KATHMANDU, March 6, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Counting was underway in Nepal on Friday, after a high-stakes parliamentary election that could reshape the country's leadership following 2025 protests that toppled the government. Key figures vying for power include a Marxist former prime minister seeking a return to office, a rapper-turned-mayor bidding for the youth vote, and the newly elected leader of the powerful Nepali Congress party. "Counting has begun in most places in a peaceful manner," Prakash Nyupane, a spokesman for the Election Commission, said Friday. Sushila Karki, the interim prime minister, praised the peaceful conduct of a vote she has said was critical in "determining our future". "Congratulations to the Nepali people for successfully conducting a historically peaceful election... thereby providing the country with a democratic and constitutional resolution," Karki said late Thursday after voting ended.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha March 06, 2026 03:21 UTC