LUMBINI, Aug 28: Yamlal Khanal, appointed as the Chief Attorney of the Lumbini Province government, took the oath of office and secrecy today.

KATHMANDU, Aug 15: Chet Narayan Acharya, the Chief Minister of Lumbini Province, is set to seek a vote of confidence on August 20.

BUTWAL, Aug 2: The ministerial  responsibilities have been distributed among the eight ministers without portfolio in Lumbini Province. They received their share of responsibilities 10 days after being appointed as ministers without portfolio.

KATHMANDU, July 24: Relatives and rights activists have expressed dissatisfaction with the biggest ruling party, the Nepali Congress, for appointing Badshah Kurmi, an accused in the case of the abduction and disappearance of Banke’s Nirmala Devi Kurmi, as a minister in the Lumbini Province government. Badshah took the oath of office and secrecy on Wednesday.

BUTWAL, July 24: The Nepali Congress (NC) has finalized its list of ministers for Lumbini Province, selecting four individuals from the party and one from another party for the five ministries under its jurisdiction. This decision has met with strong dissatisfaction from other factions within the organization.

KATHMANDU, July 24: Chief minister (CM) of Lumbini Province, Chet Narayan Acharya, has taken the oath of office and secrecy.

KATHMANDU, July 22: The CPN-UML Lumbini has nominated Chetnarayan Acharya for the post of Chief Minister (CM) of Lumbini Province.

BHAIRAHAWA (RUPANDEHI), July 15: In the current fiscal year 2023/24, the Lumbini Province government has spent only 66.14 percent of its annual budget.

LUMBINI, June 16: The Lumbini province government has appropriated its annual budget of Rs 38.96 billion for the upcoming fiscal year 2081/82 BS.

KATHMANDU, May 6: Bhandari Lal Ahir, a provincial assembly member representing the Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP) in Lumbini Province, has returned to office as the Minister for Agriculture, Food Technology and Land Management.

KATHMANDU, April 28: In the wake of sweltering heat, especially in Terai belt and Lumbini Province, the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM), has urged people to stay at home.

BUTWAL, April 24: Seven ministers without portfolio in Lumbini province have been assigned ministerial responsibilities.

DANG, April 18: The chief minister (CM) of Lumbini Province, Jokh Bahadur Mahara, has announced the expansion of his Cabinet.

KATHMANDU, April 18: Three leaders from the CPN-UML and one from the Nagarik Unmukti Party (NUP) are set to join the government in Lumbini Province, taking oath today as ministers without portfolio. UML and NUP have finalized the names of the ministers who will be part of the Lumbini Province government.

KATHMANDU, April 12: Chief minister (CM) of Lumbini Province, Jokh Bahadur Mahara, has officially requested the provincial assembly members to give him their votes of confidence.

BUTWAL, April 12: Newly-appointed chief minister (CM) of Lumbini Province, Jokh Bahadur Mahara, is scheduled to seek a vote of confidence on Friday. The Secretary of the Provincial Assembly, Durlabh Kumar Pun, confirmed that a session of the Lumbini Provincial Assembly has been called for 1 PM today for the CM to seek a vote of confidence.

BUTWAL, April 7: A four-member Cabinet has been formed in Lumbini Province. Jokh Bahadur Mahara, who was appointed as the chief minister on Friday, took the oath of office and secrecy at the province chief's office in Butwal and inducted three ministers to form a four-member council of ministers in the initial phase.

DANG, April 7: The newly-appointed Chief Minister (CM) of Lumbini Province, Jokh Bahadur Mahara, is set to take the oath of office and secrecy today.

BUTWAL, March 5: The Directorate of Agriculture Development of Lumbini Province has forged collaborations with different sectors to promote the use of organic fertilizer and biopesticides.

DANG, April 4; Jokh Bahadur Mahara, the leader of the CPN (Maoist Center) Parliamentary Party in Lumbini Province Assembly, is set to be appointed as the Chief Minister (CM) of the province.

DANG, March 11: Vultures, considered as natural environmental cleaners with a crucial role in preventing diseases like cholera and diarrhea, are facing a severe threat to their population. Nepal, home to nine vulture species, is experiencing a decline in their numbers, according to the Vulture Conservation Campaign Network.

KATHMANDU, March 6: The CPN (Maoist Center) has decided to withdraw its support extended to the Lumbini Province government.

BUTWAL, Jan 1: On December 16, two youths tragically lost their lives in a collision with a tipper at Jharbaira Chowk on the Ghorahi-Tulsipur road section in Dang. Bishal GC, 17, and Sagar KC, 18, from Jhimru Rural Municipality, Pyuthan, riding a motorcycle, were struck by a speeding tipper during the night. Police investigation revealed that the main cause of the accident was overspeeding. The tipper driver, Ishwar Budha, 26, has been apprehended by the police.

KATHMANDU, Dec 29: As the country is reeling under an economic slowdown, the production capacity of factories operating in Lumbini Province has shrunk by 5.54 percent.

TULSIPUR (Dang), Dec 24: Cabinet has been expanded in Lumbini province. Chief Minister Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary inducted two new members in his cabinet after assuming office seven months ago.

KATHMANDU, Nov 4: A group of over 25 doctors from Lumbini Province has been dispatched to the earthquake-affected areas in Jajarkot and Rukum West districts. These medical professionals, comprising doctors from two provincial hospitals, are on a mission to provide critical care to those injured in the earthquake that struck Jajarkot and Rukum West.

KATHMANDU, Aug 26: Chief Minister of Lumbini Province Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary has stressed the need for youth entrepreneurship to foster economic reform.

Ranjha, Aug 15: Lumbini Province Chief Minister Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary has asserted that the Lumbini Province government has accorded high priority to the overall development of Nepalgunj city.

KATHMANDU, July 17: Bijay Bahadur Yadav, a former minister for Land Management, Agriculture and Cooperatives of Lumbini Province, has been arrested by the police for alleged banking offenses. The District Police Office, Banke, said that Yadav was arrested on Sunday.

LUMBINI, July 6: The budget of Lumbini province government for the fiscal year 2080/81 was approved with majority votes.

KATHMANDU,  July 2: Finance Minister of Lumbini Province, Dhan Bahadur Maski, has said that schools opened in the name of martyrs should be treated equally, without any political prejudice.

DANG, June 28: Lumbini Province is going to hold discussions on the budget brought by the provincial government for the upcoming fiscal year 2023/24 in the provincial assembly from today.

KATHMANDU, June 14: The Province Assembly meeting of Sudurpaschim Province held on Tuesday passed the province government's policies and programs for the fiscal year 2023/24 BS with a majority.

KATHMANDU, June 6: The meeting of Lumbini Province Assembly will be held on June 9.

BUTWAL, May 25: Sixty-seven industries are in operation with foreign investment in Lumbini Province. Of them, 34 are small-scale industries, 16 middle-scale and 17 large-scale.

LUMBINI, May 22:  Newly-appointed ministers of Lumbini province took oath of office and secrecy on Monday.

DANG, May 22: The cabinet is going to be expanded today in Lumbini Province.

DANG, May 2: Chief Minister (CM) of Lumbini Province Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary has received the vote of confidence.

DANG, April 28: Chief Minister (CM) of Lumbini Province, Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary has formed a four-member Council of Ministers.

KATHMANDU, April 28: Two out of the seven provinces received new chief ministers (CMs) on Thursday as the power equation shifted in the provincial assemblies.

DANG, April 26: Lumbini Province Chief Amik Sherchan has called for the formation of a new government in Lumbini province. He called for the formation of the government under Article 168 (2) of the Constitution. Under Article 168(2) of the Constitution, a joint majority government should be formed.

DANG, April 24: Chief Minister (CM) of  Lumbini Province, Leela Giri did not get a vote of confidence. CM Giri, who asked for a vote of confidence in today's meeting of the provincial assembly, got only 33 votes in his favor.

KATHMANDU, April 12: The country has partial influence of local winds as well as western winds at present. According to the Meteorological Department, there is a possibility of a storm in some parts of the country today.

Deukhuri, March 26:  In Lumbini, 6 parties including CPN Maoist Center have withdrawn their Deukhuri, March 26:  In Lumbini Province, six parties including the CPN (Maoist Center) have withdrawn their support to Chief Minister Leela Giri.

LUMBINI, March 8: Lumbini Province Chief Minister Leela Giri claimed Nepal's Constitution was the model for the world from inclusion, proportional and gender perspectives.

KATHMANDU, JAN 18: Lumbini Province’s newly-appointed Speaker Tularam Gharti and Deputy Speaker Manju Khan KC have taken the oath of office and secrecy.

KATHMANDU, Jan 11: Leela Giri has been appointed as the chief minister (CM) of Lumbini Province. Chief of Lumbini Province, Amik Sherchan appointed Giri, the CPN-UML parliamentary party (PP) leader for Lumbini Province Assembly, as the CM amid a function on Wednesda

KATHMANDU, Jan 10: A coalition of parties is going to submit their claim to form the government in Lumbini Province today. The parties are going to submit their claim one day before the deadline given by the province chief for the formation of a government.

KATHMANDU, Oct 18: Chief Minister of Lumbini Province, Kul Prasad KC has said that the police force of Lumbini Province will be ready soon as the Province Police Act has already been passed by the province assembly.

BUTWAL, Sept 22: As the cases of dengue infection have seen a sharp rise, local hospitals in Butwal are flooded with a large number of patients of this viral disease. At least three people have lost their lives in Lumbini province as  a result of dengue infection so far.