report on Nepalnews.com, Aug 26m 2023The District Administration Office, Sunsari has issued a 24-hour prohibitory order in view of public health emergency and sensitivity of peace and security and communal issues in Dharan Sub-Metropolitan City. The order is effective from Friday midnight to Saturday midnight, according to Chief District Officer, Humkala Pande. She informed that the prohibitory order was enforced in the wake of announcement of ‘public health emergency’ in all 20 wards of Dharan…
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report in Prothom Alo, 22 June 2023The mayoral candidate of ruling Awami League (AL), Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury, won a landslide victory in Sylhet City Corporation election, according to the unofficial election results published on Wednesday night. In the contest, Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury bagged 119,991 votes, more than twice his nearest rival Md Nazrul Islam of Jatiya Party, at 50,862 in 190 centres. The voting of the election started at 8:00 am and continued till 4:00 pm. According…
By Anup Ojha in The Kathmandu Post, June 22, 2023A dispute between the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) and the Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) over a piece of land has escalated to a new level. The dispute started after CAAN barred the KMC from developing a park for children and elderly on a piece of land at Sinamangal. Later, the municipal police led by its chief Raju Nath Pandey reached the area and removed…
by Dwoha Chowdhury in The Daily Star, June 19, 2023As the campaigning for Sylhet City Corporation polls will conclude tonight at 12:00am, the mayor and councillor candidates are passing a busy time. With an eye to reach as many voters as possible, mayor candidates are attending more street rallies while the councillor ones are trying to knock on every door. Of the mayoral candidates, the contest between Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury from Awami League and Nazrul Islam…
By Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, June 09, 2023Balendra Shah, the mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, has placed a map of ‘Greater Nepal’ in his chamber as a symbolic counter to India’s placing of the ‘Akhand Bharat’ mural in its new parliamentary building in New Delhi. Mayor Shah, who has been elected by Kathmandu’s voters and who had taken the oath of office and secrecy as per the constitution of Nepal, is accountable to…