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Nepal Police Inspector General Dan Bahadur Karki has called for an end to the practice of traffic police standing in the middle of busy roads and controlling vehicles with hand signals, urging wider use of AI-powered CCTV and modern technology.
A 29-year-old woman gave birth on the pavement outside Rajbiraj’s Gajendra Narayan Singh Hospital after her family struggled to arrange Rs 3,200 for additional tests, with an ambulance arriving only after footage of the incident went viral.
Kathmandu Valley’s night bus network could become much bigger, with a study committee recommending an expansion from seven to 28 buses and six new routes connecting hospitals, business areas and major entry points. The proposal follows a three-month trial used by 66,952 passengers, although the service currently loses an average of Rs 1,690 per bus each day
Supreme Court Orders Release Of Other Three Children In Inisha BK Death Case, Cancels Lower Court Detention Orders And Allows Them To Stay With Their Guardians While The Case Continues Under Court Conditions
Nepal’s first modern road tunnel has opened to private vehicles on a trial basis, allowing cars, jeeps and vans carrying up to nine passengers to travel between Kathmandu and Dhading through the Nagdhunga Tunnel.
Police have taken student Pradip Khadka of Jitpur-Simara into custody as the investigation into the alleged rape and murder of three-year-old Garima Chaudhary continues in Bara. According to DSP Min Bahadur Ghale, nine people are now in custody, while investigators continue examining the possible involvement of each individual.
Kathmandu District Administration Office has given private hostels one month to meet a new 21-point set of requirements covering safety, registration, fees, hygiene, infrastructure and student welfare. The crackdown follows complaints ranging from excessive fees and poor facilities to drug use and mistreatment, while authorities say some hostels have already faced fines of up to Rs 3 lakh and sealing during inspections.
Authorities fined Oliz Store and New Family Girls Hostel a total of Rs 5 lakh during market monitoring in Kathmandu, while several other businesses were ordered to submit documents or improve their practices.
Kathmandu Valley Traffic Police chief SSP Suresh Prasad Kafle has called for wider adoption of a technology-driven “faceless traffic” system, arguing that road deaths cannot be reduced through conventional roadside policing alone. He says Nepal needs to combine technology with better road engineering, traffic education and effective enforcement as reckless driving continues to put both offenders and rule-following road users at risk.
Former Kapilvastu Municipality mayor and Nepali Congress leader Kiran Singh, 65, was found dead in the Gorusinge forest area on Sunday after being out of contact since Friday. His motorcycle had earlier been discovered about eight kilometres inside the forest from the East-West Highway, prompting an extensive search involving police, local residents and a trained search dog.
Nepal's new Parliament Building at Singha Durbar has missed its sixth construction deadline after reaching 96 percent completion yet. The government is now preparing a seventh deadline extension to finish the remaining work, nearly four years after the project was originally scheduled for completion.
Police say evidence gathered from CCTV footage, witnesses and the scene indicates that 70-year-old businessman Suresh Chandra Shrestha died by suicide inside his car in Kirtipur on Tuesday, July 21, 2026. Investigators have reportedly found no evidence of another person’s involvement, while claims that financial difficulties contributed to his death remain part of the inquiry rather than a medically or legally confirmed motive.
A 27-year-old man, Raj Karki, died during treatment after a dispute reportedly escalated into a fight involving several groups at a hotel in Ghyampedanda, Bhaktapur. Police have questioned around 30 people, but no suspect had been arrested at the time of the initial report, while a postmortem was expected to help establish the exact cause of death.
The Gandaki Provincial Assembly has unanimously approved a landmark bill allowing the regulated cultivation of cannabis for medicinal and industrial purposes. The new law introduces a strict licensing and monitoring system, making Gandaki the first province in Nepal to legally permit cannabis cultivation under government supervision.
Kathmandu Valley Traffic Police say around 40 to 50 percent of traffic actions are now based on CCTV footage under the faceless traffic policing system.
Sajha Yatayat has confirmed that its upcoming Blue Bus service will continue operating with its signature green buses, dismissing viral AI-generated and edited images showing blue-painted buses. The women-friendly service is set to begin from Shrawan 1 with free travel for women on eight electric buses equipped with CCTV cameras.
A complaint filed at the National Human Rights Commission has accused Home Minister Sudan Gurung and his team of entering a detention room at Sorhakhutte Police Circle and allegedly threatening three detainees.
Shram Sanskriti Party Chair Harka Sampang has proposed NPR 1 kharab for Nepal border fencing, saying border security should be a national priority.
