Nepal sets March 5 vote, restrictions eased as interim gov’t takes charge | Elections News

The Himalayan nation picks its first ever female prime minister to head the interim government after deadly unrest.

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 Sushila Karki as the new head of government, President…