Government enforced the lockdown starting 6am Tuesday to stem the spread of Covid-19.

People from the media, banks, government agencies, and essential service providing agencies are seeking passes to operate vehicles during lockdown, officials say.

Wednesday saw police enforcing the restriction more seriously than on Tuesday, with arrests and vehicle confiscations.

The personnel are manning border points, patrolling roads and markets to ensure that people don’t come out on the streets during the lockdown.

Social media users should exercise prudence and control their urge to share information on various platforms, experts say.

Exams called off, breathalyser tests suspended, arrests for minor offence discouraged.

On March 11, a group detonated a powerful IED on the premises of former Minister Gokul Prasad Baskota.

The Department of Commerce, Supplies and Consumer Protection Management carried out inspections at 161 firms and penalised 57 in the month of Falgun.

According to the data provided by the bureau, the number of people arrested for drug possession has been rising in recent years.

People are worried that they may not be able to buy fuel due to the virus outbreak, officials said.

The officials were transferred to Metropolitan Armed Police Force, Maharajgunj after they failed to report any significant achievement.

Rai, a former assistant secretary at the Ratna Rajya Laxmi Campus chapter of the All Nepal National Free Students Union, was accused of raping an the girl by luring her to his relatives’ place in Makalbari.

Despite repeated incidents, acid is easily available in the market, police say.

Interrogation is underway with the arrestee who is a district member of Netra Bikram Chand-led Nepal Communist Party.

For this year, traffic police had set up checkpoints in 78 places to book traffic rule violators and minimise road accidents.