US-Bangla plane crash: Nepal endorses condolence motion

Four days after the US-Bangla aircraft crash, the House of Representatives in Nepal endorses a condolence motion in remembrance of the deceased.
17 March 2018

With Rohingya gone, Myanmar's ethnic Rakhine seek Muslim-free 'buffer zone'

Buddhist flags hang limply from bamboo poles at the entrance to Koe Tan Kauk, a "model" village for ethnic Rakhine migrants shuttled north to repopulate an area once dominated by Rohingya Muslims.
16 March 2018

US-Bangla plane crash: 3 survivors return, 3 more might return Sunday

Three Bangladeshi survivors of the US-Bangla Airlines plane crash have returned home, leaving behind the languished land of Nepal that snapped their life with pain of loss and trauma. And, one of them does not even know that her child and husband have left the land of the living.
16 March 2018

US-Bangla plane crash: Families may miss out on fair compensation

Families of the victims of US-Bangla Airline Flight 211, which crashed while trying to land at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) on Monday, are unlikely to receive a reasonable amount of compensation due to delays by Nepal and Bangladesh in signing the Montreal Convention 1999.
16 March 2018

'Once hard ice melts'

China's President Xi Jinping offered encouragement for South Korea's initiative to nurture peaceful engagement with North Korea, and
15 March 2018

Australia eyes visas for SA white farmers

Australia's conservative government is considering fast-tracking visas for white South African farmers so they can flee their "horrific
15 March 2018

Suicide bombing kills 9 in Pakistan's Lahore: Officials

At least nine people are killed and 20 wounded late Wednesday when a suicide bomber on a motorcycle attacked a police check-post in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore, officials say.
15 March 2018

Doctors to conduct toxicology tests on crew members

Doctors are conducting toxicology tests on crew members of US-Bangla Airlines aircraft that crashed at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) on Monday.
15 March 2018

Govt declares mourning day tomorrow

The government declares to observe mourning day on Thursday following the casualties in the US-Bangla Airlines plane crash in Kathmandu, Nepal.
14 March 2018

US-Bangla plane crash: What caused it?

Fifty-one people die when a US-Bangla Airlines plane carrying 71 passengers and crew crashes on “abnormal” landing at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA). Does faulty communication or technical malfunction cause the crash of Flight Bangla Star 211 at Kathmandu’s TIA?
14 March 2018

US-Bangla aircraft crash: 4 injured victims ‘out of danger’, another released

Four injured persons, who were rescued and later admitted to the Dhapasi-based Grande International Hospital following the US-Bangla aircraft crash, are said to be out of danger.
13 March 2018

US-Bangla plane crash death toll now 51

Two more injured passengers of Monday’s US-Bangla plane crash in Kathmandu succumb to injuries, taking the death toll to 51.
13 March 2018

Bodies of US-Bangla crash victims taken to Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital for autopsy

Bodies of all 49 passengers who were killed in the US-Bangla plane crash are taken to the Maharajgunj-based Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) in Kathmandu.
13 March 2018

Chinese media hits back at questions

Chinese state media yesterday attacked critics of ending presidential term limits, which effectively now allows President Xi Jinping to stay
12 March 2018

No response yet from North

North Korea's silence on its upcoming summits with the United States and South Korea is probably due to caution over organising its
12 March 2018

Last min conversation between ACT controllers and US-Bangla pilot

Here is the last-minute conversation between Kathmandu Airport Traffic Controllers and the Pilot of US-Bangla aircraft just few minutes before the aircraft crashes in Kathmandu of Nepal
12 March 2018

‘Kathmandu airport one of the worst in world’

Nepal's Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) is one of the worst airports in the world, according to a survey report.
12 March 2018

US-Bangla aircraft was out of control: DG Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal

The aircraft of US-Bangla Airlines that crashed in Kathmandu was out of control while attempting to land on the runway, says Director General of Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (Caan) Sanjiv Gautam.
12 March 2018

US-Bangla aircraft’s passenger list

Here is the list of the passengers, who were on board when a US-Bangla Aircraft crashed at Tribhuvan International Airport, leaving at least 49 people dead.
12 March 2018

'I broke out of the window', US-Bangla flight crash survivor says

Basanta Bohora, an employee of Raswita International Travels and Tours, is one of the survivors of the deadly plane crash that occurred in Kathmandu.
12 March 2018