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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