KATHMANDU: The Province-1 government has convened an all-party meeting on February 22  to reach an agreement on the name of the province.

As the province has not got its name even after reaching an agreement on the permanent headquarters of the province, the province government is striving to make consensus on province name.

According to sources, all the parliamentary party leaders of the political parties in the province parliament, their province committee chairmen and the ministers are invited in the meeting.

Earlier, the province 1 cabinet held on January 30 had assigned  a committee-led by Minister Jaya Ram Yadav to facilitate the process of naming the province.

The meeting of the same committee has called for discussion to move ahead with the process of finalizing the name of the state.

Though Chief Minister Rajendra Rai has been taking initiative to name the state, no agreement has been reached on the name yet.