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UML lawmaker resigns over Sudurpaschim budget

Dhangadhi, Oct. 14 -- Bir Bahadur Thapa, a lawmaker from the CPN-UML, resigned in protest against the budget passed by the Sudurpaschim provincial assembly, deepening divisions within the ruling coali... Read More


How Nepal's provinces have become 'factories' for ministers

Nepal, Oct. 13 -- Disloyalty does not always go unrewarded. Santosh Kumar Pandey, Lumbini Province's minister for urban development, knows this as well as anyone. Having defied his party to keep a CPN... Read More


From chief minister to shopkeeper, Trilochan Bhatta embraces ordinary life

Dhangadhi, Sept. 26 -- A broad commercial junction stretches in front of the Cottage and Small Industries Office in ward 4 of Dhangadhi Sub-metropolitan City. A busy hospital, a shopping complex and a... Read More


Sudurpaschim set to get cable car in its largest private-sector project

Dhangadhi, Sept. 16 -- The striking design of the Karnali Bridge has long given Chisapani in far-western Nepal a distinctive identity. Located at the meeting point of Lumbini, Karnali and Sudurpaschim... Read More


Too many aspirants leave Sudurpaschim chief minister struggling to fill cabinet

Dhangadhi, Aug. 21 -- Sudurpaschim Chief Minister Khagaraj Bhatta is struggling to complete his cabinet as more lawmakers from his party, the Nepali Communist Party, seek ministerial posts than there ... Read More


Minister's emergency airlift lays bare healthcare gaps in Sudurpaschim

Dhangadhi, Aug. 18 -- Minister for Physical Infrastructure Development Sunil Lamsal was in Baitadi on Sunday during a field inspection of the province's hill districts when he fell ill. Dr Pabin Upadh... Read More


Minister's emergency airlift lays bare healthcare gaps in Sudurpashim

Dhangadhi, Aug. 18 -- Federal Minister for Physical Infrastructure Development Sunil Lamsal was in Baitadi on Sunday during a field inspection of the province's hill districts when he fell ill. Dr Pab... Read More


Minister Lamsal to return to Kathmandu after falling ill in Baitadi

Dhangadhi, Aug. 16 -- Physical Infrastructure Development Minister Sunil Lamsal is returning to Kathmandu by helicopter after falling ill during a field visit to Baitadi, officials said. Meena Aryal,... Read More


Sudurpaschim assembly spends Rs140 million but passes no bills and budget

Dhangadhi, Aug. 9 -- The Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly spent Rs140.2 million in the fiscal year 2025-26 but failed to pass a single bill. It also failed to approve the annual budget for the curren... Read More


Provinces struggle to spend development budgets as billions remain idle

Nepal, Aug. 4 -- Nepal's seven provincial governments spent only an average of 61.33 percent of their capital budgets last fiscal year, continuing a long-running struggle to turn development allocatio... Read More