President, PM mourn deaths in Nepal plane crash

FT ONLINE

President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed profound shock and sorrow at the tragic deaths in a plane crash of Bangladesh's US-Bangla Airlines in Kathmandu, Nepal on Monday.

In separate condolence messages, they prayed for eternal peace of the departed souls of the crash victims and conveyed deep sympathy to the bereaved family members.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, now in Singapore on a four-day official visit, expressed deep shock and sorrow at the casualties in the US-Bangla plane crash in Nepal's Tribhuban International Airport, PM's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim told newsmen from Singapore.

"The prime minister is keeping round-the-clock contact in this regard," he said.

The press secretary said the prime minister prayed for eternal peace of the departed souls of the crash victims and conveyed profound sympathy to their family members.

She also wished early recovery of the injured, he said.