The court convicted then executive director Bikal Paudel and director Safal Shrestha in irregularities related to printing of excise duty stickers.

The bodies of Surya Bahadur GC, 70, and his 65-year-old wife Gamala GC were recovered from their home on Tuesday.

Vehicle driver and a passenger were killed after the jeep fell some 50 metres from the road on its way to the Pauduwar village on Sunday evening.

High Attorney Office Patan says punishment handed to Sandeep Lamichhane is insufficient.

Stating that smoking of tobacco hookah harms public health, the municipality decided to ban hookah smoking from February 28.

Experts say Kathmandu mayor’s posture could be held in contempt of court and even cost him his public position.