KATHMANDU, NOVEMBER 13

Nepal Communist Party cadres light torches in protest of recent fuel price hike, as seen on Friday in the capital.

Nepal Oil Corporation on Wednesday increased the prices of petroleum products and gases with which the new price for petrol has reached Rs 136 per ltr, diesel Rs 119 per ltr, kerosene Rs 119 per ltr, aviation fuel duty free USD 895 per KL, aviation fuel jet Rs 101 per ltr, cooking gas Rs 1575 per cyl.

Photos by the photojournalist Skanda Gautam for The Himalayan Times -