Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal's wife Sita Dahal will be creamated with state honors.
An emergency Cabinet meeting held on Wednesday made the decision to this effect, government spokesperson Rekha Sharma said.
Prime Minister Dahal’s wife Sita Dahal passed away on Wednesday.
She breathed her last during the course of treatment at the Norvic Hospital at 8: 33 am today, the hospital said.
Issuing a statement on Wednesday, Dr Yuva Raj Sharma said that she died at the age of 69.
Dahal was taken to the hospital this morning after her condition became serious.
She was suffering from progressive supranuclear palsy, an uncommon brain disorder that causes serious problems with walking, Diabetes Mellitus-II and Hypertension for a long time.