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Lack of job opportunities within the country is forcing many Nepalis to spend the prime of their youth toiling in foreign lands, a study has shown.A recent report of the Ministry of Labour and Employment (MoLE) has revealed that around half of the outbound Nepali migrant workers fall within the age bracket of 26 to 35. A total of four million…

The government has introduced 'clean feed' policy for foreign television channels.The cabinet meeting held on Friday approved the National Mass Communications Policy 2073 BS which has provisions on clean feed. Once the new policy comes into effect, pay foreign channels cannot broadcast advertisements.The cabinet took the decision based on a…

Kathmandu Municipality is constructing a park at Tinkune, Kathmandu with an expected cost of Rs 1.23 billion.  In order to build the park, Architects Design Associates has presented the initial design to Kathmandu Municipality.  According to the initial design, the construction of the park will cost Rs 1.23 billion which will contain Sankhachakra…

The Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) is planning to unveil special travel packages targeting Indian tourists.According to the NTB, it will be joining hands with Nepal Airlines to create tour packages like Pashupati Darshan and others designed specifically for visitors from the southern neighbour.India has traditionally been Nepal’s largest source…

MAW Enterprise, the authorized distributor of Yahama two-wheelers for Nepal has organised workshop on road safety on July 5 as a part of its corporate social responsibility. The road safety awareness program was organized for the students of Presidential Business School of Kathmandu.  The workshop 'Yamaha Safe Riding Science' (YSRS)  was…

Nepal Telecommunication Authority is preparing to formulate cyber security strategy. With the increase in use of mobile, computer and internet in daily activities, security challenges have also increased in recent days. To cope with the cyber security challenges, NTA has decided to prepare a strategy with the support of International…

Good news for those applying to procure machine readable passport (MRP). Now a client can get MRP within a day of submission of the application along with a fee of Rs 15,000.To begin the service much to the relief of the service seekers, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Kamal Thapa handed Chandrakali Budathoki of Dhanauri,…

Starting mid-September, electricity bills will go up by 19 per cent, as the Electricity Tariff Fixation Commission(ETFC) has decided to hike per unit rate of electricity from next month.Moreover, the ETFC is removing the existing provision of minimum charge and has fixed the service charge for consumers. “After removal of the minimum charges,…

British scooter brand Scomadi has officially entered the Nepali market.Avasha International, the sole distributor of Scomadi introduced two scooter models in the domestic market, amid a program organised in its head office in Maharajgunj, Kathmandu. According to the company, it is the only British scooter brand available in the Nepali market.…

The number of mobile subscriptions has outnumbered Nepal’s population.With a single person subscribing to more than one service, the mobile service penetration rate has hit 105.15 percent of the population, according to the latest Management Information System (MIS) Report of Nepal Telecommuni-cations Authority (NTA).As of February, the number…