The government has decided to mobilise local bodies in all 14 districts worst-hit by last year’s earthquakes to lead reconstruction efforts in their respective areas.

Having sterilised most of the stray canines inside Singha Durbar, city authority now plans to go dog catching in Kathmandu’s neighbourhoods.

Having operated without paying municipal taxes for years, luxury hotels have started coming under the city authority’s tax net.

Movie theatres in the Capital continue to disregard the metropolitan authority’s calls to pay up entertainment tax for screening foreign language films while the metropolis fails to punish them for defaulting.

The Local Body Restructuring Commission has formulated its working procedures, which will serve as its basis while preparing a preliminary concept for restructuring. The commission is mandated to determine the number and borders of Village Councils, Municipal Councils and Special, protected, or autonomous regions to be formed within one year of its formation. As the country has opted for a federal administrative model, restructuring of the state, including of local bodies, is one of the major tasks that needs to be completed.

The devastating earthquake last year flattened scores of heritage monuments, mostly in Kathmandu Valley.

Authorities are planning to phase out abattoirs in Kathmandu in favour of importing packaged meat from outside the Valley as there are no more places to dump slaughterhouse wastes.

With the formation of a constitutional organ to determine the number and sizes of local bodies in the country, the government has halted its plan to add new municipalities.

Alternative Energy Promotion Centre will oversee programme’s technical aspect and assist municipalities in preparing design, specifications and cost estimates

The Kathmandu Metropolitan City is preparing to invite bids for the reconstruction of Kasthamandap Mandir inside the Hanumandhoka Durbar Square which was destroyed in the earthquake last year.

Locals of Balaju have moved Patan Appellate Court against government’s decision to expand the Balaju-Baisdhara-Bypass road section.

After being dealt a double whammy by earthquake and prolonged fuel crisis last year, Kathmandu metropolis has been slow in recovering, key economic figures of the city authority showed as development expenditure and revenue collection are short of target.

The Kathmandu Metropolitan City is in quagmire as it has emerged that most of the government buildings in the Capital have not had their blueprints registered or approved by the city authority.

Less than four weeks remain for the date that was touted as the day when water from the Melamchi river would flow through the taps of Valley’s residences.

It is almost inexplicable to distinguish the fine line between heavy commercialisation and the core ethical teaching practices in schools these days.