Dhading, Feb. 23 -- Nepal on Monday constituted a five-member task force to investigate a tragic bus accident in Dhading that claimed 19 lives, including a British, an Indian and a Chinese national.

A meeting held at the Home Ministry decided to constitute the panel under the coordination of a joint secretary, mandating it to carry out a detailed probe into the incident and submit a report.

All the 19 people killed when a bus fell 200 metres off the road in Bhaisigauda, Benighat Rorang Rural Municipality in Dhading, have been identified, police said. The bus was heading to Kathmandu from Pokhara when it plunged into the Trishuli riverbanks at around 1:15 AM (local time) on Monday.

"At around 1:20 AM, I got to know that the bus had veer...