Tuesday, January 15, 2013

High-ranking H&B officials sucked in as probe deepens

KATHMANDU, JAN 15 - High-ranking officials of H&B Development Bank are being sucked in as the police probe deeper into a good for payment cheque scam. Police had arrested another eight employees of the development bank including...

Nepal, India to jointly promote domestic religious sites

KATHMANDU, Jan 15: Nepali and Indian travel agents are jointly launching a travel package to promote Lumbini and other Nepali religious sites, and increase the flow of foreign tourists to Nepal. The religious tourism package is being launched at the Nepal-India Joint Travel Mart scheduled to begin in Lumbini from Tuesday. The package aims to promote major Buddhist religious sites in Lumbini...

Made-in-Nepal : apps for your smartphones

KATHMANDU, Jan 15: Five minutes before the usual electricity cuts, Pranita Nepal’s iPhone blinks with notification from ‘BattiGayo’ and she’s mentally prepared for the load shedding. A 20-year-old student, Nepal shares that the app has made it easier for her to access information about load shedding hours. Plus, she can customize the notifications as early as an hour before the load shedding...