Ushakiran was born on August 16 1996 and Nishakusuk was born on June 29 1982. Bidya Devi Bhandari husband, Madan Bhandari died in a car accident near Dasdhunga, Chitwan District in 1993. Nepalese President Bidhya Devi Bhandari will also be invited along with Mukherjee. Here are 10 things you should know about the … Of the total 403 new cases in the country, Kathmandu district reported 189 infections while Lalitpur and Bhaktapur registered 23 and three infections respectively. President Bidhya Devi Bhandari on Friday said that Nepal is planning to start construction of railways linking Kathmandu with India and China within two years. ... His daughter Sheikh Hasina is the current Prime Minister of Bangladesh. During her party related work, Bidya Devi Bhandari got to know Madan Bhandari, an emerging popular Left leader of Nepal. Bidhya Bhandari, by then, a mother of two daughters — Usha and Nisha — was called to the capital to be in politics full time, and was fielded from the constituency that her husband had represented briefly. The 53-year-old got 327 votes and defeated Nepali Congress leader Kul Bahadur Gurung in the election in which 549 of 597 lawmakers took part. Talking about Bidhya Bhandari daughters, she gave birth to Ushakiran and Nishakusuk. CPN (Maoist Centre) leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal aka 'Prachanda' was here on Thursday administered the oath of office and secrecy as Nepal Prime Minister by President Bidhya Devi Bhandari. Bidhya Devi Bhandari is the first woman of her country to hold the president post since 2013. Oli's Foreign Affairs Advisor Rajan Bhattarai said Guo visited the Prime Minister on Sunday night even though the meeting was said to have been scheduled for Monday. Cur Read More... KATHMANDU: Nepal’s Health Ministry shared the latest updates on coronavirus contagion from across the country. She previously served as the vice-chairperson[3] of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)[4] and was the chair of the All Nepal Women's Association before being elected President. Twitter She is the first woman to hold the office in the country. This history-making opportunity went to Bidhya Devi Bhandari, widow of former Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist and Leninist Party (CPN-UML) leader late Madan Bhandari, who died in a mysterious car accident. Bhandari was married to Madan Bhandari, a popular Nepalese communist leader, who died in a car accident near Dasdhunga in Nepal's Chitwan District in 1993. In a live broadcast on state-owned Nepal Television, Oli asked everyone to be prepared for the elections on April 30 and May 10 next year. [5], In 2016, Forbes placed her on number 52 in their list of the world's 100 most powerful women. On January 16, 2016, the ex-King of Nepal, Gyanendra Shah visited Shital Niwas – the president’s government residence to participate in the marriage of the younger daughter of the president, Bidhya Devi Bhandari. KATHMANDU: A team from Seven Summit Treks ‘First Arab Ama Dablam Expedition’ comprising Qatari climber Fahad Badar, Sherief Elabd from Eygpt and Nadhira Al Harthy from Oman have attempted Mt Ama Dablam (6812 m) on January 14. Both sides converted all five spot-kicks before Bayern's Marc Roca had hi Read More... GALLE: England captain Joe Root struck his 50th test fifty to put them in a strong position on the first day of the opening test after Dom Bess took five wickets as the tourists bowled out Sri Lanka for a paltry 135. ... for the post of PM after the two chairmen signed an agreement on division of responsibilities in presence of President Bidhya Devi Bhandari on November 20, 2019. The couple has two daughters, Usha Kiran Bhandari and Nisha Kusum Bhandari. She also held the nomination of three members to National Assembly sent by the outgoing Deuba government but immediately approved the nominations sent in by the incoming Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli. ... Jharkhand: Man kills one-and-a-half year old daughter for crying. They are top of the Premier League table after New Year's Day for the first time since Alex Ferguson's glittering dy Read More... ABUJA/JOHANNESBURG: Vaccines are not yet Africa's way out of the pandemic as it may be weeks or even months before first doses start to arrive, health officials said on Thursday, after the African Union (AU) secured 270 million doses for the continent where about 30,000 a day are becoming infected. Bidhya Devi Bhandari, President of Nepal. On Sunday evening, Guo Yezhou, Vice Minister of the CPC, held talks with President Bidhya Devi Bhandari and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli. Facebook. An unbeaten 110-run partnership between Jonny Bairstow and Root saw England to 1 Read More... LONDON: There have been a few false dawns but there is growing belief that Manchester United are on the cusp of reclaiming their place as the pre-eminent force in English football. ", "President of Nepal visits IUCN to strengthen future collaboration", "Bidhya Bhandari- probable first female President of Nepal", "Bidhya Devi Bhandari elected first female president", "First female president of Nepal-Biography of Bidhya Bhandari", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bidya_Devi_Bhandari&oldid=997257744, Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) politicians, Wikipedia pages semi-protected against vandalism, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles containing Nepali (macrolanguage)-language text, Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 30 December 2020, at 18:24. [16], Bhandari was married to Madan Bhandari, a popular Nepalese communist leader, who died in a car accident near Dasdhunga in Nepal's Chitwan District in 1993. She served as the Minister of Defense in the cabinet of Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal. Kathmandu, June 18: Nepal President Bidhya Devi Bhandari on Thursday ratified Constitution Amendment Bill for changing the map of Nepal … Bhandari was active in politics from an early age. Today, Bidhya Devi Bhandari became the first woman president in Nepal’s history. Meeting with the BIMSTEC leaders in Kathmandu, Nepal on August 30, 2018.