Nepal Government Postal Services Department
नेपाल सरकार हुलाक सेवा विभाग
Department overview
Formed1878
TypeAgency of the Government of Nepal
HeadquartersSundhara Kathmandu, Nepal
Department executive
  • Mr Drona Pokhrel, Director General
Parent departmentMinistry of Information and Communications
Websitewww.gpo.gov.np
www.postalservice.gov.np
The first stamps of Nepal on cover, 1881.
Headquarter of Nepal Government Postal Services Department
A postbox of Nepal Post at Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal

Nepal Post (Nepali: नेपाल सरकार हुलाक सेवा विभाग}, lit. 'Government of Nepal Postal Services Department') is the Postal Services Department of the Nepali Ministry of Information and Communications and the national post office of Nepal.[1] Nepal Post became a member of the Universal Postal Union on 11 October 1956.[2]

Services

There are four main central offices of the postal department viz. Goswwara office, Central Dhanades Office, Philatelic and postage management office and a Training center. It has regional office in Biratnagar, Pokhara, Surkhet and Doti. There are 70 district offices and 842 city post offices and 3074 small post offices run by the department. [3] Nepal Post also has participation with the EMS system.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Introduction of Postal Service Archived 2013-10-02 at the Wayback Machine Nepal Post, 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2013. Archived here.
  2. ^ "Universal Postal Union – Nepal". Universal Postal Union. 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
  3. ^ "Postal Services Department". Retrieved 2022-02-09.
  4. ^ Nepal EMS, Universal Postal Union, 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2013.

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