
A long queue of people has formed in Kathmandu to issue passports. The crowd has gathered at the Department of Passports in Tripureshwor, Kathmandu, with young men and women making up most of the ...

A long queue of people has formed in Kathmandu to issue passports. The crowd has gathered at the Department of Passports in Tripureshwor, Kathmandu, with young men and women making up most of the ...
By A Staff Reporter, Kathmandu, July 30: The Department of Passports (DoP) has increased its production capacity to meet the rising demand for electronic passports (e-passports), saying it is now p...

KATHMANDU, July 29: Nepal’s Department of Passports (DoP) has increased its electronic passport (e-passport) production capacity to around 1,500 passports per day in response to a surge in demand, ...

The Department of Passports received only 1,440 applications on Monday after technical problems affected the central server and service centres. As the controversy surrounding the new passport pro...
KATHMANDU, July 10: Security has been tightened at Bir Hospital after Ganesh Nepali, who attempted self-immolation outside the Department of Passports in Tripureshwar on Thursday, died during treat...
KATHMANDU, July 9: A man attempted self-immolation outside the Department of Passports in Kathmandu on Thursday.

Foreign Minister Khanal cancelled his US visit after the passport row surfaced. The Department of Passports is all set to print and distribute the new passports procured from two German firms from...

Kathmandu, July 1 With only about two weeks’ worth of stock remaining, confusion has emerged over the printing of new passports. Currently, the passport department has around 50,000 booklets in s...

Kathmandu. Director General of Department of Passports, Tirtha Raj Aryal has defended the procurement process for the electronic passport printing and system contract, claiming it was conducted leg...
The arrest of 16 individuals, including Department of Passports Director General Tirtha Raj Aryal, has turned the passport printing controversy into one of Nepal's most significant corruption inves...
KATHMANDU, June 17: KATHMANDU, June 17: The Special Court has granted the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) permission to keep Department of Passports (DoP) Director Gen...

Kathmandu, June 16 The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has arrested Tirtha Raj Aryal, Director General of the Department of Passports. According to sources at the CI...

Tirtha Raj Aryal, director general of the Department of Passports, was taken into custody at Kathmandu airport as investigators examine alleged irregularities in a passport-related procurement cont...