Street dogs are usually fed by neighbourhood stores and butcher shops, which have all closed down, and passers-by, who’re all at home.

Most worker households are likely to have enough supplies and savings for a week but if the lockdown is to continue, they will need government’s help, activists say.

Apart from occasional activity in the mornings and evenings, Kathmandu Valley streets remained empty throughout the day as the country went into isolation.

Since being instituted on Friday, the 1115 helpline has received over 22,000 calls regarding Covid-19, its spread, symptoms and precautions.

NAST scientists say they are going to teach ward residents ways to make hand sanitisers locally.

Traffic police personnel need to be vigilant while conducting such checks as droplets from an infected person may transmit the disease, health officials say.

Operators say Tootle and Pathao are less risky than public vehicles in transmitting Covid-19

City plans to sell the cotton masks for Rs5 and Rs7 apiece, much less than its cost price of Rs17.

Unlike last year, there were fewer people celebrating Fagu Purnima in Kathmandu, almost entirely due to the Covid-19 outbreak.

Officials say the new system will help maintain an exact record of traffic rule violators in Kathmandu Valley and assist in planning.

Each of the fellows conducting research in different 10 categories was to receive up to Rs150,000 for their work.

Students and their parents feel awareness programmes need to be made mandatory at all schools.

City had implemented the new technology on the traffic islands located on New Road and in front of the City Hall, spending Rs1.4 million donated by Nabil Bank.

After running out of options, they installed ‘protest boards’ by collecting up to Rs 200.

Boring water system cannot generate 32.1 million litres of water for the pond, officials say.