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At least 11 persons were injured in a micro bus accident near Adamghat in Gajuri Rural Municipality-6, Dhading on Sunday.

The vehicle (Bagmati Pradesh 006 Kha 7221) was heading towards Pokhara from Kathmandu when the incident occurred.

The injured have been taken to a nearby health facility for treatment.

Further investigation into the incident is underway, said police. 

Nepal received altogether 7,642 tourists from third countries in the past nine months through the eastern border in Kakarbhitta, Jhapa.

Chief of the Immigration Office in Kakarbhitta, Tulsi Bhattarai, said that tourists from 81 countries across the world visited Nepal in the first nine months of the current fiscal year. 

The number of Bhutanese nationals coming to Nepal stood at the top of the ranking during the period followed by the USA, Thailand, Australia and the UK. The Immigration Office stated that a total of 4,154 tourists entered Nepal during the period. 

Chief of Office Bhattarai said that 1,612 Americans arrived in Nepal, 525 from Thailand, 229 from Australia and 182 from the UK entered Nepal through the eastern border point in Kakarbhitta.

He added that most of the tourists visiting Nepal shared that they would visit Lumbini, Pokhara, Kathmandu, Chitwan, Gorkha and other major tourist destinations in Nepal.

The Immigration Office shared that 9,942 tourists from third countries left Nepal from the same border point during the same period. 

Likewise, more than 3,000 Nepalis, who were in foreign countries for study and other purposes, arrived home through the Kakarbhitta point from different countries during the review period.

The officials shared that the number of tourists arriving in Nepal through the Kakarbhitta point has decreased compared to the figure of last year.

The man arrested after shots were fired inside the hotel where the White House Correspondents' Dinner was being held on Saturday night has been named to the BBC's US news partner CBS by law enforcement sources as Cole Tomas Allen, BBC reported. 

The 31-year-old suspect is from Torrance in the Los Angeles region, California.

After he was detained by security agents inside the Washington Hilton hotel he told law enforcement officials he wanted to shoot officials in the Trump administration, two sources told CBS, according to BBC. 

Due to Saturday’s rain, diversions at various places were washed away at the BP Highway section. Many passengers are stranded on the highway where local hoteliers and Nepal Police are distributing fruits, noodles, water and other items to them. Passengers stranded at Roshi River were given food and a place to stay. 

According to Ishwor Karki, Chief Police Inspector of the Area Police Office, Mangaltar, The road is not possible to be opened by Sunday evening. This highway has been blocked since 4pm on Saturday.