He secures 23 votes in the 40-strong provincial assembly.

Three teens and a 37-year-old man were handed jail sentence by a bench of judge Manoj Shrestha.

The UML’s provincial assembly leader was appointed to the position on Tuesday.

Newly appointed chief minister of Lumbini Jokh Bahadur Mahara is scheduled to seek a vote of confidence in the provincial assembly on Friday.

More than 30 percent of schools are struggling with low enrolment. Poor teaching at the schools is prompting parents to send wards to private schools.

The son lodged a complaint at police office accusing the father of raping his own daughter.

Police suspect they were murdered as blood stains were spotted at the scene.

Under the campaign, stickers with police phone numbers are pasted on houses in the province. Criminal complaints have increased markedly, say police.

It started kidney transplant services earlier this year. Doctors report influx of patients.

Disasters in Karnali Province have swept away around half a dozen bridges and inundated paddy fields of nearly 100 farmers.

Police say they are further investigating the incident.

With the demise of Karna Bahadur Shahi, the senior-most member of the community, on Tuesday, only 141 members of the nomadic tribe remain.

Eight others have been injured in the incident, of whom three are in critical condition.

According to the District Police Office the driver of the jeep lost control of the vehicle following a brake failure leading to the accident.

The truck travelling from Nepalgunj to Dailekh carrying LPG cylinders fell off the road in Gurans Rural Municipality-4 on Wednesday.