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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