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			'title' => 'Minister Yadav admits NOC full of irregularities; tired of fixing problems',
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			'summary' => 'January 11: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies, Matrika Prasad Yadav, has admitted that the state-run Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) is full of irregularities. ',
			'content' => '<p>January 11: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies, Matrika Prasad Yadav, has admitted that the state-run Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) is full of irregularities. He, however, asserted that the government is effortful to curb irregularities at the NOC.</p>

<p>Addressing the 49th anniversary of the NOC in the capital city on Thursday, January 10, Minister Yadav reportedly said the leakage of oil at various levels from transportation to administration has put the customers at the receiving end.</p>

<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m tired of fixing problems at NOC. Although it is an uphill task to bring reforms at NOC, I&rsquo;m working resolutely,&rdquo; Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS) quoted him as saying.</p>

<p>RSS reported that the minister expressed his dissatisfaction saying although he tried his best to curb malfeasance in the sector of petroleum products, the private sector did not cooperate with him. He said that the government is going to launch an oil distributors&rsquo; regulation to manage fuel distribution.</p>

<p>The Minister further reminded that the government is ready to work together with the private sector. &ldquo;Let&rsquo;s resolve problems with consensus, hold discussions and make the NOC more systematic,&rdquo; he urged all sides concerned.</p>

<p>&ldquo;The price of petroleum products would be timely adjusted. Today itself, the air fuel for domestic purpose was reduced,&rdquo; he added.</p>

<p>According to RSS, the Government has decreased the price of aviation fuel for domestic air service by Rs 10 per litre. The adjustment in the price was made following a decline in the price of crude oil in the international market.</p>

<p>Aviation fuel for domestic air service will now cost Rs 94.50 per litre against the existing 104.50 per litre.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Snowfall in Taplejung Again',
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			'summary' => 'January 10: Taplejung district has witnessed snowfall again this winter. ',
			'content' => '<p>January 10: Taplejung district has witnessed snowfall again this winter. The high hills of the district received snowfall following rainfall since Wednesday afternoon. This is the second time in two weeks that the district saw snowfall.</p>

<p>Places like Olangchungola, Yangma, Ghunsa, Lelep, Gyabla, Fale among other areas in the mountainous region were covered with thick layer of snow. The locals of the famed temple, Pathivara, also informed that the area witnessed snowfall.</p>

<p>The temperature has plummeted sharply in the district headquarters Fungling as well as other places of the district due to the rain and snowfall.</p>

<p>People living above 2500 meters have been affected more due to the biting cold. People living in the highlands have been affected the most as they did not shift to the lowlands to avoid the severe cold this season.</p>

<p>Normally, people living in the high altitude take the winter season as a time to visit warmer places outside the district. But these days, people have started staying back home after making necessary arrangements to keep themselves warm.</p>

<p>A few years ago, Taplejung used to witness snowfall since October-November but this time the district had to wait till December to witness the first snowfall.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Stakeholders Call for New Act to Facilitate Investment',
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			'summary' => 'January 10: Stakeholders have said that the draft bill on industrial enterprises should be oriented toward facilitating and promoting investment rather than regulating and controlling enterprises.',
			'content' => '<p>January 10: Stakeholders have said that the draft bill on industrial enterprises should be oriented toward facilitating and promoting investment rather than regulating and controlling enterprises.</p>

<p>A press statement issued by the Society of Economic Journalists of Nepal (SEJON) says that economists, business leaders and former bureaucrats attending a roundtable discussion on the draft bill expressed concerns that the new industrial enterprises act should provide incentives to the enterprises in Nepal to help increase the industrial contribution to the gross domestic product.</p>

<p>According to SEJON, it organised the roundtable discussion on &lsquo;Industrial Enterprises Bill (Draft)&rsquo; in collaboration with Economic Policy Incubator and UKaid in the capital on Wednesday, January 9.</p>

<p>Their call for provisions facilitating the industrial investments comes in the wake of the preparation of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies to give a final touch to the new Industrial Enterprises Bill that will replace the existing Industrial Enterprises Act that was enacted in 2016.</p>

<p>&ldquo;The draft bill has proposed stricter provisions for fine and punishment even for committing a minor offence,&rdquo; the statement quoted Shekhar Golchha, senior vice president of Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI), as saying.</p>

<p>Golchha said that the provision related to corporate social responsibility and classification of industries, among others, should be revisited for the promotion of industrial sector in the country.</p>

<p>Also speaking at the discussion, Hari Bhakta Sharma, president of the Confederation of Nepalese Industries, said that the law should be the most liberal law in the South Asia region to attract investment in the country.</p>

<p>&ldquo;If we see other countries, including states of our neighboring country India, they are moving aggressively toward providing incentives to their industries. If our law does not take into consideration those developments, we cannot promote investment in industrial sector,&rdquo; said Sharma.</p>

<p>Among others, he urged the government to change the provision that put restriction on selling the land bought by industrialists for setting up industry. He also said that it will be very onerous for industries, mostly small and medium level industries, to share their data with the Department of Industries in every six months as stated in the draft bill of the act.</p>

<p>According to SEJON, Dr Shankar Sharma, former vice chairperson of the National Planning Commission, underlined the need of strong coordination between various government agencies for the effective implementation of the act.</p>

<p>&nbsp;&ldquo;There are several good provisions in the draft bill despite some weaknesses. But, the key to the effective implementation is the strong coordination between government agencies,&rdquo; added Sharma.</p>

<p>Yam Kumari Khatiwada, the secretary at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies, said that the new draft bill focuses on further simplifying the process of entry, operation and exit of industrial enterprise in the country.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Snowfall likely in the mountains today',
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			'summary' => 'January 9: The Weather Forecasting Division has said light snowfall is likely to occur in some places of the high mountainous region and light rain at few places of the mountainous region on Wednesday, according to a news report published by Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS). ',
			'content' => '<div><span style="font-size:13px">January 9: The Weather Forecasting Division has said light snowfall is likely to occur in some places of the high mountainous region and light rain at few places of the mountainous region on Wednesday, according to a news report published by Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS).&nbsp;</span></div>

<div><span style="font-size:13px">Similarly, the sky would remain partly cloudy in the mountainous region and generally fair in the rest of the country on Wednesday night.</span></div>

<div><span style="font-size:13px">&ldquo;There is possibility of light rain at one or two places of the central and eastern region,&rdquo; RSS quoted the division as saying.&nbsp;</span></div>

<div><span style="font-size:13px">The weather will be partly cloudy in the western and eastern mountainous region and it will be generally fair in the rest of the country on Thursday.&nbsp;</span></div>

<div><span style="font-size:13px">On Friday, the weather will be partly cloudy in the eastern mountainous region while remaining generally fair in the rest of the country.&nbsp;</span></div>

<div><span style="font-size:13px">According to the division, light snowfall is likely to occur in some places of the high mountainous region and light rain at few places of the eastern mountainous region.&nbsp;</span></div>

<div><span style="font-size:13px">Meanwhile, the temperature in the Kathmandu Valley has increased. The minimum temperature in the Kathmandu Valley was recorded at 4.5 degrees Celsius on Wednesday. It was 1.8 degrees Celsius on Tuesday.&nbsp;</span></div>

<div><span style="font-size:13px">Although the minimum temperature has not dropped much more cold is felt as the day-time temperature has not increased, meteorologist at the Division, Sujan Subedi, told the state-run news agency.&nbsp;</span></div>

<div><span style="font-size:13px">The Valley&rsquo;s weather will see fluctuation for some more days, he added.&nbsp;</span></div>
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			'title' => 'General Level of Price Rise Down to 3.7 Percent',
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			'summary' => 'January 9: The Ministry of Finance has stated that the general level of price rise in the first five months of the current fiscal year has come down to 3.7 percent from 4.2 percent in the corresponding period of last year.',
			'content' => '<p>January 9: The Ministry of Finance has stated that the general level of price rise in the first five months of the current fiscal year has come down to 3.7 percent from 4.2 percent in the corresponding period of last year.</p>

<p>Similarly, the revenue collection growth in the first five months stood at 32 per cent, according to a news report published by Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS).</p>

<p>The state-run news agency further said that the handover of responsibility of dealing with some areas of taxes including vehicle registration, land and house rent to the province and local levels led to the increase.</p>

<p>The ministry, quoting the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB), said that the annual basic price was 4.2 per cent in the first four months of the current fiscal.</p>

<p>Likewise, the statistics of Financial Comptroller General Office show that the total expenditure in the first five months (as of mid-December) increased by seven per cent while current expenditure decreased by 13 per cent and the capital expenditure witnessed a 25.3 percent rise, RSS said.</p>

<p>The ministry concluded that the low amount of total expenditure was due to austerity measures adopted by the government in current expenditure. Last year, the figure was high due to the elections.</p>

<p>The figure of people setting out for abroad jobs in the first five months went down by 41.2 percent as compared to the corresponding period last year while the remittance flow increased by 36 percent.</p>

<p>According to the NRB, the remittance flow in the first four months of the current fiscal increased by 36.4 percent and reached Rs 3312.26 billion. The remittance inflow in the same period last year had dropped by 1.4 percent.</p>

<p>The ministry released the statistics in response to the comments made public regarding some financial statistics presented by the Prime Minister to the House of Representatives on January 6, arguing that the figures were based on facts.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => '25 Percent Increase in Arrival of Tourists',
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			'summary' => 'January 9: The number of tourists visiting Nepal has increased by 25 percent in 2018.',
			'content' => '<p>January 9: The number of tourists visiting Nepal has increased by 25 percent in 2018.</p>

<p>The Department of Immigration informed New Business Age that 1,173,072 tourists visited Nepal in 2018. The number of tourists visiting Nepal in 2017 was 940,217, according to data provided by the department.</p>

<p>The department further said that 969,287 tourists visited Nepal in 2018 through air route while 203785 tourists visited through land route.</p>

<p>The number of Indian tourists visiting Nepal has also increased by 25.1 percent to 200,483 as compared to last year. Likewise, the number of Sri Lankan tourists increased by 55.7 percent during the review period. In total, the number of tourists from SAARC nations increased by 26 percent to 301,963 in 2018.</p>

<p>Meanwhile, Nepal welcomed the second largest number of tourists from China in 2018. A total of 153,602 Chinese tourists visited Nepal in 2018, which is 46.8 percent more than the preceding year.</p>

<p>Likewise, the number of tourists from Thailand increased by 36 percent, South Korea by 8.3 percent and Japan by 8.9 percent, according to the department.</p>

<p>There has been a significant increase in the number of tourists from European countries. The number of tourists (63,086) visiting Nepal from the United Kingdom has increased by 15.6 percent while 36,833 German tourists visited Nepal during the review period, which is an increase by 23.1 percent.</p>

<p>31,653 visitors from France accounted for 21.1 percent rise in the number of French tourists while 91,785 tourists from the USA visited Nepal, which is an increase by 16 percent as compared to 2017.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Corruption Case Filed Against Ex-NOC Chief',
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			'summary' => 'January 8: The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a case against former executive director of Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) Gopal Khadka at the Special Court on the charge of amassing property through illegal means.',
			'content' => '<p>
	January 8: The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a case against former executive director of Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) Gopal Khadka at the Special Court on the charge of amassing property through illegal means.</p>
<p>
	The charge-sheet filed by the anti-graft body on Monday (January 7) states that Khadka amassed property worth Rs 186.6 million without known sources of income.</p>
<p>
	CIAA Spokesperson Rameshwar Dangal said that Khadka has been hiding his income earned through illegal means in bank accounts of his relatives and other close persons.</p>
<p>
	It has been reported that Khadka used the black money to purchase land, house and vehicles in the name of Amita Lama Samden of Budhanilkantha Municipality.</p>
<p>
	The anti-graft body said that Lama owns a house worth Rs 32.5 million in Hattigauda, a Tucson car worth Rs 8.4 million and another house in the then Mahankal VDC estimated to be of Rs 35 million and land worth Rs 4 million in Budhanilkantha, all funded by Khadka.</p>
<p>
	Khadka has been using ATM cards of NMB Bank and Citizens Bank issued in the name of Lama.</p>
<p>
	The former executive director of the state-owned oil monopoly is accused to have purchased three houses through illegal means besides having two ancestral houses. He has also allegedly paid advance for two more houses. The CIAA has claimed that he has purchased plots of land in 11 different places of Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur and Kavre and the estimated cost of all the land is said to be Rs 116.1 million. He has also purchased shares of different companies worth Rs 10.6 million, according to CIAA. &nbsp;</p>
<p>
	The state-run news agency, Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS), said that the case was filed by the anti-graft body after a long investigation. RSS quoted spokesperson of the CIAA Dangal as saying that Khadka has been charged of amassing property by abusing his authority while he served as the head of the NOC and in other government agencies.</p>
<p>
	CIAA has said in the charge-sheet that it could not present Khadka in the court as he is currently at large.</p>
<p>
	&nbsp;</p>
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			'id' => '9767',
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			'title' => 'Police Arrest 2 for Attempt to Steal ATM Money',
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			'summary' => 'January 8: Police on Monday afternoon arrested two persons for trying to break the ATM machine of Sanima Bank in Suryabinayak, Bhaktapur about a week ago.',
			'content' => '<p>January 8: Police on Monday afternoon arrested two persons for trying to break the ATM machine of Sanima Bank in Suryabinayak, Bhaktapur about a week ago.</p>

<p>A police team deployed from Jagati arrested Ramesh Pandey of Kavre and Dinesh Suku Bhatta of Bhaktapur from Suryabinayak. The duo have been accused of trying to break the ATM of the bank at 8.45 pm on January 2 to steal the money.</p>

<p>Police said they were able to nab the culprits with the help of CCTV footage.</p>
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			'title' => 'PAC Recommends Action against those Involved in Wide-Body Aircraft Scam',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => 'January 8: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of legislature parliament has recommended the government to take action against Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Rabindra Adhikari and two former ministers after finding them guilty in the procurement of two wide-body aircraft for Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC).',
			'content' => '<p>January 8: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of legislature parliament has recommended the government to take action against Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Rabindra Adhikari and two former ministers after finding them guilty in the procurement of two wide-body aircraft for Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC).</p>

<p>The parliamentary committee made such recommendation on Monday (January 7) after making some revisions in a report submitted by its sub-committee.</p>

<p>The sub-committee under PAC had recommended action against former ministers Jeevan Bahadur Shahi and Jitendra Narayan Dev for not being careful regarding irregularities in the deal while it sought action against sitting minister Adhikari for his ill intention in releasing budget for the procurement.</p>

<p>The sub-committee had also recommended action against former secretary at the ministry Prem Rai, who is currently the home secretary, but the full committee removed his name from the list. Lawmaker Pradeep Yadav, who was a member of the sub-committee which recommended action against Rai, clarified that Rai&rsquo;s name has been removed as he was not involved in the scam and that the officials of the national flag carrier had provided false report about his involvement earlier.</p>

<p>PAC has directed the government and the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) to immediately suspend the key officials involved in the aircraft procurement deal including the Managing Director of NAC, Sugat Ratna Kansakar.</p>

<p>Similarly, the PAC has directed the government and the CIAA to immediately suspend Tourism Secretary Krishna Prasad Devkota and punish former tourism secretary Shankar Prasad Adhikari.</p>

<p>The sub-committee report had concluded that Rs 4.35 billion was embezzled in the wide-body aircraft procurement process.</p>
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			'title' => 'TIA to add 2 more Destinations to its Night-Flight Schedule',
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			'summary' => 'January 8: Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) which also conducts evening and night flights to various internal destinations has recently increased the duration of such flights.',
			'content' => '<p>January 8: Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) which also conducts evening and night flights to various internal destinations has recently increased the duration of such flights, according to a news published by Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS).</p>

<p>The state-run news agency said that the night flights are currently available from TIA to Biratnagar, Bhairahawa, Nepalgunj and Dhangadhi, and preparations are on to connect two more destinations - Chandragadhi and Janakpur - to the schedule very soon.</p>

<p>According to managing director of TIA, Raj Kumar Chhetri, the evening flights were earlier available for only an hour from 5 pm to 6 pm but have been now extended to till 9:00 pm.</p>

<p>The managing director informed that works to prepare required infrastructures including the runway are taking place to operate night flights to the two new domestic destinations.</p>

<p>Prior to this, the domestic flight schedule was from 7 am to 6 pm. Only international flights used to operate at night. According to the airport sources, 25 flight schedules of various airlines had been approved for night flights in the fourth week of August, RSS further reported. As per this approved schedule, Buddha Air had proposed 14 flights, Shree Airlines four flights and Yeti Airlines seven flights.</p>

<p>The government had brought the International Airport into operation for 21 hours since May 21. At present, the airport is open for 22 hours daily after the domestic terminal building started operation from 5 am since September 1 last year. RSS reported that this provision has helped ease the air traffic congestion at the airport.</p>
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			'title' => 'Central Bank Urges RBI to exchange Banned Indian Currency',
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			'summary' => 'January 7: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has once again urged the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to exchange the Indian currencies which were in circulation in Nepal before the Indian government imposed a ban on those notes.',
			'content' => '<p>January 7: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has once again urged the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to exchange the Indian currencies which were in circulation in Nepal before the Indian government imposed a ban on those notes. The central bank wrote a letter to the RBI on Friday under the instruction from the Ministry of Finance.</p>

<p>The Foreign Exchange Department of NRB said that it has urged the RBI to exchange the banned Indian currency which has gathered dust in Nepal since a long time.</p>

<p>According to the central bank, the banking sector of Nepal has a stock of Indian currencies of 500 and 1000 denominations worth Rs 60 million which have remained unused since the Indian government imposed a ban on the notes some two years ago.</p>

<p>The department chief Bhisma Raj Dhungana informed New Business Age that the Reserve Bank of India has ignored the request of NRB time and again to exchange the notes.</p>

<p>The central bank is expecting some positive response this time.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Westerly Winds Bring Light Rain, Snowfall',
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			'summary' => 'January 7: Some parts of the country including the Kathmandu Valley received light shower on Monday due to the impact of the westerly winds. ',
			'content' => '<p>January 7: Some parts of the country including the Kathmandu Valley received light shower on Monday due to the impact of the westerly winds. According to Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS), the light rainfall caused temperature to further plummet, increasing cold.</p>

<p>Meanwhile, light to moderate snowfall occurred in the highlands and mountainous regions, the Meteorological Forecasting Division said.</p>

<p>The state-run news agency reported that Phulchoki and Chandragiri, the high hills around the Kathmandu Valley, witnessed light snowfall.</p>

<p>The weather across the country is predicted to remain partly cloudy throughout the day with light rainfall in a few places. However, the weather will improve in the evening, RSS quoted senior meteorologist at the division Shanti Kandel as saying.</p>

<p>According to the division, the hills in western and eastern Nepal are likely to remain partially cloudy while the weather in the remaining parts of the country will be fair.</p>

<p>On Wednesday, there will be partly cloudy in the hilly regions and remaining parts will have a fair weather.</p>

<p>Meanwhile, snowfall that has occurred in Humla since last Sunday night has increasingly affected normal life in the Himalayan district, RSS further reported.</p>

<p>With the district temperature reaching below minus 15 degrees Celsius, the locals are feeling troubled to come outside of their homes. As the snowfall continues, the district headquarters Simikot has seen snow as deep as one feet while villages to the north of Simikot witnessed two-foot snow.</p>

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			'id' => '9759',
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			'title' => 'Government Effortful to Protect Domestic Drug Industries',
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			'summary' => 'January 7: The government has decided to give special attention to protect the domestic industry of medicine. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-family:arial">January 7: The government has decided to give special attention to protect the domestic industry of medicine. </span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:arial">According to Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS), a meeting chaired by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Health and Population Upendra Yadav on January 6 decided to form a committee to monitor, determine the prices of medicines and for effective management of medicines produced in Nepal.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:arial">The state-run news agency said that the meeting also held discussions on enhancing the Department of Drug Administration, producing quality drugs in the country and for exporting the products. The meeting was attended by the officials of the ministry, drug manufacturers and importers.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:arial">During the meeting, DPM Yadav instructed the concerned authorities to keep in mind while drafting drugs-related regulations that the prices of medicines should be affordable to the public and that the companies should not compromise on the quality of drugs they produce.</span></p>
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			'title' => 'Sugarcane producers of Mahakali getting better price in Indian market for their produce',
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			'summary' => 'January 7: Sugarcane farmers of Mahakali Municipality in Kanchanpur have started getting relatively better price for their products in the Indian market than in the local market.',
			'content' => '<p>January 7: Sugarcane farmers of Mahakali Municipality in Kanchanpur have started getting relatively better price for their products in the Indian market than in the local market, according to a news report published by Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS).</p>

<p>According to the state-run news agency, sugarcane producers earn IRS 400 (Rs 640) for selling 1 kg of sugarcane in the Indian market while the same amount of sugarcane fetches only Rs 400 in the local market.</p>

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&ldquo;Farmers of Dodhara and Chandani sell sugarcane in India as they get better price price across the border,&rdquo;RSS quoted Puran Bahadur Chadaro, a local sugarcane entrepreneur, as saying.</p>
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			'title' => 'Hotels to Pay Renewal Fee after Regulation Amendment',
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			'summary' => 'January 6: The government is preparing to amend the Hotel, Bar, Lodge, Restaurant and Tourist Guide Regulation 2038 after four decades. ',
			'content' => '<p>January 6: The government is preparing to amend the Hotel, Bar, Lodge, Restaurant and Tourist Guide Regulation 2038 after four decades.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The amendment has proposed renewal fee for hotels for the first time while they will also need bank guarantee for renewal of their operating license.</p>

<p>This provision was included following severe criticism for exempting hotels, which make income in millions, from renewal fees at a time when tourist guides who make a meager income have been paying renewal fee for their license.</p>

<p>The Department of Tourism has already forwarded the amendment proposed to the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation.&nbsp;</p>

<p>At present, hotels do not need to pay any renewal fee since the existing regulation was introduced to promote hotel business in Nepal.</p>

<p>Hotels will now mandatorily need a bank guarantee worth Rs 2.5 million and pay Rs 100,000 annually for renewal of their operating license after the amendment of the regulation.</p>
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			'title' => 'Minister Yadav admits NOC full of irregularities; tired of fixing problems',
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			'summary' => 'January 11: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies, Matrika Prasad Yadav, has admitted that the state-run Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) is full of irregularities. ',
			'content' => '<p>January 11: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies, Matrika Prasad Yadav, has admitted that the state-run Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) is full of irregularities. He, however, asserted that the government is effortful to curb irregularities at the NOC.</p>

<p>Addressing the 49th anniversary of the NOC in the capital city on Thursday, January 10, Minister Yadav reportedly said the leakage of oil at various levels from transportation to administration has put the customers at the receiving end.</p>

<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m tired of fixing problems at NOC. Although it is an uphill task to bring reforms at NOC, I&rsquo;m working resolutely,&rdquo; Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS) quoted him as saying.</p>

<p>RSS reported that the minister expressed his dissatisfaction saying although he tried his best to curb malfeasance in the sector of petroleum products, the private sector did not cooperate with him. He said that the government is going to launch an oil distributors&rsquo; regulation to manage fuel distribution.</p>

<p>The Minister further reminded that the government is ready to work together with the private sector. &ldquo;Let&rsquo;s resolve problems with consensus, hold discussions and make the NOC more systematic,&rdquo; he urged all sides concerned.</p>

<p>&ldquo;The price of petroleum products would be timely adjusted. Today itself, the air fuel for domestic purpose was reduced,&rdquo; he added.</p>

<p>According to RSS, the Government has decreased the price of aviation fuel for domestic air service by Rs 10 per litre. The adjustment in the price was made following a decline in the price of crude oil in the international market.</p>

<p>Aviation fuel for domestic air service will now cost Rs 94.50 per litre against the existing 104.50 per litre.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Snowfall in Taplejung Again',
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			'summary' => 'January 10: Taplejung district has witnessed snowfall again this winter. ',
			'content' => '<p>January 10: Taplejung district has witnessed snowfall again this winter. The high hills of the district received snowfall following rainfall since Wednesday afternoon. This is the second time in two weeks that the district saw snowfall.</p>

<p>Places like Olangchungola, Yangma, Ghunsa, Lelep, Gyabla, Fale among other areas in the mountainous region were covered with thick layer of snow. The locals of the famed temple, Pathivara, also informed that the area witnessed snowfall.</p>

<p>The temperature has plummeted sharply in the district headquarters Fungling as well as other places of the district due to the rain and snowfall.</p>

<p>People living above 2500 meters have been affected more due to the biting cold. People living in the highlands have been affected the most as they did not shift to the lowlands to avoid the severe cold this season.</p>

<p>Normally, people living in the high altitude take the winter season as a time to visit warmer places outside the district. But these days, people have started staying back home after making necessary arrangements to keep themselves warm.</p>

<p>A few years ago, Taplejung used to witness snowfall since October-November but this time the district had to wait till December to witness the first snowfall.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Stakeholders Call for New Act to Facilitate Investment',
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			'summary' => 'January 10: Stakeholders have said that the draft bill on industrial enterprises should be oriented toward facilitating and promoting investment rather than regulating and controlling enterprises.',
			'content' => '<p>January 10: Stakeholders have said that the draft bill on industrial enterprises should be oriented toward facilitating and promoting investment rather than regulating and controlling enterprises.</p>

<p>A press statement issued by the Society of Economic Journalists of Nepal (SEJON) says that economists, business leaders and former bureaucrats attending a roundtable discussion on the draft bill expressed concerns that the new industrial enterprises act should provide incentives to the enterprises in Nepal to help increase the industrial contribution to the gross domestic product.</p>

<p>According to SEJON, it organised the roundtable discussion on &lsquo;Industrial Enterprises Bill (Draft)&rsquo; in collaboration with Economic Policy Incubator and UKaid in the capital on Wednesday, January 9.</p>

<p>Their call for provisions facilitating the industrial investments comes in the wake of the preparation of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies to give a final touch to the new Industrial Enterprises Bill that will replace the existing Industrial Enterprises Act that was enacted in 2016.</p>

<p>&ldquo;The draft bill has proposed stricter provisions for fine and punishment even for committing a minor offence,&rdquo; the statement quoted Shekhar Golchha, senior vice president of Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI), as saying.</p>

<p>Golchha said that the provision related to corporate social responsibility and classification of industries, among others, should be revisited for the promotion of industrial sector in the country.</p>

<p>Also speaking at the discussion, Hari Bhakta Sharma, president of the Confederation of Nepalese Industries, said that the law should be the most liberal law in the South Asia region to attract investment in the country.</p>

<p>&ldquo;If we see other countries, including states of our neighboring country India, they are moving aggressively toward providing incentives to their industries. If our law does not take into consideration those developments, we cannot promote investment in industrial sector,&rdquo; said Sharma.</p>

<p>Among others, he urged the government to change the provision that put restriction on selling the land bought by industrialists for setting up industry. He also said that it will be very onerous for industries, mostly small and medium level industries, to share their data with the Department of Industries in every six months as stated in the draft bill of the act.</p>

<p>According to SEJON, Dr Shankar Sharma, former vice chairperson of the National Planning Commission, underlined the need of strong coordination between various government agencies for the effective implementation of the act.</p>

<p>&nbsp;&ldquo;There are several good provisions in the draft bill despite some weaknesses. But, the key to the effective implementation is the strong coordination between government agencies,&rdquo; added Sharma.</p>

<p>Yam Kumari Khatiwada, the secretary at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies, said that the new draft bill focuses on further simplifying the process of entry, operation and exit of industrial enterprise in the country.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Snowfall likely in the mountains today',
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			'summary' => 'January 9: The Weather Forecasting Division has said light snowfall is likely to occur in some places of the high mountainous region and light rain at few places of the mountainous region on Wednesday, according to a news report published by Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS). ',
			'content' => '<div><span style="font-size:13px">January 9: The Weather Forecasting Division has said light snowfall is likely to occur in some places of the high mountainous region and light rain at few places of the mountainous region on Wednesday, according to a news report published by Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS).&nbsp;</span></div>

<div><span style="font-size:13px">Similarly, the sky would remain partly cloudy in the mountainous region and generally fair in the rest of the country on Wednesday night.</span></div>

<div><span style="font-size:13px">&ldquo;There is possibility of light rain at one or two places of the central and eastern region,&rdquo; RSS quoted the division as saying.&nbsp;</span></div>

<div><span style="font-size:13px">The weather will be partly cloudy in the western and eastern mountainous region and it will be generally fair in the rest of the country on Thursday.&nbsp;</span></div>

<div><span style="font-size:13px">On Friday, the weather will be partly cloudy in the eastern mountainous region while remaining generally fair in the rest of the country.&nbsp;</span></div>

<div><span style="font-size:13px">According to the division, light snowfall is likely to occur in some places of the high mountainous region and light rain at few places of the eastern mountainous region.&nbsp;</span></div>

<div><span style="font-size:13px">Meanwhile, the temperature in the Kathmandu Valley has increased. The minimum temperature in the Kathmandu Valley was recorded at 4.5 degrees Celsius on Wednesday. It was 1.8 degrees Celsius on Tuesday.&nbsp;</span></div>

<div><span style="font-size:13px">Although the minimum temperature has not dropped much more cold is felt as the day-time temperature has not increased, meteorologist at the Division, Sujan Subedi, told the state-run news agency.&nbsp;</span></div>

<div><span style="font-size:13px">The Valley&rsquo;s weather will see fluctuation for some more days, he added.&nbsp;</span></div>
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			'title' => 'General Level of Price Rise Down to 3.7 Percent',
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			'summary' => 'January 9: The Ministry of Finance has stated that the general level of price rise in the first five months of the current fiscal year has come down to 3.7 percent from 4.2 percent in the corresponding period of last year.',
			'content' => '<p>January 9: The Ministry of Finance has stated that the general level of price rise in the first five months of the current fiscal year has come down to 3.7 percent from 4.2 percent in the corresponding period of last year.</p>

<p>Similarly, the revenue collection growth in the first five months stood at 32 per cent, according to a news report published by Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS).</p>

<p>The state-run news agency further said that the handover of responsibility of dealing with some areas of taxes including vehicle registration, land and house rent to the province and local levels led to the increase.</p>

<p>The ministry, quoting the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB), said that the annual basic price was 4.2 per cent in the first four months of the current fiscal.</p>

<p>Likewise, the statistics of Financial Comptroller General Office show that the total expenditure in the first five months (as of mid-December) increased by seven per cent while current expenditure decreased by 13 per cent and the capital expenditure witnessed a 25.3 percent rise, RSS said.</p>

<p>The ministry concluded that the low amount of total expenditure was due to austerity measures adopted by the government in current expenditure. Last year, the figure was high due to the elections.</p>

<p>The figure of people setting out for abroad jobs in the first five months went down by 41.2 percent as compared to the corresponding period last year while the remittance flow increased by 36 percent.</p>

<p>According to the NRB, the remittance flow in the first four months of the current fiscal increased by 36.4 percent and reached Rs 3312.26 billion. The remittance inflow in the same period last year had dropped by 1.4 percent.</p>

<p>The ministry released the statistics in response to the comments made public regarding some financial statistics presented by the Prime Minister to the House of Representatives on January 6, arguing that the figures were based on facts.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => '25 Percent Increase in Arrival of Tourists',
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			'summary' => 'January 9: The number of tourists visiting Nepal has increased by 25 percent in 2018.',
			'content' => '<p>January 9: The number of tourists visiting Nepal has increased by 25 percent in 2018.</p>

<p>The Department of Immigration informed New Business Age that 1,173,072 tourists visited Nepal in 2018. The number of tourists visiting Nepal in 2017 was 940,217, according to data provided by the department.</p>

<p>The department further said that 969,287 tourists visited Nepal in 2018 through air route while 203785 tourists visited through land route.</p>

<p>The number of Indian tourists visiting Nepal has also increased by 25.1 percent to 200,483 as compared to last year. Likewise, the number of Sri Lankan tourists increased by 55.7 percent during the review period. In total, the number of tourists from SAARC nations increased by 26 percent to 301,963 in 2018.</p>

<p>Meanwhile, Nepal welcomed the second largest number of tourists from China in 2018. A total of 153,602 Chinese tourists visited Nepal in 2018, which is 46.8 percent more than the preceding year.</p>

<p>Likewise, the number of tourists from Thailand increased by 36 percent, South Korea by 8.3 percent and Japan by 8.9 percent, according to the department.</p>

<p>There has been a significant increase in the number of tourists from European countries. The number of tourists (63,086) visiting Nepal from the United Kingdom has increased by 15.6 percent while 36,833 German tourists visited Nepal during the review period, which is an increase by 23.1 percent.</p>

<p>31,653 visitors from France accounted for 21.1 percent rise in the number of French tourists while 91,785 tourists from the USA visited Nepal, which is an increase by 16 percent as compared to 2017.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Corruption Case Filed Against Ex-NOC Chief',
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			'summary' => 'January 8: The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a case against former executive director of Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) Gopal Khadka at the Special Court on the charge of amassing property through illegal means.',
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	January 8: The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a case against former executive director of Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) Gopal Khadka at the Special Court on the charge of amassing property through illegal means.</p>
<p>
	The charge-sheet filed by the anti-graft body on Monday (January 7) states that Khadka amassed property worth Rs 186.6 million without known sources of income.</p>
<p>
	CIAA Spokesperson Rameshwar Dangal said that Khadka has been hiding his income earned through illegal means in bank accounts of his relatives and other close persons.</p>
<p>
	It has been reported that Khadka used the black money to purchase land, house and vehicles in the name of Amita Lama Samden of Budhanilkantha Municipality.</p>
<p>
	The anti-graft body said that Lama owns a house worth Rs 32.5 million in Hattigauda, a Tucson car worth Rs 8.4 million and another house in the then Mahankal VDC estimated to be of Rs 35 million and land worth Rs 4 million in Budhanilkantha, all funded by Khadka.</p>
<p>
	Khadka has been using ATM cards of NMB Bank and Citizens Bank issued in the name of Lama.</p>
<p>
	The former executive director of the state-owned oil monopoly is accused to have purchased three houses through illegal means besides having two ancestral houses. He has also allegedly paid advance for two more houses. The CIAA has claimed that he has purchased plots of land in 11 different places of Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur and Kavre and the estimated cost of all the land is said to be Rs 116.1 million. He has also purchased shares of different companies worth Rs 10.6 million, according to CIAA. &nbsp;</p>
<p>
	The state-run news agency, Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS), said that the case was filed by the anti-graft body after a long investigation. RSS quoted spokesperson of the CIAA Dangal as saying that Khadka has been charged of amassing property by abusing his authority while he served as the head of the NOC and in other government agencies.</p>
<p>
	CIAA has said in the charge-sheet that it could not present Khadka in the court as he is currently at large.</p>
<p>
	&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Police Arrest 2 for Attempt to Steal ATM Money',
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			'summary' => 'January 8: Police on Monday afternoon arrested two persons for trying to break the ATM machine of Sanima Bank in Suryabinayak, Bhaktapur about a week ago.',
			'content' => '<p>January 8: Police on Monday afternoon arrested two persons for trying to break the ATM machine of Sanima Bank in Suryabinayak, Bhaktapur about a week ago.</p>

<p>A police team deployed from Jagati arrested Ramesh Pandey of Kavre and Dinesh Suku Bhatta of Bhaktapur from Suryabinayak. The duo have been accused of trying to break the ATM of the bank at 8.45 pm on January 2 to steal the money.</p>

<p>Police said they were able to nab the culprits with the help of CCTV footage.</p>
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			'title' => 'PAC Recommends Action against those Involved in Wide-Body Aircraft Scam',
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			'summary' => 'January 8: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of legislature parliament has recommended the government to take action against Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Rabindra Adhikari and two former ministers after finding them guilty in the procurement of two wide-body aircraft for Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC).',
			'content' => '<p>January 8: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of legislature parliament has recommended the government to take action against Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Rabindra Adhikari and two former ministers after finding them guilty in the procurement of two wide-body aircraft for Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC).</p>

<p>The parliamentary committee made such recommendation on Monday (January 7) after making some revisions in a report submitted by its sub-committee.</p>

<p>The sub-committee under PAC had recommended action against former ministers Jeevan Bahadur Shahi and Jitendra Narayan Dev for not being careful regarding irregularities in the deal while it sought action against sitting minister Adhikari for his ill intention in releasing budget for the procurement.</p>

<p>The sub-committee had also recommended action against former secretary at the ministry Prem Rai, who is currently the home secretary, but the full committee removed his name from the list. Lawmaker Pradeep Yadav, who was a member of the sub-committee which recommended action against Rai, clarified that Rai&rsquo;s name has been removed as he was not involved in the scam and that the officials of the national flag carrier had provided false report about his involvement earlier.</p>

<p>PAC has directed the government and the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) to immediately suspend the key officials involved in the aircraft procurement deal including the Managing Director of NAC, Sugat Ratna Kansakar.</p>

<p>Similarly, the PAC has directed the government and the CIAA to immediately suspend Tourism Secretary Krishna Prasad Devkota and punish former tourism secretary Shankar Prasad Adhikari.</p>

<p>The sub-committee report had concluded that Rs 4.35 billion was embezzled in the wide-body aircraft procurement process.</p>
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			'title' => 'TIA to add 2 more Destinations to its Night-Flight Schedule',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => 'January 8: Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) which also conducts evening and night flights to various internal destinations has recently increased the duration of such flights.',
			'content' => '<p>January 8: Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) which also conducts evening and night flights to various internal destinations has recently increased the duration of such flights, according to a news published by Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS).</p>

<p>The state-run news agency said that the night flights are currently available from TIA to Biratnagar, Bhairahawa, Nepalgunj and Dhangadhi, and preparations are on to connect two more destinations - Chandragadhi and Janakpur - to the schedule very soon.</p>

<p>According to managing director of TIA, Raj Kumar Chhetri, the evening flights were earlier available for only an hour from 5 pm to 6 pm but have been now extended to till 9:00 pm.</p>

<p>The managing director informed that works to prepare required infrastructures including the runway are taking place to operate night flights to the two new domestic destinations.</p>

<p>Prior to this, the domestic flight schedule was from 7 am to 6 pm. Only international flights used to operate at night. According to the airport sources, 25 flight schedules of various airlines had been approved for night flights in the fourth week of August, RSS further reported. As per this approved schedule, Buddha Air had proposed 14 flights, Shree Airlines four flights and Yeti Airlines seven flights.</p>

<p>The government had brought the International Airport into operation for 21 hours since May 21. At present, the airport is open for 22 hours daily after the domestic terminal building started operation from 5 am since September 1 last year. RSS reported that this provision has helped ease the air traffic congestion at the airport.</p>
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			'title' => 'Central Bank Urges RBI to exchange Banned Indian Currency',
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			'summary' => 'January 7: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has once again urged the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to exchange the Indian currencies which were in circulation in Nepal before the Indian government imposed a ban on those notes.',
			'content' => '<p>January 7: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has once again urged the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to exchange the Indian currencies which were in circulation in Nepal before the Indian government imposed a ban on those notes. The central bank wrote a letter to the RBI on Friday under the instruction from the Ministry of Finance.</p>

<p>The Foreign Exchange Department of NRB said that it has urged the RBI to exchange the banned Indian currency which has gathered dust in Nepal since a long time.</p>

<p>According to the central bank, the banking sector of Nepal has a stock of Indian currencies of 500 and 1000 denominations worth Rs 60 million which have remained unused since the Indian government imposed a ban on the notes some two years ago.</p>

<p>The department chief Bhisma Raj Dhungana informed New Business Age that the Reserve Bank of India has ignored the request of NRB time and again to exchange the notes.</p>

<p>The central bank is expecting some positive response this time.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'id' => '9760',
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			'title' => 'Westerly Winds Bring Light Rain, Snowfall',
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			'summary' => 'January 7: Some parts of the country including the Kathmandu Valley received light shower on Monday due to the impact of the westerly winds. ',
			'content' => '<p>January 7: Some parts of the country including the Kathmandu Valley received light shower on Monday due to the impact of the westerly winds. According to Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS), the light rainfall caused temperature to further plummet, increasing cold.</p>

<p>Meanwhile, light to moderate snowfall occurred in the highlands and mountainous regions, the Meteorological Forecasting Division said.</p>

<p>The state-run news agency reported that Phulchoki and Chandragiri, the high hills around the Kathmandu Valley, witnessed light snowfall.</p>

<p>The weather across the country is predicted to remain partly cloudy throughout the day with light rainfall in a few places. However, the weather will improve in the evening, RSS quoted senior meteorologist at the division Shanti Kandel as saying.</p>

<p>According to the division, the hills in western and eastern Nepal are likely to remain partially cloudy while the weather in the remaining parts of the country will be fair.</p>

<p>On Wednesday, there will be partly cloudy in the hilly regions and remaining parts will have a fair weather.</p>

<p>Meanwhile, snowfall that has occurred in Humla since last Sunday night has increasingly affected normal life in the Himalayan district, RSS further reported.</p>

<p>With the district temperature reaching below minus 15 degrees Celsius, the locals are feeling troubled to come outside of their homes. As the snowfall continues, the district headquarters Simikot has seen snow as deep as one feet while villages to the north of Simikot witnessed two-foot snow.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Government Effortful to Protect Domestic Drug Industries',
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			'summary' => 'January 7: The government has decided to give special attention to protect the domestic industry of medicine. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-family:arial">January 7: The government has decided to give special attention to protect the domestic industry of medicine. </span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:arial">According to Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS), a meeting chaired by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Health and Population Upendra Yadav on January 6 decided to form a committee to monitor, determine the prices of medicines and for effective management of medicines produced in Nepal.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:arial">The state-run news agency said that the meeting also held discussions on enhancing the Department of Drug Administration, producing quality drugs in the country and for exporting the products. The meeting was attended by the officials of the ministry, drug manufacturers and importers.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:arial">During the meeting, DPM Yadav instructed the concerned authorities to keep in mind while drafting drugs-related regulations that the prices of medicines should be affordable to the public and that the companies should not compromise on the quality of drugs they produce.</span></p>
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			'title' => 'Sugarcane producers of Mahakali getting better price in Indian market for their produce',
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			'summary' => 'January 7: Sugarcane farmers of Mahakali Municipality in Kanchanpur have started getting relatively better price for their products in the Indian market than in the local market.',
			'content' => '<p>January 7: Sugarcane farmers of Mahakali Municipality in Kanchanpur have started getting relatively better price for their products in the Indian market than in the local market, according to a news report published by Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS).</p>

<p>According to the state-run news agency, sugarcane producers earn IRS 400 (Rs 640) for selling 1 kg of sugarcane in the Indian market while the same amount of sugarcane fetches only Rs 400 in the local market.</p>

<p><br />
&ldquo;Farmers of Dodhara and Chandani sell sugarcane in India as they get better price price across the border,&rdquo;RSS quoted Puran Bahadur Chadaro, a local sugarcane entrepreneur, as saying.</p>
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			'title' => 'Hotels to Pay Renewal Fee after Regulation Amendment',
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			'summary' => 'January 6: The government is preparing to amend the Hotel, Bar, Lodge, Restaurant and Tourist Guide Regulation 2038 after four decades. ',
			'content' => '<p>January 6: The government is preparing to amend the Hotel, Bar, Lodge, Restaurant and Tourist Guide Regulation 2038 after four decades.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The amendment has proposed renewal fee for hotels for the first time while they will also need bank guarantee for renewal of their operating license.</p>

<p>This provision was included following severe criticism for exempting hotels, which make income in millions, from renewal fees at a time when tourist guides who make a meager income have been paying renewal fee for their license.</p>

<p>The Department of Tourism has already forwarded the amendment proposed to the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation.&nbsp;</p>

<p>At present, hotels do not need to pay any renewal fee since the existing regulation was introduced to promote hotel business in Nepal.</p>

<p>Hotels will now mandatorily need a bank guarantee worth Rs 2.5 million and pay Rs 100,000 annually for renewal of their operating license after the amendment of the regulation.</p>
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			'title' => 'Minister Yadav admits NOC full of irregularities; tired of fixing problems',
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			'summary' => 'January 11: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies, Matrika Prasad Yadav, has admitted that the state-run Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) is full of irregularities. ',
			'content' => '<p>January 11: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies, Matrika Prasad Yadav, has admitted that the state-run Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) is full of irregularities. He, however, asserted that the government is effortful to curb irregularities at the NOC.</p>

<p>Addressing the 49th anniversary of the NOC in the capital city on Thursday, January 10, Minister Yadav reportedly said the leakage of oil at various levels from transportation to administration has put the customers at the receiving end.</p>

<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m tired of fixing problems at NOC. Although it is an uphill task to bring reforms at NOC, I&rsquo;m working resolutely,&rdquo; Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS) quoted him as saying.</p>

<p>RSS reported that the minister expressed his dissatisfaction saying although he tried his best to curb malfeasance in the sector of petroleum products, the private sector did not cooperate with him. He said that the government is going to launch an oil distributors&rsquo; regulation to manage fuel distribution.</p>

<p>The Minister further reminded that the government is ready to work together with the private sector. &ldquo;Let&rsquo;s resolve problems with consensus, hold discussions and make the NOC more systematic,&rdquo; he urged all sides concerned.</p>

<p>&ldquo;The price of petroleum products would be timely adjusted. Today itself, the air fuel for domestic purpose was reduced,&rdquo; he added.</p>

<p>According to RSS, the Government has decreased the price of aviation fuel for domestic air service by Rs 10 per litre. The adjustment in the price was made following a decline in the price of crude oil in the international market.</p>

<p>Aviation fuel for domestic air service will now cost Rs 94.50 per litre against the existing 104.50 per litre.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'id' => '9784',
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			'title' => 'Snowfall in Taplejung Again',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => 'January 10: Taplejung district has witnessed snowfall again this winter. ',
			'content' => '<p>January 10: Taplejung district has witnessed snowfall again this winter. The high hills of the district received snowfall following rainfall since Wednesday afternoon. This is the second time in two weeks that the district saw snowfall.</p>

<p>Places like Olangchungola, Yangma, Ghunsa, Lelep, Gyabla, Fale among other areas in the mountainous region were covered with thick layer of snow. The locals of the famed temple, Pathivara, also informed that the area witnessed snowfall.</p>

<p>The temperature has plummeted sharply in the district headquarters Fungling as well as other places of the district due to the rain and snowfall.</p>

<p>People living above 2500 meters have been affected more due to the biting cold. People living in the highlands have been affected the most as they did not shift to the lowlands to avoid the severe cold this season.</p>

<p>Normally, people living in the high altitude take the winter season as a time to visit warmer places outside the district. But these days, people have started staying back home after making necessary arrangements to keep themselves warm.</p>

<p>A few years ago, Taplejung used to witness snowfall since October-November but this time the district had to wait till December to witness the first snowfall.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'id' => '9783',
			'article_category_id' => '1',
			'title' => 'Stakeholders Call for New Act to Facilitate Investment',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => 'January 10: Stakeholders have said that the draft bill on industrial enterprises should be oriented toward facilitating and promoting investment rather than regulating and controlling enterprises.',
			'content' => '<p>January 10: Stakeholders have said that the draft bill on industrial enterprises should be oriented toward facilitating and promoting investment rather than regulating and controlling enterprises.</p>

<p>A press statement issued by the Society of Economic Journalists of Nepal (SEJON) says that economists, business leaders and former bureaucrats attending a roundtable discussion on the draft bill expressed concerns that the new industrial enterprises act should provide incentives to the enterprises in Nepal to help increase the industrial contribution to the gross domestic product.</p>

<p>According to SEJON, it organised the roundtable discussion on &lsquo;Industrial Enterprises Bill (Draft)&rsquo; in collaboration with Economic Policy Incubator and UKaid in the capital on Wednesday, January 9.</p>

<p>Their call for provisions facilitating the industrial investments comes in the wake of the preparation of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies to give a final touch to the new Industrial Enterprises Bill that will replace the existing Industrial Enterprises Act that was enacted in 2016.</p>

<p>&ldquo;The draft bill has proposed stricter provisions for fine and punishment even for committing a minor offence,&rdquo; the statement quoted Shekhar Golchha, senior vice president of Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI), as saying.</p>

<p>Golchha said that the provision related to corporate social responsibility and classification of industries, among others, should be revisited for the promotion of industrial sector in the country.</p>

<p>Also speaking at the discussion, Hari Bhakta Sharma, president of the Confederation of Nepalese Industries, said that the law should be the most liberal law in the South Asia region to attract investment in the country.</p>

<p>&ldquo;If we see other countries, including states of our neighboring country India, they are moving aggressively toward providing incentives to their industries. If our law does not take into consideration those developments, we cannot promote investment in industrial sector,&rdquo; said Sharma.</p>

<p>Among others, he urged the government to change the provision that put restriction on selling the land bought by industrialists for setting up industry. He also said that it will be very onerous for industries, mostly small and medium level industries, to share their data with the Department of Industries in every six months as stated in the draft bill of the act.</p>

<p>According to SEJON, Dr Shankar Sharma, former vice chairperson of the National Planning Commission, underlined the need of strong coordination between various government agencies for the effective implementation of the act.</p>

<p>&nbsp;&ldquo;There are several good provisions in the draft bill despite some weaknesses. But, the key to the effective implementation is the strong coordination between government agencies,&rdquo; added Sharma.</p>

<p>Yam Kumari Khatiwada, the secretary at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies, said that the new draft bill focuses on further simplifying the process of entry, operation and exit of industrial enterprise in the country.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Snowfall likely in the mountains today',
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			'summary' => 'January 9: The Weather Forecasting Division has said light snowfall is likely to occur in some places of the high mountainous region and light rain at few places of the mountainous region on Wednesday, according to a news report published by Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS). ',
			'content' => '<div><span style="font-size:13px">January 9: The Weather Forecasting Division has said light snowfall is likely to occur in some places of the high mountainous region and light rain at few places of the mountainous region on Wednesday, according to a news report published by Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS).&nbsp;</span></div>

<div><span style="font-size:13px">Similarly, the sky would remain partly cloudy in the mountainous region and generally fair in the rest of the country on Wednesday night.</span></div>

<div><span style="font-size:13px">&ldquo;There is possibility of light rain at one or two places of the central and eastern region,&rdquo; RSS quoted the division as saying.&nbsp;</span></div>

<div><span style="font-size:13px">The weather will be partly cloudy in the western and eastern mountainous region and it will be generally fair in the rest of the country on Thursday.&nbsp;</span></div>

<div><span style="font-size:13px">On Friday, the weather will be partly cloudy in the eastern mountainous region while remaining generally fair in the rest of the country.&nbsp;</span></div>

<div><span style="font-size:13px">According to the division, light snowfall is likely to occur in some places of the high mountainous region and light rain at few places of the eastern mountainous region.&nbsp;</span></div>

<div><span style="font-size:13px">Meanwhile, the temperature in the Kathmandu Valley has increased. The minimum temperature in the Kathmandu Valley was recorded at 4.5 degrees Celsius on Wednesday. It was 1.8 degrees Celsius on Tuesday.&nbsp;</span></div>

<div><span style="font-size:13px">Although the minimum temperature has not dropped much more cold is felt as the day-time temperature has not increased, meteorologist at the Division, Sujan Subedi, told the state-run news agency.&nbsp;</span></div>

<div><span style="font-size:13px">The Valley&rsquo;s weather will see fluctuation for some more days, he added.&nbsp;</span></div>
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			'id' => '9772',
			'article_category_id' => '1',
			'title' => 'General Level of Price Rise Down to 3.7 Percent',
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			'summary' => 'January 9: The Ministry of Finance has stated that the general level of price rise in the first five months of the current fiscal year has come down to 3.7 percent from 4.2 percent in the corresponding period of last year.',
			'content' => '<p>January 9: The Ministry of Finance has stated that the general level of price rise in the first five months of the current fiscal year has come down to 3.7 percent from 4.2 percent in the corresponding period of last year.</p>

<p>Similarly, the revenue collection growth in the first five months stood at 32 per cent, according to a news report published by Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS).</p>

<p>The state-run news agency further said that the handover of responsibility of dealing with some areas of taxes including vehicle registration, land and house rent to the province and local levels led to the increase.</p>

<p>The ministry, quoting the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB), said that the annual basic price was 4.2 per cent in the first four months of the current fiscal.</p>

<p>Likewise, the statistics of Financial Comptroller General Office show that the total expenditure in the first five months (as of mid-December) increased by seven per cent while current expenditure decreased by 13 per cent and the capital expenditure witnessed a 25.3 percent rise, RSS said.</p>

<p>The ministry concluded that the low amount of total expenditure was due to austerity measures adopted by the government in current expenditure. Last year, the figure was high due to the elections.</p>

<p>The figure of people setting out for abroad jobs in the first five months went down by 41.2 percent as compared to the corresponding period last year while the remittance flow increased by 36 percent.</p>

<p>According to the NRB, the remittance flow in the first four months of the current fiscal increased by 36.4 percent and reached Rs 3312.26 billion. The remittance inflow in the same period last year had dropped by 1.4 percent.</p>

<p>The ministry released the statistics in response to the comments made public regarding some financial statistics presented by the Prime Minister to the House of Representatives on January 6, arguing that the figures were based on facts.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'id' => '9771',
			'article_category_id' => '1',
			'title' => '25 Percent Increase in Arrival of Tourists',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => 'January 9: The number of tourists visiting Nepal has increased by 25 percent in 2018.',
			'content' => '<p>January 9: The number of tourists visiting Nepal has increased by 25 percent in 2018.</p>

<p>The Department of Immigration informed New Business Age that 1,173,072 tourists visited Nepal in 2018. The number of tourists visiting Nepal in 2017 was 940,217, according to data provided by the department.</p>

<p>The department further said that 969,287 tourists visited Nepal in 2018 through air route while 203785 tourists visited through land route.</p>

<p>The number of Indian tourists visiting Nepal has also increased by 25.1 percent to 200,483 as compared to last year. Likewise, the number of Sri Lankan tourists increased by 55.7 percent during the review period. In total, the number of tourists from SAARC nations increased by 26 percent to 301,963 in 2018.</p>

<p>Meanwhile, Nepal welcomed the second largest number of tourists from China in 2018. A total of 153,602 Chinese tourists visited Nepal in 2018, which is 46.8 percent more than the preceding year.</p>

<p>Likewise, the number of tourists from Thailand increased by 36 percent, South Korea by 8.3 percent and Japan by 8.9 percent, according to the department.</p>

<p>There has been a significant increase in the number of tourists from European countries. The number of tourists (63,086) visiting Nepal from the United Kingdom has increased by 15.6 percent while 36,833 German tourists visited Nepal during the review period, which is an increase by 23.1 percent.</p>

<p>31,653 visitors from France accounted for 21.1 percent rise in the number of French tourists while 91,785 tourists from the USA visited Nepal, which is an increase by 16 percent as compared to 2017.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'id' => '9766',
			'article_category_id' => '1',
			'title' => 'Corruption Case Filed Against Ex-NOC Chief',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => 'January 8: The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a case against former executive director of Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) Gopal Khadka at the Special Court on the charge of amassing property through illegal means.',
			'content' => '<p>
	January 8: The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a case against former executive director of Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) Gopal Khadka at the Special Court on the charge of amassing property through illegal means.</p>
<p>
	The charge-sheet filed by the anti-graft body on Monday (January 7) states that Khadka amassed property worth Rs 186.6 million without known sources of income.</p>
<p>
	CIAA Spokesperson Rameshwar Dangal said that Khadka has been hiding his income earned through illegal means in bank accounts of his relatives and other close persons.</p>
<p>
	It has been reported that Khadka used the black money to purchase land, house and vehicles in the name of Amita Lama Samden of Budhanilkantha Municipality.</p>
<p>
	The anti-graft body said that Lama owns a house worth Rs 32.5 million in Hattigauda, a Tucson car worth Rs 8.4 million and another house in the then Mahankal VDC estimated to be of Rs 35 million and land worth Rs 4 million in Budhanilkantha, all funded by Khadka.</p>
<p>
	Khadka has been using ATM cards of NMB Bank and Citizens Bank issued in the name of Lama.</p>
<p>
	The former executive director of the state-owned oil monopoly is accused to have purchased three houses through illegal means besides having two ancestral houses. He has also allegedly paid advance for two more houses. The CIAA has claimed that he has purchased plots of land in 11 different places of Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur and Kavre and the estimated cost of all the land is said to be Rs 116.1 million. He has also purchased shares of different companies worth Rs 10.6 million, according to CIAA. &nbsp;</p>
<p>
	The state-run news agency, Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS), said that the case was filed by the anti-graft body after a long investigation. RSS quoted spokesperson of the CIAA Dangal as saying that Khadka has been charged of amassing property by abusing his authority while he served as the head of the NOC and in other government agencies.</p>
<p>
	CIAA has said in the charge-sheet that it could not present Khadka in the court as he is currently at large.</p>
<p>
	&nbsp;</p>
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		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '9767',
			'article_category_id' => '1',
			'title' => 'Police Arrest 2 for Attempt to Steal ATM Money',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => 'January 8: Police on Monday afternoon arrested two persons for trying to break the ATM machine of Sanima Bank in Suryabinayak, Bhaktapur about a week ago.',
			'content' => '<p>January 8: Police on Monday afternoon arrested two persons for trying to break the ATM machine of Sanima Bank in Suryabinayak, Bhaktapur about a week ago.</p>

<p>A police team deployed from Jagati arrested Ramesh Pandey of Kavre and Dinesh Suku Bhatta of Bhaktapur from Suryabinayak. The duo have been accused of trying to break the ATM of the bank at 8.45 pm on January 2 to steal the money.</p>

<p>Police said they were able to nab the culprits with the help of CCTV footage.</p>
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			'sortorder' => '9540',
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			'id' => '9765',
			'article_category_id' => '1',
			'title' => 'PAC Recommends Action against those Involved in Wide-Body Aircraft Scam',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => 'January 8: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of legislature parliament has recommended the government to take action against Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Rabindra Adhikari and two former ministers after finding them guilty in the procurement of two wide-body aircraft for Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC).',
			'content' => '<p>January 8: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of legislature parliament has recommended the government to take action against Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Rabindra Adhikari and two former ministers after finding them guilty in the procurement of two wide-body aircraft for Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC).</p>

<p>The parliamentary committee made such recommendation on Monday (January 7) after making some revisions in a report submitted by its sub-committee.</p>

<p>The sub-committee under PAC had recommended action against former ministers Jeevan Bahadur Shahi and Jitendra Narayan Dev for not being careful regarding irregularities in the deal while it sought action against sitting minister Adhikari for his ill intention in releasing budget for the procurement.</p>

<p>The sub-committee had also recommended action against former secretary at the ministry Prem Rai, who is currently the home secretary, but the full committee removed his name from the list. Lawmaker Pradeep Yadav, who was a member of the sub-committee which recommended action against Rai, clarified that Rai&rsquo;s name has been removed as he was not involved in the scam and that the officials of the national flag carrier had provided false report about his involvement earlier.</p>

<p>PAC has directed the government and the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) to immediately suspend the key officials involved in the aircraft procurement deal including the Managing Director of NAC, Sugat Ratna Kansakar.</p>

<p>Similarly, the PAC has directed the government and the CIAA to immediately suspend Tourism Secretary Krishna Prasad Devkota and punish former tourism secretary Shankar Prasad Adhikari.</p>

<p>The sub-committee report had concluded that Rs 4.35 billion was embezzled in the wide-body aircraft procurement process.</p>
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			'id' => '9764',
			'article_category_id' => '1',
			'title' => 'TIA to add 2 more Destinations to its Night-Flight Schedule',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => 'January 8: Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) which also conducts evening and night flights to various internal destinations has recently increased the duration of such flights.',
			'content' => '<p>January 8: Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) which also conducts evening and night flights to various internal destinations has recently increased the duration of such flights, according to a news published by Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS).</p>

<p>The state-run news agency said that the night flights are currently available from TIA to Biratnagar, Bhairahawa, Nepalgunj and Dhangadhi, and preparations are on to connect two more destinations - Chandragadhi and Janakpur - to the schedule very soon.</p>

<p>According to managing director of TIA, Raj Kumar Chhetri, the evening flights were earlier available for only an hour from 5 pm to 6 pm but have been now extended to till 9:00 pm.</p>

<p>The managing director informed that works to prepare required infrastructures including the runway are taking place to operate night flights to the two new domestic destinations.</p>

<p>Prior to this, the domestic flight schedule was from 7 am to 6 pm. Only international flights used to operate at night. According to the airport sources, 25 flight schedules of various airlines had been approved for night flights in the fourth week of August, RSS further reported. As per this approved schedule, Buddha Air had proposed 14 flights, Shree Airlines four flights and Yeti Airlines seven flights.</p>

<p>The government had brought the International Airport into operation for 21 hours since May 21. At present, the airport is open for 22 hours daily after the domestic terminal building started operation from 5 am since September 1 last year. RSS reported that this provision has helped ease the air traffic congestion at the airport.</p>
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			'id' => '9763',
			'article_category_id' => '1',
			'title' => 'Central Bank Urges RBI to exchange Banned Indian Currency',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => 'January 7: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has once again urged the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to exchange the Indian currencies which were in circulation in Nepal before the Indian government imposed a ban on those notes.',
			'content' => '<p>January 7: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has once again urged the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to exchange the Indian currencies which were in circulation in Nepal before the Indian government imposed a ban on those notes. The central bank wrote a letter to the RBI on Friday under the instruction from the Ministry of Finance.</p>

<p>The Foreign Exchange Department of NRB said that it has urged the RBI to exchange the banned Indian currency which has gathered dust in Nepal since a long time.</p>

<p>According to the central bank, the banking sector of Nepal has a stock of Indian currencies of 500 and 1000 denominations worth Rs 60 million which have remained unused since the Indian government imposed a ban on the notes some two years ago.</p>

<p>The department chief Bhisma Raj Dhungana informed New Business Age that the Reserve Bank of India has ignored the request of NRB time and again to exchange the notes.</p>

<p>The central bank is expecting some positive response this time.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'id' => '9760',
			'article_category_id' => '1',
			'title' => 'Westerly Winds Bring Light Rain, Snowfall',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => 'January 7: Some parts of the country including the Kathmandu Valley received light shower on Monday due to the impact of the westerly winds. ',
			'content' => '<p>January 7: Some parts of the country including the Kathmandu Valley received light shower on Monday due to the impact of the westerly winds. According to Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS), the light rainfall caused temperature to further plummet, increasing cold.</p>

<p>Meanwhile, light to moderate snowfall occurred in the highlands and mountainous regions, the Meteorological Forecasting Division said.</p>

<p>The state-run news agency reported that Phulchoki and Chandragiri, the high hills around the Kathmandu Valley, witnessed light snowfall.</p>

<p>The weather across the country is predicted to remain partly cloudy throughout the day with light rainfall in a few places. However, the weather will improve in the evening, RSS quoted senior meteorologist at the division Shanti Kandel as saying.</p>

<p>According to the division, the hills in western and eastern Nepal are likely to remain partially cloudy while the weather in the remaining parts of the country will be fair.</p>

<p>On Wednesday, there will be partly cloudy in the hilly regions and remaining parts will have a fair weather.</p>

<p>Meanwhile, snowfall that has occurred in Humla since last Sunday night has increasingly affected normal life in the Himalayan district, RSS further reported.</p>

<p>With the district temperature reaching below minus 15 degrees Celsius, the locals are feeling troubled to come outside of their homes. As the snowfall continues, the district headquarters Simikot has seen snow as deep as one feet while villages to the north of Simikot witnessed two-foot snow.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Government Effortful to Protect Domestic Drug Industries',
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			'summary' => 'January 7: The government has decided to give special attention to protect the domestic industry of medicine. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-family:arial">January 7: The government has decided to give special attention to protect the domestic industry of medicine. </span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:arial">According to Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS), a meeting chaired by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Health and Population Upendra Yadav on January 6 decided to form a committee to monitor, determine the prices of medicines and for effective management of medicines produced in Nepal.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:arial">The state-run news agency said that the meeting also held discussions on enhancing the Department of Drug Administration, producing quality drugs in the country and for exporting the products. The meeting was attended by the officials of the ministry, drug manufacturers and importers.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:arial">During the meeting, DPM Yadav instructed the concerned authorities to keep in mind while drafting drugs-related regulations that the prices of medicines should be affordable to the public and that the companies should not compromise on the quality of drugs they produce.</span></p>
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			'summary' => 'January 7: Sugarcane farmers of Mahakali Municipality in Kanchanpur have started getting relatively better price for their products in the Indian market than in the local market.',
			'content' => '<p>January 7: Sugarcane farmers of Mahakali Municipality in Kanchanpur have started getting relatively better price for their products in the Indian market than in the local market, according to a news report published by Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS).</p>

<p>According to the state-run news agency, sugarcane producers earn IRS 400 (Rs 640) for selling 1 kg of sugarcane in the Indian market while the same amount of sugarcane fetches only Rs 400 in the local market.</p>

<p><br />
&ldquo;Farmers of Dodhara and Chandani sell sugarcane in India as they get better price price across the border,&rdquo;RSS quoted Puran Bahadur Chadaro, a local sugarcane entrepreneur, as saying.</p>
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			'title' => 'Hotels to Pay Renewal Fee after Regulation Amendment',
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			'summary' => 'January 6: The government is preparing to amend the Hotel, Bar, Lodge, Restaurant and Tourist Guide Regulation 2038 after four decades. ',
			'content' => '<p>January 6: The government is preparing to amend the Hotel, Bar, Lodge, Restaurant and Tourist Guide Regulation 2038 after four decades.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The amendment has proposed renewal fee for hotels for the first time while they will also need bank guarantee for renewal of their operating license.</p>

<p>This provision was included following severe criticism for exempting hotels, which make income in millions, from renewal fees at a time when tourist guides who make a meager income have been paying renewal fee for their license.</p>

<p>The Department of Tourism has already forwarded the amendment proposed to the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation.&nbsp;</p>

<p>At present, hotels do not need to pay any renewal fee since the existing regulation was introduced to promote hotel business in Nepal.</p>

<p>Hotels will now mandatorily need a bank guarantee worth Rs 2.5 million and pay Rs 100,000 annually for renewal of their operating license after the amendment of the regulation.</p>
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			'title' => 'Minister Yadav admits NOC full of irregularities; tired of fixing problems',
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			'summary' => 'January 11: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies, Matrika Prasad Yadav, has admitted that the state-run Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) is full of irregularities. ',
			'content' => '<p>January 11: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies, Matrika Prasad Yadav, has admitted that the state-run Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) is full of irregularities. He, however, asserted that the government is effortful to curb irregularities at the NOC.</p>

<p>Addressing the 49th anniversary of the NOC in the capital city on Thursday, January 10, Minister Yadav reportedly said the leakage of oil at various levels from transportation to administration has put the customers at the receiving end.</p>

<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m tired of fixing problems at NOC. Although it is an uphill task to bring reforms at NOC, I&rsquo;m working resolutely,&rdquo; Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS) quoted him as saying.</p>

<p>RSS reported that the minister expressed his dissatisfaction saying although he tried his best to curb malfeasance in the sector of petroleum products, the private sector did not cooperate with him. He said that the government is going to launch an oil distributors&rsquo; regulation to manage fuel distribution.</p>

<p>The Minister further reminded that the government is ready to work together with the private sector. &ldquo;Let&rsquo;s resolve problems with consensus, hold discussions and make the NOC more systematic,&rdquo; he urged all sides concerned.</p>

<p>&ldquo;The price of petroleum products would be timely adjusted. Today itself, the air fuel for domestic purpose was reduced,&rdquo; he added.</p>

<p>According to RSS, the Government has decreased the price of aviation fuel for domestic air service by Rs 10 per litre. The adjustment in the price was made following a decline in the price of crude oil in the international market.</p>

<p>Aviation fuel for domestic air service will now cost Rs 94.50 per litre against the existing 104.50 per litre.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

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			'title' => 'Snowfall in Taplejung Again',
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			'summary' => 'January 10: Taplejung district has witnessed snowfall again this winter. ',
			'content' => '<p>January 10: Taplejung district has witnessed snowfall again this winter. The high hills of the district received snowfall following rainfall since Wednesday afternoon. This is the second time in two weeks that the district saw snowfall.</p>

<p>Places like Olangchungola, Yangma, Ghunsa, Lelep, Gyabla, Fale among other areas in the mountainous region were covered with thick layer of snow. The locals of the famed temple, Pathivara, also informed that the area witnessed snowfall.</p>

<p>The temperature has plummeted sharply in the district headquarters Fungling as well as other places of the district due to the rain and snowfall.</p>

<p>People living above 2500 meters have been affected more due to the biting cold. People living in the highlands have been affected the most as they did not shift to the lowlands to avoid the severe cold this season.</p>

<p>Normally, people living in the high altitude take the winter season as a time to visit warmer places outside the district. But these days, people have started staying back home after making necessary arrangements to keep themselves warm.</p>

<p>A few years ago, Taplejung used to witness snowfall since October-November but this time the district had to wait till December to witness the first snowfall.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Stakeholders Call for New Act to Facilitate Investment',
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			'summary' => 'January 10: Stakeholders have said that the draft bill on industrial enterprises should be oriented toward facilitating and promoting investment rather than regulating and controlling enterprises.',
			'content' => '<p>January 10: Stakeholders have said that the draft bill on industrial enterprises should be oriented toward facilitating and promoting investment rather than regulating and controlling enterprises.</p>

<p>A press statement issued by the Society of Economic Journalists of Nepal (SEJON) says that economists, business leaders and former bureaucrats attending a roundtable discussion on the draft bill expressed concerns that the new industrial enterprises act should provide incentives to the enterprises in Nepal to help increase the industrial contribution to the gross domestic product.</p>

<p>According to SEJON, it organised the roundtable discussion on &lsquo;Industrial Enterprises Bill (Draft)&rsquo; in collaboration with Economic Policy Incubator and UKaid in the capital on Wednesday, January 9.</p>

<p>Their call for provisions facilitating the industrial investments comes in the wake of the preparation of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies to give a final touch to the new Industrial Enterprises Bill that will replace the existing Industrial Enterprises Act that was enacted in 2016.</p>

<p>&ldquo;The draft bill has proposed stricter provisions for fine and punishment even for committing a minor offence,&rdquo; the statement quoted Shekhar Golchha, senior vice president of Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI), as saying.</p>

<p>Golchha said that the provision related to corporate social responsibility and classification of industries, among others, should be revisited for the promotion of industrial sector in the country.</p>

<p>Also speaking at the discussion, Hari Bhakta Sharma, president of the Confederation of Nepalese Industries, said that the law should be the most liberal law in the South Asia region to attract investment in the country.</p>

<p>&ldquo;If we see other countries, including states of our neighboring country India, they are moving aggressively toward providing incentives to their industries. If our law does not take into consideration those developments, we cannot promote investment in industrial sector,&rdquo; said Sharma.</p>

<p>Among others, he urged the government to change the provision that put restriction on selling the land bought by industrialists for setting up industry. He also said that it will be very onerous for industries, mostly small and medium level industries, to share their data with the Department of Industries in every six months as stated in the draft bill of the act.</p>

<p>According to SEJON, Dr Shankar Sharma, former vice chairperson of the National Planning Commission, underlined the need of strong coordination between various government agencies for the effective implementation of the act.</p>

<p>&nbsp;&ldquo;There are several good provisions in the draft bill despite some weaknesses. But, the key to the effective implementation is the strong coordination between government agencies,&rdquo; added Sharma.</p>

<p>Yam Kumari Khatiwada, the secretary at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies, said that the new draft bill focuses on further simplifying the process of entry, operation and exit of industrial enterprise in the country.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Snowfall likely in the mountains today',
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			'summary' => 'January 9: The Weather Forecasting Division has said light snowfall is likely to occur in some places of the high mountainous region and light rain at few places of the mountainous region on Wednesday, according to a news report published by Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS). ',
			'content' => '<div><span style="font-size:13px">January 9: The Weather Forecasting Division has said light snowfall is likely to occur in some places of the high mountainous region and light rain at few places of the mountainous region on Wednesday, according to a news report published by Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS).&nbsp;</span></div>

<div><span style="font-size:13px">Similarly, the sky would remain partly cloudy in the mountainous region and generally fair in the rest of the country on Wednesday night.</span></div>

<div><span style="font-size:13px">&ldquo;There is possibility of light rain at one or two places of the central and eastern region,&rdquo; RSS quoted the division as saying.&nbsp;</span></div>

<div><span style="font-size:13px">The weather will be partly cloudy in the western and eastern mountainous region and it will be generally fair in the rest of the country on Thursday.&nbsp;</span></div>

<div><span style="font-size:13px">On Friday, the weather will be partly cloudy in the eastern mountainous region while remaining generally fair in the rest of the country.&nbsp;</span></div>

<div><span style="font-size:13px">According to the division, light snowfall is likely to occur in some places of the high mountainous region and light rain at few places of the eastern mountainous region.&nbsp;</span></div>

<div><span style="font-size:13px">Meanwhile, the temperature in the Kathmandu Valley has increased. The minimum temperature in the Kathmandu Valley was recorded at 4.5 degrees Celsius on Wednesday. It was 1.8 degrees Celsius on Tuesday.&nbsp;</span></div>

<div><span style="font-size:13px">Although the minimum temperature has not dropped much more cold is felt as the day-time temperature has not increased, meteorologist at the Division, Sujan Subedi, told the state-run news agency.&nbsp;</span></div>

<div><span style="font-size:13px">The Valley&rsquo;s weather will see fluctuation for some more days, he added.&nbsp;</span></div>
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			'title' => 'General Level of Price Rise Down to 3.7 Percent',
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			'summary' => 'January 9: The Ministry of Finance has stated that the general level of price rise in the first five months of the current fiscal year has come down to 3.7 percent from 4.2 percent in the corresponding period of last year.',
			'content' => '<p>January 9: The Ministry of Finance has stated that the general level of price rise in the first five months of the current fiscal year has come down to 3.7 percent from 4.2 percent in the corresponding period of last year.</p>

<p>Similarly, the revenue collection growth in the first five months stood at 32 per cent, according to a news report published by Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS).</p>

<p>The state-run news agency further said that the handover of responsibility of dealing with some areas of taxes including vehicle registration, land and house rent to the province and local levels led to the increase.</p>

<p>The ministry, quoting the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB), said that the annual basic price was 4.2 per cent in the first four months of the current fiscal.</p>

<p>Likewise, the statistics of Financial Comptroller General Office show that the total expenditure in the first five months (as of mid-December) increased by seven per cent while current expenditure decreased by 13 per cent and the capital expenditure witnessed a 25.3 percent rise, RSS said.</p>

<p>The ministry concluded that the low amount of total expenditure was due to austerity measures adopted by the government in current expenditure. Last year, the figure was high due to the elections.</p>

<p>The figure of people setting out for abroad jobs in the first five months went down by 41.2 percent as compared to the corresponding period last year while the remittance flow increased by 36 percent.</p>

<p>According to the NRB, the remittance flow in the first four months of the current fiscal increased by 36.4 percent and reached Rs 3312.26 billion. The remittance inflow in the same period last year had dropped by 1.4 percent.</p>

<p>The ministry released the statistics in response to the comments made public regarding some financial statistics presented by the Prime Minister to the House of Representatives on January 6, arguing that the figures were based on facts.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => '25 Percent Increase in Arrival of Tourists',
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			'summary' => 'January 9: The number of tourists visiting Nepal has increased by 25 percent in 2018.',
			'content' => '<p>January 9: The number of tourists visiting Nepal has increased by 25 percent in 2018.</p>

<p>The Department of Immigration informed New Business Age that 1,173,072 tourists visited Nepal in 2018. The number of tourists visiting Nepal in 2017 was 940,217, according to data provided by the department.</p>

<p>The department further said that 969,287 tourists visited Nepal in 2018 through air route while 203785 tourists visited through land route.</p>

<p>The number of Indian tourists visiting Nepal has also increased by 25.1 percent to 200,483 as compared to last year. Likewise, the number of Sri Lankan tourists increased by 55.7 percent during the review period. In total, the number of tourists from SAARC nations increased by 26 percent to 301,963 in 2018.</p>

<p>Meanwhile, Nepal welcomed the second largest number of tourists from China in 2018. A total of 153,602 Chinese tourists visited Nepal in 2018, which is 46.8 percent more than the preceding year.</p>

<p>Likewise, the number of tourists from Thailand increased by 36 percent, South Korea by 8.3 percent and Japan by 8.9 percent, according to the department.</p>

<p>There has been a significant increase in the number of tourists from European countries. The number of tourists (63,086) visiting Nepal from the United Kingdom has increased by 15.6 percent while 36,833 German tourists visited Nepal during the review period, which is an increase by 23.1 percent.</p>

<p>31,653 visitors from France accounted for 21.1 percent rise in the number of French tourists while 91,785 tourists from the USA visited Nepal, which is an increase by 16 percent as compared to 2017.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Corruption Case Filed Against Ex-NOC Chief',
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			'summary' => 'January 8: The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a case against former executive director of Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) Gopal Khadka at the Special Court on the charge of amassing property through illegal means.',
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	January 8: The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a case against former executive director of Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) Gopal Khadka at the Special Court on the charge of amassing property through illegal means.</p>
<p>
	The charge-sheet filed by the anti-graft body on Monday (January 7) states that Khadka amassed property worth Rs 186.6 million without known sources of income.</p>
<p>
	CIAA Spokesperson Rameshwar Dangal said that Khadka has been hiding his income earned through illegal means in bank accounts of his relatives and other close persons.</p>
<p>
	It has been reported that Khadka used the black money to purchase land, house and vehicles in the name of Amita Lama Samden of Budhanilkantha Municipality.</p>
<p>
	The anti-graft body said that Lama owns a house worth Rs 32.5 million in Hattigauda, a Tucson car worth Rs 8.4 million and another house in the then Mahankal VDC estimated to be of Rs 35 million and land worth Rs 4 million in Budhanilkantha, all funded by Khadka.</p>
<p>
	Khadka has been using ATM cards of NMB Bank and Citizens Bank issued in the name of Lama.</p>
<p>
	The former executive director of the state-owned oil monopoly is accused to have purchased three houses through illegal means besides having two ancestral houses. He has also allegedly paid advance for two more houses. The CIAA has claimed that he has purchased plots of land in 11 different places of Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur and Kavre and the estimated cost of all the land is said to be Rs 116.1 million. He has also purchased shares of different companies worth Rs 10.6 million, according to CIAA. &nbsp;</p>
<p>
	The state-run news agency, Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS), said that the case was filed by the anti-graft body after a long investigation. RSS quoted spokesperson of the CIAA Dangal as saying that Khadka has been charged of amassing property by abusing his authority while he served as the head of the NOC and in other government agencies.</p>
<p>
	CIAA has said in the charge-sheet that it could not present Khadka in the court as he is currently at large.</p>
<p>
	&nbsp;</p>
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			'id' => '9767',
			'article_category_id' => '1',
			'title' => 'Police Arrest 2 for Attempt to Steal ATM Money',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => 'January 8: Police on Monday afternoon arrested two persons for trying to break the ATM machine of Sanima Bank in Suryabinayak, Bhaktapur about a week ago.',
			'content' => '<p>January 8: Police on Monday afternoon arrested two persons for trying to break the ATM machine of Sanima Bank in Suryabinayak, Bhaktapur about a week ago.</p>

<p>A police team deployed from Jagati arrested Ramesh Pandey of Kavre and Dinesh Suku Bhatta of Bhaktapur from Suryabinayak. The duo have been accused of trying to break the ATM of the bank at 8.45 pm on January 2 to steal the money.</p>

<p>Police said they were able to nab the culprits with the help of CCTV footage.</p>
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			'title' => 'PAC Recommends Action against those Involved in Wide-Body Aircraft Scam',
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			'summary' => 'January 8: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of legislature parliament has recommended the government to take action against Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Rabindra Adhikari and two former ministers after finding them guilty in the procurement of two wide-body aircraft for Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC).',
			'content' => '<p>January 8: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of legislature parliament has recommended the government to take action against Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Rabindra Adhikari and two former ministers after finding them guilty in the procurement of two wide-body aircraft for Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC).</p>

<p>The parliamentary committee made such recommendation on Monday (January 7) after making some revisions in a report submitted by its sub-committee.</p>

<p>The sub-committee under PAC had recommended action against former ministers Jeevan Bahadur Shahi and Jitendra Narayan Dev for not being careful regarding irregularities in the deal while it sought action against sitting minister Adhikari for his ill intention in releasing budget for the procurement.</p>

<p>The sub-committee had also recommended action against former secretary at the ministry Prem Rai, who is currently the home secretary, but the full committee removed his name from the list. Lawmaker Pradeep Yadav, who was a member of the sub-committee which recommended action against Rai, clarified that Rai&rsquo;s name has been removed as he was not involved in the scam and that the officials of the national flag carrier had provided false report about his involvement earlier.</p>

<p>PAC has directed the government and the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) to immediately suspend the key officials involved in the aircraft procurement deal including the Managing Director of NAC, Sugat Ratna Kansakar.</p>

<p>Similarly, the PAC has directed the government and the CIAA to immediately suspend Tourism Secretary Krishna Prasad Devkota and punish former tourism secretary Shankar Prasad Adhikari.</p>

<p>The sub-committee report had concluded that Rs 4.35 billion was embezzled in the wide-body aircraft procurement process.</p>
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			'id' => '9764',
			'article_category_id' => '1',
			'title' => 'TIA to add 2 more Destinations to its Night-Flight Schedule',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => 'January 8: Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) which also conducts evening and night flights to various internal destinations has recently increased the duration of such flights.',
			'content' => '<p>January 8: Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) which also conducts evening and night flights to various internal destinations has recently increased the duration of such flights, according to a news published by Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS).</p>

<p>The state-run news agency said that the night flights are currently available from TIA to Biratnagar, Bhairahawa, Nepalgunj and Dhangadhi, and preparations are on to connect two more destinations - Chandragadhi and Janakpur - to the schedule very soon.</p>

<p>According to managing director of TIA, Raj Kumar Chhetri, the evening flights were earlier available for only an hour from 5 pm to 6 pm but have been now extended to till 9:00 pm.</p>

<p>The managing director informed that works to prepare required infrastructures including the runway are taking place to operate night flights to the two new domestic destinations.</p>

<p>Prior to this, the domestic flight schedule was from 7 am to 6 pm. Only international flights used to operate at night. According to the airport sources, 25 flight schedules of various airlines had been approved for night flights in the fourth week of August, RSS further reported. As per this approved schedule, Buddha Air had proposed 14 flights, Shree Airlines four flights and Yeti Airlines seven flights.</p>

<p>The government had brought the International Airport into operation for 21 hours since May 21. At present, the airport is open for 22 hours daily after the domestic terminal building started operation from 5 am since September 1 last year. RSS reported that this provision has helped ease the air traffic congestion at the airport.</p>
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			'id' => '9763',
			'article_category_id' => '1',
			'title' => 'Central Bank Urges RBI to exchange Banned Indian Currency',
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			'summary' => 'January 7: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has once again urged the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to exchange the Indian currencies which were in circulation in Nepal before the Indian government imposed a ban on those notes.',
			'content' => '<p>January 7: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has once again urged the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to exchange the Indian currencies which were in circulation in Nepal before the Indian government imposed a ban on those notes. The central bank wrote a letter to the RBI on Friday under the instruction from the Ministry of Finance.</p>

<p>The Foreign Exchange Department of NRB said that it has urged the RBI to exchange the banned Indian currency which has gathered dust in Nepal since a long time.</p>

<p>According to the central bank, the banking sector of Nepal has a stock of Indian currencies of 500 and 1000 denominations worth Rs 60 million which have remained unused since the Indian government imposed a ban on the notes some two years ago.</p>

<p>The department chief Bhisma Raj Dhungana informed New Business Age that the Reserve Bank of India has ignored the request of NRB time and again to exchange the notes.</p>

<p>The central bank is expecting some positive response this time.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'id' => '9760',
			'article_category_id' => '1',
			'title' => 'Westerly Winds Bring Light Rain, Snowfall',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => 'January 7: Some parts of the country including the Kathmandu Valley received light shower on Monday due to the impact of the westerly winds. ',
			'content' => '<p>January 7: Some parts of the country including the Kathmandu Valley received light shower on Monday due to the impact of the westerly winds. According to Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS), the light rainfall caused temperature to further plummet, increasing cold.</p>

<p>Meanwhile, light to moderate snowfall occurred in the highlands and mountainous regions, the Meteorological Forecasting Division said.</p>

<p>The state-run news agency reported that Phulchoki and Chandragiri, the high hills around the Kathmandu Valley, witnessed light snowfall.</p>

<p>The weather across the country is predicted to remain partly cloudy throughout the day with light rainfall in a few places. However, the weather will improve in the evening, RSS quoted senior meteorologist at the division Shanti Kandel as saying.</p>

<p>According to the division, the hills in western and eastern Nepal are likely to remain partially cloudy while the weather in the remaining parts of the country will be fair.</p>

<p>On Wednesday, there will be partly cloudy in the hilly regions and remaining parts will have a fair weather.</p>

<p>Meanwhile, snowfall that has occurred in Humla since last Sunday night has increasingly affected normal life in the Himalayan district, RSS further reported.</p>

<p>With the district temperature reaching below minus 15 degrees Celsius, the locals are feeling troubled to come outside of their homes. As the snowfall continues, the district headquarters Simikot has seen snow as deep as one feet while villages to the north of Simikot witnessed two-foot snow.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '9759',
			'article_category_id' => '1',
			'title' => 'Government Effortful to Protect Domestic Drug Industries',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => 'January 7: The government has decided to give special attention to protect the domestic industry of medicine. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-family:arial">January 7: The government has decided to give special attention to protect the domestic industry of medicine. </span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:arial">According to Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS), a meeting chaired by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Health and Population Upendra Yadav on January 6 decided to form a committee to monitor, determine the prices of medicines and for effective management of medicines produced in Nepal.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:arial">The state-run news agency said that the meeting also held discussions on enhancing the Department of Drug Administration, producing quality drugs in the country and for exporting the products. The meeting was attended by the officials of the ministry, drug manufacturers and importers.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:arial">During the meeting, DPM Yadav instructed the concerned authorities to keep in mind while drafting drugs-related regulations that the prices of medicines should be affordable to the public and that the companies should not compromise on the quality of drugs they produce.</span></p>
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			'id' => '9758',
			'article_category_id' => '1',
			'title' => 'Sugarcane producers of Mahakali getting better price in Indian market for their produce',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => 'January 7: Sugarcane farmers of Mahakali Municipality in Kanchanpur have started getting relatively better price for their products in the Indian market than in the local market.',
			'content' => '<p>January 7: Sugarcane farmers of Mahakali Municipality in Kanchanpur have started getting relatively better price for their products in the Indian market than in the local market, according to a news report published by Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS).</p>

<p>According to the state-run news agency, sugarcane producers earn IRS 400 (Rs 640) for selling 1 kg of sugarcane in the Indian market while the same amount of sugarcane fetches only Rs 400 in the local market.</p>

<p><br />
&ldquo;Farmers of Dodhara and Chandani sell sugarcane in India as they get better price price across the border,&rdquo;RSS quoted Puran Bahadur Chadaro, a local sugarcane entrepreneur, as saying.</p>
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			'id' => '9757',
			'article_category_id' => '1',
			'title' => 'Hotels to Pay Renewal Fee after Regulation Amendment',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => 'January 6: The government is preparing to amend the Hotel, Bar, Lodge, Restaurant and Tourist Guide Regulation 2038 after four decades. ',
			'content' => '<p>January 6: The government is preparing to amend the Hotel, Bar, Lodge, Restaurant and Tourist Guide Regulation 2038 after four decades.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The amendment has proposed renewal fee for hotels for the first time while they will also need bank guarantee for renewal of their operating license.</p>

<p>This provision was included following severe criticism for exempting hotels, which make income in millions, from renewal fees at a time when tourist guides who make a meager income have been paying renewal fee for their license.</p>

<p>The Department of Tourism has already forwarded the amendment proposed to the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation.&nbsp;</p>

<p>At present, hotels do not need to pay any renewal fee since the existing regulation was introduced to promote hotel business in Nepal.</p>

<p>Hotels will now mandatorily need a bank guarantee worth Rs 2.5 million and pay Rs 100,000 annually for renewal of their operating license after the amendment of the regulation.</p>
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