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The company’s Chief Technology Officer Muhammad Adeel Israr handed over the cash prizes to two winners of the fifth week—Santosh Shrestha (Makawanpur) and Jitendra Kumar Chaudhary (Rautahat), and to five winners of the sixth week—Suk Bahadur Dhung (Parsa), Sita Devi Jogi (Sunsari), Pralhad Prasad Gupta (Saptari), Damber Bahadur Thapa (Sindhuli) and Suryamati Aher (Rupandehi). Likewise, Menka Kumari Rauniyar of Bara, one of the winners of the seventh week, and Kul Prasad Oli (Rukum) one of the winners of the fourth week were also awarded with cash prize under the campaign.</span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="color:black; font-family:calibri,sans-serif; font-size:11.0pt">The company informed that three of the 10 winners selected for the seventh week failed to qualify for the awards as per the terms and conditions of the offer. Three extra winners will be selected next week following the same process. </span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="color:black; font-family:calibri,sans-serif; font-size:11.0pt">Till the seventh week of the ‘Recharge and Win’ offer, 67 lucky customers have won Rs 100,000 cash prize each. Out of them, 44 winners have received the cash prize. Remaining winners will be handed over with their prize after verification process. </span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="color:black; font-family:calibri,sans-serif; font-size:11.0pt">According to the company, all Ncell prepaid and postpaid customers are eligible to participate in the 10-week long ‘Recharge and Win’ offer. During the campaign period, 10 lucky customers topping up Rs 100 or more in a week can win Rs 100,000 every week. The ‘Recharge and Win’ offer is implemented in a weekly cycle, beginning on Sunday and ending on Saturday. Based on the recharges done during the week, the customers receive a random unique code by Monday of the following week for every cumulative refill of Rs 100. </span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-10-26', 'modified' => '2018-10-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '9117', 'image' => '20181026014014_IMG_5013.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-10-26 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '9338', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'OYO hits 500 rooms mark in Pokhara ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 26: OYO, a fast growing chain of hotels in South Asia, has inaugurated its 500th exclusive room in the city of Pokhara with the launch of a 42-room hotel, OYO 151 Hotel Snowland.', 'content' => '<p>October 26: OYO, a fast growing chain of hotels in South Asia, has inaugurated its 500th exclusive room in the city of Pokhara with the launch of a 42-room hotel, OYO 151 Hotel Snowland.</p> <p>This hotel will also host hundreds of guests during the Pokhara Premier League for which OYO is the official hospitality partner, the hotel said in a statement. The expansion is in line with OYO’s mission of creating beautiful living spaces, powered by technology at an affordable cost.</p> <p>Nishidh Halani, Country Head for OYO in Nepal, commented, ‘’OYO was launched in Nepal in April 2017 and since then the response to our offerings has been overwhelming. We at OYO, work closely with hotel owners, empowering them to become better hospitality players through the means of technology. Our tech offerings help them in having a stronger grip at hotel operations with added benefits of rigorous staff training, marketing and distribution through both online and offline channels for delivering a high-quality customer experience, which is the key to high occupancy and therefore returns. This launch is a testament to our success in Nepal. We plan to deepen our footprint in Pokhara and Kathmandu in the coming months.’’</p> <p>With the recent launch in Pokhara, OYO’s total number of rooms in the city now stand at 500+ with consistent increase in their occupancies, said the hotel.</p> <p>Across Nepal, OYO has partnered with over 80 hotels offering 1,400+ OYO branded, comfortably furnished rooms, which include modern amenities including complimentary breakfast, spotless linen, free WiFi, television and 24/7 support with rates starting as low as Rs 999 per night and averaging at Rs 2000 per night.</p> <p>Launched in May 2013, OYO’s mission is to create quality living spaces, anywhere, for everyone. Globally, OYO chain of hotels is present in over 350 cities with over 12,000 asset partners spread across seven countries including India, China, Malaysia, Nepal, the UK, the UAE and Indonesia. OYO Hotels has pioneered the world’s first full stack technology led hospitality model and has over 270,000 franchised and leased rooms as a part of the chain, delivering strong revenue yields for its asset partners. </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-10-26', 'modified' => '2018-10-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '9116', 'image' => '20181026011627_oyo.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-10-26 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '9337', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'IME Pay joins NCHL-IPS and connectIPS e-Payment System', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 26: Nepal Clearing House Limited (NCHL) has signed an agreement with IME Digital Solution for initiating Interbank Payment System and connectIPS e-Payment System.', 'content' => '<p>October 26: Nepal Clearing House Limited (NCHL) has signed an agreement with IME Digital Solution for initiating Interbank Payment System and connectIPS e-Payment System.</p> <p>According to the agreement, users of IME Pay mobile wallet will be able to load fund in their IME Pay account from any of the linked bank account of connectIPS e-Payment System.</p> <p>NCHL and IME Pay will soon implement the wallet to bank facility to cash out mobile wallet balance to the linked bank account through NCHL’s system, reads a statement issued by NCHL.</p> <p>Neelesh Man Singh Pradhan, CEO of NCHL and Daniel D Shrestha, COO of IME Digital Solution, signed the agreement on behalf of their respective organisations amid a recent function.</p> <p>NCHL said in a statement that the connectIPS e-Payment system has been subscribed by 44 banks and financial institutions among which 32 are now in operation.</p> <p>“The NCHL-IPS system currently has 75 banks and financial institutions as its members with coverage of over 4,200 branches all over Nepal,” the statement added.</p> <p>The company claimed that IME Digital Solution, promoted by IME Group, is the first NRB-licensed PSP of Nepal. It has been providing various services of merchant payments, utility payments and fund transfers through self-served as well as agent-based channels with a network of over 15,000 agents spread across the country.</p> <p>Apart from the BFIs, NCHL said it has recently been working with other non-banking institutions and PSPs/PSOs in a collaborative approach for the overall development of digital payment ecosystem in Nepal.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-10-26', 'modified' => '2018-10-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '9115', 'image' => '20181026124540_IMPEPAY-NCHL Agreement signing.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-10-26 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '9336', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Bancassurance Pact Between Civil Bank and Union Life Insurance', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 26: Civil Bank and Union Life Insurance have signed an agreement to provide bancassurance service to their customers.', 'content' => '<p>October 26: Civil Bank and Union Life Insurance have signed an agreement to provide bancassurance service to their customers. The bank’s CEO Govinda Gurung and the insurance company’s CEO Manoj Kumar Lal Karna signed the agreement amid a function on Thursday, October 25.</p> <p>Following the agreement, the bank’s customers can avail all kinds of life insurance services provided by the insurance company through any branch of the bank.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-10-26', 'modified' => '2018-10-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '9114', 'image' => '20181026122714_mou.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-10-26 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '9335', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Electric Buses Gifted to Lumbini operating in Kathmandu', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 25: Sajha Yatayat has been found operating electric buses in Kathmandu Valley which were actually provided for Lumbini without taking permission from the Lumbini Development Trust.', 'content' => '<p>October 25: Sajha Yatayat has been found operating electric buses in Kathmandu Valley which were actually provided for Lumbini without taking permission from the Lumbini Development Trust.</p> <p>Asian Development Bank had gifted the buses to the Lumbini Development Trust to operate services from the under-construction Gautam Buddha Airport to Lumbini. It is been learnt that the Chinese automobile manufacturer BYD Co Ltd manipulated the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation to run the buses in Kathmandu under the management of Sajha Yatayat arguing that there is no point in taking the buses to Lumbini right away when the Gautam Buddha Airport is still under construction.</p> <p>Sajha Yatayat and BYD Co Ltd had reportedly lobbied with the ministry for operating the buses in Kathmandu after realising that it would be more profitable to run the buses in Kathmandu than in Lumbini. However, the ministry’s Joint Secretary Nita Aryal said she is totally unaware about the operation of buses under Sajha Yatayat. She claimed that the ministry has neither corresponded with Sajha Yatayat nor Lumbini Development Trust regarding this issue.</p> <p>The trust has accused that Sajha Yatayat and BYD operated the bus in Kathmandu with the help of the prime minister without signing any agreement with the trust.</p> <p>Acting Member Secretary of the trust Saroj Bhattarai said the trust has not made any decision to give the buses to Sajha Yatayat. Though three buses are to be operated under the management of Sajha Yatayat until the airport comes into the operation, the trust had proposed to operate the buses on the route of Kathmandu- Lumbini, Pokhara-Lumbini and Narayangadh- Lumbini. The remaining two buses were to be operated around the Buddhist shrines around Lumbini.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-10-25', 'modified' => '2018-10-28', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '9113', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '2018-10-25 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '9334', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Muktinath Bikas Bank Provides Printer', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 25: Muktinath Bikas Bank has provided one set of printer to the Junior Red Cross Club of Budhanilkantha School.', 'content' => '<p>October 25: Muktinath Bikas Bank has provided one set of printer to the Junior Red Cross Club of Budhanilkantha School. The bank said in a statement that it provided the printer under its corporate social responsibility. The printer was handed to the club’s chairman Navadeep Pradhan by Basanta Baksi of the bank.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-10-25', 'modified' => '2018-10-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '9112', 'image' => '20181025043213_Muktinath-Bikash-Bank-.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-10-25 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '9333', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Sunrise Connected to Online Payment System', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 25: Sunrise Bank has been connected to the connectIPS online payment system run by Nepal Clearing House Limited.', 'content' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="color:black; font-family:calibri,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">October 25: Sunrise Bank has been connected to the connectIPS online payment system run by Nepal Clearing House Limited. The bank signed a deal with Nepal Clearing House Limited in this regard on Wednesday, October 24. With the agreement, the customers of Sunrise Bank can make online payment through the e-payment service of NCHL.</span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="color:black; font-family:calibri,sans-serif; font-size:11.0pt">Customers of the bank should first register themselves with NCHL to use the system. They should fill in the account details to link themselves to the service and download the form and present it to the bank for approval. Currently, there are 44 banks and financial institutions associated with the system. </span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-10-25', 'modified' => '2018-10-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '9111', 'image' => '20181025043135_sunrise.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-10-25 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '9332', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Agreement between NB Bank and Khalti', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 25: Nepal Bangladesh Bank has signed an agreement with Khalti Digital Wallet for online payment system.', 'content' => '<p>October 25: Nepal Bangladesh Bank has signed an agreement with Khalti Digital Wallet for online payment system.</p> <p>Surendra Bhusan Shrestha, deputy CEO of Nepal Bangladesh Bank and Amit Agrawal, director of Khalti, signed the agreement on behalf of their respective organizations amid an event on Wednesday, October 24.</p> <p>According to the agreement, the account holders of the bank can now use Khalti app for mobile and internet banking to make online payment. </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-10-25', 'modified' => '2018-10-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '9110', 'image' => '20181025043044_NB Bank.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-10-25 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '9331', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Reconstruction of Central Bank’s Building Courts Controversy', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 25: The National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) has forwarded the file related to reconstruction of Nepal Rastra Bank’s building to the council of ministers after the decision to award the contract to a Chinese joint venture company courted controversy.', 'content' => '<p>October 25: The National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) has forwarded the file related to reconstruction of Nepal Rastra Bank’s building to the council of ministers after the decision to award the contract to a Chinese joint venture company courted controversy.</p> <p>Joint Secretary at the reconstruction authority Rajuman Manandhar informed New Business Age that the NRA decided to forward the file to the cabinet for final decision following widespread criticism for handing the project to Chinese joint venture company, SRBC Pappu JV.</p> <p>Manandhar said that the NRA has not been able to sign the contract due to the massive criticism against Pappu Construction in social media. The NRA had approved Pappu Construction’s proposal last month.</p> <p> “We have forwarded the file to the cabinet. Now, either the cabinet will decide the issue or we will work according to the instruction of the cabinet,” said Manandhar.</p> <p>However, the council of ministers is yet to take any decision on the issue.</p> <p>The reconstruction has been delayed as the NRA waits for the decision of the council of ministers.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-10-25', 'modified' => '2018-10-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '9109', 'image' => '20181025041307_Nepal Rastrra Bank.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-10-25 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '9330', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Machhapuchhre Bank Extends Branchless Banking Service', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 25: Machhapuchhre Bank has extended its branchless banking service at four different places in Gorakha and Chitwan.', 'content' => '<p>October 25: Machhapuchhre Bank has extended its branchless banking service at four different places in Gorakha and Chitwan. The bank said in a statement that it has started the service at Hatiwang of Ichchya Kamana Rural Municipality of Chitwan, Gandaki Rural Municipality, Chepetar and Palungtar municipalities of Gorakha district.</p> <p>The branchless banking service centers will be providing all kinds of banking services including opening bank accounts, cash deposit and withdrawal. The bank further added that the customers can submit application for remittance withdrawal and credit service through the service.</p> <p>Currently, the bank has been providing its services through a network of 36 branches, two extension counters, 37 branchless banking facilities and 101 ATM outlets.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-10-25', 'modified' => '2018-10-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '9108', 'image' => '20181025033735_BLB.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-10-25 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '9329', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'New ATM of United Finance', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 25: United Finance has inaugurated an ATM counter in Teku under its service extension plan.', 'content' => '<p>October 25: United Finance has inaugurated an ATM counter in Teku under its service extension plan.</p> <p>The finance company said in a statement that it opened the touch-screen ATM in the building housing MAW Investment in Teku on Wednesday, October 24.</p> <p>The company’s promoter Bishnu Kumar Agrawal inaugurated the ATM amid a function.</p> <p>United Finance said that the ATM accepts Visa Debit Card issued by any BFI.</p> <p>The statement also claimed that United Finance has become the first financial institution in Nepal to issue chip-based Visa Debit Card.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-10-25', 'modified' => '2018-10-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '9107', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '2018-10-25 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '9328', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'DoTM to Issue Pending Licenses within 2 Months', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 24: The Department of Transportation Management (DoTM) has awarded a contract to print upto 600,000 smart licenses within 45 days to a private company.', 'content' => '<p>October 24: The Department of Transportation Management (DoTM) has awarded a contract to print upto 600,000 smart licenses within 45 days to a private company. The department said that it awarded the contract to Malika Incorporate in a bid to provide licenses to the applicants who have been waiting in queue since a year.</p> <p>According to Gokarna Prasad Upadhyay, spokesperson of DoTM, more than 500,000 applicants who have already passed the written examinations as well as trial for license are waiting since a long time to get their licenses.</p> <p>“We have signed an agreement with Malika Incorporate to print around 500,000 to 600,000 smart licenses within 45 days,” he said.</p> <p>The company will receive Rs 15 for printing one license. Upadhyay further said that the department will provide the cards and electricity while the company will be responsible only for printing the cards.</p> <p>The cards will be printed at Min Bhawan-based office of DoTM.</p> <p>The department informed that all the applicants who have passed the tests will get licenses within the next two months.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-10-24', 'modified' => '2018-10-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '9106', 'image' => '20181024032958_a.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-10-24 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '9327', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'PM Urges Private Sector to Operate Electric Vehicles', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 24: Prime Minister KP Oli has urged the private sector to promote the use of electric vehicles. ', 'content' => '<p>October 24: Prime Minister KP Oli has urged the private sector to promote the use of electric vehicles. Oli made such comment while inaugurating five electric buses imported by Sajha Yatayat on Tuesday, October 23.</p> <p>Stating that load-shedding has already ended and the country will become self-reliant on hydroelectricity in a few years, PM Oli stressed on the need to use renewable energy instead of petro products.</p> <p>Oli said that the government is discussing about promoting the use of electric vehicles as the Nepal Electricity Authority has already installed electric charging stations at 20 places across the country.</p> <p>He also claimed that around 20 percent of the vehicles in the valley will be powered by electricity by 2020. </p> <p>Sailendra Guragain, chairman of Independent Power Producers' Association Nepal (IPPAN), said that the private sector is ready to run the electric vehicles in the country.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-10-24', 'modified' => '2018-10-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '9105', 'image' => '20181024031431_ele.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-10-24 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '9326', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Increase in Import of Timber', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 24: The import of timber has increased significantly although the country has abundance of resources at its disposal.', 'content' => '<p>October 24: The import of timber has increased significantly although the country has abundance of resources at its disposal.</p> <p>According to the records maintained by the Department of Customs, timbers worth Rs 5.75 billion were imported in Nepal during the last fiscal year.</p> <p>The timbers were imported from India, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore and Ukraine. The imported timbers mostly included varieties of plywood as well as door and window frames.</p> <p>The imported timbers were mostly used for furniture.</p> <p>Rajesh Agrawal, president of Nepal Furniture and Furnishing Association said that the timbers produced within the country are decaying in the forests due to lack of policies and proper management while the traders have been compelled to import timbers from abroad.</p> <p>Despite Nepal having dense forests across the country, the furniture market is dependent on import of timber to meet its demand. The consumers too are found to prefer timber from abroad.</p> <p>“The increase in import of timber to a country full forests has made Nepal dependent on timber from abroad. This trend also hinders the government’s plan to decrease trade deficit while the popular saying ‘Hariyo ban, Nepal ko dhan’ will be limited only to a slogan,” Agrawal added. </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-10-24', 'modified' => '2018-10-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '9104', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '2018-10-24 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '9323', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Himalaya Airlines Starts Direct Flights to Chongqing', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 23: Himalaya Airlines has entered into to the Chinese market with its maiden flight to Chongqing, a major tourist city in China.', 'content' => '<p>October 23: Himalaya Airlines has entered into to the Chinese market with its maiden flight to Chongqing, a major tourist city in China.</p> <p>The airline company said in a recent statement that it has started operating direct chartered flights to Chongqing from Kathmandu every Thursday.</p> <p>According to Himalaya Airlines, it is the only airline operating direct flights between the two cities.</p> <p>The inaugural flight departed from Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) at 1655 hours (local time) and touched down at Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport (CKG) at 2305 hours (local time) on October 18. The return flight from Chongqing landed at TIA at 0155 hrs the next day.</p> <p>“China is one of our target markets. We are excited to expand our footprints there, allowing us to provide greater options for business and leisure travellers. We are proud to be the first and only airline to offer direct service from Chongqing, China to Kathmandu. We are confident that this route will boost passenger traffic as we expect a good demand from Chongqing, which has a sizeable population of affluent out-bound travelers. H9 will be instrumental in bringing more Chinese tourists to Nepal and helping the tourism economy of both countries,” said Vijay Shrestha, vice president of the company.</p> <p>Chongqing known for its rich history and cultural heritage, serves as an economic and manufacturing center apart from being the transportation hub for Southwest China, the statement said.</p> <p>According to the company, China has placed Nepal as a new leisure destination, which is one of the driving reasons for increased Chinese visitors into Nepal over the past two years.</p> <p>“China is presently the second largest tourist arrival market for Nepal with 109,497 visitors for 2018 (Jan to Sept) showing growth of 48.8 percent over the corresponding period of 2017. This is an exponential growth, as China now holds 2nd ranking after India with its share of 14.17 percent in the total tourist arrivals till September.” The statement added.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-10-23', 'modified' => '2018-10-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '9103', 'image' => '20181023010419_Crew with passenger.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-10-23 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '20' ) ) ) $current_user = null $logged_in = false $cat_id = '1' $categoryTitle = array( 'ArticleCategory' => array( 'id' => '1', 'name' => 'NEWS', 'parentOf' => '0', 'published' => true, 'registered' => '2015-07-20 00:00:00', 'sortorder' => '158', 'del_flag' => '0', 'homepage' => true, 'display_in_menu' => true, 'user_id' => '1', 'created' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'modified' => '2018-11-22 11:58:49' ) ) $article = array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '9339', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Ncell Awards Prizes to the Winners of ‘Recharge and Win’ Offer', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 26: Ncell has awarded cash prizes to the lucky winners of the fifth, sixth and seventh week of the ‘Recharge and Win’ offer on Thursday, October 25.', 'content' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="color:black; font-family:calibri,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">October 26: Ncell has awarded cash prizes to the lucky winners of the fifth, sixth and seventh week of the ‘Recharge and Win’ offer on Thursday, October 25.</span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="color:black; font-family:calibri,sans-serif; font-size:11.0pt">The company handed over the cash prize of Rs 1000,000 each to eight lucky winners. The company’s Chief Technology Officer Muhammad Adeel Israr handed over the cash prizes to two winners of the fifth week—Santosh Shrestha (Makawanpur) and Jitendra Kumar Chaudhary (Rautahat), and to five winners of the sixth week—Suk Bahadur Dhung (Parsa), Sita Devi Jogi (Sunsari), Pralhad Prasad Gupta (Saptari), Damber Bahadur Thapa (Sindhuli) and Suryamati Aher (Rupandehi). Likewise, Menka Kumari Rauniyar of Bara, one of the winners of the seventh week, and Kul Prasad Oli (Rukum) one of the winners of the fourth week were also awarded with cash prize under the campaign.</span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="color:black; font-family:calibri,sans-serif; font-size:11.0pt">The company informed that three of the 10 winners selected for the seventh week failed to qualify for the awards as per the terms and conditions of the offer. 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The company’s Chief Technology Officer Muhammad Adeel Israr handed over the cash prizes to two winners of the fifth week—Santosh Shrestha (Makawanpur) and Jitendra Kumar Chaudhary (Rautahat), and to five winners of the sixth week—Suk Bahadur Dhung (Parsa), Sita Devi Jogi (Sunsari), Pralhad Prasad Gupta (Saptari), Damber Bahadur Thapa (Sindhuli) and Suryamati Aher (Rupandehi). Likewise, Menka Kumari Rauniyar of Bara, one of the winners of the seventh week, and Kul Prasad Oli (Rukum) one of the winners of the fourth week were also awarded with cash prize under the campaign.</span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="color:black; font-family:calibri,sans-serif; font-size:11.0pt">The company informed that three of the 10 winners selected for the seventh week failed to qualify for the awards as per the terms and conditions of the offer. Three extra winners will be selected next week following the same process. </span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="color:black; font-family:calibri,sans-serif; font-size:11.0pt">Till the seventh week of the ‘Recharge and Win’ offer, 67 lucky customers have won Rs 100,000 cash prize each. Out of them, 44 winners have received the cash prize. Remaining winners will be handed over with their prize after verification process. </span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="color:black; font-family:calibri,sans-serif; font-size:11.0pt">According to the company, all Ncell prepaid and postpaid customers are eligible to participate in the 10-week long ‘Recharge and Win’ offer. During the campaign period, 10 lucky customers topping up Rs 100 or more in a week can win Rs 100,000 every week. The ‘Recharge and Win’ offer is implemented in a weekly cycle, beginning on Sunday and ending on Saturday. Based on the recharges done during the week, the customers receive a random unique code by Monday of the following week for every cumulative refill of Rs 100. </span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-10-26', 'modified' => '2018-10-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '9117', 'image' => '20181026014014_IMG_5013.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-10-26 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '9338', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'OYO hits 500 rooms mark in Pokhara ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 26: OYO, a fast growing chain of hotels in South Asia, has inaugurated its 500th exclusive room in the city of Pokhara with the launch of a 42-room hotel, OYO 151 Hotel Snowland.', 'content' => '<p>October 26: OYO, a fast growing chain of hotels in South Asia, has inaugurated its 500th exclusive room in the city of Pokhara with the launch of a 42-room hotel, OYO 151 Hotel Snowland.</p> <p>This hotel will also host hundreds of guests during the Pokhara Premier League for which OYO is the official hospitality partner, the hotel said in a statement. The expansion is in line with OYO’s mission of creating beautiful living spaces, powered by technology at an affordable cost.</p> <p>Nishidh Halani, Country Head for OYO in Nepal, commented, ‘’OYO was launched in Nepal in April 2017 and since then the response to our offerings has been overwhelming. We at OYO, work closely with hotel owners, empowering them to become better hospitality players through the means of technology. Our tech offerings help them in having a stronger grip at hotel operations with added benefits of rigorous staff training, marketing and distribution through both online and offline channels for delivering a high-quality customer experience, which is the key to high occupancy and therefore returns. This launch is a testament to our success in Nepal. We plan to deepen our footprint in Pokhara and Kathmandu in the coming months.’’</p> <p>With the recent launch in Pokhara, OYO’s total number of rooms in the city now stand at 500+ with consistent increase in their occupancies, said the hotel.</p> <p>Across Nepal, OYO has partnered with over 80 hotels offering 1,400+ OYO branded, comfortably furnished rooms, which include modern amenities including complimentary breakfast, spotless linen, free WiFi, television and 24/7 support with rates starting as low as Rs 999 per night and averaging at Rs 2000 per night.</p> <p>Launched in May 2013, OYO’s mission is to create quality living spaces, anywhere, for everyone. Globally, OYO chain of hotels is present in over 350 cities with over 12,000 asset partners spread across seven countries including India, China, Malaysia, Nepal, the UK, the UAE and Indonesia. OYO Hotels has pioneered the world’s first full stack technology led hospitality model and has over 270,000 franchised and leased rooms as a part of the chain, delivering strong revenue yields for its asset partners. </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-10-26', 'modified' => '2018-10-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '9116', 'image' => '20181026011627_oyo.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-10-26 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '9337', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'IME Pay joins NCHL-IPS and connectIPS e-Payment System', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 26: Nepal Clearing House Limited (NCHL) has signed an agreement with IME Digital Solution for initiating Interbank Payment System and connectIPS e-Payment System.', 'content' => '<p>October 26: Nepal Clearing House Limited (NCHL) has signed an agreement with IME Digital Solution for initiating Interbank Payment System and connectIPS e-Payment System.</p> <p>According to the agreement, users of IME Pay mobile wallet will be able to load fund in their IME Pay account from any of the linked bank account of connectIPS e-Payment System.</p> <p>NCHL and IME Pay will soon implement the wallet to bank facility to cash out mobile wallet balance to the linked bank account through NCHL’s system, reads a statement issued by NCHL.</p> <p>Neelesh Man Singh Pradhan, CEO of NCHL and Daniel D Shrestha, COO of IME Digital Solution, signed the agreement on behalf of their respective organisations amid a recent function.</p> <p>NCHL said in a statement that the connectIPS e-Payment system has been subscribed by 44 banks and financial institutions among which 32 are now in operation.</p> <p>“The NCHL-IPS system currently has 75 banks and financial institutions as its members with coverage of over 4,200 branches all over Nepal,” the statement added.</p> <p>The company claimed that IME Digital Solution, promoted by IME Group, is the first NRB-licensed PSP of Nepal. It has been providing various services of merchant payments, utility payments and fund transfers through self-served as well as agent-based channels with a network of over 15,000 agents spread across the country.</p> <p>Apart from the BFIs, NCHL said it has recently been working with other non-banking institutions and PSPs/PSOs in a collaborative approach for the overall development of digital payment ecosystem in Nepal.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-10-26', 'modified' => '2018-10-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '9115', 'image' => '20181026124540_IMPEPAY-NCHL Agreement signing.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-10-26 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '9336', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Bancassurance Pact Between Civil Bank and Union Life Insurance', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 26: Civil Bank and Union Life Insurance have signed an agreement to provide bancassurance service to their customers.', 'content' => '<p>October 26: Civil Bank and Union Life Insurance have signed an agreement to provide bancassurance service to their customers. The bank’s CEO Govinda Gurung and the insurance company’s CEO Manoj Kumar Lal Karna signed the agreement amid a function on Thursday, October 25.</p> <p>Following the agreement, the bank’s customers can avail all kinds of life insurance services provided by the insurance company through any branch of the bank.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-10-26', 'modified' => '2018-10-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '9114', 'image' => '20181026122714_mou.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-10-26 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '9335', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Electric Buses Gifted to Lumbini operating in Kathmandu', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 25: Sajha Yatayat has been found operating electric buses in Kathmandu Valley which were actually provided for Lumbini without taking permission from the Lumbini Development Trust.', 'content' => '<p>October 25: Sajha Yatayat has been found operating electric buses in Kathmandu Valley which were actually provided for Lumbini without taking permission from the Lumbini Development Trust.</p> <p>Asian Development Bank had gifted the buses to the Lumbini Development Trust to operate services from the under-construction Gautam Buddha Airport to Lumbini. It is been learnt that the Chinese automobile manufacturer BYD Co Ltd manipulated the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation to run the buses in Kathmandu under the management of Sajha Yatayat arguing that there is no point in taking the buses to Lumbini right away when the Gautam Buddha Airport is still under construction.</p> <p>Sajha Yatayat and BYD Co Ltd had reportedly lobbied with the ministry for operating the buses in Kathmandu after realising that it would be more profitable to run the buses in Kathmandu than in Lumbini. However, the ministry’s Joint Secretary Nita Aryal said she is totally unaware about the operation of buses under Sajha Yatayat. She claimed that the ministry has neither corresponded with Sajha Yatayat nor Lumbini Development Trust regarding this issue.</p> <p>The trust has accused that Sajha Yatayat and BYD operated the bus in Kathmandu with the help of the prime minister without signing any agreement with the trust.</p> <p>Acting Member Secretary of the trust Saroj Bhattarai said the trust has not made any decision to give the buses to Sajha Yatayat. Though three buses are to be operated under the management of Sajha Yatayat until the airport comes into the operation, the trust had proposed to operate the buses on the route of Kathmandu- Lumbini, Pokhara-Lumbini and Narayangadh- Lumbini. The remaining two buses were to be operated around the Buddhist shrines around Lumbini.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-10-25', 'modified' => '2018-10-28', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '9113', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '2018-10-25 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '9334', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Muktinath Bikas Bank Provides Printer', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 25: Muktinath Bikas Bank has provided one set of printer to the Junior Red Cross Club of Budhanilkantha School.', 'content' => '<p>October 25: Muktinath Bikas Bank has provided one set of printer to the Junior Red Cross Club of Budhanilkantha School. The bank said in a statement that it provided the printer under its corporate social responsibility. The printer was handed to the club’s chairman Navadeep Pradhan by Basanta Baksi of the bank.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-10-25', 'modified' => '2018-10-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '9112', 'image' => '20181025043213_Muktinath-Bikash-Bank-.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-10-25 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '9333', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Sunrise Connected to Online Payment System', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 25: Sunrise Bank has been connected to the connectIPS online payment system run by Nepal Clearing House Limited.', 'content' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="color:black; font-family:calibri,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">October 25: Sunrise Bank has been connected to the connectIPS online payment system run by Nepal Clearing House Limited. The bank signed a deal with Nepal Clearing House Limited in this regard on Wednesday, October 24. With the agreement, the customers of Sunrise Bank can make online payment through the e-payment service of NCHL.</span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="color:black; font-family:calibri,sans-serif; font-size:11.0pt">Customers of the bank should first register themselves with NCHL to use the system. They should fill in the account details to link themselves to the service and download the form and present it to the bank for approval. Currently, there are 44 banks and financial institutions associated with the system. </span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-10-25', 'modified' => '2018-10-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '9111', 'image' => '20181025043135_sunrise.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-10-25 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '9332', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Agreement between NB Bank and Khalti', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 25: Nepal Bangladesh Bank has signed an agreement with Khalti Digital Wallet for online payment system.', 'content' => '<p>October 25: Nepal Bangladesh Bank has signed an agreement with Khalti Digital Wallet for online payment system.</p> <p>Surendra Bhusan Shrestha, deputy CEO of Nepal Bangladesh Bank and Amit Agrawal, director of Khalti, signed the agreement on behalf of their respective organizations amid an event on Wednesday, October 24.</p> <p>According to the agreement, the account holders of the bank can now use Khalti app for mobile and internet banking to make online payment. </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-10-25', 'modified' => '2018-10-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '9110', 'image' => '20181025043044_NB Bank.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-10-25 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '9331', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Reconstruction of Central Bank’s Building Courts Controversy', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 25: The National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) has forwarded the file related to reconstruction of Nepal Rastra Bank’s building to the council of ministers after the decision to award the contract to a Chinese joint venture company courted controversy.', 'content' => '<p>October 25: The National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) has forwarded the file related to reconstruction of Nepal Rastra Bank’s building to the council of ministers after the decision to award the contract to a Chinese joint venture company courted controversy.</p> <p>Joint Secretary at the reconstruction authority Rajuman Manandhar informed New Business Age that the NRA decided to forward the file to the cabinet for final decision following widespread criticism for handing the project to Chinese joint venture company, SRBC Pappu JV.</p> <p>Manandhar said that the NRA has not been able to sign the contract due to the massive criticism against Pappu Construction in social media. The NRA had approved Pappu Construction’s proposal last month.</p> <p> “We have forwarded the file to the cabinet. Now, either the cabinet will decide the issue or we will work according to the instruction of the cabinet,” said Manandhar.</p> <p>However, the council of ministers is yet to take any decision on the issue.</p> <p>The reconstruction has been delayed as the NRA waits for the decision of the council of ministers.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-10-25', 'modified' => '2018-10-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '9109', 'image' => '20181025041307_Nepal Rastrra Bank.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-10-25 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '9330', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Machhapuchhre Bank Extends Branchless Banking Service', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 25: Machhapuchhre Bank has extended its branchless banking service at four different places in Gorakha and Chitwan.', 'content' => '<p>October 25: Machhapuchhre Bank has extended its branchless banking service at four different places in Gorakha and Chitwan. The bank said in a statement that it has started the service at Hatiwang of Ichchya Kamana Rural Municipality of Chitwan, Gandaki Rural Municipality, Chepetar and Palungtar municipalities of Gorakha district.</p> <p>The branchless banking service centers will be providing all kinds of banking services including opening bank accounts, cash deposit and withdrawal. The bank further added that the customers can submit application for remittance withdrawal and credit service through the service.</p> <p>Currently, the bank has been providing its services through a network of 36 branches, two extension counters, 37 branchless banking facilities and 101 ATM outlets.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-10-25', 'modified' => '2018-10-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '9108', 'image' => '20181025033735_BLB.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-10-25 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '9329', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'New ATM of United Finance', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 25: United Finance has inaugurated an ATM counter in Teku under its service extension plan.', 'content' => '<p>October 25: United Finance has inaugurated an ATM counter in Teku under its service extension plan.</p> <p>The finance company said in a statement that it opened the touch-screen ATM in the building housing MAW Investment in Teku on Wednesday, October 24.</p> <p>The company’s promoter Bishnu Kumar Agrawal inaugurated the ATM amid a function.</p> <p>United Finance said that the ATM accepts Visa Debit Card issued by any BFI.</p> <p>The statement also claimed that United Finance has become the first financial institution in Nepal to issue chip-based Visa Debit Card.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-10-25', 'modified' => '2018-10-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '9107', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '2018-10-25 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '9328', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'DoTM to Issue Pending Licenses within 2 Months', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 24: The Department of Transportation Management (DoTM) has awarded a contract to print upto 600,000 smart licenses within 45 days to a private company.', 'content' => '<p>October 24: The Department of Transportation Management (DoTM) has awarded a contract to print upto 600,000 smart licenses within 45 days to a private company. The department said that it awarded the contract to Malika Incorporate in a bid to provide licenses to the applicants who have been waiting in queue since a year.</p> <p>According to Gokarna Prasad Upadhyay, spokesperson of DoTM, more than 500,000 applicants who have already passed the written examinations as well as trial for license are waiting since a long time to get their licenses.</p> <p>“We have signed an agreement with Malika Incorporate to print around 500,000 to 600,000 smart licenses within 45 days,” he said.</p> <p>The company will receive Rs 15 for printing one license. Upadhyay further said that the department will provide the cards and electricity while the company will be responsible only for printing the cards.</p> <p>The cards will be printed at Min Bhawan-based office of DoTM.</p> <p>The department informed that all the applicants who have passed the tests will get licenses within the next two months.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-10-24', 'modified' => '2018-10-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '9106', 'image' => '20181024032958_a.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-10-24 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '9327', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'PM Urges Private Sector to Operate Electric Vehicles', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 24: Prime Minister KP Oli has urged the private sector to promote the use of electric vehicles. ', 'content' => '<p>October 24: Prime Minister KP Oli has urged the private sector to promote the use of electric vehicles. Oli made such comment while inaugurating five electric buses imported by Sajha Yatayat on Tuesday, October 23.</p> <p>Stating that load-shedding has already ended and the country will become self-reliant on hydroelectricity in a few years, PM Oli stressed on the need to use renewable energy instead of petro products.</p> <p>Oli said that the government is discussing about promoting the use of electric vehicles as the Nepal Electricity Authority has already installed electric charging stations at 20 places across the country.</p> <p>He also claimed that around 20 percent of the vehicles in the valley will be powered by electricity by 2020. </p> <p>Sailendra Guragain, chairman of Independent Power Producers' Association Nepal (IPPAN), said that the private sector is ready to run the electric vehicles in the country.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-10-24', 'modified' => '2018-10-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '9105', 'image' => '20181024031431_ele.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-10-24 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '9326', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Increase in Import of Timber', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 24: The import of timber has increased significantly although the country has abundance of resources at its disposal.', 'content' => '<p>October 24: The import of timber has increased significantly although the country has abundance of resources at its disposal.</p> <p>According to the records maintained by the Department of Customs, timbers worth Rs 5.75 billion were imported in Nepal during the last fiscal year.</p> <p>The timbers were imported from India, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore and Ukraine. The imported timbers mostly included varieties of plywood as well as door and window frames.</p> <p>The imported timbers were mostly used for furniture.</p> <p>Rajesh Agrawal, president of Nepal Furniture and Furnishing Association said that the timbers produced within the country are decaying in the forests due to lack of policies and proper management while the traders have been compelled to import timbers from abroad.</p> <p>Despite Nepal having dense forests across the country, the furniture market is dependent on import of timber to meet its demand. The consumers too are found to prefer timber from abroad.</p> <p>“The increase in import of timber to a country full forests has made Nepal dependent on timber from abroad. This trend also hinders the government’s plan to decrease trade deficit while the popular saying ‘Hariyo ban, Nepal ko dhan’ will be limited only to a slogan,” Agrawal added. </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-10-24', 'modified' => '2018-10-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '9104', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '2018-10-24 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '9323', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Himalaya Airlines Starts Direct Flights to Chongqing', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 23: Himalaya Airlines has entered into to the Chinese market with its maiden flight to Chongqing, a major tourist city in China.', 'content' => '<p>October 23: Himalaya Airlines has entered into to the Chinese market with its maiden flight to Chongqing, a major tourist city in China.</p> <p>The airline company said in a recent statement that it has started operating direct chartered flights to Chongqing from Kathmandu every Thursday.</p> <p>According to Himalaya Airlines, it is the only airline operating direct flights between the two cities.</p> <p>The inaugural flight departed from Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) at 1655 hours (local time) and touched down at Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport (CKG) at 2305 hours (local time) on October 18. The return flight from Chongqing landed at TIA at 0155 hrs the next day.</p> <p>“China is one of our target markets. We are excited to expand our footprints there, allowing us to provide greater options for business and leisure travellers. We are proud to be the first and only airline to offer direct service from Chongqing, China to Kathmandu. We are confident that this route will boost passenger traffic as we expect a good demand from Chongqing, which has a sizeable population of affluent out-bound travelers. H9 will be instrumental in bringing more Chinese tourists to Nepal and helping the tourism economy of both countries,” said Vijay Shrestha, vice president of the company.</p> <p>Chongqing known for its rich history and cultural heritage, serves as an economic and manufacturing center apart from being the transportation hub for Southwest China, the statement said.</p> <p>According to the company, China has placed Nepal as a new leisure destination, which is one of the driving reasons for increased Chinese visitors into Nepal over the past two years.</p> <p>“China is presently the second largest tourist arrival market for Nepal with 109,497 visitors for 2018 (Jan to Sept) showing growth of 48.8 percent over the corresponding period of 2017. This is an exponential growth, as China now holds 2nd ranking after India with its share of 14.17 percent in the total tourist arrivals till September.” The statement added.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-10-23', 'modified' => '2018-10-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '9103', 'image' => '20181023010419_Crew with passenger.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-10-23 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '20' ) ) ) $current_user = null $logged_in = false $cat_id = '1' $categoryTitle = array( 'ArticleCategory' => array( 'id' => '1', 'name' => 'NEWS', 'parentOf' => '0', 'published' => true, 'registered' => '2015-07-20 00:00:00', 'sortorder' => '158', 'del_flag' => '0', 'homepage' => true, 'display_in_menu' => true, 'user_id' => '1', 'created' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'modified' => '2018-11-22 11:58:49' ) ) $article = array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '9339', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Ncell Awards Prizes to the Winners of ‘Recharge and Win’ Offer', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 26: Ncell has awarded cash prizes to the lucky winners of the fifth, sixth and seventh week of the ‘Recharge and Win’ offer on Thursday, October 25.', 'content' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="color:black; font-family:calibri,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">October 26: Ncell has awarded cash prizes to the lucky winners of the fifth, sixth and seventh week of the ‘Recharge and Win’ offer on Thursday, October 25.</span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="color:black; font-family:calibri,sans-serif; font-size:11.0pt">The company handed over the cash prize of Rs 1000,000 each to eight lucky winners. The company’s Chief Technology Officer Muhammad Adeel Israr handed over the cash prizes to two winners of the fifth week—Santosh Shrestha (Makawanpur) and Jitendra Kumar Chaudhary (Rautahat), and to five winners of the sixth week—Suk Bahadur Dhung (Parsa), Sita Devi Jogi (Sunsari), Pralhad Prasad Gupta (Saptari), Damber Bahadur Thapa (Sindhuli) and Suryamati Aher (Rupandehi). Likewise, Menka Kumari Rauniyar of Bara, one of the winners of the seventh week, and Kul Prasad Oli (Rukum) one of the winners of the fourth week were also awarded with cash prize under the campaign.</span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="color:black; font-family:calibri,sans-serif; font-size:11.0pt">The company informed that three of the 10 winners selected for the seventh week failed to qualify for the awards as per the terms and conditions of the offer. Three extra winners will be selected next week following the same process. </span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="color:black; font-family:calibri,sans-serif; font-size:11.0pt">Till the seventh week of the ‘Recharge and Win’ offer, 67 lucky customers have won Rs 100,000 cash prize each. Out of them, 44 winners have received the cash prize. Remaining winners will be handed over with their prize after verification process. </span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="color:black; font-family:calibri,sans-serif; font-size:11.0pt">According to the company, all Ncell prepaid and postpaid customers are eligible to participate in the 10-week long ‘Recharge and Win’ offer. During the campaign period, 10 lucky customers topping up Rs 100 or more in a week can win Rs 100,000 every week. The ‘Recharge and Win’ offer is implemented in a weekly cycle, beginning on Sunday and ending on Saturday. Based on the recharges done during the week, the customers receive a random unique code by Monday of the following week for every cumulative refill of Rs 100. </span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-10-26', 'modified' => '2018-10-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '9117', 'image' => '20181026014014_IMG_5013.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-10-26 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '20' ) ) $width = null $height = nullinclude - APP/View/Articles/index.ctp, line 36 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473 Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 968 Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 200 Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167 [main] - APP/webroot/index.php, line 117
Ncell Awards Prizes to the Winners of ‘Recharge and Win’ Offer
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October 26: Ncell has awarded cash prizes to the lucky winners of the fifth, sixth and seventh week of the ‘Recharge and Win’ offer on Thursday, October…
