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Four persons died in a bus accident in Shankharapur Municipality-3, Kathmandu.

Superintendent of Police Pawan Kumar Bhattarai, spokesperson of the District Police Range, Kathmandu, confirmed that four people have died and 22 others injured in the accident. 

He said that the bus (Ba 4 Kha 8788) returning from a picnic met with an accident at around 6 pm. 

The injured are being treated at various hospitals in Kathmandu. 

The bus was reportedly carrying 40 people, who were employees of the 'Nature Herb' organization, returning after a picnic, police said.

The Nepal Police has taken action against 599 of its service personnel for posting non-professional and unauthorized content contrary to policy related to social media use.

Spokesperson of Nepal Police, Abinarayan Kafle, shared that departmental action was taken against Deputy Inspector General to office assistant for making indecent comments against police organization and misusing police uniform in different social media platforms including Facebook, X and Tiktok.  

Kafle stated that the figure covers cases recorded up to the current date, starting from the fiscal year 2077/78 BS.

The Nepal Police had issued guidelines related to the use of social media in 2071 BS in order to make the use of social media disciplined and systematic. 

Nine rhinos have died in Chitwan National Park (CNP) and surrounding areas since July 17. 

These rhinos died in the park area, the adjoining community forest areas and nearby regions.

According to CNP Information Officer, Avinas Thapa Magar, five male and three female rhinos have died since Saun (July 17). 

He said that the gender of one could not be identified.

Magar further said that among the dead rhinos, one died due to an electrocution while the rest died due to natural causes. 

He said that the death of a male rhino was reported as recently as on January 6. 

According to him, the male rhino of approximately 35 years was found dead in the Kumroj buffer zone community forest.

“It is estimated that this rhino died in a fight with another one. The rhino's horn and hooves were intact,” he added.

The CNP Information Officer Magar stated that rhinos die every year due to various reasons, primarily naturally, by electric shock, fighting among themselves, or getting stuck in swamps.

According to him, there are 694 rhinos in CNP according to the latest count.

Gauriganga Municipality of Kailali district has closed the schools for a week in a bid to avoid the impact of severe cold to school children.  

The cold wave coupled with declined temperature has badly affected the teaching and learning activities. So, the municipality office decided to close the schools for a week effective from tomorrow, the municipality office informed. 

Thick fog and haze have blanketed the neighbourhood. The cold wave has further added woes to the people.

Earlier, Dhangadhi Sub-Metropolitan City and Gauriganga Municipality had distributed firewood to locals to help them stay warm. 

Although the hilly region in Sudurpaschim has sunny weather, the southern plain has been blanketed with thick fog and haze for some days. It has also adversely affected the winter crops, the locals said.