गृहपृष्ठ ∕ Breaking ∕ Nepal Home Minister Gurung to visit India for BIMSTEC meeting Breaking Nepal Home Minister Gurung to visit India for BIMSTEC meeting KathmanduPati October 05, 2026 Kathmandu [Nepal], October 5: Nepal’s Home Minister Sudan Gurung will travel to India next week on his first foreign visit since taking office to attend the first BIMSTEC Home Ministers’ Meeting in New Delhi. Officials at Nepal’s Ministry of Home Affairs told Kathmandupati that Gurung will leave for New Delhi on October 12 and attend the meeting on October 13. The meeting will bring together home ministers from the seven BIMSTEC member states Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand. It will be the first meeting of BIMSTEC home ministers since the regional grouping was established in 1997. The inaugural meeting is being held in New Delhi. Gurung is also expected to hold bilateral meetings with his counterparts on the sidelines of the meeting including Indian Home Minister Amit Shah, according to Nepali officials. The meeting comes as BIMSTEC members seek to strengthen cooperation on security issues and follow up on discussions among senior security and home officials from the member states. Write your comments RELATED NEWS Rabi, Australian Envoy discuss bilateral cooperation South Korean volunteers join flood recovery efforts in Nepal’s Nuwakot Nepal PM says disaster response continues without compromise Nepali Congress chief presents political report at party convention Flood search halted, reconstruction efforts to accelerate Nepal FM Shisir Khanal in Fiji for Pre-COP Leaders’ Event Top Headlines Monsoon is predictable and Nepal’s disaster response should be too1 Nepal “a Buffer State”: Rethinking foreign policy in relative terms2 Promotion Linked to Future Military Leadership: Major General Magar Could Become Army Chief3 When the State Pulls the Trigger, Who Answers ?4 Before the Ballots: How Oli Lost the Political Narrative5 PM Shah pledges Krishnabhir highway reopening within month6 Balen’s Silence Has Invited Curiosity, Confusion, and Concerns7 Nepal’s Political Renaissance: The rise of the RSP, the re-ordering of the old political order and the political path forward8 TRENDING Public Relations for a Soldier We need to be serious about the international scenario post-Covid: Dr. Nischal N. Pandey Forbes-listed billionaire Binod Chaudhary tests positive for coronavirus Hungry people out on streets, but the government nowhere to be seen Namrata is Miss Nepal 2020 The FinCEN Files: Nepali banks and companies transact billions of rupees through dubious channels The envisioned Defense University and its rationale Federal Parliament Secretariat returns badge pins to manufacturer
