2005

• 2 January: Nepali media falsely reports two children being killed in Dailekh District by a Maoist bomb.
• 4 January: Three government security personnel and between two and twenty-four Maoist rebels reported killed in fighting.
• 8 January: Maoists detain and later release 300 passengers from six buses that defy their blockade of Kathmandu.
• 10 January: Prime Minister Deuba said he would increase defense spending to fight the Maoists unless they come forward for talks with the government.
• 11 January: Protests and blockades over the government fuel price increases of between 10% and 25%.
• 15 January: Maoists allegedly detain 14 Indian Gurkhas from Chuha village in Kailali.
• 1 February: King Gyanendra dissolves the Deuba government and bans all news reports. The army begins arresting senior political leaders, journalists, trade unionists, human rights activists and civil society leaders. All telephone and internet connections are cut.
• 6 June: Badarmude bus explosion: Some 38 civilians are killed and over 70 injured after a packed passenger bus runs over a rebel landmine in Chitwan District.
• 9 August: Maoist rebels kill 40 security men in midwestern Nepal.
• 3 September: The Maoists declare a three-month unilateral ceasefire to woo opposition political parties.
• 19 November: After negotiations, the Maoist rebels agree to work with opposition politicians in a common front against the rule of King Gyanendra of Nepal.