Kathmandu, June 17 -- On September 20, 2015, Nepal adopted a new constitution, federating the country into seven provinces with three tiers of government--federal, provincial and local.

Two years later, a federal parliament and seven provincial assemblies were elected.

As per the constitutional provisions, provincial assemblies have the right to decide the names of the provinces and their capitals. Each provincial assembly has to endorse the name of the province and its capital with a two-thirds majority.

It has been more than a year and a half since the provincial assemblies were elected, but four of the seven provinces still don't have their names and permanent capitals. This, experts on constitutional and federal affairs say, is due...