
Technical glitches have cut passport production by two-thirds and delayed services, prompting the government to form an expert panel. The Prime Minister’s Office has formed a cross-ministerial pan...

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 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 After days of uncertainty, Nepal has decided that two German companies will proceed with printing the country’s passports under the existing procurement contract. The decision c...

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. The German Embassy in Kathmandu has issued a clarification regarding the news that has appeared in the media about the Nepali passport purchase case and the subsequent developments. The ...

PM’s Office doubts German firms’ preparedness to roll out biometric passports, but Foreign Ministry believes they can meet the deadline. With the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and the Ministry of ...

Kathmandu. Regarding the controversy surrounding the passport contract case, the former director (Information Technology) of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers Office, Manish Bhattarai, ha...

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 23: A major corruption case filed by the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) over Nepal’s multi-billion-rupee electronic passport procurement project has b...

Decision to scrap foreign technical support comes amid printer breakdown, server failures, and mounting card-production backlog. The government has cancelled a global tender for the operation, mai...

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...

Kathmandu. The fire that broke out at a tea and snack shop near the Passport Department in Tripureshwor, Kathmandu has been brought under control. The fire, which started at 7:38 AM on Monday, was ...