HOSPITALIZED: Tek Nath Rizal, Bhutanese democratic leader, in Thimpu for treatment of diabetes. Bhutanese authorities released Rizal on Dec. 17 after putting him behind bars for one decade.

NOMINATED: Tulasi Diwas, senior litterateur and life-member of Royal Nepal Academy, to the International Committee of the World Poet Congress, established by the International Art and Culture Academy.

DIED: Five members of the family of Sangram Singh Khadka when fire gutted their house in Jhapa.

AWARDED: Ph. D. degree to Bimal Koirala, Special Secretary at the Ministry of Finance, for his thesis on `Regional Economy and Development Planning,'by Dortmund University, Germany.

Ph. D. degree to Ramesh K. Dhungel, for his thesis on Middle East and Asian languages and cultures, by the Columbia University. USA.

REVAMPED: Nepal-Russia Cultural Association, under the chairmanship of entrepreneru Dr. Upendra Mahato. Vice Presidents in the Association are R. B. Adhikary, Piyush Bahadur Amatya, Swaraj Shakya, Bhagvat Shrestha, Surendra Biur Malakar and Jib Lamichhane.

LEFT: Sharat Singh Bhandari, Minister for Youth, Sports and Culture, for China, on a goodwill visit.

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