KATHMANDU: The Bagmati Province government has announced its decision to upgrade 10 hospitals within its jurisdiction. The decision was taken during a provincial Cabinet meeting held on Tuesday.

KATHMANDU, Oct 9: Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Rekha Sharma, has shared about the government plan to introduce the 'Social Sites Management Directive' soon.

KATHMANDU, Oct 8: A meeting of Bagmati Province Assembly is taking place today. Bagmati Province Assembly Speaker Bhuwan Kumar Pathak said that two bills will be submitted for discussion in the meeting called for 3 PM.

MAKAWANPUR, Aug 31: Bagmati Province has recorded around 93 percent of monsoon paddy transplantation so far this year, said Anup Adhikari, the information officer at the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development of Bagmati provincial government.

KATHMANDU, Aug 30: The Bagmati Provincial Assembly Secretariat has stated that a meeting of the Bagmati provincial assembly has been scheduled for September 4.

MANAHARI, May 17: Over 18,000 cows from 13 districts of Bagmati Province are reported to have contracted the lumpy skin disease.

Bagmati CM Jamkattel takes oath

January 10, 2023 13:30 pm

MAKWANPUR, Jan 10: The newly appointed chief minister (CM) of Bagmati Province Salikram Jamkattel has taken the oath of office and secrecy. Maoist Central Parliamentary Party leader Jamkattel was administered the oath by Province Chief Yadav Chandra Sharma on Tuesday morning. He was appointed as the chief minister on Monday according to Sub-article 2 of Article 168 of the Constitution of Nepal.

MAKWANPUR, Dec 29: Lawmakers of Bagmati Province Assembly have taken the oath of office and secrecy.

Monsoon active in four provinces

June 11, 2022 10:51 am

KATHMANDU, June 11: This year's monsoon system has entered four provinces of the country. According to the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, the monsoon system has entered Province 1, Madhesh, Bagmati and Gandaki.

KATHMANDU, May 6: Bagmati Province, which also has the federal capital of the country, is estimated to contribute over one-third to the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) while the contribution of Karnali Province to the national GDP will stand below five percent in the current fiscal year.

BAGMATI, Feb 22: The Nepali Congress (NC), Bagmati Province, has decided to reach the people with a simpler and clearer note of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact agreement.

KATHMANDU, July 26: As of Sunday, 1,398,178 people are fully vaccinated and 3,383,038 people have received a single dose of vaccine against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nepal, according to the latest data issued by the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP).

KATHMANDU, July 23: The Kathmandu DAO permitted the movement of long-distance public vehicles to make it easier for people attending the upcoming TU exams and the Public Service Commission exams.

KATHMANDU, July 23: Chief Minister Dormani Poudel of Bagmati Province has inaugurated the new vehicle renewal service. The minister kickstarted the online service at an event organized by the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Development on Friday.

KATHMANDU, July 10: A meeting of the Bagmati Province Assembly to discuss the budget presented by the provincial government that was scheduled for today has been postponed. The Secretariat of the Province Assembly had issued a notice on Wednesday to attend the meeting today.

KATHMANDU, June 15: Bagmati Province has announced a budget of Rs 57.72 billion for fiscal year 2021/22. According to Kailash Prasad Dhungel, Minister for the Economic Affairs and Planning of Bagmati Province, the provincial government has allocated Rs 29.70 billion (51 percent) for capital expenditure while Rs 26.01 billion has been allocated for recurrent expenditure.

KATHMANDU, May 22: Preparations are currently underway to build an oxygen plant at Hetauda Hospital in order to ease the treatment of COVID-19 patients in the district with the help of funding from private businesses and industries.

Chief Ministers of Province 1 and Bagmati Province likely to be changed as intra-party row intensifies

MAKAWANPUR, Jan 13: Almost two years after the provincial government was formed in Province 3, it has been named as ‘Bagmati’ and Hetauda has been fixed as its capital.

Oct 19: 6 things to know by 6 PM today

October 19, 2019 18:00 pm

Your daily dose of missed important news of the day.

KATHMANDU, Oct 19: Minister for Drinking Water and Sanitation Bina Magar has inspected Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP) located at Guheshwori in Kathmandu on Saturday.

LALITPUR, Aug 31: The Lalitpur Metropolitan City has come up to take responsibility for the continuation of Bagmati River clean-up campaign.

RAUTAHAT, July 20: The construction of a bridge over Bagmati River which connects Gadhimai Municipality of Rautahat with Barahathawa Municipality of Sarlahi has hit a snag after the recent flood triggered by torrential rainfall washed away three slabs connecting the third and fourth pillars of the bridge.

RAUTAHAT, July 13: Floods caused by incessant rainfall for the past three days have inundated scores of villages in Rautahat district.

KATHMANDU, May 4:  A total of 31 metric tons of waste was recovered from Kathmandu Valley-based Rivers and Ring Road areas today.

THE WEEK IN PICTURES

March 2, 2019 18:40 pm

Week in pictures for the week Feb 24-March 2, 2019

KATHMANDU, Feb 20: When the passersby look at the Bagmati River from the Shantinagar Bridge, all that they can see is a huge pile of solid waste being swept away by a brown colored river.

Jan 19: 6 things to know by 6 PM today

January 19, 2019 18:00 pm

Your daily dose of missed important news of the day.

KATHMANDU, Nov 10: The cleanup campaigns of Kathmandu Valley's rivers and ring road continued even during the festivals.

SARLAHI, July 17: Residents of Hajariya of Barahathawa Municipality-1 of Sarlahi district are worried about being displaced as the Bagmati River continues to increasingly erode their land.

KATHMANDU, June 21: The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered the government to formulate a six-month long action plan to save the Bagmati River and submit its report to the apex court. A division bench of justices Dr Ananda Mohan Bhattarai and Sapana Pradhan Malla issued the order on Tuesday.

KATHMANDU, June 20: The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered the government to formulate a six-month long action plan to save the Bagmati River and submit its report to the apex court. A division bench of justices Dr Ananda Mohan Bhattarai and Sapana Pradhan Malla issued the order on Tuesday.

KATHMANDU, May 19: The Bagmati River is yet to be witnessed clean and clear despite five years' relentless efforts to clean it. The Bagmati River Cleanup Mega Campaign which was begun five years ago on the same day today has completed five years' journey but the condition is still not satisfactory and worrying.

Bagmati Yatra begins after 40 years

April 23, 2018 16:00 pm

Kathmandu, April 23: The Bagmati Tirtha Yatra or Bagmati Pilgrimage has begun after 40 years from Monday.

RAUTAHAT, Feb 22: A squad of Area Police Office (APO), Samanpur on Monday arrested two individuals and seized their excavator while they were illegally excavating stone and gravel from the Bagmati River in Rautahat at midnight.

RAUTAHAT, Feb 21: A squad of Area Police Office (APO), Samanpur on Monday arrested two individuals and seized their excavator while they were illegally excavating gravel from the Bagmati River in Rautahat at midnight.

KATHMANDU, Jan 31: The Bagmati Cleanup Mega Campaign has been honoured with Bhagirath Puraskar at a programme organized by Akhil Bishow Gayatri Paribar in Nagpur of India

KATHMANDU, August 19: Mahajalyatra Mahotsav (mega rafting event) has been organized in the Bagmati River on the occasion of 223rd week of Bagmati Clean-up Campaign on Saturday.

Actress Manisha Koirala, who has been appointed as the goodwill ambassador of Bagmati clean-up mega campaign, says she is “excited and committed” to be a part of this intiative. Manisha on Saturday took to Twitter to share a photograph of a group of people cleaning up with river.

KATHMANDU, June 15: The meeting of the Bagmati Clean-up Mega Campaign Thursday appointed actress Manisha Koirala as its goodwill ambassador.

SARLAHI, JUNE 3: The Bagmati Irrigation Project, which was conceived nearly four decades ago with the aim of providing irrigation facility in central Tarai as well as generating electricity, has not made much progress, apart from the setting up of its offices.

KATHMANDU, April 23: The campaigners of the Bagmati Clean-Up Campaign have urged one and all not to understand this weekly drive as a politically-driven one.

Kathmandu, March 11: Thousands of people participated in the march from Sundarijal to Chovar along the route on the bank of the Bagmati River today on the occasion of the Bagmati Cleaning Mega Campaign reaching its 200th week.

KATHMANDU, Feb 22: A special event is being held on coming March 4, Saturday to mark the 200th week of the Clean Bagmati Mega campaign.

KATHMANDU, Feb 11: Is anyone throwing garbage into Bagmati river? Beware! You may be caught and booked.

KATHMANDU, Jan 22: A garden called the National Flag Garden is to be constructed on the bank of the Bagmati river at local Jorpati.

KATHMANDU, Jan 7: Authorities have arrested five persons for throwing trashes into the Bagmati River at Til Ganga on Saturday. They have been fined Rs 5,000 each for their untoward action, according to the Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Town Police.

KATHMANDU, Nov 13: Former Urban Development Secretary Kishore Thapa has taken charge of Bagmati cleanup campaign with its leader Leela Mani Paudyal now appointed as the Nepali ambassador to China.

KATHMANDU, Nov 12: The Bagmati Clean-up Campaign, under which the sacred Bagmati River is cleaned every Saturday, entered its 183th week today.

KATHMANDU, Sept 10: Around five metric tons of waste were collected from Bagmati River at Teku and its surrounding areas today, marking the 173rd week of the Bagmati Clean-Up Campaign.