Teenaged victim leads to arrest of five sex traffickers

A 16-year-old girl had been living with her father, a daily wage worker. The duo hardly sustained their daily livelihood. However, when the father received a job proposal for her daughter Ramita (not real name) at a cloth shop in Kathmandu, he sent her to Kathmandu with a man thinking that his daughter could now lead a decent life.

Home Ministry to thrash out measures to contain wildfires

The Ministry of Home is holding a high-level meeting on Friday to thrash out measures to tackle the problem of wildfires and other disasters. Hundreds of wildfires raging across the country is blamed for causing thick blanket of haze lately and sending pollution levels higher.

Authorities mull over laws to regulate ridesharing better

The festering dispute between taxi drivers and motorcyclists associated with ridesharing companies has finally drawn the attention of concerned authorities. The dispute at New Buspark area on Monday evening between the two parties was the final straw which galvanized the authorities to roll out measure to regulate ridesharing services. According to the taxi drivers with whom The Rising Nepal spoke, the clash with the motorcyclists was the result of irregularities they have been resorting to for...

Do not flout health safety measures: Govt

When the cases of pandemic started surging in March, 2020, the government decided to impose a nationwide lockdown. Education, tourism and transport sectors faced huge losses during the months-long period. During the lockdown, the authorities had strictly implemented restriction of movement, use of mask and social distance, among others. After the first four months of the lockdown, the government eased movement but still maintained strictness regarding health safety measures.

Authorities preparing to run MBBS classes at KAHS

Karnali Academy of Health Sciences (KAHS) was established on October 2011 by upgrading then existing Karnali Zonal Hospital in Jumla. As per the Academy’s Act, the institution was established to provide convenient health-related services for people living in the remote areas across Karnali at an affordable cost.

No end to fake currency rackets

In the past, large fake currency rackets used to be a headache for authorities. In order to stem the expanding illegal sector, several operations were conducted across the country which led to several arrests and seizures of millions of counterfeit currencies and printing machines and equipment. Nepal Police had actively investigated to bust several large fake currency rackets operating in the country then. However, recently, authorities are facing headache because of small fake currency rackets...

Cross-border smuggling growing headache for police

On last Thursday evening, a patrolling team of security force led by Police Inspector Kamal Khadka from Area Police Office, Belauri, in Kanchanpur district was in Ward 7 of that municipality when they got attacked by a group of smugglers. The team was surveilling the Nepal-India border at the time.

Legal loopholes being exploited to smuggle gold, drones

The murder of Sanam Shakya in Eastern Nepal in March 2018 was what led police to bust the biggest gold smuggling racket of Nepal headed by its kingpin Chudamani Upreti, or “Gore”, and several investors. During the investigation, authorities found out that Shakya was murdered to retrieve 33.5 kg of gold which had vanished into thin air after being smuggled through the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA). A high-level probe team was then formed which later concluded that the racket used to smuggle...

As govt battles Pappu Construction in court, construction of bridges remains in limbo

It was in June 2019 when the authorities barred vehicular movement over a newly-constructed bridge over the Bishnumati River in Teku, in Kathmandu. The restriction came after the Department of Roads found that the 62-metre-long bridge didn’t meet quality standards.

Ride-sharing helping individuals to earn livelihood

It has been two years since Gunjan has been working full time in the ride-sharing sector. With a normal motorcycle, Gunjan’s earning has helped him earn his livelihood like thousands of riders associated with ride-sharing companies like Tootle and Pathao.