A Nepalese woman shows the mark on her thumb after casting her vote at a polling station in Kathmandu Durbar Square in Kathmandu, Nepal, 14 May 2017. Nepalese people lined to cast their votes in various polling stations for local level general elections held for the first in 20 years. (EPA photo)KATHMANDU, Nepal -- Nepalese were voting Sunday for representatives in municipal and village councils for the first time in two decades, a sign that the country's fractious democracy may be stabilising. The first phase of voting in half of the Himalayan nation on Sunday has been mostly peaceful. The second phase of local polls in remaining part of the country will be held after a month.

Source: Bangkok Post May 14, 2017 07:52 UTC