November 26: Gandaki Province has witnessed expansion of orange…
November 26: Gandaki Province has witnessed expansion of orange…
November 26: Eighty percent of the gender-based violence recorded in the country are found to be cases of domestic violence.…
November 26: The South Asian International Book Fair 2023 held at the Exhibition Hall in Bhrikutimandap, Kathmandu, concluded on Saturday, attracting as many as 25,000 visitors, according to the…
In the first four-month period of the current fiscal year (FY) 2080/81, the revenue collection from country’s major customs point, Birgunj Customs Office, has shrunk. The customs point has collected only 64% revenue against its target. In the review period of the last FY 2079/80, Birgunj had achieved 67.34 percent revenue…
November 25: The country's trade deficit in the first four months of the current fiscal year (FY 2023-24) has surpassed Rs 460…
November 25: The Government of Nepal and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed an agreement for concessional loan amounting to Rs 13.3 billion (USD 100 million) for implementation of programmes of Public Finance Management and Strengthening Service…
November 24: Nepal’s foreign trade, which just turned positive after a year, has returned to its previous state of deficit once again.…
November 24: The government has decided to put on hold the registration, service expansion and establishment of cooperatives of any…
November 24: Daayitwa, a non-profit, non-governmental organization working to promote domestic youth employment by enabling rural enterprises to create jobs in Nepal, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, and Supplies to collaborate on issues related to economic growth and…
November 24: Finance Minister Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat has said no one will be exempted from defaulting on loans.…
November 24: Mustang district witnessed impressive number of tourists last month. Almost 80,000 tourists visited the mountainous district during the month of Kartik (mid-October to…
November 24: Rupesh Shrestha, 48, of Kathmandu Metropolitan City-28 has been arrested on charges of illegal remittance, online gambling, crypto currency transaction and illegal foreign currency…
November 24: Migratory birds from home and foreign countries have started flocking to the Chitwan National Park and nearby…
November 23: Hoteliers say that there has been an increase in the number of new hotels recently, but the arrival of guests is not in the same…
Global IME Bank has emerged as the highest taxpayer among all banks and financial institutions in Nepal for the fiscal year…
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The fruit was cultivated in 7,945 hectares of land two years ago, while it grew by 397 hectares of land last year, to reach 8,342 hectares. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">As per the preliminary data, orange farming has been expanded by around 500 hectares of land this year, according to the Directorate of Agriculture Development, Gandaki Province. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Chief of the Directorate, Basudev Regmi, informed RSS that the area for orange farming is increasing every year but orange production has decreased this year. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Regmi shared that orange production decreased this year due to hailstone and disease. He further said 55,935 metric tonnes of orange was produced in Gandaki Province last year. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the Directorate, oranges worth around Rs 2.79 billion was produced in the province last year. The citrus fruit is being cultivated in all districts of Gandaki Province except Mustang and Manang. The farming was done in 2,067 hectares of land in Syangja, 1,712 hectares in Tanahu, 1,082 hectares in Gorkha, 894 hectares in Kaski, 872 hectares in Parbat, 780 hectares in Myagdi, 622 hectares in Baglung, 172 hectares in Lamjung and 142 hectares in Nawalpur till last year. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The data of expansion of district-wise orange farming has not been received this year. The government has launched orange 'super zone', 'pocket' and 'block' programmes for the expansion and commercialization of orange farming in the province. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-26', 'modified' => '2023-11-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19289', 'image' => '20231126122652_KN_Damauli-suntalabotphoto.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-26 12:25:48', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19560', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => '80 Percent of GBV Includes Domestic Violence ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 26: Eighty percent of the gender-based violence recorded in the country are found to be cases of domestic violence. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 26: Eighty percent of the gender-based violence recorded in the country are found to be cases of domestic violence. According to the Nepal Police data, 53 per cent of the domestic violence is physical violence and 47 per cent is mental violence. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the statistics released by the police under the 16-day campaign against violence against women that began on Saturday, the cases of VAW registered with the police also showed that 89 per cent of women and girls are subjected to violence by people known to them. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Senior Superintendent of Police of the Directorate of Women, Children and Senior Citizens Services Dr Manoj Kumar KC said it is unfortunate that the women and girls are being subjected to violence by people known to them and hence there is a need for active participation of the community to prevent it. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the data, 67 per cent of cases of domestic violence are between husband and wife. In the last one year, 16,519 cases of domestic violence and 4,394 cases of other gender-based violence have been registered with the police. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">In terms of age group, 63 per cent of the victims are girls between 11 to 16 years old. Likewise, 38 per cent of the perpetrators are between 10 and 25 years old. Likewise, 50 per cent of violence was found to be committed by showing fear and threatening, 35 per cent by alluring with gifts and 14 per cent by promising to marry. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Superintendent of Police at the Directorate Ranju Sigdel said that the data show that 89 per cent of the violence was committed by known people. This includes 12 per cent family members, nearly 23 per cent neighbors, and 0.46 percent teachers. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-26', 'modified' => '2023-11-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19288', 'image' => '20231126112537_gvb.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-26 11:24:55', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19559', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => ' South Asian Int’l Book Fair Draws 25,000 Plus Visitors', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 26: The South Asian International Book Fair 2023 held at the Exhibition Hall in Bhrikutimandap, Kathmandu, concluded on Saturday, attracting as many as 25,000 visitors, according to the organizers. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 26: The South Asian International Book Fair 2023 held at the Exhibition Hall in Bhrikutimandap, Kathmandu, concluded on Saturday, attracting as many as 25,000 visitors, according to the organizers. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The book fair organized by Nepal Books and Stationery Business and the Current Media and Research Centre was inaugurated by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on November 21. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Visitors were found purchasing new publications of Nepal and famous foreign books as well as books related to spirituality showcased in the fair having over 180 stalls, shared Rajendra Tiwari, the coordinator of the fair. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Tiwari claimed that it was for the first time in Nepal such an international level of book fair was organized. Participants included publishers, producers and distributors from over 15 countries including Nepal, India, China, Bangladesh, the USA and Egypt among others. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Tiwari said the objective of the event was to develop and promote reading culture and how to timely deliver books to the readers. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Seminars were organized alongside the fair where publishers, distributors and producers deliberated on the issues surrounding the culture of reading, national polices on books and school textbooks. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The organizers argued that it was imperative for the government to put in place infrastructures to promote the culture of reading and for that to happen, the organizers pointed out, the government should protect the publishers and writers alike. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Publication houses participating in the fair complained that the government did not consider discounts on the taxes and customs charges for the publishers and distributors. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The organizers as well as the participants of the seminars had pressed for recognizing book publishing sector as an industry. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Former Minister Chhabilal Bishwakarma, who was one of the visitors of the fair, opined that the culture of reading should be developed and promoted regardless of technological advancement. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Books such as 'Aaithan', 'Nirnayasindhu', 'Dharmasindhu' and "Himavat Khanda' and 'Rastra-Pararastra', a memoir of Dr Bhekh Bahadur Thapa, were among the bestsellers in the fair, said the publishers. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-26', 'modified' => '2023-11-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19287', 'image' => '20231126110315_20231125144619_IMG_9929.JPG', 'article_date' => '2023-11-26 11:02:37', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19558', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Birgunj Customs Office Collects Only 64% Revenue in First Four Months', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => ' In the first four-month period of the current fiscal year (FY) 2080/81, the revenue collection from country’s major customs point, Birgunj Customs Office, has shrunk. The customs point has collected only 64% revenue against its target. In the review period of the last FY 2079/80, Birgunj had achieved 67.34 percent revenue target.', 'content' => '<p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">November 26: In the first four-month period of the current fiscal year (FY) 2080/81, the revenue collection from country’s major customs point, Birgunj Customs Office, has shrunk. The customs point has collected only 64% revenue against its target. </span></span><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">In the review period of the last FY 2079/80, Birgunj had achieved 67.34 percent revenue target. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">In the first four-month period of the current fiscal year, the Birgunj collected Rs 49 billion in revenue against its target of Rs 77 billion, according to information officer Ram Chandra Dhakal at the customs office. The revenue collection is just 63.64 percent of the total target. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Customs office has collected a revenue of Rs 18 billion in four months as excise duty and Rs20 billion as value-added tax. The data show that internal revenue of Rs 3 billion was collected during this period.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Despite the government removing controls on imports, customs officials say there has been no improvement in foreign trade. The high bank interest rates on loans and the lack of reforms in the economy have affected overall production and business in Nepal, said Ashok Kumar Temani, the President of the Madhes Province of Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Birgunj customs primarily imports fuel and raw materials for industries. Entrepreneurs and traders say that production and trade have fallen to 25/30 percentage. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Despite the lifting of the restrictions imposed on the import of goods and commodities citing improvement in foreign exchange reserves, the foreign trade has not improved. </span></span><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Decline on the trade has hit the revenue collection at the customs office. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Despite the government adopting a policy of control in foreign trade since the last fiscal year's Ashoj, stating the pressure in the balance of payments, Bhansar reports that although there have been improvements in savings, there has been no improvement in business. Bhansar states that the impact of business will also be felt in revenue collection from Bhansar.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-26', 'modified' => '2023-11-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19286', 'image' => '20231126064407_collage (21).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-26 06:42:01', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '42' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19557', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Nepal’s Trade Deficit Exceeds Rs 460 Billion in First Four Months of Current FY', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 25: The country's trade deficit in the first four months of the current fiscal year (FY 2023-24) has surpassed Rs 460 billion. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 25: The country's trade deficit in the first four months of the current fiscal year (FY 2023-24) has surpassed Rs 460 billion. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to data released by the Department of Customs, the country has a trade deficit of Rs 461.93 billion as of mid-November this year. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the department, the country's foreign trade volume during this period was over Rs 563 billion while the import volume was worth over Rs 50.56 billion. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Comparing to the foreign trade with the data of the corresponding period in the last fiscal year, the import value went down by 3.79 percent, export by 7.68 percent, trade deficit by 3.34 percent and the overall foreign trade by 4.15 percent. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">India remains the largest trade partner of Nepal. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">In the first four months of the current fiscal year, Nepal-India trade value stood at over Rs 347 billion, resulting in a trade deficit of over Rs 281 billion. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-25', 'modified' => '2023-11-25', 'keywords' => 'trade, deficit, Nepal, India, import, export, foreign', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19285', 'image' => '20231125092857_20220622075829_trade_imbalance.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-25 09:28:18', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19556', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Nepal and ADB Sign Concessional Loan Agreement of over Rs 13 Billion', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 25: The Government of Nepal and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed an agreement for concessional loan amounting to Rs 13.3 billion (USD 100 million) for implementation of programmes of Public Finance Management and Strengthening Service Delivery. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 25: The Government of Nepal and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed an agreement for concessional loan amounting to Rs 13.3 billion (USD 100 million) for implementation of programmes of Public Finance Management and Strengthening Service Delivery. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Finance Secretary Krishna Hari Pushkar and Asian Development Bank’s Regional Country Director for Nepal Arnaud Cauchois signed the agreement to this effect at the Ministry of Finance on Friday. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"Public Finance Management and Strengthening Service Delivery are the major priorities of the government. This (concessional loan) would support in the implementation of restructuring public finance as well as in fiscal federalism," Finance Secretary Pushkar said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The finance secretary added that the government has been effortful to strengthen public finance management and public service delivery through various reformative measures through the current fiscal year's budget. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Similarly, ADB’s Regional Director Cauchois expressed his confidence that the loan would assist in making Nepal's financial system sustainable and make the government's periodic programmes more effective. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">He further said that the loan to be obtained from the ADB under this title was linked to Nepal's medium-term and long-term national plan to upgrade Nepal to middle-income country by 2030. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">It is a concessional loan obtained by Nepal for budgetary assistance. The first phase of the Public Finance Management and Strengthening Service Delivery has been implemented. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The current loan is for the second phase of implementation, it was shared. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-25', 'modified' => '2023-11-25', 'keywords' => 'ADB, Nepal, concessional, loan', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19284', 'image' => '20231125092616_KRB_KTM-0U3A3542.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-25 09:25:28', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19555', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Improvement in Foreign Trade did not Even Last One Month', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 24: Nepal’s foreign trade, which just turned positive after a year, has returned to its previous state of deficit once again. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">November 24: Nepal’s foreign trade, which just turned positive after a year, has returned to its previous state of deficit once again. The foreign trade started increasing after mid-September, but decreased again within one month. According to the data released by the Department of Customs on Thursday, the foreign trade of the current year up to mid-October decreased by 4.15 percent compared to last year. As of mid-October last year, the country’s foreign trade in terms of monetary value stood at Rs 587.46 billion, while in the corresponding period of the current year; Nepal’s foreign trade was just worth Rs 563.6 billion. The country’s foreign trade has been affected due to the sharp decline in imports and exports.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">As of mid-October, the country’s imports stood at Rs 512.50 billion, while the export figure amounted to a meagre Rs 50.56 billion. Compared to the same period of last year, the import decreased by 3.79 percent and the export decreased by 7.68 percent. As of mid-November this year, imports worth Rs 147.4 billion and exports worth Rs 9.69 billion have been recorded. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Analysts said referring to Nepal Rastra Bank’s data that the country’s overall economy improved recently due to the improvement in external sector indicators mainly due to increase in volume of foreign trade. However, the country’s foreign trade took a nosedive within a month.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">After the pressure on foreign exchange reserves eased, the government opened import restrictions and NRB also reviewed its policy. However, the data of mid-November shows that there will be no improvement in foreign trade. According to the latest report of NRB, as of mid-November, the current account of the country is in a surplus of Rs 99.7 billion. The foreign currency reserve is Rs 1643.9 billion, which can cover the import of goods and services for 10.3 months. Similarly, bank deposits and loan investments have also increased.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-24', 'modified' => '2023-11-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19283', 'image' => '20231124041440_Trade.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-24 16:13:43', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19554', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government Restricts Registration, Service Expansion of Saving and Credit Cooperatives ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 24: The government has decided to put on hold the registration, service expansion and establishment of cooperatives of any nature. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 24: The government has decided to put on hold the registration, service expansion and establishment of cooperatives of any nature. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation has urged the authorities concerned to endorse the decision of the Council of Ministers to suspend the registration, service expansion and permission of service centres related to cooperatives, particularly those meant for savings and credit services, until further provisions are made. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Ministry’s Spokesperson Ganesh Prasad Bhatta said that the recent developments in the cooperative sector is likely to have adverse effects in the overall financial sector and therefore the government decided to restrict business expansion of savings and credit cooperatives through a Cabinet decision on November 9. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the Ministry, there is a concerning trend among many savings and credit cooperatives which are in significant numbers across the country to accept huge deposits and invest in high-risk sectors. Similarly, the cooperative sector is grappling with a financial crisis as members and depositors are facing challenges in retrieving their savings. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-24', 'modified' => '2023-11-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19282', 'image' => '20231124035458_Cooperative.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-24 15:53:52', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19553', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'MOICS and Daayitwa signs MoU to Promote Innovation-led Economic Growth', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 24: Daayitwa, a non-profit, non-governmental organization working to promote domestic youth employment by enabling rural enterprises to create jobs in Nepal, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, and Supplies to collaborate on issues related to economic growth and prosperity.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">November 24: Daayitwa, a non-profit, non-governmental organization working to promote domestic youth employment by enabling rural enterprises to create jobs in Nepal, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, and Supplies to collaborate on issues related to economic growth and prosperity. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The MoU was signed by Arjun Sen Oli, under-secretary of MoICS, and Susit Dhakal, executive director of Daayitwa amid a recent programme. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Issuing a statement on Friday, Daayitwa said, “This formal agreement marks a historic moment for institutionalizing youth voices in strengthening Nepal’s governance system.”<br /> As per the agreement, both the parties will collaborate to research on issues related to youth employment, entrepreneurship and economic development, through programmes like the Daayitwa Nepal Public Policy Fellowship. It further states collaboration and scaling up of entrepreneurship development programmes such as Daayitwa’s Rural Enterprise Acceleration Program (REAP). </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The agreement also mentions the capacity building of government officials affiliated to the Ministry, through organizations related to the Daayitwa Abhiyan.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">MOICS Under Secretary Arjun Sen Oli stated, "This partnership is an excellent opportunity with a huge impact potential and promotes hopefulness and optimism.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The organization believes that this step is an important milestone for Nepali youth and rural entrepreneurs to bolster innovation-led economic growth in Nepal. It also believes that the partnership will create a strong foundation for inclusive prosperity through collaboration between the government and the community.</span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-24', 'modified' => '2023-11-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19281', 'image' => '20231124030756_MOICS 2023 19201080 (4).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-24 15:07:13', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19552', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'No One Will be Exempted from Defaulting on Loans: Finance Minister Mahat ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 24: Finance Minister Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat has said no one will be exempted from defaulting on loans. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 24: Finance Minister Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat has said no one will be exempted from defaulting on loans. Speaking at a programme organised in Bhaktapur on the occasion of the Shankhadhar Day by Madhyapurthimi Municipality, the minister said everyone is bound to pay the loan when they take it and invest rampantly. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"The biggest amount of loan is taken, and not paid? No one will be exempted from not paying loans. However, the state will look after the genuine debtors who are suffering due to loans," he said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Stating that economic development could be achieved through the development of information and technology, hydropower and tourism in Nepal, he urged youths to tap in the opportunities the country has for them. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Saying that no one could take away the republic achieved through the sacrifices of the people, he said the wishes of anyone (if any) of changing the system by spreading negative sentiments would not be fulfilled. Efforts are underway to spread propagandas against this system through social media, he said. </span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">28 injured in clash at Balkhu</span></strong> <br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Twenty-eight persons including police were injured in a clash that occurred between Nepal Police and demonstrators at Balkhu on Thursday. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Five police persons and 23 demonstrators were injured in the skirmish, according to Kathmandu Valley Police Office. They were injured while containing the mob and ensuring security. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Among those injured in the clash, 17 have returned home after minor treatment, while six are undergoing treatment at Kathmandu Medical College, Sinamangal. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The demonstrators gathered at a massive rally organized by Durga Prasain-led campaign had pelted stones on security persons. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">In response, the police fireed 157 teargas shells and five rounds of rubber bullets to control the mob, the Office said. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-24', 'modified' => '2023-11-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19280', 'image' => '20231124015920_20230817055515_collage (20).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-24 13:58:39', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19551', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Tourism Bounces Back in Mustang ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 24: Mustang district witnessed impressive number of tourists last month. Almost 80,000 tourists visited the mountainous district during the month of Kartik (mid-October to mid-November). ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 24: Mustang district witnessed impressive number of tourists last month. Almost 80,000 tourists visited the mountainous district during the month of Kartik (mid-October to mid-November). </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The number of domestic tourists visiting Mustang during the review month was very high, thanks to the festive season. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the records of the District Police Office, a total of 5,504 international tourists and 73,879 internal tourists visited Mustang in during the review period. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP) offices at Jomsom and Lhomanthang keep records of international tourists visiting the district while the Ghasa Police Post and Lete Police Post maintain the records of domestic tourists. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) of Mustang Bhojraj Pandey said that the district witnessed queues of tourists during the festivals of Dashain, Tihar and Chhath adding that almost 14,000 vehicles entered the district carrying tourists to Mustang in a month. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Besides Beni-Jomsom route, the travelers arrived here from Pokhara-Jomsom air route too. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Hotelier Surendra Gauchan of Hotel Ranipauwa at Muktinath said tourist arrival remained exciting in the month of Kartik. "Tourists did not come as expected during last year's festive season due to rain but this time the tourists preferred Mustang for their short trip due to better road network and clear weather," Gauchan argued. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Autumn is considered an appropriate time to visit Mustang. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">With the impressive number of tourists in the district, the hoteliers and stakeholders here have expressed their satisfaction over the revival of tourism in Mustang. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Muktinath, Jomsom, Kagbeni, Lhomanthang, Marpha, Thini and Dhumba Lake are the key touristic and religious attractions for visitors in Mustang. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-24', 'modified' => '2023-11-24', 'keywords' => 'tourism, Mustang, Nepal, Lomanthang, MUktinath, Kagbeni, Jomsom', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19279', 'image' => '20231124031446_939fc303-9b3c-4816-bb41-90c302178d2b.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-24 12:42:52', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19550', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'One Arrested for Illegal Remittance ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 24: Rupesh Shrestha, 48, of Kathmandu Metropolitan City-28 has been arrested on charges of illegal remittance, online gambling, crypto currency transaction and illegal foreign currency exchange. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 24: Rupesh Shrestha, 48, of Kathmandu Metropolitan City-28 has been arrested on charges of illegal remittance, online gambling, crypto currency transaction and illegal foreign currency exchange. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Police deployed from the Central Bureau of Investigation arrested Shrestha from his house in Bagbazaar. The arrest was made following a complaint filed against him. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">During the search, police recovered Rs 8.9 million in cash, US dollars 7,026, laptops, mobile phones, and 64 bank cheques issued in the name of different persons. Further investigation in this regard is underway. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-24', 'modified' => '2023-11-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19278', 'image' => '20231124114456_Remittance.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-24 11:44:12', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19549', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Migratory Birds Start Arriving in Chitwan ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 24: Migratory birds from home and foreign countries have started flocking to the Chitwan National Park and nearby districts.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 24: Migratory birds from home and foreign countries have started flocking to the Chitwan National Park and nearby districts. The migration of such birds including ducks, hawks and kites takes place every year to avoid cold. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">President of the Bird Education Society, Chitwan, Tikaram Giri said such birds have been spotted on the river banks and on water bodies. According to him, 12 to 15 species of ducks from foreign countries have been seen in the Narayani and Rapti rivers, and Riukhola. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Stating that the birds started coming from August, he said many such migratory birds have already arrived while some others would reach by the end of November. Birds come to Chitwan even from the hill areas of Nepal to avoid cold, he said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Ornithologist Hem Sagar Baral said birds come to Nepal from countries like Siberia, Malaysia, Uzbekistan, Pakistan and China. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to him, 100 of 150 species of birds that come to Nepal as visitors have arrived in Nepal this season so far. These birds would return from the south to the north after six months during the time of hatching, he said. These birds visit Nepal as the days are shorter and nights are longer in the northern hemisphere during winter, he said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Particularly, birds living in wetlands, grasslands, forests and farmlands visit Nepal during winter. There are 892 species of birds across Nepal with 650 species found in Chitwan alone. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Rapti, Narayani and Riu rivers that runs through the CNP and wetlands in the surroundings are good habitats for water birds. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-24', 'modified' => '2023-11-24', 'keywords' => 'migratory, birds, winter, cold, northern, hemisphere, Siberia, Russia, Nepal, Chitwan, habitat', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19277', 'image' => '20231124111303_BM_BELBARI_IMG-20231117-WA0005.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-24 11:11:35', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19547', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Hotel Business Running at One-Third Capacity ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 23: Hoteliers say that there has been an increase in the number of new hotels recently, but the arrival of guests is not in the same proportion', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">November 23: Hoteliers say that there has been an increase in the number of new hotels recently, but the arrival of guests is not in the same proportion. As a result, the hoteliers are running their business in loss.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">They claim that despite the increase in arrival of tourists and tourism-related activities, the hotel business is operating at one-third of its capacity.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">President of the Hotel Association of Nepal (HAN) Binayak Shah said that the hotel business has been operating at a loss as the supply is greater than the demand.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">He said this during a meeting with the Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Sudan Kiranti. Shah added that foreign tourists are longing to visit Nepal and inquiries are increasing, however, the tourists who intend to visit Nepal go elsewhere due to the difficulties in roads transportation and air connectivity in the country.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">He said that the state should pay attention to these aspects as soon as possible, adding that if only the road network connecting neighbouring countries China and India can be prepared, the arrival of tourists will further increase.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">HAN also emphasized making the Nepal Tourism Board and Nepal Airlines Corporation active in promoting the country's tourism in the international level.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">On the occasion, Minister Kiranti said that the arrival of tourists is satisfactory. Stating that a good message has been conveyed about Nepal in the international level, he emphasized that tourism should be made viable to make the country prosperous. He said that the air network will also be expanded and initiatives are being taken in this regard. He said that a committee has been formed under the leadership of the prime minister to improve the country's economy.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Tourism entrepreneurs have requested the government to simplify the country's tourism policy and make it investment-friendly and tourism-friendly. The businessman also emphasized that the casino regulations, which are currently under revision, should be made systematic and effective to facilitate the operation of the casinos.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-23', 'modified' => '2023-11-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19276', 'image' => '20231123021913_Hotel.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-23 14:18:22', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19548', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Global IME Bank Highest Taxpayer in Banking Sector', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Global IME Bank has emerged as the highest taxpayer among all banks and financial institutions in Nepal for the fiscal year 2022/23.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">November 23: Global IME Bank has emerged as the highest taxpayer among all banks and financial institutions in Nepal for the fiscal year 2022/23. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">The bank has contributed a corporate tax of Rs 3.2 billion during this period. At present the Global IME Bank boats of being the largest bank in the country in terms of capital. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">The bank has paid-up capital of Rs 35.77 billion, according to the bank.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Established in 2007 as a commercial bank, Global IME Bank achieved this status through the merger and acquisition of 21 banks and financial institutions, including five commercial banks, 10 development banks, and six finance companies. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">The bank is actively pursuing digitization and has embraced 'Vision-2025', a strategic plan aimed at doubling its business with the utilization of modern technologies and digitization. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">The bank has established a nationwide presence with 350 branches, 369 ATM counters, 322 branchless units, and 64 extension counters across all 77 districts of Nepal. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">It has also expanded its reach internationally with representative offices in London (UK), New Delhi (India) and Sydney (Australia), maintaining three international contact points. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">With a customer base exceeding 4.2 million and a workforce of more than 4,000 employees, Global IME Bank continues to solidify its position as a key player in the banking sector.</span> (RSS)</span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-23', 'modified' => '2023-11-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19275', 'image' => '20231123043659_collage (5).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-23 16:35:48', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '42' ) ) ) $current_user = null $logged_in = falseinclude - APP/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp, line 60 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::_renderElement() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 1224 View::element() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 418 include - APP/View/Articles/index.ctp, line 157 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473 Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 968 Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 200 Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167 [main] - APP/webroot/index.php, line 117
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The fruit was cultivated in 7,945 hectares of land two years ago, while it grew by 397 hectares of land last year, to reach 8,342 hectares. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">As per the preliminary data, orange farming has been expanded by around 500 hectares of land this year, according to the Directorate of Agriculture Development, Gandaki Province. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Chief of the Directorate, Basudev Regmi, informed RSS that the area for orange farming is increasing every year but orange production has decreased this year. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Regmi shared that orange production decreased this year due to hailstone and disease. He further said 55,935 metric tonnes of orange was produced in Gandaki Province last year. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the Directorate, oranges worth around Rs 2.79 billion was produced in the province last year. The citrus fruit is being cultivated in all districts of Gandaki Province except Mustang and Manang. The farming was done in 2,067 hectares of land in Syangja, 1,712 hectares in Tanahu, 1,082 hectares in Gorkha, 894 hectares in Kaski, 872 hectares in Parbat, 780 hectares in Myagdi, 622 hectares in Baglung, 172 hectares in Lamjung and 142 hectares in Nawalpur till last year. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The data of expansion of district-wise orange farming has not been received this year. The government has launched orange 'super zone', 'pocket' and 'block' programmes for the expansion and commercialization of orange farming in the province. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-26', 'modified' => '2023-11-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19289', 'image' => '20231126122652_KN_Damauli-suntalabotphoto.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-26 12:25:48', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19560', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => '80 Percent of GBV Includes Domestic Violence ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 26: Eighty percent of the gender-based violence recorded in the country are found to be cases of domestic violence. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 26: Eighty percent of the gender-based violence recorded in the country are found to be cases of domestic violence. According to the Nepal Police data, 53 per cent of the domestic violence is physical violence and 47 per cent is mental violence. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the statistics released by the police under the 16-day campaign against violence against women that began on Saturday, the cases of VAW registered with the police also showed that 89 per cent of women and girls are subjected to violence by people known to them. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Senior Superintendent of Police of the Directorate of Women, Children and Senior Citizens Services Dr Manoj Kumar KC said it is unfortunate that the women and girls are being subjected to violence by people known to them and hence there is a need for active participation of the community to prevent it. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the data, 67 per cent of cases of domestic violence are between husband and wife. In the last one year, 16,519 cases of domestic violence and 4,394 cases of other gender-based violence have been registered with the police. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">In terms of age group, 63 per cent of the victims are girls between 11 to 16 years old. Likewise, 38 per cent of the perpetrators are between 10 and 25 years old. Likewise, 50 per cent of violence was found to be committed by showing fear and threatening, 35 per cent by alluring with gifts and 14 per cent by promising to marry. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Superintendent of Police at the Directorate Ranju Sigdel said that the data show that 89 per cent of the violence was committed by known people. This includes 12 per cent family members, nearly 23 per cent neighbors, and 0.46 percent teachers. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-26', 'modified' => '2023-11-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19288', 'image' => '20231126112537_gvb.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-26 11:24:55', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19559', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => ' South Asian Int’l Book Fair Draws 25,000 Plus Visitors', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 26: The South Asian International Book Fair 2023 held at the Exhibition Hall in Bhrikutimandap, Kathmandu, concluded on Saturday, attracting as many as 25,000 visitors, according to the organizers. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 26: The South Asian International Book Fair 2023 held at the Exhibition Hall in Bhrikutimandap, Kathmandu, concluded on Saturday, attracting as many as 25,000 visitors, according to the organizers. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The book fair organized by Nepal Books and Stationery Business and the Current Media and Research Centre was inaugurated by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on November 21. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Visitors were found purchasing new publications of Nepal and famous foreign books as well as books related to spirituality showcased in the fair having over 180 stalls, shared Rajendra Tiwari, the coordinator of the fair. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Tiwari claimed that it was for the first time in Nepal such an international level of book fair was organized. Participants included publishers, producers and distributors from over 15 countries including Nepal, India, China, Bangladesh, the USA and Egypt among others. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Tiwari said the objective of the event was to develop and promote reading culture and how to timely deliver books to the readers. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Seminars were organized alongside the fair where publishers, distributors and producers deliberated on the issues surrounding the culture of reading, national polices on books and school textbooks. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The organizers argued that it was imperative for the government to put in place infrastructures to promote the culture of reading and for that to happen, the organizers pointed out, the government should protect the publishers and writers alike. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Publication houses participating in the fair complained that the government did not consider discounts on the taxes and customs charges for the publishers and distributors. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The organizers as well as the participants of the seminars had pressed for recognizing book publishing sector as an industry. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Former Minister Chhabilal Bishwakarma, who was one of the visitors of the fair, opined that the culture of reading should be developed and promoted regardless of technological advancement. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Books such as 'Aaithan', 'Nirnayasindhu', 'Dharmasindhu' and "Himavat Khanda' and 'Rastra-Pararastra', a memoir of Dr Bhekh Bahadur Thapa, were among the bestsellers in the fair, said the publishers. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-26', 'modified' => '2023-11-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19287', 'image' => '20231126110315_20231125144619_IMG_9929.JPG', 'article_date' => '2023-11-26 11:02:37', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19558', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Birgunj Customs Office Collects Only 64% Revenue in First Four Months', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => ' In the first four-month period of the current fiscal year (FY) 2080/81, the revenue collection from country’s major customs point, Birgunj Customs Office, has shrunk. The customs point has collected only 64% revenue against its target. In the review period of the last FY 2079/80, Birgunj had achieved 67.34 percent revenue target.', 'content' => '<p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">November 26: In the first four-month period of the current fiscal year (FY) 2080/81, the revenue collection from country’s major customs point, Birgunj Customs Office, has shrunk. The customs point has collected only 64% revenue against its target. </span></span><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">In the review period of the last FY 2079/80, Birgunj had achieved 67.34 percent revenue target. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">In the first four-month period of the current fiscal year, the Birgunj collected Rs 49 billion in revenue against its target of Rs 77 billion, according to information officer Ram Chandra Dhakal at the customs office. The revenue collection is just 63.64 percent of the total target. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Customs office has collected a revenue of Rs 18 billion in four months as excise duty and Rs20 billion as value-added tax. The data show that internal revenue of Rs 3 billion was collected during this period.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Despite the government removing controls on imports, customs officials say there has been no improvement in foreign trade. The high bank interest rates on loans and the lack of reforms in the economy have affected overall production and business in Nepal, said Ashok Kumar Temani, the President of the Madhes Province of Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Birgunj customs primarily imports fuel and raw materials for industries. Entrepreneurs and traders say that production and trade have fallen to 25/30 percentage. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Despite the lifting of the restrictions imposed on the import of goods and commodities citing improvement in foreign exchange reserves, the foreign trade has not improved. </span></span><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Decline on the trade has hit the revenue collection at the customs office. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Despite the government adopting a policy of control in foreign trade since the last fiscal year's Ashoj, stating the pressure in the balance of payments, Bhansar reports that although there have been improvements in savings, there has been no improvement in business. Bhansar states that the impact of business will also be felt in revenue collection from Bhansar.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-26', 'modified' => '2023-11-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19286', 'image' => '20231126064407_collage (21).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-26 06:42:01', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '42' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19557', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Nepal’s Trade Deficit Exceeds Rs 460 Billion in First Four Months of Current FY', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 25: The country's trade deficit in the first four months of the current fiscal year (FY 2023-24) has surpassed Rs 460 billion. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 25: The country's trade deficit in the first four months of the current fiscal year (FY 2023-24) has surpassed Rs 460 billion. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to data released by the Department of Customs, the country has a trade deficit of Rs 461.93 billion as of mid-November this year. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the department, the country's foreign trade volume during this period was over Rs 563 billion while the import volume was worth over Rs 50.56 billion. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Comparing to the foreign trade with the data of the corresponding period in the last fiscal year, the import value went down by 3.79 percent, export by 7.68 percent, trade deficit by 3.34 percent and the overall foreign trade by 4.15 percent. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">India remains the largest trade partner of Nepal. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">In the first four months of the current fiscal year, Nepal-India trade value stood at over Rs 347 billion, resulting in a trade deficit of over Rs 281 billion. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-25', 'modified' => '2023-11-25', 'keywords' => 'trade, deficit, Nepal, India, import, export, foreign', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19285', 'image' => '20231125092857_20220622075829_trade_imbalance.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-25 09:28:18', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19556', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Nepal and ADB Sign Concessional Loan Agreement of over Rs 13 Billion', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 25: The Government of Nepal and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed an agreement for concessional loan amounting to Rs 13.3 billion (USD 100 million) for implementation of programmes of Public Finance Management and Strengthening Service Delivery. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 25: The Government of Nepal and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed an agreement for concessional loan amounting to Rs 13.3 billion (USD 100 million) for implementation of programmes of Public Finance Management and Strengthening Service Delivery. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Finance Secretary Krishna Hari Pushkar and Asian Development Bank’s Regional Country Director for Nepal Arnaud Cauchois signed the agreement to this effect at the Ministry of Finance on Friday. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"Public Finance Management and Strengthening Service Delivery are the major priorities of the government. This (concessional loan) would support in the implementation of restructuring public finance as well as in fiscal federalism," Finance Secretary Pushkar said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The finance secretary added that the government has been effortful to strengthen public finance management and public service delivery through various reformative measures through the current fiscal year's budget. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Similarly, ADB’s Regional Director Cauchois expressed his confidence that the loan would assist in making Nepal's financial system sustainable and make the government's periodic programmes more effective. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">He further said that the loan to be obtained from the ADB under this title was linked to Nepal's medium-term and long-term national plan to upgrade Nepal to middle-income country by 2030. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">It is a concessional loan obtained by Nepal for budgetary assistance. The first phase of the Public Finance Management and Strengthening Service Delivery has been implemented. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The current loan is for the second phase of implementation, it was shared. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-25', 'modified' => '2023-11-25', 'keywords' => 'ADB, Nepal, concessional, loan', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19284', 'image' => '20231125092616_KRB_KTM-0U3A3542.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-25 09:25:28', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19555', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Improvement in Foreign Trade did not Even Last One Month', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 24: Nepal’s foreign trade, which just turned positive after a year, has returned to its previous state of deficit once again. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">November 24: Nepal’s foreign trade, which just turned positive after a year, has returned to its previous state of deficit once again. The foreign trade started increasing after mid-September, but decreased again within one month. According to the data released by the Department of Customs on Thursday, the foreign trade of the current year up to mid-October decreased by 4.15 percent compared to last year. As of mid-October last year, the country’s foreign trade in terms of monetary value stood at Rs 587.46 billion, while in the corresponding period of the current year; Nepal’s foreign trade was just worth Rs 563.6 billion. The country’s foreign trade has been affected due to the sharp decline in imports and exports.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">As of mid-October, the country’s imports stood at Rs 512.50 billion, while the export figure amounted to a meagre Rs 50.56 billion. Compared to the same period of last year, the import decreased by 3.79 percent and the export decreased by 7.68 percent. As of mid-November this year, imports worth Rs 147.4 billion and exports worth Rs 9.69 billion have been recorded. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Analysts said referring to Nepal Rastra Bank’s data that the country’s overall economy improved recently due to the improvement in external sector indicators mainly due to increase in volume of foreign trade. However, the country’s foreign trade took a nosedive within a month.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">After the pressure on foreign exchange reserves eased, the government opened import restrictions and NRB also reviewed its policy. However, the data of mid-November shows that there will be no improvement in foreign trade. According to the latest report of NRB, as of mid-November, the current account of the country is in a surplus of Rs 99.7 billion. The foreign currency reserve is Rs 1643.9 billion, which can cover the import of goods and services for 10.3 months. Similarly, bank deposits and loan investments have also increased.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-24', 'modified' => '2023-11-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19283', 'image' => '20231124041440_Trade.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-24 16:13:43', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19554', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government Restricts Registration, Service Expansion of Saving and Credit Cooperatives ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 24: The government has decided to put on hold the registration, service expansion and establishment of cooperatives of any nature. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 24: The government has decided to put on hold the registration, service expansion and establishment of cooperatives of any nature. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation has urged the authorities concerned to endorse the decision of the Council of Ministers to suspend the registration, service expansion and permission of service centres related to cooperatives, particularly those meant for savings and credit services, until further provisions are made. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Ministry’s Spokesperson Ganesh Prasad Bhatta said that the recent developments in the cooperative sector is likely to have adverse effects in the overall financial sector and therefore the government decided to restrict business expansion of savings and credit cooperatives through a Cabinet decision on November 9. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the Ministry, there is a concerning trend among many savings and credit cooperatives which are in significant numbers across the country to accept huge deposits and invest in high-risk sectors. Similarly, the cooperative sector is grappling with a financial crisis as members and depositors are facing challenges in retrieving their savings. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-24', 'modified' => '2023-11-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19282', 'image' => '20231124035458_Cooperative.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-24 15:53:52', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19553', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'MOICS and Daayitwa signs MoU to Promote Innovation-led Economic Growth', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 24: Daayitwa, a non-profit, non-governmental organization working to promote domestic youth employment by enabling rural enterprises to create jobs in Nepal, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, and Supplies to collaborate on issues related to economic growth and prosperity.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">November 24: Daayitwa, a non-profit, non-governmental organization working to promote domestic youth employment by enabling rural enterprises to create jobs in Nepal, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, and Supplies to collaborate on issues related to economic growth and prosperity. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The MoU was signed by Arjun Sen Oli, under-secretary of MoICS, and Susit Dhakal, executive director of Daayitwa amid a recent programme. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Issuing a statement on Friday, Daayitwa said, “This formal agreement marks a historic moment for institutionalizing youth voices in strengthening Nepal’s governance system.”<br /> As per the agreement, both the parties will collaborate to research on issues related to youth employment, entrepreneurship and economic development, through programmes like the Daayitwa Nepal Public Policy Fellowship. It further states collaboration and scaling up of entrepreneurship development programmes such as Daayitwa’s Rural Enterprise Acceleration Program (REAP). </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The agreement also mentions the capacity building of government officials affiliated to the Ministry, through organizations related to the Daayitwa Abhiyan.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">MOICS Under Secretary Arjun Sen Oli stated, "This partnership is an excellent opportunity with a huge impact potential and promotes hopefulness and optimism.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The organization believes that this step is an important milestone for Nepali youth and rural entrepreneurs to bolster innovation-led economic growth in Nepal. It also believes that the partnership will create a strong foundation for inclusive prosperity through collaboration between the government and the community.</span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-24', 'modified' => '2023-11-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19281', 'image' => '20231124030756_MOICS 2023 19201080 (4).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-24 15:07:13', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19552', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'No One Will be Exempted from Defaulting on Loans: Finance Minister Mahat ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 24: Finance Minister Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat has said no one will be exempted from defaulting on loans. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 24: Finance Minister Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat has said no one will be exempted from defaulting on loans. Speaking at a programme organised in Bhaktapur on the occasion of the Shankhadhar Day by Madhyapurthimi Municipality, the minister said everyone is bound to pay the loan when they take it and invest rampantly. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"The biggest amount of loan is taken, and not paid? No one will be exempted from not paying loans. However, the state will look after the genuine debtors who are suffering due to loans," he said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Stating that economic development could be achieved through the development of information and technology, hydropower and tourism in Nepal, he urged youths to tap in the opportunities the country has for them. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Saying that no one could take away the republic achieved through the sacrifices of the people, he said the wishes of anyone (if any) of changing the system by spreading negative sentiments would not be fulfilled. Efforts are underway to spread propagandas against this system through social media, he said. </span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">28 injured in clash at Balkhu</span></strong> <br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Twenty-eight persons including police were injured in a clash that occurred between Nepal Police and demonstrators at Balkhu on Thursday. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Five police persons and 23 demonstrators were injured in the skirmish, according to Kathmandu Valley Police Office. They were injured while containing the mob and ensuring security. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Among those injured in the clash, 17 have returned home after minor treatment, while six are undergoing treatment at Kathmandu Medical College, Sinamangal. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The demonstrators gathered at a massive rally organized by Durga Prasain-led campaign had pelted stones on security persons. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">In response, the police fireed 157 teargas shells and five rounds of rubber bullets to control the mob, the Office said. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-24', 'modified' => '2023-11-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19280', 'image' => '20231124015920_20230817055515_collage (20).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-24 13:58:39', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19551', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Tourism Bounces Back in Mustang ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 24: Mustang district witnessed impressive number of tourists last month. Almost 80,000 tourists visited the mountainous district during the month of Kartik (mid-October to mid-November). ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 24: Mustang district witnessed impressive number of tourists last month. Almost 80,000 tourists visited the mountainous district during the month of Kartik (mid-October to mid-November). </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The number of domestic tourists visiting Mustang during the review month was very high, thanks to the festive season. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the records of the District Police Office, a total of 5,504 international tourists and 73,879 internal tourists visited Mustang in during the review period. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP) offices at Jomsom and Lhomanthang keep records of international tourists visiting the district while the Ghasa Police Post and Lete Police Post maintain the records of domestic tourists. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) of Mustang Bhojraj Pandey said that the district witnessed queues of tourists during the festivals of Dashain, Tihar and Chhath adding that almost 14,000 vehicles entered the district carrying tourists to Mustang in a month. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Besides Beni-Jomsom route, the travelers arrived here from Pokhara-Jomsom air route too. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Hotelier Surendra Gauchan of Hotel Ranipauwa at Muktinath said tourist arrival remained exciting in the month of Kartik. "Tourists did not come as expected during last year's festive season due to rain but this time the tourists preferred Mustang for their short trip due to better road network and clear weather," Gauchan argued. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Autumn is considered an appropriate time to visit Mustang. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">With the impressive number of tourists in the district, the hoteliers and stakeholders here have expressed their satisfaction over the revival of tourism in Mustang. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Muktinath, Jomsom, Kagbeni, Lhomanthang, Marpha, Thini and Dhumba Lake are the key touristic and religious attractions for visitors in Mustang. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-24', 'modified' => '2023-11-24', 'keywords' => 'tourism, Mustang, Nepal, Lomanthang, MUktinath, Kagbeni, Jomsom', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19279', 'image' => '20231124031446_939fc303-9b3c-4816-bb41-90c302178d2b.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-24 12:42:52', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19550', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'One Arrested for Illegal Remittance ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 24: Rupesh Shrestha, 48, of Kathmandu Metropolitan City-28 has been arrested on charges of illegal remittance, online gambling, crypto currency transaction and illegal foreign currency exchange. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 24: Rupesh Shrestha, 48, of Kathmandu Metropolitan City-28 has been arrested on charges of illegal remittance, online gambling, crypto currency transaction and illegal foreign currency exchange. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Police deployed from the Central Bureau of Investigation arrested Shrestha from his house in Bagbazaar. The arrest was made following a complaint filed against him. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">During the search, police recovered Rs 8.9 million in cash, US dollars 7,026, laptops, mobile phones, and 64 bank cheques issued in the name of different persons. Further investigation in this regard is underway. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-24', 'modified' => '2023-11-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19278', 'image' => '20231124114456_Remittance.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-24 11:44:12', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19549', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Migratory Birds Start Arriving in Chitwan ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 24: Migratory birds from home and foreign countries have started flocking to the Chitwan National Park and nearby districts.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 24: Migratory birds from home and foreign countries have started flocking to the Chitwan National Park and nearby districts. The migration of such birds including ducks, hawks and kites takes place every year to avoid cold. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">President of the Bird Education Society, Chitwan, Tikaram Giri said such birds have been spotted on the river banks and on water bodies. According to him, 12 to 15 species of ducks from foreign countries have been seen in the Narayani and Rapti rivers, and Riukhola. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Stating that the birds started coming from August, he said many such migratory birds have already arrived while some others would reach by the end of November. Birds come to Chitwan even from the hill areas of Nepal to avoid cold, he said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Ornithologist Hem Sagar Baral said birds come to Nepal from countries like Siberia, Malaysia, Uzbekistan, Pakistan and China. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to him, 100 of 150 species of birds that come to Nepal as visitors have arrived in Nepal this season so far. These birds would return from the south to the north after six months during the time of hatching, he said. These birds visit Nepal as the days are shorter and nights are longer in the northern hemisphere during winter, he said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Particularly, birds living in wetlands, grasslands, forests and farmlands visit Nepal during winter. There are 892 species of birds across Nepal with 650 species found in Chitwan alone. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Rapti, Narayani and Riu rivers that runs through the CNP and wetlands in the surroundings are good habitats for water birds. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-24', 'modified' => '2023-11-24', 'keywords' => 'migratory, birds, winter, cold, northern, hemisphere, Siberia, Russia, Nepal, Chitwan, habitat', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19277', 'image' => '20231124111303_BM_BELBARI_IMG-20231117-WA0005.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-24 11:11:35', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19547', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Hotel Business Running at One-Third Capacity ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 23: Hoteliers say that there has been an increase in the number of new hotels recently, but the arrival of guests is not in the same proportion', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">November 23: Hoteliers say that there has been an increase in the number of new hotels recently, but the arrival of guests is not in the same proportion. As a result, the hoteliers are running their business in loss.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">They claim that despite the increase in arrival of tourists and tourism-related activities, the hotel business is operating at one-third of its capacity.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">President of the Hotel Association of Nepal (HAN) Binayak Shah said that the hotel business has been operating at a loss as the supply is greater than the demand.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">He said this during a meeting with the Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Sudan Kiranti. Shah added that foreign tourists are longing to visit Nepal and inquiries are increasing, however, the tourists who intend to visit Nepal go elsewhere due to the difficulties in roads transportation and air connectivity in the country.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">He said that the state should pay attention to these aspects as soon as possible, adding that if only the road network connecting neighbouring countries China and India can be prepared, the arrival of tourists will further increase.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">HAN also emphasized making the Nepal Tourism Board and Nepal Airlines Corporation active in promoting the country's tourism in the international level.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">On the occasion, Minister Kiranti said that the arrival of tourists is satisfactory. Stating that a good message has been conveyed about Nepal in the international level, he emphasized that tourism should be made viable to make the country prosperous. He said that the air network will also be expanded and initiatives are being taken in this regard. He said that a committee has been formed under the leadership of the prime minister to improve the country's economy.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Tourism entrepreneurs have requested the government to simplify the country's tourism policy and make it investment-friendly and tourism-friendly. The businessman also emphasized that the casino regulations, which are currently under revision, should be made systematic and effective to facilitate the operation of the casinos.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-23', 'modified' => '2023-11-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19276', 'image' => '20231123021913_Hotel.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-23 14:18:22', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19548', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Global IME Bank Highest Taxpayer in Banking Sector', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Global IME Bank has emerged as the highest taxpayer among all banks and financial institutions in Nepal for the fiscal year 2022/23.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">November 23: Global IME Bank has emerged as the highest taxpayer among all banks and financial institutions in Nepal for the fiscal year 2022/23. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">The bank has contributed a corporate tax of Rs 3.2 billion during this period. At present the Global IME Bank boats of being the largest bank in the country in terms of capital. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">The bank has paid-up capital of Rs 35.77 billion, according to the bank.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Established in 2007 as a commercial bank, Global IME Bank achieved this status through the merger and acquisition of 21 banks and financial institutions, including five commercial banks, 10 development banks, and six finance companies. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">The bank is actively pursuing digitization and has embraced 'Vision-2025', a strategic plan aimed at doubling its business with the utilization of modern technologies and digitization. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">The bank has established a nationwide presence with 350 branches, 369 ATM counters, 322 branchless units, and 64 extension counters across all 77 districts of Nepal. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">It has also expanded its reach internationally with representative offices in London (UK), New Delhi (India) and Sydney (Australia), maintaining three international contact points. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">With a customer base exceeding 4.2 million and a workforce of more than 4,000 employees, Global IME Bank continues to solidify its position as a key player in the banking sector.</span> (RSS)</span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-23', 'modified' => '2023-11-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19275', 'image' => '20231123043659_collage (5).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-23 16:35:48', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '42' ) ) ) $current_user = null $logged_in = falsesimplexml_load_file - [internal], line ?? include - APP/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp, line 60 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::_renderElement() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 1224 View::element() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 418 include - APP/View/Articles/index.ctp, line 157 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473 Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 968 Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 200 Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167 [main] - APP/webroot/index.php, line 117
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The fruit was cultivated in 7,945 hectares of land two years ago, while it grew by 397 hectares of land last year, to reach 8,342 hectares. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">As per the preliminary data, orange farming has been expanded by around 500 hectares of land this year, according to the Directorate of Agriculture Development, Gandaki Province. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Chief of the Directorate, Basudev Regmi, informed RSS that the area for orange farming is increasing every year but orange production has decreased this year. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Regmi shared that orange production decreased this year due to hailstone and disease. He further said 55,935 metric tonnes of orange was produced in Gandaki Province last year. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the Directorate, oranges worth around Rs 2.79 billion was produced in the province last year. The citrus fruit is being cultivated in all districts of Gandaki Province except Mustang and Manang. The farming was done in 2,067 hectares of land in Syangja, 1,712 hectares in Tanahu, 1,082 hectares in Gorkha, 894 hectares in Kaski, 872 hectares in Parbat, 780 hectares in Myagdi, 622 hectares in Baglung, 172 hectares in Lamjung and 142 hectares in Nawalpur till last year. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The data of expansion of district-wise orange farming has not been received this year. The government has launched orange 'super zone', 'pocket' and 'block' programmes for the expansion and commercialization of orange farming in the province. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-26', 'modified' => '2023-11-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19289', 'image' => '20231126122652_KN_Damauli-suntalabotphoto.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-26 12:25:48', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19560', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => '80 Percent of GBV Includes Domestic Violence ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 26: Eighty percent of the gender-based violence recorded in the country are found to be cases of domestic violence. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 26: Eighty percent of the gender-based violence recorded in the country are found to be cases of domestic violence. According to the Nepal Police data, 53 per cent of the domestic violence is physical violence and 47 per cent is mental violence. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the statistics released by the police under the 16-day campaign against violence against women that began on Saturday, the cases of VAW registered with the police also showed that 89 per cent of women and girls are subjected to violence by people known to them. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Senior Superintendent of Police of the Directorate of Women, Children and Senior Citizens Services Dr Manoj Kumar KC said it is unfortunate that the women and girls are being subjected to violence by people known to them and hence there is a need for active participation of the community to prevent it. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the data, 67 per cent of cases of domestic violence are between husband and wife. In the last one year, 16,519 cases of domestic violence and 4,394 cases of other gender-based violence have been registered with the police. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">In terms of age group, 63 per cent of the victims are girls between 11 to 16 years old. Likewise, 38 per cent of the perpetrators are between 10 and 25 years old. Likewise, 50 per cent of violence was found to be committed by showing fear and threatening, 35 per cent by alluring with gifts and 14 per cent by promising to marry. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Superintendent of Police at the Directorate Ranju Sigdel said that the data show that 89 per cent of the violence was committed by known people. This includes 12 per cent family members, nearly 23 per cent neighbors, and 0.46 percent teachers. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-26', 'modified' => '2023-11-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19288', 'image' => '20231126112537_gvb.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-26 11:24:55', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19559', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => ' South Asian Int’l Book Fair Draws 25,000 Plus Visitors', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 26: The South Asian International Book Fair 2023 held at the Exhibition Hall in Bhrikutimandap, Kathmandu, concluded on Saturday, attracting as many as 25,000 visitors, according to the organizers. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 26: The South Asian International Book Fair 2023 held at the Exhibition Hall in Bhrikutimandap, Kathmandu, concluded on Saturday, attracting as many as 25,000 visitors, according to the organizers. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The book fair organized by Nepal Books and Stationery Business and the Current Media and Research Centre was inaugurated by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on November 21. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Visitors were found purchasing new publications of Nepal and famous foreign books as well as books related to spirituality showcased in the fair having over 180 stalls, shared Rajendra Tiwari, the coordinator of the fair. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Tiwari claimed that it was for the first time in Nepal such an international level of book fair was organized. Participants included publishers, producers and distributors from over 15 countries including Nepal, India, China, Bangladesh, the USA and Egypt among others. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Tiwari said the objective of the event was to develop and promote reading culture and how to timely deliver books to the readers. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Seminars were organized alongside the fair where publishers, distributors and producers deliberated on the issues surrounding the culture of reading, national polices on books and school textbooks. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The organizers argued that it was imperative for the government to put in place infrastructures to promote the culture of reading and for that to happen, the organizers pointed out, the government should protect the publishers and writers alike. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Publication houses participating in the fair complained that the government did not consider discounts on the taxes and customs charges for the publishers and distributors. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The organizers as well as the participants of the seminars had pressed for recognizing book publishing sector as an industry. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Former Minister Chhabilal Bishwakarma, who was one of the visitors of the fair, opined that the culture of reading should be developed and promoted regardless of technological advancement. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Books such as 'Aaithan', 'Nirnayasindhu', 'Dharmasindhu' and "Himavat Khanda' and 'Rastra-Pararastra', a memoir of Dr Bhekh Bahadur Thapa, were among the bestsellers in the fair, said the publishers. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-26', 'modified' => '2023-11-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19287', 'image' => '20231126110315_20231125144619_IMG_9929.JPG', 'article_date' => '2023-11-26 11:02:37', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19558', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Birgunj Customs Office Collects Only 64% Revenue in First Four Months', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => ' In the first four-month period of the current fiscal year (FY) 2080/81, the revenue collection from country’s major customs point, Birgunj Customs Office, has shrunk. The customs point has collected only 64% revenue against its target. In the review period of the last FY 2079/80, Birgunj had achieved 67.34 percent revenue target.', 'content' => '<p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">November 26: In the first four-month period of the current fiscal year (FY) 2080/81, the revenue collection from country’s major customs point, Birgunj Customs Office, has shrunk. The customs point has collected only 64% revenue against its target. </span></span><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">In the review period of the last FY 2079/80, Birgunj had achieved 67.34 percent revenue target. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">In the first four-month period of the current fiscal year, the Birgunj collected Rs 49 billion in revenue against its target of Rs 77 billion, according to information officer Ram Chandra Dhakal at the customs office. The revenue collection is just 63.64 percent of the total target. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Customs office has collected a revenue of Rs 18 billion in four months as excise duty and Rs20 billion as value-added tax. The data show that internal revenue of Rs 3 billion was collected during this period.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Despite the government removing controls on imports, customs officials say there has been no improvement in foreign trade. The high bank interest rates on loans and the lack of reforms in the economy have affected overall production and business in Nepal, said Ashok Kumar Temani, the President of the Madhes Province of Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Birgunj customs primarily imports fuel and raw materials for industries. Entrepreneurs and traders say that production and trade have fallen to 25/30 percentage. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Despite the lifting of the restrictions imposed on the import of goods and commodities citing improvement in foreign exchange reserves, the foreign trade has not improved. </span></span><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Decline on the trade has hit the revenue collection at the customs office. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Despite the government adopting a policy of control in foreign trade since the last fiscal year's Ashoj, stating the pressure in the balance of payments, Bhansar reports that although there have been improvements in savings, there has been no improvement in business. Bhansar states that the impact of business will also be felt in revenue collection from Bhansar.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-26', 'modified' => '2023-11-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19286', 'image' => '20231126064407_collage (21).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-26 06:42:01', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '42' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19557', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Nepal’s Trade Deficit Exceeds Rs 460 Billion in First Four Months of Current FY', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 25: The country's trade deficit in the first four months of the current fiscal year (FY 2023-24) has surpassed Rs 460 billion. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 25: The country's trade deficit in the first four months of the current fiscal year (FY 2023-24) has surpassed Rs 460 billion. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to data released by the Department of Customs, the country has a trade deficit of Rs 461.93 billion as of mid-November this year. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the department, the country's foreign trade volume during this period was over Rs 563 billion while the import volume was worth over Rs 50.56 billion. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Comparing to the foreign trade with the data of the corresponding period in the last fiscal year, the import value went down by 3.79 percent, export by 7.68 percent, trade deficit by 3.34 percent and the overall foreign trade by 4.15 percent. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">India remains the largest trade partner of Nepal. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">In the first four months of the current fiscal year, Nepal-India trade value stood at over Rs 347 billion, resulting in a trade deficit of over Rs 281 billion. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-25', 'modified' => '2023-11-25', 'keywords' => 'trade, deficit, Nepal, India, import, export, foreign', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19285', 'image' => '20231125092857_20220622075829_trade_imbalance.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-25 09:28:18', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19556', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Nepal and ADB Sign Concessional Loan Agreement of over Rs 13 Billion', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 25: The Government of Nepal and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed an agreement for concessional loan amounting to Rs 13.3 billion (USD 100 million) for implementation of programmes of Public Finance Management and Strengthening Service Delivery. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 25: The Government of Nepal and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed an agreement for concessional loan amounting to Rs 13.3 billion (USD 100 million) for implementation of programmes of Public Finance Management and Strengthening Service Delivery. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Finance Secretary Krishna Hari Pushkar and Asian Development Bank’s Regional Country Director for Nepal Arnaud Cauchois signed the agreement to this effect at the Ministry of Finance on Friday. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"Public Finance Management and Strengthening Service Delivery are the major priorities of the government. This (concessional loan) would support in the implementation of restructuring public finance as well as in fiscal federalism," Finance Secretary Pushkar said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The finance secretary added that the government has been effortful to strengthen public finance management and public service delivery through various reformative measures through the current fiscal year's budget. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Similarly, ADB’s Regional Director Cauchois expressed his confidence that the loan would assist in making Nepal's financial system sustainable and make the government's periodic programmes more effective. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">He further said that the loan to be obtained from the ADB under this title was linked to Nepal's medium-term and long-term national plan to upgrade Nepal to middle-income country by 2030. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">It is a concessional loan obtained by Nepal for budgetary assistance. The first phase of the Public Finance Management and Strengthening Service Delivery has been implemented. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The current loan is for the second phase of implementation, it was shared. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-25', 'modified' => '2023-11-25', 'keywords' => 'ADB, Nepal, concessional, loan', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19284', 'image' => '20231125092616_KRB_KTM-0U3A3542.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-25 09:25:28', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19555', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Improvement in Foreign Trade did not Even Last One Month', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 24: Nepal’s foreign trade, which just turned positive after a year, has returned to its previous state of deficit once again. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">November 24: Nepal’s foreign trade, which just turned positive after a year, has returned to its previous state of deficit once again. The foreign trade started increasing after mid-September, but decreased again within one month. According to the data released by the Department of Customs on Thursday, the foreign trade of the current year up to mid-October decreased by 4.15 percent compared to last year. As of mid-October last year, the country’s foreign trade in terms of monetary value stood at Rs 587.46 billion, while in the corresponding period of the current year; Nepal’s foreign trade was just worth Rs 563.6 billion. The country’s foreign trade has been affected due to the sharp decline in imports and exports.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">As of mid-October, the country’s imports stood at Rs 512.50 billion, while the export figure amounted to a meagre Rs 50.56 billion. Compared to the same period of last year, the import decreased by 3.79 percent and the export decreased by 7.68 percent. As of mid-November this year, imports worth Rs 147.4 billion and exports worth Rs 9.69 billion have been recorded. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Analysts said referring to Nepal Rastra Bank’s data that the country’s overall economy improved recently due to the improvement in external sector indicators mainly due to increase in volume of foreign trade. However, the country’s foreign trade took a nosedive within a month.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">After the pressure on foreign exchange reserves eased, the government opened import restrictions and NRB also reviewed its policy. However, the data of mid-November shows that there will be no improvement in foreign trade. According to the latest report of NRB, as of mid-November, the current account of the country is in a surplus of Rs 99.7 billion. The foreign currency reserve is Rs 1643.9 billion, which can cover the import of goods and services for 10.3 months. Similarly, bank deposits and loan investments have also increased.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-24', 'modified' => '2023-11-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19283', 'image' => '20231124041440_Trade.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-24 16:13:43', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19554', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government Restricts Registration, Service Expansion of Saving and Credit Cooperatives ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 24: The government has decided to put on hold the registration, service expansion and establishment of cooperatives of any nature. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 24: The government has decided to put on hold the registration, service expansion and establishment of cooperatives of any nature. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation has urged the authorities concerned to endorse the decision of the Council of Ministers to suspend the registration, service expansion and permission of service centres related to cooperatives, particularly those meant for savings and credit services, until further provisions are made. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Ministry’s Spokesperson Ganesh Prasad Bhatta said that the recent developments in the cooperative sector is likely to have adverse effects in the overall financial sector and therefore the government decided to restrict business expansion of savings and credit cooperatives through a Cabinet decision on November 9. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the Ministry, there is a concerning trend among many savings and credit cooperatives which are in significant numbers across the country to accept huge deposits and invest in high-risk sectors. Similarly, the cooperative sector is grappling with a financial crisis as members and depositors are facing challenges in retrieving their savings. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-24', 'modified' => '2023-11-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19282', 'image' => '20231124035458_Cooperative.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-24 15:53:52', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19553', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'MOICS and Daayitwa signs MoU to Promote Innovation-led Economic Growth', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 24: Daayitwa, a non-profit, non-governmental organization working to promote domestic youth employment by enabling rural enterprises to create jobs in Nepal, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, and Supplies to collaborate on issues related to economic growth and prosperity.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">November 24: Daayitwa, a non-profit, non-governmental organization working to promote domestic youth employment by enabling rural enterprises to create jobs in Nepal, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, and Supplies to collaborate on issues related to economic growth and prosperity. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The MoU was signed by Arjun Sen Oli, under-secretary of MoICS, and Susit Dhakal, executive director of Daayitwa amid a recent programme. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Issuing a statement on Friday, Daayitwa said, “This formal agreement marks a historic moment for institutionalizing youth voices in strengthening Nepal’s governance system.”<br /> As per the agreement, both the parties will collaborate to research on issues related to youth employment, entrepreneurship and economic development, through programmes like the Daayitwa Nepal Public Policy Fellowship. It further states collaboration and scaling up of entrepreneurship development programmes such as Daayitwa’s Rural Enterprise Acceleration Program (REAP). </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The agreement also mentions the capacity building of government officials affiliated to the Ministry, through organizations related to the Daayitwa Abhiyan.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">MOICS Under Secretary Arjun Sen Oli stated, "This partnership is an excellent opportunity with a huge impact potential and promotes hopefulness and optimism.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The organization believes that this step is an important milestone for Nepali youth and rural entrepreneurs to bolster innovation-led economic growth in Nepal. It also believes that the partnership will create a strong foundation for inclusive prosperity through collaboration between the government and the community.</span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-24', 'modified' => '2023-11-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19281', 'image' => '20231124030756_MOICS 2023 19201080 (4).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-24 15:07:13', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19552', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'No One Will be Exempted from Defaulting on Loans: Finance Minister Mahat ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 24: Finance Minister Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat has said no one will be exempted from defaulting on loans. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 24: Finance Minister Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat has said no one will be exempted from defaulting on loans. Speaking at a programme organised in Bhaktapur on the occasion of the Shankhadhar Day by Madhyapurthimi Municipality, the minister said everyone is bound to pay the loan when they take it and invest rampantly. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"The biggest amount of loan is taken, and not paid? No one will be exempted from not paying loans. However, the state will look after the genuine debtors who are suffering due to loans," he said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Stating that economic development could be achieved through the development of information and technology, hydropower and tourism in Nepal, he urged youths to tap in the opportunities the country has for them. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Saying that no one could take away the republic achieved through the sacrifices of the people, he said the wishes of anyone (if any) of changing the system by spreading negative sentiments would not be fulfilled. Efforts are underway to spread propagandas against this system through social media, he said. </span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">28 injured in clash at Balkhu</span></strong> <br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Twenty-eight persons including police were injured in a clash that occurred between Nepal Police and demonstrators at Balkhu on Thursday. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Five police persons and 23 demonstrators were injured in the skirmish, according to Kathmandu Valley Police Office. They were injured while containing the mob and ensuring security. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Among those injured in the clash, 17 have returned home after minor treatment, while six are undergoing treatment at Kathmandu Medical College, Sinamangal. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The demonstrators gathered at a massive rally organized by Durga Prasain-led campaign had pelted stones on security persons. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">In response, the police fireed 157 teargas shells and five rounds of rubber bullets to control the mob, the Office said. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-24', 'modified' => '2023-11-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19280', 'image' => '20231124015920_20230817055515_collage (20).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-24 13:58:39', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19551', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Tourism Bounces Back in Mustang ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 24: Mustang district witnessed impressive number of tourists last month. Almost 80,000 tourists visited the mountainous district during the month of Kartik (mid-October to mid-November). ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 24: Mustang district witnessed impressive number of tourists last month. Almost 80,000 tourists visited the mountainous district during the month of Kartik (mid-October to mid-November). </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The number of domestic tourists visiting Mustang during the review month was very high, thanks to the festive season. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the records of the District Police Office, a total of 5,504 international tourists and 73,879 internal tourists visited Mustang in during the review period. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP) offices at Jomsom and Lhomanthang keep records of international tourists visiting the district while the Ghasa Police Post and Lete Police Post maintain the records of domestic tourists. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) of Mustang Bhojraj Pandey said that the district witnessed queues of tourists during the festivals of Dashain, Tihar and Chhath adding that almost 14,000 vehicles entered the district carrying tourists to Mustang in a month. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Besides Beni-Jomsom route, the travelers arrived here from Pokhara-Jomsom air route too. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Hotelier Surendra Gauchan of Hotel Ranipauwa at Muktinath said tourist arrival remained exciting in the month of Kartik. "Tourists did not come as expected during last year's festive season due to rain but this time the tourists preferred Mustang for their short trip due to better road network and clear weather," Gauchan argued. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Autumn is considered an appropriate time to visit Mustang. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">With the impressive number of tourists in the district, the hoteliers and stakeholders here have expressed their satisfaction over the revival of tourism in Mustang. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Muktinath, Jomsom, Kagbeni, Lhomanthang, Marpha, Thini and Dhumba Lake are the key touristic and religious attractions for visitors in Mustang. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-24', 'modified' => '2023-11-24', 'keywords' => 'tourism, Mustang, Nepal, Lomanthang, MUktinath, Kagbeni, Jomsom', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19279', 'image' => '20231124031446_939fc303-9b3c-4816-bb41-90c302178d2b.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-24 12:42:52', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19550', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'One Arrested for Illegal Remittance ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 24: Rupesh Shrestha, 48, of Kathmandu Metropolitan City-28 has been arrested on charges of illegal remittance, online gambling, crypto currency transaction and illegal foreign currency exchange. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 24: Rupesh Shrestha, 48, of Kathmandu Metropolitan City-28 has been arrested on charges of illegal remittance, online gambling, crypto currency transaction and illegal foreign currency exchange. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Police deployed from the Central Bureau of Investigation arrested Shrestha from his house in Bagbazaar. The arrest was made following a complaint filed against him. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">During the search, police recovered Rs 8.9 million in cash, US dollars 7,026, laptops, mobile phones, and 64 bank cheques issued in the name of different persons. Further investigation in this regard is underway. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-24', 'modified' => '2023-11-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19278', 'image' => '20231124114456_Remittance.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-24 11:44:12', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19549', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Migratory Birds Start Arriving in Chitwan ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 24: Migratory birds from home and foreign countries have started flocking to the Chitwan National Park and nearby districts.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 24: Migratory birds from home and foreign countries have started flocking to the Chitwan National Park and nearby districts. The migration of such birds including ducks, hawks and kites takes place every year to avoid cold. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">President of the Bird Education Society, Chitwan, Tikaram Giri said such birds have been spotted on the river banks and on water bodies. According to him, 12 to 15 species of ducks from foreign countries have been seen in the Narayani and Rapti rivers, and Riukhola. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Stating that the birds started coming from August, he said many such migratory birds have already arrived while some others would reach by the end of November. Birds come to Chitwan even from the hill areas of Nepal to avoid cold, he said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Ornithologist Hem Sagar Baral said birds come to Nepal from countries like Siberia, Malaysia, Uzbekistan, Pakistan and China. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to him, 100 of 150 species of birds that come to Nepal as visitors have arrived in Nepal this season so far. These birds would return from the south to the north after six months during the time of hatching, he said. These birds visit Nepal as the days are shorter and nights are longer in the northern hemisphere during winter, he said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Particularly, birds living in wetlands, grasslands, forests and farmlands visit Nepal during winter. There are 892 species of birds across Nepal with 650 species found in Chitwan alone. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Rapti, Narayani and Riu rivers that runs through the CNP and wetlands in the surroundings are good habitats for water birds. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-24', 'modified' => '2023-11-24', 'keywords' => 'migratory, birds, winter, cold, northern, hemisphere, Siberia, Russia, Nepal, Chitwan, habitat', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19277', 'image' => '20231124111303_BM_BELBARI_IMG-20231117-WA0005.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-24 11:11:35', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19547', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Hotel Business Running at One-Third Capacity ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 23: Hoteliers say that there has been an increase in the number of new hotels recently, but the arrival of guests is not in the same proportion', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">November 23: Hoteliers say that there has been an increase in the number of new hotels recently, but the arrival of guests is not in the same proportion. As a result, the hoteliers are running their business in loss.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">They claim that despite the increase in arrival of tourists and tourism-related activities, the hotel business is operating at one-third of its capacity.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">President of the Hotel Association of Nepal (HAN) Binayak Shah said that the hotel business has been operating at a loss as the supply is greater than the demand.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">He said this during a meeting with the Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Sudan Kiranti. Shah added that foreign tourists are longing to visit Nepal and inquiries are increasing, however, the tourists who intend to visit Nepal go elsewhere due to the difficulties in roads transportation and air connectivity in the country.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">He said that the state should pay attention to these aspects as soon as possible, adding that if only the road network connecting neighbouring countries China and India can be prepared, the arrival of tourists will further increase.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">HAN also emphasized making the Nepal Tourism Board and Nepal Airlines Corporation active in promoting the country's tourism in the international level.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">On the occasion, Minister Kiranti said that the arrival of tourists is satisfactory. Stating that a good message has been conveyed about Nepal in the international level, he emphasized that tourism should be made viable to make the country prosperous. He said that the air network will also be expanded and initiatives are being taken in this regard. He said that a committee has been formed under the leadership of the prime minister to improve the country's economy.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Tourism entrepreneurs have requested the government to simplify the country's tourism policy and make it investment-friendly and tourism-friendly. The businessman also emphasized that the casino regulations, which are currently under revision, should be made systematic and effective to facilitate the operation of the casinos.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-23', 'modified' => '2023-11-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19276', 'image' => '20231123021913_Hotel.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-23 14:18:22', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19548', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Global IME Bank Highest Taxpayer in Banking Sector', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Global IME Bank has emerged as the highest taxpayer among all banks and financial institutions in Nepal for the fiscal year 2022/23.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">November 23: Global IME Bank has emerged as the highest taxpayer among all banks and financial institutions in Nepal for the fiscal year 2022/23. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">The bank has contributed a corporate tax of Rs 3.2 billion during this period. At present the Global IME Bank boats of being the largest bank in the country in terms of capital. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">The bank has paid-up capital of Rs 35.77 billion, according to the bank.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Established in 2007 as a commercial bank, Global IME Bank achieved this status through the merger and acquisition of 21 banks and financial institutions, including five commercial banks, 10 development banks, and six finance companies. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">The bank is actively pursuing digitization and has embraced 'Vision-2025', a strategic plan aimed at doubling its business with the utilization of modern technologies and digitization. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">The bank has established a nationwide presence with 350 branches, 369 ATM counters, 322 branchless units, and 64 extension counters across all 77 districts of Nepal. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">It has also expanded its reach internationally with representative offices in London (UK), New Delhi (India) and Sydney (Australia), maintaining three international contact points. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">With a customer base exceeding 4.2 million and a workforce of more than 4,000 employees, Global IME Bank continues to solidify its position as a key player in the banking sector.</span> (RSS)</span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-23', 'modified' => '2023-11-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19275', 'image' => '20231123043659_collage (5).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-23 16:35:48', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '42' ) ) ) $current_user = null $logged_in = false $xml = falseinclude - APP/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp, line 133 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::_renderElement() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 1224 View::element() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 418 include - APP/View/Articles/index.ctp, line 157 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473 Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 968 Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 200 Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167 [main] - APP/webroot/index.php, line 117
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The fruit was cultivated in 7,945 hectares of land two years ago, while it grew by 397 hectares of land last year, to reach 8,342 hectares. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">As per the preliminary data, orange farming has been expanded by around 500 hectares of land this year, according to the Directorate of Agriculture Development, Gandaki Province. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Chief of the Directorate, Basudev Regmi, informed RSS that the area for orange farming is increasing every year but orange production has decreased this year. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Regmi shared that orange production decreased this year due to hailstone and disease. He further said 55,935 metric tonnes of orange was produced in Gandaki Province last year. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the Directorate, oranges worth around Rs 2.79 billion was produced in the province last year. The citrus fruit is being cultivated in all districts of Gandaki Province except Mustang and Manang. The farming was done in 2,067 hectares of land in Syangja, 1,712 hectares in Tanahu, 1,082 hectares in Gorkha, 894 hectares in Kaski, 872 hectares in Parbat, 780 hectares in Myagdi, 622 hectares in Baglung, 172 hectares in Lamjung and 142 hectares in Nawalpur till last year. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The data of expansion of district-wise orange farming has not been received this year. The government has launched orange 'super zone', 'pocket' and 'block' programmes for the expansion and commercialization of orange farming in the province. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-26', 'modified' => '2023-11-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19289', 'image' => '20231126122652_KN_Damauli-suntalabotphoto.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-26 12:25:48', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19560', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => '80 Percent of GBV Includes Domestic Violence ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 26: Eighty percent of the gender-based violence recorded in the country are found to be cases of domestic violence. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 26: Eighty percent of the gender-based violence recorded in the country are found to be cases of domestic violence. According to the Nepal Police data, 53 per cent of the domestic violence is physical violence and 47 per cent is mental violence. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the statistics released by the police under the 16-day campaign against violence against women that began on Saturday, the cases of VAW registered with the police also showed that 89 per cent of women and girls are subjected to violence by people known to them. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Senior Superintendent of Police of the Directorate of Women, Children and Senior Citizens Services Dr Manoj Kumar KC said it is unfortunate that the women and girls are being subjected to violence by people known to them and hence there is a need for active participation of the community to prevent it. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the data, 67 per cent of cases of domestic violence are between husband and wife. In the last one year, 16,519 cases of domestic violence and 4,394 cases of other gender-based violence have been registered with the police. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">In terms of age group, 63 per cent of the victims are girls between 11 to 16 years old. Likewise, 38 per cent of the perpetrators are between 10 and 25 years old. Likewise, 50 per cent of violence was found to be committed by showing fear and threatening, 35 per cent by alluring with gifts and 14 per cent by promising to marry. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Superintendent of Police at the Directorate Ranju Sigdel said that the data show that 89 per cent of the violence was committed by known people. This includes 12 per cent family members, nearly 23 per cent neighbors, and 0.46 percent teachers. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-26', 'modified' => '2023-11-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19288', 'image' => '20231126112537_gvb.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-26 11:24:55', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19559', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => ' South Asian Int’l Book Fair Draws 25,000 Plus Visitors', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 26: The South Asian International Book Fair 2023 held at the Exhibition Hall in Bhrikutimandap, Kathmandu, concluded on Saturday, attracting as many as 25,000 visitors, according to the organizers. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 26: The South Asian International Book Fair 2023 held at the Exhibition Hall in Bhrikutimandap, Kathmandu, concluded on Saturday, attracting as many as 25,000 visitors, according to the organizers. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The book fair organized by Nepal Books and Stationery Business and the Current Media and Research Centre was inaugurated by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on November 21. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Visitors were found purchasing new publications of Nepal and famous foreign books as well as books related to spirituality showcased in the fair having over 180 stalls, shared Rajendra Tiwari, the coordinator of the fair. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Tiwari claimed that it was for the first time in Nepal such an international level of book fair was organized. Participants included publishers, producers and distributors from over 15 countries including Nepal, India, China, Bangladesh, the USA and Egypt among others. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Tiwari said the objective of the event was to develop and promote reading culture and how to timely deliver books to the readers. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Seminars were organized alongside the fair where publishers, distributors and producers deliberated on the issues surrounding the culture of reading, national polices on books and school textbooks. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The organizers argued that it was imperative for the government to put in place infrastructures to promote the culture of reading and for that to happen, the organizers pointed out, the government should protect the publishers and writers alike. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Publication houses participating in the fair complained that the government did not consider discounts on the taxes and customs charges for the publishers and distributors. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The organizers as well as the participants of the seminars had pressed for recognizing book publishing sector as an industry. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Former Minister Chhabilal Bishwakarma, who was one of the visitors of the fair, opined that the culture of reading should be developed and promoted regardless of technological advancement. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Books such as 'Aaithan', 'Nirnayasindhu', 'Dharmasindhu' and "Himavat Khanda' and 'Rastra-Pararastra', a memoir of Dr Bhekh Bahadur Thapa, were among the bestsellers in the fair, said the publishers. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-26', 'modified' => '2023-11-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19287', 'image' => '20231126110315_20231125144619_IMG_9929.JPG', 'article_date' => '2023-11-26 11:02:37', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19558', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Birgunj Customs Office Collects Only 64% Revenue in First Four Months', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => ' In the first four-month period of the current fiscal year (FY) 2080/81, the revenue collection from country’s major customs point, Birgunj Customs Office, has shrunk. The customs point has collected only 64% revenue against its target. In the review period of the last FY 2079/80, Birgunj had achieved 67.34 percent revenue target.', 'content' => '<p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">November 26: In the first four-month period of the current fiscal year (FY) 2080/81, the revenue collection from country’s major customs point, Birgunj Customs Office, has shrunk. The customs point has collected only 64% revenue against its target. </span></span><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">In the review period of the last FY 2079/80, Birgunj had achieved 67.34 percent revenue target. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">In the first four-month period of the current fiscal year, the Birgunj collected Rs 49 billion in revenue against its target of Rs 77 billion, according to information officer Ram Chandra Dhakal at the customs office. The revenue collection is just 63.64 percent of the total target. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Customs office has collected a revenue of Rs 18 billion in four months as excise duty and Rs20 billion as value-added tax. The data show that internal revenue of Rs 3 billion was collected during this period.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Despite the government removing controls on imports, customs officials say there has been no improvement in foreign trade. The high bank interest rates on loans and the lack of reforms in the economy have affected overall production and business in Nepal, said Ashok Kumar Temani, the President of the Madhes Province of Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Birgunj customs primarily imports fuel and raw materials for industries. Entrepreneurs and traders say that production and trade have fallen to 25/30 percentage. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Despite the lifting of the restrictions imposed on the import of goods and commodities citing improvement in foreign exchange reserves, the foreign trade has not improved. </span></span><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Decline on the trade has hit the revenue collection at the customs office. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Despite the government adopting a policy of control in foreign trade since the last fiscal year's Ashoj, stating the pressure in the balance of payments, Bhansar reports that although there have been improvements in savings, there has been no improvement in business. Bhansar states that the impact of business will also be felt in revenue collection from Bhansar.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-26', 'modified' => '2023-11-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19286', 'image' => '20231126064407_collage (21).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-26 06:42:01', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '42' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19557', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Nepal’s Trade Deficit Exceeds Rs 460 Billion in First Four Months of Current FY', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 25: The country's trade deficit in the first four months of the current fiscal year (FY 2023-24) has surpassed Rs 460 billion. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 25: The country's trade deficit in the first four months of the current fiscal year (FY 2023-24) has surpassed Rs 460 billion. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to data released by the Department of Customs, the country has a trade deficit of Rs 461.93 billion as of mid-November this year. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the department, the country's foreign trade volume during this period was over Rs 563 billion while the import volume was worth over Rs 50.56 billion. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Comparing to the foreign trade with the data of the corresponding period in the last fiscal year, the import value went down by 3.79 percent, export by 7.68 percent, trade deficit by 3.34 percent and the overall foreign trade by 4.15 percent. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">India remains the largest trade partner of Nepal. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">In the first four months of the current fiscal year, Nepal-India trade value stood at over Rs 347 billion, resulting in a trade deficit of over Rs 281 billion. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-25', 'modified' => '2023-11-25', 'keywords' => 'trade, deficit, Nepal, India, import, export, foreign', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19285', 'image' => '20231125092857_20220622075829_trade_imbalance.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-25 09:28:18', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19556', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Nepal and ADB Sign Concessional Loan Agreement of over Rs 13 Billion', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 25: The Government of Nepal and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed an agreement for concessional loan amounting to Rs 13.3 billion (USD 100 million) for implementation of programmes of Public Finance Management and Strengthening Service Delivery. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 25: The Government of Nepal and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed an agreement for concessional loan amounting to Rs 13.3 billion (USD 100 million) for implementation of programmes of Public Finance Management and Strengthening Service Delivery. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Finance Secretary Krishna Hari Pushkar and Asian Development Bank’s Regional Country Director for Nepal Arnaud Cauchois signed the agreement to this effect at the Ministry of Finance on Friday. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"Public Finance Management and Strengthening Service Delivery are the major priorities of the government. This (concessional loan) would support in the implementation of restructuring public finance as well as in fiscal federalism," Finance Secretary Pushkar said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The finance secretary added that the government has been effortful to strengthen public finance management and public service delivery through various reformative measures through the current fiscal year's budget. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Similarly, ADB’s Regional Director Cauchois expressed his confidence that the loan would assist in making Nepal's financial system sustainable and make the government's periodic programmes more effective. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">He further said that the loan to be obtained from the ADB under this title was linked to Nepal's medium-term and long-term national plan to upgrade Nepal to middle-income country by 2030. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">It is a concessional loan obtained by Nepal for budgetary assistance. The first phase of the Public Finance Management and Strengthening Service Delivery has been implemented. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The current loan is for the second phase of implementation, it was shared. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-25', 'modified' => '2023-11-25', 'keywords' => 'ADB, Nepal, concessional, loan', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19284', 'image' => '20231125092616_KRB_KTM-0U3A3542.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-25 09:25:28', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19555', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Improvement in Foreign Trade did not Even Last One Month', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 24: Nepal’s foreign trade, which just turned positive after a year, has returned to its previous state of deficit once again. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">November 24: Nepal’s foreign trade, which just turned positive after a year, has returned to its previous state of deficit once again. The foreign trade started increasing after mid-September, but decreased again within one month. According to the data released by the Department of Customs on Thursday, the foreign trade of the current year up to mid-October decreased by 4.15 percent compared to last year. As of mid-October last year, the country’s foreign trade in terms of monetary value stood at Rs 587.46 billion, while in the corresponding period of the current year; Nepal’s foreign trade was just worth Rs 563.6 billion. The country’s foreign trade has been affected due to the sharp decline in imports and exports.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">As of mid-October, the country’s imports stood at Rs 512.50 billion, while the export figure amounted to a meagre Rs 50.56 billion. Compared to the same period of last year, the import decreased by 3.79 percent and the export decreased by 7.68 percent. As of mid-November this year, imports worth Rs 147.4 billion and exports worth Rs 9.69 billion have been recorded. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Analysts said referring to Nepal Rastra Bank’s data that the country’s overall economy improved recently due to the improvement in external sector indicators mainly due to increase in volume of foreign trade. However, the country’s foreign trade took a nosedive within a month.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">After the pressure on foreign exchange reserves eased, the government opened import restrictions and NRB also reviewed its policy. However, the data of mid-November shows that there will be no improvement in foreign trade. According to the latest report of NRB, as of mid-November, the current account of the country is in a surplus of Rs 99.7 billion. The foreign currency reserve is Rs 1643.9 billion, which can cover the import of goods and services for 10.3 months. Similarly, bank deposits and loan investments have also increased.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-24', 'modified' => '2023-11-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19283', 'image' => '20231124041440_Trade.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-24 16:13:43', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19554', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government Restricts Registration, Service Expansion of Saving and Credit Cooperatives ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 24: The government has decided to put on hold the registration, service expansion and establishment of cooperatives of any nature. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 24: The government has decided to put on hold the registration, service expansion and establishment of cooperatives of any nature. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation has urged the authorities concerned to endorse the decision of the Council of Ministers to suspend the registration, service expansion and permission of service centres related to cooperatives, particularly those meant for savings and credit services, until further provisions are made. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Ministry’s Spokesperson Ganesh Prasad Bhatta said that the recent developments in the cooperative sector is likely to have adverse effects in the overall financial sector and therefore the government decided to restrict business expansion of savings and credit cooperatives through a Cabinet decision on November 9. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the Ministry, there is a concerning trend among many savings and credit cooperatives which are in significant numbers across the country to accept huge deposits and invest in high-risk sectors. Similarly, the cooperative sector is grappling with a financial crisis as members and depositors are facing challenges in retrieving their savings. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-24', 'modified' => '2023-11-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19282', 'image' => '20231124035458_Cooperative.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-24 15:53:52', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19553', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'MOICS and Daayitwa signs MoU to Promote Innovation-led Economic Growth', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 24: Daayitwa, a non-profit, non-governmental organization working to promote domestic youth employment by enabling rural enterprises to create jobs in Nepal, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, and Supplies to collaborate on issues related to economic growth and prosperity.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">November 24: Daayitwa, a non-profit, non-governmental organization working to promote domestic youth employment by enabling rural enterprises to create jobs in Nepal, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, and Supplies to collaborate on issues related to economic growth and prosperity. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The MoU was signed by Arjun Sen Oli, under-secretary of MoICS, and Susit Dhakal, executive director of Daayitwa amid a recent programme. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Issuing a statement on Friday, Daayitwa said, “This formal agreement marks a historic moment for institutionalizing youth voices in strengthening Nepal’s governance system.”<br /> As per the agreement, both the parties will collaborate to research on issues related to youth employment, entrepreneurship and economic development, through programmes like the Daayitwa Nepal Public Policy Fellowship. It further states collaboration and scaling up of entrepreneurship development programmes such as Daayitwa’s Rural Enterprise Acceleration Program (REAP). </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The agreement also mentions the capacity building of government officials affiliated to the Ministry, through organizations related to the Daayitwa Abhiyan.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">MOICS Under Secretary Arjun Sen Oli stated, "This partnership is an excellent opportunity with a huge impact potential and promotes hopefulness and optimism.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The organization believes that this step is an important milestone for Nepali youth and rural entrepreneurs to bolster innovation-led economic growth in Nepal. It also believes that the partnership will create a strong foundation for inclusive prosperity through collaboration between the government and the community.</span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-24', 'modified' => '2023-11-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19281', 'image' => '20231124030756_MOICS 2023 19201080 (4).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-24 15:07:13', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19552', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'No One Will be Exempted from Defaulting on Loans: Finance Minister Mahat ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 24: Finance Minister Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat has said no one will be exempted from defaulting on loans. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 24: Finance Minister Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat has said no one will be exempted from defaulting on loans. Speaking at a programme organised in Bhaktapur on the occasion of the Shankhadhar Day by Madhyapurthimi Municipality, the minister said everyone is bound to pay the loan when they take it and invest rampantly. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"The biggest amount of loan is taken, and not paid? No one will be exempted from not paying loans. However, the state will look after the genuine debtors who are suffering due to loans," he said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Stating that economic development could be achieved through the development of information and technology, hydropower and tourism in Nepal, he urged youths to tap in the opportunities the country has for them. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Saying that no one could take away the republic achieved through the sacrifices of the people, he said the wishes of anyone (if any) of changing the system by spreading negative sentiments would not be fulfilled. Efforts are underway to spread propagandas against this system through social media, he said. </span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">28 injured in clash at Balkhu</span></strong> <br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Twenty-eight persons including police were injured in a clash that occurred between Nepal Police and demonstrators at Balkhu on Thursday. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Five police persons and 23 demonstrators were injured in the skirmish, according to Kathmandu Valley Police Office. They were injured while containing the mob and ensuring security. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Among those injured in the clash, 17 have returned home after minor treatment, while six are undergoing treatment at Kathmandu Medical College, Sinamangal. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The demonstrators gathered at a massive rally organized by Durga Prasain-led campaign had pelted stones on security persons. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">In response, the police fireed 157 teargas shells and five rounds of rubber bullets to control the mob, the Office said. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-24', 'modified' => '2023-11-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19280', 'image' => '20231124015920_20230817055515_collage (20).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-24 13:58:39', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19551', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Tourism Bounces Back in Mustang ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 24: Mustang district witnessed impressive number of tourists last month. Almost 80,000 tourists visited the mountainous district during the month of Kartik (mid-October to mid-November). ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 24: Mustang district witnessed impressive number of tourists last month. Almost 80,000 tourists visited the mountainous district during the month of Kartik (mid-October to mid-November). </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The number of domestic tourists visiting Mustang during the review month was very high, thanks to the festive season. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the records of the District Police Office, a total of 5,504 international tourists and 73,879 internal tourists visited Mustang in during the review period. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP) offices at Jomsom and Lhomanthang keep records of international tourists visiting the district while the Ghasa Police Post and Lete Police Post maintain the records of domestic tourists. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) of Mustang Bhojraj Pandey said that the district witnessed queues of tourists during the festivals of Dashain, Tihar and Chhath adding that almost 14,000 vehicles entered the district carrying tourists to Mustang in a month. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Besides Beni-Jomsom route, the travelers arrived here from Pokhara-Jomsom air route too. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Hotelier Surendra Gauchan of Hotel Ranipauwa at Muktinath said tourist arrival remained exciting in the month of Kartik. "Tourists did not come as expected during last year's festive season due to rain but this time the tourists preferred Mustang for their short trip due to better road network and clear weather," Gauchan argued. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Autumn is considered an appropriate time to visit Mustang. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">With the impressive number of tourists in the district, the hoteliers and stakeholders here have expressed their satisfaction over the revival of tourism in Mustang. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Muktinath, Jomsom, Kagbeni, Lhomanthang, Marpha, Thini and Dhumba Lake are the key touristic and religious attractions for visitors in Mustang. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-24', 'modified' => '2023-11-24', 'keywords' => 'tourism, Mustang, Nepal, Lomanthang, MUktinath, Kagbeni, Jomsom', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19279', 'image' => '20231124031446_939fc303-9b3c-4816-bb41-90c302178d2b.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-24 12:42:52', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19550', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'One Arrested for Illegal Remittance ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 24: Rupesh Shrestha, 48, of Kathmandu Metropolitan City-28 has been arrested on charges of illegal remittance, online gambling, crypto currency transaction and illegal foreign currency exchange. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 24: Rupesh Shrestha, 48, of Kathmandu Metropolitan City-28 has been arrested on charges of illegal remittance, online gambling, crypto currency transaction and illegal foreign currency exchange. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Police deployed from the Central Bureau of Investigation arrested Shrestha from his house in Bagbazaar. The arrest was made following a complaint filed against him. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">During the search, police recovered Rs 8.9 million in cash, US dollars 7,026, laptops, mobile phones, and 64 bank cheques issued in the name of different persons. Further investigation in this regard is underway. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-24', 'modified' => '2023-11-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19278', 'image' => '20231124114456_Remittance.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-24 11:44:12', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19549', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Migratory Birds Start Arriving in Chitwan ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 24: Migratory birds from home and foreign countries have started flocking to the Chitwan National Park and nearby districts.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 24: Migratory birds from home and foreign countries have started flocking to the Chitwan National Park and nearby districts. The migration of such birds including ducks, hawks and kites takes place every year to avoid cold. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">President of the Bird Education Society, Chitwan, Tikaram Giri said such birds have been spotted on the river banks and on water bodies. According to him, 12 to 15 species of ducks from foreign countries have been seen in the Narayani and Rapti rivers, and Riukhola. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Stating that the birds started coming from August, he said many such migratory birds have already arrived while some others would reach by the end of November. Birds come to Chitwan even from the hill areas of Nepal to avoid cold, he said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Ornithologist Hem Sagar Baral said birds come to Nepal from countries like Siberia, Malaysia, Uzbekistan, Pakistan and China. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to him, 100 of 150 species of birds that come to Nepal as visitors have arrived in Nepal this season so far. These birds would return from the south to the north after six months during the time of hatching, he said. These birds visit Nepal as the days are shorter and nights are longer in the northern hemisphere during winter, he said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Particularly, birds living in wetlands, grasslands, forests and farmlands visit Nepal during winter. There are 892 species of birds across Nepal with 650 species found in Chitwan alone. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Rapti, Narayani and Riu rivers that runs through the CNP and wetlands in the surroundings are good habitats for water birds. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-24', 'modified' => '2023-11-24', 'keywords' => 'migratory, birds, winter, cold, northern, hemisphere, Siberia, Russia, Nepal, Chitwan, habitat', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19277', 'image' => '20231124111303_BM_BELBARI_IMG-20231117-WA0005.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-24 11:11:35', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19547', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Hotel Business Running at One-Third Capacity ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 23: Hoteliers say that there has been an increase in the number of new hotels recently, but the arrival of guests is not in the same proportion', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">November 23: Hoteliers say that there has been an increase in the number of new hotels recently, but the arrival of guests is not in the same proportion. As a result, the hoteliers are running their business in loss.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">They claim that despite the increase in arrival of tourists and tourism-related activities, the hotel business is operating at one-third of its capacity.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">President of the Hotel Association of Nepal (HAN) Binayak Shah said that the hotel business has been operating at a loss as the supply is greater than the demand.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">He said this during a meeting with the Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Sudan Kiranti. Shah added that foreign tourists are longing to visit Nepal and inquiries are increasing, however, the tourists who intend to visit Nepal go elsewhere due to the difficulties in roads transportation and air connectivity in the country.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">He said that the state should pay attention to these aspects as soon as possible, adding that if only the road network connecting neighbouring countries China and India can be prepared, the arrival of tourists will further increase.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">HAN also emphasized making the Nepal Tourism Board and Nepal Airlines Corporation active in promoting the country's tourism in the international level.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">On the occasion, Minister Kiranti said that the arrival of tourists is satisfactory. Stating that a good message has been conveyed about Nepal in the international level, he emphasized that tourism should be made viable to make the country prosperous. He said that the air network will also be expanded and initiatives are being taken in this regard. He said that a committee has been formed under the leadership of the prime minister to improve the country's economy.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Tourism entrepreneurs have requested the government to simplify the country's tourism policy and make it investment-friendly and tourism-friendly. The businessman also emphasized that the casino regulations, which are currently under revision, should be made systematic and effective to facilitate the operation of the casinos.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-23', 'modified' => '2023-11-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19276', 'image' => '20231123021913_Hotel.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-23 14:18:22', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19548', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Global IME Bank Highest Taxpayer in Banking Sector', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Global IME Bank has emerged as the highest taxpayer among all banks and financial institutions in Nepal for the fiscal year 2022/23.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">November 23: Global IME Bank has emerged as the highest taxpayer among all banks and financial institutions in Nepal for the fiscal year 2022/23. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">The bank has contributed a corporate tax of Rs 3.2 billion during this period. At present the Global IME Bank boats of being the largest bank in the country in terms of capital. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">The bank has paid-up capital of Rs 35.77 billion, according to the bank.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Established in 2007 as a commercial bank, Global IME Bank achieved this status through the merger and acquisition of 21 banks and financial institutions, including five commercial banks, 10 development banks, and six finance companies. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">The bank is actively pursuing digitization and has embraced 'Vision-2025', a strategic plan aimed at doubling its business with the utilization of modern technologies and digitization. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">The bank has established a nationwide presence with 350 branches, 369 ATM counters, 322 branchless units, and 64 extension counters across all 77 districts of Nepal. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">It has also expanded its reach internationally with representative offices in London (UK), New Delhi (India) and Sydney (Australia), maintaining three international contact points. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">With a customer base exceeding 4.2 million and a workforce of more than 4,000 employees, Global IME Bank continues to solidify its position as a key player in the banking sector.</span> (RSS)</span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-11-23', 'modified' => '2023-11-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19275', 'image' => '20231123043659_collage (5).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-11-23 16:35:48', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '42' ) ) ) $current_user = null $logged_in = false $xml = falsesimplexml_load_file - [internal], line ?? include - APP/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp, line 133 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::_renderElement() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 1224 View::element() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 418 include - APP/View/Articles/index.ctp, line 157 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473 Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 968 Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 200 Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167 [main] - APP/webroot/index.php, line 117
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| U.S. Dollar | 1 | 121.23 | 121.83 |
| European Euro | 1 | 131.65 | 132.31 |
| UK Pound Sterling | 1 | 142.47 | 143.18 |
| Swiss Franc | 1 | 124.29 | 124.90 |
| Australian Dollar | 1 | 71.69 | 72.05 |
| Canadian Dollar | 1 | 83.90 | 84.32 |
| Japanese Yen | 10 | 10.94 | 11.00 |
| Chinese Yuan | 1 | 17.17 | 17.26 |
| Saudi Arabian Riyal | 1 | 32.27 | 32.43 |
| UAE Dirham | 1 | 33.01 | 33.17 |
| Malaysian Ringgit | 1 | 27.36 | 27.50 |
| South Korean Won | 100 | 9.77 | 9.82 |
Update: 2020-03-25 | Source: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB)
| Fine Gold | 1 tola | 77000.00 |
| Tejabi Gold | 1 tola | 76700.00 |
| Silver | 1 tola | 720.00 |
Update : 2020-03-25
Source: Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers' Association
| Petrol | 1 Liter | 106.00 |
| Diesel | 1 Liter | 95.00 |
| Kerosene | 1 Liter | 95.00 |
| LP Gas | 1 Cylinder | 1375.00 |
Update : 2020-03-25
