BHAKTAPUR, Oct 30: In the past years, raw bricks would have started to be made in Bhaktapur in this season. However, this year there has not been any activity toward brick making. The brick industrialists here are confused - whether to run the industry this year or not because if they don't run it, the industry will be closed forever and if they run it, there are already plenty of bricks from the previous years.

KATHMANDU, June 26: Aero Bricks Company Pvt Ltd has started production of blocks based on Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (AAC). According to the company, Aero bricks can be used as an alternative to red bricks. "Despite having different color, the brick can be used in the construction of schools, apartments, factory, and walls, among others.

At one of the most treacherous and least restored stretches of China’s Great Wall, a line of pack mules halted upon emerging from the gloom of a dense forest draped in mist and dew.

BEIJING, June 17: At one of the most treacherous and least restored stretches of China's Great Wall, a line of pack mules halted upon emerging from the gloom of a dense forest draped in mist and dew.

BHAKTAPUR, Dec 27: Lives of children, in particular the children of laborers working at various brick factories in Bhaktapur, have been put at risk with pits dug haphazardly in the vicinity claiming lives.