Thousands of devotees thronged the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu marking the third Monday of the holy month of Shrawan, dedicated to Lord Shiva as the month comes to an end.
Thousands of Hindu devotees flocked to Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu to observe "Shrawan Sombar" or Monday of the Nepali month Shrawan dedicated to lord Shiva.
Responding to questions raised by lawmakers about aviation safety and the plane crash, Pandey informed the lower house of the parliament that a process has been initiated to hand over the body of the deceased Yemeni national via the closest embassy.
Out of 18 bodies, five were handed over to the families for cremation from the morgue of Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) upon completion of autopsy.
Recounting the harrowing experience of witnessing the Nepal plane crash that claimed 18 lives, the eyewitnesses said that if the plane wouldn't have hit the container, it would have definitely hit the residential area.
Twelve-member teams, including four divers from India's National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), have joined the Nepali search teams to locate two buses that have gone missing in the Trishuli River for a week since the July 12 landslide that wreaked havoc in the Himalayan nation.
Dozens of Nepali students managed to return to Nepal from violence-hit Bangladesh on Sunday. Upon arrival at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, the returnees could not contain their emotions as they recounted the situation they encountered back in Dhaka.
Ashadha Purnima holds significant importance as it marks the occasion when Lord Buddha delivered his first sermon to his initial five ascetic disciples at Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh.
More than five thousand people took part in the annual cycling event "The Kora Challenge," on Saturday, the biggest ride in the Himalayan nation, touring around more than 15 locations across Kathmandu and Lalitpur.