KATHMANDU, NEPAL: Government of Nepal has extended the suspension of scheduled international commercial passenger flights to and from Nepal until May 31 midnight.
The suspension period of International schedule flights (except two flights a week between Kathmandu and New Delhi, one flight each by Nepal Airlines and Air India, under Air travel Bubble Arrangement) is extended till 31st May 2021 (23:59 hrs NST), “the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal(CANN) said on Tuesday in its notice.
“Airlines are informed not to open passenger booking to and from Nepal until further advice and also notified to facilitate refunding of Air Ticket or extension of travel date as required by passengers”, the authority said in its notice.
Nepal earlier on May 2 decided to halt all domestic flights from May 3 midnight and all international flights from May 7 midnight until May 14 to check the rapidly growing spread of the Covid-19.
Prohibitory orders in Kathmandu, Lalitpur, and Bhaktapur is in place since April 29 also extended until May 27.
Nepal’s Balen government marked 100 days by announcing ministries cut from 22 to 18, saving an estimated Rs 20 billion a year. Spokesperson Sasmit Pokharel also cited money laundering cases claiming Rs 118 billion, 200,000 betting sites shut down, and doorstep delivery of citizenship, passport and license services.
FIFA has suspended the All Nepal Football Association with immediate effect over third-party interference. Nepal’s national teams and clubs are barred from FIFA and AFC competitions, and the body loses funding, development programmes and training until the ban is lifted. FIFA says the suspension could be revoked before the next Congress.
Nepal's Prime Minister Walendra Shah reinstated Sudhan Gurung as home minister Tuesday after an inquiry panel found no evidence of unexplained wealth or direct financial ties to businessman Deepak Bhatt. Gurung had resigned 26 days into his first tenure.
India’s foreign ministry said Monday that border differences with Nepal must be resolved between the two countries alone, after Prime Minister Balen Shah publicly acknowledged that encroachment along their shared frontier goes both ways. Nepal’s foreign ministry clarified Shah’s remarks were tied to a technical land-use issue, not state encroachment.
Nepal’s Foreign Ministry said Prime Minister Balen Shah’s remarks about Nepal encroaching on Indian land referred to a technical cross-border land use issue, not state encroachment. The clarification came after opposition lawmakers demanded Shah’s parliamentary statement be struck from the record
