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.

A memorandum has been submitted to the Province Chief Minister Hikmat Karki through Chief District Office by the Kirat Rai Yayokkha committee demanding rejection of the newly adopted name.

It is the last of Nepal’s seven provinces to be named. The name Kirat-Limbuwan-Sagarmatha was rejected.

Gautam, who was elected as a provincial assembly member from Okhaldhunga 1 (2), was the only candidate to file the nomination for the post.

Karki laid claim to the post with the support of 60 members in the 93-member-strong assembly on Sunday.

An all-party meeting of assembly members on Sunday has also decided to hold the election to choose the deputy Speaker of the assembly on January 14.

The eastern district is now what Biratnagar used to be between 1990 and 2010.

Following the call, CPN-UML is preparing to stake a claim at government formation by Friday.

Outgoing Minister of Internal Affairs and Law Kedar Karki tabled the ordinances regarding provincial civil service and amendment of some provincial acts.

Thapa received 18 votes to secure the post on Friday.

Provincial Chief Parshuram Khapung has summoned the assembly session from January 1 at 1 pm.

Angbo, who is the outgoing Minister of Economic Affairs and Planning, was unanimously elected to the post on Tuesday.

Six lawmakers took the oath in their mother tongues.

Senior-most newly-elected lawmaker in the Assembly, Gayanand Mandal, 79, will take the oath of office and secrecy before the head of province Parshuram Khapung.

Four local men of the Sundarharaicha Municipality where the incident took place and one hotel operator from the same municipality were arrested on Sunday.