KATHMANDU, Sept 5: Hotels and eateries along Nagdhunga-Naubise road section have been penalized for serving the customers with substandard food at exorbitant cost.

KATHMANDU, Sept 15: Selling of substandard food has been on the rise in the Kathmandu Valley with a five-month lockdown and lack of effective market monitoring by the government bodies concerned.

It’s that time of the year again. Dashain is in the air and so are all of the season’s accompaniments – a general sense of anticipation and indolence among the working populace, a chilly bite in the air during the morning and evenings, people going about planning their travels and shopping duties and last, but certainly not the least, our government agencies conducting their annual market monitoring farce.