Light rainfall and snowfall forecast in few parts of country today
Light rainfall and snowfall have been predicted in a few parts of the country today due to the influence of the westerly low-pressure system.
The weather will remain partly to generally cloudy in the majority of the places across the country, said the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology.
Due to the influence of the westerly low-pressure system, the weather will remain partly to generally cloudy in Province No 1, Bagmati Province and Gandaki Province while light rainfall is likely in a couple of places in hilly areas.
Few places in high hilly areas could witness light snowfall, the Department informed.
Currently, the hilly region has cloudy conditions while few parts of the Terai region have remained foggy and misty. The weather will likely remain partly cloudy in hilly areas by tonight while remaining places will have clear weather.
Similarly, Province No 1, Bagmati Province and Gandaki Province’s hilly places will be partly cloudy on Saturday while weather is likely to be clear in other parts of the country on that day, the Department shared.
The Department recorded 4.0 degrees Celsius to be the minimum temperature of Kathmandu Valley while 14.0 is the highest today.
Jumla district recorded the minimum temperature at -5.0 degrees Celsius while Dipayal in Doti district had the maximum temperature at 19.8 degrees Celsius. RSS
Citizens Bank customer gets roughed up
A customer was beaten up at the Citizens Bank outlet in Gaushala, Mahottari. On January 25, Sanjay Mahato of Gaushala Municipality-12 had gone to the bank to open an account for his nephew. There, he was manhandled by bank security guards.
Eyewitness Raj Kumar Mahato says, “There was no crowd at the bank, and yet the staff were not working. When he [Sanjay Mahato] inquired about the delay, the guards in attendance started shoving him.”
Sanjay says he had visited the bank for the same purpose many times. He thought of inquiring only when he felt he would be turned back empty-handed that day as well.
Ram Chandra Singh Kushwaha, a security guard at the bank, clarified that the dispute ensued when Mahato entered a ‘no entry’ zone. “The officers asked me to remove him from bank premises. Mahato refused to go, resulting in a scuffle,” he adds.
According to the Police Office of Gaushala, the dispute was a minor one and was quickly resolved in a mutual agreement.
Nepal records 8, 017 fresh Covid-19 infections, 15 deaths on Thursday
Nepal logged 8,017 new Covid-19 cases and 15 deaths on Thursday.
According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 15,736 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 5,616 returned positive. Likewise, 6,072 people underwent antigen tests, of which 2,201 tested positive.
With this, the country's active caseload reached 1,062,105. Similarly, death toll climbed to 11,687.
According to the Ministry, 5,292 infected people recovered from the disease. Among them, 88,642 are in home isolation, 1,934 are in institutionalized isolation.
As many as 257 are in intensive care units and 49 on ventilators.
Meanwhile, the Kathmandu Valley recorded 3,134 new cases.
Of them, 2,402 are in Kathmandu, 521 in Lalitpur and 220 in Bhaktapur.
Couple found dead in Shankarapur Municipality
A couple was found dead at Bojeni in Shankarapur Municipality-3, Kathmandu on Thursday.
The deceased have been identified as Padam Bahadur Thieng (52) and his wife Phul Kumari Thieng (47).
According to Dinesh Raj Mainali, spokesperson at the Metropolitan Police Range, Kathmandu, they were found dead in their room.
Police suspect that the incident might have occured due to suffocation as they had slept after burning coal in their room.
Surya Bahadur Thieng (26), son of the deceased, broke the door after they did not wake up till 7 am today and found them dead, Mainali said.
Police said that they are looking into the case.
