Bagmati
Chief Minister Lama secures vote of confidence :
In a voting held at the provincial assembly on
Tuesday, Lama received 64 votes in favour of his
motion (kp 31/07/2024)
Four
new ministers sworn in Bagmati Province (kh
27/07/2024)
NC
and UML share ministerial portfolios in Bagmati
(rn 23/07/2024), NC
leader Lama appointed Bagmati Chief Minister;
Swearing-in scheduled for Wednesday (rep
23/07/2024)
Bagmati
CM Jamkattel to seek vote of confidence on July
21 (kh 17/07/2024)
Bagmati
Province government reports 38.92 budget
expenditures (rn 09/05/2024)
Tamang
and Nepal Bhasa languages officially recognized
in Bagmati Province (kh 06/05/2024), Bagmati
province observes public holiday with formal
introduction of Tamang and Newari as official
languages (rep 06/05/2024), Tamang
and Nepal Bhasa languages officially recognized
in Bagmati Province (In Pictures), by Dipesh
Darsandhari (rep 06/05/2024)
Bagmati
Govt mandates tri-lingual signboards in offices
(rep 24/04/2024)
Lumbini,
Gandaki chief ministers sworn in : This is
Adhikari’s second stint as Gandaki chief
minister. He first took the post in January last
year but lost it after failing to secure the
vote of confidence during the floor test in the
provincial assembly in April, by Ghanashyam
Gautam, Birendra KC and Pratichya Kafle (kp
08/04/2024)
Unified
Socialist decides to vote for Bagmati CM
Jamkattel (kh 01/04/2024), Bagmati
Chief Minister Jamkattel wins trust vote after
deal with Unified Socialist : The CPN (Unified
Socialist) has been promised leadership of two
provinces in return for backing Jamkattel,
by Subash Bidari and Arjun Shah (kp 02/04/2024), Bagmati Province
Cabinet expanded: Rama Ale sworn in as Minister
(kh 02/04/2024), Bagmati
Province to swear in four new UML Ministers
today (kh 02/04/2024)
CPN-UML
to join Bagmati provincial govt, Thapaliya to
assume Finance Minister role (kh 30/03/2024)
Hamro
Nepali Party joins Bagmati provincial govt,
Bhajracharya sworn in as Tourism Minister
(kh 28/03/2024)
Hamro
Nepali Party withdraws support from Bagmati
Province government (kh 26/03/2024)
30/03/2024)Hamro
Nepali Party stakes claim to Bagmati’s chief
ministership (rep 17/03/2024I)
Bagmati
Province: NC ministers resigning en masse today
(kh 06/03/2024) [The
misunderstanding of federalism on the part of
Nepalese politicians is unbearable!]
Bagmati
CM seeks public support to widen Hetauda roads
(kh 06/01/2024) [This is
the antithesis of urban planning in western
industrialised nations!]
Bagmati
Province’s CM Jamarkattel summons all party
meeting (kh 03/12/2023)
CM
Jamkattel adds six ministers from NC, two from
Unified Socialist (kh 21/05/2023) [An irresponsibly high number
of ministers, just to satisfy the power demands
of politicians and parties, and this despite
empty state coffers! This is also a form of
corruption!]
Leaders
of three major political parties in coalition
reach consensus on power sharing in Bagmati
(kh 19/05/2023)
UML
decides to quit Bagmati govt (kh
24/03/2023), Bagmati
CM Jamkattel gets vote of confidence (rep
24/03/2023)
Bagmati
CM to seek vote of confidence on March 22
(rn 16/03/2023)
RPP
quits government in Bagmati Province (kh
26/02/2023)
Bagmati
CM Jamkattel expands Cabinet (kh 25/01/2023)
RPP's
Bhuwan Pathak is Speaker of Bagmati Province
(rep 13/01/2023) [A
Speaker from a party that advocates
unconstitutional issues sounds strange!]
I
will reduce number of provincial ministries: CM
Jamkattel (rep 10/01/2023)
Shalikram
Jamkattel appointed Chief Minister of Bagmati
Province (kh 09/01/2023)
09
Bagmati PA members take oath (kh
29/12/2022), First
session of the Bagmati Provincial Assembly
summoned on January 2 (rep 29/12/2022)
Bagmati
Chief Minister Pandey resigns (kh
23/12/2022)
EC
submits final results of Bagmati PA polls to
governor (ht 18/12/2022)
Congress-led
coalition set to form government in Bagmati :
Chances of the largest party getting the chief
ministership are high, although Maoist Centre
also eyes the post, by Tima R Pradhan (kp
03/12/2022)
Bagmati
Province has three million 471,792 eligible
voters (kh 17/11/2022)
Exercise
begins to change Bagmati chief minister :
Congress and Maoist Centre collect signatures to
put pressure on Pandey (kp 30/06/2022)
Bagmati
government announces a budget of Rs. 70.93
billion (kh 15/06/2022)
Bagmati
govt to disburse over Rs 46.84 million for local
level-initiated plans (kh 03/03/2022)
Bagmati
Provincial govt expanded (kh 24/12/2021)
Bagamati
CM Pandey expands cabinet : Three Ministers from
Maoist Center and two Ministers and one State
Minister from Unified Socialist inducted into
govt (kh 14/12/2021)
Bagmati
Province Assembly meeting to take place on
December 22 (kh 11/12/2021)
Bagmati
Province Chief Minister Pandey to undergo floor
test today (nlt 08/11/2021), Bagmati
Province Chief Minister Pandey wins vote of
confidence (kh 08/11/2021)
Rajendra
Pandey appointed chief minister of Bagmati :
Pandey, who replaced Asta Laxmi Shakya of the
UML, has appointed four ministers in his Cabinet,
by Subash Bidari (kp 29/10/2021)
Unified
Socialist PP leader Pandey appointed Bagmati
Chief Minister (kh 28/10/2021), Rajendra
Pandey sworn in as Bagmati Pradesh CM : Appoints
three ministers in his cabinet (kh
28/10/2021)
Bagmati
CM Shakya taking vote of confidence today
(kh 27/10/2021, Bagmati
Province CM Shakya Resigns (rn 27/10/2021),
Bagmati
Province Chief Minister Shakya resigns (kh
27/10/2021), CM
Shakya submits resignation to Province Chief
Sharma (kh 27/10/2021), Bagmati
Province Chief calls parties to claim for CM’s
post by 3 pm Thursday (kh 27/10/2021), Ruling
coalition to nominate Rajendra Pandey as Chief
Minister of Bagmati Province (kh
27/10/2021), Asta
Laxmi Shakya resigns as chief minister of
Bagmati Province : Rajendra Pandey of CPN
(Unified Socialist) set to succeed Shakya.
Rajendra Rai tipped to lead Province 1, by
Tika R Pradhan (kp 28/10/2021)
Unified
Socialist’s Pandey likely to become Chief
Minister in Bagmati Province : Unified Socialist
and NC strike agreement to hold the CM's post
alternatively as CM Shakya takes vote of
confidence despite being in minority (kh
21/10/2021), Bagmati
Assembly adjourned till Oct 27; voting on CM
Shakya’s trust motion yet to take place (kh
21/10/2021)
Chief
Minister Shakya to take vote of confidence on
Thursday (kh 20/10/2021)
Congress
lays claim to Bagmati chief minister seat :
Coalition partners warn breach of agreement with
CPN (Unified Socialist) could affect political
alignment at the centre itself, by Tika R
Pradhan (kp 11/10/2021)
Bagmati
CM Shakya to take vote of confidence on Sunday
(kh 09/10/2021), Bagmati
Provincial Assembly meeting put off without
holding confidence vote (rep 11/10/2021)
Bagmati
CM Shakya in minority after Unified Socialist
pulls out (kh 13/09/2021)
Bagmati
CM Shakya expands cabinet : Newly-appointed
ministers of Bagmati Province sworn-in (kh
08/09/2021), Shakya’s
minority government in Bagmati appoints new
ministersThe 56-member single largest party
CPN-UML is now reduced to 43 members in
the province, and Shakya needs 12 members to
achieve a majority (kp 09/09/2021)
Shakya
and Acharya may lose chief minister posts if
they remain in UML : With some UML assembly
members defecting to CPN (Unified Socialist),
Oli supporters could slip into minority, by
Tika R Pradhan (kp 01/09/2021), UML
falls into minority in Bagmat, by Ram Kumar
Kamati (ht 01/09/2021)
12
Bagmati Provincial Assembly members of UML join
CPN Unified Socialist (kh 31/08/2021), CM
Shakya-led government in minority in Bagmati
Province : 12 UML lawmakers join Unified
Socialist, confining the UML's 56-member
majority to 44 (kh 31/08/2021) [Now Nepal finally has a
female Chief Minister and already she is
becoming a victim of the machos ruthlessly
fighting for power!]
Bagmati
Province Assembly session prorogued (kh
27/08/2021)
Bagmati
Province Chief Prasai removed from his post
(rep 20/08/2021), President
Bhandari appoints Yadav Chandra Sharma as Chief
of Bagmati Province (kh 20/08/2021)
Bagmati
Province Chief Minister Poudel resigns (kh
18/08/2021), Asta
Laxmi Shakya to be appointed CM of Bagmati
Province (rep 18/08/2021), Shakya
becomes first woman chief minister, by Subas
Bidari (kp 19/08/2021), Leader
Nepal backs Ashta Lakshmi Shakya in Bagmati
Province (kh 24/08/2021)
Budget
endorsement tough nut to crack for Bagmati
(kh 05/0/2021)
Bagmati
Province Assembly passes govt policy, programs
(kh 12/06/2021)
Clarification
sought from 14 Nepal faction PA members (ht
23/05/2021)
Gandaki
Province NC calls PP meeting to discuss govt
formation (kh 24/04/2021)
Bagmati
provincial assembly meeting postponed again,
by Subash Bidari (kp 07/04/2021)
CPN
(Maoist Center) to withdraw support to govt in
Bagmati Province (kh 29/03/2021)
Bagmati’s
Speaker accused of delaying no-confidence motion
: Speaker postpones meeting called to discuss
the no-trust motion against chief minister,
by Subash Bidari (kp 02/02/2021)
Congress
undecided regarding no-confidence motion filed
against Chief Minister Poudel : The Congress
leaders are of the opinion that the party is
undecided, as the ruling Nepal Communist Party
is yet to be split officially, by Subash
Bidari (kp 17/01/2021)
NCP's
Dahal-Nepal faction picks Ashta Laxmi Shakya as
provincial parliamentary party leader of Bagmati
(rep 30/12/2020)
No
Confidence Motion Registered Against Bagmati CM,
Three Ministers Resign En Masse (rn
25/12/2020), Provincial
assembly members close to Dahal-Nepal faction
file no-confidence motion against Bagmati chief
minister (rep 25/12/2020)
Bagmati
Province allocates budget to construct model
integrated settlements: The integrated
settlement programme for Gandharva, Majhi and
Danuwar communities aims to promote agriculture
tourism and alleviate poverty in the area,
by Pratap Bista (kp 05/02/2020)
Bagmati
provincial government introduces ‘good
governance bill’ to monitor and evaluate
employees: The proposed law will regulate
employees of the local units and provincial
administration, and keep a watch on service
delays and hassles at public offices, by
Subash Bidari (kp 04/02/2020)
Bagmati
Provincial government allocates Rs 20 million to
judicial committees: Keeping in view the poor
performance, the provincial government has taken
initiatives to reform the judicial committees,
by Pratap Bista (kp 31/01/2020)
Bagmati
Province to operate electric buses by mid-May:
Province to procure vehicles itself, after an
agreement between the government and Sajha
Yatayat Co-operative fell apart over share
issues, by Subash Bidari (kp 23/01/2020)
Province
3 assembly endorses Bagmati as the name of the
province by majority votes: The meet also
endorsed Hetauda as the capital of the province,
by Subash Bidari (kp 13/01/2020) [All the Tagadhari
politicians are so happy that there is still no
ethnic name for a province!], PA
decides to call Province 3 Bagmati, with Hetauda
as its permanent HQ (ht 13/01/2020)
Provincial
leaders balk at ruling party’s directive to name
Province 3 ‘Bagmati’: The Nepal Communist
Party’s diktat concerning the name and capital
of the province has been criticised by
provincial assembly members for infringing on
the spirit of federalism, by Tika R. Pradhan
(kp 08/01/2020)
Parties
intensify internal discussion as Province 3
gears up to fix capital, name (rep
05/01/2020), Hundreds
stage protest against proposed name for Province
3 (ht 07/01/2020)
NCP
Province 3 parliamentary party meeting kicks off
(ht 04/01/2020)
NCP’s
decision to impose name and capital of Province
3 is unconstitutional, experts say: ‘It is
clearly written in the constitution that name
and headquarters of the province will be fixed
by the concerned provincial assembly.’, by
Anil Giri and Pratap Bista (kp 30/12/2019) [The Constitution also
demands that the names and capitals should have
been designated by the provincial parliaments by
August 2018 at the latest. Oli, Dahal and Co.
must realise that they are not above the law!]
Name
of Province 3, its capital delayed for best
decision: CM Poudel (ht 25/12/2019)
Province
3 government stops issuance of grants to 17
local units: The local units had failed to
deposit revenue of the last fiscal year in the
reserve fund, by Subash Bidari (kp
29/11/2019)
Province
3 plans to construct ‘peace parks’ in all local
units: The provincial executive aims to complete
the project in all 119 units by the end of
fiscal year 2021/2022, by Subash Bidari (kp
18/11/2019)
Province
3 govt to invest Rs 670m for agri pockets
(ht 16/11/2019)
Province
3 government to hire 101 nurses for schools in
current fiscal year: Each rural municipality
will get Rs500,000 to buy equipment and
medicines for schools, by Arjun Poudel (kp
22/10/2019)
Budget
for target groups used unproductively in
Province 3: Half of the budget allotted for
women, children, and the elderly has been
invested in campaigns and seminars, by
Subash Bidari (kp 16/10/2019)
Province
3 government is building homes for impoverished
Bote people: The assistance, however, falls
short on providing livelihood solutions to the
fishing community, by Pratap Bista (kp
23/09/2019)
Province
3 government objects federal government’s bill
that interferes its jurisdiction: Provincial
Minister Jammakattel argued that the federal
government-introduced bill was meaningless as
the provincial government has already formulated
laws regarding vehicle and transportation
management act, by Subash Bidari (kp
16/08/2019)
Province
3 government plans to restore historic elephant
stables in Bhimphedi: The state government and
Bhimphedi Rural Municipality has combinedly
allocated Rs 10 million for the project, by
Pratap Bista (kp 09/08/2019)
Staff
transferred to Province 3 blame government for
not keeping its promise: Employees have started
to make requests to return to units under the
federal government, by Subash Bidari (kp
11/07/2019)
‘Province
3 will benefit from sisterly relations with
Gansu’ (ht 05/07/2019)
Province
3 health office gets budget 10 months too late
and is now in a rush to spend money: Without
funds, health facilities were left without
essential drugs and training programmes were
halted, by Arjun Poudel (kp 27/06/2019)
Province
3 to settle on name, HQ in a month, other
provinces lack clear timeframe, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht 09/03/2019)
Province
3 lawmakers demand budget under Local
Infrastructure Development Partnership Programme,
by Subash Bidari (kp 31/05/2019)
Province
3 presents policies and programmes for fiscal
2019-20 (kp 29/05/2019)
Gandaki
Province govt runs free health camp for senior
citizens: Elderly citizens with eye, ear and
heart ailments have benefited from the
provincial government’s health initiative
(ht 26/05/2019)
Province
3 integrated settlement project in limbo: The
authorities concerned are yet to find suitable
land areas to build the settlements, by
Subash Bidari (kp 22/05/2019)
Nepali
Congress disrupts State 3 assembly over name,
capital issues, by Subas Bidari (kp
14/05/2019), PA
disrupted over reluctance to discuss HQ issue
(ht 14/05/2019)
Province
3: Proposal for amendment of bill regarding
birth registration , by Nagendra Adhikari(kp
18/04/2019)
Local
leaders request Province 3 government to end
water scarcity in Ramechhap, by Tika Prasad
Bhatta (kp 10/04/2019)
SC
notice to Province 3 assembly, EC (ht
08/04/2019)
CM
People Health Check-up Programme launched,
ba Pratap Bista (kp 01/04/2019)
Provincial
health
officials denied salary for four months: The
provincial health office in Kathmandu has not
received any funds this fiscal year (kp
19/02/2019)
Province
3 Chief Minister Poudel stresses empowering
local levels (ht 16/02/2019)
Enter
the project bank: Province 3 has launched a
software-based database containing details of
all projects, by Madhukar Upadhya (kp
02/01/2019)
Province
3 seeks to reduce poverty rate to 7 percent,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 30/12/2018)
Per
capita earning ‘to be doubled’ in Province 3 in
five years (rep 29/12/2018) [???]
Province
3 launches One School, One Nurse project, by
Nayak Paudel (kp 19/12/2018)
Chief
Minister says decision on name of province 3
capital only next year (kp 13/12/2018)
Assembly
meet to decide state name and capital, by
Pratap Bista (kp 04/12/2018)
‘Last-ditch
effort’ on to designate Province 3 capital,
by Nagendra Adhikari (kp 26/11/2018), State3
Assembly puts off discussion on capital, by
Nagendra Adhikari (kp 28/11/2018)
CM
Poudel considers sacking Sthapit: Kathmandu
ex-mayor behaved indecently with his boss, says
a minister, by Pratap Bista (kp 02/11/2018),
Chief
minister sacks Sthapit, by Tika R Pradhan
(kp 03/11/2018)
Province
3 capital city: Niraula panel presents report,
by Nagendra Adhikari (kp 09/10/2018)
CM
Poudel vows to end practice of child marriage,
by Pratap Bista (kp 13/09/2018)
Province
3 Speaker to get Rs 70,000 allowance, by
Ashok Sujan Shrestha (rep 03/09/2018)
Province
3
wants to build tunnel road on its own: The cost
of the national pride project has gone up due to
delay in construction (ht 25/08/2018)
It
will take time for govt’s work to show, says CM
Poudel (ht 24/08/2018)
Province
3 seeks tax details from local units, by
Ashok Sujan Shrestha (rep 21/07/2018)
Province
3 facing 400,000 tons in food deficit (rep
09/08/2018)
CM
Poudel seeks cooperation between varsities
(ht 17/06/2018)
Stakeholders
consulted on shifting provincial capital (ht
16/06/2018)
Province
3 way ahead in economic, social indicators:
Report (rep 15/06/2018)
Province
3 HQ feasibility study in Kavre (ht
13/06/2018)
‘Province
3 still in transitional phase’ (ht
04/06/2018)
Provincial
Assembly not getting business, says Minister
Jamakattel (ht 31/05/2018)
Province
govt to work for local levels (ht
25/05/2018)
‘Province
govt in dilemma about budget’ (ht
22/05/2018)
Micro-enterprises
in crisis, says Province 3 CM Poudel (ht
04/05/2018)
Poudel
urges local bodies to take part in student
enrolment campaign (ht 14/04/2018)
Proposal
on declaring Bhaktapur as capital (kp
10/04/2018)
Province
3 targets agri self-sufficiency in 3 years,
by Nagendra Adhikari (kp 09/04/2018)
Where
the provinces have no name: CM Paudel for naming
Province 3 Rajdhani Pradesh (ht 09/04/2018)
Province
3 Assembly defers discussion on capital, by
Nagendra Adhikari (kp 01/04/2018)
Province
3 HQ row: Hetauda students stage rally (kp
30/03/2018)
CM
Poudel inspects Hetauda hospital (ht
24/03/2018)
Dahal
says Hetauda will be capital of Province-3
(kp 22/03/2018) [This is
not your decision but that of the State
Assembly, Mr Dahal!]
Province
3 govt fixes salary, perks of people’s reps
(kp 17/03/2018)
Vote
of confidence not mandatory for Chief Minister
Dormani Poudel (ht 12/03/2018)
CM
says unable to solve staffers’ problems (ht
10/03/2018)
Province
3 focuses on budget (ht 08/03/2018)
Lack
of staff affects service delivery in Province 3:
CM (kp 04/03/2018)
Province
2 Cabinet size gets larger (kp 01/03/2018),
Provinces
2, 3 CMs expand cabinets (ht 01/03/2018)
CM
Poudel rails against errant bureaucrats (kp
23/02/2018)
CM
Poudel stresses economic progress (ht
20/02/2018)
‘Hetauda
will remain capital of Province 3’ (kp
19/02/2018)
CM
Poudel unaware of provincial govt’s functions
(ht 18/02/2018)
Lawmakers
reject plan for Hetauda as capital (kp
17/02/2018)
‘Province
3 ministries unable to function without office
cars’ (kp 16/02/2018), Ministries
of Province 3 facing staff crunch (ht
17/02/2018)
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