KATHMANDU, Feb 21: It will cost more than Rs 23 billion to distribute the water of Melamchi River to the locations outside the ring road area of the Kathmandu Valley.

SINDHUPALCHOK, Nov 28: The Melamchi Water Supply Project has started releasing water to the tunnel from the headworks (source of origin) at Ambathan in Helambu from Monday.

KATHMANDU, Oct 10: Water supply from the Melamchi Drinking Water Project will be resumed from November after the cleaning of headworks is completed in the stipulated time.

KATHMANDU, May 31: Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Renu Kumari Yadav on Tuesday said that there is no possibility of operating monorail, metro railways and cable car in the Kathmandu valley.

KATHMANDU, April 23: The supply of drinking water from Melamchi River is being resumed from Sunday after the Melamchi Water Supply Project (MWSP) filled the reservoir in Sundarijal on Friday.

KATHMANDU, April 5: Despite the government’s commitment to resume water supply to the Kathmandu Valley from the Melamchi River by mid-April, it seems unlikely because of the slow pace of maintenance work at the project site.

KATHMANDU, Feb 9: Six companies and government bodies have expressed interest in constructing smart parking systems at 36 locations in the Kathmandu Valley.

The Kathmandu Valley alone reported 645 COVID-19 deaths

KATHMANDU, Dec 6: Nepal on Sunday confirmed 1,096 more cases of COVID-19 via 6,495 real time PCR tests carried out across the country in the past 24 hours.

KATHMANDU, Dec 3: As many as 1,343 new cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were registered on Thursday, according to the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP).

KATHMANDU, Dec 1: Government officials on Tuesday confirmed 1,304 new cases of the novel coronavirus disease.

Dazzling display over the sky: Pics

November 30, 2020 07:00 am

Vibrant colors excite most of us and it is an absolute thrill to witness an amazing burst of colors over the vast sky. On Thursday, rays of Sun scattered over the Valley's sky that created the colors of twilight.

KATHMANDU, Nov 29: As many as 1,255 more people were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Sunday, the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) confirmed.

The Kathmandu Valley has so far reported 546 COVID-19 deaths

The Kathmandu Valley has reported 46.54 percent of the total confirmed cases in the country

KATHMANDU, Nov 10: With 2,736 more people testing positive for the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, the total number of infections is just 240 short of the 200,000 mark.

KATHMANDU, Oct 19: Most of the Transport Management Offices in the Kathmandu Valley have suspended their services from Monday after their staffers tested positive for the coronavirus.

This is 57.71 percent of the total cases added across the country in the past 24 hours.

KATHMANDU, Oct 17: The Ministry of Health and Population on Saturday confirmed over 3,000 new cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Republica Morning Brief: Oct 14

October 14, 2020 06:00 am

An intra-party dispute which surfaced this week in the Karnali Provincial Committee of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), seeking the overthrow of Chief Minister Mahendra Bahadur Shahi, has finally been settled, at least for now.

54 percent of ICU beds and 47 percent ventilators are already occupied

KATHMANDU, Oct 10: As many as 5,008 more people were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus disease in Nepal in the past 24 hours.

KATHMANDU, Oct 9: As many as 1,409 more people were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Kathmandu Valley in the past 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP).

KATHMANDU, Oct 8: In a bid to curb further spread of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the government has urged all people across the country to perform only routine rituals at temples during the upcoming Dashain festival.

Nepal reports record-high COVID-19 cases of 4,364 on Thursday, caseload inching toward 100,000

1,599 more people contracted the virus in the past 24 hours in the Kathmandu Valley

The total COVID-19 caseload jumps to 26,541 including 148 fatalities

KATHMANDU, Sept 28: Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Gyawali on Monday said the risk of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country is beyond the prediction of the government.  The remarks of Minister Gyawali, who is also the spokesperson of the government, comes as the daily count of new COVID-19 cases is on the sharp rise.

645 new COVID-19 cases in Valley

September 25, 2020 16:47 pm

KATHMANDU, Sept 25: As many as 645 more cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were reported in the Kathmandu Valley in the past 24 hours.

KATHMANDU, Sept 8: A meeting of the chief district officers (CDOs) of the three districts in Kathmandu Valley held on Tuesday to take decision on the extension of the ongoing prohibitory order ended inconclusively.

Kathmandu Valley’s COVID-19 tally hits 8,254

5,756 people have contracted the virus in the Valley since August 20

Valley records 16.54 percent COVID-19 cases of the national tally

KATHMANDU, Aug 13: Three districts in the Kathmandu Valley have reported as many as 127 new cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the past 24 hours.

Weekend retreats around the valley

August 9, 2019 08:37 am

Working six days a week in a city that never lets you a moment’s rest can be pretty tiring. So tiring in fact that often you are often overcome with a desire to get away from it all. Thank goodness there are weekends and thank goodness there are many places around the valley for you to escape to. Here’s a list of weekend getaway spots for you to fall in love with and find some much-needed respite.

KATHMANDU, July 25: The Metropolitan Traffic Police Division (MTPD) has collected revenue of Rs 310.56 million in a fine from the Kathmandu Valley in the last fiscal year 2018/19 for the violation of traffic rules.

Eight killed in the Valley

July 14, 2019 05:30 am

KATHMANDU, July 14: At least eight people have been killed in the Kathmandu Valley as heavy rainfall that started from Thursday wreaked havoc till late Friday in several areas of the capital.

KATHMANDU, June 16: Hundreds of people from different areas of the three districts of the capital valley - Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur - staged a protest at Thapathali chowk in Kathmandu on Saturday, demanding the completion of the Melamchi Water Supply Project (MWSP) at the earliest.

KATHMANDU, May 7: About 10 percent schools in Kathmandu Valley were closed on Monday owing to a rumor of general strike in Valley.

KATHMANDU, April 21; The Metropolitan Traffic Police Division (MTPD), Baggikhana realized the urgent need for changing the traffic flow in the capital when it went about forming its working procedures.

Grunge symphony in the valley

April 7, 2019 18:50 pm

Kathmandu based event company, Live&Loud organized “Grunge ‘Dirty & Groovy’” at Purple Haze Rock Bar, Thamel to pay tribute to grunge bands on Saturday. Members from various bands reunited to revive the Seattle origin genre.

Valley Pollution Index for Feb 12, 2019

February 13, 2019 09:15 am

Valley Pollution Index for Feb 12

Snowfall on Valley rim while mercury dips

February 10, 2019 08:00 am

KATHMANDU, Feb 10: The ongoing weather phenomenon triggered by a new system of westerly disturbance brought heavy snowfall in the hills surrounding  Kathmandu Valley on Saturday.

Valley Pollution Index for January 23, 2019.

KATHMANDU, Dec 25: As the winter is on the verge of its peak, colder has been experienced across the country today including in the Kathmandu Valley. The Valley's temperature dipped to 2.6 degrees Celsius today.

Valley Pollution Index for December 19, 2018.

Valley Pollution Index for December 18, 2018.

Valley Pollution Index for December 16, 2018.

Valley Pollution Index for December 15, 2018.

Valley Pollution Index for December 13, 2018.