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The Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation is preparing to auction old aircraft that have lain abandoned at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) for scrap. The TIA management has passed a proposal to get rid of these unserviceable planes that have been an eyesore at the airport besides posing a safety hazard. “As per the TIA proposal, the…

In order to attract more international visitors in the Expo and promote Nepal Tourism Year-2011, Avia Club Nepal and Nepal Air Sports Association will organise ‘Himalayan Paramotor Yatra’. The event will begin in Kathmandu on January 12. Pilots from 12 countries including Russia, India, Malaysia, Singapur, Brazil, Israel, UK and US have…

Less awareness about technology and high cost hit the expansion of Nepal Telecom’s (NT) third generation (3G) post-paid service, which has only 15,000 users in one year since it was launched last March. According to Surendra Prasad Thike, spokesperson at NT, comparatively expensive set and less awareness among the users about 3G technology are…

China Eastern is starting its flight on Kumming-Kathmandu-Kumming route from January 11. According to Zhao De Jiang (Ansen), station manager of the China Eastern, the airlines will fly on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. “China Eastern Airlines is one of the biggest airlines of China,” he said, adding that it also is a controlling shareholder of…

The country entered Nepal Tourism Year on Saturday and the buzz is that tourism stakeholders will get a much needed boost. The Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) on Sunday announced that arrivals by air in 2010 had reached an all-time high of 448,769 tourists. This is first time in 12 years that tourist arrivals have crossed the 400,000 mark. The last…

The Computer Association of Nepal (CAN) is all set to hold the 17th edition of Broadlink CAN InfoTech 2011 at Exhibition Hall, Bhrikuti Mandap. According to CAN, the event will run from Feb. 1-6. “The six-day expo will witness participation of CAN’s member associations and national as well as international companies. We believe that the expo…

KATHMANDU: It looks like the coming year will begin on a high note for music fans — the one and only Bryan Adams is to perform in Nepal in 2011. At a press conference held on December 8 at Soaltee Crowne Plaza, it was revealed that Adams will perform here on February 19, 2011. The Bryan Adams live-in-concert is being organised by JPR events and…

Machine Readable Passport (MRP) will be costlier for migrant workers as the passport distribution system is centralised in the Capital. The centralised distribution will cost an additional Rs 8‚000 for a Nepali‚ seeking overseas jobs. Nepali migrant workers will have to spend at least Rs 3‚000 in transportation to come to Kathmandu for a…

The international elephant festival begins at Sauraha in Chitwan district from Sunday, but there is something new this time that will thrill tourists and locals alike. Besides the usual elephant race and football, there will be an inclusive beauty pageant of female elephants on the occasion. Six of these big ladies will vie for the pachydermal…

Bungy Nepal and The Last Resort have resumed normal operations after an agreement with agitating locals‚ who earlier forced the two companies shut their businesses. A joint venture with New Zealand‚ The Last Resort is one of the most famous tourist attractions in the country. It was forced to shut down due to ownership dispute of the bungy bridge…

Nepal’s telecom service providers have set up more than 550 mobile towers in the Kathmandu Valley and 3,000 altogether in the country in their bid to expand services. But how safe are these base transcriber stations (BTS) from natural disasters like earthquakes? An assessment conducted on the Earthquake Vulnerability of Mobile Towers and…

Nepal Telecom has called a new global tender for introducing its dream national project—the Next Generation Network (NGN) technology. The NT move follows the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) directive to scrap the NGN contract awarded to two chinese companies earlier. In early August, NT had awarded the contract to two…

The first Harley-Davidson motorbikes to be built in India are about to go on sale. The SuperLow and the Iron 883 models have been assembled at a new factory in the northern state of Haryana. Costing from 550,000 indian rupees ($12,100; £7,700) to 650,000 indian rupees, they will be available on 1 January 2011. The US firm has imported bikes…

As Nepal Tourism Year 2011 is drawing close, the number of tourists visiting Nepal has gone further up. According to the Immigration Department, 580,337 tourists visited Nepal within the last 11 months of this year. The number was 509,752 during the same period last year. The highest number of tourists came from India with 104,000 followed by…

Jeanswest, an Australian Denim brand, has opened its first exclusive showroom in the capital. The company, which has appointed Italina Enterprises as its sole agent for Nepal, will be selling its products through the outlet. It has been offering its products globally through its 2,200 stores around the world. Jeans, jackets, sweaters,…

Buddha Air is planning Pokhara-New Delhi flight as part of its cross-border commercial scheduled operation to the various Indian cities. “The airliner has also been waiting for the approval for the Pokhara-Gorakhapur air route,” it said, adding that the planned flight on Pokhara-Gorakhapur route will take a little more time as Buddha Air still…