As Nepal teeters on the brink of collapse. News reports are bleak: Tourists are being evacuated: Nepal started evacuating scores of tourists stranded Tuesday by a general strike called by Maoist former rebels in a political standoff with the government. The Maoists have not threatened tourists, but their supporters have blocked roads and stopped vehicles, [...]

The Nepali passport is still paper-based. Meaning there is no electronic tag on it. With the recent revelation of staff at the Foreign Ministry selling Nepali passports to Afghan nationals, looks like the Nepal Government is thinking of going electronic: KATHMANDU, Feb 19: Even as the government receives more and more offers to supply machine [...]

There is big news coming from Kathmandu for Nepalese living abroad.  The Nepal government has started issuing Non-Resident Nepali’s ID cards. Here is the press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: The Hon. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sujata Koirala, formally launched the issuance of Identity Cards to Non-resident Nepalese (NRN’s) [...]