Shanker Pokhrel on Wednesday had resigned as the chief minister of Lumbini Province.

The alliance has proposed Maoist Centre Parliamentary Party leader Kul Prasad KC for the post of chief minister.

The special session was suspended after Chief Minister Shankar Pokharel submitted his resignation letter to the provincial chief on Wednesday noon.

Nepal’s vast riverbeds, mostly unused, have huge potential to be utilised for the poverty alleviation of thousands of landless families.

The project aims to help marginalised people, women, disabled persons and workers who return from foreign jobs become self-employed.

Since 2013, only 20,000 houses have been constructed across the country under the housing programme.

Hotels and restaurants are still shuttered, resulting in a massive drop in meat demand, farmers say.

Smugglers have been using Butwal as a transit point to smuggle wildlife parts to China from Korala border point, police say.

The provincial government has declared that it will provide beneficiaries with easy loans and grants to start their own businesses.

The waste processing centre will be able to process 400 tonnes of garbage on a daily basis, authorities say.

The corridor will be extended in future to reach Nepal-India border through Marchawar area, say authorities.

The doctors have not received the promised allowance for months.

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.

The district administration has enforced a four-day-long prohibitory order in major places of Butwal starting Sunday morning.

Four persons died in monsoon-induced disasters in Rupandehi and Makwanpur on Friday and Saturday.