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New regulation for telecom antenna
Telecom service providers will not have right to install antenna without prior approval from the regulator from next few weeks, according to Nepal Telecommunications Authority.
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Nepal moves up five ranks to 125th place in GCI
Although Nepal’s economy is not doing well, its competitiveness in the global arena has improved a bit. The Global Competitiveness Index 2011-12 (GCI) has ranked Nepal at 125th…
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Airlines report surge in bookings with festival rush
The festival rush has started with major domestic airlines reporting a surge in advance bookings. Buddha Air, Yeti Airlines, Guna Airlines and Agni Air have reported that seats on the…
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Oil accounts for 20pc of Nepal’s total imports
Petroleum products accounted for 20 percent of the country’s total import bill in fiscal 2010-11. The value of oil imports jumped 43.92 percent in the last fiscal year on rising…
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Trade deficit up to Rs 330.34bn
The country witnessed a total trade deficit of Rs 330.34 billion in the fiscal year 2010-11 — up by 5.4 per cent compared to a fiscal year ago, according to annual macro-economic…
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Airlines raise frequency for peak tourist season
International airlines have been adding flights to Nepal to handle the projected swell in tourist inflow with the peak season approaching. Almost all the leading international…
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Arrivals from India, China up despite lack of NTY promotion
Even though Nepal failed to carry out much talked about promotional campaigns in India and China for Nepal Tourism Year (NTY) 2011, tourist arrivals via air from these two major…
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NT outsources enquiry service
Nepal Telecom (NT) has formally outsourced its enquiry service of global system for mobile (GSM) and Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) to private sector.
Haridevi Store — a…
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Asia dominates in tourism boom
Preliminary results released by the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) today showed that international visitor arrivals into Asia/Pacific destinations grew by six per cent…
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Autumn mountaineering season starts
Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation has issued nine permits for expedition for the autumn season.
According to the ministry, autumn season — September to November — is the second…
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50,000 goats to be brought for Dashain
Traders said that the capital’s requirement of goats for the Dashain festival could jump 25 percent this year considering past trends.
Last year, 40,000 goats were consumed during…
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Upcoming tourist season: Hotel bookings rise
Domestic hotel industry is looking buoyant with encouraging bookings for the upcoming tourist season.
Leading five-star hotels say bookings for September have crossed 70 percent,…
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Microsoft Windows XP celebrates its 10th anniversary today
Microsoft shipped the first copies of Windows XP to PC manufacturers 10 years ago today. Short for “eXPerience”, the successor to Windows 2000 and Windows Me eventually became the…
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Indian tourist arrivals by land triples
Nepal witnessed triple growth in Indian tourist arrivals by land in 2010 compared to 2009.
According to the Survey of Indian visitors to Nepal by land 2010, a total of 520,522 Indian…
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Teledensity in Nepal surges to 46percent
Telecom services in the country have reached to 46 out of every 100 people. With fierce competition among telecom companies, telecom penetration has touched 46.05 percent as of last…
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Qatar Airways connects Nepal with Brazil
Nepalis can now travel to more destinations in Brazil and tourists from different cities in Brazil can also travel to Nepal with convenient connections in one single itinerary,…
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