Polls open in 1st phase of Nepal's long-awaited general election

Voting is under way Sunday in the first phase of Nepal's first general election under its federal, republican Constitution ratified in 2015.Polling stations opened at 7 a.m. local time and are set to close at 5 p.m.In Mahalaxmisthan village in Nuwakot district, one-and-a-half hours' drive north of Kathmandu, voters began arriving at a polling booth set up at Shree Bhawani Secondary School an hour before polls opened."I am voting for political stability," said Ambika Phuyal, a 49-year-old housewife casting a vote for the fourth time. "We have been electing representatives hoping they will br…READ FULL ARTICLE