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One person was killed and dozens injured in Nepal when police opened fire on protesters demanding action over the rape and murder of a 13-year-old girl, officials said Saturday.
Dozens of protesters in Nepal have been injured in clashes with police at a demonstration in support of a hunger-striking doctor seeking better healthcare in the impoverished Himalayan country.
Bangladesh’s US-Bangla Airlines has suspended its flights to Nepal indefinitely due to a shortage of aircraft, days after one of its planes crashed as it tried to land in the Nepali capital and killed 51 people.
Recordings show apparent confusion between the pilot and air traffic control over the runway approach at Kathmandu airport as Nepal Tuesday began investigating its deadliest plane crash in decades.
A Bangladeshi airliner with 71 people on board has crashed while coming in to land at the airport in the Nepali capital, Kathmandu, killing at least 50 people, an army spokesman says.
Nepal has banned solo climbers from scaling its mountains, including Mount Everest, in a bid to reduce accidents, an official said Saturday.
Residents of mountain villages and foothill towns voted Sunday in Nepal's first provincial polls, with the hope of bringing government closer to the Himalayan nation's rural and remote areas.
A bus carrying passengers returning from a Hindu festival to the Nepali capital of Kathmandu skidded off the main highway and plunged into a river on Saturday, killing at least 31 people and leaving others trapped, officials said.
Torrential rain has battered Nepal, causing widespread flooding and landslides and raising the death toll from three days of severe weather to 49 people, according to officials.
Floods and landslides caused by torrential monsoon rains have killed at least 25 people in the last two days across Nepal, officials say.