KATHMANDU, Feb 17: The government has proposed to give the regulation of paragliding and zipline related services to the local level.

KATHMANDU, Oct 17: The Election Commission (EC) has prepared to facilitate registering and updating the voter list through the local level. For that, the EC has prepared a draft of the procedure and requested to submit feedback and suggestions within mid-November.

KATHMANDU, April 12: The government on Tuesday said that it has taken seriously the statement made public by  Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) Mayor Balen Shah to not collect garbage of Baluwatar, Singha Durbar and Sheetal Niwas.

KATHMANDU, March 31: The Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security (MoLESS) is making necessary arrangements to make it possible to apply for a labor permit from all 753 local levels beginning April 14.

KATHMANDU, Dec 17: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that the works of local levels should be people-oriented, transparent and accountable to citizens. Prime Minister Deuba argued that the activities of the local level should be accountable to the citizens as they work closely to the people on the ground.

KARNALI, August 26: More than 9,000 candidates who participated in the local level polls held on May 13 in Karnali Province have not submitted their election expenditure details even three months after the polls.

KATHMANDU, July 12: The 59th annual report of the Office of Auditor General (OAG) has pointed out that 491 of the 753 local governments across the country have illegally distributed Rs more than Rs 886 million to various individuals and organizations.

DAMAULI, April 11: The ruling coalition partners are set to collect public opinions in all municipalities and rural municipalities of Tanahun to decide whether to forge an electoral alliance in the upcoming local level elections.

KATHMANDU, March 9: Finance Minister Janardan Sharma has said that the country will make a leap forward if it can make the local level self-reliant.

KATHMANDU, Feb 17: Party registration is open from today for the local level election to be held on May 13.

KATHMANDU, Feb 11: Although the government has already allocated Rs 10 billion in the current budget for the election, the Election Commission has sought an additional Rs 40 billion to conduct the upcoming local level election. Information to this was shared by the Finance Minister during a program organized to unveil the bi-annual report of the current budget.

KATHMANDU, Dec 26: As the term of office of local level elected officials is approaching an end, the Election Commission (EC) has proposed to the government to fix the poll date on April 27 to elect new leadership.

NAWALPUR, Dec 11: Nearly 200,000 people have filled the form for national identity card, In Nawalparasi (east of Bardaghat-Susta). The number of people filling up the form of national identity card at the mobile camp and field office operated at the local level of the district has reached 197,382.

KATHMANDU, Nov 15: The irregularities related to federal affairs and local governments are still on the top list of complaints that the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) received in the last fiscal year.

GALESHWOR, Sept 27: New leadership has been elected in all local levels of Myagdi and Mustang districts under the 14th General Convention of the Nepali Congress (NC).

DAMAULI, June 9: The local governments are compelled to present their budgets, policies and programs on June 29, according to the constitutional provision. In line with the provision, the local units in the district have stepped up their efforts to formulate their budgets, policies and programs for the upcoming fiscal year 2021/22.

SOLUKHUMBU, April 18: Three local levels of the district have been announced fully literate. The latest to join the fully literate club of the district is Thulung Dudhkoshi Rural Municipality.

NEPALGUNJ, Dec 3: Sita Tharu, 41, looks quite happy these days. Like others in her Baijapur village of Raptisonari Rural Municipality – 4 of Banke district, she had never thought that 'the government could be so kind to her'. She had been suffering from severe body pain since the last nine months. As it coincided with the COVID-19 pandemic, seeking medical help for this health problem became quite challenging and she lived a hellish life for as long. "But now everything is fine. I am more than happy that they offered treatment at my own place and I am recovering fast," Tharu beamed.

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.

SIRAHA, Nov 22: Chief of District Land Revenue Office Ram Babu Mandal has been caught red-handed while receiving a bribe of Rs 500, 000 from a service seeker on Friday.

DOTI, Aug 10: A model agricultural village is to be built each in nine local levels of Doti, the district in Far-West State.

KATHMANDU: August 1: The government will implement the provision of a mandatory arrangement of lactation rooms at local levels and state-level offices at their own building.

ROLPA, July 1:As many as five low ranking goovernment employees who were transferred to Rolpa Municipality from District Health Office have not been allowed to sign their presence.

KATHMANDU, March 21: The Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security has instructed all the local levels to collect details of the unemployed people at the respective local level.

Human development index and distance of local level from provincial capital

BHAKTAPUR, Feb 21: To a great joy of the locals, Bhaktapur Municipality is set to start its own hospital service. With this, the municipality is going to be the first among six metropolis and the 293 municipalities across the country to operate its own hospital.

KATHMANDU, Jan 2: The Supreme Court has issued a show cause notice in a case filed at the apex court demanding to curtail the judicial rights of the local level.

KATHMANDU, Dec 25: A writ has been filed at the Supreme Court demanding to curtail the judicial rights of the local level.

KATHMANDU, Dec 5: The government has offered a grade hike or promotion for civil servants volunteering for adjustment at the provincial or local levels under the new civil servants adjustment plan for the federal setup.

KATHMANDU, Oct 10: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) Sushil Gyewali on Tuesday said that the authority is all set to send a senior engineer each to the quake-affected local units to support the reconstruction work at the local level.