Traffic police to set up 14 help desks to tell inquirers bus fares to all the districts, distribute face masks and watch over-charging vehicles.

Child marriage, which is illegal in Nepal, is still common in the community leading to unregistered births of children from underage marriages.

Way cleared for Madhav Nepal-led CPN (Unified Socialist) to join the Sher Bahadaur Deuba-led government.

The government last fiscal year collected Rs342.31 million in revenue from imports of sanitary napkins. Calls grow to ensure easy accessibility of menstrual hygiene products.

Chief justice last month decided to recuse from hearing, but benches set by him have created more confusion.

Many local units have cited a lack of suitable land plots and delay in preparation of detailed project reports behind the project’s inability to take off.

While Food Management and Trading Company Limited has stopped selling subsidised rice, food prices in the local market have skyrocketed due to transport disruption.

Nepal throws away quarantine requirement and resumes on-arrival visas, in a move hailed by entrepreneurs as much-needed respite for the virus-ravaged industry.

Elected officials, office-bearers of political parties and government staff, among others, may be denied seats on user committees for public projects.

Around 40 children suffering from high fever, common cold, cough and pneumonia are visiting the emergency unit of Mahakali Provincial Hospital on a daily basis, health workers say.

From electricity shortages, Nepal has reached a stage of power surplus. But decades-old electric infrastructure is hitting capacity, officials say, and lights are flickering out.

Twenty-three missions are now set to go headless, and some are in key countries—India, China, US, UK and Qatar.

The haphazard construction of settlements near forest areas has increased human-wildlife conflict, officers say.

At least Rs 2.4 million is needed to repair the road but the authority concerned says it does not have the required budget.

Officials say there was lack of concurrence from member states on the meeting which Nepal proposed last week and sent out invitations to all except Kabul.

The Oli government had made some high-profile ambassadorial appointments in India, China and the US, among other countries.

Roads Department officials have welcomed the move as a good step towards implementing federalism.

Police say the suspects killed six members of a family because of their personal vendetta against the family.

The bill now will be sent to the upper house. The government shutdown would be lifted once the bill gets through.

The Post asked five ordinary people in Kathmandu about how they view the constitution and whether it safeguards their rights.