KATHMANDU: Bahadur Singh Lama, the newly-appointed Chief Minister of Bagmati Province, has officially taken office. On Wednesday, he was welcomed by Chief Secretary Govinda Bahadur Karki and other officials at his office. 

Chief Secretary Karki noted that along with Lama, other newly appointed ministers also began their duties in their respective ministries on the same day. This marks the start of a new administrative phase for the Bagmati Province government.