BUSINESS

Vegetables price have escalated by up to 30 percent at Kalimati Fruits and Vegetable Market within a week due to low supply from key vegetable producing areas.Traders said that the vegetable supply has slowed as farmers were busy harvesting their winter crops. Similarly, the onset of pre-monsoon also affected production. Prices are expected…

Ncell has launched its much appreciated campaign ‘Call Aayo Paisa Payo’ this year too, as part of its customer loyalty programme.Under this campaign, customers upon receiving international calls from any country across the globe for two minutes or more get two rupees bonus for every minute of call. The scheme is coming into effect from…

The state-owned Nepal Telecom (NT) will start international roaming service for its prepaid subscribers from Monday. However, the roaming service for prepaid NT subscribers is available only in India and China.NT has said that the roaming service in India and China can be availed without any deposit.The firm’s postpaid phone subscribers…

Yeti Airlines has announced the addition of a fourth ATR72-500 aircraft with call sign MSN 754 to its fleet.The aircraft with Nepali registration number 9N-ANC arrived at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, on Friday (April 26) at approximately 1330 hours after its ferry flight from Bangkok, Thailand.As per the company,…

MAW Enterprises Pvt Ltd, authorised distributor of Yamaha motorcycles and scooters in Nepal, has officially announced the beginning of the biggest exchange carnival.The six-day-long customer-centric initiative happening in Bhrikutimandap till April 27 was inaugurated by Miss Nepal 2018 Shrinkhala Khatiwada, Assistant Vice President of…

Start-up apparel manufacturer Fibro has started producing a range of protective jackets that are dust, dirt and light resistant. The four-month-old company said it aimed to establish its presence in the market by launching these quality and affordable products.Fibro plans to compete with established domestic manufacturers producing premium…

Nepal Rastra Bank has provided Khalti with a licence of payment service provider (PSP) under its ‘Payment and Settlement Bylaw 2015’ for wallet services through telecommunication technology and internet.Along with digital payment services, now Khalti can also provide domestic money transfer facility and mobile financial services in Nepal,…

Ncell has announced Pahilo SIM — a starter pack designed especially for students who have recently completed their SEE examinations.All students who have appeared for the SEE exams this year are eligible to purchase the Pahilo SIM starter pack. Students will need to visit the nearest Ncell Centre and present their SEE 2075 Admit Card, a…

The third edition of Himalayan Travel Mart is to be held at Soaltee Crowne Plaza in Kathmandu from June 6 through 9.Issuing a press release on Saturday, PATA Nepal Chapter, an organizer of the event, said that the annual event had begun in 2017 with an objective to promote Nepal as a gateway into the Himalayas and a center for adventure…

The state-owned Nepal Telecom (NT) has claimed its plan to expand 4G network service across the country, though delayed by almost a year, is now on track as majority of necessary tenders related to the project have been completed while equipment related to 4G technology are being supplied smoothly.At a discussion programme with the press…