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Internet Connection And Others News
Internet Connection And Others News
By KTM Metro Reporter
Kathmandu
January 13, 2018
Internet Link With China via Hong Kong
Thanks to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Nepal has optical fiber connectivity with China via Hong Kong bandwidth; and it has come into operation on Friday, January 12, 2018 through the Rasuwagadhi border point.
Prime Minister Modi had imposed sanction on Nepal in 2015 for over four months to bend Nepal to his wishes but Nepalese did not bend rather stood as upright as possible even tolerating immense sufferings brought by the shortage of fuels and foods, and medicines and what not. That led Nepal to find an alternative to India for Internet; that is how the Internet connection with China became one of the realities for reducing dependency on India.
Nepal Telecom and China Telecom Global launched the commercial operation of the cross-border optical fiber link between Nepal and China amidst a function held in Kathmandu: the capital of Nepal on January 12, 2018, the news on http://therisingnepal.org.np/news/21442 stated.
Managing Director of NT Kamini Rajbhandari said that the optical fiber linkage with China would help enhance the accessibility and credibility of the company’s services, the news stated.
Previously, Nepal has heavily depended on India for Internet, as all internet connections came via three access points India’s Bharti Airtel and Tata Communications provided through southern towns such as Bhairahawa, Biratnagar and Birgunj, the news in “South China Morning Post” stated on January 13, 2018.
Declaring Martyrs
The government bestowed the status of martyr on 16 people the then Panchayat government of King Birendra killed in the Khoku Chhintang in the Dhankuta district on November 13, 1979.
The genocide the then Panchayat regime had committed killing the people on the charge of rebelling against the State power and struggling for democracy has been known as the Chhintang massacre in the Nepal’s history, the news http://therisingnepal.org.np/news/21434 stated on January 12, 2018.
Maoist Ministers Quit The Government
Maoist Ministers without portfolios have jointly quit office after ensuring the successful completion of the provincial and federal elections, and they had been in the Deuba government without portfolios for about four months, as Prime Minister Deuba rescinded the portfolios of the Maoist ministers in the wrath of CPN-Maoist-Center aligning with CPN-UML for the provincial and federal elections but they stayed on in the government for the fear of Deuba not holding elections.
The Maoist ministers said that they would not draw any salaries for the period of more the period they had been in the government without portfolios in other words doing nothing.
