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Nepal has shut schools for three days after landslides and floods triggered by two days of heavy rain across the Himalayan nation.

Police and army teams climbed down long metal ladders to reach the river, using ropes to pull out the injured and dead.

The helicopter lost contact with air traffic control three minutes after takeoff, crashed in a forest outside Nepal's capital Kathmandu.

The plane was carrying two crew members and 17 technicians to Pokhara city to repair another aircraft, officials said.

Hundreds of security personnel resumed searches for the missing buses and passengers, over 72 hours after the accident.

Nepal police arrested Ram Bahadur Bomjon from a house on the outskirts of Kathmandu where he had been hiding.

Kathmandu said 10 people were in police custody after being detained over the past few days following tip-offs.

At least 12 climbers died and five are missing and feared dead on the 8,849 metre Mount Everest during this year's main climbing season.

8Wisma Putra said the body of Lt Col Awang will be flown today if the operation to bring down his remains goes as scheduled.

British climber Kenton Cool made his 17th ascent of the worlds highest peak this week, the most by a foreigner.

Search efforts would continue until all 72 passengers and crew were accounted for, an official said.

There were 72 people on the twin-engine ATR 72 aircraft operated by Nepal's Yeti Airlines.

Hundreds of villagers erected a barrier of rocks and forced about 200 trucks laden with Kathmandu's garbage to return without dumping.

Nepal authorities recovered or located the bodies of all but one of 22 people who were on board the plane that crashed.

The search for others is continuing, said Tek Raj Sitaula.

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This was following the discovery of a suspected prohibited item in luggage.

Kelantan has reminded the public in the state to refrain from outdoor activities with the arrival of the Northeast Monsoon season.

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