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TTextext onon ppageage 44-9-9 Fortnightly Newspaper 2 Local News Year 9, Vol. 4, febuary 16-28, 2017 HA Kathmandu- KL direct fl ight takes off KATHMANDU - Private airline company, the Himalaya Airlines, launched direct fl ights between Kathmandu and Kuala Lumpur last week. Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Avia on (MOCTA), Jeevan Bahadur Shahi, inaugurated the airline's maiden fl ight to the Malaysian capital amidst a special ceremony held at the Tribhuvan Interna onal Airport (TIA). Himalaya Airlines, a Nepal – China Joint Venture Airline, fl agged off its Airbus 320 with 100% seat factor to Kuala Lumpur, making it the airline's 3rd des na on a er Doha and Colombo. Minister Shahi, MOCTA Joint Secretary, Buddhi Sagar Lamichhane, CAAN Director General, Sanjiv Gautam, Nepal Tourism Board CEO, Deepak Raj Joshi and Ahmad Phadil Ismail, Chargé d' aff aires at the Embassy of Malaysia boarded the fl ight to Nepali delega on will apprise the Malaysian help in further boos ng tourism between Kuala Lumpur. The Tourism Malaysia offi cials entrepreneurs and government offi cials on Nepal and Malaysia. Himalaya Airlines has and tourism entrepreneurs will be gree ng the scope of investment opportuni es in set the airfare for a round trip fl ight between the airline's fl ight and the Nepali delega on Nepal and tourism promo on during a special Kathmandu and Kuala Lumpur at Rs 25,375 in midst of a special ceremony at the Kuala programme slated to be held in Kuala Lumpur. with tax excluded. Lumpur Interna onal Airport, according to During a brief statement to mark the airline's Himalaya Airlines, a full service carrier, the company. Minister Shahi will hold bilateral launch of direct fl ight service between the started its scheduled fl ights opera ons from talks with his Malaysian counterpart and high two des na ons, Airline's Vice President May 13, 2016 fl ying directly to Doha, Qatar offi cials on issues of mutual interests and (Administra on), Vijay Shrestha, said the and Colombo, SriLanka on October 1, 2016. HA tourism promo on. fl ights will be operated fi ve days a week apart plans to connect Kathmandu with Yangon, a Nepali Ambassador to Malaysia, Niranjan from Tuesdays and Saturdays. He expressed former capital of Myanmar, with opera on of Man Singh Basnyat, along with the visi ng a belief that the opera on of the fl ights will direct fl ights from February 24. High speed Internet China hands over two coming to Everest, aircra to NAC Annapurna regions KATHMANDU- Nepal and e-business among others. Telecommunications Authority “We have already held several (NTA) is planning to expand rounds of talks to lay op c fi ber broadband internet service in in these two regions. We will bear the Everest Base Camp and the bandwidth cost for two years so Annapurna Base Camp - two that people of the area know the major trekking areas of the importance and benefi ts of Internet,” country. Speaking at 'Nepal Jha added. Speaking at the program, Broadband Forum 2017-- Enabling Mahendra Man Gurung, secretary Digital Economy For a Better of the Ministry of Informa on and Connected Nepal: Transforming Communica ons, lauded the role of Nepal into a Broadband Nation private sector in the development By 2022' in Kathmandu on of ICT sector.“There is a serious Wednesday, Chairman of Nepal need to improve ICT infrastructures Telecommunications Authority to reap more benefi ts from ICT,” (NTA) Digambhar Jha said that he said, adding that the country the authority was planning to will be developed only a er ICT expand the service from Lukla to infrastructures are built in rural the Everest Base Camp and to the areas. Likewise, Micheal Macdonald, Annapurna Range. “NTA is also chief technology offi cer of South working to extend Internet facility East Asia region, Huawei, said that all over the country,” Jha said, Nepal needs quality Internet facility adding that Internet connectively as huge popula on of the country, to these places will help to who are in foreign land, needs to get KATHMANDU - The Chinese Airport last week . On January 26, increase tourist footfalls in the in touch with their friends and family government on last week formally the NAC had brought a 56-seater country and can promote tourism back home. “The growth of ICT handed two aircra over to the Modern Arch MA-60 series aircra in the international market. sector is the key for fast economic Nepal Airlines Corpora on (NAC). and on February 1, another Jha further added that quality development. ICT can help in the The aircra were handed over 17-seater Y12-E series aircra to Internet service to these rural development of transporta on, to the NAC amidst a program Kathmandu. Both of the aircra s areas will also promote e-health, educa on, health and many more,” organized at the corpora on have been brought to Kathmandu e-education, e-learning, e-banking Macdonald added. hangar at Tribhuvan Interna onal at the subsidized loan of China. Fortnightly Newspaper Year 9, Vol. 4, febuary 16-28, 2017 Destination 3 Nepal included in best travel destination for American student A huge earthquake hit the Lamjung district in the centre of Nepal in 2015. Relief and reconstruc on eff orts are underway. If you’re visi ng and would like to help out, there are many projects that need volunteers even for a short me. The dollar is strong right now, making this a good me to lock in fl ights and accommoda on for your next vaca on. College budgets can be ght, but there are s ll plenty of awesome des na ons across the country, and around the world, that you can reach without breaking the bank. Here’s seven sugges ons for a vaca on to remember… Nepal Why should you visit Nepal? Besides being one of the least expensive des na ons for American backpackers (you can get by here on less than $20 a day), the country is in the Himalayas – eight of the world’s ten highest mountains are found here including Mt. Everest, so if you love the Great Outdoors, here you can trek through some of the most mind blowing scenery. Mys c religious sites, some incredible fes vals, and friendly locals are other a rac ons. There is also stacks of memorable experiences in Nepal you can try, from jungle safaris to spending a day with a monk. The food does take a bit of ge ng used to though – yak curry, anyone? Tips: A huge earthquake hit the Lamjung district in the centre of Nepal in 2015. Relief and reconstruc on eff orts are underway. 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