family members had eaten the mushroom brought from the forest.
It has been learnt that they had started vomiting after consuming the mushroom.
SEE results to be published today
The National Examinations Board is all set to publish results of this year’s Secondary Education Examinations (SEE) at 3 pm today.
Examination Controller Arjun Rayamajhi said that necessary preparations have been made for publishing the results today.
“In the previous years, students turned up to amend their date of birth and marks after results publication. Keeping this in mind, we have taken time to thoroughly review all details of students before making it public. It has slightly delayed the process of results publication”, he shared.
He further said that the local elections also caused delay in the preparation for the same.
2 karate coaches nabbed for gang rape in Biratnagar
Two karate coaches have been arrested on the charge of gang rape in Biratnagar on Sunday.
The suspects have been identified as Suraj Subedi aka Amar (50) of Biratnagar Metropolitan City-4 and Binod Raut (50) of Biratnagar-3.
A 19-year-old girl, a student at the Birat Health College in Biratnagar, had filed a case against the duo.
DSP Deepak Shrestha, spokesperson at the District Police Office, Morang, said that Subedi and Raut were arrested based on the complaint filed by the girl.
Police said that the are looking into the case.
