KATHMANDU, Sept 25: The mayor of Lalitpur Metropolis, Chiribabu Maharjan was diagnosed with the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Friday.

KATHMANDU, Sept 7: Six people amongst the 17 arrested for beating an on-duty traffic police personnel have tested positive for COVID-19 as of Monday.

KATHMANDU, June 29: Nepal has reported one more death due to novel coronavirus (COVID-19) disease.

KATHMANDU, April 2: The government has introduced relief packages targeting the people who have been hit hard by the lockdown orders.

KATHMANDU, March 4: Satdobato Youth Club has secured its third win a row during the ongoing Martyr’s Memorial B-Division League being held in Lalitpur on Tuesday.

KATHMANDU, March 3: The reconstruction of Rato Machchhindranath Temple based in Lalitpur metropolis-22, Bungmati has yet to be reconstructed when five years have almost elapsed since the '2015 Gorkha Earthquake' devastated lives and properties in a manifold.

KATHMANDU, Feb 23: Boys Union Club and Shree Kumari Club will kick-start the Martyr’s Memorial B-Division League in Lalitpur on Sunday.

KATHMANDU, Feb 13: The departmental team, Nepal Police Club, has clinched an easy win in its the last match under the 'A' Division League Football Championship.

LALITPUR, Feb 13: Four years have passed since the Gorkha earthquake and some 6,000 private houses are still to be reconstructed inside Lalitpur Metropolitan City.

LALITPUR, Feb 10: Rural area in Lalitpur has witnessed a laudable performance in the post-earthquake reconstruction, according to the National Reconstruction Authority (NREA).

KATHMANDU, Feb 7: Tribhuvan Army Club and Machhindra Club recorded victories on Thursday to push further clear of holder Manang Marshyangdi Club with both the teams defeating strugglers Armed Police Force (APF) Club and Saraswati Youth Club respectively in the ongoing Martyr’s Memorial A-Division League in Lalitpur.

LALITPUR, Jan 28: Over 400 thousand people of around 90 thousand households have their access to advanced and clean energy through the Renewable Energy for Rural Livelihood (RERL) project in a period of five years.

KATHMANDU, Jan 27: The 4th Organic Agro Fair is being organized in Lalitpur from January 31. The fair is being organized jointly by Organic Association Nepal, and Kanchanjangha Tea Estate and Research Center in collaboration with Trade and Export Promotion Center under the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies on Patan Museum premises.

KATHMANDU, Jan 22: As a part of its city beautification campaign, Lalitpur Metropolitan City has started to tear down old brick walls and build new ‘fence walls’ at three different places. These walls, as claimed by Mayor Chiribabu Maharjan, are called ‘less obstructive fence walls’ and the metropolitan office has plans to build them around Pulchowk Engineering Campus, Jawalakhel Football Ground and Lagankhel Football Ground.

KATHMANDU, Oct 19: The 13th Godavari Flower Expo kicked off Friday at Jawalakhel Football Ground in Lalitpur. The four-day exhibition is organized by Floriculture Association Nepal (FAN) targeting Tihar, the second biggest festival of Nepal.

KATHMANDU, Oct 16: Floriculture Association Nepal (FAN) is organizing a four-day flower expo, starting Friday, at Jawalakhel Football Ground in Lalitpur.

LALITPUR, Sept 9: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Yogesh Bhattarai has termed Lalitpur as a living museum of arts and culture.

LALITPUR, Aug 31: The Lalitpur Metropolitan City has come up to take responsibility for the continuation of Bagmati River clean-up campaign.

KATHMANDU, Aug 9: Lalitpur Metropolitan City has started cleaning roads using two broomer machines.

KATHMANDU, July 14: A team of Metropolitan Police has arrested two individuals along with contraband drugs.

KATHMANDU, July 10: Some firms have started showing interest to operate commercial ship in the international waters following the establishment of a shipping office in Nepal.

Rave restaurant, located at Jhamsikhel, Lalitpur, is just a year old but the place is quite popular among the young crowd. You could say that’s because of the ambiance of the place or the good food they serve or both, but there’s no denying that Rave is a place you will want to visit again and again.

The week in pictures for the week June 2 – June 8.

KATHMANDU, June 6: Police has arrested a principal for the case of child harassment in Lalitpur.

KATHMANDU, June 6: A two-day conference on Science and Technology for Prosperity kicked off in Lalitpur on Wednesday with the theme “Connecting Lives with Land, Water, and Environment”.

KATHMANDU, June 1: Police on Friday arrested a murder-accused man, who had been on the lam for the past nine months, from his hideout in Godawari Municipality-13, Lalitpur.

LALITPUR, May 11: Smart lights are to be installed at the main roads of Lalitpur Metropolitan City (LMC) in order to create an environment to ease the movement of people as vehicles during the night.

LALITPUR, April 22: Lalitpur Metropolitan City has seen limited physical space to accommodate incoming employees from different thematic offices of the district. It was hard time to manage the flow of employees due to inadequate building space, the metropolitan office said.

KATHMANDU, April 4: A-Division League champion Manang Marshyangdi Club made a poor start to its 2019 AFC Cup campaign suffering a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Bangladesh’s Abahani Limited Dhaka in Lalitpur on Wednesday.

LALITPUR, March 7: An International Conference on Food Sovereignty and Famers' Rights is to be held in the capital on 10-12 March.

KATHMANDU, Feb 24: When Sim Prasad Gurung was passing by the Ncell headquarters gate at Nakkhu, Lalitpur he noticed a suspicious object. Concerned by it, he parked his car (Ba 20 Cha 1032) alongside the road and headed toward the gate to ask about it. Just as he stepped toward the object, it exploded. Shrapnel from the blast riddled his body. Gurung, 49, was returning home after visiting friends at Bhaisepati. He was a retired member of the Singapore Police.

KATHMANDU, Feb 23: Home Minister Ram Bahadur has visited Medi CitiHospital in Lalitpur to take the stock of those injured in Friday’s bomb explosion at Nakhu.

"I was born in Birgunj. My mother worked at a local hospital. My father had a serious drinking problem. I have a younger brother. Unfortunately, my mother passed away when I was 13. My father was torn apart. We then shifted to Lalitpur. At the age of 13, I worked at Khajuri, Chapagaun and started supporting my family," said Sabitri, a 35 year-old gardener.

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KATHMANDU, Dec 13: More than a year after a woman was gang-raped and left for dead in Godavari-1, Godamchaur of Lalitpur, police on Wednesday finally arrested two of the three alleged perpetrators behind the incident.

KATHMANDU, Dec 3: Departmental team Tribhuvan Army Club (TAC) has extended its unbeaten run to five games after defeating Himalayan Sherpa Club 2-1 in the ongoing Martyr’s Memorial A-Division League at Satdobato, Lalitpur, on Sunday.

KATHMANDU, Dec 3: A traffic police officer died in Lalitpur in a scooter accident, on Sunday evening.

KATHMANDU, Nov 23: Signature Manang Marshyangdi Club has leapfrogged Ruslan Three Star Club to go top of the table with a 2-1 win in the ongoing Martyr’s Memorial A-Division League in Lalitpur on Thursday.

KATHMANDU, Nov 20: A 10-man CMG Sankata Club has gone joint-top with the title contenders Ruslan Three Star Club and Signature Manang Marshyangdi Club after a 2-0 victory over Grand Master Jawalakhel Youth Club in Lalitpur on Monday.

KATHMANDU, Nov 2: The 12th Godavari Flower Expo 2018 kicked off at Jawlakhel Football Ground in Lalitpur on Thursday.

LALITPUR, Oct 30: Lalitpur Metropolitan City (LMC) and Lalitpur Metropolitan Police Office signed a Memorandum of Understanding on police-community cooperation and collaboration.

KATHMANDU, Oct 30: Nepal U-15 men’s football team has suffered a 2-1 loss at the hands of 10-man Bangladesh in the last group match of the ongoing SAFF U-15 Men’s Championship in Lalitpur on Monday.

KATHMANDU, Oct 27: The Nepal-based office of the United Nations observed the 73rd UN anniversary at the UN House in Lalitpur on Friday by organizing an open house day with the theme “Innovation for Sustainable Development”.

KATHMANDU, Sept 22: The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development on Friday prohibited four slaughterhouses in Lalitpur district to supply meat to the market for failing to meet minimum standards set by the Animal Slaughterhouse and Meat Inspection Act.

KATHMANDU, Sept 16: While pressure is mounting on the government to take action against those involved in the rape and subsequent murder of Nirmala Panta, no one is raising the issue of another woman who narrowly survived after gang rape in Lalitpur, a district adjoining the capital city, nine months ago.

KATHMANDU, July 15: Police have arrested three people involved in buying and selling of German pistol from Nakkhipot, Lalitpur.

LALITPUR, June 29: Several passengers have been injured in a bus accident at Bhardeu of Kojyo Som Rural Municipality of the district on Friday.

KATHMANDU, March 26:  After the government's attempt to ban plastic bags in the Kathmandu Valley two years ago became a complete failure, Ward No 1 of Mahalaxmi Municipality in Lalitpur district is all set to revive the ban from April 14 coinciding with the Nepali New Year 2075.

LALITPUR, March 6: People of Lalitpur Metropolitan City have been deprived of basic health facilities guaranteed from the state level as the town lacks even a government hospital.

KATHMANDU, Feb 2: Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) Managing Director Kulman Ghising has warned that the electric utility could cut off power supply to various areas of Lalitpur if people there do not cooperate to control electricity theft.