By Laxman Kafle, Kathmandu, July 6: Nepal has witnessed a sharp rise in smartphone imports during the first 11 months of the current fiscal year 2024/25, with devices worth over Rs. 32 billion brought into the country. According to the statistics of the Department of Customs, a total of 1,975,513 smartphones worth Rs. 32.08 billion have...
On April 11, at the 21st Nepal-India Customs Administration Director General Level Meeting held in Kathmandu, India had agreed to implement the ‘pre-information system’ for export and import within a month. Yet, a month on, there is no visible progress. According to Mahesh Bhattarai, director general of the Department of Customs, Nepal has already completed...
The Huawei Scandal and Europe’s China ReckoningThe Chinese tech giant is at the center of a sprawling investigation into accusations of bribery and illicit lobbying to promote Huawei’s interests within European institutions.
China sent a new communication technology test satellite into the planned orbit from the Wenchang Space Launch Site on the coast of the southern island province of Hainan early on Sunday. The satellite was launched by a Long March-7A rocket at 12:05 a.m. (Beijing Time). It will be used mainly for multi-band and high-speed communication...
By A Staff Reporter,Kathmandu, Mar. 30: The Confederation of Nepalese Industries (CNI), in partnership with the American Chamber of Commerce in Nepal (AmCham Nepal), organised the first-ever international roadshow for Nepal’s IT and IT-enabled services (ITES) industry in the United States. This initiative, titled ‘Tech Peak Nepal: Orlando 2025’, highlighted Nepal’s emerging potential as a...
BEIJING, Feb. 23: A team of Chinese researchers proposed a theory of one-way quantum direct communication and successfully developed a practical system, advancing quantum direct communication from a concept to the stage of practical application. According to a study recently published in Science Advances, researchers from the Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences, Tsinghua University,...
Artificial intelligence plays a crucial role in shaping modern-day diplomacy but requires collaboration and cooperation with regional and global actors, some experts have suggested. Nepal’s AI diplomacy is crucial to harnessing AI’s potential while minimising risks, according to recent findings. By implementing their policy recommendations, Nepal can carefully navigate the global AI landscape, promote its...
China told the European Union it is ready to step up communication with the bloc, enhance mutual understanding and jointly provide more stability to the world, according to remarks its foreign minister made to the EU policy chief. There is no conflict of fundamental interests or geopolitical conflict between China and the EU, Minister Wang...
The international tour of the China Mobile Science and Technology Museum in Nepal was launched here on Wednesday. Themed “Experiencing Science, Inspiring Innovation,” the tour in Kathmandu opened with 60 exhibits which enable interactions with the audience, plus a mobile dome theater screening 3D science films about aerospace, dinosaurs and other popular topics. The exhibits...
Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Prithvi Subba Gurung has pressed the need to reap maximum benefits from deeper Nepal-India ties, particularly through the IT sector. In his address to the ‘Second India-Nepal Startup Connect Programme,’ organized by the Embassy of India on Friday, the Communications Minister highlighted IT as a powerful tool to strengthen...