PHP Website Outage

Most government websites had returned online, but Nepal Rastra Bank, the Medical Education Commission and Nagarik App were still unavailable. The outage continued to disrupt exchange-rate access and some banking and public services.

Most government websites and online systems had resumed operations, but Kathmandu Metropolitan City ward offices were still handling recommendation requests manually. The remaining problems were tied to the PHP vulnerability response and follow-up checks.

Authorities applied security patches and brought most government websites back online after precautionary shutdowns. Some services, including the Medical Education Commission website and the Nagarik App, remained unavailable.

Thousands of Nepali government and banking websites were taken offline as authorities rushed to patch PHP vulnerabilities and prevent possible attacks. The outage disrupted public services, bank portals and tracking systems while audits and staged restoration began.

Banks, the Employees Provident Fund, the Social Security Fund and other agencies also took websites offline as a precaution after PHP security flaws were found. Nepal Rastra Bank said the outages were preventive and no customer data or financial assets were lost.

Nepal temporarily took government online systems offline after two critical PHP vulnerabilities were disclosed. The National Cyber Security Centre urged organisations to patch or isolate vulnerable systems while emergency updates were applied.