According to a press release issued by Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, more than 170 people were killed and over a thousand injured and many are missing following protests by students and youth movements against government policies.

According to Nepal's state television, the pilot, who is currently receiving treatment in hospital, is the only survivor among the nineteen people on board.

The court’s Appellate Division dismissed a lower court order that had reinstated the quotas last month.

Soldiers have been on patrol on the streets of capital Dhaka.

Government has imposed curfew besides asking the military to deploy troops after police again failed to subdue mayhem.

Riot police are trying to suppress the protest with force as hundreds of protesters are demanding reforms in civil service hiring.

According to the international media, the journalists are faced with dozens of cases recently for raising their voice on atrocities against Muslims