TWO KILLED IN A BUS, TRUCK COLLISION NEAR ITAHARI Kathmandu, 26 Noc.: Indian national Jaya Kumar Shivastava, an Indian national, died while undergoing treatment at a Biratnagar hospital and a woman was ,also killed Monday. Fifteen others sustained injuries in a collision between a bus and and a truck near Itahari. A motorcyclist as killed Monday on the Bhairahara/ Butwal highway. Nnnn CIVIL BANK GOING PUBLIC TO RAISE RS.800 MILLION Kathmandu, 26 Nov.: Civil Bank is going public 10 December to raise Rs.800 million selling eight million shares at par value of Rs.100. Citizens Investment Trust, NCM Capital Markets, ACE Capital Markets and Nabil Investment have been appointed issue managers. nnnn. DENGUE CASES TOP 50 IN MECHINAGAR Kathmandu, 26 Nov.:: The number of people suffering from dengue has crossed 50 in Mechinagar Municipality, RSS reports from Bhadrapur.. The District Public Health Office, Bhadrapur confirmed that 56 dengue cases were found while examining the health of patients coming for check up at the health centres in Dhulabari and Kakadbhitta as of Sunday. Separate teams from the Department of Epidemiology and Disease Control are treating dengue patients at these health centres. Five new dengue cases were found on Sunday alone and the district health officials project that the number of patients might climb at this rate for some days. The district health authorities have started spraying insecticides in the town area and surrounding settlements in a bid to control dengue. Nnnn DETAINEE CHARGED FOR COW SLAUGHTER ESCAPES Kathmandu, 26 Nov.: An inmate escaped from the detention room at the District Police Office (DPO), Ilam on Sunday night, RSS reports from Ilam.. The detainee identified as Prem Adhikari of Ilam Municipality-9 who detained at the DPO escaped by breaking the door of detention room, police said. The DPO, Ilam has mounted a search for the escapee. Although the police personnel guarding the detention centre gave him a chase, Adhikari succeeded in averting police capture by jumping over the compound wall of the District Forestry Office adjoin the DPO, police said. Adhikari was kept in detention on the charge of robbery and cow slaughter. nnnn