Two powerful bomb explosions in Nepal on Tuesday ripped through a state-owned corporation building and a government office, wounding at least 40 people in attacks authorities blamed on the Maoist rebels. Three men walked into the office of the Employees Provident Fund building in Kathmandu and left a bomb on the first floor, a police officer said. It exploded moments after they left wounding 38 people, mostly labourers working to complete the high-rise building.
Hours later another bomb went off at a government office in the temple town of Bhaktapur, 20 km (12 miles) east of the capital, wounding two people, police said.
The blasts in the Kathmandu valley were the biggest since a temporary festival truce between Maoists and government forces ended last month.