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The bodies of five more persons, who went missing following a landslide at Thawang Rural Municipality-5, Kotalbara in Rolpa, have been found in the adjoining Pyuthan district. 

With this, the death toll in the landslide has reached 10. 

According to Police Inspector at the District Police Office, Rolpa  Krishna Shrestha, the bodies of 38-year-old Junkumari Pun Magar, five-year-old Ashok Pun Magar, 80-year-old Bal Bahadur Pun Magar, 66-year-old Mani Pun Magar, and 34-year-old Mahendra Gharti from Thawang Rural Municipality-5, Rolpa, have been recovered. 

Police have stated that three people are still missing in the landslide. 

Four persons, who died after being buried in a landslide at Kotalbara of Thawang Rural Municipality-5 in Rolpa on Wednesday night, have been identified. 

Police Inspector at Rolpa District Police Office, Krishna Shrestha, said that among the deceased identified are 18-year-old Shanti Pun Magar, 60-year-old Kamal Bahadur Pun Magar, 75-year-old Dal Bahadur Pun Magar, and 80-year-old Mankhana Pun Magar from Thawang Rural Municipality-5. 

Similarly, 22-year-old Himal Pun Magar and 25-year-old Sanjay Gharti Magar hailing from Thawang Rural Municipality-5, who were injured in the landslide, have been taken to Lumbini Provincial Hospital in Butwal for further treatment. 

According to Inspector Shrestha, 38-year-old Junkumari Pun Magar, nine-year-old Ashim Pun Magar, five-year-old Ashok Pun Magar, 80-year-old Ajambar Pun Magar, 80-year-old Bal Bahadur Pun Magar, 61-year-old Lil Bahadur Pun Magar, 66-year-old Mani Pun Magar, 85-year-old Hastakala Roka Magar, and 34-year-old Mahendra Gharti from Thawang Rural Municipality-5 have been missing. . 

Inspector Shrestha stated that the Nepal Army, Armed Police Force, Nepal Police personnel with the help of locals are searching for the missing persons. 

A landless squatter staying at the holding center in Bode-based Agriculture Development Bank in Bhaktapur committed suicide on Thursday. 

Hiralal Paswan (57) of Suvarna Rural Municipality-2, Bara reportedly killed himself in room no. 207 of the holding center at around 11 am today.

A team of Chief District Office Binod Kumar Khadka reached the site after the incident.

Paswan had been staying at the holding center with his wife, son and daughter-in-law.

Following the incident, other squatters staying at the holding center said that the incident occurred after the government failed to resettle them properly, commenting that the government must take the responsibility. 

Five people have died from Japanese encephalitis (JE) infection in Jhapa in the last four months. 

So far, JE infection has been confirmed in nine people in the district, out of which five have died.

Among those who died, three are men and two women. Among the infected, three are from Mechinagar, one from Haldibari, one from Bahradashi, one from Kachankawal, two from Birtamod, and one from Arjundhara.

Bishwanath Shrestha, a public health inspector at the Health Office in Jhapa, said that most of the infected people are over 50 years old.

Japanese encephalitis is a viral disease that spreads to humans through the bite of Culex mosquitoes. 

Once infected, the virus affects the brain. 

Pigs and ducks are considered the main sources of the JE virus.

People who raise pigs and those living around rice fields and waterlogged areas tend to be at high risk of JE infection if they do not take adequate precaution.

Raj Kumar Pokharel, the vaccination officer at the Health Office in Jhapa, urged people to protect themselves from mosquito bites to avoid JE and to get vaccinated against JE by participating in the regular vaccination programs run by the government.

The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) surged by 8. 81 points to close at 2, 651. 21 points on Thursday. 

Similarly, the sensitive index dropped by 0. 97 points to close at 464. 59 points.

A total of 10,225,874-unit shares of 347 companies were traded for Rs 1. 54 billion.

Meanwhile, Sarvottam Paints Industries Limited (SAPIL) was the top gainer today with its price surging by 15. 00 percent.

Likewise, 10.25% Prabhu Bank Debenture 2086 (PBLD86) was the top loser as their price fell by 12. 54 percent.

At the end of the day, the total market capitalization stood at Rs 4. 55 trillion.

The Food Management and Trading Company Limited (FMTCL) has operated a food sale outlet in Singha Durbar premises from today. 

Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies, Gauri Kumari, inaugurated the outlet brought into operation in the context of the seventh anniversary of the company. 

Civil service employees working in Singha Durbar and service seekers could easily get daily essential goods from the sale outlet, according to the company. 

Talking to media persons after the inauguration of the outlet, Minister Kumari asserted that the government is effortful to provide quality food items to consumers at a discount. 

Department Manager of the Company, Ghana Shyam Aryal said that priority has been given to Nepali products in the sale outlet along with service expansion. 

He mentioned, "This is not only the inauguration of a sales outlet. It is the practical commencement of the company's commitment of giving priority to Nepali products, connecting domestic farmers and industries and providing quality food items to consumers." 

The outlet now has 142 types of food and other items. The company has run fair price shops in 193 places in 44 districts from today. 

The Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) has demanded immediate release of senior journalist and chief editor of 'Jana Aastha' weekly, Kishor Shrestha. 

Protesting the arrest of former Acting Chairperson of Press Council Nepal, Shrestha, from his Kusunti-based residence on Wednesday night by a team of Kathmandu Police Range, the FNJ demanded Shrestha's immediate release. 

A press release issued today by FNJ General-Secretary, Ram Prasad Dahal condemned Shrestha's arrest, stating that it is against press freedom and freedom of expression, journalist code of conduct and constitution. 

Demanding Shrestha's release, journalists have been staging sit-in in front of Kathmandu District Police Range, Bhadrakali, from this morning at the call of the FNJ.

Different organizations related to mass communication have also requested to release journalist Shrestha, protesting his arrest. 

Meanwhile, Nepal Police have clarified that Shrestha was arrested after acquiring permission from court based on the complaint related to personal privacy.

Revenue collection has sharply decreased in Ilam in the last fiscal year as compared to previous fiscal year.

Total Rs 528.65 million revenue was collected in the fiscal year 2025/26. 

Such an amount of revenue was collected by the district-based federal and Koshi Province offices, according to the District Treasury Controller Office, Ilam.

The revenue collected in the fiscal year 2025/26 was less by Rs 5.067 million (48.94 per cent) as compared to fiscal year 2024/25.

A total of Rs 3.417 million revenue was collected by federal government offices in the district in fiscal year 2025/26 while the revenue collection from federal offices was Rs 8.482 million in fiscal year 2024/25.

Similarly, Koshi Province offices had collected Rs 1.869 million revenue in the last fiscal year 2025/26 against Rs 1.871 million revenue in the fiscal year 2024/25.

According to the Office, the amount of conditional, equalization and special grants that the local levels failed to spend in last fiscal year was returned on time.