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A Bombardier CRJ-200 crashes during takeoff at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, killing eighteen people on board, with only the captain surviving.
2024-07-24

Four people are killed and seven others are injured in three blasts in the city of Kathmandu, Nepal. Police believe a Maoist splinter group may have been responsible.
2019-05-26

Thousands of people are fleeing Kathmandu due to uncertainty over food supply.
2015-04-29

Turkish Airlines Flight TK726, landing in dense fog in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu, skids off a slippery runway, however, there are no serious injuries.
2015-03-4

Nepalese Chief Justice Khil Raj Regmi takes oath of office as new Prime Minister of the country, heading an interim government with the task of conducting elections.
2013-03-14

Two villagers and 10 Naxalites are killed in firing between a group of criminals and Maoists in Munger, India.
2010-12-1

4 people, including two Central Reserve Police Force men, are killed and 2 others are injured in an evening landmine blast in the remote parts of South Gadchiroli. The attack is carried out by Maoists.
2010-10-4

The Prime Minister of Nepal, Madhav Kumar Nepal, announces his resignation by a live television address.
2010-06-30

Former Prime Minister and Acting Head of State of Nepal Girija Prasad Koirala, "the elder statesman of South Asia" who brought down the King, dies in Kathmandu at the age of 86.
2010-03-20

Ten Tibetans arrested after crossing into Nepal are handed over to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Kathmandu, reversing an earlier decision to deport them back to China.
2010-01-18