- OnlyAtNepal provides information package
The Himalayan Times
Jan 27 2003
For the first time in Nepal, OnlyAtNepal Pvt. Ltd has come out with a CD-ROM with all important information related to
the country, whether they are telephone numbers, organisations or addresses.
Talking to The Himalayan Times, Abid Shah, executive director of OnlyAtNepal Pvt. Ltd said the CD-ROM business information
package 2002 contains all information of Nepal.
It also contains information about products and services Nepal has developed, Shah says.
The CD-ROM is geared towards providing benefits and promoting small scale and large industries as well as retailers,
wholesalers and individuals, he says.
If anybody is in need of a complete data on manufactures and business houses, it is available through OnlyAtNepal Pvt. Ltd.
which has displayed its various products including CD ROM at ninth CAN Info-Tech 2003 which is going on at BICC.
Shah says, all listings on various sectors have been categorised to make searching easy. The mechanism developed by the
company also allow all to introduce and sell their products which is completely a new concept in Nepal, he says.
The new CD-ROM being technically superior and highly interative can go to any web site directly and all viewers will also
receive free advertisement in the web-site.
The CD-ROM is being distributed to many countries of the world including South America, Great Britain, Australia, New
Zealand, Germany, France, Finland, Korea and Japan.
- SAARC trade fair ends
The Rising Nepal
KATHMANDU, Oct. 29
Tens of thousands of visitors, including foreigners, came to the five-day fourth SAARC trade fair that concluded today.
There was no free spce to stand on the venue due to crowd.
The fair has concluded with the hope that it will boost inter-country trade among the member countries of the SAARC while
strengthening the concept of free trade in the region.
The SAARC countries presented export quality products at the fair. There were 78 stalls from India, 76 from Nepal, 24 from
Bangladesh, 11 from Bhutan and four from Sri Lanka. One of the member countries, the Maldives, did not parricipate.
"The fourth fair was fruitful in introducing the products of one of the country in the market of another SAARC country."
said Thapa.
Nepalese stalls were no less attractive. They included gems, jewellery, handicraft, noodles and leather and dairy products.
The presentation by the software company 'OnlyAtNepal' drew heavy crowds. The company had on display data relating to
all the sectors of Nepal. It had information about people, companies and industries.
- Small entrepreneurs face hurdles
SPACE TIME TODAY
KATHMANDU, April 30- Due to declining economic activities in the country small scale entrepreneurs are finding it
difficult to disseminate to facilitate information flow, OnlyAtNepal Pvt. Ltd.(OANPL) and Federation of Nepal Cottage
and Small Industries (FNCSI) with the help of other organizations have launched "Nepal Business Directory 2002"
through CD-ROM.
This was mentioned in a press statement issued jointly by OANPL and FNCSI in the capital today.
Press communique mentions that the Business Directory 2002 has many features such as-all addresses can be easily
located through the high tech MAP system provided in the CD-ROM; The directory provides equal opportunity to all to
introduce and sell their product; all listers of the CD-ROM will also receive free advertisement in the WEB site and;
the WEB site can also be used for update address and telephone number.
"The Directory will play an important role to promote Nepal Destination Year and Export Nepal Year programs", said
Basu Dev Giri, President of FNCSI during the CD-ROM release program.
On the occasion, Abid Shah, Marketing Director of (OANPL) said that the CD-ROM is geared towards providing benefits
and promoting small scale & large industries as well as retailers, whole sellers and individuals.
Shah further said that when the complete details of the products and services are made available to the client the
prospective buyers can easily identify the required product. "It is for first time in Nepal that business information
is catered through CD-ROM which is actually made for business to business contact. Thus, the role of middleman is
eliminated." said Shah.
Leon Houdret program manager, Swiss Contact (SIP-P), encouraged the initiative taken by OANPL and said that it will
help establish confidence among foreign buyers due to correct financial statement.
The CD-ROM was released by Hari Narayan Choudhary, State Minister for Information and Communications and congratulated
both OANPL and FNCSI for taking initiative to increase international buyers under the present critical situation of
the country.
"We are ready to help OANPL since we have good relation with chambers in different countries", said Rabi Bhakta
Shrestha, President of Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI).
Similarly, Bijay Pratap Malla, Managing Director of OANPL informed that the CD-ROM contains data of 41 associations
members with 6500 data of different companies including government policies and current foreign investments scenario
and the program was supported by Swiss Contact (SIP-P).
- CD-ROM business directory will help boost Nepal's foreign trade
Himalayan News Service
Kathmandu, April 30
To promote Nepali market abroad, OnlyAtNepal Pvt. Ltd. released a CD-ROM called "Nepal Business Directory 2002", here
at a programme on Tuesday, jointly organised by OnlyAtNepal Pvt. Ltd and The Federation of Nepal Cottage and Small
Scale Industries (FNCSI).
The directory, providing a database of Nepali businesses, has been created with a view to establishing business ties
between Nepali and foreign entrepreneurs. The organisers emphasised that it will be freely distributed in the global
market.
At a time when there is a major slump in the country's economy, industrialists call for promoting local items on the
international market through information technology. They argue that since the world market has gone global with the
click of a mouse, Nepal is not yet even' e-commerce savvy'.
Business in the past eight months of the current fiscal year has dropped by 8.5 per cent compared to the previous year. Out
of 1,40,006 registered cottage and small-scale industries (CSI) with an investment of Rs. 7.5 billion, the
registration of 55000 industries have been cancelled. Although most of the industries produce export-oriented items,
they do not have access to the international market, directly as a result of not utilising the Internet to disseminate
information through the relevant web sites.
The CD-ROM provides information on the "searchable database of Nepalese businesses," details of Nepali and bilateral
business associations, commodities manufactured by CSI and tourism entrepreneurs. Potential consumers can directly
contact manufacturers and entrepreneurs. The directory is also designed to promote the Destination Campaign Nepal
2002/2003 and the Export Nepal Year 2003.
Only a limited number of CSIs show growth patterns, but their business is limited due to their inaccessibility to
foreign markets. They pointed out that making copies of CD-ROMs available outside the country is a first step to
developing the international market for local products.
Speaking at the programme, Basudev Giri, President of FNCSI said that the availability of the directory in the
international market could boost the country's sagging economy. The Nepali business environment, already crippled
by the Maoist insurgency is heading towards a great economic tragedy unless it is saved from further damage said Ravi
Bhakta Shrestha, president of Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FNCCI)
- More than 20,000 clothes collected for the people of Mugu
Space Time Dainik
7th Poush 2058, 22nd Dec 2001
Coordinated by 'Nepali for Nepali Cooperation Committee-Nepal' including Nepal
Scout and other organization, collecting clothes for Mugu has came to an end.
"These collected clothes will be distributed around 15th Poush, 30th Dec, to the
people living in Himalayan area of Mugu District", said Shiv Ram Aryal of Nepal Scout.
"This is the first time held program in Coordination with Human Rights and
Environment Development Center-Mugu, Nepali for Nepali Cooperation Committee-Nepal,
in association with OnlyAtNepal Pvt. Ltd. for the people who doesn't have warm clothes. We scout fully support it for
that ", continued Aryal.
"We started late but we are satisfied that we achieve our goal", said Sudarshan
Gautam, coordinator of Nepali for Nepali Cooperation Committee-Nepal.
"After emergency there are lots of trouble but army had given written permission
to transport the clothes in Mugu", said Raju Karki, president of Human Rights and
Environment Development Center-Mugu.
- More clothes for Mugu people
Himalayan News Service
Kathmandu, December 15
Two rallies were held in Jorpati and New Baneshwor on Saturday to mark the
conclusion of the clothes collection drive that started around three weeks before. The
drive aims to serve around 19,000 of the most deprived citizens in seven Villages
Development committees of Mugu where the winter is concerned to be particularly severe.
During the campaign, around 20,000 clothing items have been collected, informed
Sudarshan Gautam, coordinator of Nepali Cooperation Committee for Nepal, which is the
main organiser.
The rally from Jorpati to Tusal conducted by Nepal Scout fetched two sacks of
clothing and cash Rs 1402.
The rally at New Baneshwor sported around 100 volunteers who collected clothing
from houses in ward no. 10 of New Baneshwor, spanning mid Baneshwor, Baneshwor Height,
Buddhanagar, Bijuli Bazaar and Baneshwor chowk.
- Clothes collected for the people of Mugu
Himalayan News Service
Kathmandu, November 26
The first activity of clothes collection for charity to the Mugu village took place
in Basantapur Durbar Square of the capital on Monday. Sumitra Tiwari donated the first
piece of clothing.
Mayor of the Kathmandu Metropolitan Corporation Keshav Sthapit, who officially
inaugurated the programme which would mark the beginning of the ward level charitable
collection, did not bring clothes from home on Monday, but promised to donate clothes
at his ward soon. "Sending clothes to the people of Mugu is not the big thing ," said
Sthapit. He believes this small action of charity would establish the foundation for
further rehabilitation works for the deprived.
The Nepali for Nepali Cooperation Committee Nepal, in collaboration with nearly 15
other institutions including Worldlink Communication and Red Cross is organising this
programme which came to after Raju Karki, president of the Human Rights and Environment
Development Center, Mugu approached 'OnlyAtNepal Pvt. Ltd.,' a private organisation
with the proposal.
"The programme has been implemented today as a result of three months of planning
and preparation," said karki. The clothes that will be collected in the following
weeks are expected to cover seven villages development committees (VDCs) in Mugu, and
in the case of leftovers, those would be distributed in five VDCs in Karnali as well
as in Manang.
The collected items would be transported in a bus to Surkhet and then flown to Mugu
in a helicopter, informed Karki. He also said that the organisers were trying to eke
out discounts and or find sponsors for the flights, otherwise the expenses would be
borne by OnlyAtNepal (OAN).
Nijib Shakya, marketing officer at OAN and Abid Shah from the same institution
informed that the organisers planned to transport the collected clothes to Mugu in the
first week of Poush and provide for an estimated 19,000 of the 42,000 people of Mugu
of the total 24 wards there.
Mugu is said to have very harsh winter climate. People have died in previous year
because of the lack of warm clothes.
- Mugu citizens seek help from Nepalese
Kathmandu Post
Kathmandu, Nov 11-As the government has failed to provide necessary subsidy to the poor
and remote district of the country, a Non Government Organization finally tried to
collect help from the domestic sources so that the people of the unproductive district
could find a beacon of hope.
To Nepali for Nepali Help Committee (NNHC) have started a campaign of collecting
second hand clothes, shoes, blankets and other things of daily use with a view of
distributing them to the poor people living in the remotest district of Mugu.
NNHC disclosed it at a press conference held Sunday in the capital. According to
NNHC, an organization consisting of INGOS, NGOs, social organization and private
companies, it will collect the used clothes and sent it to Mugu district. The
organizers said the collected items would be sent to the fate- stricken remote
district "as soon as possible".
Raju Karki, President of Human Rights and Development Center, Mugu said that one
Nepali should help another Nepali in anyway. "Nepali should help Nepali is our motto",
he added.The capital is moving towards the 21st century technology but the literacy
rate of the Mugu is only 19 per cent and that is also a right of only men and women
have little access to education.
"The life expectancy of this district is only of 36 years whereas the national
figure mounts as much as 57 years." Karki said.
State minister for Local Development, Duryodhan Singh and Badri Narayan Basnet,
Vice president of Social Welfare Council inaugurated the program.
(Last updated Jan 28 2003, 25/1/2059)
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