Vote for your favourite Greater Manchester curry house
Restaurants across Greater Manchester were honoured over the weekend at the Nation's 2023 Curry Awards, taking place at the Mercure Hotel in the city centre.
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Nepal plane crash: Europeans among 72 people on board
At least 68 people were killed on Sunday when a passenger aircraft crashed in Pokhara, a resort town in central Nepal, an official said.
Nepal cricket star Sandeep Lamichhane in custody on rape charges
Lamichhane, who denies the charges, was immediately taken into custody, Dinesh Raj Mainali, a spokesman for Kathmandu district police, told AFP. Earlier Lamichhane had posted on his Facebook page that he was returning home to fight the accusations. "I will fully cooperate in all stages of investigation and will fight legal battle to prove my innocence. Let the justice prevail," Lamichhane posted.
Cricketer Lamichhane says he's returning to Nepal to face rape charges
Fugitive cricketer Sandeep Lamichhane said he was returning to Nepal on Thursday to face rape charges, nearly a month after an arrest warrant was issued.
Sandeep Lamichhane says returning to Nepal to face rape charges
"I will fully cooperate in all stages of investigation and will fight legal battle to prove my innocence. Let the justice prevail," Lamichhane posted on his Facebook page alongside details of his flight.
Bangladesh are blazing a trail for women footballers in South Asia
After going their separate ways in 1971, it is hard to say that Bangladesh or Pakistan are football hotbeds – though there is a greater love for the game than many realise – but the former seem to be on the way if September is anything to go by. That was when the women’s team returned home from Nepal with the South Asian Championship trophy to be greeted by excited fans at the airport, plenty of cake and an open-top bus for a journey to federation headquarters in downtown Dhaka, a route lined by thousands of fans. “The way all the people of Bangladesh prayed for us was incredible,” said captain Sabina Khatun, who also ended as top scorer with eight goals. “So this trophy belongs to the entire nation and the people of Bangladesh. I didn’t know there were this many fans of women’s football.”
Nepal Cricketer Sandeep Lamichhane Says Will Return Home To Fight Rape Allegation
Nepali cricket star Sandeep Lamichhane defended failing to return home to face rape allegation, almost three weeks after an arrest warrant, saying he intends to do so "as soon as possible". A Nepali court issued the warrant on September 8 following an allegation by a 17-year-old girl, but Lamichhane is thought to have remained in the Caribbean, where he was playing in a tournament. With police believed to be preparing to file an arrest warrant with Interpol, Lamichhane on Sunday issued a statement on social media reiterating that the claims against him were baseless.