Vote count resumes in Bharatpur Metropolis

Published On: May 20, 2017 11:39 AM NPT By: Ramesh Kumar Paudel

CHITWAN , May 20: Vote-count halted since Friday night following row over vote-counting of Ward-9 has been resumed in Bharatpur Metropolitan City following 10-point agreement reached among major parties.

Migrant workers return home to vote in local polls

Published On: May 20, 2017 10:09 AM NPT By: Jagat Khadka

BAJHANG, May 19: A lot of Nepali migrant workers, who had left the country for jobs abroad, have returned home to caste their votes in the local elections being held after a gap of almost two decades.

CHITWAN , May 20: Vote-count halted since Friday night following row over vote-counting of Ward-9 has not been resumed yet in Bharatpur Metropolitan City.

SYANGJA, May 19: There are five municipalities in Syangja district and all of these have women in leadership roles. Seema Chhetri from the CPN - UML has been elected mayor of Putalibazar Municipality while the remaining four municipalities have women as their deputy mayor. This has been taken as a huge leap in promoting women’s inclusion in leadership roles by the district’s residents and civil society leaders.

Maoists in blame game after KMC losses

Published On: May 20, 2017 01:00 AM NPT By: Gyan P Neupane

KATHMANDU, May 20: As Sarbottam Dangol, the ruling CPN (Maoist Center)'s mayoral candidate for Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC), has received very few votes in the initial counting, the candidate's team and the party leaders have started pointing out various reasons behind the poor performance.

UML maintains tiny lead as vote-count nears completion

Published On: May 20, 2017 12:40 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, May 20: As vote-counting for the first round of local elections is about to be completed the main opposition CPN-UML has emerged as the largest party in terms of winning the posts of chiefs and other positions in the  283 local units that voted.

BHARATPUR, May 19: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said the first round of local election was held with the demonstration of government's fortitude and determination facing the odd time.

KATHMANDU, May 19: Maoist Center candidate Aroj Kumar Khadgi has quit his party.

KATHMANDU, May 19: CPN-UML has won entire seats in Suryabinayak Municipality-5.

KATHMANDU, May 19:  CPN-UML candidate Devi Gyawali is still maintaining lead with 203 votes in the race for the mayoral post of Bharatpur Metropolitan City (BMC).