Dhaka, Sept. 14 -- Nepal will vote in early March, says the president, as an interim government headed by the country's first female prime minister takes charge after historic public protests.

Hours after appointing former chief justice and anticorruption figure SushilaKarki as the new head of government, President RamchandraPaudel announced in a statement late on Friday that the 275-seat parliament has been dissolved and elections are fixed for March 5.

Meanwhile, Bangladesh Ambassador to Nepal MdShafiqur Rahman on Friday attended the swearing-in ceremony of SushilaKarki as Prime Minister of the interim government of Nepal.The Ambassador exchanged greetings with the newly appointed Prime Minister of NepalThe 73-year-old, the only woman...