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APPOINTED: Prem Bahadur Bista, as the Attorney General of the Kingdom of Nepal, by His Majesty the King, on the recommendation of the Prime Minister.

Dr. Narayan Khadka, as the vice chairman of the National Planning Commission (NPC).

HOSPITALIZED: Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, former prime minister and senior Nepali Congress leader, in HAMS hospital.

LEFT: Rajendra Kharel, Minister for Women and Children, for New York, USA, to participate in the special session on children called by the United Nations General Assembly.

Suresh Acharya, president of the Federation of Nepalese Journalists, for Bonn, Germany, to take part in a seminar on "media, conflict and terrorism".

Bhagirath Yogi, associate editor of Spotlight Magazine, for the United States, on an International Visitors' Program.

HONORED: Chandra Lal Jha, senior journalist, as the press freedom fighter, by the Federation of Nepalese Journalists, on World Press Freedom Day.

ELECTED: Jeep  Tsering Sherpa, as chairman and Ang Karma Sherpa, as vice-chairman, of the Babu Chhiri Foundation.

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