Protest
against naming of Koshi Province intensifies : On
Tuesday, 25 people were injured when protesters clashed
with the police in Biratnagar, by Deo Narayan Sah
(kp 29/03/2023)
Clash
erupts between protesters and police in Biratnagar, 12
injured (nlt 23/03/2023)
Protest
in Biratnagar calling for renaming Koshi Province : Four
protesters detained following a clash were later
released. Four security personnel of the Armed Police
Force and Nepal Police were injured in the clash, by
Deo Narayan Sah (kp 20/03/2023),
Province
name will not be changed: Koshi CM Karki (kh
20/03/2023)
DAO,
Morang declares prohibited areas in view of ongoing
protest against the name of Koshi province (rep
18/03/2023)
Under
provincial name Koshi, currents of discontent still flow
: Madhesh is the only province named on identity basis.
Many blame erosion in Maoist ideology, by Tika R
Pradhan (kp 04/03/2023) [The
fairy tale of social inclusion has long been forgotten!
The male Khas Arya minority suppresses any historical
and non-Hindu ethnic reference in terms of state
ideology and nationalism.]
Public
holiday in Koshi Province today (kh 02/03/2023), It’s
Koshi. Province 1 gets its name, finally : It is the
last of Nepal’s seven provinces to be named. The name
Kirat-Limbuwan-Sagarmatha was rejected, by Deo
Narayan Sah (kp 02/03/2023)
NC
and UML register proposal to name Province 1 as Koshi
Province (kh 01/03/2023) [Of
course, no historical or ethnic reference! This area was
before the Gorkha conquest the territory of the Kiranti
states! In addition, the decision should have been made
according to the constitution at the latest in August
2018.], Morang
administration bans gatherings, processions in
Biratnagar (kh 01/03/2023),
Nepali
Congress, UML register proposal to name Province 1 as
Koshi : The CPN (Unified Socialist) and Janta Samajwadi
Party have put forward another proposal to name the
province as Limbuwan Sagarmatha (nlt 01/03/2023), Province
1 endorses Koshi as its name : After more than five
years since Nepal's adoption of the federal system, the
province has finally been named Koshi (nlt
01/03/2023), Province-1
named “Koshi Pradesh” (kh 01/03/2023), Protest
erupts over proposal to name Province 1 as Koshi
Province (rep 01/03/2023)
Taskforce
hands CMP draft to Province 1 government (kh
08/02/2023) [In democracies,
parties agree on a common programme before forming a
government. In Nepal, this is the other way round, as
everything is determined by power interests!]
Maoist
Center decides not to participate in Province 1 govt
(rep 09/01/2023) [Is this a
decision of the provincial level of the party or the
national level? The latter is not responsible for such
decisions in federal Nepal!]
UML
leader Karki likely to become Chief Minister of Province
1 (kh 08/01/2023), Province
1 Chief Minister Karki taking oath today (kh
09/01/2023), Province
1 CM Karki and three ministers to take oath of office
and secrecy today (kh 09/01/2023)
Province
1 chief gives January 8 deadline to claim Chief Minister
(kh 01/01/2023)
Financial
access to Province-1 imperative: NRB (kh 09/12/2022)
Government
formation in Province 1 gets complex as JSP leaves
alliance : Janata Samajbadi chair Uprendra Yadav has
said that his party is no longer with the UML-led
alliance, by Deo Narayan Sah (kp 06/12/2022)
Leaders,
entrepreneurs discuss eastern Nepal’s economic
potentials, challenges : The event ‘Ujyalo Purva’ saw
politicians, entrepreneurs discuss policies impacting
commerce in the east (kp 25/09/2022)
Province
1 declared literate (kh 08/09/2022)
Identity
issue: Naming of Province 1 becoming complicated (kh
08/08/2022)
All-party
meeting initiates debate on naming Province-1 (kh
09/07/2022), All-party
meeting being held to finalize name of Province 1
(kh 22/07/2022), Province
Naming Controversy: Meeting Inside, Demonstration
Outside (rep 22/07/2022), Province
1 struggles to get a name as assembly term nears expiry
: With elections just months away, parties again renew
efforts to name the province, only to end up bickering,
by Tika R Pradhan (23/07/2022) [This
naming has been overdue for four years. But what
politician cares about the constitution?]
Why
is Nepal’s Province 1 still nameless?, by Rakesh
Karn (ae 28/06/2022)
Province
1 : Full of Prospects, Rich in Resources, by
Mithilesh Yadav (rep 05/05/2022)
Province
1 parliament prorogued without naming the province
(kh 27/03/2022)
Province
1 districts ill-prepared for fire disasters : Every
year, properties worth millions are destroyed in fire
incidents in Taplejung and Panchthar but authorities
have no plans to control them, by Ananda Gautam and
Laxmi Gautam (kp 17/03/2022)
Province
1 boasts of having 18 popular picnic spots, by Birat
Anupam (kh 13/03/2022)
CM
Rai calls all-party meeting to discuss name of Province
1 (kh 22/02/2022)
Devotion
to development: CM Rai (kh 22/02/2022)
Name
Province-1 as ‘Birat Province’: Rajbansi committee
(kh 15/02/2022)
Province
1 government decides to split 7 ministries into 12
(kh 31/01/2022) [This is a waste of money for the pure satisfaction
of power interests], Decision
to split seven ministries into 12 courts strong backlash
(rep 05/02/2022), Province
1: Council of Ministers likely to be expanded today
(kh 06/02/2022), CM
Rai expands Province 1 cabinet (kh 06/02/2022)
Province
1 Assembly meeting deferred till 11:30 am Wednesday : CM
Rai to take vote of confidence on Wednesday (kh
16/11/2021), Speaker
Bhandari acted on UML’s instruction: Province 1 CM Rai
(kh 16/11/2021), Province
1 CM Rai secures vote of confidence (kh 17/11/2021)
CM
Rai vows to protect and promote Kirant cultures (kh
12/11/2021)
Province
1 CM Rai’s first meet of cabinet revokes all political
appointments (kh 03/11/2021)
Province
1 CM Rai Takes Oath Of Office, Forms 6-Member Cabinet,
by Gokul Parajuli (rep 02/11/2021)
49
Assembly members submit signatures to appoint Rajendra
Rai as new Chief Minister (rep 01/11/2021)
CM
Acharya of Pradesh 1 taking vote of confidence today :
Oppn alliance to vote against Acharya (kh
01/11/2021), Province
1 Chief Minister Acharya resigns (kh 01/11/2021)
“Coalition
govt to be formed in Province 1” (kh 31/10/2021)
Province
1 CM Acharya taking vote of confidence today (kp
22/10/2021), Voting
on Province 1 CM Acharya’s trust motion set for Sunday
(kh 22/10/2021), Province
1: UML and NC demand postponement of assembly meeting
(kh 24/10/2021)
Province
1 winter session to begin today (kh 08/10/2021)
Three
leaders eying post of Chief Minister in Province 1 :
Lobbying hard to turn tables in their favor (kh
18/09/2021)
Opposition
coalition initiates talks to form new government in
Province 1 (kp02/09/2021)
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), 10
UML lawmakers join Madhav Nepal-led CPN (Unified
Socialist) (rep 01/08/2021)
Oppn
alliance expedites preparations to topple Acharya-led
govt even as new cabinet is yet to get full shape
(rep 28/08/2021), Opp’n
parties form alliance to topple UML-led govt in Province
1 : New govt likely by mid-Sept (kh 30/08/2021)
UML
holding PP meeting in Province 1; CM Rai stepping down :
Bhim Acharya likely to be next CM (kh 26/08/2021), Bhim
Acharya takes oath as Chief Minister of Province 1
(kh 26/08/2021)
UML
leader Acharya seeks Madhav Nepal’s support to become
Province 1 CM (kh 23/08/2021)
Province
1 govt in crisis following UML split : New govt before
Dashain festival: Oppn (kh 22/08/2021)
Difficult
road ahead for the Sher Dhan government, by Nishant
Dhungana (rec 20/08/2021)
Six
local units in Solukhumbu table their fiscal budget
(kh 26/06/2021)
Opposition
call for budget session (kh 27/05/2021)
Oppositions
parties prepare again to file no-confidence motion
against CM Rai in Province 1 (rep 22/04/2021)
Federal
Limbuwan Forum submits memorandum to government (ht
07/04/2021)
Maoist
Center withdraws no confidence motion against CM Rai
(kh 05/04/2021)
Province
1 CM expands Cabinet (rep 26/03/2021), Newly
appointed ministers take oath in Pradesh 1 (kh
26/03/2021)
Nepal-Khanal
faction decides to withdraw no-confidence motions
against Province 1 and Bagmati chief ministers : 37
Provincial Assembly members in Province 1 and 45 in
Bagmati had moved the motions on December 27 and
December 25, respectively (kp 24/03/2021), CPN-UML
Directs Members To Withdraw No-Confidence Motion Filed
Against CM Rai, by Shashidhar Parajuli (rn
24/03/2021)
Province
1 Assembly meeting deferred until further notice
(rep 14/03/2021)
No-confidence
motion tabled against Province 1 Chief Minister Sherdhan
Rai (rep 21/02/2021), Provincialising
instability : Balloting alone can be inadequate to gauge
the aspirations of the people (kp 23/02/2021)
NCP
row: Tug-of-war hinders parliamentary assembly in
Province 1 (kh 07/02/2021) [The
two crazy factions of the NCP are destroying the entire
state of Nepal!]
Three
lawmakers withdraw support to no-confidence motion
against CM Rai (rep 18/01/2021), Five
signatories withdraw from no-confidence motion against
Rai, by Deonarayan Sah (kp 20/01/2021)
Bhandari
removed as NCP chief whip in Province 1 : The
Dahal-Nepal faction of the Nepal Communist Party also
relieved Shankar Pokharel and Prithvi Subba Gurung as
the party’s in-charge of Lumbini and Gandaki provinces,
by Deo Narayan Shah (kp 05/01/2021)
Ruling
party’s split continues to fuel conflict in provinces :
Province 1 Chief Minister Rai suspends 15 party
members after they file a no-confidence motion
against him, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 01/01/2021)
[The members of the provincial
parliament are the democratically elected
representatives of the sovereign people. The Chief
Minister has been elected by these MPs and is
responsible to them. Since none of the reasons mentioned
in Article 180 are applicable, which, by the way, is not
for the Chief Minister to decide, his action is to be
judged as similarly criminal as the dissolution of
parliament by Oli and Bhandari at the central level!]
Province
1 CM Rai suspends 15 lawmakers : Prachanda-Nepal faction
picks Acharya as PP leader (kh 31/12/2020) [?????
The destruction of state and democracy goes unabated!],
In
a tit-for-tat move, Province 1 Chief Minister Rai
suspends 15 provincial assembly members for three months
(rep 31/12/2020), Province
1 Chief Minister Rai suspends 15 assembly members of his
party after they file a no-confidence motion against him
: Following the split in the ruling Nepal Communist
Party, Bhim Acharya, of the Dahal-Nepal faction, was
voted to replace Rai, an Oli ally, as Province 1
assembly leader (kp 31/12/2020)
Bhim
Acharya says he’ll make consensus govt in Province 1
(ht 29/12/2020)
Province
1 CM Rai sacks Economic Affairs Minister Aangbo, by
Chuman Basnet (rep 26/12/2020), Three
Ministers Of Province 1 Resign En Masse (rn
27/12/2020), No
Confidence Motion Filed Against Province 1 CM Sherdhan
Rai (rn 27/12/2020), No-confidence
motion filed against Province 1 CM Rai : Three ministers
resign en masse, Bhim Acharya proposed new CM (kh
27/12/2020)
6,000
plus landless receiving land ownership certificates in
Province-1 (rep 19/12/2020)
Province
1 is still undecided about its name : Three years on,
consensus eludes the parties and lawmakers in the
province, by Deo narayan Sah (kp 03/10/2020)
Only
32% capital budget spent in Province 1, by Binod
Dubedi (rep 18/03/2020)
Assembly
members demand immediate naming of Province 1: All five
political parties in the Province 1 assembly had assured
a decision on the name would be made by the ongoing
winter session that kicked off on February 6, by Deo
narayan Sah (kp 18/02/2020)
Province
1 likely to be named ‘Koshi’ or ‘Sagarmatha’ (ht) [For historical reasons, there would
be no other name than Kirat, but the male Bahun leaders
want to make clear that the whole country belongs to
them! So, For this reason, there must be no names with
an ethnic reference! Sagarmatha and Koshi are names from
Bahun culture!]
Province-1
PA member, two others to face prison, by Hari
Adhikari (ht 28/01/2020)
Province
1 government opposes Centre’s move to build roads in
state: Provincial, local governments say the federal
government’s guideline regarding the construction of
connecting road infrastructure infringes upon their
rights, by Deo Narayan Sah (kp 21/01/2020)
CM
Rai inducts four new state ministers (ht 20/01/2020)
Province
1 fails to pick name, awaits center's nod (rep
12/01/2020)
Province
1 prepares to establish research center, by Binod
Subedi (rep 02/01/2020)
Provincial
government spends huge budget on tree plantation
programmes but fails to bear fruit: The provincial
government has plans to distribute and plant tree
saplings in 12 districts of the province, except in
Jhapa and Panchthar, by Deo Narayan Sah (kp
10/12/2019)
Province
1 govt mulls distributing subsidy to farmers based on
production volume, by Binod Subedi (rep 30/11/2019)
Province
1 floats plans to develop a slew of hydropower schemes:
Projects with a completion deadline of one to three
years have been prioritised, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
23/11/2019)
Province
1 spends just four percent of development budget in 1st
quarter, by Binod Subedi (rep 04/11/2019)
Province
1 to be named by mid-January next year: Spokesperson
Karki, by Yubraj Bibash (rep 31/10/2019)
SC’s
ruling not applicable for Province 1: CM Sherdhan Rai
(ht 20/10/2019) [SC decisions
are binding law for all! So please follow the legal
process!], Metropolis
office bearers receive monthly salary: Rs 1.6 million
per month is spent on salary, perks in Biratnagar
metropolis (ht 22/10/2019)
Entrepreneurs
studying investment prospects in Province 1, by Bhim
Chapagain (rep 04/09/2019)
Province
1 preparing to operate vegetable wholesale market,
by Binod Subedi (kp 28/07/2019)
CM
Rai warns of strict action against erring employees
(ht 23/07/2019)
Province
1 fails to effectively implement ban on old vehicles:
Most older vehicles are in operation in hill districts
where the presence of traffic police is little to none,
by Sumnima Chamling (kp 11/07/2019)
‘Consensus
must for Province 1 name’ (ht 24/06/2019)
Manpower
crunch hits state-level offices in Province
1: Education Development Directorate and
Health Directorate have more than 20 vacant posts
(ht 01/06/2019)
Province
1 sets up government liaison office in Dhankuta,
by Ramesh Chandra Adhikari (kp 13/05/2019)
Biratnagar
to be permanent Province 1 HQ (ht 07/05/2019),
Dhankuta people protest as Biratnagar is named the
capital city of Province 1, by Ramesh Chandra
Adhikari (kp 08/05/2019)
Four
proposals seeking Dhankuta, Biratnagar as Province 1 HQ
registered, by Hari Adhikari (ht 06/05/2019), Protest
launched demanding Dharan as Province 1 capital, by
Rohit Rai (rep 06/05/2019)
Shortage
of staff hampers services at Province 1 local units
(kp 05/05/2019)
Postmortem
service still a big challenge in Solukhumbu, by
Shikhar Jung Shrestha (rep 05/05/2019)
NCP
for making Biratchhetra Province 1 headquarters
(ht 04/05/2019)
NCP
hard pressed to fix headquarters, Province 1 name
(ht 02/05/2019), NCP
internal feuding over province capital worsens, by
Raju Adhikari (rep 02/05/2019)
Province
1 CM’s contact office to be in Dhankuta: Province name,
permanent headquarters by May 5: Minister, by Hari
Adhikari and Khagendra Ghimire (ht 01/05/2019)
Capital
of Province 1 to be scattered in various districts,
by Raju Adhikari (rep 06/04/2019)
Local
governments working to improve quality in community
schools (kp 01/03/2019)
FNCCI
signs MoU with Province 1 govt (rep 13/02/2019)
Province
1 name, HQ to be fixed in winter session (ht
04/02/2019)
Large
cities of Province 1 dumping waste in the open (rep
03/02/2019)
Illegal
weapons major security challenge in Province 1: Police
(kp 29/01/2019)
Protest
to make Dhankuta permanent capital of State 1, by
Ramesh Chandra Adhikari (kp 18/01/2019)
CM
Sherdhan Rai’s US visit controversial, by Rewati
Sapkota (ht 11/11/2018)
Province
1 expects bumper paddy harvest, by Dev Narayan Sah
(kp 04/11/2018)
Province
1 forms planning commission, by Lila Ballav Ghimire
(kp 01/11/2018)
‘Province
1 to decide its capital in winter session’, by Deo
Narayan Sah (kp 10/10/2018) [You
know that such delay is against the prescriptions of the
constitution?]
CDOs
defy
provincial govt’s decision: The Ministry of Internal
Affairs and Law of Province 1 had declared Thursday a
holiday across the province to mark World Indigenous Day,
by Hari Adhikari (ht 10/08/2018)
‘Province
1 govt well-prepared against disasters’ (kp
31/07/2018)
Farmers
in Province 1 upset by dwindling prices, slower sales,
by Giriraj Banskota (rep 30/07/2018)
Province
1 budget criticized for being tarai-centric, by Bhim
Chapagain (rep 17/06/2018)
Opposition
leaders 'not given chance to speak' in province assembly,
by Binod Subedi (rep 15/06/2018)
Province
1 may be named Kirant, says CM Rai (ht 20/05/2018)
Province
1 still struggling to fix permanent capital, by Raju
Adhikari (rep 20/05/2018)
State
1 tops migrant workers: Southern plains send 35pc
workers in nine years as department issues over 3.5
million permits, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
29/04/2018)
Discussion
on province name and capital begins (ht 20/04/2018)
Province
1 assembly members receive their salary (ht
20/04/2018)
China
to open Kimathanka, Olangchungola border points (ht
02/04/2018)
Province
1 set to bring new education policy (ht 26/03/2018)
Three
bombs explode in separate places in Morang (ht
26/03/2018)
3
hill districts of Province 1 to get internet access soon,
by Ananda Gautam and Dipendra Shakya (kp 25/03/2018)
Seven
thematic committees proposed in Province 1 Assembly,
by Raju Adhikari (rep 23/03/2018)
Province
1 ward members demand salaries, by Binod Subedi (rep
22/03/2018)
Provincial
Assembly to fix permanent capital and name, by Raju
Adhikari (rep 21/03/2018) [interview]
Electricity
leakage in Province 1 down by 4 percentage points: Nepal
Electricity Authority (rep 14/03/2018)
CM
Rai flays attempts to muzzle the media (kp
11/03/2018)
Anti-Oli
camp getting weaker in Province 1, by Raju Adhikari
(rep 08/03/2018)
Intense
lobbying in parties to become ministers in Province 1,
by Binod Subedis (rep 28/02/2018)
Two
committees formed in Province 1 (ht 27/02/2018)
Ministries
awaiting staff (ht 22/02/2018)
Absence
of staffers affects day-to-day work in Province 1,
by Yuvraj Biwas (rep 18/02/2018)
Province
1, 2 and 5 chief ministers take oath (kp
16/02/2018), Rai
sworn in as Province 1 chief minister (ht
16/02/2018)
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