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Interim government Prime Minister Sushila Karki expanded the Cabinet by inducting four ministers on Monday.

With the addition of new ministers, an eight-member Cabinet has been formed under the headship of Prime Minister Karki.

Newly appointed ministers took the oath of office and secrecy before President Ram Chandra Paudel amidst a function held on Sheetal Niwas this afternoon.

Anil Kumar Sinha has been appointed as the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies and Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Land Reforms, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation and Mahabir Pun has been appointed as the Minister for Education, Science and Technology.

Similarly, Jagadish Kharel has been appointed as the Minister for Communications and Information Technology and Sangita Kushal Mishra as the Minister for Health and Population.

With Dashain aura in the air, more than 189,000 people left the Kathmandu Valley in the last five days. 

According to the Kathmandu Valley Traffic Police Office, such numbers of passengers moved outside the Kathmandu Valley in 29,360 public vehicles from September 17 to 21. The vehicles left the federal capital via Thankot, Sanga, Dakshinkali and Balaju check points.

Deputy Superintendent of Police at the Office, Lokendra Singh Guru, informed that people hailing from different parts of the country and living in the Kathmandu Valley for study, business, and employment have started heading towards their hometowns to celebrate Dashain festival. 

Total 34,556 passengers left Kathmandu Valley on September 17 while 36,100 on September 18, 40,555 on September 19, 34,879 on September 20 and 43,124 on September 21. 

Similarly, General Secretary of the Federation of Nepalese National Transport Entrepreneurs, Dek Nath Gautam, opined that problems had surfaced in movement of vehicles along many highways this year due to landslides. Thousands of vehicles were stranded due to obstruction of the Muglin-Narayangadh road section for hours, he added, urging the government to make prompt efforts to resume the highways soon.  

A huge number of people started thronging New Bus Park, Gongabu to secure bus tickets for heading towards villages to celebrate the biggest festival of Hindu people, Dashain.

More than 15,000 passengers are now leaving Kathmandu Valley from New Bus Park every day while this number in other normal days recorded 4,000-5,000, mentioned Gautam.

Atletico Madrid's struggles in La Liga persisted as they were held to a dramatic 1-1 draw by Mallorca on Sunday, with goalkeeper Leo Roman delivering an outstanding performance before Vedat Muriqi’s late header cancelled out Conor Gallagher's opener, Reuters reported.

The result left Diego Simeone's side languishing in 12th place with six points from five matches, while Mallorca are 19th with two points. Real Madrid lead the league with 15 points.

Roman was pivotal for Mallorca, frustrating Atletico throughout the match with a series of remarkable saves, according to Reuters.

Gabriel Martinelli's last-gasp equaliser gave Arsenal a 1-1 draw at home to Manchester City in the Premier League on Sunday, cancelling out Erling Haaland's early goal to give the Gunners a point though they lost ground on early leaders Liverpool, Reuters reported.

City scored from a rapid counter in the ninth minute, Tijjani Reijnders breaking from deep with Haaland on his shoulder before he played the Norwegian striker in to finish coolly past David Raya.

Arsenal looked short on ideas before a double change at halftime gave them more impetus, substitute Eberechi Eze forcing a sharp save from Gianluigi Donnarumma as the hosts swarmed all over an uncharacteristically defensive City, according to Reuters.

Ferran Torres scored twice as Barcelona cruised to a comfortable 3-0 victory over Getafe in LaLiga on Sunday, with Dani Olmo adding the third goal and an assist in another impressive display by Hansi Flick's side at their makeshift home venue, Reuters reported.

The win keeps the unbeaten Catalans second in the standings with 13 points, trailing leaders Real Madrid by two points after Los Blancos maintained their flawless record with five wins from five matches by beating Espanyol on Saturday.

Playing in front of 6,000 rain-soaked fans at their Sant Joan Despi training ground, Barcelona controlled proceedings from the outset, showcasing their depth and resilience despite missing Lamine Yamal for the third consecutive game due to injury, according to Reuters.

Inter Milan kick-started their Serie A campaign with a 2-1 home win over Sassuolo on Sunday, in a game where the hosts wasted plenty of opportunities and conceded a late goal but held on to earn the much-needed three points, Reuters reported.

Cristian Chivu's Inter had suffered two consecutive league losses to lose ground early in the title race, but followed up their midweek Champions League win over Ajax Amsterdam with another victory.

Federico Dimarco gave Inter a 14th-minute lead but despite creating a host of chances, they had to wait for Carlos Augusto's deflected goal nine minutes from time to go 2-0 up, with Walid Cheddira's strike in the 84th minute making for a nervy ending, according to Reuters.

Out of the total inmates, who escaped during the Gen-Z protests on September 9, 68 have returned to Bhimphedi jail of Makwanpur. 

They returned at their own will- without any pressure and intimidation.

Till Monday morning, 259 inmates returned to the regional jail at Bhimphedi, Makwanpur. 

Similarly, out of the total 440 escaped prisoners, 198 arrived back, according to Subash Paudel, chief administrator at jail. 

Although 68 returned on their own, others were arrested and brought back to internment. 

The prisoners damaged the gates and walls of both blocs. A total 260 fled the site from bloc A and 180 from bloc B. 

Police have continued searching for the other escaped ones, according to Deputy Superintendent of Police, Shyamu Aryal.

Narayangadh-Muglin road will be closed for two hours from 1 pm today. 

The vehicular movement will not allowed for two hours in order to clear the debris and mudslide deposited on the road. 

Chief of Division Road Office, Chitwan, Narayan Lamichhane, informed that although the roadway blocked by the landslide was opened for one-way traffic since Sunday evening, it was closed for two hours so that two-way traffic would come into operation with removal of obstruction at Tuinkhola, Ichchhakamana rural municipality-6. 

The road blocked by the landslide that occurred on Friday disturbed transportation for three days. 

The passengers stranded on the road were provided food and health check up with the initiative of the District Administration Office, Chitwan.