or the first time in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu, public bus services are being started from tonight. The Kathmandu Metropolitan City in coordination with the Federation of Nepalese Transport entrepreneurs are launching the bus services which will run from eight till eleven in the evening. Fourteen metro buses will be operated along six different routes in the city .

For those who work late or have go out in the evenings and have to depend on the public transport , the night buses in the capital will become a boon. In an experimental basis the fourteen buses with thirty seats will have the same fare as during the day time. According to the Kathmandu Metropolitian City officials the buses will have two armed security personnel and CCTV and will be accompanied by police control room vehicles while security personnel will keep a watch on bus stops. 
According to the public response in the service hours , routes and number of buses will be revised. As per the agreement the Federation of Transport Entrepreneurs is receiving an of forty five lakh nepali rupees as assistance to meet the fuel and salary expenses from the Metropolitan authority .