KATHMANDU: Bagmati Province government has decided to issue an ordinance to amend the Province Higher Education Act, 2078.

Minister of Internal Affairs and Law, Ganganarayan Shrestha, who is also the Spokesperson of the Provincial Government, shared that the meeting of the Provincial Council of Ministers held on Sunday decided to issue an ordinance to amend the Provincial Higher Education Act, 2078.

He said that this decision was taken to amend Section 13 (5) of the Act.

Similarly, the cabinet has decided to provide relief support of one hundred thousand rupees each to the three families who lost their loved ones while trying to control the forest fire in Lalitpur and Ramechhap district.

The support will be provided through the disaster management fund under the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Law.

A few days ago, three had people died while trying to control the forest fires in Lalitpur and Ramechhap districts of the province.