Two people died following a scuffle between prisoners on Wednesday.

Prison authorities are yet to determine the reason behind the scuffle.

As many as 27 people are still missing in separate incidents of floods and landslides in Sankhuwasabha, Panchthar and Taplejung.

Rain-fed rivers have damaged power projects, swept away bridges and roads in Sankhuwasabha, Panchthar, Taplejung.

18 people working at Super Hewa Hydropower Project, other two people in Sabhapokhari Rural Municipality and one person from Nundhaki are missing.

Whereabouts of 16 workers stationed at a hydropower project unknown.

Disease claims 9,410 cows, oxen and buffaloes in 73 districts, dairy association says.

Khandbari-Manebhanjyang road section is part of the road connecting Kimathanka border point with Biratnagar

All the injured airlifted to Kathmandu for treatment.

Bhotkhola Rural Municipality distributed rice in the affected villages of Thudam, Ridak and Chhumusur on Wednesday.

Use of electricity and explosives to catch fish in Sankhuwasabha has led to a decline of fish stocks.

Work on 20 bridges had started three years ago. Eleven bridges are already in operation and work on nine are in final stages.

The accident occurred on Tuesday morning after a section of the tunnel located at Pukhuwa in Chichila gave way while project work was ongoing.

For lack of concrete bridges across Arun and Sankhuwa rivers, residents of Silichong Rural Municipality have to walk 25 kilometres to district headquarters.

The health institution is treating patients out of its lobby for a lack of space.