Learning from the past failures in political, diplomatic and security intelligence, Nepal needs to take pragmatic steps to upgrade its intelligence mechanisms.

KATHMANDU, July 21: Nepal and Rwanda have established formal bilateral diplomatic relations today. With this, the number of countries with which Nepal has diplomatic ties has reached 161.

Russian Centre of Science and Culture, Nepal Russia Art Club, and Universal and New Summit College jointly organized an art exhibition “Russia through the eyes of Nepal”  on the occasion marking 62 years of establishment of the diplomatic relations between Nepal and Russia at Russian Centre of Science and Culture, Kamal Pokhari.

KATHMANDU, June 4: Nepal and Israel complete 58 glorious years of diplomatic ties since its establishment in June 1960.

KATHMANDU, May 31: Nepal and Saint Kitts and Nevis has established formal diplomatic relations on Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, May 30: ​Government has announced to pursue a policy to shut down Nepal's diplomatic missions abroad that have remained ineffective in their performance.

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KATHMANDU, April 19:  Nepal and Bulgaria have celebrated the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations.

KATHMANDU, Mar 29: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has stated that the government should have maintained diplomatic relations with neighbors for the prosperity of the nation.

KATHMANDU, March 27: Bringing amendment to the existing Passport Regulations, the government has decided to provide diplomatic passports (red passports) to all provincial governors, chief ministers, ministers and members of the provincial assemblies.

KATHMANDU, Jan 27: Nepal and Uzbekistan entered into the formal diplomatic ties today. It marks the establishment of bilateral diplomatic relations of Nepal with 158 countries around the world, including all nations from Central Asia.

KATHMANDU, Jan 25: Nepal has established diplomatic relations with Benin on Tuesday.

KATHMANDU, Jan 15: The High High-Level Education Commission has proposed to gradually shut down the schools run by diplomatic missions and by taking foreign affiliations adding that there lacks a clear policy to regulate such academic institutions.

WASHINGTON, Dec 30:  In the first month of Donald Trump's presidency, an American scholar quietly met with North Korean officials and relayed a message: The new administration in Washington appreciated an extended halt in the North's nuclear and ballistic missile tests. It might just offer a ray of hope.

KATHMANDU, Dec 30: Nepal and Burkina Faso established formal bilateral diplomatic relations today. Ambassador Durga Prasad Bhattarai, Permanent Representative of Nepal to the United Nations, and Ambassador Yemdaogo Eric Tiare, Permanent Representative of Burkina Faso to the United Nations signed a Joint Communiqué to this effect at a brief ceremony at the Permanent Mission of Nepal to the United Nations in New York, this morning.

KATHMANDU, Dec 23: Nepal and Liechtenstein have set up diplomatic relations.

KATHMANDU, Nov 8: Nepal and the Bahamas have established diplomatic relations today. Ambassador Durga Prasad Bhattarai, Permanent Representative of Nepal to the United Nations, and Ambassador Sheila Carey, Permanent Representative of The Bahamas to the United Nations signed an instrument to this effect at a brief ceremony in New York, according to the Permanent Mission of Nepal to the United Nations, New York.

KATHMANDU, Nov 1: Nepal and the State of Eritrea have established diplomatic relations on October 31, Tuesday. With this, the number of countries with which Nepal has established diplomatic relations has now reached 152, including all original members of the United Nations.

WASHINGTON, Sept 1:  Russia on Friday promised a "tough response" to a U.S. order to shut the Russian consulate in San Francisco and offices in Washington and New York, the latest round in a diplomatic tit-for-tat.

MOSCOW, August 1:  The U.S. embassy in Moscow accused Russian authorities on Monday of barring diplomatic staff from a property on the outskirts of Moscow, after having earlier agreed to grant access until midday on Tuesday for them to retrieve belongings.

MOSCOW, July 31: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday the United States would have to cut its embassy and consulate staff in Russia by 755, heightening tensions between Washington and Moscow three days after the U.S. Congress approved sanctions against Russia.

NEW YORK (USA), July 15: Nepal and Djibouti have established formal bilateral diplomatic relations.

WASHINGTON, July 6: The United States warned Wednesday that North Korea was "quickly closing off" the prospect of a diplomatic resolution to its provocations, as the Trump administration launched a government-wide effort to identify options for confronting Pyongyang following its unprecedented intercontinental ballistic missile launch.

KATHMANDU, June 21: Qatari ambassador to Nepal Yousuf Mohammad Ahmed Mommad Al-hail has said that Qatar government will not let any Nepali migrant worker face difficulties due to the recent diplomatic tensions seen in the Gulf region.

KATHMANDU (REPUBLICA) Nepal and Uganda have established formal diplomatic relations on Tuesday. Nepal's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Durga Prasad Bhattarai and Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Uganda Dr Adonia Ayebare signed a joint communiqué to this effect at a brief ceremony in New York, according to a press statement issued by Nepal's Permanent Mission in New York.

BEIJING, June 13: Panama switched diplomatic relations from Taiwan to China on Tuesday, the latest development in Beijing's drive to isolate the self-governing island it claims as its own territory.

DOHA, June 11: Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates signaled Sunday they may allow some Qataris to stay in their countries amid a diplomatic rift with the Gulf nation.

KATHMANDU, June 5: The Election Commission has decided to take the representatives from various diplomatic missions to visit eight cities across the country under the second round of the local level elections.

KATHMANDU, June 2: As the International Labor Organisation's 106th Session of the International Labor Conference is just around the corner, Nepal has intensified preparations at the diplomatic-level to garner support for the post of the deputy member in the ILO Governing Body.

KABUL, May 31: A massive explosion rocked a highly secure diplomatic area of Kabul on Wednesday morning, killing 80 people and wounding as many as 350, an attack that left a scene of mayhem and destruction and sent a huge plume of smoke over the Afghan capital.

KABUL, Afghanistan, May 31: A massive explosion rocked a highly secure diplomatic area of Kabul on Wednesday morning, killing 64 people and wounding as many as 320, sending a huge plume of smoke over the Afghan capital.

KATHMANDU, May 23: A photo exhibition ‘Black Line – Sacred landscapes of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta’ will be held on Thursday and Friday at Siddhartha Gallery, Babar Mahal to mark the 30th Anniversary of Colombia-Nepal diplomatic relationship.

KATHMANDU, March 11: Nepal has protested against the killing of a Nepali national by Indian security personnel in the bordering Ananda Bazar in Kanchanpur district on Thursday.

CHITWAN, Jan 20: Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat, today said problems in diplomatic relations between two countries should be resolved on tables rather than raising it in the streets.

KATHMANDU, Nov 14: The Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) has urged the government to take needful arrangement for managing demonetized 1,000 and 500 Indian rupee bills in circulation in Nepal.

KATHMANDU, Oct 18: CPN-UML Vice-chairman Bhim Rawal has remarked that Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal of commenting of reaching an understating fort a trilateral partnership during meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jingping was against diplomatic decorum.

NEW YORK, Sept 22: Nepal and El Salvador have established formal bilateral diplomatic relations. The two countries on Wednesday signed a joint communique to this effect on the sidelines of the ongoing 71st session of United Nations General Assembly (NGA) in New York.

KATHMANDU, Sept 21: CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli has criticized Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal for what he argued unnecessarily commenting on other political parties at home during his recent India visit.

KATHMANDU, Sept 2: The International Relations and Labor Committee under the Legislature- Parliament has directed the government to further strengthen diplomatic relations with neighboring countries—India and China, on the basis of constitution of Nepal, principles of the Charter of the United Nations and Panchasheel.

KATHMANDU, Sept 1: A special ceremony was organized here today to mark the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Nepal and Japan.

KATHMANDU, Aug 6: Zhejiang Jinlun Electromechanic Co - the Chinese contractor for Kulekhani III's mechanical and electro mechanical works - have sent its representatives at the project site after a yearlong gap.

KATHMANDU, Aug 2: Deputy Prime and Home Minister Bhim Rawal on Monday said that intelligence from Indian security agencies claiming that terrorists had targeted Koshi barrage in Nepal was not conveyed as per diplomatic practise.

KATHMANDU, July 20: The diplomatic relations established between Nepal and the Russian Federation has entered the 60th years, the diamond jubilee, from today.

DUBAI, (United Arab Emirates), July 4: A suicide bomber carried out an attack early Monday near a U.S. diplomatic site in the western Saudi city of Jiddah, according to the Interior Ministry.

KATHMADNU, July 3: Apart from pledges to make available Rs 1 million in compensation for each of the families of those killed in the Kabul attack on June 20, the Nepal government has intensified its diplomatic efforts to bring additional compensation from the recruiting company and the government of Canada.

KATHMANDU, July 4: Apart from pledges to make available Rs 1 million in compensation for each of the families of those killed in the Kabul attack on June 20, the Nepal government has intensified its diplomatic efforts to bring additional compensation from the recruiting company and the government of Canada.