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Former mayor of Itahari Sub-metropolitan Dwarika Lal Chaudhary has joined CPN (Maoist Center). Chairman of the Maoist Pushpa Kamal Dahal welcomed CPN-UML leaders and cadres along with Chaudhary on Sunday morning. Chaudhary, resident of Itahari-17, was involved in politics from the student wing of UML in 1985. He became the president of UML Sunsari district in 2015 and was elected mayor of Itahari sub-metropolitan city in the local elections of 2017.

Dean Thompson has been sworn-in as the US Ambassador to Nepal. Wendy R Sherman, Deputy Secretary of State, swore him in who replaced Randy Berry. Thompson is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor. He has served as the State Department’s Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs and was the acting Assistant Secretary from 2020 to 2021. Prior to that, Thompson was the Deputy Chief of Mission of the US Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and the Deputy Chief of Mission and Charge d’affaires of the US Embassy in Bucharest, Romania. Thompson also was the Consul General of the US Consulate in Kolkata, India, the statement read. Among other assignments, he served as Director of the State Department’s Executive Secretariat Staff, Deputy Director of the State Department Operations Center, Director of the Operations Center Crisis Management Staff, and Deputy Director for Information Resources Management for the Executive Secretariat. Thompson earned a BA degree from Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio, a MA degree from the University of Maryland School of Public Affairs, and a MS in National Security Strategy from the National War College, National Defense University. His foreign languages include Romanian and Bengali.

The Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) has decided to open electoral coordination with other political parties for the Nov 20 election. It expressed dissatisfaction with the seat distribution in the ruling coalition. Spokesperson of JSP Manish Suman said that the executive meeting held on Saturday at the party office Balkumari decided to keep the option of election coordination open. He said that the party did so after not getting satisfactory seats in the provincial and federal assemblies. It is believed that the ruling coalition has decided to give JSP 17-18 seats for the federal assembly.

Former King Gyanendra has said that there are complaints that Nepal has turned into a playground for foreigners. Extending greetings through video on the occasion of Bada Dashain on Friday, he said that the independent and sovereign country Nepal should be protected with the joint efforts of all. Shah was of the opinion that the unstable politics has promoted corruption in the country, thereby making the daily life of common people difficult. “Leaders’ hunger for power has been pushing the country towards failure. The country should never be defeated by any of our actions,” he said, adding, “The country’s independence and sovereignty have been at risk while trying to protect the existing Constitution and system.” The former monarch said that the country is looking for the right system, organization and the character who is loyal to the country and people.