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It is best not to rush to obtain a Machine Readable Passport (MRP) because the passport office will begin issuing electronic passports (e-passports) beginning next month. It is being tested currently at Tripureshwor's passport office. Given that e-passports will be available from Mangshir 2 (Nov 18), why would you use a second-generation…

ICRA Nepal Ltd. has given the government-owned Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), which plans to go public with its primary shares, a credit rating of "Double A Plus."A quarter of NEA's initial public offering (IPO) of Rs 31.25 billion is planned to be sold. NEMA's managing director said that the state-owned utility has an ICRA NP Double A…

A meeting of House of Representatives(HoR) held on Sunday evening ratified Millennium Challenge Corporation(MCC) grant agreement. The grant agreement was endorsed through voice voting as the main opposition staged protest against Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota.Finance Minister Janardan Sharma had tabled a 12-point Interpretative Declaration in…

Test flights at the Gautam Buddha International Airport in Bhairahawa have been completed.Engineer Pradip Adhikari, Director General of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal, added that the flight's technical requirements had been met. A calibration flight has been completed by Aero Thai.Commercial flight can only take place if the…

For the first time in Nepal, Traffic police have used a mobile app to take action against the person operating a vehicle with a bogus license. Fake driver's licenses are now under control thanks to a smartphone app developed by the Department of Transportation.Traffic police can now easily scan QR code provided on the driver's license to…

Sajha Yatayat plans to bring three electric buses to Nepal in the near future. The Company's  chairman Kanak Mani Dixit claims that three of the 40 buses being built at CHTC in Nyanjing, China, will reach Nepal within next month(Chaitra). Currently, the buses are being manufactured in the Chinese plant.More than Rs 15 million worth of these…

Once again, Nepal is among the world's most corrupt nations. Nepal is one of the world's most corrupt countries, according to Transparency International's (TI) CPI report, released on Tuesday.Corruption in Nepal is ranked 117th out of 180 countries, according to the report. Last year, Nepal was in the same place. Nepal's score on…

Two of the world's most prominent aircraft manufacturers have called for caution in deployment of 5G mobile technology in the United States.Boeing and Airbus executives wrote a letter warning that the technology might have a "major detrimental impact on the civil aircraft business."The use of 5G's C-band wave was previously claimed to…

Nepal's excess wasteful electricity will be sold to Bangladesh. A long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) between Bangladesh and Nepal's private sector is also being considered by the Bangladeshi government. From next year, Bangladesh's Minister for State for Energy Nasrul Hamid indicated that power generated in Nepal will be purchased from…

The traffic police have implemented a mechanism that allows traffic rule violators to pay the appropriate fine and immediately retrieve their documents, including their driving license and blue book. 'Pay Fine On-the-Spot: Instant Payment System' for the Kathmandu valley has been launched, according to Senior Superintendent of Police Janak…