Nepal marks World Leprosy Day 2025: Progress and challenges ahead On the occasion of the 72nd World Leprosy Day, Dr. Rajesh Sambhajirao Pandav, WHO Representative to Nepal, highlighted Nepal's significant progress in combating leprosy while urging continued efforts to eliminate the disease entirely. Nepal 26 Jan, 2025
Kathmandu City Assembly: No need for ward chairs to be part of it I am not sure how many readers have been following the shenanigans happening at the Kathmandu City Assembly, formally the Kathmandu Metropolitan City Municipal Assembly. Opinion 09 Jul, 2024
Corruption and cumbersome administrative processes hinder development, says Prez Paudel President Ramchandra Paudel has described corruption and cumbersome administrative processes as major hurdles to development. Kathmandu 15 Apr, 2024
13 local reps abstain from NA election While many have applauded the representatives, including independent mayors', decision to abstain from the National Assembly election, Chief Election Commissioner Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya has expressed his displeasure with such actions by representatives. Nepal 29 Jan, 2024
Local units urged to follow existing rules ​​​​​​​The Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration has directed the local levels to strictly adhere to the existing Public Procurement Rules, 2007, while carrying out development activities through the user’s committee. Nepal 25 Aug, 2023
Local levels told to conduct development assessment ​​​​​​​The Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration has urged all the local levels to conduct economic development assessment. Nepal 02 Aug, 2023
Local levels told to avoid unnecessary foreign trips The Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration has issued a circular to all the local levels, requesting them not to initiate the process of foreign trips of their office-bearers and employees unless it is extremely necessary. Nepal 07 May, 2023
Local levels urged to assess condition of public lands The Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration has urged the local levels to assess the present condition of government and public land in their respective areas. Nepal 29 Mar, 2023
59 local levels told to carry out self-assessment As many as 59 local levels have failed to comply with the provisions stated in the ‘Local Level Institutional Capacity Self-Assessment Procedure’, which requires local governments to carry out self-assessment of their overall performance every fiscal. Nepal 15 Feb, 2023
Local levels told to conduct self-assessment by January 21 The Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration has issued a circular to all local levels, directing them to conduct their self-assessment and publish results by January 21. Nepal 06 Jan, 2023
Three former ward secys booked for embezzling social security allowance The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority has filed charge-sheet against three former ward secretaries at the Special Court for embezzling social security allowance fund. Nepal 28 Dec, 2022
New provisions implemented to make local levels competitive The federal government has implemented the ‘Local Economic Development Evaluation Procedure, 2022’ in a bid to promote economic development of the local levels through evaluation of various thematic areas in their respective areas. Nepal 27 Nov, 2022
