Demonstrators called for Mr Ponta to step down, complaining of government corruption and poor safety supervision.
"I'm handing in my mandate, I'm resigning, and implicitly my government too," Mr Ponta said in a statement.
"I hope the government's resignation will satisfy the people who came out in the streets," he added.
Ponta under fire
In September, Mr Ponta became the first sitting Romanian prime minister to go on trial charged with corruption. He faces allegations of fraud, tax evasion and money laundering.He denies the charges and has accused prosecutors of being "totally unprofessional".
The protesters also demanded the resignation of the mayor of the Bucharest district where the nightclub fire occurred and the country's Interior Minister Gabriel Oprea. Both men also stood down on Wednesday.
President Klaus Iohannis, who has repeatedly called on Mr Ponta to step down since the corruption scandal unfolded in June, called for a "sea of change" in Romanian politics in the wake of the resignations.
He also voiced praise for Tuesday's protests, saying the club tragedy had "affected the nerve of the nation".
Source:BBC
Voters in the US state of Ohio have rejected proposals to make marijuana legal, according to local media projections.
The measure, known as Issue 3, would have amended the state constitution to legalise the personal and medical use of marijuana for anyone over 21.
But it was defeated by nearly a two-to-one margin, the projections said.
Pro-legalisation campaigners spent about $12m in advertising in the run-up to Tuesday's vote.
Issue 3 would have granted rights for marijuana to be grown commercially at 10 sites across Ohio, which critics said could have created a monopoly.
The backers of the 10 growing sites had many famous names as investors, including former pop singer Nick Lachey, fashion designer Nanette Lepore and Woody Taft, a descendant of President William Howard Taft.
The legalisation measure would have allowed marijuana, pot-infused sweets and other related products to be purchased in stores. Home-growers could keep up to four flowering marijuana plants.
- See more at: http://myjoyonline.com/world/2015/November-4th/ohio-marijuana-voters-reject-plans-to-make-drug-legal.php#sthash.EbCFiRBF.dpuf
The measure, known as Issue 3, would have amended the state constitution to legalise the personal and medical use of marijuana for anyone over 21.
But it was defeated by nearly a two-to-one margin, the projections said.
Pro-legalisation campaigners spent about $12m in advertising in the run-up to Tuesday's vote.
Issue 3 would have granted rights for marijuana to be grown commercially at 10 sites across Ohio, which critics said could have created a monopoly.
The backers of the 10 growing sites had many famous names as investors, including former pop singer Nick Lachey, fashion designer Nanette Lepore and Woody Taft, a descendant of President William Howard Taft.
The legalisation measure would have allowed marijuana, pot-infused sweets and other related products to be purchased in stores. Home-growers could keep up to four flowering marijuana plants.
- See more at: http://myjoyonline.com/world/2015/November-4th/ohio-marijuana-voters-reject-plans-to-make-drug-legal.php#sthash.EbCFiRBF.dpuf
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