KATHMANDU, Jan 13: Purushottam Khanal, the chairman of Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA), who has been facing allegations of irregularities in the purchase of Telecommunication Traffic Monitoring and Fraud Control System (TERAMOCS) and purchase of Mobile Device Management System (MDMS), has officially resigned. He also resigned due to disagreements with the government on some policy issues. Minister for Communication and Information Technology Rekha Sharma said that the cabinet meeting accepted Khanal's resignation on Tuesday.
The Public Accounts Committee of parliament has shown interest in taking statements from the people involved in the TERAMOCS purchase by the NTA for nearly Rs 3.25 billion.
Kathmandu, June 6 Nepal is in desperate need of Covid-19 vaccines.Given that the commodity is rare at the moment, diplomatic efforts to secure them are paramount. Appointing seasoned diplomats as Nepal's ambassadors would go a long way in helping procure vaccines.Instead, caretaker Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is busy doling out political largesse to his supporters to the detriment of the country's diplomacy.It has changed the criteria for.