KATHMANDU, March 21: Following the directives of Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane, petrol pumps operated by Nepal Police and Armed Police Force have commenced 24-hour service starting Wednesday, March 20.

KATHMANDU, Feb 1: The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has decided to enforce standardization guidelines for the petrol pumps operating inside the metropolis.

KATHMANDU, Jan 5: Petrol pumps operated by Nepal Police will be open 24 hours from today onwards. Nepal Police have been operating five petrol pumps in and outside the valley.

KATHMANDU, Jan 12: Petroleum dealers have unilaterally announced to raise the prices of petroleum products by 50 paisa per liter from Thursday, expressing dissatisfaction over the “apathy” shown by Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) to revise the commission rate of the dealers.

​Most gas stations in Kathmandu Valley are located in densely populated areas. A school building might stand right next to or just a few meters from a petrol station. We see shops and residential houses lying adjacent to petrol pumps.  This is not how it ought to be legally and practically but this is how it has been for many years.

RAUTAHAT, Aug 16: The Regional Office of Nepal Bureau of Standards and Metrology (NBSM) at Rautahat has taken action against 19 petrol pumps in Bara, Parsa and Rauthat for cheating customers.

PARSA, Aug 12: The office of Standards and Metrology in Parsa sealed off a petrol station in Hetauda for selling a less amount of fuel than paid for.

KATHMANDU, May 3: Kathmandu’s Chief District Officer Ram Prasad Acharya has announced to remove petrol pumps operating against the standard.