Veteran politician and former Prime Minister Dr. Tulsi Giri died at the age of 93. Inactive from the politics since 2006, former Prime Minister Giri was leaving with his family quietly recently.
Started his politics from Nepali Congress, he was foreign minister during the tenure of NC leader B.P. Koirala as an elected prime minister. After dismissal of B.P. Koirala government by King Mahendra in 1961, former minister Dr. Giri head the government.