Kathmandu, Nepal

KATHMANDU: Weather variation and rainfall will continue across the country with relatively active monsoon and prevalence of moisture wind from Bay of Bengal. Meteorologist Subas Riumal shared that the moisture wind and development of low pressure zone in and around Uttarpradesh and Bihar state ...

Maura Moynihan first visited Kathmandu in 1973 when her father, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, was US Ambassador to India. “I was just 15 when I visited Kathmandu for the first time. It struck me like a thunderbolt.” It was love at first sight, and her affinity for Kathmandu's unique artistic and cultural heritage ...

New Zealand shares gained, led by Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corp and Kathmandu in broad-based buying. The S&P/NZX50 Index rose 88.32 points, or 1 per cent, to 8,370.37. Within the index, 39 stocks rose, seven fell and four were unchanged. Turnover was $131.3 million. Fisher & Paykel Healthcare ...

When I landed at Kathmandu airport three years ago, not long after the earthquake that killed almost 9000 people, the streets were eerily quiet. Dim street lights shone down on the devastation. Buildings, monuments and houses had been reduced to rubble. Thousands were living in temporary shelters in ...

"A protocol is expected to be signed on the basis of the delegation's report for launching a regular and direct bus service between Dhaka and Kathmandu," Bangladesh's road transport and highways division secretary Nazrul Islam said, adding "This marks a good beginning of sub-regional connectivity".

Incredible historical and religious importance clustered into one magnificent city, Kathmandu is as awe-inspiring as the myths and legends surrounding its landmarks. Although devastated by the 2015 earthquake that rocked Nepal, Kathmandu has retained its charm and allure. It's also a popular destination ...

PETALING JAYA: A Malindo Air flight overran the runway just before take-off at an airport in Kathmandu, Nepal on Thursday (April 19) night. In a statement released on Friday (April 20), Malindo Air confirmed that its aircraft that was bound for Kuala Lumpur had overrun the runway at Tribuvan International ...

Kathmandu, naturally, is simpatico. New Delhi, once again, will look churlish if it declines outright and be the patsy if it goes along this path which ends, have no doubt about it, with an eventual acceptance by the smaller nation-states in this part of the world of Chinese suzerainty and India expected to lump ...

Until and unless a complete package of traffic lighting system is installed throughout major intersections of Kathmandu Valley, managing traffic congestion will continue to remain a tall order.” Marasini also said that by introducing the 'smart traffic lights' they had tried to maintain the international standards of ...

No matter how long you've been here or whether you've just landed on this place, Kathmandu will always be a beautiful city of havoc. Busy markets, restless crowds with big dreams, tallest buildings, chaotic traffic, rich ancient culture, humble inhabitants, all has made Kathmandu a melting pot of diversity ...

Sports and leisure retailer Kathmandu has clinched $50 million in new capital to help fund the more than $100 million purchase of US outdoors company Oboz Footwear. A fully underwritten placement of $40 million to institutional investors had been taken up, and yesterday a non-underwritten share ...

Malindo Air flight from Kathmandu to Kuala Lumpur suffered a runway excursion on Thursday night after an aborted takeoff at the Tribhuvan International Airport. No casualties have been reported. There were more than 130 people on board the aircraft. The Boeing 737-900, registration 9M-LNJ, was ...

As I landed in Nepal I remember a distinct sense of confusion washing over me when I breathed the air for the first time. I remember the air not feeling as if it were at the right elevation. My brother used to live in the Appalachian mountains at around 3300 feet, almost 1500 feet below Kathmandu yet in ...

Tamang, a permanent resident of Thori, Parsa, was currently residing in Dhapasi, Kathmandu. The woman has been identified as 33 year old Purnima BK, a permanent resident of Gorkha currently residing in Dhapasi. The body of the woman was found on the way to Dhapasi height last evening. She had a ...

Kathmandu, April 16. Mother's Day was celebrated today throughout the country. People visited their mothers with sweets, fruits and other delicacies and clothes and presents to make them happy and receive blessings from them. People who have lost their mothers visited Matatirtha to celebrate Matathirtha ...

Kathmandu [Nepal], April 17 (ANI): A minor explosion took place near camp office of the Indian embassy in Kathmandu's Biratnagar on Tuesday. No injuries have been reported, the local media reported. Superintendent of Police Arun Kumar BC said the office wall on the west side was slightly damaged in the explosion, ...

Kathmandu is at war with waste. After a devastating earthquake three years ago, it is producing around 800 - 1000 tonnes of waste daily – from plastic and paper to scrap metal and glass. At points the city has become so overwhelmed that the rubbish ends up on its outskirts: in the scenic Kathmandu valley.

Two buses on trial run from Dhaka to Kathmandu under the Bangladesh Bhutan India and Nepal (BBIN) Motor Vehicle Agreement (MVA) will enter India on April 24. The agreement was signed on June 15, 2015 at the BBIN transport ministers meeting in Thimpu, Bhutan. It makes way for seamless flow of ...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday pledged to connect Kathmandu, the capital of landlocked Nepal, to his country's railway network. Speaking at a joint press conference with visiting Nepali counterpart Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, Modi said Kathmandu ...

More on the brand: Kathmandu is a Kiwi powerhouse in the outdoors world, boasting more than 163 stores in Australia and New Zealand. For 30 years, it has designed gear to take on weather conditions, diverse terrain, and the ever-changing needs of travelers. Its gear is popular all over the world and is ...

"It's a trial run. Representatives from three countries will start the journey by road on two buses from Dhaka on April 23. They will reach Kathmandu on April 26. On April 27, they will have a meeting on the road services," Farid Ahmed Bhuiyan, Chairman of BRTC, told bdnews24.com on Sunday. Bangladesh ...

Metropolitan Police Crime Division had launched an all-out investigation after Namuna Lama was found dead with multiple knife injuries in her elder sister's rented room in Naikap, Kathmandu, yesterday. Namuna had been living with his sister for the past one-and-a-half months as she could not bear the ...

KATHMANDU: The Kathmandu Valley is likely to face the shortage of blood following the sudden rise in its demand and a sharp fall in the collection. Nepal Red Cross Society has urged people (eligible for blood donation) for help to cope up the situation. These days, blood donation and collection has ...

Bangladeshis will soon be able to travel to Nepal by road if next month's trial run of a proposed bus service proves successful with passengers eager to avoid the stresses and expense of flying. When fully implemented, the Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal (BBIN) motor vehicles agreement will open a new ...

The project would see an expressway built between Kathmandu and the southern Terai region, Efe news reported. The new road, which would replace a smaller route, would threaten various religious and Newar cultural heritage sites, as well as encroach on farmland, affecting the livelihoods of locals.

KATHMANDU: A large number of people have gathered in Lagantole of Kathmandu to pay obeisance to Seto Machhindranath. The chariot procession carrying the statute of Seto Machhindranath, revered as the god of rain, arrived in Lagantole on Tuesday evening. Since then, a large number of devotees ...

Australian retailer Kathmandu has agreed to acquire footwear brand Oboz. The sale could top $60 million, reports SGB Media. Oboz Footwear was founded in Bozeman, Montana, in 2007 and produces hiking, backpacking, travel, and winter footwear. If you shop at REI, you're probably familiar with ...

Mar 21, 2018-The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) is preparing to impose a fine of Rs23.5 million on the builder of the proposed Kathmandu View Tower (KVT) at Old Bus Park for failing to meet the project deadline. Jaleshwor Swochchhanda Bikoi Builders Pvt Ltd had agreed to complete the tower by mid-July 2018, but ...

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Sophia, a humanoid robot with Saudi Arabian citizenship, speaks during the United Nation's innovation conference in Kathmandu, Nepal, on March 21, 2018. Sophia, who is now a citizen of Saudi Arabia, is the most advanced robot with artificial intelligence developed by a Hong Kong based company ...

Adventure clothing chain Kathmandu has caught the wanderlust of its globetrotting customers, buying a Montana-based hiking boot company in the hope it will give it a foothold into North America and beyond. Kathmandu said on Friday it had agreed to buy the boot maker Oboz for $US60 million ($78 ...

KATHMANDU: The Art of Living Nepal Foundation, a humanitarian and educational non-governmental organisation, today concluded a three-day corporate program with 90 faculty members of Kathmandu Engineering College in Kathmandu today. The programme was organised with the theme 'I Excel, ...

Dhaka: The US-Bangla Airlines aircraft had no technical glitch before taking off for Kathmandu, the chief of Bangladesh's probe body said on Sunday. The Dhaka to Kathmandu flight, with 67 passengers and four crew members on board, caught fire after it careened off the runway and ploughed into a ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Survivors of this week's plane crash at Nepal's main airport said Wednesday that it was a miracle they survived an accident that killed 49 of the 71 people on board. Shorna Huggain of Bangladesh, who was a passenger on the US-Bangla Airlines flight when it crashed Monday ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal -- Survivors of this week's plane crash at Nepal's main airport said Wednesday that it was a miracle they survived an accident that killed 49 of the 71 people on board. Shorna Huggain of Bangladesh, who was a passenger on the US-Bangla Airlines flight when it crashed Monday while ...

It is appalling that the Air Traffic Control (ATC) at Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport could so cavalierly discuss the pilot's alleged refusal to obey orders and indict the flight deck minutes after the accident. While pilot error or what is generally known as the human factor is the most comfortable ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal — “I say again, turn!” the air traffic controller called over the radio, his voice rising, as the flight from Bangladesh swerved low over the runway at Kathmandu's small airport. Seconds later, the plane crashed into a field beside the runway, erupting in flames and leaving 50 of the 71 ...

Basanta Bohora, a Nepalese and one of the few passengers to escape with injuries in the deadly plane crash here today said he is lucky to be alive. At least 50 people were killed when a Bangladeshi plane crashed and burst into flames while landing at Kathmandu airport. Officials said there were 71 ...

Nepal officials say plane crash at Kathmandu's airport a day earlier killed 49 people and injured 22. By The Associated Press. KATHMANDU, Nepal — Mar 12, 2018, 11:00 PM ET. 0 Shares. Email. Star. 0 Shares. Email. Nepal officials say plane crash at Kathmandu's airport a day earlier killed 49 people and injured 22.

3 members of same family dead in Kathmandu plane crash ... Rescue operations underway at Nepal's Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu. ... Three members of a Bangladeshi family were killed when an airliner crashed in Kathmandu on Monday, Bangladesh's foreign minister has confirmed.

NEW DELHI: The closure of Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) for nearly three hours on Monday following the crash of a Bangladeshi airliner there affected fights of other airlines that fly to and from Nepal, including Indian airlines. Three Indian airlines — Air India, Jet and IndiGo — flying to ...

Emergency personnel work around the wreckage of a plane that crashed while landing at the Tribhuvan Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Monday, March 12. Flight BS 211, which was flying in from Dhaka, Bangladesh, crashed and burst into flames after approaching the runway from the wrong direction, ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal - A passenger plane caught fire, then crashed while landing at Nepal's Kathmandu airport Monday. Add to story or collection; Share on Twitter; Share on Facebook; Share on Pinterest; Share on Google+; Share on Linkedin; Share by email. DEVELOPING: Passenger plane crashes ...

A plane carrying 71 passengers and crew has crashed on landing at Nepal's Kathmandu airport, killing 49 people, according to police. Rescuers pulled bodies from the charred wreckage of the plane, operated by Bangladeshi airline US-Bangla, after a raging fire was put out. The airline has blamed air ...

A Bangladesh airline passenger aircraft crashed while descending at Nepal's Kathmandu airport on Monday, an airport official said. ... Cox's Bazar, Jessore, Sylhet, Saidpur, Rajshahi, Barisal and international flights from Dhaka to Kolkata, Kathmandu, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Doha and Muscat.

A passenger plane has crashed at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) in the Nepali capital, Kathmandu, with thick, black smoke seen rising from the grounds, according to media reports. The US-Bangla airlines "caught fire after it careened off the runway during landing and crashed onto a football ...

A plane carrying 71 people crashed near an airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Monday. It crashed, veered off the runway, stopped in a nearby field, and burst into flames. The plane, a twin-propeller passenger craft, was arriving from Bangladesh. Officials have brought the death toll up to 49; reports indicated there were ...

A survivor of the Kathmandu plane crash says the US-Bangla Airlines plane began “behaving strangely” on descent before crash-landing near the airport, killing at least 49 people. Speaking from a hospital bed, Nepali tour operator Basanta Bohara said that the hour and 40-minute flight from Bangladesh's ...

A passenger plane from Bangladesh crashed and burst into flames as it landed Monday at the Kathmandu airport in Nepal, killing at least 38 people, ... Fire crews put out the flames very quickly, perhaps within a minute, she said, though clouds of thick, dark smoke rose into the sky above Kathmandu, the ...

A US-Bangla de Havilland Dash 8-400, registration S2-AGU performing flight BS-211 from Dhaka (Bangladesh) to Kathmandu (Nepal) with 67 passengers and 4 crew, was on final approach to Kathmandu's runway 02 cleared to land, when the aircraft turned left, tower radioed "Do not turn towards runway ...