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With the implementation of automatic fuel pricing, the government has slashed the public transport fares.

The Department of Transport Management (DoTM) slashed the transport fares to be effective from today in line with the fall in the prices of petroleum products.

According to the automatic pricing system, the prices of petrol and diesel have been slashed by Rs 6 and Rs 4 per liter respectively.

Based on this, the department has reduced the fare by 2.13 percent in passenger vehicles, 2.78 percent in the cargo carriers plying on hill roads and 3. 09 percent in Tarai.

A person died and another was critically injured when a bus and a motorbike collided with each other at Polyangphedi in Rupa Rural Municipality-3 of Kaski on Monday.

The bus (Ga 1 Kha 7686) heading towards Lamjung from Pokhara collided head-on with the two-wheeler (Ga 15 Pa 8483) this morning.

The deceased has been identified as bike rider Bibek BK (23) of Bhorletar, MadhyaNepal Municipality-6, Lamjung.

Dipendra BK, who was riding pillion, was seriously injured in the incident. He is undergoing treatment at the Gandaki Hospital, Pokhara.

Critically injured in the incident, both of them were taken to Gandaki Hospital, Pokhara for treatment but Bibek breathed his last during the course of treatment.

Police said that they have impounded the truck and arrested its driver Bishal Gurung for investigation.

A Lebanese national was arrested with USD 10, 000 from the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) on Sunday.

Police said that they arrested El Yaman Muhammad when he was about to board a flight of Nepali Airlines to Dubai last night.

According to police, Muhammad was apprehended with USD 10, 000 during a regular security check.

“We were conducting a regular check at the airport. We recovered USD 10, 000 from his possession. Muhammad could not give a proper answer when he was asked about the source of the money. That is why we arrested him,” a police source said.

Police said that they are looking into the case.

Kankai Municipality in Jhapa district has banned the sale and consumption of tobacco products effective from tomorrow (July 17).

The municipality has formulated an act and the town assembly meeting took a decision in this regard, said the municipality mayor Rajendra Kumar Pokharel.

“The sale and consumption of tobacco products have been banned in view of health and environmental risks. This will come into effect from tomorrow. I urge all to implement the municipality’s decision,” said the mayor.

This is as part of the municipality’s campaign to make Kankai clean, beautiful, managed, and developed local level, he added.
Violation of the directive and selling tobacco products is subject to a punishment of Rs 50,000 in fine, said the municipality chief administrative officer Mohan Prasad Neupane.

In the case of the consumption of tobacco products in public places, Rs 5,000 is fined.