At least one member needs to perform labour work assigned by local authorities, if the family is to receive essential supplies from the government.

Forty-four cases of burglary have been reported in the Valley in the last two months.

Protracted lockdown has affected thousands of people in Kathmandu who have come from other parts of the country for jobs and studies.

Those who need to come to the Capital for urgent work need to produce rapid diagnostic test results to enter the Valley.

Uttam Karki of Chandragiri was arrested by police for indecent behaviour after a video showing him questioning the doctor and going through his belongings went viral on social media.

Doctors at Teku hospital say out of around 750 people who come for Covid-19 test every day, over 40 percent people come as forced by their landlords.

Neuro ward of TU Teaching Hospital sealed off after a patient tested positive for Covid-19.

The person who tested positive for the virus on Tuesday had come to Kathmandu from a Tarai district.

Projects face labour crunch due to the lockdown as most workers have returned home.

Police say traffic congestion in the morning due to stringent checks.

The protesters pelted stones as the police baton charged them in a bid to remove them from the prohibited zone outside Singha Durbar.

Officials seize permits issued to people found misusing them.

Although crime rates in the Kathmandu Valley have dropped significantly during the lockdown, police continue to receive complaints.

Upadhyay, who faces cybercrime charges for allegedly defaming the government, was released after posting Rs 25,000 in bail.

Arjun Dhungana, a wholesaler at Balkhu vegetable market, finds happiness in putting vegetables on the plates of the needy.

With tourist arrivals suddenly dropping, restaurant business was among the first casualties of the pandemic.

There has been no serious crime in the last 20 days, police say.

Most of the applications are rejected because the applicants cannot prove if their emergencies are genuine, officials say.

Police booked 1,881 people in Kathmandu, 178 in Bhaktapur and 233 in Lalitpur for defying the lockdown rule on Sunday.

Just as the project was on course to meeting its completion deadline of mid-July, workers have left project site due to the lockdown triggered by Covid-19 pandemic, officials say