<P> In February 2014, after consensus was reached between the two major parties in the constituent assembly, Sushil Koirala was sworn in as the new prime minister of Nepal . </P> <P> On 25 April 2015, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Nepal . Two weeks later, on 12 May, another earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 hit Nepal, which left more than 8,500 people dead and about 21,000, injured . </P> <P> In 20 September 2015, a new constitution, the "Constitution of Nepal 2015" (Nepali: नेपालको संविधान २०७२) was announced by President Ram Baran Yadav in the constituent assembly . The constituent assembly was transformed into a legislative parliament by the then - chairman of that assembly . The new constitution of Nepal has changed Nepal practically into a federal democratic republic by making 7 unnamed states . </P> <P> In October 2015, Bidhya Devi Bhandari was nominated as the first female president . </P>

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