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...
KATHMANDU, July 14: The Public Account Committee (PAC) members have stressed the need for conducting a thorough discussion on e-passport printing at a parliament committee meeting.
Kathmandu. Lawmakers have criticized the government over delays in the electronic passport (e-passport) printing process, cost increases, and suspicions of corruption. At a meeting of the Public A...
KATHMANDU, July 1: The German Embassy in Nepal has denied reports regarding Nepal’s Electronic Passport (e-passport) procurement and printing process, saying it did not seek clarification from Nepa...
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 ...
With French supplier exiting and existing stock depleting, the government is paralysed over whether to distribute passports supplied by German firms named in a corruption case. Nepal’s passport de...
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...
Anti-graft body accuses officials and two German firms of rigging the e-passport contract. Concerns grow over dwindling passport stocks and future supplies. Nepal’s anti-graft body, the Commission...
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...
Anti-graft body charges passport department chief, government officials and two foreign companies over alleged irregularities in e-passport contract. The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse ...
KATHMANDU, June 19: Members of the House of Representatives have expressed concern over recent news reports regarding the printing of e-passports.
KATHMANDU, June 18: Nepal’s expanding investigation into alleged irregularities in the e-passport and passport printing procurement process has gathered pace, with the Commission for the Investigat...
Kathmandu. The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority has served a notice to former Foreign Minister and Congress leader Arzu Rana Deuba for an investigation into the e-passport purchas...
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 ...
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