Kathmandu, Nov. 3 -- Ending speculations, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is set to appoint Dr Dharma Kant Banskota, former chairman of the National Medical Council, the vice-chancellor of Tribhuvan University, according to officials.

Though the search committee headed by Education, Science and Technology Minister Giriraj Mani Pokharel had placed him in the second position, Baskota is getting the position of the executive head of the oldest university because of his closeness with Oli, officials at the Education Ministry told the Post.

The Pokharel-led panel on October 4 recommended Dr Bhagwan Koirala, a noted cardiac surgeon, in the first place on the list of three candidates for the position.

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