We advise you to think beyond the "engineering model of urban development" and embrace the idea of "social engineering model of development", which stands for taking into account social, economic, ecological, cultural and human implications of a development initiative.

KATHMANDU, Dec 3: Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) Mayor Balendra Shah (Balen) has clarified that he held a meeting with US Ambassador to Nepal Dean R. Thompson only after the permission from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA).

KATHMANDU, Dec 2: US Ambassador to Nepal Dean R. Thompson paid a courtesy call on Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) Mayor Balendra Shah (Balen) on Thursday.

KATHMANDU, Sept 29: Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) Mayor Balendra Shah unveiled the trophy of the Ninth National Games 2022 in Basantapur Durbar Square on Thursday.

KATHMANDU, August 24: Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has removed the illegal structures built in Kathmandu Mall at Sundhara, Kathmandu.

KATHMANDU, August 19: Satirizing the ongoing exchange of barbed comments between Kathmandu Mayor Balendra Shah and Dharan Mayor Harkaraj Sampang on social media, artist Deepak Raj Giri has said, “If you break you sticks fighting with each other, what will you get support from and with what you will hit [the corrupt]?”

KATHMANDU, July 12: Kathmandu Metropolitan Mayor Balendra Shah (Balen) and filmmakers discussed the issue of entertainment tax, digital boards and a welfare fund on Tuesday.