News tagged 'Transportation'

Operation of long-haul vehicles, domestic flights to remain suspended till September 16

Aug 31, 2020

KATHMANDU: The government has decided to continue the suspension of the operation of long-distance vehicles and domestic flights till September 16 (end of Bhadra). The meeting of the Council of Ministers held on Sunday made a decision to this effect. Prior to this, although the government sought to resume long-route transportation and domestic flig...

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Public transportation sector most affected by lockdown: Transport Entrepreneurs

Aug 11, 2020

KATHMANDU: The plan to allow resumption of long-distance public transportation from August 17 across the country has again been cancelled. The Cabinet meeting held on Monday decided to resume flight operations from September 1 citing worsening situation due to surge in the number of COVID-19 cases in the country. However, decision regarding the res...

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Transport entrepreneurs seek resumption of services

Jul 2, 2020

KATHMANDU, JULY 1 Transport entrepreneurs have said that if the government does not allow resumption of public transport services soon, they will have to take to the streets like the taxi entrepreneurs have been doing. After meeting Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Basanta Kumar Nembang today, the transport entrepreneurs also expr...

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US accuses India of unfair practices on charter flights

Jun 23, 2020

The US Transportation Department on Monday accused the Indian government of engaging in “unfair and discriminatory practices” on charter air transportation services to and from India and issued an order requiring Indian air carriers to apply for authorization prior to conducting charter flights. The order will allow US officials “...

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MoU inked for SKYRAIL feasibility study

Jul 20, 2017

A memorandum of understanding was signed today between Kathmandu Metropolitan City and Cimex Inc to conduct feasibility study for skyrail in Kathmandu. According to a press release issued by Cimex, its Chairman Prasidha B Panday presented the pre-feasibility study report to KMC Mayor Bidya Sundar Shakya in a ceremony held here today. The rele...

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India’s Ola eyes Nepal’s ride-hailing market for expansion

Jul 7, 2017

Kathmandu, July 6 India’s largest cab service provider Ola is planning to enter the Nepali transportation market as it is going out of the country for the first time, media reports say. The company has listed Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Bangladesh as the first international countries where it will offer its services, a person familiar with the ma...

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Buying a new bike? Think twice because its getting banned inside ring-road, soon !

Jun 16, 2017

The Government is planning to ban motorcycles inside Kathmandu ring-road. Concluding that small vehicles are the root cause of the traffic management, the Transportation department is making necessary plans to put a ban on bikes inside ring-road. However, before imposing a ban, public transportation will be made available and accesible so that the ...

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