May 12 :  A modern shopping complex has opened in Gongabu of Kathmandu. BG Mall located at New Bus Park area has started its operation officially from May 11. Former finance minister Dr Ramsharan Mahat and Pashupati Murarka, President of Federation of Nepalese Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) jointly inaugurated the shopping mall amid a function on Wednesday. Speaking at the program, Mahat urged the government to remove policy hurdles in order to foster entrepreneurship in the country.

Similarly, Murarka stated that the opening of one shopping mall can support factories and industries along with the generation of employment. Chudamani Sharma, Director General of Internal Revenue Department hailed the opening of the Mall as the country can prosper economically with the establishment of shopping complexes.

On the occasion, Raju Giri, Director of the complex informed that the Mall has almost all essential items including an entertainment zone. The Mall has 60 shops and showrooms of household goods, electrical items, mobile phones, apparels and cosmetics and beauty products. Similarly, the shopping mall also has restaurants, a movie theater, banks and ATM counters.