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Nepali
state, organizations remain highly vulnerable to cyber
attacks, by Nishan Khariwada (ae 08/04/2021)
Nepal
Telecom likely to begin 5G trials by mid-July (kp
04/04/2021)
Free
broadband internet reaches 5,225 schools (ht
29/03/2021)
Broadband
internet users up by 10 percentage points in one year
: Nepalis went online en masse after being forced to
stay indoors due to the pandemic, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 27/03/2021)
NTA’s
Broadband Internet Connected To 75 Per Cent Of Target
Areas (rn 24/03/2021)
Free
internet in Shey-Phoksundo (kh 22/03/2021)
NT
preparing to increase FTTH internet speed (ht
20/03/2021)
Govt
preparing to begin 5G test from four cities :
Consumers in Kathmandu, Pokhara, Biratnagar, and
Birgunj to enjoy service for free during trial phase
(ht 18/03/2021)
Staying
safe on the web : Schools and universities must raise
awareness about cyber security and healthy internet
use (kp 12/03/2021)
83
percent population has internet access (rep
09/03/2021)
Nepal
plans 5G mobile internet roll-out by mid-July : Fifth
generation wireless mobile networks will be set up in
four cities under a pilot project by the end of this
fiscal year, by Krishana Prasain (kp 06/03/2021)
Govt
planning to reduce internet charge (ht
01/03/2021), Way
to digital Nepal : Inexpensive internet facilities
will become all the more necessary in the future as
the government is implementing the Digital Nepal
Framework (ht 02/03/2021)
Internet
of things : Ecosystem of business, by Roshan
Pandey and Samriddha Pyakurel (ht 01/03/2021)
Free
internet service under RTDF reaches 31 districts
across Nepal (ht 01/02/2021)
WorldLink
to set up data centres in 14 towns (ht 29/01/2021)
Cash
fine of up to Rs 200,000 proposed for misconduct by
online business operators (rep 03/01/2021)
Broadband
Internet Connected In 512 Of 753 Local Units (rn
29/12/2020)
Go
digital : The government must digitise its services to
ensure public safety and also to be future ready
(kp 25/11/2020)
Internet
access in Nepal crosses 22m (ht 20/11/2020)
Pospects
Of Software Industry Amid COVID-19, by Kristina
Shikhrakar (rn 07/11/2020)
Metropolitan
traffic office transitions to digital : Around 2,500
service seekers have availed of online services
in the past one month, by Anup Ojha (kp
30/10/2020)
Nepal
Telecom launches GSM service in Taksindu, the trekking
route to Namche (rep 22/10/2020)
Government
prioritises e-procurement but most bidding still done
manually, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 10/10/2020)
Laptops
fly off the shelves as classes move online : With new
shipments of computers not arriving quickly enough
from China, potential buyers will have to wait,
wholesalers and retailers said, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 28/09/2020)
The
future of the classroom is online : The government
must support universities as they move to
embrace virtual classrooms, by Achyut Wagle
(kp 15/09/2020)
Nepalis
pay Rs 104.53 for 1GB mobile data use: Report (rep
15/09/2020)
Internet
subscribers up but speed remains a problem : Consumer
rights activists say speed of internet is not as
service providers had advertised and the telecom
authority should be more vigilant, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 13/09/2020)
The
digital delight : How Covid-19 lockdown triggered a
positive change in Nepal’s e-governance system and
digital economy, by Shristi Kafle (rep 12/09/2020)
Mapping
Net Coverage, by Kundan Aryal (rn 11/09/2020)
Why
has internet become sluggish in Nepal? (kh
06/09/2020)
New
cyber security law requires firms to use
information sharing platform : The purpose of the
platform is to establish a cyber security community to
detect and prevent cyber attacks, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 05/09/2020)
Internet
access is a human right : Affordability, accessibility
and availability must be ensured to build a digital
Nepal, by Narayan Prasad Ghimire (kp 23/08/2020)
How
do digital freelancers fare in Nepal? While a majority
of people are only just getting used to working
online, a small segment of the Nepali workforce has
already had ample time to understand, experience and
embrace digital workspaces, by Prajesh SJB Rana
(kp 11/08/2020)
Hopeful
internet firms need to have minimum capital of Rs 40
million: Nepal Telecommunications Authority rolls out
new internet service operation bylaw, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 21/07/2020)
Security
Concerns In Digital Transaction, by Rudra Prasad
Adhikari (rn 14/07/2020)
Telecom
service providers directed to limit number of SIM
cards issued per person: Minors are limited to one
card and need to get their parents to provide a proof
of relationship document, by Krishana Prasain (kp
12/07/2020)
Internet
usage surges 35 per cent during lockdown (ht
09/07/2020)
Broadband
internet extended to remote areas in 41 districts:
Officials say project will be completed in the
remaining districts once the lockdown is lifted,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 07/07/2020)
Telecom
Authority directs ISPs to make provisions for
customers to monitor internet connection: The number
of complaints regarding slow internet spiked during
the lockdown, by Krishana Prasain (kp 20/06/2020)
Digital
divide too wide for online classes to succeed in
Nepal: The government has proposed online
teaching-learning, but a majority of the schools and
students in the country do not have computers, much
less the internet, by Binod Ghimire (kp
28/05/2020)
As
popularity of virtual meetings soar, concerns over
abuse and harassment come to surface: Law enforcement
officials say it is difficult to track down and punish
people ‘bombing’ online meetings as they don’t leave
behind evidence, by Elisha Shrestha (kp
27/05/2020)
Growing
Digital Platforms and the Need for Regulatory
Framework, by Ashmita Gautam (kh 22/05/2020)
Speed
test puts Nepal in 118th spot globally in fixed
broadband in April: The average mobile broadband speed
showed an improvement with the country moving up five
places, by Krishana Prasain (kp 19/05/2020)
Bridging
The Digital Divide, by Kundan Aryal (ht
08/05/2020)
Cyber
risk increases along with rising trend of webinars,
by Arpana Ale Magar (ht 06/05/2020)
Govt
to use Zoom software for online meetings (ht
06/05/2020)
Is
online teaching really worth it? School administrators
coercing students to adapt technologies of learning
better learn what the digital divide means, by
Dinesh Kafle (kp 04/05/2020), Can
we embrace tech education during lockdown?, by
Raghab Sharma (kh 04/05/2020)
E-Governance
Can Be Game Changer For Nepal, by Sunil KC (rn
23/04/2020)
Cyber
Security and Internet Governance in Nepal, by
Manish Jung Pulami (kh 22/04/2020)
Authority
directs internet companies not to disconnect users for
non-payment: Service providers say they need
government help as their costs have increased while
little money is coming in, by Krishana Prasain (kp
21/04/2020)
Digital
democracy: We need greater scrutiny during crises
(kp 15/04/2020)
Internet
slows as Kathmandu residents grounded by the lockdown
turn to the web en masse: The number of video content
engagements including YouTube, Facebook video and
TikTok has surged, said service providers, by
Krihana Prasain (kp 03/04/2020)
ISPs
say can't provide 25% off on Internet service sans
subsidy (rep 31/03/2020)
Internet
bandwidth increases by 25% amid lockdown (rep
29/03/2020)
Covid-19
and the shift to remote working: With the spread of
the coronavirus, many offices in Kathmandu too have
started work-from-home provisions. But how productive
is this new working culture?, by Shashwat Pant (kp
22/03/2020)
Internet
use jumps with more office workers working from home:
The Nepal Telecommunications Authority is ready to
enhance bandwidth as required, officials said, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 21/03/2020)
Lagging
in digitalization: Government has time and again
failed to understand the need to go digital in all the
sectors and put the effort in developing regulations
to monitor the digital platforms, by Prayash Raj
Koirala (rep 12/03/2020)
NTA
launches apps to test call quality, Internet speed
(rep 04/03/2020)
What
you need to know about ethical hackers in Nepal: The
country’s cyber security is not the strongest. And
with everything going digital—from national identity
cards to driving licenses—if we are not too careful,
we could invite in a lot of risks, by Shashwat
Pant (kp 03/03/2020)
Nepal
placed 127th among 140 countries for internet speed:
Mobile broadband download speed was recorded at 12.43
mbps against the global average of 31.95 mbps, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 23/02/2020)
Daami
Music: A Nepali song streaming mobile app is the new
flavour of the season: The app has nearly 12,000
active daily listeners and more than 1,000 new
subscribers are being added every month, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 20/01/2020)
Social
Welfare Council upgrading its system to become
paperless: The new system will start offering online
services by the end of the current fiscal year,
officials say, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
19/01/2020)
Govt
to provide service via mobile app (ht 06/01/2020)
Plans
afoot to improve govt mobile app (ht 28/12/2019)
NTA,
NT ink pact to lay optical fibre in Karnali,
Sudurpaschim (ht 06/12/2019)
Quality
of mobile video experience in Nepal still way down:
Nepal ranks 86th among 100 countries for mobile video
quality in Opensignal report, by Krishana Prasain
(kp 04/12/2019)
Slow
internet affects government services in Jumla, locals
say: The district’s land revenue office has been
carrying out operations online for the past two months,
by LP Devkot (kp 02/12/2019)
Labour
office turns to technology in a bid to provide
hassle-free services to migrant workers: After online
application, the remaining process of getting work
permits goes online to ease services for aspiring
migrant workers, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
25/11/2019)
Free
internet for public schools, offices (ht
24/11/2019)
Government
issues new directive for cyber security (ht
23/11/2019)
What
does cloud-based gaming mean for Nepali players? Even
as internet speeds keep growing, data caps and latency
will remain an issue even if Nepalis manage to get a
subscription internationally, by Prajesh SJB Rana
(kp 19/11/2019)
Bringing
Silicon Valley to Kathmandu Valley: Artificial
Intelligence is here, better get used to it, by
Sonia Awale (nt 15/11/2019)
MoCIT
to enhance cyber security of govt bodies (ht
05/11/2019)
Cybersecurity:
A strategic imperative for Nepal: Digital advancements
are proceeding in the absence of a holistic and
integrated approach to managing cybersecurity threats,
by Narayan Koirala (kp 18/10/2019)
Online
system fails to deliver quick service (ht
16/10/2019)
Nepal
has a lot of catching up to do in terms of digital
technology: We need to do a lot of brainstorming in
order to formulate policies that help develop our
economy—especially when it comes to innovation and
technology (kp 14/10/23019)
Nepal
Telecom launches 4G services in 32 major cities: The
company is offering a slew of attractive internet
packages as well (kp 03/10/2019)
Wi-Fi
service to be provided at trekking, pilgrimage
destinations: Annapurna Circuit and Everest Base Camp
are among the destinations to get Wi-Fi service,
by Prahlad Rijal (kp 01/10/2019)
NT’s
4G expansion to gather momentum (ht 01/10/2019)
How
safe is your data? To start the culture of protecting
data, Nepali consumers have to demand accountability
and transparency from the organizations which collect
their data, by Pratigya Bhattarai (kp 26/09/2019)
Nepal
among countries with slowest mobile internet: The
country's mobile internet speed was clocked in at
10.78 Mbps against the global average of 28.02 Mbps,
by Prahlad Rijal (kp 24/09/2019)
Telecom
regulator calls on schools to sign up for ambitious IT
lab project: The IT lab project has been initiated to
reduce the digital divide between students at public
and private institutions, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
20/09/2019)
NRB
to make BFIs spend certain share of profit on IT
security (ht 20/09/2019)
Look
smart, DoTM: Whatever the reason, having
service-seekers wait for years for a smart driving
license is simply frustrating (ht 19/09/2019)
Hackonomics:
What is attracting hackers to Nepal?, by Bimal
Pratap Shah and Vivek S Rana (rep 17/09/2019)
Local
units in Hetauda yet to incorporate online
registration system: The Ministry of Federal Affairs
and General Administration had introduced the online
registration system five years ago, by Subash
Bidari (kp 16/09/2019)
Digital
revolution required: People should refuse to spend the
entire day waiting in a queue in a government office,
by Bhoj Raj Poudel (kp 15/09/2019)
Security
printing in limbo after ID cards, passports and notes
put up for global tender: A senior Nepal Rastra Bank
official says they are in the final stages of calling
for global bids to print and supply banknotes for the
next three years, by Anil Giri (kp 07/09/2019)
Government
to launch mobile app to deliver services digitally: IT
experts say use of mobile SIM card registration data
for applicant identification problematic; raise
concern over cyber threat and misuse of digital
information by the state, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 06/05/2019)
Breaking
the barriers : No matter how much we glorify role of
ICT in improving education, it cannot happen without
larger participation of teachers, by Hitesh Karki
(rep 01/09/2019)
NT
to complete 4G expansion work by mid-February (ht
31/08/2019)
Optical
fibre laying work to resume by mid-September: 32
districts will be connected with high-speed optical
fibre to allow fast data transfers and voice and video
calls, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 27/08/2019)
Software
to be upgraded for more effective monitoring: So far,
29,000 cooperatives have linked up to the online
financial reporting system, by Rajesh Khanal (kp
27/08/2019)
Government implements
national strategy for e-commerce sector: The online
marketplace is growing steadily despite a late start,
but there are no laws to regulate them, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 24/08/2019)
Online
bidding remains suspended for two weeks due to
software upgradation works: Upgraded software to help
determine bid capacity of contractors and suppliers,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 17/08/2019)
Nepal
invites France and Germany to make final pitch for
multi-million dollar security printing facility:
Berlin-based Bundesdruckerei and Paris-based IN Groupe
, both state-owned entities, will be submitting their
final proposals on August 7, by Anil Giri (kp
05/08/2019)
Toward
Society 5.0, by Ved P. Kafle (rep 05/08/2019)
Telecom
regulator wants to equip 930 public high schools with
IT labs in six months: To achieve the goal, the
contractor has to install and commission the
laboratory at 39 high schools every week, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 04/08/2019)
Data
collection and privacy issues: We need to start
talking about who is gathering our personal
information and how they are using it, by Jagat
Bahadur Kunwar (kp 02/08/2019)
Nepal’s
IT sector under big risk, by Suman Dahal rep
02/08/2019)
Service
providers withdraw 13% TSC levied on internet users,
by Muna Sunuwar (rep 27/07/2019)
Number
of 4G users soars by 125 pc (ht 23/07/2019)
Internet
prices likely to go up from mid-July, by Muna
Sunuwar (rep 16/07/2019), Internet
access to become costlier due to addition of service
charge: Service providers will be adding 13 percent to
the bill as telecommunication service charge from
Wednesday, by Krishana Prasain (kp 17/07/2019)
Digital
development and e-commerce in Nepal: Even with the
government’s adoption of an e-commerce strategy, there
is a lot more to do to expand the digital market,
by Madhu K. Marasini (kp 15/07/2019)
NTA
to set up IT labs in 1,000 public schools: Each lab
will have computers, printer, surveillance system, UPS
system, by Muna Sunuwar (rep 15/07/2019)
Half
of population uses mobile phones to access the
internet: The growth in mobile internet users
has been attributed to exponential growth in users
from the rural areas as more people are using social
media platforms, report says, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
11/07/2019)
13pc
hike in internet fees from July 17: ISPs; Price of the
cheapest package to go up by at least Rs 100 (ht
11/07/2019)
Nepali
apps you should try: Here are a few apps that offer
more than supplementary services, by Prajesh SJB
Rana (kp 09/07/2019)
Issues
On Smart Cities, by Harsha Man Maharjan (rn
06/07/2019)
Transparency
in governance, through cyberocracy: Nepal’s
bureaucracy has not kept pace with the radical
political change the country has gone through, by
Bimal Pratap Shah (kp 05/07/2019)
Broadband
to be accessible in rural areas within a year: NTA
(ht 28/06/2019)
What
does Huawei ban mean for Nepali users? While Huawei
Nepal says its phones, as of now, fully support Google
services and Android updates, the future remains
uncertain, by Prajesh SJB Rana (kp 25/06/2019)
Perks
of going cashless: It will be difficult for Nepal to
become a cashless economy but it should make an effort,
by Biranchi Poudyal (rep 20/06/2019)
Internet
prices likely to go up from mid-July, by Zenith
Shah (rep 19/06/2019)
Internet
providers say they will not hike data costs if service
charge is dropped: Nepal remains among countries with
the most expensive internet, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
15/06/2019)
With
government services and data going digital, proper
cybersecurity is more essential than ever: Government
agencies and private companies both need to focus more
on securing their data, say security professionals,
by Prajesh SJB Rana (kp 11/06/2019)
Internet
service providers say data charges will go up from
next fiscal: The average monthly cost of an internet
connection will jump from Rs1,400 to Rs1,680 from July
17 (kp 05/06/2019)
Telecom
Authority to set up IT centres in 124 remote villages,
by Prahlad Rijal (kp 02/06/2019)
Public
vehicles to issue 'electronic paying card': Town
planners, however, call the plan ‘too ambitious’,
considering the government’s track record of
unkept promises, by Anup Ojha (kp 01/06/2019)
Breaking
the glass ceiling: The participation of women in
Nepal’s info-tech sector is still very low but the
future holds promise, by Asmod Karki (kp
01/06/2019)
Google
decision to hit Nepali Huawei customers (ht
21/05/2019)
PM
inaugurates work on information highway (rep
21/05/2019)
Digital
banking in Nepal: Focus on infrastructure, security,
by Amish Dhungel and Dwaipayan Regmi (ht 20/05/2019)
Internet
service providers slam NEA’s proposed hike in rental
charges, by Krishana Prasain (kp 18/05/2019)
Why
aren’t there more women in IT? Nepal is part of a
global trend in technology—there are vastly fewer
women in tech than men, by Prajesh SJB Rana (kp
14/05/2019)
National
ID cards find no use (rep 12/05/2019)
Online
trading system full of flaws, taskforce report finds,
by Rajesh Khanal (kp 11/05/2019)
Online
system further delays work of land revenue office,
by Yogesh Rawal (rep 09/05/2019)
On
the register: Nepal will soon be implementing an
Equipment Identity Register for all mobile devices in
the country. But what does that actually entail?,
by Bivek Khatiwada (kp 07/05/2019)
Blackout
of
government sites exposes cybersecurity lapses in
country: But government officials downplay the
incident saying it’s ‘part and parcel’ of Nepal’s
evolving cybersecurity process, by Bhrikuti Rai
(kp 06/05/2019)
Keeping
time
the Nepali way: Hamro Patro started out as a Nepali
calendar app in 2010, but nine years and over 5
million downloads later, its founder has turned Hamro
Patro into a digital conglomerate, by Tsering
Ngodup Lama (kp 06/05/2019)
Sensitivity
for
security: Nepal needs to understand the gravity of
security threat emanating from its inability to
control cyber crime, by Thaneshwor Chalise (rep
04/05/2019)
Can
the
internet be policed? Even as the government attempts
to stifle freedom of expression online, it continues
to display a fundamental lack of understanding about
the internet, by Prajesh SJB Rana (kp 30/04/2019)
Nepali
mobile app developers reshaping digital landscape,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 27/04/2019)
Prioritise
intellectual property rights: Copyright laws need to
be updated to keep up with technological advancements,
by Pratyush Nath Upreti (kp 26/04/2019)
Advancing
the frontiers of knowledge: What’s so super
about supercomputers and why does Nepal need them
anyway?, by Abha Eli Phoboo (kp 26/04/2019)
As
server
goes down, hundreds deprived of getting their work
done at transport office: The problem has occurred
four times in the past four months, by Anup Ojha
(kp 18/04/2019)
Regulate
pay
apps: The authorities should have the Chinese mobile
payment systems register in Nepal so as to regulate
them, just like the credit card providers (ht
18/04/2019), Chinese
payment
platforms are illegal, but officials say they can’t
control them: Majority of the Chinese-run businesses
use popular Chinese digital wallets to sell goods and
services, by Tsering D Gurung (kp 19/04/2019)
27
youth entrepreneurs set up notebook factory investing
Rs 150 million, by Mohammad Habib (rep 16/04/2019)
Report
exposes
government bodies’ cybersecurity flaws: In response to
Auditor General’s report, officials blame a lack of
budget, which they say hinders work and puts data
security at risk, by Bhrikuti Rai (kp 15/04/2019),
All
in one place: Data centres are indispensable but yet
an unrecognised part of national infrastructure
(kp 16/04/2019)
Minister
Baskota launches FTTH service in Janakpur (ht
14/04/2019)
Illiteracy,
old policies hurdles for ‘Digital Nepal’ (ht
08/04/2019)
IT
potential: Make use of idle talent, by Vikash Raj
Satyal (ht 26/03/2019)
WorldLink
to provide free WiFi hotspots across Nepal, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 11/03/2019)
Government
to introduce e-commerce regulations, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 06/08/2019)
Data
security
concerns over national identity card project:Nepal
government’s attempt to push the digitised
national identification cards without proper
security checks could put citizens’ information
at risk, by Bhrikuti Rai (kp 03/03/2019)
Blockchain
in real estate: A radical revolution, by Biranchi
Poudyal (ht 28/02/2019)
‘ITB
curtails fundamental rights of people’ (ht
26/02/2019)
Not
left behind: ICT development must reach all members of
society, by Ritika Singh and Sushma Giri (kp
24/02/2019)
Has
national
ID card project put Rs 7.5bn at stake? MPs fear it
will be just another card to occupy space in wallet;
Seek govt clarification before spending billions on
the project, by Jagdishor Panday (ht 22/02/2019)
New
IT
Bill could kill innovation in Nepal, experts warn:s
Critics of the government’s Informational Technology
Bill say it will add more red tape for internet
companies, by Bhrikuti Rai (kp 21/02/2019)
It’s
about time that the country broke ground in the IT
field (kp 19/02/2019)
Bajura
municipality goes paperless by installing internet in
all its ward offices, by Krishna Oli (rep
17/02/2019)
With
a new IT bill, state draws battle lines against free
speech: In attempting to regulate social media
platforms, Oli administration violates the freedom of
speech and opinion guaranteed under the constitution,
experts say, by Bhrikuti Rai (kp 16/02/2019)
Nepal
finally gets its first supercomputer, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 13/02/2019)
In
the
grey: The government’s decision to impose an
additional five percent excise duty on smartphones is
fuelling a grey market in imports, by Johnson
Shrestha (kp 12/02/2019)
Creating
smart
schools: No nation has progressed fast in terms of
technology adoption when its school going children are
not fully integrated to technological developments,
by Hitesh Karki (rep 12/02/2019)
Lack
of technical staff delays online land registration
process, by Dilliram Khatiwada (kp 07/02/2019)
No
progress in RTDF-funded optical fiber projects
(rep 05/02/2019)
Two
Chinese firms roped in for 4G LTE expansion project
(kp 04/02/2019)
Connect
IPS:
Payments made easier: A new digital platform allows
online transactions, including government tax
payments, without the use of an intermediary parking
platform, by Bhivek Khatiwada (kp 29/01/2019)
NTA
drafts guidelines for free public wi-fi service
(ht 26/01/2019)
Adopting
Tech and Trade Diplomacy, by GP Acharya (rn
23/01/2019)
Technology
on wheels: Mobile ICT labs can help address several
gaps in Nepal’s efforts to promote ICT education,
by Sagun Shrestha (kp 22/01/2019)
Catching
the bullet train The Fourth Industrial Revolution
brings both opportunities and challenges, by Mina
Aryal (kp 22/01/2019)
ISPs
threaten to hike charges: Cite the 500pc hike in fee
for use of NEA’s electricity poles (ht 20/01/2019)
Enter
the project bank: Province 3 has launched a
software-based database containing details of all
projects, by Madhukar Upadhya (kp 02/01/2019)
Wiring
change: Analog challenges cripple government’s
ambitious ‘Digital Nepal’ vision, by Kshitiz
Khanal (kp 31/12/2018)
Framework
of digital Nepal within a month: Minister Banskota
(kp 30/12/2018)
Country's
first supercomputer installed at IT Park, by
Madhusudan Guragain (rep 30/12/2018)
Taking
ctrl: For a secure and functioning Digital Nepal, the
government should engage local programmers, by
Prakash Paudel (kp 18/12/2018)
Six-day
national conference of network operators concludes
(rep 15/12/2018)
KMC
launches Smart Urban Technology Challenge 2018, by
Anup Ojha (kp 13/12/2018)
Bright
And Dark Facets Of The Internet, by Narayan Prasad
Ghimire (rn 05/12/2018)
Use
hi-tech to manage disasters: PM (kp 04/12/2018) [??], A
long way to go: Before achieving ‘Digital Nepal’, the
state must invest in ICT education throughout the
country, by Manoj Bhattarai (kp 04/12/2018) [!!]
Striking
a balance: NID’s intentions may seem benign, but
potential data misuse cannot be overlooked (kp
22/11/2018)
‘DIGITAL
NEPAL’ dream can be achieved only by expansion,
improvement of telecom services, interview with
Gokul Prasad Baskota, Minister of Communications and
Information Technology (ht 13/11/2018)
ICT
in education: If teachers can use social media sites,
they can use educational web applications too, by
Sagun Shrestha (kp 07/11/2018)
MoHa
to allow access to citizenship data (ht
05/11/2018)
Global
tender call for e-passport from next year: Nepal could
issue e-passports in 18 months, by Anil Giri (kp
03/11/2018)
Home
Ministry starts printing national ID, by Anil Giri
(kp 02/11/2018)
Digital
defence: Going digital is a necessity, but privacy and
security concerns must be addressed (kp
01/11/2018)
Move
towards paperless governance: The new set-up will
require civil servants to use official email for
correspondence, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 31/10/2018)
A
city awakening: Behind the thin dust, Janakpur is a
melting pot of opportunity in Nepal, by Ravi Kumar
(kp 28/10/2018)
Digital
leapfrogging: Can Nepal achieve it?, by Prashant
Koirala (ht 24/10/2018)
PMO
to monitor monthly progress of ministries, by
Roshan S Nepal (ht 13/10/2018)
NTA
closes 21,000 porn websites (kp 12/10/2018)
Digital
2020: Nepal’s digital economy will grow exponentially
atop a robust digital payments layer, by Biswas
Dhakal (kp 11/10/2018)
Bank
on
data: Nepal is standing at a critical juncture of
political and economic change that presents new
opportunities to collect, open, and act on data,
by Deepak Singhania and Thomas van den Aarssen (rep
03/10/2018)
As
hackers get better of government sites, officials say
full safety infeasible (kp 01/10/2018)
Towards
a digital Nepal: The government should make
strengthening national broadband the prime objective,
by Ashma Dixit (kp 30/09/2018)
India
for satellite-based navigation in SAARC (kp
25/09/2018)
Why
computer
education fails: We still continue to follow the same
course built on foundational course designed by
“experts” at the time when computers were a novelty,
by Hitesh Karki (rep 22/09/2018)
Govt
to block access to porn sites (ht 22/09/2018), Govt
bans pornographic contents on internet (rep
23/09/2018), Government
bans raunchy content, by Nayak Paudel (kp
24/09/2018), Does
porn
abet rape? Blocking pornographic contents doesn’t
decrease people’s predisposition to sexual violence,
sexual urge or natural curiosity about sex, by
Ujjwal Acharya (rep 26/09/2018)
Keeping
Bad Side Of Internet At Bay, by Hira Bahadur Thapa
(rn 14/09/2018)
Well
connected: An advanced digital network and sustainable
transport will change the society for the better,
by Manish Pokharel and Bimal Pratap Shah (kp 13/09/2018)
Foreign
jobs data system and phone app launched (kp
11/09/2018)
NEPSE
fails to start online trading (ht 10/09/2018), Hitch
delays launch of online trading system (kp
11/09/2018)
Phone
app for local governments (kp 05/09/2018), Mobile
app launched for local levels to disseminate info
(ht 09/09/2018)
Pokhara
to have free Wi-Fi spots at 10 public places (rep
05/09/2018)
Government
all set to launch digital platform: GoN Citizen App to
give citizens access to state services at all levels
(kp 04/09/2018)
Internet
in Nepal: Making it affordable, by Bikram Shrestha
(ht 04/09/2018)
Government
agencies increases digital presence (kp
03/09/2018)
KMC
mayor inaugurates free Wi-Fi service in Pashupati area
(ht 03/09/2018)
Know
your stuff: Knowledge management is key for
organisational effectiveness in the public sector,
by Narayan Prasad Wagle (kp 19/08/2018)
Access
and the internet: Clearing up four misconceptions
about digital connectivity in Nepal, by Shailesh
B, Pandey (kp 15/08/2018)
Microsoft
imagine cup 2018: Nepali app developers win Microsoft
award, by Krishana Prasain (kp 15/08/2018)
Govt
withdraws internet tariff hike for home users (kp
27/07/2018), Internet
service users get relief from 13% TSC (rep
27/07/2018)
First
digital
Cabinet meet begins today: The move follows PM Oli’s
warning on May 30 to dismiss any minister who does not
know how to operate a laptop (kp 26/07/2018)
Digital
payments:
To prevent illicit activities, better regulation of
digital payments is a must, but citizens’ privacy
should be protected (ht 26/07/2018)
Twitter
handle for government offices soon (kp 25/07/2018)
Govt
moves against own promise of affordable internet,
by Arpana Ale Magar (rep 18/07/2018), Surging
internet cost to affect National Broadband Policy
target, by Sujan Dhungana (ht 18/07/2018), ISPs
not allowed to hike Internet charges: MoIC (rep
19/07/2018), 'TSC
on internet to make up for declining voice call
revenue' (rep 21/07/2018)
Int'l
cyber security conference on July 27-28 (rep
11/07/2018)
Internet,
voice calls to become dearer: Internet fee likely to
be raised by almost 14pc, by Sujan Dhungana (ht
09/07/2018)
PMO
to soon go paperless, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
06/07/2018)
Digitizing
governance:
The government must develop policies and programs to
enhance investment in ICT to materialize e-governance
vision, by Khem Raj Neupane (rep 05/07/2018)
Need
of ICT in health, education stressed (ht
26/06/2018)
Collection
of details for National ID card begins, by Giriraj
Baskota (rep 23/06/2018)
Internet
subscription fee likely to rise, by Umesh Poudel
(ht 21/06/2018)
MIT
launches global startup labs in Nepal (kp
18/06/2018)
CHN
named among top 10 world startups (kp 12/06/2018)
International
ICT Conference to be held in mid-June (rep
12/06/2018)
Teaching
with
technology: Many teachers who are currently teaching
computer in public schools grew up in an era when
computers were virtually non-existent, by Hitesh
Karki (rep 27/05/2018)
KTM
to host Global Cyber Security Summit in July (kp
22/05/2018)
Registration
of
IP to go digital: Govt; Weak IP laws have led to
a large number of counterfeit products being
sold on the market without legal hurdles (kp
05/05/2018)
Closing
the gap Just having access to the internet is not
enough to overcome the digital divide, by Bhanu
Bhakta Acharya (kp 30/04/2018)
After
Kyirong, NT plans to bring Chinese internet via
Tatopani (ht 26/04/2018)
Optical
fibre laying process likely to face delays, by
Umesh Poudel (ht 25/04/2018)
‘Heritage
sites,
parks will have free Wi-Fi shortly’: Bouddha,
Swayambhu, Baisdhara, Pashupati, Basantapur and Sankha
Park to get high speed routers (kp 04/04/2018)
MC
to set up free Wi-Fi zones (ht 02/04/2018)
New
cellphone app to update city air quality (kp
30/03/2018)
3
hill districts of Province 1 to get internet access
soon, by Ananda Gautam and Dipendra Shakya (kp
25/03/2018)
Digital
democracy: Good governance can be enhanced through
utilisation of novel technological solutions (kp
23/03/2018)
NVC
orders action against officials over ‘faulty’ app
(kp 04/03/2018)
The
future is here: Nepal urgently needs to prepare to
strengthen its e-commerce and digital trade sector,
by Pragati Koirala (kp 16/02/2018)
Robust
e-payment system must for e-commerce to flourish
(ht 11/02/2018), Espouse
e-economy: Prioritise ICT as one of the growing
industries in the country and implement policies
accordingly, by Saurav Bashyal (ht 11/02/2018)
CAN
Info-Tech kicks off, by Naresh Neupane (kp
26/01/2018), CAN
Info-Tech continues to draw large crowds (kp
27/01/2018), CAN
Info-Tech attracts youths in droves, by Kushal
Basnet (rep 28/01/2018), Carving
out a niche at CAN Info-tech 2018, by Naresh
Neupane (kp 31/01/2018)
KMC
launches free Wi-Fi zones, CCTV surveillance at ward
10 (kp 25/01/2018)
Online
recording of personal events picking up, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 24/01/2018)
‘Nepal
added over 250 internet users per hour’, by Naresh
Neupane (ht 20/01/2018)
Online
system adopted for driving licence (ht 19/01/2018)
Rural
municipality goes digital, by Sarita Shrestha (rep
15/01/2018)
Invisible
thieves: Recent cyber-attacks have shown that Nepali
banks need to keep up with technology, by Haribol
Acharya (kp 11/01/2018)
Chinese
internet
from tomorrow: Monopoly of India in bandwidth supply
to end; competition amonmg service providers expected
to inttensify, by Sujan Dhungana (ht 11/01/2018),
Nepal
ends India’s internet monopoly with Chinese link
(kp 13/01/2018), Nepal-China
optical fibre link operationalised (ht 13/01/2018)
‘Singha
Durbar’ mobile application launched (kp
01/01/2018)
Think
before
you click: Nepal should exercise security measures to
safeguard digital intrusions because anyone is
susceptible to crypto-jacking, by Biranchi Paudyal
(kp 31/12/2017)
CAN
Info Tech set to kick off on Jan 28 , by Abhishek
Chitrakar (kp 15/12/2017)
Launch
into cyberspace: Access to the internet will make NGOs
in Nepal more reliable, faster and efficient, by
Samaya Lama (kp 03/12/2017)
Cyber
threat
corners banks: Use of pirated software is quite
rampant in financial institutions in Nepal. This
has prevented them from installing new patches to
upgrade the software, making them vulnerable to cyber
attacks, by Rupak D. Sharma (kp 01/12/2017)
Linking
all
with all: By 2020 over 20 billion devices will connect
to the internet and every person on the planet will
connect to at least four devices, by Ajaya Kusum
Adhikari (rep 05/11/2017)
19
govt sites breached in latest cyberattack (kp
04/11/2017)
NT
claims Mid-Hill optical fibre project will meet set
deadline, by Sujan Dhungana (ht 27/10/2017)
Technology
ain’t enough: Teachers considered teaching computers
an additional burden and expected to be paid ‘extra’
for it, by Hitesh Karki (rep 14/10/2017)
Four
ISPs express interest to deliver free internet (ht
10/10/2017)
Internet
penetration at 61pc of population: More than 6,581 new
users are connected to the internet every day in Nepal,
by Sujan Dhungana (ht 05/10/2017)
The
next big thing: Nepal should capitalise on the growing
prominence of e-commerce to fuel inclusive growth,
by Barsha Dharel Dixit (kp 27/09/2017)
Connect
every ward with free internet in a year: House panel
(ht 26/09/2017)
CAN
Commtech 2017 kicks off, by Abhishek Chitrakar (kp
15/09/2017)
Internet
connection thru China in testing phase, by Muna
Sunuwar (rep 11/09/2017), Test
transmission of Chinese internet bandwidth under way
(ht 14/09/2017)
On
‘computerized’
schools: The two schools in Sindhupalchowk district
that I recently visited both had good computer labs.
But the computers were all covered in dust, by
Hitesh Karki (rep 06/09/2017)
Free
internet
in Valley’s public places by year-end: Singha Durbar,
Media Village, Padma Kanya Campus to benefit in the
first phase, by Sujan Dhungana (ht 26/08/2017)
CAN
CommTech 2017 to begin from Sept 14, by Abhishek
Chitrakar (kp 23/08/2017)
Internet
forum stresses wider collaboration (kp 20/08/2017)
It's
all about IT: Nepali software companies write
algorithms for self-driving cars and analysed data for
French President Macron’s elections campaign, but they
could do much more, by Sahina Shrestha (nt
18/08/2017)
Harmful
indulgence, by Ajaya Kusum Adhikari (rep
06/08/2017)
58
govt
websites ‘hacked to test vulnerability’: Purported
hackers say ‘done in three minutes’; 3-member
committee to look into the matter, by Sanjeev Giri
(kp 25/07/2017), Government
websites
face pre-launch tests: Three-member committee formed
to probe hacking of websites is scheduled to submit
its report to the Ministry of Science and Technology
on Sunday , by Sanjeev Giri (kp 28/07/2017), Defending
digital frontierNepal must catch up to overcome
vulnerability to the escalating threats of
cyber-attacks (kp 28/07/2017)
Nepal
to receive Chinese internet bandwidth from Aug (ht
25/07/2017)
Heil
Machine
Age: The mindset of the current government leadership
needs to be broadened to think in terms of the
Internet of Things, by Manish Pokharel and Pratap
Shah (rep 19/07/2017)
An
assistant
in your pocket: Three great apps worth having on
your smartphone, by Bivek Khatiwada (kp
18/07/2017)
Nepalis’
online
shopping dream turning real soon: This service is
expected to revolutionise the e-commerce business in
Nepal, as it will allow millions of electronic
cardholders to purchase goods from Nepal-based online
stores and even open online stores, by Rupak D.
Sharma (kp 18/07/2017)
Stalled
for years, IT Park finally comes to life, by
Madhusudan Guragain (rep 18/07/2017)
Online
registration
of personal events going up (kp 09/07/2017)
Nepal
to be connected with Chinese internet in August,
by Ashim Neupane (rep 02/07/2017)
Ncell
expands
4G service to western cities: Now fast mobile
broadband available in Pokhara and Damauli (ht
01/07/2017)
NTA
gears
up to roll out mechanism to check internet speed of
ISPs (ht 30/06/2017)
Nepal
‘safe’
from lethal ransomware attack (kp 29/06/2017)
At
your
fingertips: Nepali apps you need on your phone, by
Anuj Bhandari (kp 27/06/2017)
NT
launches Internet service for bus passengers (rep
27/06/2017)
Tepid
growth
in 4G service subscription (ht 24/06/2017)
Nepal
needs
to wait longer to use Chinese bandwidth, by
Sanjeev Giri (kp 19/06/2017)
Quake-hit
districts
to get broadband internet: The initiative taken by NTA
to connect earthquake impacted districts with
high-speed internet is in line with directive set by
the government last year (kp 18/06/2017)
Internet
service
reaches 58 percent of Nepalis, by Sanjeev
Giri (kp 17/06/2017)
WorldLink,
Mercantile
submit proposal to NTA (ht 17/06/2017)
Broadband
internet
service across Nepal ‘in two years’ (kp
11/06/2017)
ICT
Day
May 2 made official: The celebration of ICT Day would
be expanded nationwide with new programmes (kp
06/06/2017)
NTA
to
introduce 15 broadband projects targeting 61 districts
(ht 22/05/2017)
Three
ISPs
get 15 days to furnish details to NTA (ht
17/05/2017)
Nepal
clueless
about how to benefit from India’s South Asia Satellite
(ht 12/05/2017)
Internet
voting:
Viva la revolución: In the age of internet, rather
than voting every five years at a polling booth, we
could vote directly, issue-by-issue, using our
smartphones, by Manish Pokharel and Bimal
Pratap Shah (rep 10/05/2017)
One
in
two Nepalis use internet: NTA report (kp
09/05/0217)
Bandwidth
supply
from China delayed (kp 08/05/2017)
4G
subscribers rue slow data speed (rep 29/04/2017)
Nepalis
in
no hurry to upgrade to 4G service (kp 27/04/2017)
11
hill
districts to be connected via optical fibre this year:
NT (kp 26/04/2017)
Bleak
future:
We have not been able to adopt specific policies to
move towards information technology rich society,
by Hitesh Karki (rep 15/04/2017)
NT’s
optical
fibre project likely to face delays (ht
07/04/2017)
Tap
and
tour: Bhuntu is a smart phone app that explains
Nepal’s culture from the perspective of locals, by
Clara Bullock (nt 07/04/2017)
Importance
of
website: Great opportunities, by Maya Prakash Pant
(ht 03/04/2017)
Civil
registration
online from April 14 in all districts: Listing of
personal events such as birth, death, marriage,
divorce and migration to be streamlined (kp
28/03/2017)
Optical
fibre
link with China delayed till May (ht 23/03/2017)
The
bandwidth
bottleneck: Inclusive internet policies have to
acknowledge the inequality in income distribution,
by Shailesh Pandey (kp 21/03/2017)
Tech
troubles:
There is no denying that computers can work magic. But
only if there is the right environment to run them,
by Hitesh Karki (rep 04/03/2017)
14
years on IT Park still not functional: Experts blame
lack of stable policy on IT sector's development,
by Madhusudhan Guragain (rep 02/03/2017)
Kathmandu’s
Silicon
Alley and the Law: Archaic laws and limited e-commerce
hold back start-up offering a new motorcycle
ride-sharing app, by Sonia Awale (nt 17/02/2017),
Soon,
Sagoon:
A Nepali sets out to change the way the world uses
social media, by Sahina Shrestha (nt 17/02/2017)
Information
centre
set up in Bajura village (ht 12/02/2017)
High
speed Internet coming to Everest, Annapurna regions,
by Ashim Neupane (rep 09/02/2017)
Long-distance
medicine:
Lack of Internet access and low bandwidth slows spread
of telemedicine in Nepal’s remote areas, by Sonia
Awale (nt 03/02/2017)
APP
to
hail taxis set to be launched in a month (kp
01/02/2017)
CAN
Info-Tech
draws 34k visitors on Day 1 (kp 27/01/2017), Annual
IT
fair: The state needs to invest heavily in the
development of science and technology (kp
01/02/2017)
‘Internet
for
All’ (ht 23/01/2017)
Not
so
fast: Accessing internet won’t suffice. We also need
to tailor content as per the needs of local school
children whose medium of learning is Nepali, by
Hitesh Karki (rep 23/01/2017)
Why
delaying IT? As a civil servant I am always amazed by
the amount of money we spend in our record keeping
system, by Shreedhar Aryal (rep 19/01/2017)
Digital
technology:
Data-driven urban development, by Pradip Khatiwada
(ht 18/01/2017)
Industry
Ministry
launches paperless documentation (kp 16/01/2017)
Collective
effort
sought to expand ICT to remote areas of the country
(ht 07/01/2017)
Cyber
warfare:
How prepared is Nepal?, by Nitesh Bhatta (ht
05/01/2017)
Govt
to
launch mobile app for passport application: Service
seekers can install the app, download the form and
fill out the personal details before submission
(kp 03/01/2017), Mobile
app
for PP application launched (kp 04/01/2017)
Application
for
driving licence goes online (ht 25/12/2016)
Government
2.0: The government needs to embrace digital
transformation and make electronic governance its
priority number one, by Manish Pokharel and Bimal
Pratap Shah (rep 14/12/2016)
FCGO
procuring IT services to start e-payment: e-payment
likely to begin from Jan 1 (rep 06/12/2016)
Digital
services:
For financial inclusion; In Nepal’s case, it is
possible for digital financial inclusion to become a
game changer for unserved and under-served low-income
households as well as micro- and small enterprises,
by Bhubanesh Pant (ht 29/11/2016)
Securing
cyberspace:
Nepal has to develop a comprehensive national cyber
security strategy if it i s serious about protecting
itself from cyber threats, by Mahesh Singh
Kathayat and Bimal Pratap Shah (rep 28/11/2016)
Broadband
connectivity
in seven quake-hit districts within a year, by
Sujan Dhungana (ht 24/11/2016)
Bureaucracy
2.0:
Nepal is still stuck with the centralized bureaucratic
practices ill suited for rapidly changing
technological landscape of the hyper globalized
digital world, by Subarna Shakya and Bimal Pratap
Shah (rep 14/11/2016)
KMC
on
way to becoming paperless (ht 13/11/2016)
Get
the basics right: Why haven’t we been able to make
much progress in developing IT human capital? Because
of apathy, by Hitesh Karki (rep 12/11/2016)
‘World
class’
IT and engineering academy planned (kp 11/11/2016)
Govt
to
expand cloud computing system (ht 07/11/2016)
Digital
dividends:
Govt should formulate a clear policy on using
technological innovations for development (kp
25/10/2016)
Measure
IT right: The national ID card center was established
in July, 2011. We still do not know about its
progress, if any, by Hitesh Karki (rep 20/10/2016)
Industry
4.0:
If Nepal does not take the innovation route, it will
remain stuck in poverty just like in the first, the
second, and the third industrial revolutions, by
Saroj Devkota and Bimal Pratap Shah (rep 04/10/2016)
NTA,
NT
sign agreement to lay optical fibre (ht
29/09/2016)
Getting
IT
right: IT creates employment and facilitates
dissemination of information only with the right
planning and only when end-users appreciate value of
information, by Hitesh Karki (rep 29/09/2016)
Digital
volunteerism:
Bringing revolution, by Pradip Khatiwada (ht
27/09/2016)
Security
2.0:
The government’s commitment to increase FDI without
prioritizing cyber security can be regarded as nothing
but a toothless rhetoric, by Mahesh Singh Kathayat
and Bimal Pratap Shah (rep 17/09/2016)
Internet-based
television
slowly gaining popularity, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
06/08/2016)
Tired
of
seeking funds, Pun offers own land to run innovation
hub, by Ghanashyam Khadka (kp 01/08/2016), IT
conference
begins (ht 01/08/2016)
Brace
yourself:
4G coming soon, by Bibek Subedi (kp 27/07/2016)
The
information
era: Govt needs to facilitate more citizens’ access to
mobile devices and internet (kp 15/06/2016)
‘Nepal
is
Apac’s fourth malware-prone nation’, by Garima
Chaulagain (kp 13/06/2016)
Economics
of
cyber security: It is important for businesses to
think of cyber risks as business-related risks and not
merely IT-related risks, by Vivek S. Rana (kp
07/06/2016)
Broadband
internet
service to be expanded (ht 20/05/2016)
App
for
migrant workers launched (rep 19/05/2016)
Ratna
Park
starts Wi-Fi service (kp 19/03/2016), Ratna
Park
offers free Wi-Fi to visitors (ht 19/03/2016)
Start-up
Nepal:
Extending the internet services simply means
increasing economic opportunities, by Bimal Pratap
Shah (kp 13/03/2016)
In
‘a
simple test’, hackers ‘breach’ into NT’s server: IT
experts say any unauthorised access to information is
hacking and that such a breach could be dangerous,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 10/03/2016)
Into
the
dark webWith the spike in the number of internet users
in Nepal, cybercrimes are also on the rise, by
Dipesh Khatiwada (kp 27/02/2016)
Free
Wi-fi
at Ratna Park from this week: KMC, by Anup Ojha
(kp 21/02/2016)
Computer
crime:
As Nepal moves towards a digital democracy, there is a
need to develop a safer cyberspace, by Mahesh
Singh Kathayat, Manish Pokharel and Bimalpratap Shah (kp
21/02/2016), Cyber
crime
incidents on rise (ht 21/02/2016)
The
big
divide: Digital technologies and their rapid
penetration can facilitate our strides towards
development, by Avinash Gupta (kp 18/02/2018)
Reclaiming
real
connections: Studies show that increased use of social
media impedes our ability to establish real
connections with people, by Subhash Ghimire (rep
15/02/2016)
Together
we
click: Nepal’s internet population may still be small,
but when it comes to online voting, the country is a
powerhouse, by Marissa Taylor (kp 13/02/2016)
ICT
sector
complains of being given low priority (kp
30/01/2016)
CAN
Info-Tech
to throw its doors open today (kp 29/01/2016)
CAN
Info
Tech from Jan 28 (kp 13/01/2016)
Service
faster
in Khumbu: Ncell (kp 07/01/2016)
Internet
services
knocked out by fuel shortages, power cuts, by
Sanjeev Giri (kp 30/12/2015)
The
next
big thing: Government needs to take necessary steps to
step into the era of the Internet of Things, by
Bimal Pratap Shah (kp 29/12/2015)
The
electronic
transactions act contradicts the constitution, by
Prakash A. Raj (kp 20/12/2015)
Focusing
ICT For Development, by Narayan Prasad Ghimire (rn
20/12/2015)
World
of
connection: Govt needs to invest in infrastructure for
high-speed internet connectivity (kp 01/12/2015),
Digital
by
default: Estonia demonstrates how small countries like
Nepal can be digitised in a timely manner, by
Bimal Pratap Shah (kp 01/12/2015)
Over
11
million Nepalis have access to Internet (kp
29/11/2015)
Appeal
to
revise cyber legislation (kp 19/11/2015)
Survey
for
expanding internet service in Myagdi begins, by
Harikrishna Gautam (rep 16/11/2015)
World’s
first
app on debris management, by Rupak D. Sharma (ht
05/10/2015)
Free
wi-fi
in Ratnapark from mid-October (kp 27/09/2015)
The
efficiency
dilemma; Policies that simply push for Information
Communication Technology diffusion risk increasing net
energy consumption, by Shailesh Pandey and Nischal
Regmi (kp 11/09/2015)
Government
mulls
separate ministry for ICT sector (ht 07/09/2015)
Cyber
security
strategy in offing (ht 03/09/2015), Online
attacks
on the rise (ht 03/09/2015)
Ministry
of
internet: The concept of providing government services
over smart phones still seems borrowed from a sci-fi
flick, by Bimal Pratap Shah (rep 01/09/2015)
Utopian
visions:
Broadband internet kept at its core should be seen for
what it is: an important tool, not a miraculous
solution for all the ills in society, by Shailesh
Pandey, Harsha Man Maharjan and Yogesh Raj (kp
28/08/2015)
Lousy
growth:
The rate of return on investment in information
technology in Nepal continues to be on the lower side,
by Vivek S. Rana (kp 26/08/2016)
Visually
impaired
deprived of access to web, by Thomas Bogaty (ht
25/08/2015)
Fine
tune
it: The draft National ICT Policy looks exciting, but
it requires a few amendments, by Pratyush Nath
Upreti and Neil Brown (kp 19/08/2015)
Internet
freedom:
Unrestricted broadband internet access should be
included as a fundamental right in the statute, by
Bimal Pratap Shah (kp 26/07/2015)
SASEC
project
to be delayed: 70pc work on laying optical fibre
cables completed (ht 20/07/2015)
Nationwide
broadband
service by 2020 (ht 28/06/2015)
40pc
of
Nepalis connected to Internet: There are 10.69 million
data service subscribers across the nation. In May
2014, the figure was at 8.21 million (kp
19/06/2015)
Stakeholders
for
Universal Connectivity in Nepal (Martin Chautari,
Research Brief no. 15, April 2015)
Digital
doom:
As e-governance takes off, the government will need to
develop a framework to secure information assets,
by Narendra Mainali (kp 21/04/2015)
Cabinet
endorses
broadband policy (ht 15/04/2015)
NT
launches
FTTH internet service (kp 03/04/2015)
Govt
aims
to extend broadband internet to all VDCs in three
fiscals: Technology Ministry reviewing ‘National
Action Plan’ forwarded by DoIT (ht 20/03/2015)
Global
meet
on cyber security, law starts (kp 21/02/2015)
MoFA
internal
correspondence sans paper, by Lekhanath Pandey (ht
15/02/2015)
International
cyber
security conference to start Feb 19 (kp
13/02/2015)
Mind
the
gap: The course and curriculum of IT colleges are old
and not up to the market needs, by Sudan Jha (rep
10/02/2015)
Trans-border
fibre
connection in offing: NT, by Ramesh Shrestha (ht
08/02/2015)
ICT
conference
kicks off (rep 02/02/2015)
Standards
for
telecom towers in the offing (kp 01/02/2015)
Land
revenue
offices to go online (ht 31/01/2015)
Digital
identities:
Broader transformation of the Internet economy with
implementation of a national e-ID could help propel
this country towards prosperity, by Bimal Pratap
Shah (kp 30/01/2015)
CAN
InfoTech
2015 to begin from Jan 28 (kp 25/01/2015), 21st
edition
of CAN Info-Tech starts today (rep 28/01/2015), Footfall
reaches
300k at CAN Info Tech fair (kp 02/02/2015), CAN
Info
Tech 2015 concludes (ht 03/02/2015)
Country’s
internet
penetration at 35 per cent (ht 21/01/2015)
Cyber
security
emergency response team formed (kp 19/01/2015), ITSERT-NP
to
tackle security threats (ht 19/01/2015)
‘CAN
Federation’
finally registered: CAN InfoTech 2015 to kick off from
Jan 28 (ht 08/01/2015)
Going
digital:
Nepal still seems clueless about the pressing need to
move towards e-governance, even as its neighbours have
embraced the digital age, by Bimal Pratap Shah (kp
06/01/2015)
What
is
app enning in Nepal: Nepali software engineers and
cyber entrepreneurs go boldly forth where few Nepalis
have ventured (nt 02/01/2015)
ICT
for
development: It deserves top priority, by Keshav
Raj Gyawali (ht 23/12/2014)
Local
goes
global: Nepali app gets shortlisted for Google’s app
challenge, by Stéphane Huët (nt 05/12/2014)
Govt
planning
to bring down monthly internet cost to Rs 208 from Rs
1,010, by Ramesh Shrestha (ht 11/11/2014)
Work
on
optical fibre extension to start within this fiscal
(ht 10/11/2014)
House
committee
seeks clarity on IT development (ht 10/11/2014)
Experts
suggest
better branding of Nepali apps (kp 05/11/2014)
What
a
mess! The websites of government bodies are amateurish
in organization and distasteful in design, by
Bimal Pratap Shah (rep 04/11/2014)
NT
to
reduce internet tariff by 20 pc (rep 01/11/2014)
Govt
to
fix minimum broadband speed at 512 kbps: Internet
service providers at liberty of providing service by
fixing speed on their own at present (ht
30/10/2014)
FCGO
to
roll out new public accounting software by next fiscal
(ht 30/10/2014)
KMC
to
concentrate on e-governance (kp 29/10/2014)
Role
of
IT in overall development stressed (ht 14/09/2014)
IT
Park
to come into operation this fiscal year (ht
12/09/2014)
NT
launches
FTTH internet service (ht 06/09/2014)
FIU
installs
anti-money laundering software, finally (kp
01/09/2014)
Internet
bandwidth
cost down, consumption up: Fall in price around the
world contributed to decline in fees for local service
providers (ht 27/08/2014)
Into
the
digital divide: Nepal’s IT roadmap must be realistic
and aligned with the country’s wherewithal (kp
22/08/2014)
Myagdi
to
have free wi-fi, by Ghanashyam Khadka (kp
21/08/2014)
IT
experts
pile pressure for registration of ‘CAN Federation’
(ht 21/08/2014)
Data
service
subscribers surge: Records show 8.68m Nepalis had
internet access as of mid-June (ht 13/08/2014)
Work
on
SASEC Information Highway finally begins (ht
07/08/2014)
Govt
mulls
district optical fibre project: Plans to make broadband
internet accessible in rural parts of country, expand
services (ht 03/08/2014)
Broadband
Policy
coming within 45 days, by Kriti Bhuju (rep
29/07/2014)
Digital
democracy
on demand: More informed public debates on the necessity
and feasibility of digital technologies are necessary,
by Yogesh Raj and Santa Bahadur Basnet (kp 16/07/2014)
Connecting
the
dots: Internet will open new communication channels that
can bring new knowledge and information resources to
rural communities, by Suman Khakurel (rep
06/07/2014)
Roadmap
to
nowhere: Architects of Nepal’s IT Roadmap have relied on
suspect data and failed to consider structural issues,
by Yogesh Raj (kp 25/06/2014), The
game
changers: Surely there are Nepali versions of Steve Jobs
waiting to be spotted out there, by Suman Joshi (kp
26/06/2014)
Banking
on
IT: Inefficient policy formulation and lack of vision
have led to stagnation in IT development, by Suman
Khakurel (rep 22/06/2014)
Govt
in
talks with ADB to launch VoBS (ht 30/05/2014), Govt
plans
to unveil Broadband Policy within this fiscal: Ministry
of Information and Communications asks Nepal
Telecommunications Authority to submit the draft (ht
30/05/2014)
Experts
urge
govt to focus on broadband service (ht 18/05/2014)
Bringing
it
home: One can only imagine the impact it will have on
Nepali economy and job market if a small fraction of IT
projects were to be oursourced to Nepal, by Suman
Khakurel (rep 28/04/2014)
Nepalis
may
get to enjoy 4G service this year, by Ramesh
Shrestha (ht 26/04/2014)
70pc
govt
services to go online: All its e-services to be
integrated to national portal by 2018, by Ramesh
Shrestha (ht 24/04/2014)
Nearly
30
per cent Nepalis have internet access (ht
28/03/2014)
Free
Wi-Fi
for tourists at Hanumandhoka, by Sangeet Sangroula
(rep 06/03/2014)
NT
offers
free Wi-Fi for a month, by Kriti Bhuju (rep
09/02/2014)
Him
Prasad
develops new software for visually impaired (ht
27/01/2014)
IT
roadmap
on anvil (kp 26/01/2014)
Govt
plans
to implement signatures digital (kp 25/01/2014)
IT
project
progress reviewed (ht 23/01/2014)
Four
new
ISPs join internet services fray (kp 16/01/2014)
Technological
teaching:
Use of information communication technology in teaching
is vital to preparing children for the digital age,
by Shesha Kanta Pangeni (kp 09/01/2014)
Time
for
e-volution: E-governance will enable government staff to
increase productivity and maintain transparency, by
Prabin Paudel (rep 08/01/2014)
Govt
preparing
plans to put IT sector in high gear (kp 06/01/2014),
Facing
the
frontier: A National Information Technology
roadmap is long overdue (kp 07/01/2014)
Call
to
develop mobile application as per local needs (rep
06/01/2014)
CAN
Info-Tech
2014 kicks off (nn 02/01/2014), Info-Tech
resounds
with calls to throw open IT Park (kp 03/01/2014), From
home-grown
tablet to IPTV, it has ‘em all (kp 03/01/2014), Info-Tech
pulls
in 200K visitors in three days (kp 05/01/2014), Discount
offers
galore at CAN Info-Tech (kp 06/01/2014), CAN
Info-Tech
ends on a high note (kp 08/01/2014)
Future’s
bright,
but challenges abound, by Ramesh Shrestha (kp
02/01/2014)
Taskforce
formed
to study feasibility of making Nepal a 'Free WiFi Zone'
(nn 01/01/2014)
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