A British aid agency today threatened to suspend work in a mountainous district in west Nepal, refusing to register their work with communist rebels who have major influence in the area.

POLICE fired rubber bullets and tear gas on lawyers protesting against the king’s rule yesterday in Nepal’s capital, wounding three of them, as demonstrations and an opposition general strike continued for an eighth day.

Floodwaters from a mountain river killed at least two people and left 13 missing in a village in western Nepal where rescuers struggled to evacuate hundreds of people trapped by the flooding, officials said today.

Maoist rebels killed at least 20 soldiers in fierce fighting in a remote mountainous region of west Nepal today.

Another batch of British troops is today joining the multi-national security force in Afghanistan.