Nepal's PM expands new cabinet

Kathmandu [Nepal], March 7: Nepal's Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Wednesday introduced 16 more ministers from four parties into his cabinet, two days after he formed a new coalition government.
President Ram Chandra Poudel administered the oath of office to "16 ministers including three deputy prime ministers," said a statement from the president's office.
"We're in talks with other parties as well. The cabinet will get a full shape after inducting ministers from those parties," said Agni Sapkota, spokesperson of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Center) led by Dahal, also known as Prachanda.
Dahal took office as the head of a coalition government comprising the CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) in December 2022 as no single party won a majority of seats in the lower house in the general elections held in November that year.
Source: Xinhua