Kiran Thapa Magar wins confidence vote in Bagmati
The chief minister secured 57 votes in a provincial assembly session attended by 58 lawmakers, with opposition parties staying away from the vote.
The chief minister secured 57 votes in a provincial assembly session attended by 58 lawmakers, with opposition parties staying away from the vote.
Thapa Magar takes charge after a prolonged political tussle.
The students, all below Grade 5, were returning home from Nirmal Secondary School in Hetauda when they were swept away by the Basudev stream.
The Nepali Congress leader stepped down before a confidence vote after failing to secure enough support to keep his government in power.
Indra Bahadur Baniya is expected to step down after addressing the provincial assembly, clearing the way for the UML and NCP to form a new coalition government.
The resignations come after the collapse of the Congress-UML alliance, with parties now scrambling to form a new coalition in the province where no single bloc holds a clear majority.
Bagmati Province plans national tournament and further stadium expansion after completing Rs117.4 million project in Gauritar.
Public hospitals out of stock. Patients forced to pay high costs at private pharmacies.
Chief Minister Baniya gives his Cabinet a full shape after securing vote of confidence.
Backed by Nepali Congress and CPN-UML, Baniya gets majority support despite party infighting.
Baniya defeats Chief Minister Lama in internal vote, deepening power struggle within the party.
Reshuffle seen as bid to tighten grip on power after losing the parliamentary party’s leadership.
With only 15 votes in his favour, Lama is ousted as Nepali Congress parliamentary party leader.
Majority of lawmakers back no-confidence motion against Chief Minister Lama, push for Baniya as new chief minister.
The children drowned in a roadside pit filled with rainwater, police say.