KATHMANDU, April 27: Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has adjusted its office hours to commence its service from 9 AM starting Friday.

Misjudging Politics as Service

November 8, 2023 08:30 am

As long as the delusion that politics is a service prevails in society, politicians will remain irreparably irresponsible and capricious. The country relentlessly heads on the path of decline. Therefore, an atmosphere and psychology should be created that politics should be internalized as a challenging responsibility rather than a service.

KATHMANDU, June 8: Parliamentarians airing their voices in Wednesday's meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) have demanded action against the state agencies failing to provide services to service-seekers within 24 hours of them approaching for service.

KATHMANDU, March 21: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has instructed the banks and financial institutions to maintain banking services for transactions outside the valley on the occasion of Ghode Jatra, even though it is a public holiday in Kathmandu Valley.

Female future leaders

December 20, 2021 14:30 pm

What are the challenges faced by today’s women in leadership roles? A leader has the quality to not only lead the group but also keep a constant eye on his followers so that his troops don’t slip from the track. I believe the essence and backtrack of leadership can be summed up in one word – Service.

KATHMANDU, Oct 5: Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS) is to keep its services available during the Dashain holidays as well.

Telemedicine service launched in Kavre

August 28, 2019 10:40 am

KAVRE, August 28: For the first time in the district and arguably in the country, telemedicine service has been started here in Kavre.

KHANDBARI, August 21: Nepal Telecom has erected four additional BTS towers in far-flung area of Sankhuwasabha.

KATHMANDU, Aug 20: Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has announced that digitizing its services will be the priority of the state-owned power authority for the current fiscal year.

Spa visits and the money they generate reached record highs last year in the U.S. with $18.3 billion in revenue driven by 190 million pampering trips, according to the International Spa Association.

KATHMANDU, August 4: Inspector General of Nepal Police Sarbendra Khanal has said that the service to be provided to women, children and senior citizens should be reliable.

Why we need night bus service

July 11, 2019 01:00 am

Government needs to implement 24-hours bus service program immediately in Kathmandu. Later this service can be expanded to other urban cities like Pokhara and Biratnagar

KATHMANDU, July 10: Collaborating with the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology(DHM), Nepal Telecom has unveiled a plan to disseminate early warning message through free SMS service system among targeted people.

SOLUKHUMBU, May 5: Despite access to road connectivity and formation of local governments, the people in Solukhumbu district still struggle for an efficient postmortem service.

POKHARA, April 27: In order to prevent the children of the village from going elsewhere for education, a community-run Shukraraj Secondary School in Pumdibhumdi of Pokhara has introduced free bus service. By doing so, the school hopes to retain children in the village.

KATHMANDU, March 23: One any given day, the office of transport management at Ekantakuna, under the Department of Transport Management (DoTM), is found to be in a state of total disarray. Service seekers are infuriated and frustrated as the office rooms are often empty, and most probably, nobody is available anywhere if one needed to ask anything or get anything done.

A new, richer form of mobile phone messaging is being slowly rolled out by network providers.

KATHMANDU, Oct 20: Government has approved the Read Only Access Work Procedure Guidelines to the citizenship database to certain government service provider agencies.

MOSCOW, Aug 4: US Secret Service has scolded the Guardian for "irresponsible and inaccurate" reporting on an alleged Russian spy at the US embassy in Moscow. Unfazed, the newspaper continued to spin the story calling it the 'tip of the iceberg.'

KATHMANDU, August 3: Tribhuvan University Service Commission (TUSC), the staff recruiting body for the university, has taken the issue of plagiarism seriously and is considering measures to check it.

KATHMANDU, July 28: Nepal-China Himalaya Friendship Society has provided ambulances to the municipalities and health centres of five districts in order to ensure accessibility of the rural people in the health care services.

JAJARKOT, July 28: Transportation on the Jajarkot-Dolpa road has been obstructed due to landslide triggered by incessant rainfall.

BHAKTAPUR, July 27: Direct bus service from Bhaktapur to Pokhara has been operated from today.

KATHMANDU, July 27: Following widespread criticisms from the public over the decision to charge 13 percent telecommunication service charge (TSC) on internet service, a committee formed by the government to review the decision has decided not to increase cost for Internet users.

KATHMANDU, July 27: Following widespread criticisms from the public over the decision to charge 13 percent telecommunication service charge (TSC) on internet service, a committee formed by the government to review the decision has decided not to increase cost for Internet users.

Service camp for Renault cars

July 24, 2018 07:06 am

KATHMANDU, July 24 : Renault car's authorized distributor in Nepal, Advanced Automobiles Pvt Ltd, has organized Renault Service Camp to provide its customers with car care and servicing solutions, on July 22-24. Issuing a press statement, Advanced Automobiles, a part of Vishal Group, said that the service camp is available in all the major cities of Nepal.

SMS: Digital maintenance service

July 19, 2018 11:39 am

The growing trend of youths migrating abroad for foreign employment has led to a scarcity of human resources in Nepal. Contemplating the skill shortage, a group of three young entrepreneurs, Sujeet Regmi, Pukar Acharya, and Kawish Bhakta Shrestha established a digital maintenance company named Sajilo Marmat Sewa (SMS) in 2017. Currently, the company has been providing services in eight different sectors, including plumbing, carpentry, painting, electrical appliances, computer, networking, and aluminum construction.

KATHMANDU, July 17: Mero Surakshya Pvt Ltd has introduced mobile security system, the first of its kind in the country.

KATHMANDU, July 12: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has directed the Home Ministry to issue the national identity card including integrated details of the citizens.

BIRATNAGAR, July 2: According to Yubak Dhoj GC, secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Land Management and Cooperatives, the government decided to open farm equipment rental service with the objective of reducing cost of production of farmers, encourage youth toward farming and encourage use of farming equipment.

MAHENDRANAGAR, July 1: The Provincial Assembly of Province no. 2 has endorsed a Bill relating to police service tabled by the provincial government to establish its own police unit.

FRANCE, June 28: When Emmanuel Macron first touched upon the idea during his 2017 campaign, the project appeared to be more directed at youth aged 18-21 gaining a "direct experience of military life."

KATHMANDU, Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration Lal Babu Pandit has said that his ministry has prioritized ‘Prosperous Nepal and Happy Nepali’, a goal set by the incumbent government.

KATHMANDU, June 21: The government has made preparation to bring Jayanagar-Janakpur-Kurtha and Bathnaha-Biratnagar railways into operation by January next year.

BANEPA, June 15: Minister for Communications and Information Technology Gokul Prasad Baskota has said it should be demarcated if the media was industry or service sector based on the changed technology and investment.

KATHMANDU, June 10: A survey conducted by Transparency International Nepal has shown slight improvement in public service delivery at the local levels in the aftermath of the local elections held last year.

KATHMANDU, June 9: Hotel and restaurant employees will now get a bigger share of the service charge received from the clients.

Surkhet-Delhi bus service starts

June 2, 2018 07:12 am

SURKHET, June 2: Mid-western Transportation Entrepreneurs Association (MTEA) has started direct bus service connecting Birendranagar, the capital of Karnali Province, and Indian capital New Delhi beginning from Friday.

KATHMANDU, Jun 1: The government has decided to waive off value added tax (VAT) on brokerage service charge on transaction of securities, ending the uncertainty over taxation of such transactions.

KATHMANDU, May 22: The number of users of Nepal Telecom data services has exceeded 10 million. According to the company latest statistics, the number of GSM data services is currently counted at 9,795,100, while 136,500 people are using CDMA data services and the Wi-Max service users is 17,000.

JANAKPUR, May 17: The future journey of bus service between Janakpur and Indian city Ayodhya, the two pilgrimage sites for Hindus, has become uncertain after the service failed to continue.

KATHMANDU, May 16: The Civil Service Official Trade Union has demanded the government proceed ahead with the voluntary retirement scheme brought earlier targeting civil servants.

Kathmandu, May 11: Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Barshaman Pun has said the base of economic prosperity would be built by increasing the consumption electricity.

DOLPA, May 6: The absence of officials in Tripurasundari Municipality has not only affected the day to day work but has also greatly disappointed the service seekers.

DANG, May 3: Different transport committees of Dang district, who have been protesting government's decision, have stopped operating transport service from today.

Facebook launches dating service

May 2, 2018 12:31 pm

Facebook doesn't think hookups are meaningful and doesn't want you to date your friends — but it's known for a long time that its vast map of human connections could help people find long-term partners. At least that's the takeaway from a new dating feature the social networking giant is launching because, well, why not?

BIRATNAGAR, May 2: Container train service was used for the first time to bring Nepal's third-country consignments for eastern Nepal from Kolkata port of India.

Shivapuri Eco Tourism and Cable Car Ltd is seeking govt nod to start construction.

BIRATNAGAR, April 29: Although locals have long been demanding regular air service between hilly districts of Province 1 and provincial capital Biratnagar, not decision has been taken in this direction so far.

KATHMANDU, April 29: Lending of bank and financial institutions (BFIs) to service industries jumped by 14 percent in the first eight months of the current Fiscal Year 2017/18.