Nepal bans radical Maoist party after bomb attacks

Kathmandu: Nepal’s government has banned a radical Maoist party that carried out a series of bomb attacks in the capital Kathmandu, a minister said Wednesday. The announcement was made after the government’s efforts to hold talks with the party failed. One person was killed and two others injured last month when the Communist Party of Nepal, led by a former Maoist guerrilla, detonated a bomb outside the office of a telecoms company in Kathmandu. The party, which splintered from the ruling Maoists five years ago. (dpa)