KATHMANDU: Chairman of the CPN UML, KP Sharma Oli, has been appointed the new prime minister after the outgoing Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal failed to receive the vote of confidence in parliament on Friday.    
President Ram Chandra Paudel on Sunday appointed UML Chairman Oli as the prime minister in accordance with Article 76 (2) of the constitution, informed the President's Press Advisor, Kiran Pokhrel. Oli was appointed the PM with the backing of largest political party in parliament, the Nepali Congress.    
UML Chairman Oli and NC President Sher Bahadur Deuba had submitted the signatures of majority of lawmakers proposing Oli as the new prime minister in the wake of President Paudel's call on staking a claim for the post of PM on Friday.    
The president had called to stake a claim for the post of PM with the support of two or more political parties in parliament within a deadline of 5 pm on Sunday.    
The oath-taking ceremony will be held at 11:00am on Monday. -- RSS