Nepse plunges by 43.12 points on Tuesday
The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) plunged by 43. 12 points to close at 2,610.58 points on Tuesday.
Similarly, the sensitive dropped by 6. 64 points to close at 500. 21 points.
A total of 7,834,915 units of the shares of 227 companies were traded for Rs 3.66 billion.
Meanwhile, NIC Asia Debenture was the top gainer today with its price surging by 2 percent. Likewise, Tehrathum Power Company Limited was the top loser with its price dropped by 10 percent.
At the end of the day, the total market capitalisation stood at Rs 3. 69 trillion.
16 injured in Dadeldhura jeep accident
At least 16 persons were injured when a jeep they were travelling in met with an accident near U turn mode along the KI Singh Highway in Dadeldhura.
Police said that the jeep (Se 1 Ja 401) was heading towards Bagbazaar, the district headquarters, from Koteli, Nawadurga Rural Minicipality-2 when the incident occurred.
The injured are undergoing treatment at the Dadeldhura Hospital.
Of the injured, three are said to be in critical condition, KB Saud of the District Police Office, Dadeldhura said.
Further investigation into the incident is underway, police said.
Thousands evacuated as Australia’s southeast coast hit by worst flooding in decades
Tens of thousands of people had been ordered to evacuate their homes by Tuesday and many more had been told to prepare to flee as parts of Australia’s southeast coast are inundated by the worst flooding in decades that has claimed at least nine lives, Associated Press reported.
Scores of residents, some with pets, spent hours trapped on their roofs in recent days by a fast-rising river in the town of Lismore in northern New South Wales state.
The body of a woman in her 80s was found by a neighbor in her Lismore home on Tuesday, a police statement said. There were no details of how she died.
There were concerns that householders who climbed into their roof spaces through ceiling manholes could become trapped by rising waters.
A police rescue officer had saved an elderly woman from such a roof space that was almost filled with water, Lismore State Emergency Service Commander Steve Patterson said.
“He dived in through a window, noticed the manhole cover was open, when he checked, found a 93-year-old lady with about 20 centimeters (8 inches) left of space before the water hit the top,” Patterson told Australian Broadcasting Corp.
Dozens of cars were trapped on a bridge in the nearby town of Woodburn over Monday night with both the bridge’s approaches submerged.
Up to 50 people were rescued from the bridge early Tuesday, officials said.
“We had no capabilities to get them off in the dark so we just had to make sure that they bunkered down and we went in this morning and got them all out,” Woodburn State Emergency Services Commander Ashley Slapp said.
The flood waters are moving south into New South Wales from Queensland state in the worst disaster in the region since what was described as a once-in-a-century event in 2011.
New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet said there had been 1,000 rescues in his state by Tuesday and more than 6,000 calls for authorities to help.
Perrottet said 40,000 people had been ordered to evacuate, while 300,000 others had been placed under evacuation warnings.
Woman found dead at Dharan hotel
A woman was found dead at a hotel in Buddha Chok, Dharan-18 Sunsari on Tuesday.
The body was found at the New Kantipur Hotel and Guest House this morning.
It has been learnt that a hotel staffer saw the body when he had gone to clean the room. Later, he informed the police.
Hotel owner Sushil Jimi said that the woman had been staying with a man in room number 109 for the past two days.
Police said that they are searching for the man who fled the scene after the incident.
