The Daily IIJ

DINESH KARKI KATHMANDU, July 25: If a proposal forwarded by the Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation is endorsed by the government, foreigners coming to the country will not need to spend even a single penny as visa fee. In a bid to attract more foreign tourists to the country and make Nepal Tourism Year [...]

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KATHMANDU, June 20: Nepal Telecom (NT) plans to establish optical fiber connection with China by the end of fiscal year 2010/11. The state-owned telecom major has held a series of discussions with China Telecom to establish optical fiber connection between the two operators as per the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed two years ago, said [...]

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DINESH KARKI KATHMANDU, May 26: Avia Club Nepal and Nepal Air Sports Association (NASA) are preparing to organize International Air Sports Show and Para-motor Championship for the first time in Nepal to kick start the Nepal Tourism Year (NTY) 2011 campaign. The 10-day event will be organized at Tundikhel in Kathmandu from January 11. Birendra [...]

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KATHMANDU, April 4: I conquered height and water – the two things that I fear the most, Raymond Ramirez (24) of United Kingdom shared after performing bungee jump and enjoying rafting in snow-fed river in Nepal.

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Kathmandu, March 20, 2010: Nepali Congress (NC) President and former Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, 87, passed away in Kathmandu at his only daughter’s house on Saturday.

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Leading business persons in Nepal are to invest as much as $4.5 million in a mega project of making a documentary entitled ´Return to Everest´, which they believe will greatly support Nepal Tourism Year (NTY) 2011 campaign.

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The closing touch of the year 2009 has given some hope for Nepal’s hydropower in terms of foreign investment and extension of the 400 KV Dhalkebar-Mujaffarpur cross border transmission line. If the deal with foreign parties goes positively, 2010 will be the year of implementation of hydropower plans and programs. The company under the Chinese [...]

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There is still a newspaper in Germany which is sustaining being reverse of the market economy. Most of the newspapers today which have good name and fame are filled with advertisements. But the Tageszeitung, daily newspaper in German language, commonly known as Taz is an example of alternative journalism in Germany and advertisement content covers [...]

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A unique German monthly magazine called “brand eins” has established a unique ethical code of conduct. Its editors and reporters don’t accept any gift in the press conferences; they don’t accept free travel by organizers and publish only a limited number of advertisement. They even don’t enjoy the press discount in airtravel or concession in [...]

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