At least 1,500 people have been displaced. Floods and landslides have completely damaged 179 houses.

Heavy snowfall and persistent rain have brought colder conditions to high-altitude areas of Jumla, Jajarkot, Gorkha and Manang, affecting residents, livestock and trekkers.

Gurung Film Association Nepal (GFAN), during its fifth national convention organised over the weekend, has declared that for a film to be categorised as a Gurung film, at least 70 percent of the language used in it should be in the ethnic dialect.