In Nepal, markets, schools and factories were closed across southern plains yesterday in response to the killing of three protesters by security forces on Monday in the south-eastern town of Rajbiraj. <br/><br/>A local police officer said much of the public transport remained off the roads in the southern flatlands bordering India. The Samyukta Loktantrik Madhesi Morcha, an alliance of seven regional parties, has accused leaders of the Unified Marxist-Leninist (UML), the country's main opposition party, of humiliating its supporters and deriding the community during the mass rally.