KATHMANDU, May 15: Popular youth candidate for the post of mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC), Balen Shah reached Bhaktapur on Sunday. Shah, who is leading the race for the post of mayor of KMC from the independent cluster, reached the office of Bhaktapur Municipality-2.

BHAKTAPUR, May 15: Shrikrishna Shrestha of Nepali Congress (NC) has been elected as the Ward Chair of Ward Number 2 of Madhyapur Thimi Municipality. He secured victory with 988 votes while his nearest rival Prakash Thapa Magar of the CPN-UML secured 894 votes.

BHAKTAPUR, May 12: Different polling stations and polling centers were monitored in Bhaktapur district on Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, May 11: The District Administration Office, Kathmandu, and Bhaktapur have stated that the services to be provided from the offices will be affected on Wednesday and Thursday.

KATHMANDU, April 25: The ruling Nepali Congress (NC) and the main opposition party CPN-UML have finalized the names of mayoral and deputy mayoral candidates for four municipalities in Bhaktapur.

BHAKTAPUR, April 25: A fire broke out at a housing chemical and machinery equipment warehouse at Kamerotar of Madhyapur Thimi Municipality-5 in Bhaktapur district on Sunday night, destroying properties worth approximately Rs 60 million, according to the police.

BHAKTAPUR, April 25: A total of 11 candidates have registered for the mayoral post in four municipalities of Bhaktapur. According to the District Election Office, Bhaktapur, 11 candidates have registered for the post of mayor in Bhaktapur district on the first day of registration of candidates for the local level election.

KATHMANDU, April 15: Sindur Jatra, a centuries-old tradition, is being celebrated in Bhaktapur today.

BHAKTAPUR, April 10: The historically famous and important Biska Jatra of Bhaktapur is starting today. The Biska Jatra, which begins with the arrival of the New Year, begins this evening by pulling the chariot of Nakinju Azima to Ghatkha from the front of the Panchatle temple in Tamari and pulling the chariot of Bhairavnath.

BHAKTAPUR, March 18: The government distributed land ownership certificates to 23 landless squatters in wards 6 and 8 of Madhyapur Thimi Municipality in Bhaktapur district today.

BHAKTAPUR, March 12: Bird flu has been detected in Bhaktapur again. Bird flu has been found in the chickens of Suwal Poultry Farm run by Jagat Laxmi Sujkhu in Suryabinayak Municipality-10 of the district.

BHADGAON, March 7: Bird flu has been detected in Bhaktapur district. Three poultry farms at Suryabinayak Municipality-10 in the district recorded the bird flu.

BHAKTAPUR, Feb 2: Most slaughterhouses in Bhaktapur Municipality are found to be unhygienic in view of consumer’s health.

BHADGAUN, Jan 24: Coronavirus caseload is increasing in Bhaktapur. Lately, more than 500 people are being diagnosed with the infection in the district daily.

BHAKTAPUR, Jan 23: A three-month-old baby died due to suffocation in a rented room at Dadhikot, Suryabinayak Municipality-4 in Bhaktapur district. Two others have been seriously injured in the incident.

BHAKTAPUR, Jan 20: The District Administration Office, Bhaktapur has stopped non-essential services from today.

KATHMANDU, Jan 19: The District Administration Office (DAO), Bhaktapur, has issued a 27-point order effective from today to prevent the further spread of coronavirus infection. Chief District Officer Rudra Devi Sharma issued the order.

BHAKTAPUR, Jan 13: Biraj Khadka, 33, of Koteshwor, Kathmandu, died unexpectedly when he went to a tattoo parlor operated by one Arush Malla to get a tattoo near Lokanthali Manhara Eye Hospital Madhyapur Thimi, Bhaktapur on Thursday.

KATHMANDU, Police found a dead body of a man in a three-story house at Bode Gakhu of Madhyapur Thimi-8 in Bhaktapur on Saturday.

BHAKTAPUR, Dec 30: One person died while two others sustained critical injuries when an overspeeding car en route to Kathmandu from Bhaktapur met with an accident.

BHAKTAPUR, Dec 8: Bhaktapur District Administration Office has started registration for e-passport (electronic passport) and its distribution starting Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, Dec 8: A young man has been found murdered in Balkot of Bhaktapur district. The body of Rajan Shrestha, 33, of Balkot in Suryabinayak Municipality-3 was found in a field on the bank of the Hanumante River near Bangalamukhi Cooperative Chowk in Basitole of Suryabinayak-2.

BHAKTAPUR, Dec 2: Bhaktapur Police has said that prostitution is taking place secretly in the city. SP Shiva Kumar Shrestha of the Metropolitan Police Circle, Bhaktapur, has stated that prostitution is taking place in the area in various ways.

BHAKTAPUR, Nov 28: A person has died in an accident at Adarsh ​​bus stop of Bhaktapur along the Araniko Highway on Saturday. Ashim Limbu, 24, of Dhankuta Rajarani, now living in Lalitpur Kusunti, has died after a tipper hit his scooter at Suryabinayak, Ward No-8.

BHAKTAPUR, Oct 28: The remains of an archeological building have been found while digging a water tank on the premises of Niketan Secondary School, Bhaktapur. The remains of archeological buildings including Tepu Lho, Teliya Brick (Chikka Appa), Fah Appa, Dachi Appa (various types of bricks) have been found six feet below the ground surface.

BHAKTAPUR, Oct 5: Minister of State for Health and Population Umesh Shrestha inspected Bhaktapur Hospital, Bhaktapur Cancer Hospital and Shahid Dharmabhakta National Organ Transplant Center on Monday.

KATHMANDU, Sept 27: New leadership has been elected in all the four municipalities of Bhaktapur under the 14th General Convention of the Nepali Congress. Rajendra Tamkhu in Bhaktapur, Haridas Prajapati in Madhyapur Thimi, Shivahari KC in Changunarayan and Nishan Dhungel in Suryabinayak municipalities have been elected as president of the municipal committees.

BHAKTAPUR, Sept 25: The crime rate in Bhaktapur district is high. According to Shiva Kumar Shrestha, Superintendent of Police (SP) of the Metropolitan Police Range, Bhaktapur, said that data covering the past five years shows that the crime rate in the district has been on the rise.

BHAKTAPUR, Sept 7: Some 500 tents erected in Manhara squatter settlement of Madhyapur Thimi Municipality-1 have been inundated due to incessant rainfall on Sunday night.

BHAKTAPUR, August 22: A preliminary investigation has revealed that a man created a bomb hoax to scare the people as he failed to pay back their money. According to the Metropolitan Police Office Bhaktapur, Nabin Tamang who lives in a guest house run by Shiva Sharan Bhuju at Madhyapur Thimi Municipality ward no. 4 kept the fake bomb. His permanent address is Kavrepalanchok Temal rural municipality ward no. 2, Dadaghau.

BHAKTAPUR, August 20: Most of the teachers in Suryabinayak Municipality of Bhaktapur have resigned after an incentive program was introduced for voluntary resignation. Of the total schools in the city, teachers of nearly 62 percent of schools have resigned.

BHAKTAPUR, July 5: A man in his forties has been found dead in a Jasmine forest in Sirutar at Suryabinayak Municipality-1 of Bhaktapur. According to the police, the identity of the deceased is yet to be ascertained.

BHAKTAPUR, May 10: The District Administration Office (DAO), Bhaktapur has initiated an investigation into the alleged negligence of Kaushaltar-based Bhaktapur International Hospital at Madhyapur Thimi-3 in connection with the deaths of two Covid-19 patients.

BHAKTAPUR, May 4: Three members of a family in Bhaktapur were found lying unconscious in their room on Tuesday.

Kathmandu, April 29: The prohibitory orders imposed by the local administration of the three districts of the Kathmandu Valley to break the chain of transmission of the coronavirus is being strictly enforced.

BHAKTAPUR, April 10: The celebration of Bisket (Biska) jatra-- one of the popular religious festivals celebrated in the Kathmandu Valley-- began in Bhaktapur from Saturday.

KATHMANDU, April 10: The celebration of Bisket (Biska) jatra-- one of the popular religious festivals celebrated in Kathmandu Valley,  began in Bhaktapur from Saturday.

BHAKTAPUR, April 7: Nepal’s largest vegetable market has come into operation in Bhaktapur.

KATHMANDU, April 5: Locals of Bhaktapur have staged a protest against the decision of the local authority not to allow the celebration of Biskta Jatra in front of the Nyatapola Temple on Monday evening.

BHAKTAPUR, March 22: Six people were severely injured when a cooking gas (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) exploded in Bhimeshwor Mo:Mo and Chicken House at Suryabinayak Municipality-5 of Bhaktapur on Sunday.

KATHMANDU, Feb 14: Locals at Dachhi of Kageshwori Manohara Municipality in the capital have staged a protest demanding timely completion of the under-construction Thali-Dachhi-Nayapati road in the area.

BHAKTAPUR, Feb 4: Bhaktapur, one of the three districts in the Kathmandu Valley, has witnessed a normal impact of the general strike staged by the rival faction of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) close to Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Madhav Kumar Nepal.

KATHMANDU, Jan 16: Locals of Bhaktapur on Saturday  performed the Nawadurga Naach, a traditional cultural dance, at the Dattatreya Temple in the city.

A 17 years old girl was found sexually abused at a resort by promising her of a job.

KATHMANDU, Dec 9: A plainclothes police team deployed on the basis of special information from the Victim Assistance Unit of the Metropolitan Traffic Police Division (MTPD) arrested a man with fake driving licenses on Tuesday.

KATHMANDU, Nov 11: Isolation centers, ICU beds and ventilators have started going empty in the Kathmandu Valley as the people diagnosed with the COVID-19 are found preferring to stay in home isolation rather than visiting hospital for treatment.

KATHMANDU, Oct 8: A real estate agent has been beaten to death in Bhaktapur district on Wednesday evening.

KATHMANDU, Sept 4: A centenarian from Bhaktapur, Ganeshmaya Prajapati, has defeated coronavirus infection. A native of Thimi, Prajapati was tested positive for the virus on September 18. Given her age, everyone in her family and community was worried but she tested negative for the virus on October 4, some 14 days after home isolation.

BHAKTAPUR, Oct 4: Bhaktapur Police on Sunday apprehended two young men on the charge of gangraping a 17-year-old girl in Bhaktapur.

BHAKTAPUR, Sept 11: Three members of a family in Madhyapur Thimi Municipality in Bhaktapur have been found dead in a mysterious condition. They were found dead in their own three-storied building in the Nikosera area of the municipality, according to police.