Nepal’s newly-elected president takes oath of office

Outgoing President Bidhya Devi Bhandari, right, congratulates Nepal’s newly elected president Ram Chandra Poudel (AP)

Nepal’s newly elected president – the third since the Himalayan nation abolished its centuries-old monarchy in 2008 and became a republic – has taken the oath of office in Kathmandu.

Ram Chandra Poudel was elected on Thursday by members of the federal parliament and provincial assemblies.