Nepal is a country.
The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation ( BIMSTEC ) is an international organisation involving a group of countries in South Asia and South East Asia . Nepal . Nepal ( [ Nepālhelp = no ] } } [ neˈpal ] ) , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal , is a landlocked central Himalayan country in South Asia . After a Soviet veto in 1949 , Nepal was admitted to the United Nations in 1955 .