KATHMANDU, Feb. 4 -- The government is increasing the equity of the general public in the state-owned Nepal Telecom (NT) by threefold from the existing stake of 8.47 percent.

The government in a bid to restructure the NT has decided to increase the stake of the general public in the NT to 25 percent. In this regard, the government is all set to offload its 16.53 percent of the shares to the general people, according to the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.

Speaking at a program organized to mark the 21st anniversary of the NT, Minister for Communications and Information Technology Prithvi Subba Gurung said the government is considering increasing the public shareholders in the NT to 25 percent by the end of the cur...