Stating that Nepal was committed to the security sensitivities of Nepal's neighbouring countries India and China, Khand praised the US role played for freedom, human rights and democracy.
Rai emerged victorious with 20,821 votes defeating his closest contender Kishore Rai of Nepali Congress, who got 16,059 votes.
Govinda Pariyar, press coordinator of the Prime Minister, informed that the leaders also reviewed the local level election held on May 13.
A preliminary investigation of the police has indicated that the child may have been severely beaten after a gang rape, according to Sukadev Khanal, deputy superintendent of police (DSP) and chief of the Okhaldhunga police office.
"We had urged the concerned authority to make arrangements for us to vote near our village, and we had that hope. But, our request went in vain," she said.
Both the UML and NC have won four chair seats each and JSP and Loktantrik Samajbadi Party Nepal have a seat each in the 10 wards in the municipality.
According to the Ministry of Health and Population, six persons tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 in the PCR tests of 1,696 persons conducted in the last 24 hours.
In Karnali province, 6 independent candidates got elected to the vital posts of mayors, chairs, and vice-chairs.
Tek Bahadur Karki, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) at the Makawanpur district police office, said that of the four injured, three including the driver of the jeep are undergoing treatment in Kathmandu while a person is receiving treatment at a hospital in Hetauda.
Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma is "pretty disappointed" with his batting performance in IPL 2022 but he is confident of turning it around in the coming days.
NC's Shanti Kumari Singh was elected deputy mayor with 5,775 votes against 5,355 votes received by her closet rival LoSaPa's Ganga Kumari Singh Danuwar.
The CPN (UML) has won the mayoral post while the Nepali Congress clinched the deputy-mayor at Kshireshwornath municipality in Dhanusha.
Final vote counts of the recent local-level elections have been completed at 706 local levels, out of 753, across the country According to the Election Commission, the local levels reporting the final vote count results make up 93.94 percent of the total numbers.
The results of 701 local levels have been made public so far under the local level election 2079.
A delegation led by US Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights, Uzra Zeya, held a courtesy meeting with Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba today.