Ride sharing services Tootle, Pathao to resume operations Tuesday With the introduction of odd-even system based vehicular movement corresponding to the authorities' decision to further relax ongoing Covid-19 lockdown, ride-sharing services are set to resume operations from Tuesday. Nepal 21 Jun, 2021
Ride-sharing services banned yet again Kathmandu, March 11 The government has again warned against using private vehicles for ferrying passengers. Issuing a notice late Tuesday, Department of Transport Management (DoTM) has said that action will be taken against private vehicle owners... 12 Mar, 2020
Authorities yet again warn against ride-sharing KATHMANDU: The government has yet again issued warning against the use of ride-sharing service for commuting which has gained popularity in Kathmandu Valley of late. Issuing a notice on Tuesday, the Department of Transport Management (DoTM) under... Horoscopes 11 Mar, 2020
Regulate ride-sharing services: Patan High Court Kathmandu, February 13 The Patan High Court has directed the government to regulate ridesharing services like Tootle and Pathao by introducing necessary policies. The double bench of Justices Shriman Kumar Gautam and Mina Gautam on Wednesday... 14 Feb, 2020
Procuring driving licence could get tougher Kathmandu, December 26 The government is preparing to tighten the process through which people can procure driving licences by making both the written and trial examinations stricter for large as well as small vehicles. Gogan Bahadur Hamal,... 27 Dec, 2019
MoPIT, DoTM divided over ride-sharing services Kathmandu, November 27 The Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport (MoPIT) and Department of Transport Management (DoTM) have locked horns about whether or not to lift the existing ban on ride-sharing services. The disagreement has come... 28 Nov, 2019
Don�t ban ride-hailing: It is part of the gig economy Without the ride hailers’ effort, the platform will not generate a single penny. The sweat, time and effort of the rider are the base of the business of the platform economy. This the government must understand The IT-enabled ride-hailing services... 28 Nov, 2019
Govt steps up crackdown on Tootle, Pathao Kathmandu, November 24 After the Department of Transport Management issued a notice and declared ride-sharing service providers Tootle and Pathao illegal, Traffic Police have started crackdown on the ride-sharing service providers. Metropolitan... Horoscopes 25 Nov, 2019
Editorial: Swing into action With the cabinet’s reshuffle in a hiatus of almost two years, it is the right time for the government to swing into full action to speed up the economy Eighteen months after the unification between the then CPN-UML and CPN-Maoist-Centre to form the... 22 Nov, 2019
Government cracks down on ride-sharing services yet again Kathmandu, November 20 The Department of Transport Management today declared ride-sharing services such as Tootle and Pathao illegal, indicating that the government’s commitment to promote entrepreneurship and innovation was merely limited to... Travel 21 Nov, 2019
IRD asks Tootle to pay Rs 33.9 million tax Kathmandu, April 17 The government has asked Tootle, a ride-sharing company, to pay Rs 33.9 million in taxes. The amount was finalised by the Inland Revenue Department and includes income tax and value added tax from the fiscal 2016-17 till... Travel 18 Apr, 2019
Transport management dept rules out action against ride-sharing services Kathmandu, January 16 The Department of Transport Management has stated that it won’t take any legal action against the ride-sharing two-wheelers services, given the public sentiment attached to it. ‘Technology-based intermediary companies’... Travel 17 Jan, 2019
