TECHNOLOGY
India’s Reliance Jio racks up 100 million subscribers but ends freebies
India’s Reliance Jio racks up 100 million subscribers but en...
Reliance Industries’ Jio telecoms unit will charge for its services from April, ending an almost seven month spree of free calls and data that shook up India’s telecoms sector and helped the new arrival rack up more than 100 million users.
Feb 22, 2017
TECHNOLOGY
Programiz: a Nepali website teaching programming to million students worldwide
Programiz: a Nepali website teaching programming to million...
KATHMANDU, Feb 22: Programiz.com is a programming tutorials website aimed at beginners. The company has tutorials on four programming languages: C, C++, Python and R. It is one of the most popular programming blogs in the world, running right from Nepal. More than one million users each month rely o...
Feb 22, 2017
TECHNOLOGY
Inspired by Nepalis’ support during earthquake, two Japanese set up coding company
Inspired by Nepalis’ support during earthquake, two Japanese...
Techrise is a coding boot camp and an initiative that teaches young people to code and help them learn a set of marketable skills that will enable them to write web applications. Techrise was set up six months ago to bridge the gap between educational opportunities and an individual’s competency....
Feb 22, 2017
ECONOMY
Work to build infrastructure for cement factories yet to gain pace
Work to build infrastructure for cement factories yet to gai...
KATHMANDU, Feb 22: The government has made a commitment to build necessary infrastructures to facilitate cement industries having their own clinker plant. The pace of building such infrastructures has remained disappointingly slow.
Feb 22, 2017
POLITICS
NIC apprises Prez of its activities
NIC apprises Prez of its activities
KATHMANDU, Feb 22: National Information Commission (NIC) on Wednesday apprised President Bidya Devi Bhandari of the major works accomplished by it in the fiscal year 2015/16.
Feb 22, 2017
ECONOMY
Microfinance summit in March
Microfinance summit in March
KATHMANDU, Feb 22: Center for Microfinance (CMF), Nepal, is organizing a three-day microfinance summit in Kathmandu from March 15.
Feb 22, 2017
SPORTS
Manang defeat makes semifinal race open
Manang defeat makes semifinal race open
KATHMANDU, Feb 22: A superb hat-trick from Amiruddin Sharifi for Shaheen Asmayee FC delayed Manang Marsyangdi Club's surge to the semifinals of the Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup as it succumbed to a 3-1 defeat to the Afghan club on Wednesday with a match in hand. With Manang's defeat, the semi...
Feb 22, 2017
ECONOMY
National Industrial and Technological Expo from Feb 23
National Industrial and Technological Expo from Feb 23
KATHMANDU, Feb 22: Cottage and Small Industries Development Board is organizing 28th National Industrial and Technological Exhibition in Kathmandu on February 23 to 28.
Feb 22, 2017
SPORTS
Indoor corporate cricket from Friday
Indoor corporate cricket from Friday
KATHMANDU, Feb 22: Royal KCTC Indoor Cricket Arena is organizing the First Corporate Clash, an indoor cricket tournament from Friday at its facility in Golfutar.
Feb 22, 2017
SPORTS
Taskforce suggest facilities for int'l medalists
Taskforce suggest facilities for int'l medalists
KATHMANDU, Feb 22: A taskforce formed to recommend facilities for players has suggested to the Ministry for Youth and Sports to provide facilities to the medalists of the South Asian Games (SAG), Asian Games and Olympics.
Feb 22, 2017