Five district courts of then Karnali and Surkhet Jumla High Court of Karnali State have been open for the sensitive cases amid the nationwide lockdown enforced to contain the outbreak COVID-19. The High Court has stated that the Court is open for emergency case such as for habeas corpus petitions.

Two women of the same family from Chandannath municipality-4 of Jumla died after they were buried with mound, while digging soil for painting house. The killed ones were Nakchu Sunar, 45, and her daughter in-law Syanu Sunar, 25, said Deputy Superintendent of Police, Lal Bahadur Dhami. As the mound covered