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Joint Secretary Mukesh Dangol has been appointed as the Director General of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal.

A Cabinet meeting held on Monday made the decision to this effect. 

The government has expanded its Courier Service to 60 districts, aiming to enhance public service delivery directly to citizens' homes. 

The Department of Postal Services is focused on digitizing and streamlining the process for delivering essential documents such as passports, driving licenses, and academic certificates. 

Department's Director General Manamaya Bhattarai Pangeni noted that initial challenges from some districts have been overcome, leading to effective operation of the service in most areas. 

Since the program’s inception, 28,169 passports have been transported, with 1,635 delivered directly to beneficiaries. 

The process has been facilitated by collecting recipients' addresses during passport applications at district administration offices. 

Additionally, the postal service has sent 470,881 driving licenses to transport offices, with 671 delivered to homes by May 22. 

The initiative also extends beyond government documents, as the postal department collaborates with the education and health sectors, distributing 260 educational certificates and transporting 488 laboratory samples in partnership with the National Public Health Laboratory from Surkhet, Banke, and Kathmandu.

Neelam Paudel created a history by becoming the first trans woman from Nepal to summit Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak, on May 23. 

Her ascent marks a milestone not only in the Nepali mountaineering but also for the LGBTQ+ community. 

Following the climb, Paudel (35) spoke openly about the discrimination she faced while growing up. 

Standing atop the mountain, she said "This summit is not mine alone. It belongs to every person who has ever been made to feel unseen."

Her ascent has drawn widespread response from Nepal's civil society, LGBTQ+ organizations, and youth communities, many of whom see it as something rare - a moment of visibility that did not need to be argued for or explained. 

A joint delegation of the EU ambassadors, who arrived in Kathmandu on Monday paid a joint courtesy call on Nepal’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Shisir Khanal.

During the meeting held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs this afternoon, Minister Khanal urged the EU member states to support in removing Nepal’s airspace from EU aviation safety backlist, citing the country’s significant progress and reforms going on in the aviation sector.

In addition, Minister Khanal praised the EU’s continued development partnerships with Nepal, stressing on the need to strengthen cooperation in education, trade, climate actions and more. 

Minister Khanal discussed the economic reforms aimed at facilitating investment, enhancing export competitiveness and promoting innovation. He called on EU countries to invest more in the sectors of hydropower, tourism, infrastructure development and information technology.

EU Ambassador to Nepal Véronique Lorenzo said that the visit was to reaffirm the support of EU member states to the new government and made it clear that the visit is to share EU expertise in e-governance and digitalization with exploring further opportunities for cooperation between Nepal and the EU.