SURKHET: Provincial Assembly of Province 6 has reached the conclusion over the name and permanent headquarters of the province on Saturday.

The assembly with majority of votes has decided to name Province 6 as Karnali and Birendranagar of Surkhet its permanent headquarters.

CPN-UML Parliamentary Party leader Yam Lal Kandel had posted the proposal to name the province as Karnali, while Nepali Congress Parliamentry Party leader Jivan Bahadur Shahi was the one to propose Birendranagar as the permanent headquarters of the province.

Both Kandel and Shahi had put forth their proposals after forging consensus between the parties in the assembly.