2015 in Nepal
The following lists events that happened during 2015 in the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal.
Incumbents
- President: Ram Baran Yadav
- Prime Minister: Sushil Koirala, K. P. Sharma Oli
- [Vice President of Nepal|President of Nepal|Vice President]: Parmanand Jha
- Chief Justice: Ram Kumar Prasad Shah, Kalyan Shrestha
Events
January
- January 5 - Introduction of separate buses for women.
March
- March 4 - Turkish Airlines Flight TK726, landing in dense fog in Kathmandu, skids off a slippery runway, however, there are no serious injuries.
April
- April 25 - A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Nepal with epicenter at Gorkha at a depth of. In total, at least 10,000 people were killed in Nepal, India, Bangladesh, and China.
May
- May 12 - A magnitude 7.3 earthquake with the epicenter at Dolakha kills at least 66 people in Nepal.
September
- September 20 - Nepal formally promulgates the Constitution of Nepal through its 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly.
- 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.
October
- October 12 - K.P. Sharma Oli is elected by the parliament as the Prime Minister of Nepal.
- October 29 - Bidhya Devi Bhandari first Nepalese woman President to hold the office.
Deaths
- Surya Bahadur Thapa, five times Prime Minister
- Bharat Raj Upreti, 64, Nepali judge, justice of the Supreme Court, suicide by hanging.