2015 in Nepal

The following lists events that happened during 2015 in the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal.

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See also:	Other events of 2015 Timeline of Nepalese history

Incumbents

• President: Ram Baran Yadav
• Prime Minister: Sushil Koirala, K. P. Sharma Oli
• Vice President: Parmanand Jha
• Chief Justice: Ram Kumar Prasad Shah (until 7 July), Kalyan Shrestha (starting 7 July)

Events

January

• January 5 - Introduction of separate buses for women.^[1][2]

March

• March 4 - Turkish Airlines Flight TK726, landing in dense fog in Kathmandu, skids off a slippery runway, however, there are no serious injuries.^[3]

April

• April 25 - A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Nepal with epicenter at Gorkha at a depth of 15.0 km (9.3 mi).^[4] In total, at least 10,000 people were killed in Nepal, India, Bangladesh, and China.^[5][6]

May

• May 12 - A magnitude 7.3 earthquake with the epicenter at Dolakha kills at least 66 people in Nepal.^[7]

September

• September 20 - Nepal formally promulgates the Constitution of Nepal through its 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly.^[8]
• September 23 - The Indian government blocks vehicles carrying goods towards Nepal through its territory citing insecurity in Nepal's Southern regions which continues for almost six months.^[9]

October

• October 12 - K.P. Sharma Oli is elected by the parliament as the Prime Minister of Nepal.^[10]
• October 29 - Bidhya Devi Bhandari first Nepalese woman President to hold the office.^[11]

Deaths

• Surya Bahadur Thapa, five times Prime Minister
• Bharat Raj Upreti, 64, Nepali judge, justice of the Supreme Court (2009–2013), suicide by hanging.