Kathmandu, Sept. 25 -- Several major highways in Nepal were blocked or restricted on Friday as persistent rain triggered landslides at multiple locations, disrupting road connections between Kathmandu and other parts of the country.

The BP Highway was blocked early Friday after landslides fell at Charsayabensi in Roshi Rural Municipality-7 and Gimdi in Roshi-8 in Kavrepalanchok district, police said. The landslides occurred at around 4:30am.

Authorities have also imposed overnight restrictions on the Kavrepalanchok section of the highway in response to the weather forecast. Vehicles are barred from using the road between 5pm and 5am until Sunday morning, while daytime traffic could also be stopped depending on flood and landslide condit...