Bus bookings set to open as Dashain travel approaches

Kathmandu, Sept. 29 -- With Dashain in the corner, authorities plan to open advance ticket bookings for public vehicles within a week, even as floods and landslides continue to disrupt major roads acr... Read More

Punya Prasad Sitaula on when Dashain ticket bookings could open

Kathmandu, Sept. 29 -- Dashain is 12 days away, but advance ticket bookings have yet to open. In previous years, bookings would normally have begun by now, as around 2 million people typically leave t... Read More

Will flood-damaged highways be travel-ready by Dashain?

Kathmandu, Sept. 28 -- Floods and landslides triggered by incessant rainfall over the past few days have caused extensive damage to the country's major highways, severing direct road links with severa... Read More

Dhunibesi taxes scrap despite constitutional ban

Kathmandu, Sept. 25 -- The Kathmandu Metropolitan City has not collected tax on scrap materials such as iron, plastic, glass, animal skins and bones for the past two fiscal years. The move was intende... Read More

Expressway deadline extended for third time as project nears a decade with half the work unfinished

Kathmandu, Sept. 23 -- Tarai/Madhesh Expressway been completed within its original schedule, Kathmandu would have had a direct alternative route to the plains when floods and landslides disrupted its ... Read More

Mud and steep cliffs hamper efforts to reopen flood-hit roads

Kathmandu, Sept. 19 -- Mud, unstable ground and steep cliffs are hampering efforts to reopen the Dhunge-Betrawati road, a key route linking the flood-hit areas with the rest of the country. The road ... Read More

Flood damage leaves Rasuwagadhi road facing long repairs

Kathmandu, Sept. 13 -- The government has stepped up efforts to reopen the Galchhi-Rasuwagadhi road, with the Department of Roads aiming to establish a temporary track to the Chinese border point befo... Read More

Decade-old alternative to a vital Prithvi Highway link remains on paper

Kathmandu, Sept. 12 -- The worsening risk of landslides and road collapse at Krishnabhir on the Prithvi Highway has renewed interest in a parallel road proposed nearly a decade ago as a safer alternat... Read More

Nepal invites international bids for Narayangadh-Hetauda upgrade

Kathmandu, Sept. 10 -- Nepal government has invited international bids to upgrade the 70-km Narayangadh-Hetauda road, a major highway linking central Nepal's industrial hub with the country's main eas... Read More

Tunnels and bridges emerge as options to bypass treacherous Krishnabhir

Kathmandu, Sept. 9 -- The Department of Roads is considering several alternatives to the Krishnabhir section of the Prithvi Highway after the road collapsed on August 30 as rising water levels in the ... Read More

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