LEFT: Crown Prince Dipendra, for Sydney, Australia, to watch the Olympics.

Lt. General O.S. Lonchav, Director General of Military Intelligence of Indian Army, after completing his five-day official goodwill visit to Nepal.

RETURNED: The 15-member parliamentary delegation under the leadership of Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Chitralekha Yadav, after completing its visit to India.

AWARDED: Shridhar Khanal, satirist and litterateur, with the Basudev Luintel Award 2056.

Kulopani Committee of Rupandehi district, with this year's Kisan Guthi Puraskar, by the Department of Irrigation, for undertaking well-managed irrigation program.

ARRIVED: A delegation of Polish journalists, at the invitation of Nepal-Poland Friendship Association.

APPOINTED: Bijaya Gajananda Vaidya, Consul General of Philippines to the Kingdom of Nepal, as the special advisor of the executive committee that is going to organize First International Conference of Asian political parties.

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