Today is the last day of demonstrations in front of the Singha Durbar, Nepal’s seat of government. Maoists plan a future “nation-wide programme of protests”. Interior minister travels to India to strengthen cooperation to counter Maoist influence, whilst Maoist chief is set to fly to Beijing.

There are only 3500 specimens left in the world. Their distinction caused by the illegal smuggling of pelts and deforestation. A turnover of billions of euros.

The country’s stability is at stake. United Nations Security Council members slam the continued existence of Maoist camps and the army’s recruitment drive.

Flooding and landslides triggered by torrential rainfall in the middle and far western regions of Nepal this month have killed 58 people, displaced an estimated 2,600 families and affected over 18,000 more, the United Nations reported today.

A senior United Nations official appealed today for the swift and orderly release of nearly 3,000 Nepalese minors who served as Maoist army personnel in the country?s civil war and yet remain in temporary camps, three years after a peace deal ended the conflict.

The areas most affected are the districts west of Kathmandu. Some villages have been without food for days. The Red Cross has distributed rations of rice, but not enough to feed all the displaced.

The terrorist is the head of the Nepal Defence Army behind last May's attack on the Catholic Cathedral of Kathmandu