KATHMANDU, April 29: The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has exerted pressure on the Kathmandu District Government Attorney Office (DGAO) to release the government employees arrested in connection with the distribution of fake driving licenses (DL).
KATHMANDU, March 27: The Department of Information Technology (DoIT) has submitted a report to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, pointing out the flaws in the electronic driving license and vehicle registration system of the Department of Transport Management (DoTM).
KATHMANDU, Feb 28: The Department of Transport Management (DoTM) suspects that there has been corruption amounting to around Rs 10 billion in the illegal issuance of driving licenses.
KATHMANDU, Jan 8: An inquiry into the distribution of smart licenses in Nepal over the past seven years has uncovered irregularities, with 73,584 out of 4 million licenses distributed under suspicion. A total of 30,000 of these licenses were granted to individuals who did not successfully pass the required written exams and trials.
Eight injured, two critically, in a blast at a government office in Siraha Kathmandu Post
Kathmandu, March 15 A blast at a government office on Sunday injuring eight persons has raised questions over Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli s claim that politics of violence has ended in the country.
Two government employees and six service seekers were injured when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off at the Land Revenue Office in Lahan Municipality, Siraha, on Sunday. The condition of two of the injured is said to be critical.
Dinesh Bhandari, a service seeker from Dhangadhimai Municipality, Siraha, was airlifted to Kathmandu for further treatment while Shiva Kumar Yadav, a non-gazetted first class officer at the office near whose desk the pressure cooker bomb went off, was rushed to Biratnagar, according to Deputy Superintendent Tapan Dahal.