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The national flag carrier, Nepal Airlines, is conducting a direct flight from Kathmandu to Riyadh city of Saudi Arabia from April 22. 

Nepal Airlines (NA) informed that the wide-body A 330 plane was launching the flight to Saudi Arabia.

Executive Chairperson of Nepal Airlines Yubraj Adhikari told the Rashtriya Samachar Samiti (RSS) that the conduct of direct flights to Saudi Arabia is a matter of pride for the NA. Additional destinations would be explored and service expanded gradually.

NA has got flight permits for Riyadh, Dammam and Jeddah. 

There will be two Kathmandu-Riyadh-Kathmandu flights in a week. The NA would expand the flights- thrice a week after studying the situation. The NA has been expanding the service in line with the initiative and direction of the Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Prem Bahadur Ale.

The NA officials including Executive Chairperson had visited Saudi Arabia for flight permission two months back.

For now, the one-way flight costs Rs 37,000, according to NA Spokesperson Archana Khadka. Both the wide-body and narrow-body planes would be used for the flights. 

The inaugural flight would however be done by the wide-body aircraft.

At least seven persons died when a jeep they were traveling in met with an accident at Dandakharka in Waling Municipality-12 of Syangja district on Sunday. 

The identities of the deceased are yet to be established.

The Ward Police Office, Waling said that the six persons were injured in the incident. 

Among the injured, two have been referred to Pokhara for treatment while four are undergoing treatment at the Waling Primary Health Post in Syangja.

Police said that they are looking into the case.

Locals have obstructed vehicular movement along the Banepa-Bardibas road section in the BP Highway since this morning following the death of a child.

The child of Dhungrebas, Kamalamai Municipality-4 was found drowned in a pond dug by the contractor while constructing a bridge over the Gwang River.

Kin and kith of deceased obstructed the highway saying that their child died due to the sheer negligence of the contractor.

They have also refused to receive the body of the child.

The victim's family have demanded compensation and strict action against the contractor.

The child's relative Lal Bahadur Bhujel said that they would not allow the vehicles to ply the road until their demands are met.

A person died and three other sustained injuries when a jeep carrying Nepali Congress Bajhang district President Khadak Bohara and his family met with an accident in Bajhang.

The deceased has been identified as Binod Bohara of Surma.

According to Kamal Prasad Chaudhary, Information Officer at the District Police Office, Bajhang, the four-wheeler (01-001 Cha 0095) was heading towards Dhangadhi from Surma of Bajhang when the incident occurred near Deulekh Bazaar in Bithtadchir Rural Municipality-4.

The injured have been taken to Dhangadhi for treatment, he said.

Police said that they are looking into the case.