Bangladesh's former prime minister Khaleda Zia, who was released from jail after the ouster of her arch-rival Sheikh Hasina, has received a renewed passport, her party said on Wednesday.
Apparently under pressure from Maoists and other parties, the Nepal government has decided to scrap a controversial order that allowed printing of Machine Readable Passport from an Indian government security press.
Two days after Nepal scrapped a deal with India to print new smart passports, India regretted the politicisation of the contract, saying it was just a "goodwill gesture" toward its neighbour on Tuesday.
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