A policeman was injured Friday morning in a shoot-out with Maoists at Bigaha in Dhanusha district, police said. A bomb planted by suspected rebels went off Friday at 6 AM in the finance section of the Tribhuvan University in Kirtipur causing minor damage, police said.
This is the second successive day the insurgents have targeted educational institutions in their attacks in the capital. A powerful explosion at the district land revenue office in Kapilvastu Thursday damaged the office building and furniture, police said.