KATHMANDU, May 21: The Dhulikhel-Khawa road section of the Araniko Highway in Kavrepalanchowk will be closed for four hours today and tomorrow for expansion work. A meeting held on Monday with representatives of the District Coordination Committee, District Administration Office (DAO) and other concerned agencies decided to close the road section under construction for four hours today and tomorrow afternoon and carry out the expansion work.

KATHMANDU, April 18: The District Administration Office (DAO), Morang, has imposed a ban on meetings, conferences, rallies, gatherings and demonstrations in the district.

KATHMANDU, March 5: In preparation for the Maha Shivaratri festival on March 8, the District Administration Office (DAO), Kathmandu, and the Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) have banned the sale of meat and meat products and alcohol in the Pashupatinath temple area.

RAUTAHAT, Feb 19: While the nation observed Democracy Day on Monday, curfew remained in effect for the third day in a row in various areas of a municipality in Rautahat while the District Administration Office, Parsa also imposed indefinite curfew in Birgunj until further notice to curb possible flare up of communal violence.

BARA, Feb 18: The locals of Rampurwa in Kolhabi Municipality-9 of Bara district picketed the District Administration Office (DAO) on Sunday demanding action against the land mafia who are selling public land to the general public.

LAHAN, Feb 13: The District Administration Office, Mahottari (DAO) has stopped illegal exploitation of the Khutti River within Chure Protected Area in Lahan Municipality-15.

BIRGUNJ, Nov 27: The District Administration Office (DAO), Parsa, has so far addressed 438 cases related to loan-sharking. Parsa's Assistant Chief District Officer Shiba Prasad Lamsal said they had received a total of 1,321 complaints through the online registrations and sorted out 438 of them through mutual discussions, bringing justice to the victims.

JAJARKOT, Nov 22: The District Administration Office (DAO), Jajarkot, has started working from makeshift structures after an earthquake damaged the building it was operating from. An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter Scale and with its epicenter at Ramidanda of Barekot Rural Municipality-1 struck Jajarkot on November 3.

KATHMANDU, Nov 21: The District Administration Office (DAO), Kathmandu, has declared the area between Maitighar Mandala and New Baneshwor a prohibited zone, restricting the organization of any form of mass-gatherings in the area for the next 30 days.

KATHMANDU, Nov 20: The District Administration Office (DAO), Kathmandu, has declared the area between Maitighar Mandala and Baneshwor a prohibited area, restricting the organization of any forms of mass-gatherings in the area for the next 30 days.

TAPLEJUNG, Oct 4: More than 65,000 people have registered for national identity cards in Taplejung.

KATHMANDU, June 25: The District Administration Office (DAO), Kathmandu has issued a circular to all the ward offices within its jurisdiction instructing them to complete all necessary processes before making any recommendation for citizenship.

BIRGUNJ, June 6: District Administration Office (DAO), Parsa has decided to provide citizenship by birth in the district starting from Monday.

RASUWA, Nov 15: The District Administration Office, Rasuwa, has curtailed its services citing shortage of employees. The office postponed the distribution of citizenship and passport certificates citing the lack of employees.

SARLAHI, Feb 18: The District Administration Office (DAO), Sarlahi, has started issuing e-passports. The service was launched by providing electronic passports to three applicants, according to Chief District Officer (CDO) Thaneshwor Gautam.

SIMKOT, Feb 1: Services provided by the District Administration Office (DAO), Humla, have been suspended for a week after the Assistant Chief District Officer (CDO) tested positive for COVID-19.

KATHMANDU, Jan 24: The Central Zoo in Jawalakhel has been closed for a week due to the increasing risk of COVID-19.

PALPA, Jan 23: The District Administration Office has suspended all services except for essential ones.

KATHMANDU, Jan 21: The District Administration Office, Kathmandu has said that the decision to enforce an odd-even rule for both public and private vehicles is aimed at discouraging activities that draw crowds of people.

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

KALIKOT, Jan 20: The District Administration Office (DAO), Kalikot, has been closed for a week after staffers including the Chief District Officer (CDO) contracted COVID-19.

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.

KATHMANDU, Jan 12: The District Administration Offices (DAOs) in Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur have urged all people to take necessary precautions against COVID-19 as health officials have warned of the start of the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

MANANG, Sept 29: The Manang District Administration Office has allowed the entry of foreign tourists into the district amid COVID-19. But the DAO has made it mandatory for the visiting tourists to strictly follow health safety protocols.

KATHMANDU, Sept 15: The District Administration Office (DAO), Surkhet, has directed the internet service providers (ISPs) to remove the tangled and unmanaged internet and cable network wires from the electricity and telecom poles within seven days.

KATHMANDU, August 20: All the three District Administration Offices (DAOs) in the Kathmandu Valley have urged people to celebrate festivals like Janai Purnima and Gaijatra symbolically, avoiding huge gatherings of people to avoid further spread of COVID-19.

SOLUKHUMBU, August 11: Services of the District Administration Office (DAO), Solukhumbu have been shut up to August 17 after its staffers confirmed to have contracted coronavirus.

KATHMANDU, August 3: The District Administration Office (DAO) of Kathmandu has urged the people not to take part in or organize large gatherings, stating that it is the responsibility of everyone to stop the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

POKHARA, June 21: District Administration Office, Kaski, has extended prohibitory orders in the district for a week with some relaxations.

DHARAN, May 16: Sunsari will go for 14 days of lockdown from Saturday to May 29. The District Administration Office has extended the period for another two weeks as the prohibitory order was not effective.

KATHMANDU, May 12: The District Administration Office, Kathmandu has asked stakeholders, including hospitals, ‘to not create panic among the public in the name of public notices showing oxygen shortage’.

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.

KATHMANDU, April 26: The three District Administration Offices (DAOs) in the Kathmandu Valley have issued a week-long prohibitory order placing restrictions on various services and activities in the Kathmandu Valley.

KATHMANDU, April 26: District Administrations Offices (DAOs) of the Kathmandu Valley have decided to enforce a prohibitory order in Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur districts to contain further spread of the COVID-19 cases.

GORKHA, Nov 30: The District Administration Office (DAO) in Gorkha has asked all the local level governments in the district to stop operation of crusher industries that are making illegal excavation of sands and stones.

PARBAT, Jan 18: The District Administration Office (DAO) is tightening the screw on fair organizers in Parbat on the grounds of breach of security, encouragement of illicit and corrupt behavior and poor utilization of funds.

KATHMANDU, May 3: Kathmandu’s Chief District Officer Ram Prasad Acharya has announced to remove petrol pumps operating against the standard.

LAHAN, April 20: Gaurav Kumar Sah’s long-cherished wish of getting citizenship through descent came true on Friday.

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.

BUTWAL, Dec 5: An enraged group of locals vandalized the casino of the Tiger Palace Resort, a five-star hotel, at Kotihawa in Rupandehi at 8 pm on Saturday after the hotel management allegedly tried to fire some of its local employees without prior notice. The hotel management has filed a complaint at the District Administrative Office (DAO) to investigate into the vandalism claiming that it suffered property losses worth Rs 2 million.

DOLPA, Oct 5:  District Administration Office, Dolpa has decided to beef up security condition in all the eight local units of the district during the upcoming Dashain and Tihar festivals.

BAJHANG, July 30: Government employees and contractors in Bajhang have been accused of gambling under the pretext of playing badminton every morning.

RASUWA, July 28: The District Administration Office, Rasuwa has prohibited movement of transport trucks exceeding locad capacity of five tonnes towards Rasuwagadi. The prohibitory order was put in place from yesterday after a bridge at Ghatte River at  Gosaikunda rural municipality-2 suffered damage by landslide.

JUMLA, July 2: District Administrative Office (DAO) Jumla wrote a letter to Karnali Institute of Health Sciences (KIHS) amid deteriorating health condition of Dr. Govinda KC who is staging his 15th fast-unto-death hunger strike at Jumla.

NUWAKOT, June 28: The District Administration Office, Nuwakot continues distribution of relief amount to those abducted and displaced during the Maoist decade long insurgency. Each person who was abducted and kept in confinement for more than 30 days during the rebel is entitled to Rs 25,000 in relief.

NUWAKOT, June 27: District Administration Office (DAO) Nuwakot has directed Siddhi Ganesh Oxygen Gas Industries to stop construction of its office and production plant.The office sent a letter to officials of the industry to stop all construction works, stating that industry was illegally extracting sand from the construction site in the pretext of building office and production plant.

JUMLA, June 26: Blaming government for not providing salary and allowance to local level health workers, Jumla based health workers have started sit-in protest at District Administrative Office (DAO). They are asking for immediate salary and allowance.

SINDHULI, June 9: In a bid to stop rampant excavation in Sunkoshi River, District Administration Office (DAO), Sindhuli has banned the operation of more than a dozen crushers after they were found operating against the laws.

RAJBIRAJ, June 7: Police investigations have revealed that officials of the District Administrative Office (DAO) Saptari were involved in two notorious cases of fake citizenship that have surfaced since December.

KHOTANG, April 23: The District Administration Office of Khotang has sealed a shop and its godown after completing investigation on a public complaint regarding presence of carbamide (urea) in sugar at Diktel bazaar.