Ministers Thapa, Basnet conduct emissions test Kathmandu, June 3 Minister of Home Affairs Ram Bahadur Thapa and Minister of Forest and Environment Shakti Bahadur Basnet took the people by surprise as they appeared on the road to conduct vehicle emissions test this morning. Almost 50 per... Horoscopes 04 Jun, 2018
Air pollution: The invisible killer WHO says most of air pollution-related deaths are from non-communicable diseases and in terms of global disease burden, air pollution is the cause of over one-third deaths from stroke, lung cancer and chronic respiratory diseases Nepal’s... 30 Mar, 2018
LETTERS: Green sticker not a solution Apropos of the news story “’Green sticker’ mandatory from mid-April” (THT, March 16, Page 10), the government seems to be sticking to some issues that are already in place. We have had green stickers pasted on our cars for the past quarter... 19 Mar, 2018
�Green sticker' mandatory from mid-April Kathmandu, March 15 The Department of Transport Management (DoTM) has said that it will prohibit vehicles without ‘green stickers' (vehicle worthiness indicator) to ply on all metropolitan cities and sub-metropolis roads from mid-April,... 16 Mar, 2018
Vehicles sans green-stickers to be banned in metropolis KATHMANDU: The government is going to prohibit vehicles without green-stickers to ply the roads of metropolitan cities from the first day of Baishakh, which is the first month of Nepali calendar. At a programme organised by Reporters Club Nepal here... Horoscopes 06 Mar, 2018
Minister Pandit says action will be taken against polluters BHAKTAPUR: Marking the beginning of Hanumante River Cleanup Campaign in the bordering area of Kaushaltar and Suryabinayak of Bhaktapur district today, Minister for Population and Environment Lalbabu Pandit has pledged to book environment polluters,... Horoscopes 03 Mar, 2018
Imported vehicles to meet Euro IV norms We should be open to upgrade standards of new vehicles that will ply the roads if that is what is needed to control air pollution - Minister for Population and Environment Lalbabu Pandit Kathmandu, March 1 In a bid to control the worsening air... 02 Mar, 2018
EDITORIAL: Backward move The arguments put forward to keep the country as an LDC sound plainly absurd, devoid of any ambition to move forward The government has decided that Nepal will retain the status of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) for the time being. The decision... 01 Mar, 2018
Plastic manufacturers to be brought under law Bhaktapur, February 27 Minister for Population and Environment Lal Babu Pandit has said that the manufacturers of non-biodegradable plastic will be brought under the ambit of law. Pandit said outlets that used plastic bags for everyday... Horoscopes 28 Feb, 2018
Government to crack down on vehicles breaching emission limits from April 14 Kathmandu, February 27 The Ministry of Population and Environment (MoPE) today said that vehicles which emit smoke that exceeds the emission limits set by the government will be taken off the roads of all metropolitan and sub-metropolitan cities... 28 Feb, 2018
Minister Pandit to make green-sticker effective, ban non-biodegradable plastic KATHMANDU: Minister for Population and Environment, Lalbabu Pandit, has said non-biodegradable plastic producers would be brought under law. Pandit further said that the outlets that use non-biodegradable plastic for everyday operations must... Horoscopes 27 Feb, 2018
Lumbini more polluted than Kathmandu: DoE KATHMANDU: Lumbini is polluted than Kathmandu by more than one and a half times, said the Department of Environment (DoE). Data received from the air quality monitoring system shows that Lumbini has more polluted particles than Kathmandu, according... Travel 04 Feb, 2018
