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Veteran Dutch coach Dick Advocaat, who led Curacao to their first World Cup qualification, has stepped down as manager months before the finals because of his daughter’s ill health, Reuters reported. 

Fred Rutten, 63, will take over and lead the Caribbean island nation to the World Cup, the Curacao Football Federation said on Monday.

"I have always said that family comes before football,” Advocaat said in a statement. "This is therefore a natural decision. That said, I will greatly miss Curacao, its people, and my colleagues. I consider qualifying the smallest nation in the world for the World Cup one of the highlights of my career. I am proud of my players, staff, and board members who believed in us."

Manchester United's Benjamin Sesko came off the bench to score a vital goal for the second game in a row as he fired the winner in a 1-0 Premier League win at Everton on Monday, Reuters reported. 

Sesko sealed an uninspiring clash at the Hill Dickinson Stadium in the 71st minute as he swept in a clinical first-time shot from Bryan Mbeumo's pass after a flowing counter-attack started by Matheus Cunha's sublime pass.

Victory sent Michael Carrick's United clear in fourth place in the table, three points ahead of Chelsea and Liverpool, according to Reuters. 

A security person selected for the Election Police died in Baitadi district last night.  

The deceased has been identified as 38-year-old Rajendra Prasad Bhatta of Melauli Municipality-6, Baitadi, according to the District Police Office. 

Police Inspector Suraj Singh stated that Bhatta had collapsed at his home last night after his return from duty. 

Bhatta was rushed to the Kesharpur Primary Health Care Center but doctors pronounced him dead on arrival. 

Police stated that further investigations into Bhatta's demise are initiated. 

Prior to this, two election police personnel died in the district. 

Mahadev Oda of Dasharathchand Municipality-4 died last Thursday while another election policeman Prakash Chand of the same municipality died in the first week of February after falling off a cliff in his locality.

Mist is likely to occur during the morning hours in some places of the Tarai region today. 

Likewise, the weather in the mountainous belt of Koshi, Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces will be generally cloudy and partly cloudy in the hilly region. The weather in the Tarai region will be mainly fair. 

There is a possibility of light rain and snowfall at a few places in the mountainous region of Koshi, Gandaki, and Bagmati Provinces, and at one or two places in the hilly and mountainous region of Lumbini, Karnali, and Sudurpaschim Provinces, according to the weather forecast released by the Meteorological Forecasting Division.

Tonight, there will be hazy conditions in a few places in the Tarai region. The weather will remain partly cloudy in the mountainous region of Koshi, Bagmati, Gandaki, and Karnali Provinces, while the weather in the remaining region will be mainly fair. 

There is also a possibility of light rain and snowfall at one or two places in the mountainous regions of Koshi, Gandaki, and Karnali Provinces.

The Division states that there is a partial influence of the westerly winds in the country.

The Election Commission (EC) has reminded the officials, government employees and organizations from different sectors of the election code of conduct after the EC received several complaints of violation of the election code of conduct. 

Some cases of violation of the election code of conduct have surfaced in the wake of the House of Representatives (HoR) elections scheduled for March 5. 

The EC has stated that the election code of conduct fully binds the Government of Nepal and ministers, Province Governments and province ministers, bodies of the Government of Nepal and province governments and their office-bearers, local governments and their executives, employees of the federal, province and local levels as well as the offices and employees of semi-state owned institutions and public enterprises.

Furthermore, the media houses and media persons, schools, universities, teachers and officials are also bound by the election code of conduct. 

Similarly, the political parties, their sister organizations, candidates, candidates' election representatives and voting representatives should strictly abide by the election code of conduct. 

Others to follow the election code of conduct include the bank and financial institutions, cooperative organizations, commercial and business sectors, NGOs and their employees, according to the EC.

The constitutional bodies, their officials, security bodies and security personnel, public position holders, election observers and the election observing committee's office-bearers too should completely follow the election code of conduct.  

Issuing a statement on Monday, the EC has asked the professors, teachers and officials to avoid any sorts of election campaigns favouring certain political parties and candidates in the upcoming HoR elections. 

The EC made such an appeal to the stakeholders issuing a statement after it received some complaints about the involvement of professors, teachers and officials in publicity campaigns for political parties and candidates.

The Election Code of Conduct, 2082 BS clearly bars teachers and professors and officials from participating in the political campaigns of any political parties and candidates.

The EC has also cautioned those stakeholders to maintain impartiality and not to participate in the political parties' and candidates' election campaigns.

The U.S. ambassador to France, Charles Kushner, has been banned from meeting members of the French government after not showing up at the Foreign Affairs ministry earlier in the day, where he had been summoned over comments on the killing of a French far-right activist last week, diplomatic sources said on Monday, Reuters reported. 

"Following the publication by the U.S. Embassy of comments on a tragedy that occurred in France and concerns only our national public debate – which we refuse to allow to be exploited – ambassador Charles Kushner was summoned today to the ministry. He did not show up," the source added.

French far-right activist Quentin Deranque was beaten to death in a fight with alleged hard-left activists, in an incident that shocked the nation and has been called "France's Charlie Kirk moment", referring to last year's shooting of the U.S. conservative activist, according to Reuters . 

Former British ambassador to the U.S. Peter Mandelson was arrested by London police on Monday on suspicion of misconduct in public office, following revelations over his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, BBC reported. 

Mandelson, 72, was fired from the most prestigious posting in Britain's diplomatic service in September, when the depth of his friendship with Epstein started to become clear.

Police earlier this month began a criminal investigation into Mandelson after Prime Minister Keir Starmer's government passed on communications between the former ambassador and Epstein, according to BBC. 

A major snow storm hit the US east coast on Monday with record-breaking snow, causing disruptions for millions and thousands of flight cancellations, BBC reported. 

Parts of Rhode Island and Massachusetts have seen nearly 37in (94cm) of snow fall, with more than 19in in New York City's Central Park, the National Weather Service said. 

There have been "near impossible" travel conditions in New York, a state agency warned. More than 600,000 homes and businesses on the east coast endured power outages, with New Jersey and Massachusetts the worst hit, according to BBC.