KATHMANDU: The Supreme Court has issued an interim order directing the government to issue embossed vehicle number plates in Devanagari script, halting plans to continue using English-only plates. A bench of Justices Kumar Regmi and Mahesh Sharma Paudel made the…

KATHMANDU: The government’s plan of making embossed number plates mandatory for vehicle registration, renewal and ownership transfer from September 17 has been affected due to last week’s arson and vandalism in several government offices during Gen Z protest. More than 600,000…

KATHMANDU: The Language Commission has called for embossed number plates on vehicles to be written in Nepali. The Commission cited Article 7, Clause 1 of the Constitution, which states that Nepali is the language of government work. It objected to…

KATHMANDU: The government’s decision to make embossed number plates mandatory from mid-October for vehicle registration, ownership transfer, and renewal has triggered widespread criticism. Stakeholders are saying that the plan is being enforced without adequate preparation. A meeting chaired by Minister…

KATHMANDU: The Department of Transport Management has urged the public not to be misled by false information circulating on social media regarding the installation of embossed number plates on vehicles. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the department clarified that…