January 9: Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) has directed internet service providers (ISPs) to restrict websites and Apps relating to crypto transactions, hyper networking and online betting.    
Existing laws in Nepal regard crypto transaction, networking and online betting as an illegal act. However, such websites and Apps have been running unabated by taking advantages of technological advancement despite government’s ban on such acts.    
Issuing a notice on Sunday, the NTA said it renewed the directive as the internet service providers turned a deaf ear to end the transaction of crypto currency transaction, hyper networking, online betting which are not only illegal acts but also linked to financial crime.    
NTA’s spokesperson Santosh Poudel shared this was the second time that such a directive was given to the internet service providers.    
The NTA said that the ISPs failing to abide by the government circulation will face the music. -- RSS