LEFT: Mahesh Acharya, Finance Minister and Dipendra Purush Dhakal, Governor of Nepal Rastra Bank, for Prague, Czech Republic, to participate in the meeting of International Monetary Fund (IMF).

RETURNED: Chakra Prasad Bastola, Foreign Minister, after a two-week-long visit to European countries and USA.

ARRESTED: Nine Tibetans, while trying to enter Nepal illegally, by police in Dolakha district.

AWARDED: Jyoti Prasad Gautam, with Bednidhi Award 2057, for his contribution to the religious literature.

CONSTITUTED: An investigation team, under the convenorship of Tika Dutta Niraula, the Joint Secretary at the Home Ministry, to probe the incidents of violence that took place in Parsa and Nawalparasi districts.

A task force, under the convenorship of Binod Bahadur Shrestha, the Third Vice President of Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI), to investigate the incidents of illegal levying of taxes and charges by local bodies.

SELECTED: Mukundo, to represent Nepal in the next year's Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences the 73rd Oscar Award in the foreign film category, by the Academy's Nepal Chapter.

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