Wreckage of the US-Bangla aircraft is pictured as rescue workers operate at Tribhuvan International Airport, in Kathmandu, Nepal, on March 12, 2018. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar
KATHMANDU: The US-Bangla aircraft bound for Kathmandu from Dhaka careened off the runway before killing at least 49 passengers after crashing onto a field at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, on Monday.
Here are some pictures of the incident taken by various photo journalists today.
NEPALGUNJ, JULY 7 Local levels have started constructing helipads to control possible loss of lives and property due to floods in Banke and Bardiya. Helipad construction is under way to rescue people trapped in the floods. Choppers can take off and land even at night time in the new helipads. Read More...
KHOTANG, JULY 7 Khotang’s Diprung Chuichumma Rural Municipality is preparing to mobilise teachers in every tole of the local level and resume teaching-learning activities from July 22. The rural municipality decided to this effect after the school remained closed for the past four months due Read More...
HETAUDA, JULY 7 Bagmati Province government will upgrade several hospitals in the province next fiscal. According to the Ministry of Social Development, the capacity of Hetauda Hospital will be upgraded to 300 beds. Bhaktapur, Sindhuli and Trishuli hospitals will be expanded to 100-bed hos Read More...
KATHMANDU The lockdown came into effect in Nepal on March 24 to curb the spread of coronavirus confining people to their homes while schools, offices and businesses shut down. Nobody knew how the situation would unfold and for how long the lockdown would continue. At that moment Founder of Dis Read More...
The title of this write-up alludes to Shakespeare's words "Life is a tale told by an idiot full of sound and fury signifying nothing" in Macbeth (1606), which often echo to my mind when I hear the roaring shouts of Nepali political leaders. The cacophony of their sounds which produce very little mea Read More...
KATHMANDU, JULY 7 A bill has been registered at the Parliament with a proposal to allow the private sector to conduct electricity trade after obtaining a licence for the purpose with neighbouring countries. The proposal has been included in the bill presented at the National Assembly to amend Read More...
KATHMANDU, JULY 7 The Transnational Alliance to Combat Illicit Trade (TRACIT) has warned of increased criminal activity and risks to public health due to the government’s ban on import of international wines and spirits. It is doubtful the supply restrictions, imposed in March as part of a s Read More...
KATHMANDU, JULY 7 Under the government’s evacuation schedule, a total of 1,177 stranded Nepalis were repatriated today. As per the statistics maintained by the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) office at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA), Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) repatriat Read More...
