Kathmandu, March 8 -- The government has decided to curb and streamline foreign visits by ministers and secretaries.

A Cabinet meeting on Wednesday decided to cut on official trips amid complaints of mismanagement of foreign visits and junkets by ministers and secretaries, said Prithvi Subba Gurung, the minister for communication and information technology.

Now onwards, ministers and secretaries serving at the same ministry cannot go on foreign visits together or at the same time, said Gurung. Both minister and secretary will not attend the same function, event, and programme, he added.

"It has been decided that ministers and secretaries of the same ministry will not participate in the same event. Such visits will not be approved," sai...