Rs 18 is the minimum fare and Rs35 maximum in Kathmandu Valley as per the new rates approved by the provincial government.

Department of Transport Management, in coordination with the Metropolitan Traffic Police Division, has set up 14 help desks to assist outbound passengers.

Metropolitan Traffic Police Division has booked 800 drivers in the past four days. Concerns over virus transmission risk from shared breathalysers.

Metropolitan Traffic Police Division accuses Kathmandu Metropolitan City of not doing enough to manage parking.

A group of 14 people, including 11 women, had walked all the way to Kathmandu from Nepalgunj demanding justice for Nakunni Dhobi and Nirmala Kurmi.

Department of Roads says the Chinese contractor will start the work after the Chhath festival if the Covid-19 situation improves and things go as planned.

Some transport operators in Kathmandu had unilaterally hiked the fares a few days ago arguing that the fares have not been increased for a long time.

Many people cite reduced incomes due to the pandemic as the reason for cancelling their annual holiday journeys home.

With Dashain starting in a week, Kathmandu’s shopping districts are crowded with festival buyers.

The circular lists out rules to be followed in public spaces, underscoring the need for the public to avoid unwanted gatherings, meetings, processions and fairs.

Thousands of books and historical manuscripts are at risk of damage as the Lalitpur-based National Library building has fallen into disrepair following the 2015 earthquakes.

City spokesman Dangol says individual schools can decide whether to resume physical classes.

Police say they want to maintain general record of people but rights activists call it an act of privacy infringement.

The transport department had earlier decided to allow licence applicants to use their own vehicles but officials have again reverted to the old rule ‘under pressure from driving schools’.

Conservationists say the job of retrofitting the clock tower should be given to local government as the National Reconstruction Authority’s term is expiring in three months.

Health experts have advised against reopening schools as Covid-19 situation has not improved.

Officials say they were under pressure from private school operators and a few parents to reopen schools.

Government has yet to identify the prospective beneficiaries.

Most private schools in the Capital are being run in rented buildings with small rooms and little open space. Imposinghealth protocol and maintaining distance is thus difficult.

Security officials say arrests were made to maintain law and order situation and to prevent any untoward incident.