The government has appointed Foreign Secretary Shankar Das Bairagi as the new chief secretary.
A minister told Setopati that the Cabinet meeting on Thursday has appointed Bairagi as the country's top administrator.
Chief Secretary Lok Darshan Regmi earlier resigned over two weeks before the end of his term. Prime Minister (PM) KP Sharma Oli talked about Regmi's resignation during the Cabinet meeting. Regmi's term was set to end on October 19.
Kedar Adhikari, Mohan Krishna Shrestha and others were in the race for the post of chief secretary along with Bairagi.