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Nineteen Nepali nationals deported by the United States of America (USA) for illegal entry/stay into the country have arrived in Kathmandu this evening. 

The deportees include two women and 17 men.

They were brought in a chartered flight by US authorities. 

Upon landing at the Tribhuvan International Airport, the TIA Immigration Office completed the necessary procedures and handed them over to the Nepal Police for due procedures, shared Senior Immigration Officer Anjan Neupane. 

Prior to this, 215 Nepalis have been deported from the US and returned to Nepal.

Following the decision of the Ministry of Communicationand Information Technology to shut down unregistered social media platforms in Nepal, the ‘Hamro Patro’ app has applied for registration.

Ministry spokesperson Gajendra Kumar Thakur shared that Hamro Patro app proprietors have applied for registration today.

The Supreme Court had ordered the Government to register domestic and foreign online and social media platforms with the relevant bodies before allowing their operation in the country.

In compliance with the order, the meeting of the Council of Ministers had called on individuals, companies or organizations interested in operating social media platforms in Nepal to register. 

According to the Directives to manage the use of social media, 2080, the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology had asked the applicants to submit an application within seven days for listing of their platform in the format specified in Schedule 1 of the same directives.

IT company Meta has contacted the Secretariat of the Minister for Communications and Information Technology Prithvi Subba Gurung, hours after the government decided to ban Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram among 26 social media platforms.

Ministry Spokesperson and Joint Secretary Gajendra Thakur informed that Meta has contacted Minister Gurung's personal assistant Shaligram Parajuli through email.

Thakur said that Meta has asked for the necessary documents for registration in Nepal from its office in Singapore.

The Meta, however,  has not come into contact through government officials.

Earlier, the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology had decided to shut down 26 social media platforms in Nepal in accordance with the Supreme Court order and the decision of the Council of Ministers.

The Nepal Telecommunications Authority has written to the mobile and internet service providers to block access to 26 social media platforms.

The authority directed the internet service providers to shut down the social media platforms including Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram among others in accordance with the decision of the Cabinet meeting and the order of the Supreme Court.

Earlier, the meeting of the council of ministers had called on social media platforms to get registered in Nepal.

A meeting of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology held on Thursday decided to shut down 26 social media platforms including WhatsApp.