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NEPAL-KATHMANDU-NEW PRESIDENT-OATH-TAKING CEREMONY

(230313) -- KATHMANDU, March 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Newly elected President of Nepal Ram Chandra Poudel (L) shakes hands with his predecessor Bidya Devi Bhandari following an oath-taking ceremony in Kathmandu, Nepal, March 13, 2023. Poudel was sworn in on Monday to start his five-year term. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)

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Nepal's new president takes office

STORY: Nepal's new president takes office DATELINE: March 13, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:47 LOCATION: Kathmandu CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ceremony STORYLINE: Newly elected President of Nepal Ram Chandra Poudel was sworn in on Monday to start his five-year term. Poudel was administered the oath of office and secrecy by acting Chief Justice Hari Krishna Karki at the Office of the President. He succeeded Bidya Devi Bhandri. Poudel, 78, won the presidential vote on March 9 as the candidate of eight parties, becoming the third president of Nepal, which became a republic in 2008. The presidential vote involved members of the House of Representatives, the National Assembly and the seven provincial assemblies. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Kathmandu. (XHTV)

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NEPAL-KATHMANDU-NATIONAL UNITY DAY

(230111) -- KATHMANDU, Jan. 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Nepali President Bidya Devi Bhandari participates in a parade to mark the National Unity Day in Kathmandu, Nepal, Jan. 11, 2023. (Photo by Hari Maharjan/Xinhua)

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Maoist Center chairman takes office as Nepal's new PM

STORY: Maoist Center chairman takes office as Nepal's new PM DATELINE: Dec. 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:54 LOCATION: Kathmandu CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the inauguration ceremony STORYLINE: Pushpa Kamal Dahal, chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Center), took office as the country's new prime minister on Monday afternoon. "President Bidya Devi Bhandari has administered the oath of office and secrecy to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal," Sagar Acharya, spokesperson for the President's Office in Kathmandu, told Xinhua. "Three deputy prime ministers and four ministers also took the oath today," he said. The three deputy prime ministers are Bishnu Poudel from the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist), Narayan Kaji Shrestha from the CPN (Maoist Center) and Rabi Lamichhane from Rastriya Swatantra Party, who also hold the separate portfolios of finance, physical infrastructure and transport and home affairs. Dahal, also known as Prachanda, was appointed the prime minis

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NEPAL-KATHMANDU-NEW PM-OATH-TAKING

(221226) -- KATHMANDU, Dec. 26, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Nepal's President Bidya Devi Bhandari (1st L) administers the oath of office to the country's new prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal (1st R) at the President's Office in Kathmandu, Nepal, Dec. 26, 2022. Pushpa Kamal Dahal, chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Center), took office as the country's new prime minister on Monday afternoon. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)

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NEPAL-CHINA-LI ZHANSHU-VISIT

(220915) -- KATHMANDU, Sept. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Li Zhanshu, chairman of China's National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, meets with Nepalese President Bidya Devi Bhandari, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sept. 14, 2022. At the invitation of Speaker of Nepal's House of Representatives Agni Sapkota, Li paid an official goodwill visit to Nepal from Monday to Thursday. (Xinhua/Pang Xinglei)

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NEPAL-KATHMANDU-KASTHAMANDAP TEMPLE-INAUGURATION

(220405) -- KATHMANDU, April 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Nepali President Bidya Devi Bhandari is seen after inaugurating the Kasthamandap Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, April 4, 2022. The iconic Kasthamandap Temple damaged in the 2015 massive earthquake was inaugurated after reconstruction on Monday. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)

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NEPAL-KATHMANDU-NEPALI PRESIDENT-WANG YI-MEETING

(220327) -- KATHMANDU, March 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Nepali President Bidya Devi Bhandari (1st R) meets with visiting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Kathmandu, Nepal, March 27, 2022. (Photo by Hari Maharjan/Xinhua)

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Protest Against Nepal's Prime Minister

Protesters burn the effigy of Nepal's Prime Minister KHADGA PRASAD SHARMA OLI, after Nepal's President BIDYA DEVI BHANDARI approved to dissolve the parliament and declare general elections to be held in two phase on April 30 and May10. (Credit:Sunil Pradhan/Kyodo News Images)

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Protest Against Nepal's Prime Minister

Protesters chant the slogans against? Nepal's Prime Minister KHADGA PRASAD SHARMA OLI, after Nepal's President BIDYA DEVI BHANDARI approved to dissolve the parliament and declare general elections to be held in two phase on April 30 and May10. (Credit:Sunil Pradhan/Kyodo News Images)

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Protest Against Nepal's Prime Minister

Protesters burn the effigy of Nepal's Prime Minister KHADGA PRASAD SHARMA OLI, after Nepal's President BIDYA DEVI BHANDARI approved to dissolve the parliament and declare general elections to be held in two phase on April 30 and May10. (Credit:Sunil Pradhan/Kyodo News Images)

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Protest Against Nepal's Prime Minister

Protesters burn the effigy of Nepal's Prime Minister KHADGA PRASAD SHARMA OLI, after Nepal's President BIDYA DEVI BHANDARI approved to dissolve the parliament and declare general elections to be held in two phase on April 30 and May10. (Credit:Sunil Pradhan/Kyodo News Images)

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Protest Against Nepal's Prime Minister

Protesters burn the effigy of Nepal's Prime Minister KHADGA PRASAD SHARMA OLI, after Nepal's President BIDYA DEVI BHANDARI approved to dissolve the parliament and declare general elections to be held in two phase on April 30 and May10. (Credit:Sunil Pradhan/Kyodo News Images)

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Protest Against Nepal's Prime Minister

Protesters burn the effigy of Nepal's Prime Minister KHADGA PRASAD SHARMA OLI, after Nepal's President BIDYA DEVI BHANDARI approved to dissolve the parliament and declare general elections to be held in two phase on April 30 and May10. (Credit:Sunil Pradhan/Kyodo News Images)

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Protest Against Nepal's Prime Minister

Protesters chant the slogans against? Nepal's Prime Minister KHADGA PRASAD SHARMA OLI, after Nepal's President BIDYA DEVI BHANDARI approved to dissolve the parliament and declare general elections to be held in two phase on April 30 and May10. (Credit:Sunil Pradhan/Kyodo News Images)

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Protest Against Nepal's Prime Minister

Protesters chant the slogans against? Nepal's Prime Minister KHADGA PRASAD SHARMA OLI, after Nepal's President BIDYA DEVI BHANDARI approved to dissolve the parliament and declare general elections to be held in two phase on April 30 and May10. (Credit:Sunil Pradhan/Kyodo News Images)

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Protest Against Nepal's Prime Minister

Protesters chant the slogans against? Nepal's Prime Minister KHADGA PRASAD SHARMA OLI, after Nepal's President BIDYA DEVI BHANDARI approved to dissolve the parliament and declare general elections to be held in two phase on April 30 and May10. (Credit:Sunil Pradhan/Kyodo News Images)

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Protest against the dissolution of the parliament in Nepal

Student activists burn the effigy of Nepal's President Bidya Devi Bhandari and Prime Minister KP Oli during the protest against the dissolution of parliament for the second time in Kathmandu, Nepal on July 1, 2021.

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Protest against the dissolution of the parliament in Nepal

Policemen try to extinguish the burning effigy of Nepal's President Bidya Devi Bhandari and Prime Minister KP Oli during the protest against the dissolution of parliament for the second time in Kathmandu, Nepal on July 1, 2021.

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China, Nepal presidents

Nepali President Bidya Devi Bhandari (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk together during a welcome ceremony for her at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April 29, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo