A first person recount of a prisoner who witnessed the deadly shooting between government security forces and Maoist insurgents in May, 2002 AD.

BANEPA, August 27: Poultry farmers in Kavre have been facing shortage of layers chicks. Bachhuram Thapa of Setidevi Poultry Farm at Panauti-5 has been waiting for arrival of layers chicks for four months now. During this time last year, Thapa had bought 2,500 layers chicks paying Rs 45 per head. But hatcheries have not been able to provide chicks to farmers like Thapa since April.

KATHMANDU, March 6: Discrepancy between general education and vocational training in Nepal is likely to remain for at least a decade as the government is yet to adopt a system to reduce disparity between the two types of education.