Kathmandu, Sept. 29 -- This year's Dashain is most likely to be wet, as the Meteorological Forecasting Division has predicted rainfall in several regions until the day of Vijaya Dashami, which falls this Thursday.

The division, under the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, which issued a special Dashain bulletin on Saturday evening stated that monsoon winds are expected to persist throughout Dashain this year.

"There is a possibility of light to moderate rainfall at some places in the hilly regions of Bagmati, Gandaki and Lumbini provinces and hilly and Tarai regions of Koshi province on October 2," reads the bulletin. "A few places in Madhesh and Sudurpaschim provinces may also receive light to moderate rainfall."

Likewise, there...