KATHMANDU, June 15: Gyani BK, a Dalit woman of Namobuddha Municipality-11 of Kavrepalanchok, died after being severely beaten by her husband.

KATHMANDU, May 28: Altogether 385 independent candidates sealed victory in the May 13 local elections so far, according to the Election Commission of Nepal.

KATHMANDU, May 28: Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Chairman Rajendra Prasad Lingden has said that his party had contested in the May 13's local election on its own.

KATHMANDU, May 18: The ruling Nepali Congress (NC) has so far won the elections in 196 local units.

KATHMANDU: May 18: CPN (Unified Socialist) Chairman Madhav Kumar Nepal has alleged that the agreement reached among the ruling coalition parties to form an electoral alliance in the local election was not implemented honestly.

CHITAWAN, MAY 15: The mayoral candidate of the ruling five-party alliance in Bharatpur Metropolitan City Renu Dahal is leading her nearest rival Bijaya Subedi of CPN-UML by 14 votes as a total of 6477 votes are counted so far.

KATHMANDU, March 25: The Election Commission (EC) of Nepal has planned to print 20 million ballot papers targeting the upcoming local level polls scheduled to be held on May 13.

KATHMANDU, March 11: The Election Commission (EC) of Nepal is holding discussions with the leaders of all major political parties on Friday to brief them about the progress made so far for holding the upcoming local level election.

KATHMANDU, Feb 3: CPN-UML Secretary Top Bahadur Rayamajhi has urged the government to announce the date of local elections immediately as per the provisions of the constitution.

KATHMANDU, Jan 30: The CPN-UML has given an ultimatum to the government to announce the date of local elections by Monday. The UML has given such an 'ultimatum' accusing the five-party ruling coalition of conspiring to postpone the local elections to be held in April.

PARIS, March 15: French voters headed to the polls on Sunday for local elections after the government decided to press ahead with the vote despite a rapid acceleration of the coronavirus across the country.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is on track to lose control of Turkey’s two largest cities for the first time in his 16 years in power, after voters punished him for a painful economic downturn.