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The government has expressed grief over the loss of lives due to an earthquake in Afghanistan on Wednesday.

The quake is reported to have killed more than 1,000 people.

“Nepal is deeply saddened by tragic loss of lives due to devastating earthquake in Afghanistan. We extend deepest condolences to the bereaved families and wish for speedy recovery of the injured. Nepali people stand in solidarity with people of Afghanistan at this difficult hour,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs twitted today.

The magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck south-east part of Afghanistan early on Wednesday about 44 km from the city of Khost and tremors were felt as far away as Pakistan and India.

Nepal reported 49 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 1, 234 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 33 returned positive. Likewise, 1, 260 people underwent antigen tests, of which 16 were tested positive.

The Ministry said that no one died of the virus in the last 24 hours. The Ministry said that 12 infected people recovered from the disease.

As of today, there are 163 active cases in the country.

The government on Thursday appointed Capitan Dipuraj Jwarchan as the acting general manager of the Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC).

The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation appointed Jawarchan as the acting general manager of the NAC today.

Earlier on June 20, the government had decided to appoint Jwarchan as the general manager of the NAC.

A Cabinet meeting had suspended the then NAC Chairman Yuvaraj Adhikari expressing dissatisfaction with his working style.

Tourism Minister Prem Bahadur Ale had proposed the Cabinet to suspend him.

Police have arrested three foreign nationals and a Nepali national in possession of over five kg heroin.

According to the Narcotics Control Bureau, a Tanzanian national, two Indian nationals and a Nepali national were nabbed with the heroin.

DSP Jeevan Kumar Shrestha, Chief at the Narcotics Control Bureau, said that the detainees have been identified as Tanzanian national Abuu Liki Abdallah (30), Indian nationals Bikram Jeet Singh (43) and Munim Singh (46) and Nepali national Bikki Rauniyar (30).

Shrestha said that they were apprehended from a hotel in Boudha.

According to a preliminary investigation, Abdullah was a seller and two Indian nationals were the buyers.

Police launched an operation after they concluded that drugs were being smuggled to Nepal by making it as transit, DSP Shrestha said.

The Tanzanian national had landed at the Tribhuvan International Airport via Johannesburg of South Africa on a Fly Dubai flight on June 16.

A team deployed from the Bureau followed him after he was spotted behaving suspiciously at the airport.

The team from the Bureau detained him with 5.9 kg heroin hidden inside a suitcase.

During the interrogation, Indian nationals and a Nepali national were arrested from a hotel in Boudha.

Further investigation into the incident is underway.