A plan to build a monument on the site of Nepal’s royal massacre in 2001 has enraged archaeologists and museum officials, it was reported today.

Nepal’s capital began its fifth consecutive day under curfew today, as opposition parties planned a massive rally to demand an end to King Gyanendra’s rule and a new constitution.

NEPALESE police were last night struggling to enforce a curfew imposed to keep persistent thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators off the streets as the Himalayan country’s political crisis deepened.

Police fired rubber bullets at thousands of protesters on the eastern edge of the Nepalese capital today, injuring at least three, news reports said.