It is not wrong to take action against irregularity, but it should be done with proper planning and study, says urban planner Suman Meher Shrestha.

Public transport operators welcome the move, advise government to enforce dedicated lane rule effectively.

Negligence at the landfill site has caused reduction in agricultural production, proliferation of flies, disruption of education in schools, respiratory problems and skin diseases.

Officials say they are doing regular market inspections, while consumer rights activists say they need to be stricter.

Three of the four persons murdered are from the same family. Cut wounds were found on the victims’ heads and in different parts of their bodies.

Disposal of the truckloads of collected cables has emerged as a new headache for the civic body.

Of them, three are from the same family. Cut injuries have been found on the victims’ heads and various parts of the body, police said.

Over the past 18 years, authorities have reached 175 agreements with the locals but they have all been breached.

Police informed that of the arrested, one person, a resident of Kavre, who landed in Kathmandu on a Himalaya Airlines flight had brought the gold from Dubai by placing it in his gastrointestinal tract.

Rijal was undergoing treatment for severe Pneumonia at Tokha-based Grande International Hospital for the past five days.

Police have arrested the alleged assailant, Shyam Sapkota, who styled himself as a pro-royalist and anti-MCC activist.

The identity of the man, who appears to be in his 40s, is yet to be ascertained.

Rate of road accidents has remained unchanged in traffic-clogged Kathmandu over the past few years, even as traffic police claim they have tightened surveillance for rule violations.

A CCTV footage from the incident site showed that the bus veered off its lane, turned turtle and collided with an oncoming pickup van, a motorcycle and a scooter.

Local residents, representatives have objected to the metropolitan city’s move.

The Patan High Court issued the order on Monday in favour of the metropolis’ July 26 law that prohibited commercial business operators from charging parking fees from their customers.

The programmes are part of drives that KMC has launched to reform public education.

As per the new fares, passengers travelling in public vehicles operating in the Valley have to pay Rs19 for a five-kilometre ride.

Police have rearrested 197. Earlier a clash had ensued after suspicious death of an inmate.

The clash had ensued following the death of an inmate resulting in 221 juveniles escaping the facility. Police have so far arrested 191 of them.