City officials say they came up with the rule after consumers complained that vendors were overcharging citing shortages.

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

Prices have increased by up to 200 percent, according to the Kalimati Fruits and Vegetables Market Development Board.

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

Street dogs are usually fed by neighbourhood stores and butcher shops, which have all closed down, and passers-by, who’re all at home.

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

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

The confiscated masks will be available in the market for sale at regular prices in a week’s time, said the chief district office.

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

NAST scientists say they are going to teach ward residents ways to make hand sanitisers locally.

Traffic police personnel need to be vigilant while conducting such checks as droplets from an infected person may transmit the disease, health officials say.

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.

City plans to sell the cotton masks for Rs5 and Rs7 apiece, much less than its cost price of Rs17.

He used to target youngsters who didn’t know the procedures to apply to work outside Nepal, police say.

Officials say the new system will help maintain an exact record of traffic rule violators in Kathmandu Valley and assist in planning.

Tourist arrivals by air to Nepal dropped 21 percent year-on-year in February to 77,064 individuals, according to the Department of Immigration.

The teacher forced 34 students to cut their hands using sharpener blades.

City had implemented the new technology on the traffic islands located on New Road and in front of the City Hall, spending Rs1.4 million donated by Nabil Bank.

The Kathmandu District Administration Office has already given permission for 15 concerts and events, a number that is expected to rise as Monday nears.