It said issuance of citizenship cards, birth certificates and national IDs stopped until further notice.

The machines were bought in 2019. Planners and environmentalists say Kathmandu Metropolitan City should not be shirking its basic responsibility under lame excuses.

Its derelict condition shows how city authorities have failed to pay attention to the prime property.

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.

Health experts warn of consequences after authorities decided to lift restrictions permitting most social and economic activities.

Kathmandu district chief Kali Prasad Parajuli on Covid-19 situation and measures to control the virus spread.

Authorities say there will be a bus park at the centre of the Capital city only after the view tower is built. No one knows when that is. Meanwhile, people suffer waiting by the roadside for buses.

Police surmise that gambling has thrived as most people are either jobless or have free time due to the pandemic.

Conservationists doubt the intentions of Kathmandu mayor, who wanted to reconstruct the historic pond with commercial purposes in mind.

In response, City authorities are demanding free testing by the federal government although other municipalities in Valley have been doing it with their own resources.

Experts say the decision shouldn’t be imposed on students and they should get to choose which language they want to learn.

Nine of 16 employees have already tested positive.

No one knows the state of health of the city’s ‘guardian’ or even his whereabouts, city officials say.

Police say the premeditated murder was an act of revenge over a relationship gone sour.

A team of officials from the Metropolitan Police Range and the Metropolitan Crime Division has been mobilised for further investigation.

Locals have opposed the master plan saying it proposes demolishing residential houses to build other structures.

Officials say they need doctors to recommend medicines. But they don’t have the money to hire doctors.

The gang members were arrested from Gaurighat, Gaushala and Old Baneshwor, the commission said in a statement on Friday.

If big stores can welcome huge crowds, why can’t we open for our customers? owners ask.

The lockdown has greatly affected the families living in squatter shanties, but the city spokesperson claims not all of them need help.