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Egyptian citizen held with 6.5kg gold from TIA

Police seized 6.5 kilograms of gold from the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) yet again in the wee hours on Sunday. According to TIA Security Police Chief DIG Arjun Chand Thakuri, the gold was recovered from Egyptian national Sherif Mohammed…

Tilicho Lake draws a horde of tourists as it turns into ice

With the mercury going down below zero degree Celsius, the Tilicho Lake in Manang district has frozen into ice. The Tilicho Lake, which is situated at an altitude of 4,919 meters in Nisyang Rural Municipality-9, has been covered with snow, drawin…

Two killed, one injured in jeep-motorcycle collision

Two people died and one sustained injuries when a Bolero jeep struck a motorcycle at Madi Municipality-1 Chitwan. The deceased have been identified as Surya Adhikari, an accountant at Someshwar Secondary School, and Beg Bahadur Khatri, a teacher.…

Cold grips Valley as mercury dips to 6.2 degrees

The temperature has gone down to 6.2 degrees Celsius this morning, the Meteorological Forecasting Division (MFD) has said.   "This is the coldest temperature to date this year," said Sanjeev Adhikari, a meteorologist at the Meteoro…

DoT permits 1,329 climbers to scale 52 peaks this winter

A total of 1,329 mountaineers including nationals and foreigners have taken permission for mountain climbing this winter. Among them, 1,069 climbers are male and 260 are female, informed Rakesh Gurung, the director of the mountaineering sect…

Cold grips Jumla as temperature drops to zero

With the minimum temperature dropping below zero degree centigrade, the daily life of people in Jumla has come to a grinding halt. Sarita Neupane, a resident of Chandannath Municipality-4, said that with the temperature dropping to minus it is di…

Three held with 2kg gold from Nagdhunga

Three people have been apprehended at Nagdhunga in Kathmandu, with two kilos of gold. A police squad from the Kathmandu Valley Crime Division detained Biru Tamang, Gyalsen Tamang, 28, and Sunil Bhujel, 21 from Gosaikunda Rural Municipality from R…

Customs Office forms probe panel to investigate 14kg gold case

Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) Customs Office has formed an investigation committee to probe into the 14 kilograms of gold seized at the airport on Thursday night. A six-member probe panel has been formed under the coordination of Chief Cu…

Sandakpur sees snowfall

Snowfall has occurred in and around Sandakpur area of upper Ilam. Lakpa Sherpa, a local, informed that snowfall took place in Jaubari and Kaalpokhari areas of Sandakpur rural municipality sharing border with India. He said life here has been affe…

Loan shark agrees to return land to victim

Over 7.5 kattha land taken by a land shark has been returned to a survivor of unscrupulous lending after discussion. The land shark (a resident of Bharatpur metropolis-2) agreed to return the land to the victim (a resident of ward 4 of same metro…