Growth Leadership Academy, a venture by Growth Sellers Pvt Ltd, organised the second edition of ‘Sales Summit 2017’ on August 18.…
Growth Leadership Academy, a venture by Growth Sellers Pvt Ltd, organised the second edition of ‘Sales Summit 2017’ on August 18.…
Yeti Airlines announced the successful completion of the proving flight of its latest aircraft ATR72-500 on August…
Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has succeeded to earn profit in the fiscal year 2016/17.…
Huawei Consumer Business Group (CBG) has been honored with two new awards from the European Image and Sound Association…
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) organized a seminar for “Enhancing the Capacity of Human Resources in Local Governance” in the capital on August 16.…
Thousands of people affected by the recent floods and landslides took the benefit of the free SMS service provided by Nepal Telecom by sending over 11.2 million SMSs during the natural…
Chinese camera phone brand OPPO announced the launch of limited edition of a new version of OPPO F3 ‘FC Barcelona’ in the Nepali market.…
Oulu University of Applied Sciences, Finland, announced the launch of a new project, “Building University Capacity to Support Business Incubation in Nepal”(BUCSBIN) on Thursday, August…
NMB Bank has signed an agreement with MetLife for providing life insurance services to its customer under the bancassurance service.…
NIC Asia Bank Nepal Ltd has announced the launch of a new deposit scheme ‘NIC ASIA Double Deposit’ to its valued customers on the occasion of 20th year of the successful operation of the…
Laxmi Bank has opened a new Branch at Devkota Chowk of Manthali in Ramechhap district.…
MAW Enterprises Pvt Ltd, the authorised distributor of Yamaha motorcycles and scooters in Nepal, has launched the much awaited FZ25 on August…
More than 16.6 million SMSs were shared by the people affected by floods during the free service provided by Ncell to its customers in the flood-hit areas till Tuesday, August…
The European Union (EU) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have signed an agreement for an additional 1.6 million euros grant as part of the electoral assistance to Nepal to reinforce their cooperation with the Election Commission (EC) of…
Laxmi Bank announced the opening of its new branch at Manigram in Rupandehi…
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', 'content' => '<p>August 20: Growth Leadership Academy, a venture by Growth Sellers Pvt Ltd, organised the second edition of ‘Sales Summit 2017’ on August 18. The event held with the aim of enhancing skills of sales professionals saw the participation of around 250 plus sales professionals in the conference from across the country representing sectors including manufacturing, trading, corporate, IT, banking and financial institutes, construction, automotive, and others.</p> <p>Author Tom Abbott gave a keynote speech on Sales Optimisation during the event. Similarly, many other prominent international and national experts including Ranjit Acharya, CEO of Prisma Advertising; Puneet Varshney, managing director of Bottlers Nepal Limited; Nirvana Chaudhary, managing director of Chaudhary Group and Raj Bahadur Shah, managing director of Jawalakhel Group of Industries were the speakers during the panel discussion.</p> <p>“As sales are the backbone of every organization, it is vital to update the sales mechanism and enhance skills of sales professionals with cutting-edge technology and progressive management techniques,” said Mohan Ojha, director of Growth Leadership Academy. The title sponsor of the one-day summit was Kansai Nerolac Paints. </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-20', 'modified' => '2017-08-20', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6211', 'image' => '20170820011244_IMG_1205.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-08-20 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6427', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Yeti Airlines Inaugurates its ATR 72-500 Flight in Nepal', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Yeti Airlines announced the successful completion of the proving flight of its latest aircraft ATR72-500 on August 16.', 'content' => '<p>August 20: Yeti Airlines announced the successful completion of the proving flight of its latest aircraft ATR72-500 on August 16.</p> <p>Issuing a press statement, the airlines informed that the flight operated by Captain Gabriel C Kunda and Captain Roop Kumar Siddhi departed from Kathmandu’s domestic airport at 12:15 pm with a team of 41 member and landed successfully at 3:50 PM at Bhairahawa Airport. Representatives of Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) were on board the flight.</p> <p>Yeti Airlines informed that the report of the proving flight has been submitted to CAAN. The schedule flight will commence as soon as the airlines gets clearance from CAAN, the statement further said.</p> <p>Yeti Airlines will initially start flights of its ATR72-500 aircraft to Nepalgunj and Biratnagar. Yeti Airlines said it will extend its ATR72-500 operations to Bhadrapur and Bhairahawa as well upon the arrival of its second ATR72-500 in September.</p> <p>“With the successful completion of our inaugural flight to Bhairahawa, we look forward to providing daily flights to Bhairahawa in the near future,” reads the statement.</p> <p>“Our mission is to provide our passengers the best of service and comfort. By introducing the youngest ATR 72-500 in Nepal, we are keeping to our commitment of “You Come First” ensuring that our passengers have the best possible experience when travelling with Yeti Airlines.”</p> <p>Yeti Airlines commenced its operations from 1998and has seen rapid growth in a period of 18 years of operation, according to the press statement. Along with its subsidiary Tara Air, Yeti Airlines claimed that it operates the widest network and largest fleet of aircraft in Nepal.</p> <p>.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-20', 'modified' => '2017-08-20', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6210', 'image' => '20170820011123_yeti.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-08-20 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6426', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'NEA Earns Profit', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has succeeded to earn profit in the fiscal year 2016/17. ', 'content' => '<p>August 18: Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has succeeded to earn profit in the fiscal year 2016/17. It was running in loss in the previous year but managed to make operating profit of Rs 2.40 billion in the last fiscal year. NEA had recorded operating loss of Rs 3.63 billion in the fiscal year 2015/16.</p> <p>NEA, which has been suffering losses for many years, fared well even in the net loss in the last FY. The net loss of NEA in FY 2015/16 was 8.89 billion but there was a sharp fall in loss in the FY 2016/17 as the figures dropped to Rs 0.98 billion.</p> <p>NEA made such announcements during its 32<sup>nd</sup> anniversary on August 17.</p> <p>It has been said that the significant change in fortune is the result of noteworthy contribution and commitment of former Energy Minister Janardan Sharma and the able administration of CEO Kulman Ghising in implementing the directives of the minister properly.</p> <p>NEA’s measures to minimize energy loss, reduction in the rate of average import of electricity, electricity tariff adjustment, regular supply of electricity in major cities among others have helped in minimizing the financial loss.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-18', 'modified' => '2017-08-18', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6209', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '2017-08-18 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6425', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Huawei Bags EISA Awards for Fifth Consecutive Time', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Huawei Consumer Business Group (CBG) has been honored with two new awards from the European Image and Sound Association (EISA).', 'content' => '<p>August 18: Huawei Consumer Business Group (CBG) has been honored with two new awards from the European Image and Sound Association (EISA). The Huawei P10 has been named ‘EISA Smartphone Camera 2017-2018’ on August 15. Huawei claimed this as its fifth consecutive P series award from EISA.</p> <p>Starting with the Huawei P6 in 2013, the Huawei P Series has been awarded the ‘Best Consumer Smartphone’ award for four consecutive years thanks to a combination of impressive specifications, beautiful design and natural user interface, reads a press statement issued by the company.</p> <p>In 2017, the Huawei P10 received special recognition for its camera experience, co-engineered with Leica, taking the title of ‘EISA Smartphone Camera 2017-2018’. The Huawei P10 builds on the outstanding user experience synonymous with the P Series by providing users with everything they need to express their creativity through photography.</p> <p>At the heart of this are the latest rear-facing Leica Dual-Camera 2.0 and Leica-powered front-facing camera. These are combined with a full suite of cutting-edge software tools such as 3D facial detection and dynamic illumination to create timeless portraits and exceptional pictures, whatever the subject.</p> <p>Glory Zhang, chief marketing officer at Huawei Consumer Business Group, commented, “Central to the Huawei philosophy is the tireless pursuit of meaningful innovation to create products that users all over the globe will love. We are thrilled the Huawei P10 series have been honored by such a prestigious group as EISA. From smartphones to wearables and everywhere in between, we will continue to push the limits of technology and design to create experiences that intelligently connect people with the things that matter most to them.” </p> <p>Huawei claimed that its products and services are available in more than 170 countries, and are used by a third of the world’s population, ranking third in the world in mobile phone shipments in 2016. </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-18', 'modified' => '2017-08-18', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6208', 'image' => '20170818014935_huawei.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-08-18 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6424', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'JICA Organizes Seminar', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) organized a seminar for “Enhancing the Capacity of Human Resources in Local Governance” in the capital on August 16. ', 'content' => '<p style="margin-left:5.1pt">August 18: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) organized a seminar for “Enhancing the Capacity of Human Resources in Local Governance” in the capital on August 16. JICA informed that it was the first public seminar organized as part of JICA Nepal’s four-year technical cooperation project to Local Development Training Academy (LDTA) which was initiated in January 2016.</p> <p style="margin-left:5.1pt">The purpose of the project is to enhance both the human resource and institutional capacity of LDTA and its regional centers by establishing a comprehensive training delivery mechanism that enables quality training to Local Governments’ personnel, reads a press statement issued by JICA.</p> <p>The participants, including officials from the Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development (MoFALD), local government institutions, Nepali scholars of social and political science as well as development partners were given a valuable opportunity to engage with the progress achieved by LDTA and its regional centers during the first 18 months of the JICA project, the statement said.</p> <p style="margin-left:5.1pt">Special keynote lectures given by the leading scholars from Japan, Dr Katsuaki Suzuki of Kumamoto University and Dr Kenichi Kubota of Kansai University, introduced the current trends and international standard of instructional design and action research respectively.</p> <p style="margin-left:5.1pt">Presentation by MoFALD emphasized on the need of capacity development of the local service provider in the new and emerging context of the local governance in which LDTA should play an important role.</p> <p style="margin-left:5.1pt"> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-18', 'modified' => '2017-08-18', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6207', 'image' => '20170818013758_Event Picture.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-08-18 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6423', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => '11.2 Million Free SMS Sent by NT Users During Floods', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Thousands of people affected by the recent floods and landslides took the benefit of the free SMS service provided by Nepal Telecom by sending over 11.2 million SMSs during the natural disaster.', 'content' => '<p>August 18: Thousands of people affected by the recent floods and landslides took the benefit of the free SMS service provided by Nepal Telecom by sending over 11.2 million SMSs during the natural disaster.</p> <p>Nepal Telecom had provided the free service from August 13-15 to help in rescue and relief of the victims, informed the state-owned telecommunication company.</p> <p>Nepal Telecom said it provided the free service under its corporate social responsibility to help the flood and landslide victims stay in touch with their family and friends.</p> <p>Likewise, the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology sent 468,000 SMSs using the network of Nepal Telecom to alert the mass about the floods.</p> <p>Issuing a press statement on August 17, Nepal Telecom said that the floods have affected telecommunication equipment in eastern and central regions of the country. Nepal Telecom further informed that it has already repaired 91 percent of the telecommunication equipment damaged by the floods and landslides.</p> <p>The statement further said that the telecommunication service has been partly affected by the damages caused by the floods and the lack of electricity in the aftermath of the calamity.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-18', 'modified' => '2017-08-18', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6206', 'image' => '20170818124405_ntc.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-08-18 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6422', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'OPPO Launches F3 ‘FC Barcelona’ Smartphones', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Chinese camera phone brand OPPO announced the launch of limited edition of a new version of OPPO F3 ‘FC Barcelona’ in the Nepali market. ', 'content' => '<p>August 18: Chinese camera phone brand OPPO announced the launch of limited edition of a new version of OPPO F3 ‘FC Barcelona’ in the Nepali market. Packed with advanced technologies, innovative features and a new vibrant and sporty look plus design, OPPO F3 ‘FC Barcelona’ is priced at Rs 34, 990 for the mid-range market, according to the company.</p> <p>The phone features a dual front camera including a 16-megapixel selfie camera for individual selfies and a wide-angle lens for group selfie. The phone bears its name from FC Barcelona as it features vivid and bright metal body with red and gold colour resembling the popular Spanish football club.</p> <p>After the huge success of recently launched OPPO F3 ‘Black’ this is the second limited edition of OPPO F3 introduced in the Nepali market, reads a press statement issued by the company.</p> <p>“The OPPO F3 features Barca Red as the main color, matching with gold-plated bands and FC Barcelona logo. The red and gold comes together to meet the classic fashion trend. Meanwhile, the red texture used in the phones is so bright and glossy to catch light as they go. Every detail of the red and gold comes together to give a perfect limited edition for FC Barcelona spirit and young fashion,” reads the statement.</p> <p>OPPO said it is looking forward to strengthening its relationship with the customers specially sports loving youth.</p> <p>OPPO F3's ‘FC Barcelona’ limited edition will be available through all the major mobile stores across Nepal from August 19 onwards.</p> <p>Besides dual selfie camera, the OPPO F3 is also equipped with a 13 MP rear camera that has a 1/3-inch sensor and PDAF technology. The F3 is equipped with an octa-core processor, 4 GB RAM and 64 GB ROM backed by the ColorOS 3.0, assuring a seamless and snappy performance. The embedded triple-slot card tray allows two nano-SIM cards and a microSD card to work simultaneously. The F3 gets a higher energy density 3200mAh battery which gives longer endurance. In the real use simulation test, it lasted for more than 15 hours.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-18', 'modified' => '2017-08-18', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6205', 'image' => '20170818122743_Clipboard01.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-08-18 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6421', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Finnish University Partners with Nepali Colleges to Initiate Project for Job Creation', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Oulu University of Applied Sciences, Finland, announced the launch of a new project, “Building University Capacity to Support Business Incubation in Nepal”(BUCSBIN) on Thursday, August 17.', 'content' => '<p>August 18: Oulu University of Applied Sciences, Finland, announced the launch of a new project, “Building University Capacity to Support Business Incubation in Nepal”(BUCSBIN) on Thursday, August 17. The goal of the project is to build capacity of higher educational institutions in Nepal to better facilitate job creation by incubating student-led ventures, reads a press statement issued by King’s College, a partner in the joint venture.</p> <p>The project will help promote employment, livelihoods and wellbeing in Nepal, which is a priority area of development for the country under the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.</p> <p>Two academic institutes – King’s College and KUSOM – along with two business partners, Young Innovations Pvt Ltd and Idea Studio Nepal, will work jointly to implement this three-year project that will end in mid-2020.</p> <p>A memorandum of understanding towards this effect was siAnchorgned by the concerned parties amid a ceremony in Kathmandu on Thursday.This was done in combination with the Slush 2017 Global Impact Accelerator pitching competition where 15 start-ups from various sectors pitched their venture to compete for their entry for the Slush 2017 Global Impact Accelerator, which will be held in Helsinki, Finland in November/December, 2017. Three winning start-ups – Doko Recyclers Pvt Ltd, Muskan Brining Back Smiles Pvt Ltd and Tootle—are nominated for the Slush 2017 Global Impact Accelerator.</p> <p>Oulu University of Applied Sciences says that the project is being introduced and launched in Nepal in response to the increasing involvement of universities in promoting and strengthening the inter-disciplinary teaching methods and practices and applied activities of business incubation.</p> <p>The objective of this project is to increase university capacity in Nepal for developing entrepreneurship education and business incubation programming.</p> <p>The overall goal of the cooperation is to share knowledge and experience gained through the success of the innovative and award-winning incubator programs – Oamk LABs – established in 2012 at the Oulu University of Applied Sciences.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-18', 'modified' => '2017-08-18', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6204', 'image' => '20170818112944_in english.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-08-18 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6419', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'NMB Bank Signs Bancassurance Agreement with MetLife', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'NMB Bank has signed an agreement with MetLife for providing life insurance services to its customer under the bancassurance service. ', 'content' => '<p>August 18: NMB Bank has signed an agreement with MetLife for providing life insurance services to its customer under the bancassurance service. The agreement was signed by Sunil KC, chief executive officer of NMB Bank Ltd and Nirmal Kajee Shrestha, vice president and general manager of MetLife, according to a press statement issued by NMB Bank.</p> <p>According to NMB Bank, the signing of this agreement enables the bank to sell life insurance policies to its customer from its branches across the country under the bancassurance arrangement with MetLife.</p> <p>“The Bank is constantly working towards providing world class banking services to its customers and signing this agreement with MetLife is one such steps towards enhancing our customer’s experience in insurance domain with value added services.” said CEO Sunil KC.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-18', 'modified' => '2017-08-18', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6203', 'image' => '20170818111310_NMB.JPG', 'article_date' => '2017-08-18 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6418', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'NIC Asia Bank Launches Double Deposit Scheme', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'NIC Asia Bank Nepal Ltd has announced the launch of a new deposit scheme ‘NIC ASIA Double Deposit’ to its valued customers on the occasion of 20th year of the successful operation of the bank.', 'content' => '<p>August 18: NIC Asia Bank Nepal Ltd has announced the launch of a new deposit scheme ‘NIC ASIA Double Deposit’ to its valued customers on the occasion of 20<sup>th</sup> year of the successful operation of the bank.</p> <p>According to the bank, the scheme is available for both individuals as well as institutional customers with a minimum deposit of Rs 100,000 for a fixed period of time.</p> <p>The time period set by the bank for individuals is 9 years and for institutions is 10 years. Interest earned under this scheme will eventually double at the time of maturity even after the deduction of applicable tax (TDS) of 15% for institutions and 5% on individual accounts, reads a press statement issued by the bank.</p> <p>“The scheme provides a guaranteed assurance of returns to the customers that would not be affected by the fluctuation in market interest rates,” the statement says.</p> <p>NIC Asia Bank is currently providing services from 119 branches with 4 extension counters and also has plans to expand its branch network across the country.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-18', 'modified' => '2017-08-18', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6202', 'image' => '20170818110558_download (1).jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-08-18 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6420', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Laxmi Bank’s new Branch in Manthali', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Laxmi Bank has opened a new Branch at Devkota Chowk of Manthali in Ramechhap district. ', 'content' => '<p style="margin-left:.5in">August 18: Laxmi Bank has opened a new Branch at Devkota Chowk of Manthali in Ramechhap district. The bank informed that it is their first branch in Ramechhap district.</p> <p>Issuing a press statement on August 16, the bank said the new branch will offer full range of retail banking services to meet the needs of individuals and small businesses. </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-18', 'modified' => '2017-08-18', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6201', 'image' => '20170818111856_Laxmi bank.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-08-18 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6417', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Yamaha's All New FZ25 Streetfighter Debuts In Nepal', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'MAW Enterprises Pvt Ltd, the authorised distributor of Yamaha motorcycles and scooters in Nepal, has launched the much awaited FZ25 on August 16.', 'content' => '<p><strong>August 16: </strong>MAW Enterprises Pvt Ltd, the authorised distributor of Yamaha motorcycles and scooters in Nepal, has launched the much awaited FZ25 on August 16.</p> <p>The new model FZ25 has been developed with a newly designed air-cooler with oil cooler, 249 cc, 4-stroke, SOHC, 2-valve, single-cylinder, high-torque fuel-injected engine on a lightweight frame (148 Kg) enabling the joy of control as the rider intends, according to MAW.</p> <p>These features will establish the FZ25 as a "<strong>powerful, mid-class, street fighter</strong>" for the Next FZ World, reads a statement issued by MAW.</p> <p>This newly launched street model delivers riding enjoyment as well as excellent fuel efficiency and environmental performance and is targeted for biking enthusiasts in the age group of 20s to mid 30s, the statement further reads.</p> <p>The FZ25 will be available at across all authorized Yamaha dealerships in three exciting color schemes – ‘ballistic blue’, ‘warrior white’ and ‘knight black’. The price of the new model is Rs 344,900.</p> <p>Based on a reliable 249 cc single-cylinder engine proven on sport bikes for the Japanese market, the model's engine has been fine-tuned and optimized for the Nepalese traffic environment, primarily in the intake/exhaust systems and the ignition system. Building on the reputation, the new model has been developed with Yamaha's New Generation Engine Development Ideal - 'Blue Core' featuring overall improved performance including fuel efficiency, acceleration and environmental friendliness. The model is compliant to BS IV emission standards.</p> <p>The street fighter bike gives a mileage of 43 kilometers per liter.</p> <p>Meanwhile, MAW Enterprises have announced the test ride contest of Yamaha FZ25 in which the ones who test ride Yamaha's new variant could win a brand new MacBook. This contest will be carried out for a limited time period.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-17', 'modified' => '2017-08-21', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6200', 'image' => '20170821120228_FZ 25_4150.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-08-17 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6416', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => '16.6 Million SMS Sent During Ncell’s Free offer', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'More than 16.6 million SMSs were shared by the people affected by floods during the free service provided by Ncell to its customers in the flood-hit areas till Tuesday, August 15.', 'content' => '<p>August 17: Ncell customers in flood and landslides affected districts sent over 16.6 million text messages, utilizing free SMS service provided by the company to ensure communications during the disaster.</p> <p>Ncell had announced 50 free SMS per day for three days to help the flood victims stay in touch with their family members and loved ones during the time of natural disaster and contribute in rescue and relief operations.</p> <p>According to a press statement issued by Ncell, people of 23 flood-affected district benefitted from the service provided for three days until Tuesday ( August 15) as per directives of the Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA).</p> <p>Besides that, Ncell had also provided free balance transfer and increased the loan amount to Rs 60 during the same period. The company had also run a toll-free service through its hotline number 9008 to help the flood victims contact their family and friends in case of emergency.</p> <p> “We have received very good response about the 50 free SMS provided each day, free of charge balance transfer facility, increased Saapati amount and operation of free emergency call center number 9008 as these initiatives supported our beloved customers in establishing contact with dear ones and also eased rescue and relief works,” said Pranay Acharya, corporate services director of Ncell. He also informed that with water level receding, additional BTS towers have now been brought into operation.</p> <p>“In few places, there were problem due to lack of electricity and risk in operation of diesel generators. We are now providing service to our customers with 97 percent sites up and run,” said Acharya.</p> <p>Ncell, which has been providing various services to customers during the time of natural disaster, has also been sending SMS alerts regarding risks of flood and landslides to customers from such disaster prone areas in collaboration with the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM).</p> <p>Under this program, the company during the one week period from August 8 –14 has sent over 6 million SMS alerts. Ncell had sent text alerts to customers residing in lower basins of various major rivers based on SMS contents provided by the DHM as per water level in the rivers. In a bid to reduce damages from flood and landslides, DHM informs Ncell to send alert SMS depending up on situation of water level in the rivers. DHM and Ncell last year had signed a memorandum of understanding to send SMS alerts.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-17', 'modified' => '2017-08-17', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6199', 'image' => '20170817020054_Ncell-brand-logo.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-08-17 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6415', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'EU, UNDP Contribute Additional 1.6 Million Euros for Nepal Elections', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => ' The European Union (EU) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have signed an agreement for an additional 1.6 million euros grant as part of the electoral assistance to Nepal to reinforce their cooperation with the Election Commission (EC) of Nepal.', 'content' => '<p>August 17: The European Union (EU) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have signed an agreement for an additional 1.6 million euros grant as part of the electoral assistance to Nepal to reinforce their cooperation with the Election Commission (EC) of Nepal.</p> <p>The grant will be used to provide needful electoral assistance to the EC through the UNDP-managed Electoral Support Project (ESP), reads a press statement issued jointly by the EU and UNDP.</p> <p>EU Ambassador to Nepal Rensje Teerink and Renaud Meyer, the country director of UNDP in Nepal signed the agreement to this effect on Wednesday, August 16.</p> <p>The European Union had earlier provided financial assistance of 8.4 million euros for this project in 2012. This contribution is part of the basket fund of US $ 27.8 million, created to support the Election Commission through ESP. Other development partners of the fund are Denmark, Norway, UK Aid and UNDP.</p> <p>“The European Union is pleased to extend this additional support just as Nepal is poised to hold a series of elections in the coming months,” said Ambassador Teerink. “The EU stands ready and committed to continue technical support in Nepal’s democratic process.”</p> <p>“UNDP is pleased to partner with the European Union in providing electoral assistance to Nepal. The EU has been generously supporting the process since the 2008 Constituent Assembly elections and this has helped strengthen the capacity of the Election Commission to organize free, fair and credible elections,” said Meyer.</p> <p>“The electoral support through ESP has helped the Commission in strengthening the electoral process and conducting inclusive and credible elections,” said Mahendra Bhattarai from the Election Commission. “We are thankful to our development partners.”</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-17', 'modified' => '2017-08-17', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6198', 'image' => '20170817014309_Clipboard01.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-08-17 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6414', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Laxmi Bank opens New Branch in Manigram', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Laxmi Bank announced the opening of its new branch at Manigram in Rupandehi district.', 'content' => '<p style="margin-left:.5in">August 17: Laxmi Bank announced the opening of its new branch at Manigram in Rupandehi district.</p> <p>A press statement issued by the bank informs that the branch will offer full range of retail banking services to meet the needs of individuals and small businesses.</p> <p>“This is Laxmi Bank’s third branch in Rupandehi district after Bhairahawa and Butwal. As Manigram branch is relocated from Jogikuti, Butwal, the bank’s existing Branch in Amarpath, Butwal will continue to provide full-fledged service to all the customers who are connected to Jogikuti Branch,” reads the statement.</p> <p>Laxmi Bank’s network includes 69 branches, 3 hospital service counters, 88 ATMs and more than 2500 remittance centers and more than 400 mobile banking agents spread across the country. The bank is rapidly expanding to newer and underserved markets with the aim of servicing the growing demand for professional financial services such as innovative saving accounts, term deposits, home and auto loans, small business loans, microfinance, insurance, according to the statement. </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-17', 'modified' => '2017-08-17', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6197', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '2017-08-17 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ) ) $current_user = null $logged_in = falseinclude - APP/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp, line 60 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::_renderElement() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 1224 View::element() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 418 include - APP/View/Articles/index.ctp, line 157 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473 Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 968 Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 200 Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167 [main] - APP/webroot/index.php, line 117
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', 'content' => '<p>August 20: Growth Leadership Academy, a venture by Growth Sellers Pvt Ltd, organised the second edition of ‘Sales Summit 2017’ on August 18. The event held with the aim of enhancing skills of sales professionals saw the participation of around 250 plus sales professionals in the conference from across the country representing sectors including manufacturing, trading, corporate, IT, banking and financial institutes, construction, automotive, and others.</p> <p>Author Tom Abbott gave a keynote speech on Sales Optimisation during the event. Similarly, many other prominent international and national experts including Ranjit Acharya, CEO of Prisma Advertising; Puneet Varshney, managing director of Bottlers Nepal Limited; Nirvana Chaudhary, managing director of Chaudhary Group and Raj Bahadur Shah, managing director of Jawalakhel Group of Industries were the speakers during the panel discussion.</p> <p>“As sales are the backbone of every organization, it is vital to update the sales mechanism and enhance skills of sales professionals with cutting-edge technology and progressive management techniques,” said Mohan Ojha, director of Growth Leadership Academy. The title sponsor of the one-day summit was Kansai Nerolac Paints. </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-20', 'modified' => '2017-08-20', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6211', 'image' => '20170820011244_IMG_1205.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-08-20 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6427', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Yeti Airlines Inaugurates its ATR 72-500 Flight in Nepal', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Yeti Airlines announced the successful completion of the proving flight of its latest aircraft ATR72-500 on August 16.', 'content' => '<p>August 20: Yeti Airlines announced the successful completion of the proving flight of its latest aircraft ATR72-500 on August 16.</p> <p>Issuing a press statement, the airlines informed that the flight operated by Captain Gabriel C Kunda and Captain Roop Kumar Siddhi departed from Kathmandu’s domestic airport at 12:15 pm with a team of 41 member and landed successfully at 3:50 PM at Bhairahawa Airport. Representatives of Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) were on board the flight.</p> <p>Yeti Airlines informed that the report of the proving flight has been submitted to CAAN. The schedule flight will commence as soon as the airlines gets clearance from CAAN, the statement further said.</p> <p>Yeti Airlines will initially start flights of its ATR72-500 aircraft to Nepalgunj and Biratnagar. Yeti Airlines said it will extend its ATR72-500 operations to Bhadrapur and Bhairahawa as well upon the arrival of its second ATR72-500 in September.</p> <p>“With the successful completion of our inaugural flight to Bhairahawa, we look forward to providing daily flights to Bhairahawa in the near future,” reads the statement.</p> <p>“Our mission is to provide our passengers the best of service and comfort. By introducing the youngest ATR 72-500 in Nepal, we are keeping to our commitment of “You Come First” ensuring that our passengers have the best possible experience when travelling with Yeti Airlines.”</p> <p>Yeti Airlines commenced its operations from 1998and has seen rapid growth in a period of 18 years of operation, according to the press statement. Along with its subsidiary Tara Air, Yeti Airlines claimed that it operates the widest network and largest fleet of aircraft in Nepal.</p> <p>.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-20', 'modified' => '2017-08-20', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6210', 'image' => '20170820011123_yeti.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-08-20 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6426', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'NEA Earns Profit', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has succeeded to earn profit in the fiscal year 2016/17. ', 'content' => '<p>August 18: Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has succeeded to earn profit in the fiscal year 2016/17. It was running in loss in the previous year but managed to make operating profit of Rs 2.40 billion in the last fiscal year. NEA had recorded operating loss of Rs 3.63 billion in the fiscal year 2015/16.</p> <p>NEA, which has been suffering losses for many years, fared well even in the net loss in the last FY. The net loss of NEA in FY 2015/16 was 8.89 billion but there was a sharp fall in loss in the FY 2016/17 as the figures dropped to Rs 0.98 billion.</p> <p>NEA made such announcements during its 32<sup>nd</sup> anniversary on August 17.</p> <p>It has been said that the significant change in fortune is the result of noteworthy contribution and commitment of former Energy Minister Janardan Sharma and the able administration of CEO Kulman Ghising in implementing the directives of the minister properly.</p> <p>NEA’s measures to minimize energy loss, reduction in the rate of average import of electricity, electricity tariff adjustment, regular supply of electricity in major cities among others have helped in minimizing the financial loss.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-18', 'modified' => '2017-08-18', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6209', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '2017-08-18 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6425', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Huawei Bags EISA Awards for Fifth Consecutive Time', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Huawei Consumer Business Group (CBG) has been honored with two new awards from the European Image and Sound Association (EISA).', 'content' => '<p>August 18: Huawei Consumer Business Group (CBG) has been honored with two new awards from the European Image and Sound Association (EISA). The Huawei P10 has been named ‘EISA Smartphone Camera 2017-2018’ on August 15. Huawei claimed this as its fifth consecutive P series award from EISA.</p> <p>Starting with the Huawei P6 in 2013, the Huawei P Series has been awarded the ‘Best Consumer Smartphone’ award for four consecutive years thanks to a combination of impressive specifications, beautiful design and natural user interface, reads a press statement issued by the company.</p> <p>In 2017, the Huawei P10 received special recognition for its camera experience, co-engineered with Leica, taking the title of ‘EISA Smartphone Camera 2017-2018’. The Huawei P10 builds on the outstanding user experience synonymous with the P Series by providing users with everything they need to express their creativity through photography.</p> <p>At the heart of this are the latest rear-facing Leica Dual-Camera 2.0 and Leica-powered front-facing camera. These are combined with a full suite of cutting-edge software tools such as 3D facial detection and dynamic illumination to create timeless portraits and exceptional pictures, whatever the subject.</p> <p>Glory Zhang, chief marketing officer at Huawei Consumer Business Group, commented, “Central to the Huawei philosophy is the tireless pursuit of meaningful innovation to create products that users all over the globe will love. We are thrilled the Huawei P10 series have been honored by such a prestigious group as EISA. From smartphones to wearables and everywhere in between, we will continue to push the limits of technology and design to create experiences that intelligently connect people with the things that matter most to them.” </p> <p>Huawei claimed that its products and services are available in more than 170 countries, and are used by a third of the world’s population, ranking third in the world in mobile phone shipments in 2016. </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-18', 'modified' => '2017-08-18', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6208', 'image' => '20170818014935_huawei.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-08-18 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6424', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'JICA Organizes Seminar', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) organized a seminar for “Enhancing the Capacity of Human Resources in Local Governance” in the capital on August 16. ', 'content' => '<p style="margin-left:5.1pt">August 18: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) organized a seminar for “Enhancing the Capacity of Human Resources in Local Governance” in the capital on August 16. JICA informed that it was the first public seminar organized as part of JICA Nepal’s four-year technical cooperation project to Local Development Training Academy (LDTA) which was initiated in January 2016.</p> <p style="margin-left:5.1pt">The purpose of the project is to enhance both the human resource and institutional capacity of LDTA and its regional centers by establishing a comprehensive training delivery mechanism that enables quality training to Local Governments’ personnel, reads a press statement issued by JICA.</p> <p>The participants, including officials from the Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development (MoFALD), local government institutions, Nepali scholars of social and political science as well as development partners were given a valuable opportunity to engage with the progress achieved by LDTA and its regional centers during the first 18 months of the JICA project, the statement said.</p> <p style="margin-left:5.1pt">Special keynote lectures given by the leading scholars from Japan, Dr Katsuaki Suzuki of Kumamoto University and Dr Kenichi Kubota of Kansai University, introduced the current trends and international standard of instructional design and action research respectively.</p> <p style="margin-left:5.1pt">Presentation by MoFALD emphasized on the need of capacity development of the local service provider in the new and emerging context of the local governance in which LDTA should play an important role.</p> <p style="margin-left:5.1pt"> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-18', 'modified' => '2017-08-18', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6207', 'image' => '20170818013758_Event Picture.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-08-18 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6423', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => '11.2 Million Free SMS Sent by NT Users During Floods', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Thousands of people affected by the recent floods and landslides took the benefit of the free SMS service provided by Nepal Telecom by sending over 11.2 million SMSs during the natural disaster.', 'content' => '<p>August 18: Thousands of people affected by the recent floods and landslides took the benefit of the free SMS service provided by Nepal Telecom by sending over 11.2 million SMSs during the natural disaster.</p> <p>Nepal Telecom had provided the free service from August 13-15 to help in rescue and relief of the victims, informed the state-owned telecommunication company.</p> <p>Nepal Telecom said it provided the free service under its corporate social responsibility to help the flood and landslide victims stay in touch with their family and friends.</p> <p>Likewise, the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology sent 468,000 SMSs using the network of Nepal Telecom to alert the mass about the floods.</p> <p>Issuing a press statement on August 17, Nepal Telecom said that the floods have affected telecommunication equipment in eastern and central regions of the country. Nepal Telecom further informed that it has already repaired 91 percent of the telecommunication equipment damaged by the floods and landslides.</p> <p>The statement further said that the telecommunication service has been partly affected by the damages caused by the floods and the lack of electricity in the aftermath of the calamity.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-18', 'modified' => '2017-08-18', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6206', 'image' => '20170818124405_ntc.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-08-18 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6422', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'OPPO Launches F3 ‘FC Barcelona’ Smartphones', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Chinese camera phone brand OPPO announced the launch of limited edition of a new version of OPPO F3 ‘FC Barcelona’ in the Nepali market. ', 'content' => '<p>August 18: Chinese camera phone brand OPPO announced the launch of limited edition of a new version of OPPO F3 ‘FC Barcelona’ in the Nepali market. Packed with advanced technologies, innovative features and a new vibrant and sporty look plus design, OPPO F3 ‘FC Barcelona’ is priced at Rs 34, 990 for the mid-range market, according to the company.</p> <p>The phone features a dual front camera including a 16-megapixel selfie camera for individual selfies and a wide-angle lens for group selfie. The phone bears its name from FC Barcelona as it features vivid and bright metal body with red and gold colour resembling the popular Spanish football club.</p> <p>After the huge success of recently launched OPPO F3 ‘Black’ this is the second limited edition of OPPO F3 introduced in the Nepali market, reads a press statement issued by the company.</p> <p>“The OPPO F3 features Barca Red as the main color, matching with gold-plated bands and FC Barcelona logo. The red and gold comes together to meet the classic fashion trend. Meanwhile, the red texture used in the phones is so bright and glossy to catch light as they go. Every detail of the red and gold comes together to give a perfect limited edition for FC Barcelona spirit and young fashion,” reads the statement.</p> <p>OPPO said it is looking forward to strengthening its relationship with the customers specially sports loving youth.</p> <p>OPPO F3's ‘FC Barcelona’ limited edition will be available through all the major mobile stores across Nepal from August 19 onwards.</p> <p>Besides dual selfie camera, the OPPO F3 is also equipped with a 13 MP rear camera that has a 1/3-inch sensor and PDAF technology. The F3 is equipped with an octa-core processor, 4 GB RAM and 64 GB ROM backed by the ColorOS 3.0, assuring a seamless and snappy performance. The embedded triple-slot card tray allows two nano-SIM cards and a microSD card to work simultaneously. The F3 gets a higher energy density 3200mAh battery which gives longer endurance. In the real use simulation test, it lasted for more than 15 hours.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-18', 'modified' => '2017-08-18', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6205', 'image' => '20170818122743_Clipboard01.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-08-18 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6421', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Finnish University Partners with Nepali Colleges to Initiate Project for Job Creation', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Oulu University of Applied Sciences, Finland, announced the launch of a new project, “Building University Capacity to Support Business Incubation in Nepal”(BUCSBIN) on Thursday, August 17.', 'content' => '<p>August 18: Oulu University of Applied Sciences, Finland, announced the launch of a new project, “Building University Capacity to Support Business Incubation in Nepal”(BUCSBIN) on Thursday, August 17. The goal of the project is to build capacity of higher educational institutions in Nepal to better facilitate job creation by incubating student-led ventures, reads a press statement issued by King’s College, a partner in the joint venture.</p> <p>The project will help promote employment, livelihoods and wellbeing in Nepal, which is a priority area of development for the country under the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.</p> <p>Two academic institutes – King’s College and KUSOM – along with two business partners, Young Innovations Pvt Ltd and Idea Studio Nepal, will work jointly to implement this three-year project that will end in mid-2020.</p> <p>A memorandum of understanding towards this effect was siAnchorgned by the concerned parties amid a ceremony in Kathmandu on Thursday.This was done in combination with the Slush 2017 Global Impact Accelerator pitching competition where 15 start-ups from various sectors pitched their venture to compete for their entry for the Slush 2017 Global Impact Accelerator, which will be held in Helsinki, Finland in November/December, 2017. Three winning start-ups – Doko Recyclers Pvt Ltd, Muskan Brining Back Smiles Pvt Ltd and Tootle—are nominated for the Slush 2017 Global Impact Accelerator.</p> <p>Oulu University of Applied Sciences says that the project is being introduced and launched in Nepal in response to the increasing involvement of universities in promoting and strengthening the inter-disciplinary teaching methods and practices and applied activities of business incubation.</p> <p>The objective of this project is to increase university capacity in Nepal for developing entrepreneurship education and business incubation programming.</p> <p>The overall goal of the cooperation is to share knowledge and experience gained through the success of the innovative and award-winning incubator programs – Oamk LABs – established in 2012 at the Oulu University of Applied Sciences.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-18', 'modified' => '2017-08-18', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6204', 'image' => '20170818112944_in english.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-08-18 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6419', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'NMB Bank Signs Bancassurance Agreement with MetLife', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'NMB Bank has signed an agreement with MetLife for providing life insurance services to its customer under the bancassurance service. ', 'content' => '<p>August 18: NMB Bank has signed an agreement with MetLife for providing life insurance services to its customer under the bancassurance service. The agreement was signed by Sunil KC, chief executive officer of NMB Bank Ltd and Nirmal Kajee Shrestha, vice president and general manager of MetLife, according to a press statement issued by NMB Bank.</p> <p>According to NMB Bank, the signing of this agreement enables the bank to sell life insurance policies to its customer from its branches across the country under the bancassurance arrangement with MetLife.</p> <p>“The Bank is constantly working towards providing world class banking services to its customers and signing this agreement with MetLife is one such steps towards enhancing our customer’s experience in insurance domain with value added services.” said CEO Sunil KC.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-18', 'modified' => '2017-08-18', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6203', 'image' => '20170818111310_NMB.JPG', 'article_date' => '2017-08-18 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6418', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'NIC Asia Bank Launches Double Deposit Scheme', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'NIC Asia Bank Nepal Ltd has announced the launch of a new deposit scheme ‘NIC ASIA Double Deposit’ to its valued customers on the occasion of 20th year of the successful operation of the bank.', 'content' => '<p>August 18: NIC Asia Bank Nepal Ltd has announced the launch of a new deposit scheme ‘NIC ASIA Double Deposit’ to its valued customers on the occasion of 20<sup>th</sup> year of the successful operation of the bank.</p> <p>According to the bank, the scheme is available for both individuals as well as institutional customers with a minimum deposit of Rs 100,000 for a fixed period of time.</p> <p>The time period set by the bank for individuals is 9 years and for institutions is 10 years. Interest earned under this scheme will eventually double at the time of maturity even after the deduction of applicable tax (TDS) of 15% for institutions and 5% on individual accounts, reads a press statement issued by the bank.</p> <p>“The scheme provides a guaranteed assurance of returns to the customers that would not be affected by the fluctuation in market interest rates,” the statement says.</p> <p>NIC Asia Bank is currently providing services from 119 branches with 4 extension counters and also has plans to expand its branch network across the country.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-18', 'modified' => '2017-08-18', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6202', 'image' => '20170818110558_download (1).jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-08-18 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6420', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Laxmi Bank’s new Branch in Manthali', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Laxmi Bank has opened a new Branch at Devkota Chowk of Manthali in Ramechhap district. ', 'content' => '<p style="margin-left:.5in">August 18: Laxmi Bank has opened a new Branch at Devkota Chowk of Manthali in Ramechhap district. The bank informed that it is their first branch in Ramechhap district.</p> <p>Issuing a press statement on August 16, the bank said the new branch will offer full range of retail banking services to meet the needs of individuals and small businesses. </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-18', 'modified' => '2017-08-18', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6201', 'image' => '20170818111856_Laxmi bank.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-08-18 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6417', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Yamaha's All New FZ25 Streetfighter Debuts In Nepal', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'MAW Enterprises Pvt Ltd, the authorised distributor of Yamaha motorcycles and scooters in Nepal, has launched the much awaited FZ25 on August 16.', 'content' => '<p><strong>August 16: </strong>MAW Enterprises Pvt Ltd, the authorised distributor of Yamaha motorcycles and scooters in Nepal, has launched the much awaited FZ25 on August 16.</p> <p>The new model FZ25 has been developed with a newly designed air-cooler with oil cooler, 249 cc, 4-stroke, SOHC, 2-valve, single-cylinder, high-torque fuel-injected engine on a lightweight frame (148 Kg) enabling the joy of control as the rider intends, according to MAW.</p> <p>These features will establish the FZ25 as a "<strong>powerful, mid-class, street fighter</strong>" for the Next FZ World, reads a statement issued by MAW.</p> <p>This newly launched street model delivers riding enjoyment as well as excellent fuel efficiency and environmental performance and is targeted for biking enthusiasts in the age group of 20s to mid 30s, the statement further reads.</p> <p>The FZ25 will be available at across all authorized Yamaha dealerships in three exciting color schemes – ‘ballistic blue’, ‘warrior white’ and ‘knight black’. The price of the new model is Rs 344,900.</p> <p>Based on a reliable 249 cc single-cylinder engine proven on sport bikes for the Japanese market, the model's engine has been fine-tuned and optimized for the Nepalese traffic environment, primarily in the intake/exhaust systems and the ignition system. Building on the reputation, the new model has been developed with Yamaha's New Generation Engine Development Ideal - 'Blue Core' featuring overall improved performance including fuel efficiency, acceleration and environmental friendliness. The model is compliant to BS IV emission standards.</p> <p>The street fighter bike gives a mileage of 43 kilometers per liter.</p> <p>Meanwhile, MAW Enterprises have announced the test ride contest of Yamaha FZ25 in which the ones who test ride Yamaha's new variant could win a brand new MacBook. This contest will be carried out for a limited time period.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-17', 'modified' => '2017-08-21', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6200', 'image' => '20170821120228_FZ 25_4150.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-08-17 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6416', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => '16.6 Million SMS Sent During Ncell’s Free offer', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'More than 16.6 million SMSs were shared by the people affected by floods during the free service provided by Ncell to its customers in the flood-hit areas till Tuesday, August 15.', 'content' => '<p>August 17: Ncell customers in flood and landslides affected districts sent over 16.6 million text messages, utilizing free SMS service provided by the company to ensure communications during the disaster.</p> <p>Ncell had announced 50 free SMS per day for three days to help the flood victims stay in touch with their family members and loved ones during the time of natural disaster and contribute in rescue and relief operations.</p> <p>According to a press statement issued by Ncell, people of 23 flood-affected district benefitted from the service provided for three days until Tuesday ( August 15) as per directives of the Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA).</p> <p>Besides that, Ncell had also provided free balance transfer and increased the loan amount to Rs 60 during the same period. The company had also run a toll-free service through its hotline number 9008 to help the flood victims contact their family and friends in case of emergency.</p> <p> “We have received very good response about the 50 free SMS provided each day, free of charge balance transfer facility, increased Saapati amount and operation of free emergency call center number 9008 as these initiatives supported our beloved customers in establishing contact with dear ones and also eased rescue and relief works,” said Pranay Acharya, corporate services director of Ncell. He also informed that with water level receding, additional BTS towers have now been brought into operation.</p> <p>“In few places, there were problem due to lack of electricity and risk in operation of diesel generators. We are now providing service to our customers with 97 percent sites up and run,” said Acharya.</p> <p>Ncell, which has been providing various services to customers during the time of natural disaster, has also been sending SMS alerts regarding risks of flood and landslides to customers from such disaster prone areas in collaboration with the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM).</p> <p>Under this program, the company during the one week period from August 8 –14 has sent over 6 million SMS alerts. Ncell had sent text alerts to customers residing in lower basins of various major rivers based on SMS contents provided by the DHM as per water level in the rivers. In a bid to reduce damages from flood and landslides, DHM informs Ncell to send alert SMS depending up on situation of water level in the rivers. DHM and Ncell last year had signed a memorandum of understanding to send SMS alerts.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-17', 'modified' => '2017-08-17', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6199', 'image' => '20170817020054_Ncell-brand-logo.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-08-17 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6415', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'EU, UNDP Contribute Additional 1.6 Million Euros for Nepal Elections', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => ' The European Union (EU) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have signed an agreement for an additional 1.6 million euros grant as part of the electoral assistance to Nepal to reinforce their cooperation with the Election Commission (EC) of Nepal.', 'content' => '<p>August 17: The European Union (EU) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have signed an agreement for an additional 1.6 million euros grant as part of the electoral assistance to Nepal to reinforce their cooperation with the Election Commission (EC) of Nepal.</p> <p>The grant will be used to provide needful electoral assistance to the EC through the UNDP-managed Electoral Support Project (ESP), reads a press statement issued jointly by the EU and UNDP.</p> <p>EU Ambassador to Nepal Rensje Teerink and Renaud Meyer, the country director of UNDP in Nepal signed the agreement to this effect on Wednesday, August 16.</p> <p>The European Union had earlier provided financial assistance of 8.4 million euros for this project in 2012. This contribution is part of the basket fund of US $ 27.8 million, created to support the Election Commission through ESP. Other development partners of the fund are Denmark, Norway, UK Aid and UNDP.</p> <p>“The European Union is pleased to extend this additional support just as Nepal is poised to hold a series of elections in the coming months,” said Ambassador Teerink. “The EU stands ready and committed to continue technical support in Nepal’s democratic process.”</p> <p>“UNDP is pleased to partner with the European Union in providing electoral assistance to Nepal. The EU has been generously supporting the process since the 2008 Constituent Assembly elections and this has helped strengthen the capacity of the Election Commission to organize free, fair and credible elections,” said Meyer.</p> <p>“The electoral support through ESP has helped the Commission in strengthening the electoral process and conducting inclusive and credible elections,” said Mahendra Bhattarai from the Election Commission. “We are thankful to our development partners.”</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-17', 'modified' => '2017-08-17', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6198', 'image' => '20170817014309_Clipboard01.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-08-17 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6414', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Laxmi Bank opens New Branch in Manigram', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Laxmi Bank announced the opening of its new branch at Manigram in Rupandehi district.', 'content' => '<p style="margin-left:.5in">August 17: Laxmi Bank announced the opening of its new branch at Manigram in Rupandehi district.</p> <p>A press statement issued by the bank informs that the branch will offer full range of retail banking services to meet the needs of individuals and small businesses.</p> <p>“This is Laxmi Bank’s third branch in Rupandehi district after Bhairahawa and Butwal. As Manigram branch is relocated from Jogikuti, Butwal, the bank’s existing Branch in Amarpath, Butwal will continue to provide full-fledged service to all the customers who are connected to Jogikuti Branch,” reads the statement.</p> <p>Laxmi Bank’s network includes 69 branches, 3 hospital service counters, 88 ATMs and more than 2500 remittance centers and more than 400 mobile banking agents spread across the country. The bank is rapidly expanding to newer and underserved markets with the aim of servicing the growing demand for professional financial services such as innovative saving accounts, term deposits, home and auto loans, small business loans, microfinance, insurance, according to the statement. </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-17', 'modified' => '2017-08-17', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6197', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '2017-08-17 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ) ) $current_user = null $logged_in = falsesimplexml_load_file - [internal], line ?? include - APP/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp, line 60 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::_renderElement() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 1224 View::element() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 418 include - APP/View/Articles/index.ctp, line 157 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473 Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 968 Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 200 Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167 [main] - APP/webroot/index.php, line 117
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', 'content' => '<p>August 20: Growth Leadership Academy, a venture by Growth Sellers Pvt Ltd, organised the second edition of ‘Sales Summit 2017’ on August 18. The event held with the aim of enhancing skills of sales professionals saw the participation of around 250 plus sales professionals in the conference from across the country representing sectors including manufacturing, trading, corporate, IT, banking and financial institutes, construction, automotive, and others.</p> <p>Author Tom Abbott gave a keynote speech on Sales Optimisation during the event. Similarly, many other prominent international and national experts including Ranjit Acharya, CEO of Prisma Advertising; Puneet Varshney, managing director of Bottlers Nepal Limited; Nirvana Chaudhary, managing director of Chaudhary Group and Raj Bahadur Shah, managing director of Jawalakhel Group of Industries were the speakers during the panel discussion.</p> <p>“As sales are the backbone of every organization, it is vital to update the sales mechanism and enhance skills of sales professionals with cutting-edge technology and progressive management techniques,” said Mohan Ojha, director of Growth Leadership Academy. The title sponsor of the one-day summit was Kansai Nerolac Paints. </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-20', 'modified' => '2017-08-20', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6211', 'image' => '20170820011244_IMG_1205.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-08-20 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6427', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Yeti Airlines Inaugurates its ATR 72-500 Flight in Nepal', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Yeti Airlines announced the successful completion of the proving flight of its latest aircraft ATR72-500 on August 16.', 'content' => '<p>August 20: Yeti Airlines announced the successful completion of the proving flight of its latest aircraft ATR72-500 on August 16.</p> <p>Issuing a press statement, the airlines informed that the flight operated by Captain Gabriel C Kunda and Captain Roop Kumar Siddhi departed from Kathmandu’s domestic airport at 12:15 pm with a team of 41 member and landed successfully at 3:50 PM at Bhairahawa Airport. Representatives of Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) were on board the flight.</p> <p>Yeti Airlines informed that the report of the proving flight has been submitted to CAAN. The schedule flight will commence as soon as the airlines gets clearance from CAAN, the statement further said.</p> <p>Yeti Airlines will initially start flights of its ATR72-500 aircraft to Nepalgunj and Biratnagar. Yeti Airlines said it will extend its ATR72-500 operations to Bhadrapur and Bhairahawa as well upon the arrival of its second ATR72-500 in September.</p> <p>“With the successful completion of our inaugural flight to Bhairahawa, we look forward to providing daily flights to Bhairahawa in the near future,” reads the statement.</p> <p>“Our mission is to provide our passengers the best of service and comfort. By introducing the youngest ATR 72-500 in Nepal, we are keeping to our commitment of “You Come First” ensuring that our passengers have the best possible experience when travelling with Yeti Airlines.”</p> <p>Yeti Airlines commenced its operations from 1998and has seen rapid growth in a period of 18 years of operation, according to the press statement. Along with its subsidiary Tara Air, Yeti Airlines claimed that it operates the widest network and largest fleet of aircraft in Nepal.</p> <p>.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-20', 'modified' => '2017-08-20', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6210', 'image' => '20170820011123_yeti.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-08-20 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6426', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'NEA Earns Profit', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has succeeded to earn profit in the fiscal year 2016/17. ', 'content' => '<p>August 18: Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has succeeded to earn profit in the fiscal year 2016/17. It was running in loss in the previous year but managed to make operating profit of Rs 2.40 billion in the last fiscal year. NEA had recorded operating loss of Rs 3.63 billion in the fiscal year 2015/16.</p> <p>NEA, which has been suffering losses for many years, fared well even in the net loss in the last FY. The net loss of NEA in FY 2015/16 was 8.89 billion but there was a sharp fall in loss in the FY 2016/17 as the figures dropped to Rs 0.98 billion.</p> <p>NEA made such announcements during its 32<sup>nd</sup> anniversary on August 17.</p> <p>It has been said that the significant change in fortune is the result of noteworthy contribution and commitment of former Energy Minister Janardan Sharma and the able administration of CEO Kulman Ghising in implementing the directives of the minister properly.</p> <p>NEA’s measures to minimize energy loss, reduction in the rate of average import of electricity, electricity tariff adjustment, regular supply of electricity in major cities among others have helped in minimizing the financial loss.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-18', 'modified' => '2017-08-18', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6209', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '2017-08-18 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6425', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Huawei Bags EISA Awards for Fifth Consecutive Time', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Huawei Consumer Business Group (CBG) has been honored with two new awards from the European Image and Sound Association (EISA).', 'content' => '<p>August 18: Huawei Consumer Business Group (CBG) has been honored with two new awards from the European Image and Sound Association (EISA). The Huawei P10 has been named ‘EISA Smartphone Camera 2017-2018’ on August 15. Huawei claimed this as its fifth consecutive P series award from EISA.</p> <p>Starting with the Huawei P6 in 2013, the Huawei P Series has been awarded the ‘Best Consumer Smartphone’ award for four consecutive years thanks to a combination of impressive specifications, beautiful design and natural user interface, reads a press statement issued by the company.</p> <p>In 2017, the Huawei P10 received special recognition for its camera experience, co-engineered with Leica, taking the title of ‘EISA Smartphone Camera 2017-2018’. The Huawei P10 builds on the outstanding user experience synonymous with the P Series by providing users with everything they need to express their creativity through photography.</p> <p>At the heart of this are the latest rear-facing Leica Dual-Camera 2.0 and Leica-powered front-facing camera. These are combined with a full suite of cutting-edge software tools such as 3D facial detection and dynamic illumination to create timeless portraits and exceptional pictures, whatever the subject.</p> <p>Glory Zhang, chief marketing officer at Huawei Consumer Business Group, commented, “Central to the Huawei philosophy is the tireless pursuit of meaningful innovation to create products that users all over the globe will love. We are thrilled the Huawei P10 series have been honored by such a prestigious group as EISA. From smartphones to wearables and everywhere in between, we will continue to push the limits of technology and design to create experiences that intelligently connect people with the things that matter most to them.” </p> <p>Huawei claimed that its products and services are available in more than 170 countries, and are used by a third of the world’s population, ranking third in the world in mobile phone shipments in 2016. </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-18', 'modified' => '2017-08-18', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6208', 'image' => '20170818014935_huawei.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-08-18 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6424', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'JICA Organizes Seminar', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) organized a seminar for “Enhancing the Capacity of Human Resources in Local Governance” in the capital on August 16. ', 'content' => '<p style="margin-left:5.1pt">August 18: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) organized a seminar for “Enhancing the Capacity of Human Resources in Local Governance” in the capital on August 16. JICA informed that it was the first public seminar organized as part of JICA Nepal’s four-year technical cooperation project to Local Development Training Academy (LDTA) which was initiated in January 2016.</p> <p style="margin-left:5.1pt">The purpose of the project is to enhance both the human resource and institutional capacity of LDTA and its regional centers by establishing a comprehensive training delivery mechanism that enables quality training to Local Governments’ personnel, reads a press statement issued by JICA.</p> <p>The participants, including officials from the Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development (MoFALD), local government institutions, Nepali scholars of social and political science as well as development partners were given a valuable opportunity to engage with the progress achieved by LDTA and its regional centers during the first 18 months of the JICA project, the statement said.</p> <p style="margin-left:5.1pt">Special keynote lectures given by the leading scholars from Japan, Dr Katsuaki Suzuki of Kumamoto University and Dr Kenichi Kubota of Kansai University, introduced the current trends and international standard of instructional design and action research respectively.</p> <p style="margin-left:5.1pt">Presentation by MoFALD emphasized on the need of capacity development of the local service provider in the new and emerging context of the local governance in which LDTA should play an important role.</p> <p style="margin-left:5.1pt"> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-18', 'modified' => '2017-08-18', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6207', 'image' => '20170818013758_Event Picture.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-08-18 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6423', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => '11.2 Million Free SMS Sent by NT Users During Floods', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Thousands of people affected by the recent floods and landslides took the benefit of the free SMS service provided by Nepal Telecom by sending over 11.2 million SMSs during the natural disaster.', 'content' => '<p>August 18: Thousands of people affected by the recent floods and landslides took the benefit of the free SMS service provided by Nepal Telecom by sending over 11.2 million SMSs during the natural disaster.</p> <p>Nepal Telecom had provided the free service from August 13-15 to help in rescue and relief of the victims, informed the state-owned telecommunication company.</p> <p>Nepal Telecom said it provided the free service under its corporate social responsibility to help the flood and landslide victims stay in touch with their family and friends.</p> <p>Likewise, the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology sent 468,000 SMSs using the network of Nepal Telecom to alert the mass about the floods.</p> <p>Issuing a press statement on August 17, Nepal Telecom said that the floods have affected telecommunication equipment in eastern and central regions of the country. Nepal Telecom further informed that it has already repaired 91 percent of the telecommunication equipment damaged by the floods and landslides.</p> <p>The statement further said that the telecommunication service has been partly affected by the damages caused by the floods and the lack of electricity in the aftermath of the calamity.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-18', 'modified' => '2017-08-18', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6206', 'image' => '20170818124405_ntc.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-08-18 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6422', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'OPPO Launches F3 ‘FC Barcelona’ Smartphones', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Chinese camera phone brand OPPO announced the launch of limited edition of a new version of OPPO F3 ‘FC Barcelona’ in the Nepali market. ', 'content' => '<p>August 18: Chinese camera phone brand OPPO announced the launch of limited edition of a new version of OPPO F3 ‘FC Barcelona’ in the Nepali market. Packed with advanced technologies, innovative features and a new vibrant and sporty look plus design, OPPO F3 ‘FC Barcelona’ is priced at Rs 34, 990 for the mid-range market, according to the company.</p> <p>The phone features a dual front camera including a 16-megapixel selfie camera for individual selfies and a wide-angle lens for group selfie. The phone bears its name from FC Barcelona as it features vivid and bright metal body with red and gold colour resembling the popular Spanish football club.</p> <p>After the huge success of recently launched OPPO F3 ‘Black’ this is the second limited edition of OPPO F3 introduced in the Nepali market, reads a press statement issued by the company.</p> <p>“The OPPO F3 features Barca Red as the main color, matching with gold-plated bands and FC Barcelona logo. The red and gold comes together to meet the classic fashion trend. Meanwhile, the red texture used in the phones is so bright and glossy to catch light as they go. Every detail of the red and gold comes together to give a perfect limited edition for FC Barcelona spirit and young fashion,” reads the statement.</p> <p>OPPO said it is looking forward to strengthening its relationship with the customers specially sports loving youth.</p> <p>OPPO F3's ‘FC Barcelona’ limited edition will be available through all the major mobile stores across Nepal from August 19 onwards.</p> <p>Besides dual selfie camera, the OPPO F3 is also equipped with a 13 MP rear camera that has a 1/3-inch sensor and PDAF technology. The F3 is equipped with an octa-core processor, 4 GB RAM and 64 GB ROM backed by the ColorOS 3.0, assuring a seamless and snappy performance. The embedded triple-slot card tray allows two nano-SIM cards and a microSD card to work simultaneously. The F3 gets a higher energy density 3200mAh battery which gives longer endurance. In the real use simulation test, it lasted for more than 15 hours.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-18', 'modified' => '2017-08-18', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6205', 'image' => '20170818122743_Clipboard01.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-08-18 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6421', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Finnish University Partners with Nepali Colleges to Initiate Project for Job Creation', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Oulu University of Applied Sciences, Finland, announced the launch of a new project, “Building University Capacity to Support Business Incubation in Nepal”(BUCSBIN) on Thursday, August 17.', 'content' => '<p>August 18: Oulu University of Applied Sciences, Finland, announced the launch of a new project, “Building University Capacity to Support Business Incubation in Nepal”(BUCSBIN) on Thursday, August 17. The goal of the project is to build capacity of higher educational institutions in Nepal to better facilitate job creation by incubating student-led ventures, reads a press statement issued by King’s College, a partner in the joint venture.</p> <p>The project will help promote employment, livelihoods and wellbeing in Nepal, which is a priority area of development for the country under the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.</p> <p>Two academic institutes – King’s College and KUSOM – along with two business partners, Young Innovations Pvt Ltd and Idea Studio Nepal, will work jointly to implement this three-year project that will end in mid-2020.</p> <p>A memorandum of understanding towards this effect was siAnchorgned by the concerned parties amid a ceremony in Kathmandu on Thursday.This was done in combination with the Slush 2017 Global Impact Accelerator pitching competition where 15 start-ups from various sectors pitched their venture to compete for their entry for the Slush 2017 Global Impact Accelerator, which will be held in Helsinki, Finland in November/December, 2017. Three winning start-ups – Doko Recyclers Pvt Ltd, Muskan Brining Back Smiles Pvt Ltd and Tootle—are nominated for the Slush 2017 Global Impact Accelerator.</p> <p>Oulu University of Applied Sciences says that the project is being introduced and launched in Nepal in response to the increasing involvement of universities in promoting and strengthening the inter-disciplinary teaching methods and practices and applied activities of business incubation.</p> <p>The objective of this project is to increase university capacity in Nepal for developing entrepreneurship education and business incubation programming.</p> <p>The overall goal of the cooperation is to share knowledge and experience gained through the success of the innovative and award-winning incubator programs – Oamk LABs – established in 2012 at the Oulu University of Applied Sciences.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-18', 'modified' => '2017-08-18', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6204', 'image' => '20170818112944_in english.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-08-18 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6419', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'NMB Bank Signs Bancassurance Agreement with MetLife', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'NMB Bank has signed an agreement with MetLife for providing life insurance services to its customer under the bancassurance service. ', 'content' => '<p>August 18: NMB Bank has signed an agreement with MetLife for providing life insurance services to its customer under the bancassurance service. The agreement was signed by Sunil KC, chief executive officer of NMB Bank Ltd and Nirmal Kajee Shrestha, vice president and general manager of MetLife, according to a press statement issued by NMB Bank.</p> <p>According to NMB Bank, the signing of this agreement enables the bank to sell life insurance policies to its customer from its branches across the country under the bancassurance arrangement with MetLife.</p> <p>“The Bank is constantly working towards providing world class banking services to its customers and signing this agreement with MetLife is one such steps towards enhancing our customer’s experience in insurance domain with value added services.” said CEO Sunil KC.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-18', 'modified' => '2017-08-18', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6203', 'image' => '20170818111310_NMB.JPG', 'article_date' => '2017-08-18 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6418', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'NIC Asia Bank Launches Double Deposit Scheme', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'NIC Asia Bank Nepal Ltd has announced the launch of a new deposit scheme ‘NIC ASIA Double Deposit’ to its valued customers on the occasion of 20th year of the successful operation of the bank.', 'content' => '<p>August 18: NIC Asia Bank Nepal Ltd has announced the launch of a new deposit scheme ‘NIC ASIA Double Deposit’ to its valued customers on the occasion of 20<sup>th</sup> year of the successful operation of the bank.</p> <p>According to the bank, the scheme is available for both individuals as well as institutional customers with a minimum deposit of Rs 100,000 for a fixed period of time.</p> <p>The time period set by the bank for individuals is 9 years and for institutions is 10 years. Interest earned under this scheme will eventually double at the time of maturity even after the deduction of applicable tax (TDS) of 15% for institutions and 5% on individual accounts, reads a press statement issued by the bank.</p> <p>“The scheme provides a guaranteed assurance of returns to the customers that would not be affected by the fluctuation in market interest rates,” the statement says.</p> <p>NIC Asia Bank is currently providing services from 119 branches with 4 extension counters and also has plans to expand its branch network across the country.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-18', 'modified' => '2017-08-18', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6202', 'image' => '20170818110558_download (1).jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-08-18 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6420', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Laxmi Bank’s new Branch in Manthali', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Laxmi Bank has opened a new Branch at Devkota Chowk of Manthali in Ramechhap district. ', 'content' => '<p style="margin-left:.5in">August 18: Laxmi Bank has opened a new Branch at Devkota Chowk of Manthali in Ramechhap district. The bank informed that it is their first branch in Ramechhap district.</p> <p>Issuing a press statement on August 16, the bank said the new branch will offer full range of retail banking services to meet the needs of individuals and small businesses. </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-18', 'modified' => '2017-08-18', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6201', 'image' => '20170818111856_Laxmi bank.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-08-18 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6417', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Yamaha's All New FZ25 Streetfighter Debuts In Nepal', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'MAW Enterprises Pvt Ltd, the authorised distributor of Yamaha motorcycles and scooters in Nepal, has launched the much awaited FZ25 on August 16.', 'content' => '<p><strong>August 16: </strong>MAW Enterprises Pvt Ltd, the authorised distributor of Yamaha motorcycles and scooters in Nepal, has launched the much awaited FZ25 on August 16.</p> <p>The new model FZ25 has been developed with a newly designed air-cooler with oil cooler, 249 cc, 4-stroke, SOHC, 2-valve, single-cylinder, high-torque fuel-injected engine on a lightweight frame (148 Kg) enabling the joy of control as the rider intends, according to MAW.</p> <p>These features will establish the FZ25 as a "<strong>powerful, mid-class, street fighter</strong>" for the Next FZ World, reads a statement issued by MAW.</p> <p>This newly launched street model delivers riding enjoyment as well as excellent fuel efficiency and environmental performance and is targeted for biking enthusiasts in the age group of 20s to mid 30s, the statement further reads.</p> <p>The FZ25 will be available at across all authorized Yamaha dealerships in three exciting color schemes – ‘ballistic blue’, ‘warrior white’ and ‘knight black’. The price of the new model is Rs 344,900.</p> <p>Based on a reliable 249 cc single-cylinder engine proven on sport bikes for the Japanese market, the model's engine has been fine-tuned and optimized for the Nepalese traffic environment, primarily in the intake/exhaust systems and the ignition system. Building on the reputation, the new model has been developed with Yamaha's New Generation Engine Development Ideal - 'Blue Core' featuring overall improved performance including fuel efficiency, acceleration and environmental friendliness. The model is compliant to BS IV emission standards.</p> <p>The street fighter bike gives a mileage of 43 kilometers per liter.</p> <p>Meanwhile, MAW Enterprises have announced the test ride contest of Yamaha FZ25 in which the ones who test ride Yamaha's new variant could win a brand new MacBook. This contest will be carried out for a limited time period.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-17', 'modified' => '2017-08-21', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6200', 'image' => '20170821120228_FZ 25_4150.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-08-17 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6416', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => '16.6 Million SMS Sent During Ncell’s Free offer', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'More than 16.6 million SMSs were shared by the people affected by floods during the free service provided by Ncell to its customers in the flood-hit areas till Tuesday, August 15.', 'content' => '<p>August 17: Ncell customers in flood and landslides affected districts sent over 16.6 million text messages, utilizing free SMS service provided by the company to ensure communications during the disaster.</p> <p>Ncell had announced 50 free SMS per day for three days to help the flood victims stay in touch with their family members and loved ones during the time of natural disaster and contribute in rescue and relief operations.</p> <p>According to a press statement issued by Ncell, people of 23 flood-affected district benefitted from the service provided for three days until Tuesday ( August 15) as per directives of the Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA).</p> <p>Besides that, Ncell had also provided free balance transfer and increased the loan amount to Rs 60 during the same period. The company had also run a toll-free service through its hotline number 9008 to help the flood victims contact their family and friends in case of emergency.</p> <p> “We have received very good response about the 50 free SMS provided each day, free of charge balance transfer facility, increased Saapati amount and operation of free emergency call center number 9008 as these initiatives supported our beloved customers in establishing contact with dear ones and also eased rescue and relief works,” said Pranay Acharya, corporate services director of Ncell. He also informed that with water level receding, additional BTS towers have now been brought into operation.</p> <p>“In few places, there were problem due to lack of electricity and risk in operation of diesel generators. We are now providing service to our customers with 97 percent sites up and run,” said Acharya.</p> <p>Ncell, which has been providing various services to customers during the time of natural disaster, has also been sending SMS alerts regarding risks of flood and landslides to customers from such disaster prone areas in collaboration with the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM).</p> <p>Under this program, the company during the one week period from August 8 –14 has sent over 6 million SMS alerts. Ncell had sent text alerts to customers residing in lower basins of various major rivers based on SMS contents provided by the DHM as per water level in the rivers. In a bid to reduce damages from flood and landslides, DHM informs Ncell to send alert SMS depending up on situation of water level in the rivers. DHM and Ncell last year had signed a memorandum of understanding to send SMS alerts.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-17', 'modified' => '2017-08-17', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6199', 'image' => '20170817020054_Ncell-brand-logo.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-08-17 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6415', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'EU, UNDP Contribute Additional 1.6 Million Euros for Nepal Elections', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => ' The European Union (EU) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have signed an agreement for an additional 1.6 million euros grant as part of the electoral assistance to Nepal to reinforce their cooperation with the Election Commission (EC) of Nepal.', 'content' => '<p>August 17: The European Union (EU) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have signed an agreement for an additional 1.6 million euros grant as part of the electoral assistance to Nepal to reinforce their cooperation with the Election Commission (EC) of Nepal.</p> <p>The grant will be used to provide needful electoral assistance to the EC through the UNDP-managed Electoral Support Project (ESP), reads a press statement issued jointly by the EU and UNDP.</p> <p>EU Ambassador to Nepal Rensje Teerink and Renaud Meyer, the country director of UNDP in Nepal signed the agreement to this effect on Wednesday, August 16.</p> <p>The European Union had earlier provided financial assistance of 8.4 million euros for this project in 2012. This contribution is part of the basket fund of US $ 27.8 million, created to support the Election Commission through ESP. Other development partners of the fund are Denmark, Norway, UK Aid and UNDP.</p> <p>“The European Union is pleased to extend this additional support just as Nepal is poised to hold a series of elections in the coming months,” said Ambassador Teerink. “The EU stands ready and committed to continue technical support in Nepal’s democratic process.”</p> <p>“UNDP is pleased to partner with the European Union in providing electoral assistance to Nepal. The EU has been generously supporting the process since the 2008 Constituent Assembly elections and this has helped strengthen the capacity of the Election Commission to organize free, fair and credible elections,” said Meyer.</p> <p>“The electoral support through ESP has helped the Commission in strengthening the electoral process and conducting inclusive and credible elections,” said Mahendra Bhattarai from the Election Commission. “We are thankful to our development partners.”</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-17', 'modified' => '2017-08-17', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6198', 'image' => '20170817014309_Clipboard01.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-08-17 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6414', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Laxmi Bank opens New Branch in Manigram', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Laxmi Bank announced the opening of its new branch at Manigram in Rupandehi district.', 'content' => '<p style="margin-left:.5in">August 17: Laxmi Bank announced the opening of its new branch at Manigram in Rupandehi district.</p> <p>A press statement issued by the bank informs that the branch will offer full range of retail banking services to meet the needs of individuals and small businesses.</p> <p>“This is Laxmi Bank’s third branch in Rupandehi district after Bhairahawa and Butwal. As Manigram branch is relocated from Jogikuti, Butwal, the bank’s existing Branch in Amarpath, Butwal will continue to provide full-fledged service to all the customers who are connected to Jogikuti Branch,” reads the statement.</p> <p>Laxmi Bank’s network includes 69 branches, 3 hospital service counters, 88 ATMs and more than 2500 remittance centers and more than 400 mobile banking agents spread across the country. The bank is rapidly expanding to newer and underserved markets with the aim of servicing the growing demand for professional financial services such as innovative saving accounts, term deposits, home and auto loans, small business loans, microfinance, insurance, according to the statement. </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-17', 'modified' => '2017-08-17', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6197', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '2017-08-17 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ) ) $current_user = null $logged_in = false $xml = falseinclude - APP/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp, line 133 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::_renderElement() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 1224 View::element() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 418 include - APP/View/Articles/index.ctp, line 157 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473 Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 968 Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 200 Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167 [main] - APP/webroot/index.php, line 117
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', 'content' => '<p>August 20: Growth Leadership Academy, a venture by Growth Sellers Pvt Ltd, organised the second edition of ‘Sales Summit 2017’ on August 18. The event held with the aim of enhancing skills of sales professionals saw the participation of around 250 plus sales professionals in the conference from across the country representing sectors including manufacturing, trading, corporate, IT, banking and financial institutes, construction, automotive, and others.</p> <p>Author Tom Abbott gave a keynote speech on Sales Optimisation during the event. Similarly, many other prominent international and national experts including Ranjit Acharya, CEO of Prisma Advertising; Puneet Varshney, managing director of Bottlers Nepal Limited; Nirvana Chaudhary, managing director of Chaudhary Group and Raj Bahadur Shah, managing director of Jawalakhel Group of Industries were the speakers during the panel discussion.</p> <p>“As sales are the backbone of every organization, it is vital to update the sales mechanism and enhance skills of sales professionals with cutting-edge technology and progressive management techniques,” said Mohan Ojha, director of Growth Leadership Academy. The title sponsor of the one-day summit was Kansai Nerolac Paints. </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-20', 'modified' => '2017-08-20', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6211', 'image' => '20170820011244_IMG_1205.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-08-20 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6427', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Yeti Airlines Inaugurates its ATR 72-500 Flight in Nepal', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Yeti Airlines announced the successful completion of the proving flight of its latest aircraft ATR72-500 on August 16.', 'content' => '<p>August 20: Yeti Airlines announced the successful completion of the proving flight of its latest aircraft ATR72-500 on August 16.</p> <p>Issuing a press statement, the airlines informed that the flight operated by Captain Gabriel C Kunda and Captain Roop Kumar Siddhi departed from Kathmandu’s domestic airport at 12:15 pm with a team of 41 member and landed successfully at 3:50 PM at Bhairahawa Airport. Representatives of Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) were on board the flight.</p> <p>Yeti Airlines informed that the report of the proving flight has been submitted to CAAN. The schedule flight will commence as soon as the airlines gets clearance from CAAN, the statement further said.</p> <p>Yeti Airlines will initially start flights of its ATR72-500 aircraft to Nepalgunj and Biratnagar. Yeti Airlines said it will extend its ATR72-500 operations to Bhadrapur and Bhairahawa as well upon the arrival of its second ATR72-500 in September.</p> <p>“With the successful completion of our inaugural flight to Bhairahawa, we look forward to providing daily flights to Bhairahawa in the near future,” reads the statement.</p> <p>“Our mission is to provide our passengers the best of service and comfort. By introducing the youngest ATR 72-500 in Nepal, we are keeping to our commitment of “You Come First” ensuring that our passengers have the best possible experience when travelling with Yeti Airlines.”</p> <p>Yeti Airlines commenced its operations from 1998and has seen rapid growth in a period of 18 years of operation, according to the press statement. Along with its subsidiary Tara Air, Yeti Airlines claimed that it operates the widest network and largest fleet of aircraft in Nepal.</p> <p>.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-20', 'modified' => '2017-08-20', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6210', 'image' => '20170820011123_yeti.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-08-20 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6426', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'NEA Earns Profit', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has succeeded to earn profit in the fiscal year 2016/17. ', 'content' => '<p>August 18: Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has succeeded to earn profit in the fiscal year 2016/17. It was running in loss in the previous year but managed to make operating profit of Rs 2.40 billion in the last fiscal year. NEA had recorded operating loss of Rs 3.63 billion in the fiscal year 2015/16.</p> <p>NEA, which has been suffering losses for many years, fared well even in the net loss in the last FY. The net loss of NEA in FY 2015/16 was 8.89 billion but there was a sharp fall in loss in the FY 2016/17 as the figures dropped to Rs 0.98 billion.</p> <p>NEA made such announcements during its 32<sup>nd</sup> anniversary on August 17.</p> <p>It has been said that the significant change in fortune is the result of noteworthy contribution and commitment of former Energy Minister Janardan Sharma and the able administration of CEO Kulman Ghising in implementing the directives of the minister properly.</p> <p>NEA’s measures to minimize energy loss, reduction in the rate of average import of electricity, electricity tariff adjustment, regular supply of electricity in major cities among others have helped in minimizing the financial loss.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-18', 'modified' => '2017-08-18', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6209', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '2017-08-18 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6425', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Huawei Bags EISA Awards for Fifth Consecutive Time', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Huawei Consumer Business Group (CBG) has been honored with two new awards from the European Image and Sound Association (EISA).', 'content' => '<p>August 18: Huawei Consumer Business Group (CBG) has been honored with two new awards from the European Image and Sound Association (EISA). The Huawei P10 has been named ‘EISA Smartphone Camera 2017-2018’ on August 15. Huawei claimed this as its fifth consecutive P series award from EISA.</p> <p>Starting with the Huawei P6 in 2013, the Huawei P Series has been awarded the ‘Best Consumer Smartphone’ award for four consecutive years thanks to a combination of impressive specifications, beautiful design and natural user interface, reads a press statement issued by the company.</p> <p>In 2017, the Huawei P10 received special recognition for its camera experience, co-engineered with Leica, taking the title of ‘EISA Smartphone Camera 2017-2018’. The Huawei P10 builds on the outstanding user experience synonymous with the P Series by providing users with everything they need to express their creativity through photography.</p> <p>At the heart of this are the latest rear-facing Leica Dual-Camera 2.0 and Leica-powered front-facing camera. These are combined with a full suite of cutting-edge software tools such as 3D facial detection and dynamic illumination to create timeless portraits and exceptional pictures, whatever the subject.</p> <p>Glory Zhang, chief marketing officer at Huawei Consumer Business Group, commented, “Central to the Huawei philosophy is the tireless pursuit of meaningful innovation to create products that users all over the globe will love. We are thrilled the Huawei P10 series have been honored by such a prestigious group as EISA. From smartphones to wearables and everywhere in between, we will continue to push the limits of technology and design to create experiences that intelligently connect people with the things that matter most to them.” </p> <p>Huawei claimed that its products and services are available in more than 170 countries, and are used by a third of the world’s population, ranking third in the world in mobile phone shipments in 2016. </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-18', 'modified' => '2017-08-18', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6208', 'image' => '20170818014935_huawei.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-08-18 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6424', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'JICA Organizes Seminar', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) organized a seminar for “Enhancing the Capacity of Human Resources in Local Governance” in the capital on August 16. ', 'content' => '<p style="margin-left:5.1pt">August 18: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) organized a seminar for “Enhancing the Capacity of Human Resources in Local Governance” in the capital on August 16. JICA informed that it was the first public seminar organized as part of JICA Nepal’s four-year technical cooperation project to Local Development Training Academy (LDTA) which was initiated in January 2016.</p> <p style="margin-left:5.1pt">The purpose of the project is to enhance both the human resource and institutional capacity of LDTA and its regional centers by establishing a comprehensive training delivery mechanism that enables quality training to Local Governments’ personnel, reads a press statement issued by JICA.</p> <p>The participants, including officials from the Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development (MoFALD), local government institutions, Nepali scholars of social and political science as well as development partners were given a valuable opportunity to engage with the progress achieved by LDTA and its regional centers during the first 18 months of the JICA project, the statement said.</p> <p style="margin-left:5.1pt">Special keynote lectures given by the leading scholars from Japan, Dr Katsuaki Suzuki of Kumamoto University and Dr Kenichi Kubota of Kansai University, introduced the current trends and international standard of instructional design and action research respectively.</p> <p style="margin-left:5.1pt">Presentation by MoFALD emphasized on the need of capacity development of the local service provider in the new and emerging context of the local governance in which LDTA should play an important role.</p> <p style="margin-left:5.1pt"> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-18', 'modified' => '2017-08-18', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6207', 'image' => '20170818013758_Event Picture.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-08-18 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6423', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => '11.2 Million Free SMS Sent by NT Users During Floods', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Thousands of people affected by the recent floods and landslides took the benefit of the free SMS service provided by Nepal Telecom by sending over 11.2 million SMSs during the natural disaster.', 'content' => '<p>August 18: Thousands of people affected by the recent floods and landslides took the benefit of the free SMS service provided by Nepal Telecom by sending over 11.2 million SMSs during the natural disaster.</p> <p>Nepal Telecom had provided the free service from August 13-15 to help in rescue and relief of the victims, informed the state-owned telecommunication company.</p> <p>Nepal Telecom said it provided the free service under its corporate social responsibility to help the flood and landslide victims stay in touch with their family and friends.</p> <p>Likewise, the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology sent 468,000 SMSs using the network of Nepal Telecom to alert the mass about the floods.</p> <p>Issuing a press statement on August 17, Nepal Telecom said that the floods have affected telecommunication equipment in eastern and central regions of the country. Nepal Telecom further informed that it has already repaired 91 percent of the telecommunication equipment damaged by the floods and landslides.</p> <p>The statement further said that the telecommunication service has been partly affected by the damages caused by the floods and the lack of electricity in the aftermath of the calamity.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-18', 'modified' => '2017-08-18', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6206', 'image' => '20170818124405_ntc.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-08-18 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6422', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'OPPO Launches F3 ‘FC Barcelona’ Smartphones', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Chinese camera phone brand OPPO announced the launch of limited edition of a new version of OPPO F3 ‘FC Barcelona’ in the Nepali market. ', 'content' => '<p>August 18: Chinese camera phone brand OPPO announced the launch of limited edition of a new version of OPPO F3 ‘FC Barcelona’ in the Nepali market. Packed with advanced technologies, innovative features and a new vibrant and sporty look plus design, OPPO F3 ‘FC Barcelona’ is priced at Rs 34, 990 for the mid-range market, according to the company.</p> <p>The phone features a dual front camera including a 16-megapixel selfie camera for individual selfies and a wide-angle lens for group selfie. The phone bears its name from FC Barcelona as it features vivid and bright metal body with red and gold colour resembling the popular Spanish football club.</p> <p>After the huge success of recently launched OPPO F3 ‘Black’ this is the second limited edition of OPPO F3 introduced in the Nepali market, reads a press statement issued by the company.</p> <p>“The OPPO F3 features Barca Red as the main color, matching with gold-plated bands and FC Barcelona logo. The red and gold comes together to meet the classic fashion trend. Meanwhile, the red texture used in the phones is so bright and glossy to catch light as they go. Every detail of the red and gold comes together to give a perfect limited edition for FC Barcelona spirit and young fashion,” reads the statement.</p> <p>OPPO said it is looking forward to strengthening its relationship with the customers specially sports loving youth.</p> <p>OPPO F3's ‘FC Barcelona’ limited edition will be available through all the major mobile stores across Nepal from August 19 onwards.</p> <p>Besides dual selfie camera, the OPPO F3 is also equipped with a 13 MP rear camera that has a 1/3-inch sensor and PDAF technology. The F3 is equipped with an octa-core processor, 4 GB RAM and 64 GB ROM backed by the ColorOS 3.0, assuring a seamless and snappy performance. The embedded triple-slot card tray allows two nano-SIM cards and a microSD card to work simultaneously. The F3 gets a higher energy density 3200mAh battery which gives longer endurance. In the real use simulation test, it lasted for more than 15 hours.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-18', 'modified' => '2017-08-18', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6205', 'image' => '20170818122743_Clipboard01.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-08-18 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6421', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Finnish University Partners with Nepali Colleges to Initiate Project for Job Creation', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Oulu University of Applied Sciences, Finland, announced the launch of a new project, “Building University Capacity to Support Business Incubation in Nepal”(BUCSBIN) on Thursday, August 17.', 'content' => '<p>August 18: Oulu University of Applied Sciences, Finland, announced the launch of a new project, “Building University Capacity to Support Business Incubation in Nepal”(BUCSBIN) on Thursday, August 17. The goal of the project is to build capacity of higher educational institutions in Nepal to better facilitate job creation by incubating student-led ventures, reads a press statement issued by King’s College, a partner in the joint venture.</p> <p>The project will help promote employment, livelihoods and wellbeing in Nepal, which is a priority area of development for the country under the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.</p> <p>Two academic institutes – King’s College and KUSOM – along with two business partners, Young Innovations Pvt Ltd and Idea Studio Nepal, will work jointly to implement this three-year project that will end in mid-2020.</p> <p>A memorandum of understanding towards this effect was siAnchorgned by the concerned parties amid a ceremony in Kathmandu on Thursday.This was done in combination with the Slush 2017 Global Impact Accelerator pitching competition where 15 start-ups from various sectors pitched their venture to compete for their entry for the Slush 2017 Global Impact Accelerator, which will be held in Helsinki, Finland in November/December, 2017. Three winning start-ups – Doko Recyclers Pvt Ltd, Muskan Brining Back Smiles Pvt Ltd and Tootle—are nominated for the Slush 2017 Global Impact Accelerator.</p> <p>Oulu University of Applied Sciences says that the project is being introduced and launched in Nepal in response to the increasing involvement of universities in promoting and strengthening the inter-disciplinary teaching methods and practices and applied activities of business incubation.</p> <p>The objective of this project is to increase university capacity in Nepal for developing entrepreneurship education and business incubation programming.</p> <p>The overall goal of the cooperation is to share knowledge and experience gained through the success of the innovative and award-winning incubator programs – Oamk LABs – established in 2012 at the Oulu University of Applied Sciences.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-18', 'modified' => '2017-08-18', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6204', 'image' => '20170818112944_in english.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-08-18 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6419', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'NMB Bank Signs Bancassurance Agreement with MetLife', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'NMB Bank has signed an agreement with MetLife for providing life insurance services to its customer under the bancassurance service. ', 'content' => '<p>August 18: NMB Bank has signed an agreement with MetLife for providing life insurance services to its customer under the bancassurance service. The agreement was signed by Sunil KC, chief executive officer of NMB Bank Ltd and Nirmal Kajee Shrestha, vice president and general manager of MetLife, according to a press statement issued by NMB Bank.</p> <p>According to NMB Bank, the signing of this agreement enables the bank to sell life insurance policies to its customer from its branches across the country under the bancassurance arrangement with MetLife.</p> <p>“The Bank is constantly working towards providing world class banking services to its customers and signing this agreement with MetLife is one such steps towards enhancing our customer’s experience in insurance domain with value added services.” said CEO Sunil KC.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-18', 'modified' => '2017-08-18', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6203', 'image' => '20170818111310_NMB.JPG', 'article_date' => '2017-08-18 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6418', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'NIC Asia Bank Launches Double Deposit Scheme', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'NIC Asia Bank Nepal Ltd has announced the launch of a new deposit scheme ‘NIC ASIA Double Deposit’ to its valued customers on the occasion of 20th year of the successful operation of the bank.', 'content' => '<p>August 18: NIC Asia Bank Nepal Ltd has announced the launch of a new deposit scheme ‘NIC ASIA Double Deposit’ to its valued customers on the occasion of 20<sup>th</sup> year of the successful operation of the bank.</p> <p>According to the bank, the scheme is available for both individuals as well as institutional customers with a minimum deposit of Rs 100,000 for a fixed period of time.</p> <p>The time period set by the bank for individuals is 9 years and for institutions is 10 years. Interest earned under this scheme will eventually double at the time of maturity even after the deduction of applicable tax (TDS) of 15% for institutions and 5% on individual accounts, reads a press statement issued by the bank.</p> <p>“The scheme provides a guaranteed assurance of returns to the customers that would not be affected by the fluctuation in market interest rates,” the statement says.</p> <p>NIC Asia Bank is currently providing services from 119 branches with 4 extension counters and also has plans to expand its branch network across the country.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-18', 'modified' => '2017-08-18', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6202', 'image' => '20170818110558_download (1).jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-08-18 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6420', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Laxmi Bank’s new Branch in Manthali', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Laxmi Bank has opened a new Branch at Devkota Chowk of Manthali in Ramechhap district. ', 'content' => '<p style="margin-left:.5in">August 18: Laxmi Bank has opened a new Branch at Devkota Chowk of Manthali in Ramechhap district. The bank informed that it is their first branch in Ramechhap district.</p> <p>Issuing a press statement on August 16, the bank said the new branch will offer full range of retail banking services to meet the needs of individuals and small businesses. </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-18', 'modified' => '2017-08-18', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6201', 'image' => '20170818111856_Laxmi bank.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-08-18 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6417', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Yamaha's All New FZ25 Streetfighter Debuts In Nepal', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'MAW Enterprises Pvt Ltd, the authorised distributor of Yamaha motorcycles and scooters in Nepal, has launched the much awaited FZ25 on August 16.', 'content' => '<p><strong>August 16: </strong>MAW Enterprises Pvt Ltd, the authorised distributor of Yamaha motorcycles and scooters in Nepal, has launched the much awaited FZ25 on August 16.</p> <p>The new model FZ25 has been developed with a newly designed air-cooler with oil cooler, 249 cc, 4-stroke, SOHC, 2-valve, single-cylinder, high-torque fuel-injected engine on a lightweight frame (148 Kg) enabling the joy of control as the rider intends, according to MAW.</p> <p>These features will establish the FZ25 as a "<strong>powerful, mid-class, street fighter</strong>" for the Next FZ World, reads a statement issued by MAW.</p> <p>This newly launched street model delivers riding enjoyment as well as excellent fuel efficiency and environmental performance and is targeted for biking enthusiasts in the age group of 20s to mid 30s, the statement further reads.</p> <p>The FZ25 will be available at across all authorized Yamaha dealerships in three exciting color schemes – ‘ballistic blue’, ‘warrior white’ and ‘knight black’. The price of the new model is Rs 344,900.</p> <p>Based on a reliable 249 cc single-cylinder engine proven on sport bikes for the Japanese market, the model's engine has been fine-tuned and optimized for the Nepalese traffic environment, primarily in the intake/exhaust systems and the ignition system. Building on the reputation, the new model has been developed with Yamaha's New Generation Engine Development Ideal - 'Blue Core' featuring overall improved performance including fuel efficiency, acceleration and environmental friendliness. The model is compliant to BS IV emission standards.</p> <p>The street fighter bike gives a mileage of 43 kilometers per liter.</p> <p>Meanwhile, MAW Enterprises have announced the test ride contest of Yamaha FZ25 in which the ones who test ride Yamaha's new variant could win a brand new MacBook. This contest will be carried out for a limited time period.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-17', 'modified' => '2017-08-21', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6200', 'image' => '20170821120228_FZ 25_4150.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-08-17 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6416', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => '16.6 Million SMS Sent During Ncell’s Free offer', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'More than 16.6 million SMSs were shared by the people affected by floods during the free service provided by Ncell to its customers in the flood-hit areas till Tuesday, August 15.', 'content' => '<p>August 17: Ncell customers in flood and landslides affected districts sent over 16.6 million text messages, utilizing free SMS service provided by the company to ensure communications during the disaster.</p> <p>Ncell had announced 50 free SMS per day for three days to help the flood victims stay in touch with their family members and loved ones during the time of natural disaster and contribute in rescue and relief operations.</p> <p>According to a press statement issued by Ncell, people of 23 flood-affected district benefitted from the service provided for three days until Tuesday ( August 15) as per directives of the Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA).</p> <p>Besides that, Ncell had also provided free balance transfer and increased the loan amount to Rs 60 during the same period. The company had also run a toll-free service through its hotline number 9008 to help the flood victims contact their family and friends in case of emergency.</p> <p> “We have received very good response about the 50 free SMS provided each day, free of charge balance transfer facility, increased Saapati amount and operation of free emergency call center number 9008 as these initiatives supported our beloved customers in establishing contact with dear ones and also eased rescue and relief works,” said Pranay Acharya, corporate services director of Ncell. He also informed that with water level receding, additional BTS towers have now been brought into operation.</p> <p>“In few places, there were problem due to lack of electricity and risk in operation of diesel generators. We are now providing service to our customers with 97 percent sites up and run,” said Acharya.</p> <p>Ncell, which has been providing various services to customers during the time of natural disaster, has also been sending SMS alerts regarding risks of flood and landslides to customers from such disaster prone areas in collaboration with the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM).</p> <p>Under this program, the company during the one week period from August 8 –14 has sent over 6 million SMS alerts. Ncell had sent text alerts to customers residing in lower basins of various major rivers based on SMS contents provided by the DHM as per water level in the rivers. In a bid to reduce damages from flood and landslides, DHM informs Ncell to send alert SMS depending up on situation of water level in the rivers. DHM and Ncell last year had signed a memorandum of understanding to send SMS alerts.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-17', 'modified' => '2017-08-17', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6199', 'image' => '20170817020054_Ncell-brand-logo.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-08-17 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6415', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'EU, UNDP Contribute Additional 1.6 Million Euros for Nepal Elections', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => ' The European Union (EU) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have signed an agreement for an additional 1.6 million euros grant as part of the electoral assistance to Nepal to reinforce their cooperation with the Election Commission (EC) of Nepal.', 'content' => '<p>August 17: The European Union (EU) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have signed an agreement for an additional 1.6 million euros grant as part of the electoral assistance to Nepal to reinforce their cooperation with the Election Commission (EC) of Nepal.</p> <p>The grant will be used to provide needful electoral assistance to the EC through the UNDP-managed Electoral Support Project (ESP), reads a press statement issued jointly by the EU and UNDP.</p> <p>EU Ambassador to Nepal Rensje Teerink and Renaud Meyer, the country director of UNDP in Nepal signed the agreement to this effect on Wednesday, August 16.</p> <p>The European Union had earlier provided financial assistance of 8.4 million euros for this project in 2012. This contribution is part of the basket fund of US $ 27.8 million, created to support the Election Commission through ESP. Other development partners of the fund are Denmark, Norway, UK Aid and UNDP.</p> <p>“The European Union is pleased to extend this additional support just as Nepal is poised to hold a series of elections in the coming months,” said Ambassador Teerink. “The EU stands ready and committed to continue technical support in Nepal’s democratic process.”</p> <p>“UNDP is pleased to partner with the European Union in providing electoral assistance to Nepal. The EU has been generously supporting the process since the 2008 Constituent Assembly elections and this has helped strengthen the capacity of the Election Commission to organize free, fair and credible elections,” said Meyer.</p> <p>“The electoral support through ESP has helped the Commission in strengthening the electoral process and conducting inclusive and credible elections,” said Mahendra Bhattarai from the Election Commission. “We are thankful to our development partners.”</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-17', 'modified' => '2017-08-17', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6198', 'image' => '20170817014309_Clipboard01.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-08-17 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6414', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Laxmi Bank opens New Branch in Manigram', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Laxmi Bank announced the opening of its new branch at Manigram in Rupandehi district.', 'content' => '<p style="margin-left:.5in">August 17: Laxmi Bank announced the opening of its new branch at Manigram in Rupandehi district.</p> <p>A press statement issued by the bank informs that the branch will offer full range of retail banking services to meet the needs of individuals and small businesses.</p> <p>“This is Laxmi Bank’s third branch in Rupandehi district after Bhairahawa and Butwal. As Manigram branch is relocated from Jogikuti, Butwal, the bank’s existing Branch in Amarpath, Butwal will continue to provide full-fledged service to all the customers who are connected to Jogikuti Branch,” reads the statement.</p> <p>Laxmi Bank’s network includes 69 branches, 3 hospital service counters, 88 ATMs and more than 2500 remittance centers and more than 400 mobile banking agents spread across the country. The bank is rapidly expanding to newer and underserved markets with the aim of servicing the growing demand for professional financial services such as innovative saving accounts, term deposits, home and auto loans, small business loans, microfinance, insurance, according to the statement. </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-08-17', 'modified' => '2017-08-17', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6197', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '2017-08-17 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ) ) $current_user = null $logged_in = false $xml = falsesimplexml_load_file - [internal], line ?? include - APP/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp, line 133 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::_renderElement() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 1224 View::element() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 418 include - APP/View/Articles/index.ctp, line 157 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473 Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 968 Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 200 Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167 [main] - APP/webroot/index.php, line 117
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Buy | Sell |
| U.S. Dollar | 1 | 121.23 | 121.83 |
| European Euro | 1 | 131.65 | 132.31 |
| UK Pound Sterling | 1 | 142.47 | 143.18 |
| Swiss Franc | 1 | 124.29 | 124.90 |
| Australian Dollar | 1 | 71.69 | 72.05 |
| Canadian Dollar | 1 | 83.90 | 84.32 |
| Japanese Yen | 10 | 10.94 | 11.00 |
| Chinese Yuan | 1 | 17.17 | 17.26 |
| Saudi Arabian Riyal | 1 | 32.27 | 32.43 |
| UAE Dirham | 1 | 33.01 | 33.17 |
| Malaysian Ringgit | 1 | 27.36 | 27.50 |
| South Korean Won | 100 | 9.77 | 9.82 |
Update: 2020-03-25 | Source: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB)
| Fine Gold | 1 tola | 77000.00 |
| Tejabi Gold | 1 tola | 76700.00 |
| Silver | 1 tola | 720.00 |
Update : 2020-03-25
Source: Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers' Association
| Petrol | 1 Liter | 106.00 |
| Diesel | 1 Liter | 95.00 |
| Kerosene | 1 Liter | 95.00 |
| LP Gas | 1 Cylinder | 1375.00 |
Update : 2020-03-25
