KATHMANDU: In compliance with the government's proposal and as per Article 163 (2) of the Nepalese Constitution, President Ram Chandra Paudel named new Province Chiefs for three provinces on Wednesday. 

The Province Chief of Bagmati Province is now Kailali resident Deepak Prasad Devkota. Yagya Joshi from Bajhang has been designated for the Karnali Province, and Krishna Bahadur Garti Magar from Rolpa has been nominated for the Lumbini Province.