Nepal issues e-passports for 1st time

KATHMANDU, Nov 18: Nepal on Wednesday started issuing e-passports for the first time.

Foreign Minister Narayan Khadka inaugurated the e-passport personalization center at the Department of Passport and handed over the country's first-ever e-passport to Satya Mohan Joshi, a 102-year-old historian, the department said in a press statement.