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Two people died and one sustained injuries when a bike they were riding on met with an accident at Milan Chok in Bhutwal Sub-Metropolitan City-12 of Rupandehi on Tuesday.

The deceased have been identified as Prem Ruchal (20) and Rahul Thapa (20) of Hattibazaar of Gaidahawa Rural Municipality-9.

Bike (Lu 60 Pa 3652) rider Bimal Rana (21) of Rupandehi, who was seriously injured in the incident is undergoing treatment at the Lumbini Provincial Hospital in Butwal, the Area Police Office, Butwal said.

Two persons died and two others were injured in separate road accidents in Lalitpur and Bhaktapur on Monday.

Ganesh Kumar Tharu (30) of Banke died when a bike (Province 2-030 Pa 9483) hit a road divider in Bagdole of Lalitpur last night.

Critically injured in the incident, he breathed his last during the course of treatment at the Patan Hospital at around 11 pm, police said.

Pillion rider Indra Bhandari (30) of Kailali was injured in the incident.

He is receiving treatment at the Patan Hospital, Metropolitan Police Range, Lalitpur said.

Similarly, a man died and other sustained injuries when two motorbikes (Ba 3 Kha 4765 and Ba 61 Pa 6618) collided with each other at Chyamasingh in Kamalbinayak of Bhaktapur.

The deceased has been identified as pillion rider Devendra Karki (34) of Dolakha.

Incapacitated in the incident, he breathed is last wh

The District Administration Office (DAO), Sindhupalchok has started issuing e-passports. The service was launched on Sunday. 

According to Chief District Officer Bednidhi Khanal, Sita Laghu was the first recipient of the electronic passport in the district.  

As the Office said, the submission of applications for e-passports started on December 20, 2021. As many as 286 have applied for it and the Office will be distributing e-passports to 132 individuals at the moment.  

According to the Office, one will be eligible to receive the e-passport within 15 days of the submission of the application. RSS

The import of petroleum products via the Birgunj transit, the country’s major transit point, has significantly increased this year compared to the previous year.

The import during the first six months of the current fiscal year is more by 1007,690 liters of petro products worth Rs 33.48 billion than the corresponding period last year. 

The transit recorded the import of 700,835 liters of petro products: diesel, petrol, kerosene and aviation turbine fuel worth Rs 31.89 billion in the first six months of last fiscal year (2020-21) and the amount jumped to Rs. 65. 37 billion in the current fiscal year.

The import is an increase by 144 per cent while the price of the fuel imported also recorded a rise by 144 per cent. It may however be noted that the import of fuel had been impacted due to the Corona Virus last year, with industry, trade, transport and development construction sector bearing the brunt of it.

As this year, these sectors did not suffer much of an impact the import has thereby increased, said Information Officer at the Customs Office Sumit Gupta. RSS