Both of my parents are senior citizens, octogenarians to be precise, born in Kathmandu, holding valid citizenship cards provided by the erstwhile His Majesty’s Government (HMG)’s Magistrate Office of Kathmandu.

KATHMANDU, June 24: The Ministry of Home Affairs has directed the chief district officers (CDOs) across the country to collect the details for the National Identity Card at the ward level in coordination with the local authorities.

DHANUSA, May 30: The District Police Office, Dhanusha, has issued arrest warrants against the then chief district officer (CDO) Sharad Kumar Bhattarai and the then section officer, Kashi Raj Dahal, of the District Administration Office, for granting citizenship to Kantipur Media Group Chairman Kailash Sirohiya.

KATHMANDU, March 19: The Ministry of Home Affairs has appointed Kosh Hari Niraula as the Director General of the Department of Immigration (DoI). The post had been vacant since February 18, after the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority filed a case against the then director general Rudra Singh Tamang.

BIRGUNJ, Jan 14: A demonstration was held on Sunday demanding action against Mayor Rajesh Man Singh of Birgunj Metropolis. Locals took part in the demonstration today saying that Mayor Singh helped his fake daughter obtain a citizenship certificate, by falsely claiming to be her father.

KATHMANDU, Feb 3: Home Minister Balkrishna Khand has inquired with Chief District Officers (CDO) of various 14 districts about the situation of law and order and COVID-19 situation in their districts. He telephoned the CDOs this morning to know the latest situation of the districts.

KATHMANDU, April 8: In a major bureaucratic reshuffle within the ministry, the Home Ministry on Thursday transferred 26 Under Secretaries and Joint Secretaries.

KATHMANDU, March 31: The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) has urged chief district officers (CDOs) across the country to restrict all kinds of mass gatherings in view of the rising cases of COVID-19.

KATHMANDU, Feb 26: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) on Friday transferred and deputed as many as 52 joint-secretaries and under-secretaries.

DAILEKH, March 20: Laxmi Prasad Baskota, chief district officer (CDO) of Dailekh, has urged the local representatives not to give donations to the cadres of the government-banned Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) led by Netra Bikram Chand.

They expect that this will strengthen the situation of law and order in the district and help maintain loyalty and transparency in government works. CDO Banjade says she will create an environment where all people will show their solidarity to positive campaigns.

KATHMANDU: Ruling and opposition party lawmakers have come down heavily on the proposed Federal and Provincial Police Bill for making the chief district officers more powerful than the chief ministers.

BARA, Feb 2: The District Police Office (DPO), Bara, has taken Jagat Narayan Raut Kurmi, a driver of the District Administration Office (DAO), into custody for investigations into a road accident on January 26 in which a Superintendent of Police (SP) was killed and a chief district officer (CDO) was critically injured.

KATHMANDU, Jan 26: Armed police Force SP Balaram Pokharel has died in a road accident in Bara on Saturday evening.

SURKHET, Dec 26: Minister for Forest and Environment Shakti Basnet has stated that the Chief District Officers (CDO) could not be subordinated under the Provincial governments due to the constitutional compulsion.

KATHMANDU, Dec 9: Chief District Officer of Bardiya, Ram Bahadur Kurumbang, has clinched the title of Integrity Idol of Nepal 2018.

KANCHANPUR, Aug 26: The newly-appointed Chief District Officer (CDO) of Kanchanpur, Taranath Adhikari has said that the victim's family would have got justice and there would not have been human causality and other losses had the District Police Office (DPO) initiated investigation into the rape and murder of 13-year-old Nirmala Panta right after the incident.

KATHMANDU, Aug 23: The Ministry of Home Affairs has pulled back Chief District Officer of Kanchanpur district Kumar Bahadur Khadka after eight people including two police officials were injured in a clash with police in the course of protest against Nirmala rape and murder case on Thursday.

KHOTANG, April 25: Chief District Officer (CDO) of Khotang and the chief of District Coordination Committee (DCC) have taken the guardianship of two helpless girls of Laphyang, Khotang.

JANAKURDHAM, March 2: The decision of Udaya Barbariya Yadav, the mayor of Dhanusha-based Shahidnagar Municipality to suspend the principal of Dhabauli Secondary School (DSS), Shree Prasad Gohibar, has ensued a dispute between the mayor and the Chief District Officer (CDO) Dilip Chapagain.

KATHMANDU, Dec 2: The government has called Chief District Officer of Udayapur, Chandraman Shrestha to the Ministry of Home Affairs after security negligence in the district. Pradip Raj Kandel succeeds Shrestha as the district's new CDO.

NEPALGUNJ, Nov 10: Stating that physical attacks on them are on the rise, local representatives in Banke have demanded security from the authority. On Friday, they met Chief District Officer Ramesh Kumar KC to draw his attention toward the matter. The local representatives who had come all the way from Raptisonari Rural Municipality said that attacks on them have become common in the district. Unknown groups threaten and warn them as well.

ITAHARI, Oct 4: The Nepal Bar Association, Sunsari district chapter has objected to the detention of three Nepali nationals by the Indian security forces and urged the district authorities here to take initiatives for their unconditional release.

CHITWAN, Aug 30: A parliamentary committee which is investigating Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) for its alleged misappropriation of funds on land purchase has uncovered strong evidences to prove the wrongdoings of the state-owned oil monopoly.

KATHMANDU, March 7: The Home Ministry has assigned Krishna Bahadur Katwal as the new Chief District Officer of Saptari.

KATHMANDU, March 7: The Home Ministry has called back the Chief District Officer and security chiefs from Saptarai district.

KATHMANDU, March 7: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Tuesday has directed Chief District Officer (CDO) Uddhav Prasad Timalsina and Police Chief SP Dibesh Lohani of Saptari to be present in Kathmandu to brief him about the incident in Maleth on Monday.