KATHMANDU, Aug 12: The Department of Passports (DoP) has sharply increased its e-passport production capacity, printing 5,878 passports in a single day—nearly four times its previous daily capacity...

Kathmandu. Before four in the morning, a crowd of people can be seen on the streets of Kathmandu. Some go to the Department of Passports in Tripureshwor in search of passports, some go to the Oil C...
Kathmandu, Aug 1: To tackle the growing number of service recipients, the Department of Passport has stepped up by offering services in two shifts and even on public holidays.

Applicants seeking passports for South Korea’s EPS complain of long waits, technical glitches and missed deadlines as the department extends working hours to tackle the surge. Sagar Chhetri travel...

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 ...

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...

KATHMANDU, Aug 7: The Department of Passports under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has started printing around 2,000 passports daily amid growing demand for passport services.

Kathmandu. Even on public holidays, the Department of Passports is witnessing a crowd of people applying for passports. There is a rush of service recipients at the department to get e-passports fo...
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...

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...

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 ...

KATHMANDU, July 31: The Department of Passports (DoP) has started operating in two shifts after a sharp rise in the number of service seekers, extending its services from morning until night.

Kathmandu. With the convenience of service seekers in mind, the Department of Passports has been operating services even on public holidays. According to the notice issued by the department, the p...

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, 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, ...

Kathmandu. There is an excessive crowd of service recipients applying for passports at the Department of Passports in Tripureshwor. The pressure on the department has increased since last week, es...

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...

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, 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.
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...