Nepal sets March elections after naming interim prime minister

Nepal's President Ramchandra Paudel dissolved parliament and called for fresh elections on Mar 5, his office said late on Friday, following a week of deadly violence that culminated in the appointment of the country's first woman prime minister in the interim. The announcement came just hours after Paudel appointed former chief justice Sushila Karki to lead the country, following the deadly "Gen Z"-led anti-graft protests that forced Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli to resign. The president "dissolved the House of Representatives ... and fixed Mar 5, 2026, Thursday for the elections", according to a statement from the president's office. Karki was appointed after two days of intense negotiations between Paudel, army chief Ashok Raj Sigdel and the protest leaders behind...