The government is preparing to introduce a special provision in the upcoming budget for modernising postal services as per the need of time.
The number of women candidates will be less in the upcoming local level election in the absence of the provision requiring that either the chief or the deputy chief of the local level should be a woman.
In 4,064 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of eight people were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in its regular update.
The Election Commission has sent ballot papers to Karnali and Far Western Provinces.
One hundred forty-one thousand 468 candidacies were filed for various posts for the upcoming local level election scheduled for May 13. The Election Commission (EC) shared an update at 10:30 am today
Among 56 candidacies, 21 represent political parties while 35 independent members. Eight women filed candidacies for the post of mayor.
President Bidya Devi Bhandari and Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba congratulated French President Emmanuel Macron on his second time win as the president.
The Election Commission has stated that the work of sending election materials has been completed in all 77 districts.
In 3,642 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 19 people were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in its regular update.
A total of 37,585 candidates have filed their candidacies for the local level election till 4 pm on Monday.
The national flag carrier Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) plane recently landed at the Riyadh-based King Khalid International Airport in Saudi Arabia.
Chiribabu Maharjan from the Nepali Congress and Baburaja Bajracharya from the CPN (Maoist Center) have registered their candidacies for the post of Mayor of the Lalitpur Metropolitan City.
On the last day of the nomination for the local level election, Nagesh Koirala has registered his nomination for the Mayor post on behalf of the Nepali Congress in Biratnagar Metropolitan City.
Nepali Congress leader Sirjana Singh has registered her candidacy for the post of Kathmandu Metropolitan City Mayor. She reached the office of the Chief Election Officer on Monday afternoon and registered her candidacy.
Ten candidates have registered their candidacies for the post of Lalitpur Metropolitan City Mayor.