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Vehicular movement along the Beni-Jomsom road section has been obstructed since this morning  following landslides in different areas of Myagdi district. 

The Traffic Police Office in Myagdi shared that landslides have occurred at different places in Raghuganga Rural Municipality and Annapurna Rural Municipality, leading to vehicular disruption along the Beni-Jomsom road section. 

Chief of the Office, Assistant Police Inspector, Bishal Darjee said that efforts are going on to clear the debris.. 

With the vehicular obstruction, direct road connectivity between Mustang and Myagdi district has been disrupted.  

Likewise, air service to and from Pokhara-Jomson has also been closed citing unfavorable weather conditions. 

At least three persons died and 15 others were injured when a bus and a micro bus collided with each other in  Bhokraha Narsingha Rural Municipality-3, Sunsari district along the East West Highway on Monday.

The identities of the deceased are yet to be established, police said.

According to Yograj Khatiwada, spokesperson at the District Police Office, Sunsari, the incident occurred when the bus (Me 1 Kha 1799) heading to Diktel from Kakadbhitta, Jhapa district collided head-on with the micro bus (Province 2-01-001 Ja 0047) this morning.

Khatiwada said that the injured have been rushed to different hospitals in Inaruwa and Biratnagar for treatment.

Police said that they have arrested bus driver Gopal Adhikari of Arjundhara Municipality-1,  Jhapa for investigation.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy won diplomatic backing from Europe and the NATO alliance on Sunday ahead of a Russia-U.S. summit this week where Kyiv fears President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump may try to dictate terms for ending the 3-1/2-year war, Reuters reported.

Trump, who for weeks had been threatening new sanctions against Russia for failing to halt the war, announced instead on Friday that he would meet Putin on August 15 in Alaska.

A White House official has said Trump is open to Zelenskiy attending but preparations are underway for only a bilateral meeting.

Russian strikes injured at least 12 in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region, the country's foreign affairs ministry said on Sunday, according to Reuters.

A meteorite that crashed into a home in the US is older than planet Earth, scientists have said. 

The object flew through the skies in broad daylight before exploding across the state of Georgia on 26 June, Nasa confirmed. 

Researchers at the University of Georgia examined a fragment of the rock that pierced the roof of a home in the city of McDonough. 

They found that, based on the type of meteorite, it is expected to have formed 4.56 billion years ago, making it roughly 20 million years older than Earth.

One person has died in Turkey after a magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the north-west province of Balikesir on Sunday evening, BBC reported.

An 81-year-old woman passed away shortly after she was pulled out from rubble in the town of Sindirgi, which was the epicentre of the quake, Turkey's interior minister said.

Sixteen buildings collapsed as a result of the tremors, and 29 people had been injured, Ali Yerlikaya added.

Turkey's disaster management agency said the quake was recorded at around 19:53 local time (16:53 GMT), and was felt as far away as Istanbul, according to BBC.

Almost 77 percent of paddy transplantation was completed until the first week of August in the eight districts of Mades Province, the Agricultural Development Directorate confirmed. 

Directorate's Director Jitendra Yadav said that Bara district recorded the highest progress in paddy transplantation with 95 percent while Mahottarai has the least progress (61.5 percent). 

Among the districts, Parsa reported progress with 92 percent of its paddy fields transplanted, followed by Rautahat at 85 percent, Sarlahi at 75 percent, and Dhanusha, Saptari and Siraha each at 70 percent. 

The paddy transplantation activities gained momentum since the rainfall began. Of the total 372,645 hectares of land allocated for paddy cultivation, paddy transplantation has been completed in 285,335 hectares of land so far. 

Yadav shared that paddy transplantation is expected to reach around 80 percent of the total target this year, resulting in reduced paddy production. 

According to Director Yadav, paddy production could decrease by some 27 percent this year due to delayed transplantation. 

The recent rainfall that was almost regular over the past weeks has brought much-needed relief to farmers across the province. 

Many fields had developed fissures due to prolonged dryness and the rains have not only irrigated land, but also brought relief and joy to farmers.

Prior to the rains, farmers were relying heavily on deep tube wells for irrigation, a costly and challenging alternative, particularly in areas with unreliable electricity supply.

Nepal's Ambassador to Qatar and Non-Residential Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ramesh Chandra Paudel, presented his letters of credence to the President of Iran Dr Masoud Pezeshkian amidst a special function in Tehran. 

In a courtesy meeting after presenting his letters of credence, Ambassador Paudel stated that Nepal and Iran have enjoyed friendly ties since the establishment of diplomatic relations and added that there were possibilities of mutual cooperation in the areas of investment, trade, tourism, agriculture, and education. 

Likewise, Ambassador Paudel conveyed the warm greetings and best wishes of President Ram Chandra Paudel from the people of Nepal for the personal health and happiness of the President of Iran and the continued progress and prosperity of the friendly people of Iran.

On the occasion, the Iranian President asked Nepal's Ambassador Paudel to convey his greetings and best wishes to the President of Nepal and the people of Nepal for their continued progress and prosperity, according to the Embassy of Nepal in Qatar.

Police on Sunday arrested two persons for stealing remains of a human body while being cremated at Pashupati Aryaghat.

They were accused of 'stealing pieces of bone from the dead body' as it was being burnt as part of the last rites at Pashupati Aryaghat on Friday. 

Those arrested are Ganesh Dhakal and his aide, according to Superintendent of Police Kuldip Chand at the District Police Range, Kathmandu.    

"They were held after the police received a complaint from the relatives of the deceased, Ram Shahi, from Banepa Municipality-9 of Kavre. 

The relatives accused that Dhakal and his aide extracted a piece of bone from the dead body and handed it over to a tantric while the dead body was burning in pyre," Chand explained. The incident occurred on Friday.

The arrested ones are kept at the Metropolitan Police Circle, Gaushala.