An investigation into the reasons behind the crash of the ill-fated US-Bangla flight BS-211, which has claimed least 51 lives so far, might take a year to complete, Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) said yesterday. Though CAAB is not the main investigating body here—rather the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) is—CAAB Chairman Air Vice Marshal M Naim Hassan told reporters yesterday at his office that such investigation “usually” takes that much time. According to rules set out under the Convention on International Civil Aviation, the primary role in the probe goes to the country where a crash occurs, but the states where the aircraft was registered, where the airline was based and where the plane was…

Li Lifeng, 40, was born in Zhiju Village, Yongren County in Yunnan’s Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture. Here, the annual Costume Festival held by the local Yi ethnic minority community, has a history of more than 1,300 years and is considered as the oldest fashion show in Chinese history. When…