KATHMANDU - Nepal's former chief justice Sushila Karki took office as the prime minister of the interim government on Friday evening following KP Sharma Oli's resignation on Tuesday.

Karki was appointed to the post by President Ram Chandra Poudel and then she was sworn in by the president in the presence of foreign envoys and others.

Karki is keeping all the ministries with herself and her interim government is in charge of holding a general election within six months, according to the appointment letter read on the occasion.

A statement from the residence of the president later said the House of Representatives shall be dissolved from 11 pm local time on Friday night and a general election is scheduled for March 5, 2026.

The major political parties and the groups which launched protests on Sept 8 and Sept 9 in Kathmandu and other parts of the country reached a deal on Friday, resulting on the appointment of Karki.

Aged 73, Karki is the first and only woman in Nepal to have served as the chief justice of the Supreme Court.