April 20: India is likely to halt the export of wheat due to the decline in production this…
April 20: India is likely to halt the export of wheat due to the decline in production this…
April 20: Twelve out of 17 development banks made profits in the first eight months of the current fiscal year (FY 2022/23), according to the data of Nepal Rastra Bank…
April 20: Finance Minister Dr Parkash Sharan Mahat has said that the energy sector is one of the major sources for increasing the nation’s…
April 20: India is set to overtake China as the world's most populous country by mid-year with almost three million more people, UN estimates showed on…
April 20: Devotees in large number thronged the Matatirtha Kunda (pond) at Chandragiri Municipality-6 in Kathmandu to commemorate the Matatirtha Aunsi.…
The Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) called upon the Nepal Rastra Bank to explore all possible means to lower the lending interest…
A total of 216 industries have expressed their investment commitment worth Rs 180 billion as of first nine months of the current fiscal year…
Nabil Bank Limited has partnered with Samsung to offer special cashback on the purchase of Samsung A 34 and A 54 smartphones for bank Visa Debit and Credit…
April 19: Less than four years after being declared free from load shedding, industrial establishments have again been hit by power cuts.…
April 19: With the decline in production of milk, there is a short supply of 500,000 liters of milk in the market every day.…
April 19: The fourth meeting of Nepal-Japan Bilateral Consultation Mechanism was held in Tokyo, the capital of Japan on…
April 19: 'Ride to Rara' motorcycle race is being held next week to promote tourism in Karnali…
April 19: Renowned Northern Irish climber Noel Hanna has died while descending from the summit of Mt Annapurna, officials said…
April 19: President Ram Chandra Paudel has been taken to New Delhi, the capital of India, for medical treatment.…
April 19: Abhishek Bastola of Pokhara has been enlisted in the world rankings of the International Tennis Federation (ITF).…
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Last year, India produced 106.8 million metric tons of wheat.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Talking to the online edition of Times of India and NDTV, Meena said that they have so far been able to store only 10 percent of the 34.2 million tons of wheat required to be stored for India's domestic consumption under the Food Security Act. He said that export is not an option until wheat is stored in the required quantity.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">“Until there is enough stock for domestic consumption, we cannot even think about exporting.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">After the Indian government fixed the price of wheat for the farmers at INR 2155 per quintal, the farmers have been selling wheat in the local market at a better price than the price set by the government. Traders are buying wheat from farmers at INR 2300 per quintal. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">If the government starts buying wheat by raising some prices and if the farmers sell wheat at the price set by the government, it will take four months to reach the FCI quota of 34.2 million tons. According to FCI, it is not possible to buy wheat immediately and store it due to high humidity of wheat due to unseasonal rains in many parts of India.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The flour manufacturers of Nepal have submitted a letter to the Indian Embassy saying that they need 300,000 metric tons of wheat until May. An official response on this matter is yet to come from the Indian side.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Last year India provided only 50,000 tons of wheat against a demand of 200,000 tons. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Wheat produced in Nepal will come into the market from May. Farmers said that due to lack of rain this time, wheat production in Nepal decreased by half. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Nepal needs 1,000,000 metric tons of wheat annually.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-20', 'modified' => '2023-04-20', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17351', 'image' => '20230420120418_wheatttttt.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-20 12:03:04', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17616', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Five out of 17 Development Banks in Losses', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 20: Twelve out of 17 development banks made profits in the first eight months of the current fiscal year (FY 2022/23), according to the data of Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB).', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">April 20: Twelve out of 17 development banks made profits in the first eight months of the current fiscal year (FY 2022/23), according to the data of Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB).</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">According to the central bank, from mid-July to mid-March of the current fiscal year, five development banks were in net loss.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The NRB data shows that Salpa Development Bank, Narayani Development Bank, Sindhu Development Bank, Excel Development Bank and Saptakoshi Development Bank are currently in losses. Saptakoshi Development Bank has incurred the highest losses at Rs 257 million.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Among the 12 profitable banks, Muktinath Bikas Bank is at the forefront. The bank earned profits of Rs 873.6 million till mid-March of the current fiscal year.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In the second place is Garima Bikas Bank with a profit of Rs 663.3 million followed by Shine Resunga Development Bank with a profit of Rs 557.1 million during this period.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Green Development Bank is the least profitable among the 12 banks bank with a profit of Rs 7.6 million </span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-20', 'modified' => '2023-04-20', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17350', 'image' => '20230420110937_1681905480.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-20 11:09:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17614', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Energy One of Major Tools for Promoting National Income, says Finance Minister ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 20: Finance Minister Dr Parkash Sharan Mahat has said that the energy sector is one of the major sources for increasing the nation’s income. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 20: Finance Minister Dr Parkash Sharan Mahat has said that the energy sector is one of the major sources for increasing the nation’s income. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">In his address during the concluding session of Power Summit 2023 in Kathmandu on Wednesday, Finance Minister Mahat said that the private sector had its significant contribution to the promotion of energy sector in Nepal. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif""> Before the 1990's, the domestic energy production was very less but with the involvement of the private sector in the power generation, the graph of power generation is soaring and now we have arrived at the point of exporting it, said Finance Minister Mahat. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">He took time to say that private investors are attracted to Nepal's energy sector seeing its viability. He added that it is a matter of happiness that Nepal is now partially self-sufficient on power production. The minister further said that the government is committed to encourage investors to engage in the energy sector. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"I appeal to the national and international investors to consider investment in Nepal's energy sector. The government is ready to address the problems facing the investors," the minister pledged, assuring various concession and facilities for investments. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to him, the investment made by the private sector had yielded a favorable result. He saw energy as a good source of income for Nepal. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Stating that the government would take the lead to export surplus electricity to India and Bangladesh and other countries, Finance Minister Mahat vowed to devise a mechanism to export electricity to India. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Considering Bangladesh as another big market for Nepal in terms of electricity, he indicated that surplus electricity could be exported to Bangladesh after inking agreement for the trade of electricity. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to him, big investors such as the World Bank were keen in investment in hydro power projects in Nepal, mostly medium scale. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">He emphasized increasing domestic consumption of energy and encouraged use of electric vehicles and electrification of the transportation sector. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-20', 'modified' => '2023-04-20', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17349', 'image' => '20230420103539_hydro.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-20 10:34:55', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17613', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'India’s Population to Surpass China Mid-year ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 20: India is set to overtake China as the world's most populous country by mid-year with almost three million more people, UN estimates showed on Wednesday.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 20: India is set to overtake China as the world's most populous country by mid-year with almost three million more people, UN estimates showed on Wednesday. India's population will be 1.4286 billion compared to China's 1.4257 billion at mid-year, the United Nations Population Fund's State of World Population report showed. The number of people in China shrank last year for the first time since 1960, when millions starved to death under the disastrous agricultural policies of former leader Mao Zedong. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Many have blamed the slowdown on the soaring cost of living as well as the growing number of women going into the workforce and seeking higher education. Beijing ended its strict "one-child policy", imposed in the 1980s amid overpopulation fears, in 2016 and started letting couples have three children in 2021. China faces a looming demographic decline as birth rates plunge and its workforce ages. Several regions have also announced plans to boost birth rates -- but official efforts have so far failed to reverse the decline. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">India has no recent official data on how many people it has because it has not conducted a census since 2011. India's once in a decade census was due to be held in 2021 but was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic. It is now bogged down by logistical hurdles and political reluctance, making it unlikely the massive exercise will begin anytime soon. Critics say the government is deliberately delaying the census to hide data on contentious issues such as unemployment ahead of national elections next year. The Indian economy under Prime Minister Narendra Modi is struggling to provide jobs for the millions of young people entering the job market every year. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Half of the population of the Asian giant are under 30. The country also faces huge challenges providing electricity, food and housing for its growing population, with many of its huge cities already struggling to cope. According to the Pew Research Centre, India's population has grown by more than one billion people since 1950, the year the UN began gathering population data.- 8 billion -The new UN report also estimated that the global population will have hit 8.045 billion by mid-2023. Other countries, mostly in Europe and Asia, can expect a demographic slump over the coming decades, according to other UN figures published last July which forecast how the world's population will develop between now and 2100. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">A different picture is emerging in Africa, where the population is expected to rise from 1.4 to 3.9 billion inhabitants by 2100, with some 38 percent of Earth dwellers living there, against around 18 percent today. Eight nations of more than 10 million inhabitants, most of them in Europe, saw their populations shrink over the past decade. Japan is also seeing a decline due to its ageing population, losing more than three million inhabitants between 2011 and 2021. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The population of the entire planet, meanwhile, is only expected to decline in the 2090s, after peaking at 10.4 billion, according to the UN. – AFP/RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-20', 'modified' => '2023-04-20', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17348', 'image' => '20230420092938_India.jpeg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-20 09:28:52', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17615', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Devotees Throng Matatirtha Pond to Mark Mother’s Day Today ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 20: Devotees in large number thronged the Matatirtha Kunda (pond) at Chandragiri Municipality-6 in Kathmandu to commemorate the Matatirtha Aunsi. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 20: Devotees in large number thronged the Matatirtha Kunda (pond) at Chandragiri Municipality-6 in Kathmandu to commemorate the Matatirtha Aunsi. They take a holy dip, pay homage and make offerings to their departed mothers. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Matatirtha Aunsi or Mother's Day that falls on the new moon day in the month of Baisakh (the first month of Nepali year) as per the lunar calendar is observed every year in honour of mothers. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Devotees stay awake throughout the night the day before in memory of their mothers and take a holy bath the following day. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to a religious belief, one can see the face of their deceased mother reflected in the pond if they imagine their mother with a pious heart and deep devotion. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Those who lost their mothers visit the Matatirtha pond and pay homage to them while others </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">visit their mothers with sweets, clothes and gifts to make them happy, and receive blessings from them. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Chandragiri Municipality has announced a public holiday within the municipality today. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Arrangements have been made for visiting devotees, said Shanta Udas, chairperson of the Matatirtha Conservation and Development Organisation. On the occasion, over 500,000 devotees are expected to visit the pond, said Udas. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-20', 'modified' => '2023-04-20', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17347', 'image' => '20230420104410_CKK_KTM_RSS_07(2).jpeg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-20 10:43:31', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17611', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'FNCCI Urges Nepal Rastra Bank to Reduce Lending Interest Rates', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'The Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) called upon the Nepal Rastra Bank to explore all possible means to lower the lending interest rates.', 'content' => '<p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">April 20: The Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) called upon the Nepal Rastra Bank to explore all possible means to lower the lending interest rates. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The FNCCI delegation, led by its President Chandra Prasad Dhakal, submitted a proposal to the Governor of Nepal Rastra Bank Maha Prasad Adhikari, highlighting the need to address the economic problems arising from low credit demand and high inflation on Wednesday. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">During the meeting, President Dhakal emphasized the difficulties facing the private sector, with many struggling to repay loans and interests. He requested restructuring and re-tabulation of the loan until July 16, citing a potential increase in bad loans for banks.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Governor Adhikari assured the delegation of a positive response from the central bank and affirmed the inclusion of the FNCCI's suggestions in the third quarter review of the monetary policy and the budget.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-20', 'modified' => '2023-04-20', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17345', 'image' => '20230420061028_collage (82).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-20 06:08:43', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '42' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17610', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => '216 Industries Pledge Investment worth Rs 180 Billion ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'A total of 216 industries have expressed their investment commitment worth Rs 180 billion as of first nine months of the current fiscal year 2022/23.', 'content' => '<p><br /> <span style="font-size:20px">April 19: A total of 216 industries have expressed their investment commitment worth Rs 180 billion in the first nine months of the current fiscal year 2022/23.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"> According to the statistic unveiled by the Department of Industry recently, investment pledge mostly came from small scale industries registered during this period. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">The 216 industries have also pledged to create 673,867 jobs. Investment commitment during the mid-March to mid-April alone was over Rs 25 billion from 33 industries of national and foreign investment which committed to creating 3,612 jobs, the statistic revealed. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">Investment commitment from 53 foreign invested industries during nine months was over Rs 41 billion, according to the Department of Industry. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">Meanwhile, over Rs 14.5 billion went abroad since the beginning of the current fiscal year to till date. According the statistic, over Rs 13 billion has been recommended to refund as dividend during this period while the Department recommended to take away abroad Rs 2 billion, USD over 1.2 million, Indian currency INR 300 million and Euro 7000 as a royalty during this period. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">The Department, during mid-March to mid-April, recommended visa for 166 foreign investors, 45 representatives and 142 dependents. The Nepali currency could be taken abroad once the Nepal Rastra Bank approves the recommendations furnished by the Department. ---RSS </span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-19', 'modified' => '2023-04-19', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17344', 'image' => '20230419052613_collage - 2023-04-19T172154.231.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-19 17:23:04', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '42' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17609', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Nabil Cardholders to Receive Cashback on Purchase of Samsung Mobiles ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Nabil Bank Limited has partnered with Samsung to offer special cashback on the purchase of Samsung A 34 and A 54 smartphones for bank Visa Debit and Credit Cardholders.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px">April 19: Nabil Bank Limited has partnered with Samsung to offer special cashback on the purchase of Samsung A 34 and A 54 smartphones for bank Visa Debit and Credit Cardholders. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">With the agreement, Nabil Bank cardholders can enjoy Rs 2000 cashback on the purchase of these models at any Samsung brand stores and retail outlet across the country. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">The partnership is expected to provide an opportunity for Nabil Bank cardholders to enjoy Samsung’s high quality smartphones at a more affordable price. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">The bank’s partnership aims to attract more customers to Nabil Bank and Samsung by providing better experiences. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">Nabil Bank has always been committed to imparting innovative products and services to its customers, and this partnership is another example of the bank’s dedication to enhancing customer satisfaction. </span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-19', 'modified' => '2023-04-19', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17343', 'image' => '20230419034141_collage - 2023-04-19T154024.024.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-19 15:38:59', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '42' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17607', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Industries Suffering from Recession and High Interest Rates reeling under Power Shortage', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 19: Less than four years after being declared free from load shedding, industrial establishments have again been hit by power cuts. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">April 19: Less than four years after being declared free from load shedding, industrial establishments have again been hit by power cuts. The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) had reduced the load shedding hours significantly from 18 hours a day in the past.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">However, the joy of the industrialist was short lived. Since last year, industries are again facing power cuts.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">It was under the initiative of Kulman Ghising that the load-shedding was reduced last time. He is the executive director of NEA again but there is power cut for 8/9 hours every day.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Industrialists from Bara-Parsa have said that unannounced load-shedding has badly affected them at a time when the market demand is declining since to the Covid outbreak and the interest rates are quite high. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Anil Kumar Agrawal, president of the Federation of Birgunj Chamber of Commerce and Industries, said that NEA cuts power for 8/9 hours every day without notice.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Industries facing the problem of the high cost of production and low demand in the market, complain that energy shortage has become another headache for them. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Hari Gautam, the senior vice-president of the federation, said that the overall production of the industries has fallen to around 25 per cent.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">"Instead, if there was load shedding as announced, the shift of production could have been arranged. Now you don't know when the light comes on and when it goes off. Workers have to remain idle,” shared Gautam. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">NEA officials say that electricity production has decreased compared to previous years during this dry season and imports from India have also decreased, so they had to stop the supply of electricity to the industry to manage demand during peak hours. Officials of the authority said that electricity production has decreased by 20 per cent compared to last year.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">According to the authority's figures, the total demand for electricity at present is 1700 MW while the domestic production is 1300 MW.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The problem has arisen because the imports from India could not be regular. When bringing electricity from India during the peak hour, the authority has to pay more money, so the authority brings it during the off hours.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Nepal imports electricity mainly from Bihar, India. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Surendra Bahadur Bhattarai, spokesperson of the authority said that the state of Bihar is currently facing an energy crisis. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-19', 'modified' => '2023-04-19', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17342', 'image' => '20230419023302_Energy.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-19 14:32:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17605', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Market Facing Short-Supply of Milk ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 19: With the decline in production of milk, there is a short supply of 500,000 liters of milk in the market every day. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">April 19: With the decline in production of milk, there is a short supply of 500,000 liters of milk in the market every day. Although the demand for milk in the market is the same, there is a shortage due to the decline in milk production caused by a decline in the number of dairy farmers.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The number of farmers producing milk decreased after the dairy industry, which was hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, failed to get back on the track. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">According to Prahalad Dahal, president of Nepal Dairy Association, around 600,000 households were associated with milk production across the country before the Covid-19 pandemic. But after failing to recover, only 500,000 households are involved in this profession now.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Dahal said that with the decrease in the number of farmer families involved in dairy farming, milk production also decreased at the rate of 500,000 liters per day. Earlier, 6,200,000 liters of milk used to be produced every day. Now, this umber has been reduced to 5,700,000 liters. Before the Covid-19 pandemic, 3,100,000 liters of milk was supplied daily in the market, which has now dropped to only 2,600,000 liters. With the onset of summer season, the consumption of dairy products like curd, buttermilk, ice cream has increased.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">While there is a shortage of milk, the stock of powdered milk with the powder plants has also dropped to zero. Rajkumar Dahal, president of the Dairy Industry Association said that the stocks of milk powder and butter have been depleted since the production did not increase this year during the period of high milk production from August to February.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">He also informed that after the shortage of milk appeared in the market, businessmen asked the government for permission to import milk. As per the information of the Nepal Dairy Development Board, the government-owned Dairy Development Corporation, the private sector’s Nepal Dairy Association and the Dairy Industry Association have submitted an application to the Board under the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development seeking permission to import milk from India. The board and the ministry are yet to respond to the proposal.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Currently, there is a shortage of milk not only in Nepal but worldwide. According to the data of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, milk production has decreased by 15 percent worldwide.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Last year also in October, the government had given permission to import milk from India for 1 month. However, due to the festive season, the dairymen did not import enough milk at that time.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-19', 'modified' => '2023-04-19', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17341', 'image' => '20230419021356_milkkkkkkk.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-19 14:13:18', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17606', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Fourth meeting of Nepal-Japan Bilateral Consultation Mechanism held ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 19: The fourth meeting of Nepal-Japan Bilateral Consultation Mechanism was held in Tokyo, the capital of Japan on Tuesday.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 19: The fourth meeting of Nepal-Japan Bilateral Consultation Mechanism was held in Tokyo, the capital of Japan on Tuesday. During the meeting, the two sides took stock of all aspects of bilateral relations and exchanged views on further promoting cooperation between the two countries, the Embassy of Nepal in Tokyo stated in a press statement. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">While expressing satisfaction over the existing excellent state of bilateral relations between the two countries, both sides placed high importance on exchange of high-level visits in order to further strengthen the bilateral relations. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The two sides discussed various ways of enhancing cooperation in the areas of trade , tourism, investment, agriculture, waste and disaster management, foreign employment as well as culture and people-to-people ties. The Nepali side shared about the country's graduation from the LDC status in 2026 and requested for the continuation of support of the Government of Japan in terms of grant assistance and concessional loans. The Japanese side assured of the continued cooperation to Nepal for its graduation from the LDC status and thereafter within the framework of its cooperation policy. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Joint-Secretary and the Head of North East Asia Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lok Bahadur Thapa and Director-General of Southeast and Southwest Asian Affairs Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Arima Yutaka led their respective delegations to the meeting. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The delegation of the Nepali side consisted of the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nepal and the Embassy of Nepal in Tokyo and the Japanese delegation included the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Prior to the meeting, Joint-Secretary Thapa paid a courtesy call on the State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Takei Shunsuke at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-19', 'modified' => '2023-04-19', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17340', 'image' => '20230419023132_Flag-Pins-Nepal-Japan_600x600.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-19 14:30:48', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17604', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Ride to Rara to Promote Tourism in Karnali ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 19: 'Ride to Rara' motorcycle race is being held next week to promote tourism in Karnali Province.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 19: 'Ride to Rara' motorcycle race is being held next week to promote tourism in Karnali Province.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The bike race featuring Bullet motorcycles will kick off from Birendranagar of Surkhet and conclude in Mugu, which is home to the majestic Rara Lake – the biggest lake of Nepal.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The 'Ride to Rara' competition will be held from April 23 to 25. The event is being organized by Triveni Adventures Pvt Ltd and Royal Enfield Bullet Bike Showroom with support from Nepal Tourism Board and the National Sports Council.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">A total of 40 riders travelling on 20 bullet motorcycles will be taking part in the competition, Manaraj Simkhada, a representative of one of the organising companies, told the state-owned national news agency RSS. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The event is expected to help promote tourism in Karnali while the best riders will be selected to participate in a South Asian event, RSS quoted Simkhada as saying. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The riders will be accompanied by a medical, technical and photography team and a documentary will also be produced. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the organizers, the registration fee is free of cost for any aspiring rider. The estimated cost of organizing the event is around Rs 800,000.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-19', 'modified' => '2023-04-19', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17339', 'image' => '20230419011744_upper-mustang-ride-600x500.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-19 13:16:58', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17603', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Renowned Climber Hanna Dies on Mt Annapurna', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 19: Renowned Northern Irish climber Noel Hanna has died while descending from the summit of Mt Annapurna, officials said Tuesday.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Agencies</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 19: Renowned Northern Irish climber Noel Hanna has died while descending from the summit of Mt Annapurna, officials said Tuesday, adding that the 56-year-old climber died at Camp 4 on Monday night while he was returning after a successful summit of the 8091-meter peak.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the state-owned RSS, his body was picked up from an altitude of 6,000 meters by a helicopter on Tuesday morning and was sent to TU Teaching Hospital in Maharajgunj, Kathmandu for \ postmortem. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Hanna had reportedly climbed Everest 10 times and reached atop the highest point on all seven continents.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">In 2006, he climbed the world's highest peak and then cycled from the route's base camp to the sea in eastern India, reaching the Bay of Bengal after a marathon two-week bike ride, the AFP reported.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the French news agency, Annapurna, the world's tenth highest mountain, is avalanche-prone, technically difficult and has a higher death rate than Everest.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">“Another climber Baljeet Kaur, 28, from India was rescued from a spot at an altitude of 7,500 meters on Tuesday afternoon by a Kailash Air chopper,” RSS quoted one of the rescuers Indra Singh Sherchan of Dana as saying. Her expedition is managed by Pioneer Trekking Company. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Kaur’s compatriot Arjun Vajpai, 30, was also rescued after a search lasting hours, AFP reported citing the Department of Tourism.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Another 34-year-old Indian climber, who fell into a crevasse on Monday, is still missing.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The spring climbing season had a tragic start last week with the death of three Sherpa climbers on Everest. The trio were crossing the treacherous Khumbu icefall on Wednesday as part of a supply mission when a block of glacial ice fell and swept them into a deep crevasse, AFP added.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">“Nepal is home to eight of the world's 10 highest peaks and welcomes hundreds of adventurers each spring climbing season, when temperatures are warm and winds are typically calm.”</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The government has issued more than 700 climbing permits for various Himalayan mountains this season, including 319 for Everest.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""> </span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-19', 'modified' => '2023-04-19', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17338', 'image' => '20230419123359_trekking-annapurna-680x261.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-19 12:33:09', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17602', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'President Paudel taken to India via Air Ambulance for Health Treatment ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 19: President Ram Chandra Paudel has been taken to New Delhi, the capital of India, for medical treatment. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 19: President Ram Chandra Paudel has been taken to New Delhi, the capital of India, for medical treatment. He was taken to India on Wednesday morning via an air ambulance of the Shree Airlines, according to the President's Secretariat. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">President Paudel had been admitted to the TU Teaching Hospital, Maharajganj on Tuesday evening after suffering some health complications. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">President Paudel will be undergoing treatment at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Before being admitted to the TUTH on Tuesday, President Paudel had returned home after treatment of stomach-related ailments at the same hospital on April 1. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-19', 'modified' => '2023-04-19', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17337', 'image' => '20230419113912_20220927025011_shree-airlines33.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-19 11:38:31', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17601', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Abhishek Bastola becomes First Nepali Tennis Player to get ITF Ranking', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 19: Abhishek Bastola of Pokhara has been enlisted in the world rankings of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 19: Abhishek Bastola of Pokhara has been enlisted in the world rankings of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). He is currently playing professional tennis in the US and has recently been ranked 1790 in the ITF ranking. Bastola is reportedly the first Nepali tennis player ever to get ITF ranking. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The 23-year-old Bastola is studying in the US as well as advancing his sports career by playing various international competitions. Bastola started playing tennis in Pokhara when he was eight years old. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">At a program organized by the Kaski District Tennis Association in Pokhara on Tuesday, Bastola expressed pride for being recognized by the ITF. He mentioned that he will work to improve his rankings this year to around 1000 and within 500 next year. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"It is a feeling of pride to play carrying the flag of my motherland Nepal in international competitions," said Bastola, who has played in tennis competitions in 14 different countries so far. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">On the occasion, Central Vice President of Nepal Tennis Association Binod Kayastha said that Abhishek's achievement was a matter for pride for all Nepalis. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-19', 'modified' => '2023-04-19', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17336', 'image' => '20230419110730__SMC_MTennis_10_26_18_0334.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-19 11:06:45', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ) ) $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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Last year, India produced 106.8 million metric tons of wheat.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Talking to the online edition of Times of India and NDTV, Meena said that they have so far been able to store only 10 percent of the 34.2 million tons of wheat required to be stored for India's domestic consumption under the Food Security Act. He said that export is not an option until wheat is stored in the required quantity.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">“Until there is enough stock for domestic consumption, we cannot even think about exporting.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">After the Indian government fixed the price of wheat for the farmers at INR 2155 per quintal, the farmers have been selling wheat in the local market at a better price than the price set by the government. Traders are buying wheat from farmers at INR 2300 per quintal. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">If the government starts buying wheat by raising some prices and if the farmers sell wheat at the price set by the government, it will take four months to reach the FCI quota of 34.2 million tons. According to FCI, it is not possible to buy wheat immediately and store it due to high humidity of wheat due to unseasonal rains in many parts of India.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The flour manufacturers of Nepal have submitted a letter to the Indian Embassy saying that they need 300,000 metric tons of wheat until May. An official response on this matter is yet to come from the Indian side.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Last year India provided only 50,000 tons of wheat against a demand of 200,000 tons. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Wheat produced in Nepal will come into the market from May. Farmers said that due to lack of rain this time, wheat production in Nepal decreased by half. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Nepal needs 1,000,000 metric tons of wheat annually.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-20', 'modified' => '2023-04-20', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17351', 'image' => '20230420120418_wheatttttt.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-20 12:03:04', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17616', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Five out of 17 Development Banks in Losses', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 20: Twelve out of 17 development banks made profits in the first eight months of the current fiscal year (FY 2022/23), according to the data of Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB).', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">April 20: Twelve out of 17 development banks made profits in the first eight months of the current fiscal year (FY 2022/23), according to the data of Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB).</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">According to the central bank, from mid-July to mid-March of the current fiscal year, five development banks were in net loss.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The NRB data shows that Salpa Development Bank, Narayani Development Bank, Sindhu Development Bank, Excel Development Bank and Saptakoshi Development Bank are currently in losses. Saptakoshi Development Bank has incurred the highest losses at Rs 257 million.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Among the 12 profitable banks, Muktinath Bikas Bank is at the forefront. The bank earned profits of Rs 873.6 million till mid-March of the current fiscal year.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In the second place is Garima Bikas Bank with a profit of Rs 663.3 million followed by Shine Resunga Development Bank with a profit of Rs 557.1 million during this period.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Green Development Bank is the least profitable among the 12 banks bank with a profit of Rs 7.6 million </span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-20', 'modified' => '2023-04-20', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17350', 'image' => '20230420110937_1681905480.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-20 11:09:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17614', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Energy One of Major Tools for Promoting National Income, says Finance Minister ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 20: Finance Minister Dr Parkash Sharan Mahat has said that the energy sector is one of the major sources for increasing the nation’s income. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 20: Finance Minister Dr Parkash Sharan Mahat has said that the energy sector is one of the major sources for increasing the nation’s income. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">In his address during the concluding session of Power Summit 2023 in Kathmandu on Wednesday, Finance Minister Mahat said that the private sector had its significant contribution to the promotion of energy sector in Nepal. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif""> Before the 1990's, the domestic energy production was very less but with the involvement of the private sector in the power generation, the graph of power generation is soaring and now we have arrived at the point of exporting it, said Finance Minister Mahat. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">He took time to say that private investors are attracted to Nepal's energy sector seeing its viability. He added that it is a matter of happiness that Nepal is now partially self-sufficient on power production. The minister further said that the government is committed to encourage investors to engage in the energy sector. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"I appeal to the national and international investors to consider investment in Nepal's energy sector. The government is ready to address the problems facing the investors," the minister pledged, assuring various concession and facilities for investments. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to him, the investment made by the private sector had yielded a favorable result. He saw energy as a good source of income for Nepal. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Stating that the government would take the lead to export surplus electricity to India and Bangladesh and other countries, Finance Minister Mahat vowed to devise a mechanism to export electricity to India. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Considering Bangladesh as another big market for Nepal in terms of electricity, he indicated that surplus electricity could be exported to Bangladesh after inking agreement for the trade of electricity. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to him, big investors such as the World Bank were keen in investment in hydro power projects in Nepal, mostly medium scale. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">He emphasized increasing domestic consumption of energy and encouraged use of electric vehicles and electrification of the transportation sector. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-20', 'modified' => '2023-04-20', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17349', 'image' => '20230420103539_hydro.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-20 10:34:55', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17613', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'India’s Population to Surpass China Mid-year ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 20: India is set to overtake China as the world's most populous country by mid-year with almost three million more people, UN estimates showed on Wednesday.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 20: India is set to overtake China as the world's most populous country by mid-year with almost three million more people, UN estimates showed on Wednesday. India's population will be 1.4286 billion compared to China's 1.4257 billion at mid-year, the United Nations Population Fund's State of World Population report showed. The number of people in China shrank last year for the first time since 1960, when millions starved to death under the disastrous agricultural policies of former leader Mao Zedong. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Many have blamed the slowdown on the soaring cost of living as well as the growing number of women going into the workforce and seeking higher education. Beijing ended its strict "one-child policy", imposed in the 1980s amid overpopulation fears, in 2016 and started letting couples have three children in 2021. China faces a looming demographic decline as birth rates plunge and its workforce ages. Several regions have also announced plans to boost birth rates -- but official efforts have so far failed to reverse the decline. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">India has no recent official data on how many people it has because it has not conducted a census since 2011. India's once in a decade census was due to be held in 2021 but was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic. It is now bogged down by logistical hurdles and political reluctance, making it unlikely the massive exercise will begin anytime soon. Critics say the government is deliberately delaying the census to hide data on contentious issues such as unemployment ahead of national elections next year. The Indian economy under Prime Minister Narendra Modi is struggling to provide jobs for the millions of young people entering the job market every year. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Half of the population of the Asian giant are under 30. The country also faces huge challenges providing electricity, food and housing for its growing population, with many of its huge cities already struggling to cope. According to the Pew Research Centre, India's population has grown by more than one billion people since 1950, the year the UN began gathering population data.- 8 billion -The new UN report also estimated that the global population will have hit 8.045 billion by mid-2023. Other countries, mostly in Europe and Asia, can expect a demographic slump over the coming decades, according to other UN figures published last July which forecast how the world's population will develop between now and 2100. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">A different picture is emerging in Africa, where the population is expected to rise from 1.4 to 3.9 billion inhabitants by 2100, with some 38 percent of Earth dwellers living there, against around 18 percent today. Eight nations of more than 10 million inhabitants, most of them in Europe, saw their populations shrink over the past decade. Japan is also seeing a decline due to its ageing population, losing more than three million inhabitants between 2011 and 2021. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The population of the entire planet, meanwhile, is only expected to decline in the 2090s, after peaking at 10.4 billion, according to the UN. – AFP/RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-20', 'modified' => '2023-04-20', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17348', 'image' => '20230420092938_India.jpeg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-20 09:28:52', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17615', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Devotees Throng Matatirtha Pond to Mark Mother’s Day Today ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 20: Devotees in large number thronged the Matatirtha Kunda (pond) at Chandragiri Municipality-6 in Kathmandu to commemorate the Matatirtha Aunsi. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 20: Devotees in large number thronged the Matatirtha Kunda (pond) at Chandragiri Municipality-6 in Kathmandu to commemorate the Matatirtha Aunsi. They take a holy dip, pay homage and make offerings to their departed mothers. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Matatirtha Aunsi or Mother's Day that falls on the new moon day in the month of Baisakh (the first month of Nepali year) as per the lunar calendar is observed every year in honour of mothers. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Devotees stay awake throughout the night the day before in memory of their mothers and take a holy bath the following day. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to a religious belief, one can see the face of their deceased mother reflected in the pond if they imagine their mother with a pious heart and deep devotion. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Those who lost their mothers visit the Matatirtha pond and pay homage to them while others </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">visit their mothers with sweets, clothes and gifts to make them happy, and receive blessings from them. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Chandragiri Municipality has announced a public holiday within the municipality today. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Arrangements have been made for visiting devotees, said Shanta Udas, chairperson of the Matatirtha Conservation and Development Organisation. On the occasion, over 500,000 devotees are expected to visit the pond, said Udas. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-20', 'modified' => '2023-04-20', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17347', 'image' => '20230420104410_CKK_KTM_RSS_07(2).jpeg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-20 10:43:31', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17611', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'FNCCI Urges Nepal Rastra Bank to Reduce Lending Interest Rates', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'The Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) called upon the Nepal Rastra Bank to explore all possible means to lower the lending interest rates.', 'content' => '<p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">April 20: The Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) called upon the Nepal Rastra Bank to explore all possible means to lower the lending interest rates. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The FNCCI delegation, led by its President Chandra Prasad Dhakal, submitted a proposal to the Governor of Nepal Rastra Bank Maha Prasad Adhikari, highlighting the need to address the economic problems arising from low credit demand and high inflation on Wednesday. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">During the meeting, President Dhakal emphasized the difficulties facing the private sector, with many struggling to repay loans and interests. He requested restructuring and re-tabulation of the loan until July 16, citing a potential increase in bad loans for banks.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Governor Adhikari assured the delegation of a positive response from the central bank and affirmed the inclusion of the FNCCI's suggestions in the third quarter review of the monetary policy and the budget.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-20', 'modified' => '2023-04-20', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17345', 'image' => '20230420061028_collage (82).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-20 06:08:43', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '42' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17610', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => '216 Industries Pledge Investment worth Rs 180 Billion ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'A total of 216 industries have expressed their investment commitment worth Rs 180 billion as of first nine months of the current fiscal year 2022/23.', 'content' => '<p><br /> <span style="font-size:20px">April 19: A total of 216 industries have expressed their investment commitment worth Rs 180 billion in the first nine months of the current fiscal year 2022/23.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"> According to the statistic unveiled by the Department of Industry recently, investment pledge mostly came from small scale industries registered during this period. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">The 216 industries have also pledged to create 673,867 jobs. Investment commitment during the mid-March to mid-April alone was over Rs 25 billion from 33 industries of national and foreign investment which committed to creating 3,612 jobs, the statistic revealed. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">Investment commitment from 53 foreign invested industries during nine months was over Rs 41 billion, according to the Department of Industry. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">Meanwhile, over Rs 14.5 billion went abroad since the beginning of the current fiscal year to till date. According the statistic, over Rs 13 billion has been recommended to refund as dividend during this period while the Department recommended to take away abroad Rs 2 billion, USD over 1.2 million, Indian currency INR 300 million and Euro 7000 as a royalty during this period. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">The Department, during mid-March to mid-April, recommended visa for 166 foreign investors, 45 representatives and 142 dependents. The Nepali currency could be taken abroad once the Nepal Rastra Bank approves the recommendations furnished by the Department. ---RSS </span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-19', 'modified' => '2023-04-19', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17344', 'image' => '20230419052613_collage - 2023-04-19T172154.231.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-19 17:23:04', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '42' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17609', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Nabil Cardholders to Receive Cashback on Purchase of Samsung Mobiles ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Nabil Bank Limited has partnered with Samsung to offer special cashback on the purchase of Samsung A 34 and A 54 smartphones for bank Visa Debit and Credit Cardholders.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px">April 19: Nabil Bank Limited has partnered with Samsung to offer special cashback on the purchase of Samsung A 34 and A 54 smartphones for bank Visa Debit and Credit Cardholders. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">With the agreement, Nabil Bank cardholders can enjoy Rs 2000 cashback on the purchase of these models at any Samsung brand stores and retail outlet across the country. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">The partnership is expected to provide an opportunity for Nabil Bank cardholders to enjoy Samsung’s high quality smartphones at a more affordable price. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">The bank’s partnership aims to attract more customers to Nabil Bank and Samsung by providing better experiences. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">Nabil Bank has always been committed to imparting innovative products and services to its customers, and this partnership is another example of the bank’s dedication to enhancing customer satisfaction. </span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-19', 'modified' => '2023-04-19', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17343', 'image' => '20230419034141_collage - 2023-04-19T154024.024.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-19 15:38:59', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '42' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17607', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Industries Suffering from Recession and High Interest Rates reeling under Power Shortage', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 19: Less than four years after being declared free from load shedding, industrial establishments have again been hit by power cuts. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">April 19: Less than four years after being declared free from load shedding, industrial establishments have again been hit by power cuts. The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) had reduced the load shedding hours significantly from 18 hours a day in the past.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">However, the joy of the industrialist was short lived. Since last year, industries are again facing power cuts.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">It was under the initiative of Kulman Ghising that the load-shedding was reduced last time. He is the executive director of NEA again but there is power cut for 8/9 hours every day.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Industrialists from Bara-Parsa have said that unannounced load-shedding has badly affected them at a time when the market demand is declining since to the Covid outbreak and the interest rates are quite high. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Anil Kumar Agrawal, president of the Federation of Birgunj Chamber of Commerce and Industries, said that NEA cuts power for 8/9 hours every day without notice.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Industries facing the problem of the high cost of production and low demand in the market, complain that energy shortage has become another headache for them. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Hari Gautam, the senior vice-president of the federation, said that the overall production of the industries has fallen to around 25 per cent.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">"Instead, if there was load shedding as announced, the shift of production could have been arranged. Now you don't know when the light comes on and when it goes off. Workers have to remain idle,” shared Gautam. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">NEA officials say that electricity production has decreased compared to previous years during this dry season and imports from India have also decreased, so they had to stop the supply of electricity to the industry to manage demand during peak hours. Officials of the authority said that electricity production has decreased by 20 per cent compared to last year.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">According to the authority's figures, the total demand for electricity at present is 1700 MW while the domestic production is 1300 MW.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The problem has arisen because the imports from India could not be regular. When bringing electricity from India during the peak hour, the authority has to pay more money, so the authority brings it during the off hours.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Nepal imports electricity mainly from Bihar, India. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Surendra Bahadur Bhattarai, spokesperson of the authority said that the state of Bihar is currently facing an energy crisis. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-19', 'modified' => '2023-04-19', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17342', 'image' => '20230419023302_Energy.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-19 14:32:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17605', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Market Facing Short-Supply of Milk ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 19: With the decline in production of milk, there is a short supply of 500,000 liters of milk in the market every day. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">April 19: With the decline in production of milk, there is a short supply of 500,000 liters of milk in the market every day. Although the demand for milk in the market is the same, there is a shortage due to the decline in milk production caused by a decline in the number of dairy farmers.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The number of farmers producing milk decreased after the dairy industry, which was hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, failed to get back on the track. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">According to Prahalad Dahal, president of Nepal Dairy Association, around 600,000 households were associated with milk production across the country before the Covid-19 pandemic. But after failing to recover, only 500,000 households are involved in this profession now.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Dahal said that with the decrease in the number of farmer families involved in dairy farming, milk production also decreased at the rate of 500,000 liters per day. Earlier, 6,200,000 liters of milk used to be produced every day. Now, this umber has been reduced to 5,700,000 liters. Before the Covid-19 pandemic, 3,100,000 liters of milk was supplied daily in the market, which has now dropped to only 2,600,000 liters. With the onset of summer season, the consumption of dairy products like curd, buttermilk, ice cream has increased.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">While there is a shortage of milk, the stock of powdered milk with the powder plants has also dropped to zero. Rajkumar Dahal, president of the Dairy Industry Association said that the stocks of milk powder and butter have been depleted since the production did not increase this year during the period of high milk production from August to February.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">He also informed that after the shortage of milk appeared in the market, businessmen asked the government for permission to import milk. As per the information of the Nepal Dairy Development Board, the government-owned Dairy Development Corporation, the private sector’s Nepal Dairy Association and the Dairy Industry Association have submitted an application to the Board under the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development seeking permission to import milk from India. The board and the ministry are yet to respond to the proposal.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Currently, there is a shortage of milk not only in Nepal but worldwide. According to the data of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, milk production has decreased by 15 percent worldwide.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Last year also in October, the government had given permission to import milk from India for 1 month. However, due to the festive season, the dairymen did not import enough milk at that time.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-19', 'modified' => '2023-04-19', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17341', 'image' => '20230419021356_milkkkkkkk.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-19 14:13:18', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17606', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Fourth meeting of Nepal-Japan Bilateral Consultation Mechanism held ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 19: The fourth meeting of Nepal-Japan Bilateral Consultation Mechanism was held in Tokyo, the capital of Japan on Tuesday.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 19: The fourth meeting of Nepal-Japan Bilateral Consultation Mechanism was held in Tokyo, the capital of Japan on Tuesday. During the meeting, the two sides took stock of all aspects of bilateral relations and exchanged views on further promoting cooperation between the two countries, the Embassy of Nepal in Tokyo stated in a press statement. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">While expressing satisfaction over the existing excellent state of bilateral relations between the two countries, both sides placed high importance on exchange of high-level visits in order to further strengthen the bilateral relations. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The two sides discussed various ways of enhancing cooperation in the areas of trade , tourism, investment, agriculture, waste and disaster management, foreign employment as well as culture and people-to-people ties. The Nepali side shared about the country's graduation from the LDC status in 2026 and requested for the continuation of support of the Government of Japan in terms of grant assistance and concessional loans. The Japanese side assured of the continued cooperation to Nepal for its graduation from the LDC status and thereafter within the framework of its cooperation policy. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Joint-Secretary and the Head of North East Asia Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lok Bahadur Thapa and Director-General of Southeast and Southwest Asian Affairs Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Arima Yutaka led their respective delegations to the meeting. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The delegation of the Nepali side consisted of the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nepal and the Embassy of Nepal in Tokyo and the Japanese delegation included the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Prior to the meeting, Joint-Secretary Thapa paid a courtesy call on the State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Takei Shunsuke at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-19', 'modified' => '2023-04-19', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17340', 'image' => '20230419023132_Flag-Pins-Nepal-Japan_600x600.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-19 14:30:48', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17604', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Ride to Rara to Promote Tourism in Karnali ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 19: 'Ride to Rara' motorcycle race is being held next week to promote tourism in Karnali Province.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 19: 'Ride to Rara' motorcycle race is being held next week to promote tourism in Karnali Province.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The bike race featuring Bullet motorcycles will kick off from Birendranagar of Surkhet and conclude in Mugu, which is home to the majestic Rara Lake – the biggest lake of Nepal.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The 'Ride to Rara' competition will be held from April 23 to 25. The event is being organized by Triveni Adventures Pvt Ltd and Royal Enfield Bullet Bike Showroom with support from Nepal Tourism Board and the National Sports Council.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">A total of 40 riders travelling on 20 bullet motorcycles will be taking part in the competition, Manaraj Simkhada, a representative of one of the organising companies, told the state-owned national news agency RSS. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The event is expected to help promote tourism in Karnali while the best riders will be selected to participate in a South Asian event, RSS quoted Simkhada as saying. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The riders will be accompanied by a medical, technical and photography team and a documentary will also be produced. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the organizers, the registration fee is free of cost for any aspiring rider. The estimated cost of organizing the event is around Rs 800,000.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-19', 'modified' => '2023-04-19', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17339', 'image' => '20230419011744_upper-mustang-ride-600x500.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-19 13:16:58', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17603', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Renowned Climber Hanna Dies on Mt Annapurna', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 19: Renowned Northern Irish climber Noel Hanna has died while descending from the summit of Mt Annapurna, officials said Tuesday.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Agencies</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 19: Renowned Northern Irish climber Noel Hanna has died while descending from the summit of Mt Annapurna, officials said Tuesday, adding that the 56-year-old climber died at Camp 4 on Monday night while he was returning after a successful summit of the 8091-meter peak.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the state-owned RSS, his body was picked up from an altitude of 6,000 meters by a helicopter on Tuesday morning and was sent to TU Teaching Hospital in Maharajgunj, Kathmandu for \ postmortem. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Hanna had reportedly climbed Everest 10 times and reached atop the highest point on all seven continents.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">In 2006, he climbed the world's highest peak and then cycled from the route's base camp to the sea in eastern India, reaching the Bay of Bengal after a marathon two-week bike ride, the AFP reported.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the French news agency, Annapurna, the world's tenth highest mountain, is avalanche-prone, technically difficult and has a higher death rate than Everest.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">“Another climber Baljeet Kaur, 28, from India was rescued from a spot at an altitude of 7,500 meters on Tuesday afternoon by a Kailash Air chopper,” RSS quoted one of the rescuers Indra Singh Sherchan of Dana as saying. Her expedition is managed by Pioneer Trekking Company. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Kaur’s compatriot Arjun Vajpai, 30, was also rescued after a search lasting hours, AFP reported citing the Department of Tourism.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Another 34-year-old Indian climber, who fell into a crevasse on Monday, is still missing.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The spring climbing season had a tragic start last week with the death of three Sherpa climbers on Everest. The trio were crossing the treacherous Khumbu icefall on Wednesday as part of a supply mission when a block of glacial ice fell and swept them into a deep crevasse, AFP added.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">“Nepal is home to eight of the world's 10 highest peaks and welcomes hundreds of adventurers each spring climbing season, when temperatures are warm and winds are typically calm.”</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The government has issued more than 700 climbing permits for various Himalayan mountains this season, including 319 for Everest.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""> </span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-19', 'modified' => '2023-04-19', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17338', 'image' => '20230419123359_trekking-annapurna-680x261.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-19 12:33:09', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17602', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'President Paudel taken to India via Air Ambulance for Health Treatment ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 19: President Ram Chandra Paudel has been taken to New Delhi, the capital of India, for medical treatment. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 19: President Ram Chandra Paudel has been taken to New Delhi, the capital of India, for medical treatment. He was taken to India on Wednesday morning via an air ambulance of the Shree Airlines, according to the President's Secretariat. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">President Paudel had been admitted to the TU Teaching Hospital, Maharajganj on Tuesday evening after suffering some health complications. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">President Paudel will be undergoing treatment at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Before being admitted to the TUTH on Tuesday, President Paudel had returned home after treatment of stomach-related ailments at the same hospital on April 1. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-19', 'modified' => '2023-04-19', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17337', 'image' => '20230419113912_20220927025011_shree-airlines33.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-19 11:38:31', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17601', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Abhishek Bastola becomes First Nepali Tennis Player to get ITF Ranking', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 19: Abhishek Bastola of Pokhara has been enlisted in the world rankings of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 19: Abhishek Bastola of Pokhara has been enlisted in the world rankings of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). He is currently playing professional tennis in the US and has recently been ranked 1790 in the ITF ranking. Bastola is reportedly the first Nepali tennis player ever to get ITF ranking. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The 23-year-old Bastola is studying in the US as well as advancing his sports career by playing various international competitions. Bastola started playing tennis in Pokhara when he was eight years old. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">At a program organized by the Kaski District Tennis Association in Pokhara on Tuesday, Bastola expressed pride for being recognized by the ITF. He mentioned that he will work to improve his rankings this year to around 1000 and within 500 next year. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"It is a feeling of pride to play carrying the flag of my motherland Nepal in international competitions," said Bastola, who has played in tennis competitions in 14 different countries so far. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">On the occasion, Central Vice President of Nepal Tennis Association Binod Kayastha said that Abhishek's achievement was a matter for pride for all Nepalis. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-19', 'modified' => '2023-04-19', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17336', 'image' => '20230419110730__SMC_MTennis_10_26_18_0334.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-19 11:06:45', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ) ) $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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Last year, India produced 106.8 million metric tons of wheat.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Talking to the online edition of Times of India and NDTV, Meena said that they have so far been able to store only 10 percent of the 34.2 million tons of wheat required to be stored for India's domestic consumption under the Food Security Act. He said that export is not an option until wheat is stored in the required quantity.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">“Until there is enough stock for domestic consumption, we cannot even think about exporting.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">After the Indian government fixed the price of wheat for the farmers at INR 2155 per quintal, the farmers have been selling wheat in the local market at a better price than the price set by the government. Traders are buying wheat from farmers at INR 2300 per quintal. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">If the government starts buying wheat by raising some prices and if the farmers sell wheat at the price set by the government, it will take four months to reach the FCI quota of 34.2 million tons. According to FCI, it is not possible to buy wheat immediately and store it due to high humidity of wheat due to unseasonal rains in many parts of India.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The flour manufacturers of Nepal have submitted a letter to the Indian Embassy saying that they need 300,000 metric tons of wheat until May. An official response on this matter is yet to come from the Indian side.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Last year India provided only 50,000 tons of wheat against a demand of 200,000 tons. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Wheat produced in Nepal will come into the market from May. Farmers said that due to lack of rain this time, wheat production in Nepal decreased by half. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Nepal needs 1,000,000 metric tons of wheat annually.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-20', 'modified' => '2023-04-20', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17351', 'image' => '20230420120418_wheatttttt.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-20 12:03:04', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17616', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Five out of 17 Development Banks in Losses', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 20: Twelve out of 17 development banks made profits in the first eight months of the current fiscal year (FY 2022/23), according to the data of Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB).', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">April 20: Twelve out of 17 development banks made profits in the first eight months of the current fiscal year (FY 2022/23), according to the data of Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB).</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">According to the central bank, from mid-July to mid-March of the current fiscal year, five development banks were in net loss.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The NRB data shows that Salpa Development Bank, Narayani Development Bank, Sindhu Development Bank, Excel Development Bank and Saptakoshi Development Bank are currently in losses. Saptakoshi Development Bank has incurred the highest losses at Rs 257 million.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Among the 12 profitable banks, Muktinath Bikas Bank is at the forefront. The bank earned profits of Rs 873.6 million till mid-March of the current fiscal year.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In the second place is Garima Bikas Bank with a profit of Rs 663.3 million followed by Shine Resunga Development Bank with a profit of Rs 557.1 million during this period.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Green Development Bank is the least profitable among the 12 banks bank with a profit of Rs 7.6 million </span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-20', 'modified' => '2023-04-20', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17350', 'image' => '20230420110937_1681905480.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-20 11:09:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17614', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Energy One of Major Tools for Promoting National Income, says Finance Minister ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 20: Finance Minister Dr Parkash Sharan Mahat has said that the energy sector is one of the major sources for increasing the nation’s income. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 20: Finance Minister Dr Parkash Sharan Mahat has said that the energy sector is one of the major sources for increasing the nation’s income. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">In his address during the concluding session of Power Summit 2023 in Kathmandu on Wednesday, Finance Minister Mahat said that the private sector had its significant contribution to the promotion of energy sector in Nepal. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif""> Before the 1990's, the domestic energy production was very less but with the involvement of the private sector in the power generation, the graph of power generation is soaring and now we have arrived at the point of exporting it, said Finance Minister Mahat. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">He took time to say that private investors are attracted to Nepal's energy sector seeing its viability. He added that it is a matter of happiness that Nepal is now partially self-sufficient on power production. The minister further said that the government is committed to encourage investors to engage in the energy sector. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"I appeal to the national and international investors to consider investment in Nepal's energy sector. The government is ready to address the problems facing the investors," the minister pledged, assuring various concession and facilities for investments. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to him, the investment made by the private sector had yielded a favorable result. He saw energy as a good source of income for Nepal. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Stating that the government would take the lead to export surplus electricity to India and Bangladesh and other countries, Finance Minister Mahat vowed to devise a mechanism to export electricity to India. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Considering Bangladesh as another big market for Nepal in terms of electricity, he indicated that surplus electricity could be exported to Bangladesh after inking agreement for the trade of electricity. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to him, big investors such as the World Bank were keen in investment in hydro power projects in Nepal, mostly medium scale. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">He emphasized increasing domestic consumption of energy and encouraged use of electric vehicles and electrification of the transportation sector. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-20', 'modified' => '2023-04-20', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17349', 'image' => '20230420103539_hydro.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-20 10:34:55', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17613', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'India’s Population to Surpass China Mid-year ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 20: India is set to overtake China as the world's most populous country by mid-year with almost three million more people, UN estimates showed on Wednesday.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 20: India is set to overtake China as the world's most populous country by mid-year with almost three million more people, UN estimates showed on Wednesday. India's population will be 1.4286 billion compared to China's 1.4257 billion at mid-year, the United Nations Population Fund's State of World Population report showed. The number of people in China shrank last year for the first time since 1960, when millions starved to death under the disastrous agricultural policies of former leader Mao Zedong. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Many have blamed the slowdown on the soaring cost of living as well as the growing number of women going into the workforce and seeking higher education. Beijing ended its strict "one-child policy", imposed in the 1980s amid overpopulation fears, in 2016 and started letting couples have three children in 2021. China faces a looming demographic decline as birth rates plunge and its workforce ages. Several regions have also announced plans to boost birth rates -- but official efforts have so far failed to reverse the decline. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">India has no recent official data on how many people it has because it has not conducted a census since 2011. India's once in a decade census was due to be held in 2021 but was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic. It is now bogged down by logistical hurdles and political reluctance, making it unlikely the massive exercise will begin anytime soon. Critics say the government is deliberately delaying the census to hide data on contentious issues such as unemployment ahead of national elections next year. The Indian economy under Prime Minister Narendra Modi is struggling to provide jobs for the millions of young people entering the job market every year. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Half of the population of the Asian giant are under 30. The country also faces huge challenges providing electricity, food and housing for its growing population, with many of its huge cities already struggling to cope. According to the Pew Research Centre, India's population has grown by more than one billion people since 1950, the year the UN began gathering population data.- 8 billion -The new UN report also estimated that the global population will have hit 8.045 billion by mid-2023. Other countries, mostly in Europe and Asia, can expect a demographic slump over the coming decades, according to other UN figures published last July which forecast how the world's population will develop between now and 2100. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">A different picture is emerging in Africa, where the population is expected to rise from 1.4 to 3.9 billion inhabitants by 2100, with some 38 percent of Earth dwellers living there, against around 18 percent today. Eight nations of more than 10 million inhabitants, most of them in Europe, saw their populations shrink over the past decade. Japan is also seeing a decline due to its ageing population, losing more than three million inhabitants between 2011 and 2021. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The population of the entire planet, meanwhile, is only expected to decline in the 2090s, after peaking at 10.4 billion, according to the UN. – AFP/RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-20', 'modified' => '2023-04-20', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17348', 'image' => '20230420092938_India.jpeg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-20 09:28:52', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17615', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Devotees Throng Matatirtha Pond to Mark Mother’s Day Today ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 20: Devotees in large number thronged the Matatirtha Kunda (pond) at Chandragiri Municipality-6 in Kathmandu to commemorate the Matatirtha Aunsi. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 20: Devotees in large number thronged the Matatirtha Kunda (pond) at Chandragiri Municipality-6 in Kathmandu to commemorate the Matatirtha Aunsi. They take a holy dip, pay homage and make offerings to their departed mothers. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Matatirtha Aunsi or Mother's Day that falls on the new moon day in the month of Baisakh (the first month of Nepali year) as per the lunar calendar is observed every year in honour of mothers. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Devotees stay awake throughout the night the day before in memory of their mothers and take a holy bath the following day. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to a religious belief, one can see the face of their deceased mother reflected in the pond if they imagine their mother with a pious heart and deep devotion. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Those who lost their mothers visit the Matatirtha pond and pay homage to them while others </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">visit their mothers with sweets, clothes and gifts to make them happy, and receive blessings from them. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Chandragiri Municipality has announced a public holiday within the municipality today. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Arrangements have been made for visiting devotees, said Shanta Udas, chairperson of the Matatirtha Conservation and Development Organisation. On the occasion, over 500,000 devotees are expected to visit the pond, said Udas. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-20', 'modified' => '2023-04-20', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17347', 'image' => '20230420104410_CKK_KTM_RSS_07(2).jpeg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-20 10:43:31', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17611', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'FNCCI Urges Nepal Rastra Bank to Reduce Lending Interest Rates', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'The Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) called upon the Nepal Rastra Bank to explore all possible means to lower the lending interest rates.', 'content' => '<p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">April 20: The Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) called upon the Nepal Rastra Bank to explore all possible means to lower the lending interest rates. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The FNCCI delegation, led by its President Chandra Prasad Dhakal, submitted a proposal to the Governor of Nepal Rastra Bank Maha Prasad Adhikari, highlighting the need to address the economic problems arising from low credit demand and high inflation on Wednesday. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">During the meeting, President Dhakal emphasized the difficulties facing the private sector, with many struggling to repay loans and interests. He requested restructuring and re-tabulation of the loan until July 16, citing a potential increase in bad loans for banks.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Governor Adhikari assured the delegation of a positive response from the central bank and affirmed the inclusion of the FNCCI's suggestions in the third quarter review of the monetary policy and the budget.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-20', 'modified' => '2023-04-20', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17345', 'image' => '20230420061028_collage (82).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-20 06:08:43', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '42' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17610', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => '216 Industries Pledge Investment worth Rs 180 Billion ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'A total of 216 industries have expressed their investment commitment worth Rs 180 billion as of first nine months of the current fiscal year 2022/23.', 'content' => '<p><br /> <span style="font-size:20px">April 19: A total of 216 industries have expressed their investment commitment worth Rs 180 billion in the first nine months of the current fiscal year 2022/23.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"> According to the statistic unveiled by the Department of Industry recently, investment pledge mostly came from small scale industries registered during this period. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">The 216 industries have also pledged to create 673,867 jobs. Investment commitment during the mid-March to mid-April alone was over Rs 25 billion from 33 industries of national and foreign investment which committed to creating 3,612 jobs, the statistic revealed. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">Investment commitment from 53 foreign invested industries during nine months was over Rs 41 billion, according to the Department of Industry. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">Meanwhile, over Rs 14.5 billion went abroad since the beginning of the current fiscal year to till date. According the statistic, over Rs 13 billion has been recommended to refund as dividend during this period while the Department recommended to take away abroad Rs 2 billion, USD over 1.2 million, Indian currency INR 300 million and Euro 7000 as a royalty during this period. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">The Department, during mid-March to mid-April, recommended visa for 166 foreign investors, 45 representatives and 142 dependents. The Nepali currency could be taken abroad once the Nepal Rastra Bank approves the recommendations furnished by the Department. ---RSS </span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-19', 'modified' => '2023-04-19', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17344', 'image' => '20230419052613_collage - 2023-04-19T172154.231.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-19 17:23:04', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '42' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17609', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Nabil Cardholders to Receive Cashback on Purchase of Samsung Mobiles ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Nabil Bank Limited has partnered with Samsung to offer special cashback on the purchase of Samsung A 34 and A 54 smartphones for bank Visa Debit and Credit Cardholders.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px">April 19: Nabil Bank Limited has partnered with Samsung to offer special cashback on the purchase of Samsung A 34 and A 54 smartphones for bank Visa Debit and Credit Cardholders. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">With the agreement, Nabil Bank cardholders can enjoy Rs 2000 cashback on the purchase of these models at any Samsung brand stores and retail outlet across the country. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">The partnership is expected to provide an opportunity for Nabil Bank cardholders to enjoy Samsung’s high quality smartphones at a more affordable price. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">The bank’s partnership aims to attract more customers to Nabil Bank and Samsung by providing better experiences. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">Nabil Bank has always been committed to imparting innovative products and services to its customers, and this partnership is another example of the bank’s dedication to enhancing customer satisfaction. </span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-19', 'modified' => '2023-04-19', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17343', 'image' => '20230419034141_collage - 2023-04-19T154024.024.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-19 15:38:59', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '42' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17607', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Industries Suffering from Recession and High Interest Rates reeling under Power Shortage', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 19: Less than four years after being declared free from load shedding, industrial establishments have again been hit by power cuts. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">April 19: Less than four years after being declared free from load shedding, industrial establishments have again been hit by power cuts. The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) had reduced the load shedding hours significantly from 18 hours a day in the past.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">However, the joy of the industrialist was short lived. Since last year, industries are again facing power cuts.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">It was under the initiative of Kulman Ghising that the load-shedding was reduced last time. He is the executive director of NEA again but there is power cut for 8/9 hours every day.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Industrialists from Bara-Parsa have said that unannounced load-shedding has badly affected them at a time when the market demand is declining since to the Covid outbreak and the interest rates are quite high. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Anil Kumar Agrawal, president of the Federation of Birgunj Chamber of Commerce and Industries, said that NEA cuts power for 8/9 hours every day without notice.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Industries facing the problem of the high cost of production and low demand in the market, complain that energy shortage has become another headache for them. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Hari Gautam, the senior vice-president of the federation, said that the overall production of the industries has fallen to around 25 per cent.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">"Instead, if there was load shedding as announced, the shift of production could have been arranged. Now you don't know when the light comes on and when it goes off. Workers have to remain idle,” shared Gautam. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">NEA officials say that electricity production has decreased compared to previous years during this dry season and imports from India have also decreased, so they had to stop the supply of electricity to the industry to manage demand during peak hours. Officials of the authority said that electricity production has decreased by 20 per cent compared to last year.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">According to the authority's figures, the total demand for electricity at present is 1700 MW while the domestic production is 1300 MW.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The problem has arisen because the imports from India could not be regular. When bringing electricity from India during the peak hour, the authority has to pay more money, so the authority brings it during the off hours.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Nepal imports electricity mainly from Bihar, India. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Surendra Bahadur Bhattarai, spokesperson of the authority said that the state of Bihar is currently facing an energy crisis. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-19', 'modified' => '2023-04-19', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17342', 'image' => '20230419023302_Energy.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-19 14:32:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17605', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Market Facing Short-Supply of Milk ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 19: With the decline in production of milk, there is a short supply of 500,000 liters of milk in the market every day. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">April 19: With the decline in production of milk, there is a short supply of 500,000 liters of milk in the market every day. Although the demand for milk in the market is the same, there is a shortage due to the decline in milk production caused by a decline in the number of dairy farmers.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The number of farmers producing milk decreased after the dairy industry, which was hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, failed to get back on the track. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">According to Prahalad Dahal, president of Nepal Dairy Association, around 600,000 households were associated with milk production across the country before the Covid-19 pandemic. But after failing to recover, only 500,000 households are involved in this profession now.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Dahal said that with the decrease in the number of farmer families involved in dairy farming, milk production also decreased at the rate of 500,000 liters per day. Earlier, 6,200,000 liters of milk used to be produced every day. Now, this umber has been reduced to 5,700,000 liters. Before the Covid-19 pandemic, 3,100,000 liters of milk was supplied daily in the market, which has now dropped to only 2,600,000 liters. With the onset of summer season, the consumption of dairy products like curd, buttermilk, ice cream has increased.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">While there is a shortage of milk, the stock of powdered milk with the powder plants has also dropped to zero. Rajkumar Dahal, president of the Dairy Industry Association said that the stocks of milk powder and butter have been depleted since the production did not increase this year during the period of high milk production from August to February.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">He also informed that after the shortage of milk appeared in the market, businessmen asked the government for permission to import milk. As per the information of the Nepal Dairy Development Board, the government-owned Dairy Development Corporation, the private sector’s Nepal Dairy Association and the Dairy Industry Association have submitted an application to the Board under the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development seeking permission to import milk from India. The board and the ministry are yet to respond to the proposal.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Currently, there is a shortage of milk not only in Nepal but worldwide. According to the data of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, milk production has decreased by 15 percent worldwide.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Last year also in October, the government had given permission to import milk from India for 1 month. However, due to the festive season, the dairymen did not import enough milk at that time.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-19', 'modified' => '2023-04-19', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17341', 'image' => '20230419021356_milkkkkkkk.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-19 14:13:18', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17606', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Fourth meeting of Nepal-Japan Bilateral Consultation Mechanism held ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 19: The fourth meeting of Nepal-Japan Bilateral Consultation Mechanism was held in Tokyo, the capital of Japan on Tuesday.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 19: The fourth meeting of Nepal-Japan Bilateral Consultation Mechanism was held in Tokyo, the capital of Japan on Tuesday. During the meeting, the two sides took stock of all aspects of bilateral relations and exchanged views on further promoting cooperation between the two countries, the Embassy of Nepal in Tokyo stated in a press statement. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">While expressing satisfaction over the existing excellent state of bilateral relations between the two countries, both sides placed high importance on exchange of high-level visits in order to further strengthen the bilateral relations. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The two sides discussed various ways of enhancing cooperation in the areas of trade , tourism, investment, agriculture, waste and disaster management, foreign employment as well as culture and people-to-people ties. The Nepali side shared about the country's graduation from the LDC status in 2026 and requested for the continuation of support of the Government of Japan in terms of grant assistance and concessional loans. The Japanese side assured of the continued cooperation to Nepal for its graduation from the LDC status and thereafter within the framework of its cooperation policy. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Joint-Secretary and the Head of North East Asia Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lok Bahadur Thapa and Director-General of Southeast and Southwest Asian Affairs Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Arima Yutaka led their respective delegations to the meeting. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The delegation of the Nepali side consisted of the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nepal and the Embassy of Nepal in Tokyo and the Japanese delegation included the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Prior to the meeting, Joint-Secretary Thapa paid a courtesy call on the State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Takei Shunsuke at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-19', 'modified' => '2023-04-19', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17340', 'image' => '20230419023132_Flag-Pins-Nepal-Japan_600x600.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-19 14:30:48', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17604', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Ride to Rara to Promote Tourism in Karnali ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 19: 'Ride to Rara' motorcycle race is being held next week to promote tourism in Karnali Province.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 19: 'Ride to Rara' motorcycle race is being held next week to promote tourism in Karnali Province.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The bike race featuring Bullet motorcycles will kick off from Birendranagar of Surkhet and conclude in Mugu, which is home to the majestic Rara Lake – the biggest lake of Nepal.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The 'Ride to Rara' competition will be held from April 23 to 25. The event is being organized by Triveni Adventures Pvt Ltd and Royal Enfield Bullet Bike Showroom with support from Nepal Tourism Board and the National Sports Council.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">A total of 40 riders travelling on 20 bullet motorcycles will be taking part in the competition, Manaraj Simkhada, a representative of one of the organising companies, told the state-owned national news agency RSS. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The event is expected to help promote tourism in Karnali while the best riders will be selected to participate in a South Asian event, RSS quoted Simkhada as saying. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The riders will be accompanied by a medical, technical and photography team and a documentary will also be produced. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the organizers, the registration fee is free of cost for any aspiring rider. The estimated cost of organizing the event is around Rs 800,000.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-19', 'modified' => '2023-04-19', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17339', 'image' => '20230419011744_upper-mustang-ride-600x500.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-19 13:16:58', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17603', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Renowned Climber Hanna Dies on Mt Annapurna', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 19: Renowned Northern Irish climber Noel Hanna has died while descending from the summit of Mt Annapurna, officials said Tuesday.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Agencies</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 19: Renowned Northern Irish climber Noel Hanna has died while descending from the summit of Mt Annapurna, officials said Tuesday, adding that the 56-year-old climber died at Camp 4 on Monday night while he was returning after a successful summit of the 8091-meter peak.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the state-owned RSS, his body was picked up from an altitude of 6,000 meters by a helicopter on Tuesday morning and was sent to TU Teaching Hospital in Maharajgunj, Kathmandu for \ postmortem. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Hanna had reportedly climbed Everest 10 times and reached atop the highest point on all seven continents.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">In 2006, he climbed the world's highest peak and then cycled from the route's base camp to the sea in eastern India, reaching the Bay of Bengal after a marathon two-week bike ride, the AFP reported.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the French news agency, Annapurna, the world's tenth highest mountain, is avalanche-prone, technically difficult and has a higher death rate than Everest.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">“Another climber Baljeet Kaur, 28, from India was rescued from a spot at an altitude of 7,500 meters on Tuesday afternoon by a Kailash Air chopper,” RSS quoted one of the rescuers Indra Singh Sherchan of Dana as saying. Her expedition is managed by Pioneer Trekking Company. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Kaur’s compatriot Arjun Vajpai, 30, was also rescued after a search lasting hours, AFP reported citing the Department of Tourism.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Another 34-year-old Indian climber, who fell into a crevasse on Monday, is still missing.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The spring climbing season had a tragic start last week with the death of three Sherpa climbers on Everest. The trio were crossing the treacherous Khumbu icefall on Wednesday as part of a supply mission when a block of glacial ice fell and swept them into a deep crevasse, AFP added.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">“Nepal is home to eight of the world's 10 highest peaks and welcomes hundreds of adventurers each spring climbing season, when temperatures are warm and winds are typically calm.”</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The government has issued more than 700 climbing permits for various Himalayan mountains this season, including 319 for Everest.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""> </span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-19', 'modified' => '2023-04-19', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17338', 'image' => '20230419123359_trekking-annapurna-680x261.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-19 12:33:09', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17602', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'President Paudel taken to India via Air Ambulance for Health Treatment ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 19: President Ram Chandra Paudel has been taken to New Delhi, the capital of India, for medical treatment. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 19: President Ram Chandra Paudel has been taken to New Delhi, the capital of India, for medical treatment. He was taken to India on Wednesday morning via an air ambulance of the Shree Airlines, according to the President's Secretariat. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">President Paudel had been admitted to the TU Teaching Hospital, Maharajganj on Tuesday evening after suffering some health complications. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">President Paudel will be undergoing treatment at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Before being admitted to the TUTH on Tuesday, President Paudel had returned home after treatment of stomach-related ailments at the same hospital on April 1. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-19', 'modified' => '2023-04-19', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17337', 'image' => '20230419113912_20220927025011_shree-airlines33.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-19 11:38:31', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17601', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Abhishek Bastola becomes First Nepali Tennis Player to get ITF Ranking', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 19: Abhishek Bastola of Pokhara has been enlisted in the world rankings of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 19: Abhishek Bastola of Pokhara has been enlisted in the world rankings of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). He is currently playing professional tennis in the US and has recently been ranked 1790 in the ITF ranking. Bastola is reportedly the first Nepali tennis player ever to get ITF ranking. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The 23-year-old Bastola is studying in the US as well as advancing his sports career by playing various international competitions. Bastola started playing tennis in Pokhara when he was eight years old. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">At a program organized by the Kaski District Tennis Association in Pokhara on Tuesday, Bastola expressed pride for being recognized by the ITF. He mentioned that he will work to improve his rankings this year to around 1000 and within 500 next year. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"It is a feeling of pride to play carrying the flag of my motherland Nepal in international competitions," said Bastola, who has played in tennis competitions in 14 different countries so far. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">On the occasion, Central Vice President of Nepal Tennis Association Binod Kayastha said that Abhishek's achievement was a matter for pride for all Nepalis. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-19', 'modified' => '2023-04-19', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17336', 'image' => '20230419110730__SMC_MTennis_10_26_18_0334.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-19 11:06:45', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ) ) $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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Last year, India produced 106.8 million metric tons of wheat.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Talking to the online edition of Times of India and NDTV, Meena said that they have so far been able to store only 10 percent of the 34.2 million tons of wheat required to be stored for India's domestic consumption under the Food Security Act. He said that export is not an option until wheat is stored in the required quantity.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">“Until there is enough stock for domestic consumption, we cannot even think about exporting.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">After the Indian government fixed the price of wheat for the farmers at INR 2155 per quintal, the farmers have been selling wheat in the local market at a better price than the price set by the government. Traders are buying wheat from farmers at INR 2300 per quintal. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">If the government starts buying wheat by raising some prices and if the farmers sell wheat at the price set by the government, it will take four months to reach the FCI quota of 34.2 million tons. According to FCI, it is not possible to buy wheat immediately and store it due to high humidity of wheat due to unseasonal rains in many parts of India.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The flour manufacturers of Nepal have submitted a letter to the Indian Embassy saying that they need 300,000 metric tons of wheat until May. An official response on this matter is yet to come from the Indian side.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Last year India provided only 50,000 tons of wheat against a demand of 200,000 tons. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Wheat produced in Nepal will come into the market from May. Farmers said that due to lack of rain this time, wheat production in Nepal decreased by half. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Nepal needs 1,000,000 metric tons of wheat annually.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-20', 'modified' => '2023-04-20', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17351', 'image' => '20230420120418_wheatttttt.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-20 12:03:04', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17616', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Five out of 17 Development Banks in Losses', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 20: Twelve out of 17 development banks made profits in the first eight months of the current fiscal year (FY 2022/23), according to the data of Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB).', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">April 20: Twelve out of 17 development banks made profits in the first eight months of the current fiscal year (FY 2022/23), according to the data of Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB).</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">According to the central bank, from mid-July to mid-March of the current fiscal year, five development banks were in net loss.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The NRB data shows that Salpa Development Bank, Narayani Development Bank, Sindhu Development Bank, Excel Development Bank and Saptakoshi Development Bank are currently in losses. Saptakoshi Development Bank has incurred the highest losses at Rs 257 million.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Among the 12 profitable banks, Muktinath Bikas Bank is at the forefront. The bank earned profits of Rs 873.6 million till mid-March of the current fiscal year.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In the second place is Garima Bikas Bank with a profit of Rs 663.3 million followed by Shine Resunga Development Bank with a profit of Rs 557.1 million during this period.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Green Development Bank is the least profitable among the 12 banks bank with a profit of Rs 7.6 million </span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-20', 'modified' => '2023-04-20', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17350', 'image' => '20230420110937_1681905480.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-20 11:09:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17614', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Energy One of Major Tools for Promoting National Income, says Finance Minister ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 20: Finance Minister Dr Parkash Sharan Mahat has said that the energy sector is one of the major sources for increasing the nation’s income. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 20: Finance Minister Dr Parkash Sharan Mahat has said that the energy sector is one of the major sources for increasing the nation’s income. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">In his address during the concluding session of Power Summit 2023 in Kathmandu on Wednesday, Finance Minister Mahat said that the private sector had its significant contribution to the promotion of energy sector in Nepal. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif""> Before the 1990's, the domestic energy production was very less but with the involvement of the private sector in the power generation, the graph of power generation is soaring and now we have arrived at the point of exporting it, said Finance Minister Mahat. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">He took time to say that private investors are attracted to Nepal's energy sector seeing its viability. He added that it is a matter of happiness that Nepal is now partially self-sufficient on power production. The minister further said that the government is committed to encourage investors to engage in the energy sector. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"I appeal to the national and international investors to consider investment in Nepal's energy sector. The government is ready to address the problems facing the investors," the minister pledged, assuring various concession and facilities for investments. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to him, the investment made by the private sector had yielded a favorable result. He saw energy as a good source of income for Nepal. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Stating that the government would take the lead to export surplus electricity to India and Bangladesh and other countries, Finance Minister Mahat vowed to devise a mechanism to export electricity to India. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Considering Bangladesh as another big market for Nepal in terms of electricity, he indicated that surplus electricity could be exported to Bangladesh after inking agreement for the trade of electricity. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to him, big investors such as the World Bank were keen in investment in hydro power projects in Nepal, mostly medium scale. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">He emphasized increasing domestic consumption of energy and encouraged use of electric vehicles and electrification of the transportation sector. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-20', 'modified' => '2023-04-20', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17349', 'image' => '20230420103539_hydro.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-20 10:34:55', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17613', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'India’s Population to Surpass China Mid-year ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 20: India is set to overtake China as the world's most populous country by mid-year with almost three million more people, UN estimates showed on Wednesday.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 20: India is set to overtake China as the world's most populous country by mid-year with almost three million more people, UN estimates showed on Wednesday. India's population will be 1.4286 billion compared to China's 1.4257 billion at mid-year, the United Nations Population Fund's State of World Population report showed. The number of people in China shrank last year for the first time since 1960, when millions starved to death under the disastrous agricultural policies of former leader Mao Zedong. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Many have blamed the slowdown on the soaring cost of living as well as the growing number of women going into the workforce and seeking higher education. Beijing ended its strict "one-child policy", imposed in the 1980s amid overpopulation fears, in 2016 and started letting couples have three children in 2021. China faces a looming demographic decline as birth rates plunge and its workforce ages. Several regions have also announced plans to boost birth rates -- but official efforts have so far failed to reverse the decline. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">India has no recent official data on how many people it has because it has not conducted a census since 2011. India's once in a decade census was due to be held in 2021 but was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic. It is now bogged down by logistical hurdles and political reluctance, making it unlikely the massive exercise will begin anytime soon. Critics say the government is deliberately delaying the census to hide data on contentious issues such as unemployment ahead of national elections next year. The Indian economy under Prime Minister Narendra Modi is struggling to provide jobs for the millions of young people entering the job market every year. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Half of the population of the Asian giant are under 30. The country also faces huge challenges providing electricity, food and housing for its growing population, with many of its huge cities already struggling to cope. According to the Pew Research Centre, India's population has grown by more than one billion people since 1950, the year the UN began gathering population data.- 8 billion -The new UN report also estimated that the global population will have hit 8.045 billion by mid-2023. Other countries, mostly in Europe and Asia, can expect a demographic slump over the coming decades, according to other UN figures published last July which forecast how the world's population will develop between now and 2100. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">A different picture is emerging in Africa, where the population is expected to rise from 1.4 to 3.9 billion inhabitants by 2100, with some 38 percent of Earth dwellers living there, against around 18 percent today. Eight nations of more than 10 million inhabitants, most of them in Europe, saw their populations shrink over the past decade. Japan is also seeing a decline due to its ageing population, losing more than three million inhabitants between 2011 and 2021. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The population of the entire planet, meanwhile, is only expected to decline in the 2090s, after peaking at 10.4 billion, according to the UN. – AFP/RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-20', 'modified' => '2023-04-20', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17348', 'image' => '20230420092938_India.jpeg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-20 09:28:52', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17615', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Devotees Throng Matatirtha Pond to Mark Mother’s Day Today ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 20: Devotees in large number thronged the Matatirtha Kunda (pond) at Chandragiri Municipality-6 in Kathmandu to commemorate the Matatirtha Aunsi. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 20: Devotees in large number thronged the Matatirtha Kunda (pond) at Chandragiri Municipality-6 in Kathmandu to commemorate the Matatirtha Aunsi. They take a holy dip, pay homage and make offerings to their departed mothers. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Matatirtha Aunsi or Mother's Day that falls on the new moon day in the month of Baisakh (the first month of Nepali year) as per the lunar calendar is observed every year in honour of mothers. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Devotees stay awake throughout the night the day before in memory of their mothers and take a holy bath the following day. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to a religious belief, one can see the face of their deceased mother reflected in the pond if they imagine their mother with a pious heart and deep devotion. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Those who lost their mothers visit the Matatirtha pond and pay homage to them while others </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">visit their mothers with sweets, clothes and gifts to make them happy, and receive blessings from them. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Chandragiri Municipality has announced a public holiday within the municipality today. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Arrangements have been made for visiting devotees, said Shanta Udas, chairperson of the Matatirtha Conservation and Development Organisation. On the occasion, over 500,000 devotees are expected to visit the pond, said Udas. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-20', 'modified' => '2023-04-20', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17347', 'image' => '20230420104410_CKK_KTM_RSS_07(2).jpeg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-20 10:43:31', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17611', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'FNCCI Urges Nepal Rastra Bank to Reduce Lending Interest Rates', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'The Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) called upon the Nepal Rastra Bank to explore all possible means to lower the lending interest rates.', 'content' => '<p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">April 20: The Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) called upon the Nepal Rastra Bank to explore all possible means to lower the lending interest rates. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The FNCCI delegation, led by its President Chandra Prasad Dhakal, submitted a proposal to the Governor of Nepal Rastra Bank Maha Prasad Adhikari, highlighting the need to address the economic problems arising from low credit demand and high inflation on Wednesday. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">During the meeting, President Dhakal emphasized the difficulties facing the private sector, with many struggling to repay loans and interests. He requested restructuring and re-tabulation of the loan until July 16, citing a potential increase in bad loans for banks.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Governor Adhikari assured the delegation of a positive response from the central bank and affirmed the inclusion of the FNCCI's suggestions in the third quarter review of the monetary policy and the budget.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-20', 'modified' => '2023-04-20', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17345', 'image' => '20230420061028_collage (82).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-20 06:08:43', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '42' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17610', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => '216 Industries Pledge Investment worth Rs 180 Billion ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'A total of 216 industries have expressed their investment commitment worth Rs 180 billion as of first nine months of the current fiscal year 2022/23.', 'content' => '<p><br /> <span style="font-size:20px">April 19: A total of 216 industries have expressed their investment commitment worth Rs 180 billion in the first nine months of the current fiscal year 2022/23.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"> According to the statistic unveiled by the Department of Industry recently, investment pledge mostly came from small scale industries registered during this period. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">The 216 industries have also pledged to create 673,867 jobs. Investment commitment during the mid-March to mid-April alone was over Rs 25 billion from 33 industries of national and foreign investment which committed to creating 3,612 jobs, the statistic revealed. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">Investment commitment from 53 foreign invested industries during nine months was over Rs 41 billion, according to the Department of Industry. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">Meanwhile, over Rs 14.5 billion went abroad since the beginning of the current fiscal year to till date. According the statistic, over Rs 13 billion has been recommended to refund as dividend during this period while the Department recommended to take away abroad Rs 2 billion, USD over 1.2 million, Indian currency INR 300 million and Euro 7000 as a royalty during this period. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">The Department, during mid-March to mid-April, recommended visa for 166 foreign investors, 45 representatives and 142 dependents. The Nepali currency could be taken abroad once the Nepal Rastra Bank approves the recommendations furnished by the Department. ---RSS </span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-19', 'modified' => '2023-04-19', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17344', 'image' => '20230419052613_collage - 2023-04-19T172154.231.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-19 17:23:04', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '42' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17609', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Nabil Cardholders to Receive Cashback on Purchase of Samsung Mobiles ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Nabil Bank Limited has partnered with Samsung to offer special cashback on the purchase of Samsung A 34 and A 54 smartphones for bank Visa Debit and Credit Cardholders.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px">April 19: Nabil Bank Limited has partnered with Samsung to offer special cashback on the purchase of Samsung A 34 and A 54 smartphones for bank Visa Debit and Credit Cardholders. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">With the agreement, Nabil Bank cardholders can enjoy Rs 2000 cashback on the purchase of these models at any Samsung brand stores and retail outlet across the country. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">The partnership is expected to provide an opportunity for Nabil Bank cardholders to enjoy Samsung’s high quality smartphones at a more affordable price. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">The bank’s partnership aims to attract more customers to Nabil Bank and Samsung by providing better experiences. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">Nabil Bank has always been committed to imparting innovative products and services to its customers, and this partnership is another example of the bank’s dedication to enhancing customer satisfaction. </span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-19', 'modified' => '2023-04-19', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17343', 'image' => '20230419034141_collage - 2023-04-19T154024.024.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-19 15:38:59', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '42' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17607', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Industries Suffering from Recession and High Interest Rates reeling under Power Shortage', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 19: Less than four years after being declared free from load shedding, industrial establishments have again been hit by power cuts. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">April 19: Less than four years after being declared free from load shedding, industrial establishments have again been hit by power cuts. The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) had reduced the load shedding hours significantly from 18 hours a day in the past.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">However, the joy of the industrialist was short lived. Since last year, industries are again facing power cuts.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">It was under the initiative of Kulman Ghising that the load-shedding was reduced last time. He is the executive director of NEA again but there is power cut for 8/9 hours every day.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Industrialists from Bara-Parsa have said that unannounced load-shedding has badly affected them at a time when the market demand is declining since to the Covid outbreak and the interest rates are quite high. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Anil Kumar Agrawal, president of the Federation of Birgunj Chamber of Commerce and Industries, said that NEA cuts power for 8/9 hours every day without notice.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Industries facing the problem of the high cost of production and low demand in the market, complain that energy shortage has become another headache for them. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Hari Gautam, the senior vice-president of the federation, said that the overall production of the industries has fallen to around 25 per cent.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">"Instead, if there was load shedding as announced, the shift of production could have been arranged. Now you don't know when the light comes on and when it goes off. Workers have to remain idle,” shared Gautam. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">NEA officials say that electricity production has decreased compared to previous years during this dry season and imports from India have also decreased, so they had to stop the supply of electricity to the industry to manage demand during peak hours. Officials of the authority said that electricity production has decreased by 20 per cent compared to last year.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">According to the authority's figures, the total demand for electricity at present is 1700 MW while the domestic production is 1300 MW.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The problem has arisen because the imports from India could not be regular. When bringing electricity from India during the peak hour, the authority has to pay more money, so the authority brings it during the off hours.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Nepal imports electricity mainly from Bihar, India. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Surendra Bahadur Bhattarai, spokesperson of the authority said that the state of Bihar is currently facing an energy crisis. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-19', 'modified' => '2023-04-19', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17342', 'image' => '20230419023302_Energy.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-19 14:32:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17605', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Market Facing Short-Supply of Milk ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 19: With the decline in production of milk, there is a short supply of 500,000 liters of milk in the market every day. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">April 19: With the decline in production of milk, there is a short supply of 500,000 liters of milk in the market every day. Although the demand for milk in the market is the same, there is a shortage due to the decline in milk production caused by a decline in the number of dairy farmers.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The number of farmers producing milk decreased after the dairy industry, which was hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, failed to get back on the track. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">According to Prahalad Dahal, president of Nepal Dairy Association, around 600,000 households were associated with milk production across the country before the Covid-19 pandemic. But after failing to recover, only 500,000 households are involved in this profession now.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Dahal said that with the decrease in the number of farmer families involved in dairy farming, milk production also decreased at the rate of 500,000 liters per day. Earlier, 6,200,000 liters of milk used to be produced every day. Now, this umber has been reduced to 5,700,000 liters. Before the Covid-19 pandemic, 3,100,000 liters of milk was supplied daily in the market, which has now dropped to only 2,600,000 liters. With the onset of summer season, the consumption of dairy products like curd, buttermilk, ice cream has increased.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">While there is a shortage of milk, the stock of powdered milk with the powder plants has also dropped to zero. Rajkumar Dahal, president of the Dairy Industry Association said that the stocks of milk powder and butter have been depleted since the production did not increase this year during the period of high milk production from August to February.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">He also informed that after the shortage of milk appeared in the market, businessmen asked the government for permission to import milk. As per the information of the Nepal Dairy Development Board, the government-owned Dairy Development Corporation, the private sector’s Nepal Dairy Association and the Dairy Industry Association have submitted an application to the Board under the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development seeking permission to import milk from India. The board and the ministry are yet to respond to the proposal.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Currently, there is a shortage of milk not only in Nepal but worldwide. According to the data of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, milk production has decreased by 15 percent worldwide.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Last year also in October, the government had given permission to import milk from India for 1 month. However, due to the festive season, the dairymen did not import enough milk at that time.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-19', 'modified' => '2023-04-19', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17341', 'image' => '20230419021356_milkkkkkkk.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-19 14:13:18', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17606', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Fourth meeting of Nepal-Japan Bilateral Consultation Mechanism held ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 19: The fourth meeting of Nepal-Japan Bilateral Consultation Mechanism was held in Tokyo, the capital of Japan on Tuesday.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 19: The fourth meeting of Nepal-Japan Bilateral Consultation Mechanism was held in Tokyo, the capital of Japan on Tuesday. During the meeting, the two sides took stock of all aspects of bilateral relations and exchanged views on further promoting cooperation between the two countries, the Embassy of Nepal in Tokyo stated in a press statement. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">While expressing satisfaction over the existing excellent state of bilateral relations between the two countries, both sides placed high importance on exchange of high-level visits in order to further strengthen the bilateral relations. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The two sides discussed various ways of enhancing cooperation in the areas of trade , tourism, investment, agriculture, waste and disaster management, foreign employment as well as culture and people-to-people ties. The Nepali side shared about the country's graduation from the LDC status in 2026 and requested for the continuation of support of the Government of Japan in terms of grant assistance and concessional loans. The Japanese side assured of the continued cooperation to Nepal for its graduation from the LDC status and thereafter within the framework of its cooperation policy. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Joint-Secretary and the Head of North East Asia Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lok Bahadur Thapa and Director-General of Southeast and Southwest Asian Affairs Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Arima Yutaka led their respective delegations to the meeting. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The delegation of the Nepali side consisted of the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nepal and the Embassy of Nepal in Tokyo and the Japanese delegation included the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Prior to the meeting, Joint-Secretary Thapa paid a courtesy call on the State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Takei Shunsuke at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-19', 'modified' => '2023-04-19', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17340', 'image' => '20230419023132_Flag-Pins-Nepal-Japan_600x600.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-19 14:30:48', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17604', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Ride to Rara to Promote Tourism in Karnali ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 19: 'Ride to Rara' motorcycle race is being held next week to promote tourism in Karnali Province.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 19: 'Ride to Rara' motorcycle race is being held next week to promote tourism in Karnali Province.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The bike race featuring Bullet motorcycles will kick off from Birendranagar of Surkhet and conclude in Mugu, which is home to the majestic Rara Lake – the biggest lake of Nepal.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The 'Ride to Rara' competition will be held from April 23 to 25. The event is being organized by Triveni Adventures Pvt Ltd and Royal Enfield Bullet Bike Showroom with support from Nepal Tourism Board and the National Sports Council.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">A total of 40 riders travelling on 20 bullet motorcycles will be taking part in the competition, Manaraj Simkhada, a representative of one of the organising companies, told the state-owned national news agency RSS. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The event is expected to help promote tourism in Karnali while the best riders will be selected to participate in a South Asian event, RSS quoted Simkhada as saying. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The riders will be accompanied by a medical, technical and photography team and a documentary will also be produced. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the organizers, the registration fee is free of cost for any aspiring rider. The estimated cost of organizing the event is around Rs 800,000.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-19', 'modified' => '2023-04-19', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17339', 'image' => '20230419011744_upper-mustang-ride-600x500.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-19 13:16:58', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17603', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Renowned Climber Hanna Dies on Mt Annapurna', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 19: Renowned Northern Irish climber Noel Hanna has died while descending from the summit of Mt Annapurna, officials said Tuesday.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Agencies</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 19: Renowned Northern Irish climber Noel Hanna has died while descending from the summit of Mt Annapurna, officials said Tuesday, adding that the 56-year-old climber died at Camp 4 on Monday night while he was returning after a successful summit of the 8091-meter peak.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the state-owned RSS, his body was picked up from an altitude of 6,000 meters by a helicopter on Tuesday morning and was sent to TU Teaching Hospital in Maharajgunj, Kathmandu for \ postmortem. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Hanna had reportedly climbed Everest 10 times and reached atop the highest point on all seven continents.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">In 2006, he climbed the world's highest peak and then cycled from the route's base camp to the sea in eastern India, reaching the Bay of Bengal after a marathon two-week bike ride, the AFP reported.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the French news agency, Annapurna, the world's tenth highest mountain, is avalanche-prone, technically difficult and has a higher death rate than Everest.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">“Another climber Baljeet Kaur, 28, from India was rescued from a spot at an altitude of 7,500 meters on Tuesday afternoon by a Kailash Air chopper,” RSS quoted one of the rescuers Indra Singh Sherchan of Dana as saying. Her expedition is managed by Pioneer Trekking Company. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Kaur’s compatriot Arjun Vajpai, 30, was also rescued after a search lasting hours, AFP reported citing the Department of Tourism.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Another 34-year-old Indian climber, who fell into a crevasse on Monday, is still missing.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The spring climbing season had a tragic start last week with the death of three Sherpa climbers on Everest. The trio were crossing the treacherous Khumbu icefall on Wednesday as part of a supply mission when a block of glacial ice fell and swept them into a deep crevasse, AFP added.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">“Nepal is home to eight of the world's 10 highest peaks and welcomes hundreds of adventurers each spring climbing season, when temperatures are warm and winds are typically calm.”</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The government has issued more than 700 climbing permits for various Himalayan mountains this season, including 319 for Everest.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""> </span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-19', 'modified' => '2023-04-19', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17338', 'image' => '20230419123359_trekking-annapurna-680x261.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-19 12:33:09', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17602', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'President Paudel taken to India via Air Ambulance for Health Treatment ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 19: President Ram Chandra Paudel has been taken to New Delhi, the capital of India, for medical treatment. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 19: President Ram Chandra Paudel has been taken to New Delhi, the capital of India, for medical treatment. He was taken to India on Wednesday morning via an air ambulance of the Shree Airlines, according to the President's Secretariat. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">President Paudel had been admitted to the TU Teaching Hospital, Maharajganj on Tuesday evening after suffering some health complications. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">President Paudel will be undergoing treatment at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Before being admitted to the TUTH on Tuesday, President Paudel had returned home after treatment of stomach-related ailments at the same hospital on April 1. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-19', 'modified' => '2023-04-19', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17337', 'image' => '20230419113912_20220927025011_shree-airlines33.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-19 11:38:31', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17601', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Abhishek Bastola becomes First Nepali Tennis Player to get ITF Ranking', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 19: Abhishek Bastola of Pokhara has been enlisted in the world rankings of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 19: Abhishek Bastola of Pokhara has been enlisted in the world rankings of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). He is currently playing professional tennis in the US and has recently been ranked 1790 in the ITF ranking. Bastola is reportedly the first Nepali tennis player ever to get ITF ranking. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The 23-year-old Bastola is studying in the US as well as advancing his sports career by playing various international competitions. Bastola started playing tennis in Pokhara when he was eight years old. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">At a program organized by the Kaski District Tennis Association in Pokhara on Tuesday, Bastola expressed pride for being recognized by the ITF. He mentioned that he will work to improve his rankings this year to around 1000 and within 500 next year. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"It is a feeling of pride to play carrying the flag of my motherland Nepal in international competitions," said Bastola, who has played in tennis competitions in 14 different countries so far. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">On the occasion, Central Vice President of Nepal Tennis Association Binod Kayastha said that Abhishek's achievement was a matter for pride for all Nepalis. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-19', 'modified' => '2023-04-19', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17336', 'image' => '20230419110730__SMC_MTennis_10_26_18_0334.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-19 11:06:45', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ) ) $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
| Currency | Unit |
Buy | Sell |
| 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
