Tanahun, July 13 -- Six people died while five others have gone missing in various landslides that occurred in Tanahun district after heavy rains on Sunday night.

"A 30-year-old man in Rishing Rural Municipality Ward No. 8, Paltyang, and a 40-year-old woman and two men in their 20's in Byas Municipality Ward No. 9, Majphant, died in the landslides," said Superintendent of Police Arun Paudel. "The three from Majphant are from the same family."

"A 17-year-old girl, whose house was hit by the landslide in Myagde Rural Municipality Ward No. 6, Belaute Danda, died while undergoing treatment at Ratnahari Hospital in Damauli," said Deputy Superintendent Yubaraj Timilsina of Tanahu police. "A 70-year-old woman died in the landslide at Byas Muni...