BURD FLU DETECTED DETECTED AT ANOTHER FARIM IN CAPITAL Kathmandu, 10 Feb.; Bird fllu was detected Sunday in arm in Nayapati VDC of Kathmandu. The disease was detected Saturday at Juitpirfedhi The ful was detected at a farm of Narayan Dhakal. Nnnn ACADMIC INSTITUTIONS CLOSED IN LALITPUR Kathmandu 10 Feb.:, All the academic institutions in Lalitpur district remained closed today owing to the protests by All Nepal Teachers´ Organisation and ANNISU (Revolutionary) close to the CPN-Maoist, RSS repors from Lalitpur. The Association has accused the DAV Sushil Kedia Bishwa Bharati Higher Secondary School of following Indian textbooks and expelling three teachers with no cause. President of the Guardians´ Association Nepal Suprabhat Bhandari said although the association was urged not to include the school closure programme as part of the protest, the call fell on deaf ears. The announcement of the educational strike in Lalitpur has been a violation of the government proclamation of the ´School as a Zone of Peace´ campaign. According to District Education Officer of Lalitpur, Mankaji Shrestha, various rounds of talks between the two sides remained fruitless. Around 600 government and private academic institutions in Lalitpur are in operation in Lalitpur. Nnnn RAPE REPORTSED FROM SAPTARI Kathmanddu, 10 Feb.:Two girls of Saptari district were raped when they were collecting dry cow dung cakes in Koshitappu Wildlife Reserve, RSS reports from Saptari area. Two unknown youths raped the 10 and 11 years-old-girls while they were collecting cow dung cakes in the jungle, according to their family source. The youths involved in the incidents have not been identified yet. The girls are undergoing treatment at Sagarmatha Zonal Hospital, Rajbiraj and further investigation on the incident is underway, said Rajendra Basnet, Police Inspector at the Area Police Office, Kanchanpur, Saptari. nnnn