Flood of flood relief
Companies, media houses, and banks have all chipped in to help people who have been affected by floods. Among them, the Association of Nabil Staff (ANS) of the Nabil Bank collected cash donations from the bank staff. These donations were further matched by the Staff Welfare Fund. Rs 151,151, along with several sacks of clothes and utensils were presented to the Hridya group, a relief NGO.

More networking
United Telecom has started operations in Bhairahawa from this month. The company will provide mobiles with limited mobility for Rs 2,000 and CDMA wireless phones for Rs 6,000, including all taxes. UTL boasts the cheapest phone call rates and plans to start services in Pokhara as well.

Two more for BoK
With the opening of two new branches, in Gongabu and Kohalpur, Bank of Kathmandu now has a total of 16 branches and six extension counters throughout the country.

City Express
City Express is the latest money transfer venture that aims to make remittances a lot easier. City Express is in partnership with Nabil Bank, and has its offices at Ghantaghar, Kathmandu.

VLCC in Nepal
VLCC Health Care, India's largest health and beauty brand, has opened its first centre in Kathmandu. VLCC is the first slimming, fitness, and beauty corporate to be awarded the ISO 9001:2000 certification, and has also received the ISO 14001 for meeting global environment standards.

Trip to Liverpool
Contestant number 015622 is the official winner of Carlsberg's 'win a football trip to Liverpool' campaign's second promotion. The winner will travel to Liverpool to watch a Liverpool FC match and give away the Carlsberg Man of the Match award. Carlsberg sponsors Liverpool FC, and is also the official sponsor of Euro 2008.

NEW PRODUCTS
New Pulsar: Hansraj Hulaschand has launched the new 200cc oil-cooled Bajaj Pulsar DTSi. The new Pulsar comes with a new advanced console that includes an odometer, speedometer, fuel gauge, trip meters, engine temperature, battery voltage, and oil level - all digital. The Pulsar 200cc is available on easy installments from Everest Bank, Teku.