Sher Bahadur Deuba elected new Nepal PM

KATHMANDU: Nepal's parliament on Tuesday elected unopposed three-time former prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba to the top post once again. This is the tenth time in just over a decade the leadership has changed hands in the Himalayan nation.

Deuba, a wily political veteran, stood unopposed



in the parliamentary election having struck a deal with his predecessor that some criticised as being undemocratic.

Maoist leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal- who resigned a fortnight ago after just ten months as prime minister- had agreed to stand aside for Deuba once long-awaited local polls had been held in Nepal.