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A total of 220 rhinos died in Chitwan National Park (CNP) and vicinity in eight years. The CNP said that among the casualties, 64 rhinos died of aging and falling off cliffs; and 19 died in morass and floods. Information officer at CNP, Ganesh Prasad Tiwari, said that 51 pachyderms died while fighting each other. Similarly, 20 rhinos were killed in tiger attacks, nine in poaching, eight in electric shock, and 12 of illness. Three pachyderms died being trapped in a trench, five by consuming toxic things, while the reason behind the death of 29 rhinos is not ascertained yet. Tiwari further said that in the last eight years, 100 male and 76 female rhinos died, while the number of rhinos with unidentified sex stood at 44 in this period. Comparatively, since fiscal year-2072/73, the highest number of deaths, 43, was recorded in fiscal year-2075/76. Similarly, 14 rhinoceroses- lowest in eight years- died in fiscal year-2072/73. The CNP has been running various programs to manage grazing land and conserve water for rhinos.

Sudurpaschim Province Chief Minister Kamal Bahadur Shah has said that the province government would get a full shape soon. In a press meet organized by the Nepal Press Union, Bajura chapter on Tuesday, he said discussions among ruling parties continued to expand the government and it would take place within the next few days. He said that national politics had its influence in the expansion of the province government. The elections of the President, Vice President, and the formation of a new political alliance in the center were among the factors postponing the government expansion in the province, he said. "The process to give it a full shape will begin soon,” Shah said.  

Thirteen more people have been diagnosed with tuberculosis at Kaski Prison. During the lab tests of 733 samples, 13 more cases of the TB were found. Prior to this, the Prison reported four TB cases. According to jailor Bhimraj Koirala, 36 samples have been sent to the TB center for the tests. The prison administration has ensured an isolation facility for the infected and they are under medication since the diagnosis. The test among the prisoners was assisted by the Japan-Nepal Health and Tuberculosis Research Association (JANTRA).

President Ram Chandra Paudel has expressed his willingness to bear all expenses of his treatment in India, according to the President's Private Secretariat. The President has expressed his interest to bear all expenses of his treatment at AIIMS, New Delhi, in India, read a press release issued by President Paudel's Press Coordinator Khila Karki. President Paudel underwent treatment at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital after he complained of health problems before he was airlifted to New Delhi for treatment. “The President has expressed his willingness to bear all the expenses of his treatment,” the statement read. President Paudel had left for India on April 19 for treatment and returned home on April 30.  

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Ganesh Prasad Timilsina left for Cambodia for an official visit on Sunday night. He left for Cambodia to attend a program to felicitate Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen. On the occasion, Timilsina would address a program organized by the Asian Cultural Council and Cambodian Committee on National Festivals and Ceremonies as a special guest. As per the program schedule, the Cambodian Prime Minister would be honored with the World Buddhist Foundation's Patron of the World Buddhist Honorary Doctorate in Humanity The visiting delegation comprises Chair Timilsina, Bagmati Province Assembly member Aman Maskey and Under Secretary of federal Parliament Secretariat Numraj Khanal, informed Timilsina's secretariat.  

President Ram Chandra Paudel wished all Nepali sisters and brothers at home and abroad for their happiness, peace and prosperity on the occasion of International Labour Day. In a message delivered on May Day today, President Paudel also wished for the assurance of labor rights. The International Labor Day has been marked on May 1 every year to have assured the professional dignity and respect of workers and establish their rights, he said, expressing the confidence that the day would help unite entire labor force across the country for the safeguarding of their rights, interests and freedoms. The Nepal Constitution has guaranteed the right of every worker to access commensurate remuneration, facilities and contribution-based social security by assuring all the citizens with right to employment, the President noted. He expressed his belief that the laborer group would also be benefitted when the constitutional provisions are being materialized in practice to build democratic and socialism-oriented economy in the country. He said it was inevitable to build a self-reliant and independent economy by increasing domestic production through the development of entrepreneurship in the country. The President wished may the day inspire all to take initiative towards assuring laborer’s rights including labor respect, self-employment, proper remuneration and social security.

Nepali Congress leader and member of the House of Representatives Chandra Bhandari is returning home today after successful medical treatment in India. Leader Bhandari was injured when a cooking gas cylinder exploded at his residence in Buddhanagar, Kathmandu on February 15. He is returning home after two and a half months of intensive medical treatment in Mumbai, India. He underwent treatment at the National Burn Center in Mumbai, India. According to leader Madhav Neupane, Dr Bhandari's health has gradually improved and he is now able to talk and walk. MP Bhandari's mother Harikala, who was also seriously injured in the incident, died during the course of treatment in Kathmandu on February 16.  

Nine people have died in wild animal attacks till mid-April. The wild animals attacked them within the territory of Chitwan National Park and Division Forest Office. According to Ganesh Prasad Tiwari, Information Officer of the park, one person died in the attack of a tiger, two in the attack of a rhino and three in the attack of an elephant in the national park area. Likewise, three others died in the area under the Division Forest Offices in Chitwan, Nawalpur and Makwanpur. Wild boars, rhinos and tigers have attacked people in the forest covered by the divisions. Meanwhile, 12 people were seriously injured and 15 people sustained minor injuries due to wild animal attacks during the period.