Driver change in long-route buses not enforced

It was in February 10, 2019 that Nepal Police launched a mobile application to keep track of the long-route buses and their drivers. The move was strictly followed in the beginning but two years later it is now not abided by.

Theft of two-wheelers goes unabated

It was on the night of December 21, 2020 when Kishan Thapa’s motorcycle (Province 3-02-010 Pa 7141) got stolen from his house at Ward 8 of Suryabinayak Municipality, Bhaktapur. Similarly, a month later on January 21, Pemba Tamang’s motorcycle (Province 2-020 Pa 8827) also got stolen from the front of his rented room in Jagati, Bhaktapur. Thapa and Tamang had lodged complaints at the Metropolitan Police Circle, Jagati following which the authorities began their search. During the investigation,...

Nine drug smugglers arrested in capital

The Narcotics Control Bureau of the Nepal Police has arrested nine smugglers with drugs from different places of the valley in a week. Making the arrested smugglers public at a press conference organised at the bureau on Sunday, authorities informed that they confiscated 222 grams Amphetamine, 2,470 ampoules of different pharmaceutical drugs and Rs. 90,500.

Polluted river disturbs park visitors with stench

Saharsha Narayan Yadav, a 48-year-old manual laborer lives in a rented room nearby Tilganga Eye Hospital. Hailing from Mahottari district, Yadav has already inhabited a string of places in the Kathmandu Valley over time spanning three decades. He entered the valley seeking odd jobs.

Upgrading health centres must for health insurance scheme

The introduction of Health Insurance Scheme by the government in April 2016 was a big step towards ensuring quality health of the people of Nepal. Started in three districts – Kailali, Baglung and Ilam – in 2016, the scheme has now reached 65 districts as of Thursday with over 3.5 million individuals enrolled.

Frequent mass gatherings add woes to valley commuters

Bipin Guragain, a graphic designer at a company in Thapathali, left Tinkune for office at 9:30 am. Through the Bagmati corridor, Guragain used to reach his office in 15 minutes, but on Wednesday it was different; it took him more than an hour to reach there. Guragain was among thousands of commuters affected by the mass gathering organised in Kathmandu on Wednesday by the Prachanda-Madhav faction of the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) against the dissolution of the House of Representatives (HoR).

Dental check-up can help prevent cancer

Aditya, a civil engineering student in a Kathmandu college, received a call from one of his friends, a final year Bachelor of Dental Surgery student, for a dental check-up. The reason: Aditya had been consuming gutkha, a tobacco product, for long and the two childhood buddies hadn’t met each other in person since they left school.

Safety negligence causing deaths of construction workers

Construction sector is thriving in Nepal with many small and large-scale constructions, from houses to mega-projects, moving forward in full pace and providing jobs to thousands. But at the same time, negligence and lack of safety standards also makes construction a particularly risky industry for many workers to join. According to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), more than 2.78 million work-related deaths and 374 million non-fatal injuries are recorded annually around the world. A disproportionately...

Jaywalking still a big problem in Valley roads

In 2017, the Metropolitan Traffic Police Division, took an initiative to fine the pedestrians jaywalking in the roads of Kathmandu Valley, citing increasing road accidents as reasons. As per the initiative, if the jaywalkers were unable to pay the stipulated fine, they would be given a two-hour awareness lesson on road discipline. However, that initiative didn’t last, even for a significant number of days. It was dropped upon the order from higher authorities following a litany of complaints from...

Poor farmers seek essential services

Agriculture has been the backbone of Nepal for long. More than half of the population of Nepal has been involved in agriculture to sustain their livelihoods but the farmers argue that they still require several services from the government in order to become self-reliant. Sunlal Lama is a man in his mid-30s who lives in Kakani Rural Municipality of Nuwakot. Lama’s major occupation is agriculture and it is through farming that he supports his family of six including two children, two elderly and...