Bidhya Devi Bhandari

Kathmandu, Oct 29: Newly-elected President Bidhya Devi Bhandari was sworn in on Thursday as the first female president of Nepal. Bhandari was administered the oaths of office and secrecy by Chief Justice Kalyan Shrestha at the…

Kathmandu, Oct 29: Bidhya Devi Bhandari, vice chairman of the ruling Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxists-Leninists), was on Wednesday elected president of Nepal, making her the the first woman to occupy the post in the Himalayan…