The move follows protests from locals, conservations and civil society leaders who on Thursday demanded that authorities act to remove the illegally built structures.

The Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers has decided to take initiatives to control the practice of haphazardly throwing used recharge cards and tobacco products’ packets on the roads as part of a fresh bid to beautify the city.

Four years later, the palace remains a ruin.The palace, built during the reign of King Ram Shah in the 1600s, was considered a masterpiece of Newar architecture and the symbolic heart of Gorkha district. Seven Shah kings ruled Gorkha from the palace before Prithvi Narayan was crowned the king. Gorkha Durbar was everything—a fort, a palace and a temple in its nearly 350-year history.

Minister for Physical infrastructure and Transport Raghubir Mahaseth has said that the detailed project report of the railway line that connects India and China will be completed within a year.

Lal Babu Pandit, Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration, said that the deputation of 137,614 civil servants has been approved under this process while 97,588 civil servants have been integrated.

Kathmandu Mayor Bidya Sundar Shakya on Tuesday inaugurated five broomer machines brought from Italy.

The Supreme Court has issued a mandamus order to the government to initiate the process within 15 days to decide the method for conserving the historic Sundhara-based Bagh Durbar.

The Mohan Baidya-led Communist Party of Nepal (Revolutionary Maoist) has demanded that the government withdraw the ban imposed on the Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal.

Rajendra Mahato, a leader of the Rastriya Janata Party-Nepal, has expressed his dissatisfaction over Kailali District Court’s decision to hand down a life sentence to Resham Chaudhary, the main accused in 2015 Tikapur incident.

The government has announced it will bear the expenses for the treatment and rehabilitation of mentally ill people.

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has directed concerned stakeholders to raise the issue of Mahakali Treaty with priority in the third joint meeting of experts from Nepal and India that will take place in Kathmandu on Wednesday.

The meeting of the Parliamentary Hearing Committee could not take place on Tuesday as well due to the lack of quorum. 

Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa on Saturday visited Mediciti Hospital in Lalitpur to take stock of the health condition of people injured in the improvised device explosion that took place outside Ncell Headquarters in Nakkhu, Lalitpur on Friday night.

The ruling Nepal Communist party has scrapped the task force formed to iron out outstanding issues related to its organisational unification.

President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Friday authenticated the National Medical Education Bill. With the authentication, the Bill has changed into the law.