Article 56 (1) of Nepal’s constitution reads: “The main structure of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal shall be of three levels, namely the Federation, the State and the Local level”, thus indicating the nation’s official name.

Despite this constitutional provision, the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs on October 14 issued a circular asking all the concerned agencies to write just “Nepal” instead of the “Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal”.

This would mean other countries would henceforth have to address the country as Nepal and textbooks have to be changed to reflect the new government directive.

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