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The Madam Prime Minister

The Madam Prime Minister

5 min read October 17, 2025

Making history in modern Nepal’s landscape, former Chief Justice Sushila Karki, who previously set a milestone in the judiciary in 2016, became Nepal's first woman Prime Minister on September 12. Although Interim Government Prime Minister Karki is 73 years old,...

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