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The Chitwan National Park (CNP) arrested a man convicted of smuggling rhino horns after 23 years.

The detainee has been identified as Krishna Prasad Neupane (58) of Kalika Municipality-2 of Chitwan.

Neupane was handed down 10 years of imprisonment and a fine of Rs 100, 000 on February 7, 2001 for the crime.

He was arrested on January 21 and made public on Monday.

The CNP administration arrested him from Phutung of Tarakeshwor Municipality-7 in Kathmandu. Neupane had been hiding in different places of Kathmandu Valley for a long time.

Information Officer at CNP Ganesh Prasad Tiwari said that the Neupane was tested positive for coronavirus immediately after the arrest.

Neupane will be sent to Bharatpur jail after he recovers from the infection.

He was one of the 12 people convicted of smuggling rhino horns.

They had killed a rhino and taken away the horn from Amrite Post of CNP on November 14, 1998. RSS

The Home Ministry has urged the students aspiring for foreign education to complete all the necessary processes of the related country and educational institutions before leaving the country.

Spokesperson and Joint Secretary at the Ministry Phanindra Mani Pokharel issued a notice on Monday and informed that many students opting for foreign education have been found stranded in foreign land. Therefore, all the criteria set by the concerned country and its educational institutions should be completed before leaving the country, he said.

Meanwhile, the Home Ministry has launched an investigation into the educational consultancies operating illegally and making online advertisements. Even those working here as representatives of the foreign educational institutions would be watched closely, he added.

Spokesperson Pokharel also urged all concerned to file complaints at the District Administration Office or nearby police office and the diplomatic mission in case they had any information on any wrong works relating to foreign study. RSS

Police confiscated 5 ton illegal peas from a truck at Yasodhara Rural Municipality-7 along the Nepal-India border on Monday night.

A police team deployed from the Maryadpur Police Post seized the peas from the truck (UP 55 T 2295) heading towards Itawat of India from Nepal. 

DSP Dharma Raj Bhandari said that they confiscated the peas worth around Rs 500,000.

Police said that they have apprehended the truck driver Dhan Prakash Agrahari (27) of Gram Itawat, Suddharthanagar district of India for investigation.

Police have send the truck driver and seized peas to the Suthaula Customs Office.

Nepal logged 1, 570 new Covid-19 cases and 13 deaths on Monday. 

With this, the country's active caseload mounted to 1,100,259. Similarly, the death toll has climbed to 11,827. 

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 7, 874 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 1,022 returned positive. Likewise, 3,491 people underwent antigen tests, of which 548 tested positive.

The Ministry said that 6,146 infected people recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours.

The Ministry said that 862,898 infected people have recovered from the disease so far.

The Ministry said that 38,883 people are staying in home isolation while 1, 228 are in institutionalized isolation.

Among them, 255 are in Intensive Care Unit while 42 are on ventilators.

Meanwhile, the Kathmandu Valley reported 437 new cases today.

According to the Ministry, 350 cases are reported in Kathmandu, 59 in Lalitpur and 28 in Bhaktapur.