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Monthly Archives: October, 2011

Three international carriers plan to link Kathmandu

A rebound in tourist arrivals in the last two years has prompted a number of international airlines to connect Nepal. Aeroflot, Sri Lankan Airlines...

One in two Nepalis has access to telephone

One in two Nepalis now has access to basic telecom services including mobile service. According to the Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA), tele-density has reached...

Net users on mobile increase: NTA

Mobile internet service still dominates domestic internet service market, according to a report by the telecom regulator. Mobile internet, sub-broadband speed connections, accounted for 3.144...

Fuel prices go up for fifth time this year

Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has hiked petroleum prices for the fifth time this year. The state-owned monopoly jacked up the price of petrol by Rs...

EU is largest buyer of Nepali garments

The European Union (EU) has become the largest buyer of Nepali readymade garments (RMG). Exports to the EU account for 46.13 percent of the...

Number of trekkers up on Annapurna route

The Annapurna trekking route is seeing a greater inflow of sightseers with the start of the tourist season. The route, regarded as one of...

Kulekhani water overflows; to help ease power woes

Water level in the Kulekhani Reservoir that feeds two power projects—the 60-megawatt Kulekhani Hydropower Project (KHP)-I and the 32-megawatt KHP II—has gone up to...

Tourist arrivals to Nepal via air up by 11% in September

Tourist arrivals via air increased by 11 percent in September compared to the same month last year. A total of 45,782 tourists visited the country...

Steve Jobs: Tributes flood in for Apple’s visionary

World and business leaders have been paying tribute to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who has died at the age of 56 from pancreatic cancer. US...

India launches “world’s cheapest” tablet computer

(Reuters) - India launched what it dubbed the world's cheapest tablet computer Wednesday, to be sold to students at the subsidized price of $35...

Apple iPhone 4S Launched +Specification

Prices: 16Gb $199/// 32Gb $299 ///64GB $399 on a 2 year contract. iPhone 4 - Unlocked (GSM) - 8GB  at $549 Available in...

83% mobile users not satisfied with service

A recent study of consumption trends in the Kathmandu Valley—the major telecom market—has shown that over 83 percent of mobile subscribers are not satisfied...