Nine of 16 employees have already tested positive.

Around 2,500 service seekers have availed of online services in the past one month.

While the zoo staff are taking a 50 percent pay cut to feed the animals, the central government has not offered any help.

After the 2015 earthquake, Nepal’s reconstruction campaign had started from the historic pond in 2016.

The new dress code represents a changed outlook and transformation of the city police, chief Sitaram Hachhethu says.

There are not enough passengers to cover operation costs and fuel expenses, long haul bus operators say.

While Bhaktapur and Lalitpur decided to suspend all non-essential services, Kathmandu authorises office chiefs concerned to make the call.

The division office has booked 554 vehicles with unclear number plates, police suspects some of them made it intentionally to indulge in criminal activities

Kathmandu Metropolitan City officials are already struggling to keep track of the infected and the people who have come into their close contact.

A team of police and firefighters have doused the fire that started following the explosion.

Though the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure has directed concerned authorities to clear the 8.2 km road within three months, officials say it is not easy to do so.

Doctors say such checks could transmit Covid-19 to members of public, traffic police.

Consumer rights body says the government should have introduced a safe and free transportation service for citizens instead of increasing the travel fares.

Officials said the main focus of health desk will be to examine the health protocol set by the government and monitor the bus fare .

The move comes as 342 traffic policemen have contracted the virus and authorities say this will reduce the chance of transmission among public as well as traffic policemen.

Many tenants, especially health workers living in rented rooms in the Valley, fear getting kicked out if they contract the virus.

Some of the remaining major expansion works will likely be carried out by the division road office within this fiscal year, officials say.

City residents and elected representatives laud the city police under the new leadership of a former traffic policeman known for his no-nonsense approach in the past.

Consumer right activists say the city’s work is inadequate, and it is monitoring the market during the festivities only for the sake of it.

According to the Metropolitan Traffic Division, over 1,595 traffic rule violators have been booked, as of Tuesday evening.