UML
seeks resignation of Lumbini Chief Minister KC (kh
30/03/2022)
Lumbini
Province Assembly passes 67 bills in four years (kh
01/02/2022)
Lumbini
CM attempting to ward off leadership change : Tempting
NC with more ministries (kh 21/01/2022)
Lumbini
Province is self-sufficient in food production,
officials say : The province produced 2.51 million
tonnes of food, resulting in a surplus of 445,000
tonnes, according to officials, by Madhav Aryal (kp
04/11/2021)
Lumbini
Province government likely to get full shape today
(kh 08/10/2021)
Lumbini
Province govt bringing new budget today : UML to disrupt
(kp 06/10/2021)
Lumbini
Cabinet reshuffled (ht 04/09/2021)
Lumbini
Province Assembly meeting put off till Sept 15 (kp
02/09/2021)
Lumbini
Chief Minister KC taking trust vote, marshals to be used
if oppn party posed obstruction (rep 23/08/2021), Lumbini
CM KC wins vote of confidence (kh 23/08/2021)
Maoist
leader Kul Prasad KC appointed Chief Minister in Lumbini
Province (kh 12/08/2021)
Opp’n
alliance staking claim to form new govt in Lumbini
Province today : Fields Maoist Center leader KC as new
CM (kh 11/08/2021), Another
setback for Oli as Pokhrel resigns as chief minister of
Lumbini Province : Maoists’ Kul Prasad KC proposed as
new chief minister, by Anil Giri (kp 12/08/2021)
Two
ministers of Lumbini Province govt resigning today
(kh 11/08/2021), Special
session of Lumbini PA debating no-confidence motion
against CM Pokhrel today (kh 11/08/2021), UML
Lumbini Province PP meeting ahead of PA special session
: To discuss no confidence motion (kh 11/08/2021), Lumbini
CM Pokhrel likely to step down ahead of PA meeting :
Holding press meet at 12 pm (kh 11/08/2021), Lumbini
CM Pokhrel resigns (kh 11/08/2021), Lumbini
Province Chief Sherchan gives 22 hours to claim for
majority govt (kh 11/08/2021)
Lumbini
lawmaker Khatri accuses CM Pokhrel of taking her hostage
at his residence (kh 05/08/2021), Maoist
Center terms Lumbini incident of holding lawmaker
hostage a criminal act (kh 06/08/2021)
No-confidence
motion filed against Lumbini CM Pokhrel (kh
03/08/2021)
Three
ministers of Lumbini Province lose assembly membership
(ht 31/07/2021)
Lumbini
Province set to bring budget thru ordinance (kh
16/07/2021)
JSP
Minister Rayamajhi resigns in Lumbini Province (kh
02/07/2021), Chief
Minister Pokharel loses majority as JSP Minister
Rayamajhi resigns (rep 02/07/2021)
New
severe media law in the offing : Media publishing,
broadcasting news on prohibited issues to be shut down
(kh 13/06/2021) [related to Lumbini Province]
Lumbini
opposition lawmakers seek legal documents related to CM
Pokhrel’s re-appointment (kh 24/05/2021)
Four
dismissed JSP lawmakers file writ petition against
party’s decision to suspend them (rep 17/05/2021)
No-confidence
motion registered against Lumbini CM Pokharel for second
time (rep 09/05/2021)
Lumbini
opposition calls for appointing Kul Prasad KC as Chief
Minister : They say Chief Minister Shankar Pokharel
lacks majority to stay in power (kh 06/05/2021)
Lumbini
Province’s assembly member Dangi resigns (kh
05/05/2021)
As
if there’s no pandemic : Oli and his clique’s seeming
indifference to the raging coronavirus and unfolding
tragedy is stark. Even as virus cases hit a new record
of 7,137 and death toll clocks 3,325, political games
continue, by Tika R Pradhan and Binod Ghimire (kp
03/05/2021)
Opposition
parties to initiate legal battle against CM Pokharel of
Lumbini Province (rep 03/05/2021)
Resignation
of CM Pokharel approved, preparations to form UML-led
one-party govt (rep 02/05/2021), Lumbini
Province: UML parliamentary party decides to form new
govt under Pokharel’s leadership (rep 02/05/2021), Lumbini
Province Assembly Member Bimala Khatri joins Maoist
Center, CM Pokharel loses majority (rep 02/05/2021),
Pokharel
re-appointed CM in Lumbini Province (kh 02/05/2021)
[Article
168 (1) requires a majority of the party concerned, in
this case the CPN-UML, in the provincial assembly for
such action. As of today, however, the UML no longer has
such a majority. The procedure is a clear breach of the
constitution following KP Oli's trick!], , Three
UML lawmakers resign in Lumbini : UML loses its majority
in the province assembly (kh 02/05/2021) [All
these political capers are a direct consequence of KP
Oli's power games after his failed coup at the central
level!], Pokhrel’s
bid to form UML-led government in Lumbini meets with
obstacles : A Provincial Assembly member, Bimala Khatri,
chooses to side with the Maoist Centre, making the UML
fall short of a seat to prove majority (kp
02/05/2021)
No-confidence
motion filed against Lumbini CM Pokharel, Maoist’s KC
proposed as new CM (rep 19/04/2021), No-confidence
motion filed against Lumbini CM Pokhrel (kh
19/04/2021), Two
Maoist ministers in Lumbini Province cabinet resign
(rep 19/04/2021), JSP
sacks four leaders after taking oath as Ministers in
Lumbini govt (ht 20/04/2021) [Now
that's a democratic way to become a minister: if you
want to become a minister, you take part in a vote of no
confidence against the chief minister and he appoints
his critics as ministers to stay in power! This idea
could have come from KP Oli!]
42
lawmakers sign against CM Pokharel in Lumbini Province;
43 required for majority (kh 16/04/2021)
Lumbini
govt to prorogue Province Assembly on April 6 (kh
05/04/2021)
Maoist
Center writes to Lumbini PA about action against two
defecting lawmakers (kh 04/04/2021)
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)
Lumbini
govt spokesperson diagnosed with COVID-19 (rep
17/10/2020)
Despite
spending millions on containing Covid-19, Lumbini
Province has little to show for it : A chunk of the
budget was spent on procurement of medical equipment but
the government failed to manage the required human
resource to use those equipment, by Amrita Anmol (kp
17/10/2020)
It’s
official: Province 5 named as Lumbini, Deukhuri is its
capital, by Rekha Bhusal and Binod Pariyar (rep
06/10/2020), Butwal
assembly endorses Lumbini as name of Province 5 by a
two-thirds majority The provincial assembly also
endorsed Deukhuri Valley in Dang as the capital of the
province, by Ghanashyam Gautam (kp 07/10/2020)
Decision
to designate Deukhuri as capital of Province 5 sparks
protests : Fourteen NCP provincial assembly members
wrote a note of dissent during the parliamentary party
meeting, by Ghanashyam Gautam (kp 04/10/2020), 14
ruling party PA members write note of dissent on
province capital : There has been all-round opposition
to the proposal ever since it was put forth (ht
04/10/2020), Demonstration
Against Proposal To Shift State Capital Held In Butwal,
by Chhabi Pande (rn 04/10/2020), Protests
in Butwal despite prohibitory order : Lawmakers asked
not to bypass the people’s mandate, act as a puppet of
the leadership, by Rekha Bhushal and Binod Pariyar
(rep 04/10/2020), Protests
continue in Butwal against decision to designate
Deukhuri as Province 5 capital : District administration
enforces four-day-long prohibitory order in major places
of Butwal starting Sunday, by Ghanshyam Gautam,
Sanju Paudel and Amrita Anmol (kp 05/10/2020), Nepali
Congress Issues Whip To Vote Against Deukhuri As Capital
Of State 5 (rn 06/10/2020)
Bhaluwang
Of Dang District To Be State 5 Capital, Decision Made To
Name State 5 As Lumbini (rn 02/10/2020), Province
5 to be named Lumbini, Dang’s Deukhuri permanent capital,
by Rekha Bhusal (rep 02/10/2020), NCP
undermines spirit of federalism, again, as it ‘decides’
for Province 5 : Oli and Dahal may have taken the
decision in a bid to placate some leaders in the
party but in doing so, they have trampled upon the
constitution, experts say, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
03/10/2020), Rs
4.2 million was spent to name Province 5 and its capital
but the job was finally done at the direction of NCP
chairmen : The committee spent Rs 1.8 million on its
India tour and Rs 11 million to pay three experts,
by Binod Pariyar (rep 03/10/2020)
Province
5 assembly members debate over the province’s name and
capital: The decision to designate the province’s
capital and name would be passed through the two-thirds
majority of the assembly, by Ghanashyam Gautam (kp
12/03/2020)
Provincial
Assembly has culture of collaboration, says Shankar
Pokharel (ht 05/02/2020)
Province
5 government takes initiatives to conserve wetlands: The
ministry constructed as many as 116 ponds in 12
districts in the last fiscal year, by Amrita Anmol
(kp 03/02/2020)
Province
5 trains community school teachers, students to improve
SEE results: The province has introduced reformative
education measures following poor performance by
students in science and maths in SEE, by Amrita
Anmol (kp 15/01/2020)
Province
5 pride projects left in limbo: The capital expenditure
is just seven percent in the first quarter of the
current fiscal year, by Ghanashyam Gautam (kp
05/01/2020)
Special
committee recommends Province 5 to be named ‘Lumbini’:
Committee members divided on provincial capital;
recommend Butwal, Chandrauta and Lamahi as options,
by Ghanshyam Gautam (kp 17/12/2019), CM
seeks central intervention over Province 5 name and
capital (rep 18/12/2019) [????]
Province
5 to start VNY campaign from Bardiya (rep
17/12/2019)
Province
5 continues its integrated settlement drive: The local
government has allocated Rs 5 million each to Mahat and
Hukam in Rukum (East) to ensure the project comes
through, by Hari Gautam (kp 15/10/2019)
Province
5 creates is own Provincial Public Service Commission,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 14/08/2019)
Provincial
capital, a challenge for leaders, by Devendra Basnet
(rep 01/08/2019)
Chand’s
party has not affected development of Province 5:
Pokharel (ht 23/07/2019)
Province
5 districts have no offices dedicated to women, by
Amrita Anmol (kp 18/07/2019)
Province
5 targets elevation of economic growth rate, by
Binod Pariyar (rep 18/06/2019)
Retail
prices in Province 5 rise steeply after release of
budget, by Ghanashyam Gautam, Thakur Singh Tharu,
Madhav Aryal and Rupa Gahatraj (kp 13/06/2019)
All
local levels of Province 5 connected to bank network
(ht 06/06/2019)
With
no easy access to health centres, women in remote
districts of Province 5 are opting for home births:
Around 41 percent pregnant women in the province still
give birth at home, according to the National
Demographic Health Survey-2016, by Amrita Anmol (kp
31/05/2019)
Province
5 sees high number of women dying unnatural deaths:
Forty-one women were killed in the province in the past
10 months. Rights activists believe violence against
women to be the primary cause, by Amrita Anmol (kp
18/05/2019)
Province
5 CM meets governor of Gansu Province (rep
16/05/2019)
Province
5 struggling from severe water crisis (rep
04/05/2019)
Province
5 starts preparations to minimize disaster risk, by
Binod Pariyar (rep 09/04/2019)
Province
5 using rivers as dumping sites, by Rekha Bhusal
(rep 06/04/2019)
Road
mishap in Province - 5 : 350 dead, over 1,000 injured in
seven months, by Rekha Bhusal (rep 20/02/2019)
Province
5 government to mark Establishment Day today (ht
16/02/2019)
Many
children in Tarai districts of Province 5 are still out
of school (kp 15/02/2019)
Rukumkot
under curfew orders for past four days, by Hari
Gautam (kp 07/02/2019), Prolonged
prohibitory order hits normal life in Rukumkot, by
Hari Gautam (kp 10/02/2019), District
headquarters dispute of Rukum (East) in constitutional
bench, by Hari Gautam (kp 11/02/2019)
State
5 to upgrade hospitals, by Nayak Paudel (kp
10/01/2019)
‘Capital
issue should be resolved through consensus’ (kp
03/01/2019)
Lawmakers
seeking suggestions on name and capital of Province 5,
by Rekha Bhusal (rep 01/01/2019)
500
projects stranded in lack of budget (rep 16/12/2018)
Province
5 starts formulating five-year plan, by Binod
Pariyar (rep 26/11/2018)
Committee
to recommend name, capital of Province 5 spends 3 months
doing nothing, by Rekha Bhusal (rep 13/11/2018)
Province
5 local units collecting various taxes illegally, by
Devendra Basnet (rep 11/10/2018)
Province
5 CC meeting starts in Butwal (ht 26/09/2018)
Lackluster
progress in mega infra projects in Province 5 (rep
04/09/2018)
Province
5 govt, Chinese team discuss feasibility of mono rail
(ht 11/08/2018)
Province
5 still struggling to resolve provincial capital, name
row, by Rekha Bhusal (rep 05/08/2018)
Province
5 members to see hefty hike in their allowances, by
Rekha Bhusal (rep 30/07/2018)
Opposition
NC obstructs State 5 Assembly meet (kp 30/07/2018)
‘Nepalgunj–Delhi
flight could be a game changer for Province 5’ (rep
15/07/2018)
Kala-azar:
A major health concern in Province 5, by Binod
Pariyar (rep 10/07/2018)
Lack
of badge poses problems for provincial assembly members
(rep 24/06/2018)
Province
5 set to unveil Rs 30 billion fiscal budget, by
Rekha Bhusal (rep 15/06/2018)
Province
5 passes bill on facilities for local level office
bearers, members (ht 31/05/2018)
CM
Pokharel for provincial prosperity (kp 26/05/2018)
Post
reaches out to Province 5 readers (kp 26/05/2018)
Chief
Minister Pokharel presents Province 5 budget in assembly
(ht 14/04/2018)
Chure
conservation: Main concern left out in provincial
government's policy and plan (rep 10/04/2018)
Province
5 unveils interim policies and programmes: NC and SSF-N
show reservations (kp 09/04/2018)
Assembly
calls for giving name to Province 5 (kp 30/03/2018)
Province
5 forms planning commission (kp 21/03/2018)
Province
5 CM expands Cabinet, by Ghanashyam Gautam (kp
20/03/2018)
Win-win
for women, by Namrata Sharma (nt 16/03/2018)
Ex-kamlaris become MP, deputy speaker of Province 5,
by Devendra Basnet (rep 09/03/2018)
Province
5 lacks residences for govt officials, by Devendra
Basnet (rep 06/03/2018)
Ex-Kamlari
elected as deputy speaker of Province 5, by Sher
Bahadur KC (rep 19/02/2018)
Province
1, 2 and 5 chief ministers take oath (kp 16/02/2018)
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