Veteran Nepali politician sworn in as PM

On Jul 14, 2021

Nepal’s main opposition leader Sher Bahadur Deuba was sworn in as prime minister on Tuesday a day after the country’s highest court ousted his predecessor following months of political turmoil.

Deuba, 74, takes prime minister’s post for the fifth time, a day after the Supreme Court reinstated the parliament dissolved by caretaker Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli in May. (Al Jazeera)