It gets segment-first features like three smart-steering modes, four-disc brakes and dual-zone air conditioning.

The seven-seater smart hybrid car is long, tall and its large doors open up to a spacious cabin with good legroom and generous views.

With a five-star safety rating from a premier assessment standard programme, the compact SUV could fetch both competition and choice.

While the exterior has been given a lot of thought, the car’s interior and drivability have taken a back seat.

The midsize hatchback makes sense for both: driving on Kathmandu’s unexpected terrain or for a weekend ride to nearby hill stations

The bill, which proposes controlling all public and private trusts, has outraged the Valley’s indigenous community

The controversial bill pits Kathmandu Valley’s indigenous community against a government increasingly bent on extending its control

The Indian Army has finally found footprints of the mythical Yeti, according to a tweet by the Additional Directorate General of Public Information for the Indian Army.

The city of Patan wants to transform its ancient and historic centre for pedestrians as part of the municipality’s transport master plan. At the heart of the project is an ambitious plan: building a network of cycling lanes.

In the past few years, pollution levels have peaked at unhealthy and hazardous levels in the Kathmandu Valley, increasing health risks for citizens.

A new alliance of taxi drivers in Kathmandu Valley wants to set a fixed rate for routes under three kilometres. Government officials say they haven’t given the demand any thought.

A month-long investigation by the Post shows that Traveller Assist does not represent any of the insurance firms it claims to, and has been using the fraudulent rescues probe by the government to market itself as the only operator for all helicopter rescues and insurance claims in the country.

Institutions other than Tribhuvan and Kathmandu universities could pave the way to grant affiliations for colleges outside the Valley

When Ncell was sold for the 12th time in 2016, some of the country’s leading members of parliament, and members of the government and the judiciary were mired in Nepal’s biggest tax evasion scandal.

Cases of seasonal influenza are higher than expected this winter but there is nothing life-threatening, say health authorities, brushing off rumours about swine flu. The experts regularly process specimens from across the country and update the influenza laboratory surveillance information at the Global Influenza Surveillance System.