In Nepal, at least 18 persons were killed when a bus fell off a high-way and plunged into Karnali River this morning. According to police sources, the bus was coming from Kalikot to Surkhet fell 150 feet below the highway into Karnali river at Pipalkot in Dailekh this morning. Police said twelve passengers, ten of them critically injured, have been rescued. Local people and police are assisting in the rescue works while search is on for other passengers feared to have been trapped inside the bus, police said.