PARBAT, Aug 5: Continuous rains for some days have increased water level in the Kaligandaki River, said the district administration office (DAO).

KATHMANDU, July 29: Minister for Foreign Affairs, Pradeep Kumar Gyawali stressed on the importance of Nepal’s relations with European Union Nations, United Nations, and international organizations in the Regional Conference of Nepali Ambassadors based in Europe in Brussels, Belgium.

DANG, July 29: Lamahi Municipality in Dang fixed the salaries of its elected officials through the municipal assembly right after the local elections last year, but kept the matter secret as the move ran counter to the policy of the federal government.

KATHMANDU, July 17: The Flood Forecasting Section of the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM) issued a flood alert in settlements around the Mahakali and West Seti River basin on Tuesday as the water level of the river seems to be increasing.

INARUWA, July 15: Water level in Saptakoshi river has been recorded the highest of this monsoon on Saturday. The water flow measured at 9:15 last night was 215,970 cusecs, according to Deputy Superintendent of Police Narayan Prasad Chimariya.

KATHMANDU, July 14: The local level is to have 57,690 employees for interim arrangement, while there will be 45,815 employees for the centre and 16,570 for the states.

KATHMANDU, July 10: Failure of Kathmandu District Education Office to provide records of secondary level schools to the local levels (Kathmandu Metropolitan City) has affected due process.

DANG, July 1: Last year Babai Rural Municipality of Dang confronted the District Coordinating Committee (DCC), over the handling of some contracts that were related to resources within the area of the municipality.

CHITWAN, June 22: Chief Information Commissioner, Krishnahari Baskota, has spoken of the need of establishing information commissions in all seven provinces to ensure the people's right to information (RTI).

KATHMANDU, June 20: The central bank is under immense pressure to tame the sky-rocketing interest rates at the ‘desired level’ amid shortage of lendable fund in the banking industry as it prepares to unveil monetary policy for the upcoming Fiscal Year 2018/19.

DADELDHURA, June 19: A local level in Dadeldhura district has distributed corrugated zinc sheets to altogether 57 households in its bid to replace the houses having thatched roofs.

RUPANDEHI, June 11: Chief of Province 5 Umakanta Jha today certified the 'Bill Related to Provisions of Facilities to the Office Bearers and Members of Local Level'.

For the first time in recorded history, the average monthly level of CO2 in the atmosphere exceeded 410 parts per million in April, according to observations at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii.

MAHOTTARI, May 8: Province 2 Minister for Internal Affairs and Law, Gyanendra Kumar Yadav, directed head of all local levels to be present in welcoming Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is scheduled to visit Janakpurdham on May 11 during his Nepal visit.

KATHMANDU, April 6: As part of its efforts to expedite post-earthquake reconstruction, the National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) has decided to bring all central project implementation units formed at various ministries and district coordination committees under its direct supervision.

SINDHUPALCHOWK, April 2: Milk production in Sindhupalchowk district, which had fallen drastically after the 2015 earthquakes, has reached to the pre-quake level.

KATHMANDU, March 27: A work procedure regarding human resource management at local level on contract basis has been endorsed.

KATHMANDU, Mar 16: The 'Hello Sarkar', the hotline public grievances handling service, operated by the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers at five various places of the country has been closed.

KATHMANDU, Mar 8: Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that participation of women would be increased in the party's internal structure and policy-making level.

Kathmandu, Mar 8: Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that participation of women would be increased in the party's internal structure and policy-making level.

KATHMANDU, Feb 18: The Ministry of Agricultural Development (MoAD) is preparing to start inspection of agriculture-related spending and activities by local levels in coordination with respective provincial governments.

WASHINGTON, Feb 13: Melting ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are speeding up the already fast pace of sea level rise, new satellite research shows.

SURKHET, Feb 10: The 'Province level Trade, Tourism and Agro Festival-2074' has kicked off in Province-6 temporary capital, Birendranagar, on Friday.

CHITWAN, Jan 25: Nine hundred and thirty out of 2,236 candidates who contested the local level elections in Chitwan district have still not submitted the details of their election expenses, nine months into the elections.

KATHMANDU, Jan 22: Central-level preparations for the National Assembly (NA) election slated for February 7 have reached the final phase.

KATHMANDU, Jan 9: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has lauded the work carried out so far by the Nepal-India Eminent Persons Group or EPG while pledging necessary support to it at the political level.

JAJARKOT, Dec 25: The official and administrative works of most of the local levels are carried out from the district headquarters itself.

KATHMANDU, Dec 24: Dr Govinda Dhakal, professor of public administration, has expressed that the services provided by the local level could not meet as per expectation as decentralization concept could not get adopted in practice.

KATHMANDU, Nov 18: The central-level tournament of the 9th edition of the Coca-Cola Cup 2017 kicked off in Lalitpur on Friday. Jointly organized by Coca-Cola, All Nepal Football Association (ANFA), and the Ministry of Youth and Sports, the tournament is the largest grassroots-level school tournament in the country.

KATHMANDU, Nov 3: With an objective of discussing how the country's secondary level education system can be upgraded, the National Examinations Board (NEB) in collaboration with the Council of Boards of School Education, India (COBSE) is organizing a 3-day conference titled 'Innovation in Evaluation'.

KATHMANDU, Oct 23: Some central level leaders filed their candidacies for provincial assembly members on Monday, eyeing top provincial posts including chief ministers and ministers in the new federal setup.

BIRATNAGAR, August 13: Torrential rainfalls since Friday evening which triggered several floods and landslides and claimed dozens of lives in the eastern parts of the country have finally stopped, offering some respite to the victims. As there is no more heavy rain, the water level has started receding in the flooded areas.

KATHMANDU, Aug 13: People have started rescue and relief initiatives at individual level as the country faces crisis because of floods and landslides. Districts in Tarai Madhes are submerged because of the floods caused by heavy rainfall while people on hilly districts are displaced by the landslides.

BAJURA, Aug 11: The new local level offices are for more convenience of the people. However, these offices are still in a mess due to the lack of infrastructures and policies. And this has affected government services in more than one ways. For instance, medicine procurement procedure has been delayed, say the officials concerned. According to Ramesh Kunwar, public health officer of Bajura, the delay is natural.

KATHMANDU, August 11: Rastriya Janata Party Nepal(RJPN) has agreed to partake in the third-phase local level elections at the meeting with the two major ruling parties-Nepali Congress and CPN(Maoist Center) held today at the capital city.

PALPA, Aug 1: The local body offices are yet to get staff though it has already been a month since the local polls were held in Palpa. The District Treasury Controller Office had already sent the required budget to the local bodies including the salaries and allowance of the local body staff on July 2.

KATHMANDU, July 31: During the discussion today, seeking amendment in the bill, lawmaker Dhruba Wagle opined that the local level could be given the rights to decide on production of electricity up to 10 mega watt. Similarly, Bharat Kumar Saha said only the Office of the Auditor General could not handle the auditing of the local levels.

KATHMANDU, July 27: The Ministry of Education has taken a stance that its employees be deployed in the local level only on the basis of seniority.

The 2011 census showed a negative growth rate in 27 of the 75 districts of Nepal for the 2001-2011 intercensal period. Previous censuses showed no district with negative growth rate. Of the 27 districts, eight are Mountain and 19 are Hill districts.

KATHMANDU, July 20: Differing views among three ministries-- the ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development, Ministry of Education and Ministry of General Administration -- regarding the management of education service at the local-level and deputation of employees have made lawmakers worried.

KATHMANDU, July 20: The 2017 High-Level Political Forum (HLPF), convened under the auspices of the United Nations Economic and Social Council, concluded in New York on Wednesday by adopting its Ministerial Declaration, the Permanent Mission of Nepal to the United Nations in New York stated in a press release.

KATHMANDU, July 17: Lawmakers have demanded more share of revenue collected from natural resources for the local level.

KATHMANDU, July 16: Arati Thapa and Ishara Karki bagged gold medals on the opening day of First Madan Bhandari School Level National Karate Championship on Sunday. Arati of Prashansha Dojo defeated Suhana Rana of Genius School in the girls’ U-20 kg category final while Sandhya Thapa and Aisha Thapa won bronze medals in the same event.

KATHMANDU, June 15: The Ministry of Education has started to deploy its officials in the local levels including the Kathmandu Metropolitan City.

RATNANAGAR,July 10: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Krishna Bahadur Mahara has said that the local levels stand as a foundation of economic prosperity of the country.

HAMBANTOTA, July 9: Zimbabwe has leveled the five-match one-day international series at 2-2 after defeating Sri Lanka by four wickets under the Duckworth/Lewis method in a rain-hit fourth match on Saturday.

KATHMANDU, July 7: Chief Election Commissioner Dr Ayodhee Prasad Yadav has said that the Election Commission (EC) is reviewing and assessing the managerial woks of the first and second phases of the local level polls.

KATHMANDU, July 5: The Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development (MoFALD) is set to impart orientation on local development to newly-elected people's representatives.

JHAPA, July 3: Rastriya Prajatantra Party(RPP) has registered second win in the local level elections. Rabindra Lingden has been elected as the chief of Haldibari rural Municipality in Jhapa district. Lingden won the election by obtaining 3943 votes, compared to 3543 votes garnered by his nearest rival  CPN –UML Manju Sitaula.

JHAPA, July 3: Rastriya Prajantra Party (RPP) , known as a champion of Hindu state, has opened an account in the second phase of the local level polls held on June 28 in Kachankawal Rural Municipality of Jhapa district at a time when political analysts have stopped seeing the possibility of  the RPP emerging victorious even in a single local level given its hitherto bad electoral performance.