CITY

Govt hikes driving license fee

Nepal government increases vehicle license fees after 11 years for all categories. Two-wheeler license fee goes from Rs 700 to Rs 1,500, light vehicles from Rs 1,000 to Rs 2,000. Mini-bus and mini-truck fees increase from Rs 1,50…

Call for integrated development of Kathmandu Valley

Government bodies and political leaders suggest developing Kathmandu, Lalitpur, and Bhaktapur as an integrated unit to enhance coordination and effectiveness in urban development within the Kathmandu Valley. Presence of 22 munici…

Vendors suffer as govt fails proper management

Street vendors in Kathmandu share the challenges of operating on the streets due to financial constraints and police interference. Despite facing routine police chase for obstructing pedestrian movement, street vendors continue t…

Government to retrofit three facades of Singha Durbar

Nepal government's decision to retrofit three out of four blocks of Singha Durbar, a historically significant building damaged by earthquakes, aims to preserve its architectural heritage. Jolts of Nepal Earthquake in 2015 sev…

'Focus on Singha Durbar area beautification'

A parliamentary sub-committee suggests for beautification of historical administrative building Singha Durbar that was damaged during Nepal Earthquake 2015. Government has been suggested to demolish all the small buildings inside…

900 sweepers clean Kathmandu everyday but dust remains unsettled

Nepal's capital city to clean its streets deploying over 900 sweepers. KMC dumps three road vacuum sweepers citing rough road surfaces. Kathmandu is not able to control city dust even after regularly sweeping and watering alo…

City police fail to control street vendors due to manpower deficit

Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) office plans to manage street venders from its road. KMC cannot deploy sufficient staff for the management of street vendors and blamed the government for not allowing the KMC to add new staff. K…

No end to parking woes in Kathmandu

The Kathmanduities have been facing the problem of enough public parking spaces. Penalty of Rs 1,000 for releasing bike from the custody. Local body has been working to avoid the parking problem at the roadside since 2003.  Peopl…

Govt mulls shifting for Gorkhapatra Corporation

Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC) is planning to relocate office of Gorkhapatra Sansthan, publisher of the over a century-old state-run newspaper Gorkhapatra, and its sister publication The Rising Nepal. The gover…

A new tower to rise besides the ruins of Dharahara

Nepal government decides to build a new modern tower just next to a collapsed Dharahara Tower. Dharahara Tower was fully collapsed during Nepal Earthquake in 2015. Department of Archeology (DoA), a concerned government authority …

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