Notice (8): Undefined variable: file [APP/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp, line 60]
Code Context
//    $file = 'http://aabhiyan:QUVLg8Wzs2F7G9N7@nepalstock.com.np/api/indexdata.xml';



    if(!$xml = simplexml_load_file($file)){
$viewFile = '/var/www/html/newbusinessage.com/app/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp'
$dataForView = array(
	'articles' => array(
		(int) 0 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 1 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 2 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 3 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 4 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 5 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 6 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 7 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 8 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 9 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 10 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 11 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 12 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 13 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 14 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		)
	),
	'current_user' => null,
	'logged_in' => false
)
$articles = array(
	(int) 0 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1903',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Focus Briefs (30 September - 3 October 2013)',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Western Union Extends Mobile Money Transfer Service to Nepal</strong></span></div>
<div>
	<img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/wu.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 200px; height: 97px;" />The Western Union Company has unveiled the launch of a mobile money transfer service that enables consumers to send money to a mobile wallet in Nepal. The mobile money transfer service to Nepal integrates with eSewa, a digital wallet platform in Nepal with approximately 200,000 registered users. The functionality has been developed through the partnership of Western Union, its Agent Nabil Bank and FonePay, the owner of eSewa. Consumers in Nepal who subscribe to the eSewa mobile wallet are able to receive a Western Union Money Transfer transaction on their mobile phones or through eSewa&#39;s web interface. International money transfers for mobile pick-up can be initiated at westernunion.com in 23 countries or at participating Western Union Agent locations worldwide. Nabil Bank, a joint venture financial institution of Nepal, was founded in July 1984. Nabil Bank is equipped with ATMs, credit cards, Internet and Mobile Banking and uses Core Banking System from Infosys Technologies System, Bangalore India. FonePay is a mobile financial service and e-commerce company in Nepal. It specializes in providing digital payment and money transfer services via mobile and/or the Internet. eSewa is a digital payment portal in Nepal, developed by F1 Soft International and owned by FonePay, that enables financial transactions via web-based or mobile-based services.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>eSewa Launches eSewaZone</strong></span></div>
<div>
	<img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/es.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 200px; height: 62px;" />Online payment gateway eSewa has launched eSewaZone to make the access of eSewa services easier to customers. According to the company, this new service allows customers to use eSewa services even if they do not have a bank account. eSewa is the first company in Nepal to allow its clients use online services like sending and receiving money, telephone bill payment including recharge cards for post-paid and pre-paid, ADSL bill payment, utility bill payments, airline ticket purchases, school and college fee payments, payment for movie hall tickets, shopping, restaurant bill payments, and topping up credit cards. &nbsp;&ldquo;Earlier, people need to have accounts at our partner banks to use eSewa services. With the launch of eSewaZone, customers can use our services even if they don&acute;t have bank account,&rdquo; said Asgar Ali, CEO of Fonepay that operates eSewaZone. Ali said the company has formed a network of three super agents in Kathmandu and 100 agents throughout Nepal. &ldquo;We will be having 10 super agents in Kathmandu and 1,000 agents throughout the country with a minimum of three agents in each district within 2 months,&rdquo; said Ali.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>SBI Introduced &ldquo;Express Remit&rdquo;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	<img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/sbi.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 200px; height: 105px;" />Nepal SBI Bank Limited, jointly with State Bank of India, has introduced a robust Electronic Fund transfer Mechanism (EFT) namely &quot;SBI-Nepal Express Remit&quot; to provide a faster and convenient mode of remittance facility for Nepali migrants in India by disbursing cash for such remittances to beneficiaries residing all across Nepal through Electronic Fund Transfer Mechanism (EFT). According to officials at SBI, this service can be availed for all branches of the State Bank of India.</div>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-09-30',
			'modified' => '2013-10-01',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'The Western Union Company has unveiled the launch of a mobile money transfer service that enables consumers to send money to a mobile wallet in Nepal. The mobile money transfer service to Nepal integrates with eSewa, a digital wallet platform in Nepal with approximately 200,000 registered users.',
			'sortorder' => '1766',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 1 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1823',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Focus Briefs (16 - 22 September 2013)',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Luring Customers: Sops at NADA Auto Show</strong></span></div>
<div>
	The coming festival season will be more joyful with various schemes and offers brought by automobile dealers at NADA Auto Show 2013. The customers have collected various gift hampers along with the products at the auto show.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	HH Bajaj has come out with a scheme entitled Bajaj Dashavatar &lsquo;10 Jana Ko Ferinecha Aavatar&rsquo;. Company said that there will be 10 weekly bumper prizes of Rs 1 million each sure-shot cash prize of Rs 5,000- Rs 100,000. There will also be a weekly lucky prize of Rs 1 million.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Syakar Trading Company has come up with Honda Lifestyle Upgrade Offer. This scheme enables buyers to win a Honda Brio car as a bumper prize on purchase of any Honda two-wheeler. Lucky buyers can win 1 tola gold weekly, cash discounts of Rs 4,000-100,000 through a scratch card and free servicing for up to five years and a 10 percent discount on spare parts. &nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Similarly, MAW Enterprises has come up with a scheme entitled Wajandaar on Yamaha two-wheelers. Under this scheme, customers will get a scratch coupon with a chance to win a discount ranging Rs 5,000 to Rs 1 00,000. Also, a customer selected through a lucky draw will win silver equivalent to his or her weight.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Mahindra has introduced &lsquo;Hello Dashain Offer&rsquo; under which customers will get Samsung phone worth Rs 12,790. Similarly for Pantero, a 22-inches Asano LED TV is on offer. &nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Maruti-Suzuki will be giving away an Apache RTR 180/160 or TVS Wego scooter under its offer named Bada Dashain Tihar Ko Maha Offer-Gadi Kinda Bike Upahar, &lsquo;Nagad Chutma Ramau Pariwar&rsquo;.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Tata Motors has provided discount ranging from Rs 115,000 to Rs 285,000 under its offer entitled Sandaar Discount Damdaar-Yesto Gajjab Ko Offer, Dincha Sabailai Takkar.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Honda Activa- I Launched</span></strong></div>
<div>
	<img alt="Honda Activa- I Launched" src="/userfiles/images/fsc.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 150px; height: 140px;" />SYAKAR Trading Company, the authorized distributor of Honda two-wheelers in Nepal introduced the New Honda Activa-I scooter at NADA Auto show 2013. Introduced by singer Nima Rumba and actress Richa Sharma, the scooter came in the market for price of Rs 150, 900. The new activa-I uses and air cooled, 109.2cc engine and produces 8 bhp of power at 7,500 rpm and 8.74 nm of torque at 5,500 rpm. It features combi-brake system (CBS) which reduces braking distance by 24 percent compared to conventional brakes. It also &nbsp;has tubeless tyres, maintenance free battery and air filter.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>&ldquo;RAY Z&rdquo; Yamaha&rsquo;s Second Scooter Launched</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Yamaha-RAY Z was launched in scooter segment at the NADA Auto Show 2013. Goodwill brand ambassador of RAY, Namrata Sherstha and Managing Director of MAW Vishnu Kumar Agrawal jointly revealed the scooter. According to the company, the vehicle is developed to target young males and female with the concept of aggressive sporty design. The new model adopts air cooled 115 cc 4 stroke engine with smooth start up acceleration and good pick up, SOHC, 2 valve, single cylinder petrol engine that generates maximum power of 7 bhp at 7500 rpm and 8.1 nm torque at 5500 rpm. The model provides a mileage of 53 km per liter.</div>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-09-17',
			'modified' => '2013-09-17',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'The coming festival season will be more joyful with various schemes and offers brought by automobile dealers at NADA Auto Show 2013. The customers have collected various gift hampers along with the products at the auto show.',
			'sortorder' => '1684',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 2 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1781',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Focus Briefs (9 - 15 September 2013)',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">CAN SofTech Boosts Software Industry</span></strong></div>
<div>
	The sixth edition of CAN SofTech-2013 kicked off with an aim to bring together national and international ICT related companies under a single roof at the Exhibition Hall in Bhrikuti Mandap, Kathmandu from September 4.The event came up with the slogan &quot;Converging to e-life&quot; which suggests the event to be extensively based on various e-solutions and services.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Keeping in mind the increasing demand of genuine software in the market, Computer Association of Nepal held its annual software Expo from 4 September for four days in Kathmandu with the aims to bring together the software providers and the customers under the same roof in Nepal.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Bishwo Ram Balami, the coordinator of the event, said that CAN SofTech brought together all CEOs, CIOs, CTOs, IT directors, IT managers and decision makers, ICT industry leaders, ICT professionals, engineers and consultants, government officials, banking and financial institutions, academia and ICT students system, Integrators and solutions providers and ICT users.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&ldquo;It is an amazing platform to share ideas, demonstrate products and services, and make information exchange with national and international software developers, products and software users, professionals engaged in various IT related industries,&rdquo; he added.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Supported by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (MoSTE), Ministry of Information &amp; Communication (MoIC), National Information Technology Center (NITC), Office of the Controller of Certification (OCC), Nepal Telecom Authority (NTA), Internet Service Provider Association of Nepal (ISPAN), this event strives to convert e-life in Nepal.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Features of CAN SofTech 2013 were Software Development, IT Enables Services, Intranet and Data Storage, Broadband Services, Voice and Data Communication, Smart Devices, Gaming, &nbsp;Commerce in converged environment, Digital World, E-Governance, E-Security, Mobile Application, ICT Innovation in Nepal, ICT Training and ICT Colleges and other ICT Services and Solutions.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Raining Sops at Subisu CAN SofTech</span></strong></div>
<div>
	The sponsors and stalls that are present in the CAN SofTech 2013 have put forward various offers with the aim to attract the visitors.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	According to CAN, the title sponsor of the event, Subisu introduced &lsquo;Free internet package&rsquo; providing unlimited internet at the speed of 256kbps and a cable TV at Rs 1000 per month with a special discount of three months if full payment of one year in done in advance. At the same time, the company also offered internet and cable TV free for one additional month along with 10 per cent discount on cable modem and USB free of cost for the customers paying 6 months charge in advance.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Diamond Sponsor, Nepal Telecom will provide e-video Dongle, rim card, talk value worth Rs 100, 1 GB memory card and facility of downloading 1 GB data for three months at a discount rate of Rs 2200.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Midas Technologies also provided a gift voucher of its product of Midas eClass of Rs 300. Siddhartha Bank provided Rs 100 balance for the customers opening account in Siddhartha Hello Paisa Sewa. Similarly, KRB software offered Kohinoor web based accounting software at a discount rate of Rs 9,999.</div>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-09-09',
			'modified' => '0000-00-00',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'The sixth edition of CAN SofTech-2013 kicked off with an aim to bring together national and international ICT related companies under a single roof at the Exhibition Hall in Bhrikuti Mandap, Kathmandu from September 4.',
			'sortorder' => '1642',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 3 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1722',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Focus Briefs (2 - 8 September 2013)',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Banks and Promoters at Loggerheads over Property Evaluation: Governor</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Governor of the Nepal Rastra Bank Dr Yuba Raj Khatiwada said that the banks and the promoters of hydropower projects are playing blame game with each other. While addressing the Power Summit, Khatiwada said, &ldquo;The banks say that the promoters tend to inflate the equity amount of the projects, while the promoters blame the banks for under evaluating the asset while financing their projects.&rdquo; Shedding light on the risk aversion issue in the hydropower sector investment, he advised both the parties to build confidence rather blaming each other for the problem. The central bank governor also opined that the project developers should include the risk of exchange rates in the project analysis and financial appraisal instead of seeking risk guarantee from the government on foreign investment.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Strike at Upper Madi Hydropower Project</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Nearly 90 Nepali workers went on a strike at Upper Madi-hydropower at Sildujure in Kaski after their demand for pay as per the international labour organizations went on deaf ears. Most of the protesters include drivers, operators, labourers, and welders. Vice-chairperson of Workers&rsquo; Committee&rsquo;s Guna Prasad Baral said, &ldquo;We were forced to take this decision after the contractor did not pay any heed to their twenty-point demand that we put forth.&rdquo; Their demands include reduction of duty hours, over-time allowance, Dashain bonus and work place security, among others. Later a meeting between the agitating parties and the management committee was held but it ended inconclusively. &ldquo;There is no work environment at the construction site. No allowance or other facilities are provided to drivers. We have to wear the same pair of shoes, that don&rsquo;t last even for 15 days, for more than six months and we don&rsquo;t even have a toilet,&rdquo; Baral said. Meanwhile, Pas Bahadur Bastola, undersecretary of stakeholder&rsquo;s committee expressed solidarity with the workers&rsquo; agitation. As many as 100 Chinese nationals are working in the project. The hydro project, with a capacity of 25 MW, was initiated with the joint investment of Chinese Three Georges and Nepal&rsquo;s private sector. It had started on December 29 in 2012 with completion time of 28 months. The estimated cost of the project is Rs 5.28 billion and it was supposed to be completed by April 2015.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Exploring Possibilities in Hydro Sector</span></strong></div>
<div>
	The politicians participating in the power summit 2013 threw support for &ldquo;integration of power markets&rdquo; of Nepal, China and India &ldquo;for the benefit of everyone in the region&rdquo;. Although Nepal is said to have a potential of producing 83,000MW of hydroelectricity from its rivers, the country so far has been able to tap less than 800MW of that. As a result, hours-long power outage has become a norm in the country, which is affecting production at various industries and hindering country&rsquo;s economic development. &ldquo;Water resources need to be exploited to achieve higher growth rates. If we cannot do this the country&rsquo;s dream of graduating to the grouping of developing nations, will only remains a pipe dream,&rdquo; said Radhesh Pant, CEO of the Investment Board, which oversees implementation hydro projects of over 500MW, among others.</div>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-09-01',
			'modified' => '0000-00-00',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'Governor of the Nepal Rastra Bank Dr Yuba Raj Khatiwada said that the banks and the promoters of hydropower projects are playing blame game with each other.',
			'sortorder' => '1583',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 4 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1702',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Focus Briefs (26 August - 01 September 2013)',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">CG Introduces New Range of ACs</span></strong></div>
<div>
	CG, a subsidiary of the Chaudhary Group introduced its new range of CG air conditioners in June this year. The company has rolled out four models of air conditioners: the CG- 09THCA, CG-12THCA, CG-18THCA and CG-24THCA. The new range of air conditioners comes with a built-in voltage stabiliser that works even on low voltage, the company said in a press statement. &ldquo;The benefits are very clear; it saves money as there is no need to buy an additional voltage stabiliser,&rdquo; the company said. The products are suitable for the Tarai region of the country that experiences high voltage fluctuation. CG Electronics has stated that the new air conditioners are quiet and calm, and have quick performance. Likewise, the devices come with a cordless luxury remote control. CG air conditioners have a compact design. &ldquo;It also has an &lsquo;excellent&rsquo; new look&mdash;mirror floral printed design that adds beauty to the consumers&rsquo; home as well as work. With their low power consumption feature, these devices have become more energy efficient and reduce the monthly power bill,&rdquo; the company further said. CG Electronics has priced the appliances in the range of Rs 40,580 to Rs 77,990. &nbsp;All products come with a 12-month warranty.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Panasonic Launches FSV Air Conditioners</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Panasonic, a worldwide leader in the development and manufacture of electronic products and the Triveni Group, Panasonic&rsquo;s authorised distributor for Air Conditioners and Home Appliance products in Nepal, launched a full line up of FSV air conditioners in Nepal recently. Panasonic&rsquo;s FSV is a reverse cycle of the VRF system specifically designed for the most demanding application where precise cooling or heating load control is needed, such as in offices, shops and multi-storey apartments. The FSV system enables a single outdoor unit to power up to 64 indoor units. The indoor units can be a mix of Wall Mounted, Cassette, Mini Cassette and mid and Low Static Pressure ducted units with a total capacity of up to 60HP. The system offers users a variety of control options including group control, web control and building management system integration. Additionally, the FSV allows flexibility with piping design, allowing a height difference of up to 50m between outdoor and indoor units, and a maximum piping length&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	of 1,000m.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-08-27',
			'modified' => '0000-00-00',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'CG, a subsidiary of the Chaudhary Group introduced its new range of CG air conditioners in June this year.',
			'sortorder' => '1563',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 5 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1664',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Focus Briefs (19 - 25 August 2013)',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">The Campus of International Languages (CIL)</span></strong></div>
<div>
	The Campus of International Languages (CIL) is the only language teaching campus in Nepal under Tribhuvan University (TU), which is considered as one of the oldest and highly regarded university in Nepal. This is the only campus in Kathmandu that teaches different languages. At present there are two language programs running in the campus &mdash; the Himalayan Language Program, which includes Nepali, Sanskrit, Newari and Tibetan and the Foreign Language Program. Now the college has classes in Italian, Russian, Spanish, French, German, and English. The college is also planning to introduce Danish, Arabic, Hebrew and Norwegian soon. The tuition fee for expatriate nationals is US $ 650 per year and 1600 NCR for six months.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Goethe Zentrum Kathmandu</span></strong></div>
<div>
	<img alt="Goethe Zentrum Kathmandu (GZK)" src="/userfiles/images/goethe.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 111px;" />Goethe Zentrum Kathmandu (GZK) which is centrally located at Thapathali in Kathmandu is the official German language institute and partner of the German Foreign Office. Since 2001, the GZK is teaching the German language within the framework of the Cultural Cooperation agreed upon in 1982 by both Nepal and the Federal Republic of Germany. The institute also conducts language classes for tourist guides titled &ldquo;Reiseleiter.&rdquo; It was started in 1998 and it is provided only to license-holder guides every two years.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Alliance Fran&ccedil;aise de Kathmandu (AF)</span></strong></div>
<div>
	<img alt="Alliance Française de Kathmandu (AF)" src="/userfiles/images/afk.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 79px;" />Founded in Paris in 1883, the Alliance Fran&ccedil;aise (AF) created a worldwide network of more than 1335 local associations established now in more than 140 countries. It started its institute in Nepal in 1994. The Alliance Fran&ccedil;aise teaches French language by proposing French classes, aiming to promote the language and to spread the French and Francophone culture by organizing cultural events by enhancing the intercultural dialogue promoting cultural diversity. AF charges Rs 7,200 for a semester which is of around 2 month (48-hours). AF also offers Intensive Professional Class, a 40-hour French class for tourist guides twice a year during January-February and July-August.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Alta-Vista</span></strong></div>
<div>
	<img alt="Alta-Vista ‘Spanish’ Language School in Nepal" src="/userfiles/images/alt.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 200px; height: 33px;" />Alta-Vista is the first and exclusive &lsquo;Spanish&rsquo; Language School in Nepal and was founded in 2006 with a purpose of promotion of Spanish language and culture in Nepal. Alta-Vista has firmly established itself as a pioneer institute for Spanish Language courses. Centrally located in the heart of the educational hub &ndash; Putalisadak, it has been providing both knowledge and service par excellence with a team of highly qualified teachers. Alta-Vista offers various courses of Spanish language meeting demands of students from all walks of life.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Alta-Vista charges Rs 5,000 for Basic Course, Rs 6,000 for Intermediate Course and 7,000 Advance course. And there is a course named &lsquo;Intensive Course&rsquo; which is like Basic Private for which students pay Rs 300 per class.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-08-20',
			'modified' => '0000-00-00',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'The Campus of International Languages (CIL) is the only language teaching campus in Nepal under Tribhuvan University (TU), which is considered as one of the oldest and highly regarded university in Nepal.',
			'sortorder' => '1525',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 6 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1611',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Focus Briefs (12 - 18 August 2013)',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">LA Splash&nbsp;</span></strong></div>
<div>
	B-Facto International Pvt Ltd introduced cosmetics brand LA Splash for the first time in Nepal. LA Splash, a division of John Davler, is a US based cosmetics brand which has been selling cosmetic products in around 35 countries since 1996. LA Splash has a huge cosmetics range, from products for eyes, lips, face and nails to primers, glitters and accessories. The cosmetics come in a variety of vibrant and trendy colors and shades, making it especially appealing to teenagers. Besides the shades and colours that appeal to youth, LA Splash also has a wide range of mineral based cosmetics, especially designed for women. The range offered is large enough to cater to the needs of women from any age group. LA Splash is reasonably priced and before introducing LA Splash in Nepal, the company conducted a survey to understand the marketability aspect among other factors. B-Facto International also offers free makeup trials in Civil Mall, Sundhara on the same floor as its showroom.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Mac Personal Care&nbsp;</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Cosmetics products from Mac Personal Care Industry include cleansing milk, moisturiser, face wash, ginger shampoo and others. Birat Trading is the authorised distributor of the company in Nepal. Of the 65 different products, 53 items are being currently marketed in Nepal. The India based company claims it uses herbal extracts to manufacture the products, which is the main aspect of their product with the slogan &ldquo;Truly Natural&rdquo;. Besides India and Nepal, the cosmetic products are being marketed in Singapore. The products are being sampled in Dubai and the UAE. The company believes in informing the general public about the raw materials used to manufacture the products and the effects on their respective functions rather than decreasing the quality and the price of the product for marketing.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Enricher Herbal&nbsp;</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Cosmoworld Cosmetic Industries introduced Enricher Herbal cosmetic products in the Nepali market. The company has been producing cosmetic products in Nepal for the last two years. It recently launched rose water, neem facewash, papaya facewash, papaya, aloe vera and neem cleansing milks, apricot scrub, facial massage cream, strawberry and vitamin E enriched nail polish remover, and cold wax, among others. According to the company, these products are available in the price range of Rs 60 to Rs 120. Cosmoworld said the products are made of different types of herbs and thus help protect the skin without any effects. The company has appointed San Impex as the authorized distributor for marketing and distributing Enricher Herbal products. The company banks on the huge demand for herbal cosmetic products in Nepal.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Diana of London&nbsp;</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Diana of London (DoL), a brand owned by European cosmetic major MaxCare International, is a renowned brand in cosmetic products. In August 2012, Rishabh Trade Concern (RTC), its authorised distributor, introduced their products in the Nepali market. According to the company, the demand and market for cosmetics is growing every year in the country. RTC imports products from Maxcare International, Dubai. In Nepal, the company has introduced 44 varieties of DoL products &mdash; such as lipstick, nail polish, eye shadow, foundation, compact powder, eyeliner, mascara, et cetera &mdash; in as many as 500 different shades. Targeted at the upper middle class and high-end costumers, the brand is available in selected counters only. The company is selling their products through 23 counters in Kathmandu, Pokhara and Biratnagar. The price of products starts from Rs 260 and scales up to Rs 1,500. The most popular products of the brand include 2000 Kisses, Catwalk mascara and nail polish.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-08-12',
			'modified' => '0000-00-00',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'B-Facto International Pvt Ltd introduced cosmetics brand LA Splash for the first time in Nepal. LA Splash, a division of John Davler, is a US based cosmetics brand which has been selling cosmetic products in around 35 countries since 1996.',
			'sortorder' => '1472',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 7 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1565',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Focus Briefs (5-11 August 2013)',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<div>
	<strong>KK Super Mart Nepal&nbsp;</strong></div>
<div>
	KK Super Mart Nepal is a chain of local convenience stores, with technical assistance from KK Super Mart Malaysia. It opened its first store in Boudha in July 2012 and three more outlets in Lagankhel, New Baneshwor and Bhaisepati later. It intends to open 15 stores by 2013. It also targets to open 50 stores throughout the valley within the next three years. KK Super Mart Nepal operates all days of the year with the vision to &ldquo;Serve U with a smile.&rdquo; The super market offers over 3,500 high quality products at the most competitive prices. It offers products ranging from every-day grocery goods to personal care, toiletries, household products, over-the-counter medicines, beverages, liquor, recharge cards, pet food, among others. According to KK Super Mart Malaysia, Nepal has been chosen as the first overseas destination due to the emerging economy in Nepal.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>CG Mart&nbsp;</strong></div>
<div>
	Established business houses too are diversifying into retail. The Chaudhary Group has entered the retail business by establishing CG Mart. This chain of convenience stores sells daily items needed by consumers. CG Mart started operating convenience stores from its location at Minbhawan, Tripureshwor and Dillibazar. The company is also looking for space in busy hubs like New and Old Baneshwor, Gyaneshwor, Thamel, New Road and Chabahil among others. The stores initiated by CG offer products at affordable prices. The company has also started a supply chain to make sure that they need not rely upon any other agencies for the supply of products. CG believes that it will become successful in attracting customers through value added services. It creates an environment to tempt customers to drop in frequently and ensures that the employees at the store are adequately trained and well informed about the products sold at the CG Mart stores.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>Big Mart&nbsp;</strong></div>
<div>
	Mega Mart, which started operations in 2009 with a Big Mart store at City Centre, Kamal Pokhari, has grown into one of the strongest retail chains in the country since then. It was the first store in Nepal to provide the value and savings concept to its shoppers. Mega Mart, the operator of Big Mart stores plans to open 11 new stores in 2013. The company is moving as per its plan to reach out to the neighbourhood of its prospective customers. Big Mart stores maintain its focus on food items and groceries. The company is also planning to open stores in the outlying areas of the Kathmandu valley besides expanding outside the valley. The company aims to open stores in Pokhara and Biratnagar soon. Big Mart has already distributed over 50,000 privilege cards to its loyal customers and the number has been growing steadily.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>Stuti Mero Mart&nbsp;</strong></div>
<div>
	Stuti Mero Mart is a chain of convenience stores promoted by ANS Co. Its main goal is to provide a local market place feel to the shoppers by offering impeccable and unparalleled services. It envisions selling a wide range of items to make shopping experience more enjoyable and convenient at a nominal price. Stuti Mero Mart launched its presence in Kathmandu Valley by opening outlets in Ghattekulo, Katyayani Chowk and Sinamangal in June this year. Stuti Mero Mart outlets boast of a collection of around 7,500 domestic and imported items that range from spices, meat and confectionaries to cosmetic items, toiletries, liquors and kitchen wares. One of the major aims of Stuti Mero Mart is to expand its presence in all 35 wards of Kathmandu Metropolitan City. Once that is achieved, it intends to venture into Lalitpur and Bhaktapur districts before penetrating into the markets located outside Kathmandu Valley. Stuti Mero Mart is also planning to launch an online store soon to enable customers for placing orders from home</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-08-05',
			'modified' => '0000-00-00',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'KK Super Mart Nepal is a chain of local convenience stores, with technical assistance from KK Super Mart Malaysia.',
			'sortorder' => '1426',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 8 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1528',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Focus Briefs (29 July - 4 August 2013)',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<div>
	<strong>Leather Wings&nbsp;</strong></div>
<div>
	Leather Wings is the pioneering genuine leather footwear manufacturer in Nepal. It was established in 1985 and has been serving its loyal customers for more than 28 years. The raw materials are painstakingly chosen for the comfort and durability of the hand-crafted shoes from within the country as well as abroad namely India, China, Thailand, Bangladesh and Pakistan. The manufacturing is semi-mechanised with the perfect blend of automation and craftsmanship. The company focuses on manufacturing and has distributors throughout the country.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>Base Footwear&nbsp;</strong></div>
<div>
	Base Footwear (BF) Pvt Ltd is primarily known for its leading brand BF Dear Hill Shoes which was launched in 2000. The shoes under this brand were manufactured specifically for Nepali consumers who wanted durable and practical yet graceful footwear. In 2009, BF was certified with the international standard ISO 9001:2008 recognition making it the first footwear company of Nepal to be designated this honour. The shoes are now recognised by the logo. Its factory is located in Gaushala, from where it produces a wide variety of shoes comprising formal, casual and sports shoes. Besides, the company has also introduced sandals and belts. Leather materials such as polyurifine, polyvinyl chloride, and thermopoly rubbers are used for the shoes. BF shoes are easily available in over 1,000 outlets all over the country. The company claims to be selling well over 100,000 pairs of BF dear hill shoes annually.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>Goldstar Shoes&nbsp;</strong></div>
<div>
	The footwear industry of the Universal Group, launched in the mid-1970s, was the group&rsquo;s first and core business. Since its inception, the group has established itself as the biggest footwear producing group in Nepal. In 1990, it launched a mid-priced, value for money brand called Goldstar to service more price conscious markets. It is a robust brand made with genuine materials and modern technology. Goldstar is now sold in all over Nepal and gradually it is gaining popularity in the Indian markets too. The production line of the company also has Hawaii slippers called &lsquo;Haathi&rsquo;, introduced in the early 80s and now widely available throughout the country. This pioneer brand has attracted admiration over more than three decades. Haathi slippers and sandals are recognised throughout the country for its style and durability. The company has always prioritised the R&amp;D of new cutting edge products, technology and customer service to expand the business into new markets. It has formed strong relationships around India and throughout the country with its distributors and the customers who it greatly appreciates for their support and loyalty. It has also earned national recognition as a progressive and well managed business through a &ldquo;best exporter award&rdquo;.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>Shikhar Shoes&nbsp;</strong></div>
<div>
	Shikhar Shoes Industry Pvt Ltd is a leading footwear industry of Nepal established in 2052 BS. The company now has more than 15 exclusive showrooms and more than 200 outlets across the country. The industry was established as a proprietorship firm with its corporate office and factory in Ranibari-3, Kathmandu. It later converted to a Private Limited Company and has its factory in Goldhunga-3. Shikhar Shoes Industry, with its history of 18 years, is a leading footwear brand of Nepal due to its goodwill, image and sales volume. The industry is currently producing 1,500 pairs of shoes per day while its production capacity is that of 5,000 shoes daily. The industry, that used to exclusively produce men&rsquo;s leather shoes, has now started producing all types of men&rsquo;s footwear as well as ladies&rsquo; sandals and shoes. The manufacturing unit of the company produces shoes with semi-automatic modern machine. The establishment is providing direct and indirect employment to more than 4,000 people throughout the country.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-07-30',
			'modified' => '0000-00-00',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'Leather Wings is the pioneering genuine leather footwear manufacturer in Nepal.',
			'sortorder' => '1389',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 9 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1480',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Focus Briefs (22-28 July 2013)',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Upper Trishuli &ndash; A (216 MW)&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Nepal Water and Energy Development Company is the developer of the 216 MW Upper Trishuli A project. The major stakeholders of the project are Korea South East Electric Company (50%), Kyeryong Construction (10%) and Nepali Investors (10%), Daelim Industrial Company (15%) and International Finance Corporation (15 %). The 216-MW Upper Trishuli-I is a mega hydropower project which requires lot of time, energy and resources to conduct environmental assessments and make other necessary preparations including financial closure.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Upper Marsyangdi (600 MW)&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	GMR Group has acquired 80 per cent stake in Himtal Hydropower Company Pvt Ltd which is developing the 600 MW Upper Marsyangdi Hydro Electric Project on the Marsyangdi River in Nepal. The plant is scheduled to be commissioned by the end of 2016. Himtal Hydro Power Company Pvt Ltd is developing &lsquo;The Upper Marsyangdi-2 Hydroelectric Power&rsquo; project. This run-of-river type development is located in the districts of Lamjung and Manang, aiming to fully utilise the power potential of the Marsyangdi river. The proposed location of the dam &ndash; utilising a gross head of about 627.67 m &ndash; is just upstream of Tal village in Manang District, about 45 km upstream of Besisahar.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Tamakoshi &ndash; III (650 MW)&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	SN Power was awarded the Survey Licenses in March 2007 by the Government of Nepal to develop the Tamakohsi 2 (207 MW) and Tamakoshi 3 (275 MW) Hydroelectric projects in the Tamakoshi River of Dolakha district. Based on a concept study results, SN Power applied for and was awarded an amended license for a single 600 MW daily peaking run-of-river project to be called the Tamakoshi 3 project. The TA 3 HEP is planned for the Tamakoshi River stretch between Singati bazaar and approximately 100 meter above Tamakoshi bridge at Kirnetar. The technical feasibility of the project has been performed in the range from 600 to 1320 MW. The Feasibility Study for this project is in the final stage of completion. Power will be evacuated at Dhalkebar. The bulk of the power is expected to be exported to India after supplying the domestic demand on a commercial basis.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Upper Karnali (900 MW)&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	A consortium comprising GMR Energy Limited, GMR Infrastructure Limited (GIL) and Italian-Thai Development Project Company signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Nepal, for developing the 900 MW Upper Karnali Hydro electric Project, in Nepal. The project will be developed on a Build, Own, Operate and Transfer (BOOT) basis. The MoU signing successfully concluded the first ever International Competitive Bidding (ICB) process of award of large hydropower projects in Nepal, which followed a rigorous multi-layered evaluation process, lasting 12 months. The plant is scheduled to be commissioned by the end of 2016.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Arun &ndash; III (900 MW)&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	The government awarded the 900 MW Arun III Hydropower Project to the Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd (SJVN), India&acute;s state-owned power producer, after the company demonstrated financial capability to bring in Rs 82.5 billion for the development of the project. Arun III is a run-of-the-river project based in Sankhuwasava district and SJVN was selected to prepare its detailed project report (DPR) and develop the project through a global bidding in 2008.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-07-23',
			'modified' => '0000-00-00',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'GMR Group has acquired 80 per cent stake in Himtal Hydropower Company Pvt Ltd which is developing the 600 MW Upper Marsyangdi Hydro Electric Project on the Marsyangdi River in Nepal.',
			'sortorder' => '1341',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 10 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1418',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Focus Briefs (15 - 21 July 2013)',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<p>
	<strong>Aaron Helmets &amp; Accessories</strong><br />
	<br />
	Incorporated in the year 2007, Mutual Crafts Pvt Ltd is one of the leading names engaged in the manufacture and supply of high quality and wide range of motorcycle helmets. The company, that manufactures Aaron Helmets, provides both open face and full face helmets to its valued clients. Mutual Crafts has been able to carve a niche in the domestic as well as overseas markets through its dedicated services and quality products. Its wide range of products is widely appreciated for its strength, protective features and reliability. This selection of products is efficient in meeting safety and racing standards and also characterized with stylish designs. Further, the company also provides customization as per the requirements and specifications of its esteemed clients. Its highly qualified and dedicated team of professionals is able to provide utmost satisfaction with on-time delivery of the products. It ensures to deliver the products after comprehensive research and stringent tests to assert international standards of quality and safety. Mutual Crafts maintains an up-to-date infrastructure as a necessity towards maintaining quality product attributes. An ISI &amp; ISO 9001:2008 Certified Company, Mutual Crafts is a Delhi, India based leading manufacturer, supplier and exporter of motorcycle helmets and offers a wide array of full face and open face helmets.<br />
	<br />
	<br />
	<img alt="bm" src="/userfiles/images/BM.jpg" style="width: 230px; height: 209px; margin: 10px;" /><br />
	<strong>BM Motorcycle Helmets</strong><br />
	<br />
	AMR Industry Company Limited was established in February 2003. This Thailand based company&rsquo;s commitment is to satisfy customers&rsquo; needs by manufacturing superfine quality motorcycle helmets under the brand &lsquo;BM&rsquo; which is qualified by Thai Industrial Standard Institute (TISI 369-2539). Since its start, the company has continuously indulged in improvement and innovation of its products to answer customers&rsquo; satisfaction.<br />
	<br />
	<br />
	<img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/apex.jpg" style="width: 238px; height: 206px; margin: 10px;" /><br />
	<br />
	<strong>AVEX Safety Helmets</strong><br />
	<br />
	P Narong and PNI Company Limited has over 20 years of experience on knowledge and ability to produce AVEX Safety Helmet and the various types of plastic injection. Additionally, all manufacturing processes are considerately performed by the modern machines not only under the qualitative control of professional working team but also the quality system of ISO 9001 Version 2000. Apart from the standard, AVEX Safety Helmet is welcomed and admired from the users because of its beautiful shape in accordance with the aerodynamic principle. AVEX Safety Helmet is welcomed and trusted by the customers and the product has been continuously exported or distributed for more than two decades. The company, originated in Thailand, aims to provide qualitative product trusting the executive management under the system of ISO 9001:2000 in order to fulfill the confidence and the satisfactory of the customers in accordance with the quality policy and provide qualitative product meeting the customers&rsquo; requirements.<br />
	<br />
	<img alt="yohe" src="/userfiles/images/yohe.jpg" style="width: 205px; height: 204px; margin: 10px;" /><br />
	<br />
	<strong>YOHE Helmets</strong><br />
	<br />
	YOHE is one of the largest motorcycle helmets designing and manufacturing company. Foshan Nanhai YOHE manufacturing Co, Ltd was founded in June 1992 and located in Guangdong province, China. The more than 1000 workers of YOHE produce over 3.9 million pieces of helmets per year. YOHE gained ISO 9001:2000 certificate in 1993, and has a high reputation among all the Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervisions. YOHE&rsquo;s customers are spread worldwide with Europe and America, Australia and Asia being the major markets.<br />
	<br />
	&nbsp;</p>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-07-15',
			'modified' => '0000-00-00',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'Incorporated in the year 2007, Mutual Crafts Pvt Ltd is one of the leading names engaged in the manufacture and supply of high quality and wide range of motorcycle helmets. The company, that manufactures Aaron Helmets, provides both open face and full face helmets to its valued clients. Mutual Crafts has been able to carve a niche in the domestic as well as overseas markets through its dedicated services and quality products. Its wide range of products is widely appreciated for its strength, protective features and reliability. This selection of products is efficient in meeting safety and racing standards and also characterized with stylish designs.',
			'sortorder' => '1280',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 11 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1378',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Focus Briefs (8-14 July 2013)',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<p>
	<strong>Nepal Furniture &amp; Furnishing Association&nbsp;</strong></p>
<p>
	Nepal Furniture &amp; Furnishing Association (NFFA) is an umbrella organisation of furniture and furnishing manufacturers, product importers, distributors, dealers and professionals. It is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation established in 2056 BS with the involvement of a group of renowned furniture and furnishing related business people of Nepal. It focuses on promoting of furniture and furnishing products in Nepal in urban as well as rural areas besides protecting the rights of this sector’s businessmen and professionals. The Association believes in public private partnership and in assisting the Government of Nepal in related objectives like national import/export, manufacturing policy etc. It also believes in advocacy of user rights such as cases of warranty, guarantee, counterfeit, fraud issues of grey channel and any other denial of end user rights.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	<strong>Bira Furniture&nbsp;</strong></p>
<p>
	Bira Furniture is one of the oldest wooden factory in Nepal, established in 1963 and deals in all kinds of wooden products, manufacturing and supplying furniture, door/window frames, trusses, parquets, wall paneling etc. The company, now run by his family, was established by Padam Shrestha. Since the time man started building, there has been engineering and in case of wooden products, there has been ‘Timber Engineering’. Bira Furniture knows how to design the wood crafts so that its method of structural analysis is put into practice. The transition of wood craft to wood art in the sphere of timber engineering to create elegance above excellence is Bira’s motto. In its 43 years of service, the company has made an exclusive clientele of leading hotels, resorts, hydro electric projects, showrooms, restaurants, schools, offices and residences with strong and upscale market possession.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	<strong>S T Carpet&nbsp;</strong></p>
<p>
	S T Carpet was founded in 1992 by Sonam Tamang to meet the growing need of high quality Tibetan-Nepali rugs around the world. Over the years, it has established itself as one of the prominent manufacturers dedicated to supply premium handmade rugs from Nepal. S T Carpets specializes in both custom and readymade carpets and supplies its buyers with quality handmade rugs. The company caters to the custom designed projects markets while the quality of its carpets is reflected in its selection of materials and craftsmanship. The exclusive services of S T Carpet include custom rug design, premium materials and craftsmanship, customized project support, worldwide export and goodweave certified.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	<strong>Index Furniture Nepal&nbsp;</strong></p>
<p>
	Launched in 2012, Index Furniture Nepal operates from its showrooms at Metro Park, Uttar Dhoka Lazimpat and Steel Tower Building Jawlakhel. It deals in bedroom sets, modular kitchens, dining sets, sofas, armchairs, entertainment centers, sofa beds, office furniture etc. Index Furniture Nepal acquired a franchise from the Thailand-based brand. Index Furniture entered Nepal after doing a market observation which concluded that the estimated market size was good. It focused on the medium and upper segment of consumers and planned the products accordingly. Despite being many brands present in Nepal it looked at delivering the full range of products which was lacking in the market. Index Furniture claims to be superior in terms of design, function, materials used and price. Index Furniture offers the best quality furniture that is designed by world class designers and leading designers of Thailand. It addresses all modern lifestyle with functional designs in many categories. The Index store in Nepal is similar to the one in Thailand and it can show the products and combinations of many products for bedrooms, living rooms, kitchens and home offices.</p>
<div>
	 </div>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-07-09',
			'modified' => '0000-00-00',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'Nepal Furniture & Furnishing Association (NFFA) is an umbrella organisation of furniture and furnishing manufacturers, product importers, distributors, dealers and professionals.',
			'sortorder' => '1240',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 12 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1298',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Anta Sports Nepal',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<p>
	Anta Sports Nepal is a franchise store of the popular Chinese sports brand Anta. Anta Sports Products Limited is a branded sportswear company in China. It involves the business of designing, developing, manufacturing and marketing sportswear, including sports footwear, apparel and accessory under its own brand name, ANTA. It was established in 1994 and it is headquartered in Jinjiang, Fujian.</p>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-07-02',
			'modified' => '0000-00-00',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'Anta Sports Nepal is a franchise store of the popular Chinese sports brand Anta.',
			'sortorder' => '1160',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 13 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1297',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Sports Plaza',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<p>
	Sports Plaza is the authorised distributor of Reebok products in Nepal. Reebok International Limited, a subsidiary of the German company Adidas since 2005, is a producer of athletic shoes, apparel, and accessories. The world headquarters is located in Canton, Massachusetts, USA; with regional offices in Amsterdam (EMEA), Montreal (Canada), Hong Kong (Asia Pacific) and Mexico City (Latin America).</p>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-07-02',
			'modified' => '0000-00-00',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'Sports Plaza is the authorised distributor of Reebok products in Nepal.',
			'sortorder' => '1159',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 14 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1296',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Avenue Marketing',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<p>
	Avenue Marketing is the authorised distributor of Nike products for Nepal. Nike, Inc. is an American multinational corporation that is engaged in the design, development and worldwide marketing and selling of footwear, apparel, equipment, accessories and services. It is one of the world’s largest suppliers of athletic shoes and apparel and a major manufacturer of sports equipment. Nike promotes its products by sponsorship agreements with celebrity athletes, professional teams and college athletic teams. Nike pays top athletes in many sports to use their products and promote and advertise their technology and design.</p>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-07-02',
			'modified' => '0000-00-00',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'Avenue Marketing is the authorised distributor of Nike products for Nepal.',
			'sortorder' => '1158',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	)
)
$current_user = null
$logged_in = false
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

Warning (2): simplexml_load_file() [<a href='http://php.net/function.simplexml-load-file'>function.simplexml-load-file</a>]: I/O warning : failed to load external entity &quot;&quot; [APP/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp, line 60]
Code Context
//    $file = 'http://aabhiyan:QUVLg8Wzs2F7G9N7@nepalstock.com.np/api/indexdata.xml';



    if(!$xml = simplexml_load_file($file)){
$viewFile = '/var/www/html/newbusinessage.com/app/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp'
$dataForView = array(
	'articles' => array(
		(int) 0 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 1 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 2 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 3 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 4 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 5 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 6 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 7 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 8 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 9 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 10 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 11 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 12 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 13 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 14 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		)
	),
	'current_user' => null,
	'logged_in' => false
)
$articles = array(
	(int) 0 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1903',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Focus Briefs (30 September - 3 October 2013)',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Western Union Extends Mobile Money Transfer Service to Nepal</strong></span></div>
<div>
	<img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/wu.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 200px; height: 97px;" />The Western Union Company has unveiled the launch of a mobile money transfer service that enables consumers to send money to a mobile wallet in Nepal. The mobile money transfer service to Nepal integrates with eSewa, a digital wallet platform in Nepal with approximately 200,000 registered users. The functionality has been developed through the partnership of Western Union, its Agent Nabil Bank and FonePay, the owner of eSewa. Consumers in Nepal who subscribe to the eSewa mobile wallet are able to receive a Western Union Money Transfer transaction on their mobile phones or through eSewa&#39;s web interface. International money transfers for mobile pick-up can be initiated at westernunion.com in 23 countries or at participating Western Union Agent locations worldwide. Nabil Bank, a joint venture financial institution of Nepal, was founded in July 1984. Nabil Bank is equipped with ATMs, credit cards, Internet and Mobile Banking and uses Core Banking System from Infosys Technologies System, Bangalore India. FonePay is a mobile financial service and e-commerce company in Nepal. It specializes in providing digital payment and money transfer services via mobile and/or the Internet. eSewa is a digital payment portal in Nepal, developed by F1 Soft International and owned by FonePay, that enables financial transactions via web-based or mobile-based services.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>eSewa Launches eSewaZone</strong></span></div>
<div>
	<img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/es.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 200px; height: 62px;" />Online payment gateway eSewa has launched eSewaZone to make the access of eSewa services easier to customers. According to the company, this new service allows customers to use eSewa services even if they do not have a bank account. eSewa is the first company in Nepal to allow its clients use online services like sending and receiving money, telephone bill payment including recharge cards for post-paid and pre-paid, ADSL bill payment, utility bill payments, airline ticket purchases, school and college fee payments, payment for movie hall tickets, shopping, restaurant bill payments, and topping up credit cards. &nbsp;&ldquo;Earlier, people need to have accounts at our partner banks to use eSewa services. With the launch of eSewaZone, customers can use our services even if they don&acute;t have bank account,&rdquo; said Asgar Ali, CEO of Fonepay that operates eSewaZone. Ali said the company has formed a network of three super agents in Kathmandu and 100 agents throughout Nepal. &ldquo;We will be having 10 super agents in Kathmandu and 1,000 agents throughout the country with a minimum of three agents in each district within 2 months,&rdquo; said Ali.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>SBI Introduced &ldquo;Express Remit&rdquo;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	<img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/sbi.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 200px; height: 105px;" />Nepal SBI Bank Limited, jointly with State Bank of India, has introduced a robust Electronic Fund transfer Mechanism (EFT) namely &quot;SBI-Nepal Express Remit&quot; to provide a faster and convenient mode of remittance facility for Nepali migrants in India by disbursing cash for such remittances to beneficiaries residing all across Nepal through Electronic Fund Transfer Mechanism (EFT). According to officials at SBI, this service can be availed for all branches of the State Bank of India.</div>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-09-30',
			'modified' => '2013-10-01',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'The Western Union Company has unveiled the launch of a mobile money transfer service that enables consumers to send money to a mobile wallet in Nepal. The mobile money transfer service to Nepal integrates with eSewa, a digital wallet platform in Nepal with approximately 200,000 registered users.',
			'sortorder' => '1766',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 1 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1823',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Focus Briefs (16 - 22 September 2013)',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Luring Customers: Sops at NADA Auto Show</strong></span></div>
<div>
	The coming festival season will be more joyful with various schemes and offers brought by automobile dealers at NADA Auto Show 2013. The customers have collected various gift hampers along with the products at the auto show.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	HH Bajaj has come out with a scheme entitled Bajaj Dashavatar &lsquo;10 Jana Ko Ferinecha Aavatar&rsquo;. Company said that there will be 10 weekly bumper prizes of Rs 1 million each sure-shot cash prize of Rs 5,000- Rs 100,000. There will also be a weekly lucky prize of Rs 1 million.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Syakar Trading Company has come up with Honda Lifestyle Upgrade Offer. This scheme enables buyers to win a Honda Brio car as a bumper prize on purchase of any Honda two-wheeler. Lucky buyers can win 1 tola gold weekly, cash discounts of Rs 4,000-100,000 through a scratch card and free servicing for up to five years and a 10 percent discount on spare parts. &nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Similarly, MAW Enterprises has come up with a scheme entitled Wajandaar on Yamaha two-wheelers. Under this scheme, customers will get a scratch coupon with a chance to win a discount ranging Rs 5,000 to Rs 1 00,000. Also, a customer selected through a lucky draw will win silver equivalent to his or her weight.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Mahindra has introduced &lsquo;Hello Dashain Offer&rsquo; under which customers will get Samsung phone worth Rs 12,790. Similarly for Pantero, a 22-inches Asano LED TV is on offer. &nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Maruti-Suzuki will be giving away an Apache RTR 180/160 or TVS Wego scooter under its offer named Bada Dashain Tihar Ko Maha Offer-Gadi Kinda Bike Upahar, &lsquo;Nagad Chutma Ramau Pariwar&rsquo;.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Tata Motors has provided discount ranging from Rs 115,000 to Rs 285,000 under its offer entitled Sandaar Discount Damdaar-Yesto Gajjab Ko Offer, Dincha Sabailai Takkar.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Honda Activa- I Launched</span></strong></div>
<div>
	<img alt="Honda Activa- I Launched" src="/userfiles/images/fsc.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 150px; height: 140px;" />SYAKAR Trading Company, the authorized distributor of Honda two-wheelers in Nepal introduced the New Honda Activa-I scooter at NADA Auto show 2013. Introduced by singer Nima Rumba and actress Richa Sharma, the scooter came in the market for price of Rs 150, 900. The new activa-I uses and air cooled, 109.2cc engine and produces 8 bhp of power at 7,500 rpm and 8.74 nm of torque at 5,500 rpm. It features combi-brake system (CBS) which reduces braking distance by 24 percent compared to conventional brakes. It also &nbsp;has tubeless tyres, maintenance free battery and air filter.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>&ldquo;RAY Z&rdquo; Yamaha&rsquo;s Second Scooter Launched</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Yamaha-RAY Z was launched in scooter segment at the NADA Auto Show 2013. Goodwill brand ambassador of RAY, Namrata Sherstha and Managing Director of MAW Vishnu Kumar Agrawal jointly revealed the scooter. According to the company, the vehicle is developed to target young males and female with the concept of aggressive sporty design. The new model adopts air cooled 115 cc 4 stroke engine with smooth start up acceleration and good pick up, SOHC, 2 valve, single cylinder petrol engine that generates maximum power of 7 bhp at 7500 rpm and 8.1 nm torque at 5500 rpm. The model provides a mileage of 53 km per liter.</div>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-09-17',
			'modified' => '2013-09-17',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'The coming festival season will be more joyful with various schemes and offers brought by automobile dealers at NADA Auto Show 2013. The customers have collected various gift hampers along with the products at the auto show.',
			'sortorder' => '1684',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 2 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1781',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Focus Briefs (9 - 15 September 2013)',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">CAN SofTech Boosts Software Industry</span></strong></div>
<div>
	The sixth edition of CAN SofTech-2013 kicked off with an aim to bring together national and international ICT related companies under a single roof at the Exhibition Hall in Bhrikuti Mandap, Kathmandu from September 4.The event came up with the slogan &quot;Converging to e-life&quot; which suggests the event to be extensively based on various e-solutions and services.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Keeping in mind the increasing demand of genuine software in the market, Computer Association of Nepal held its annual software Expo from 4 September for four days in Kathmandu with the aims to bring together the software providers and the customers under the same roof in Nepal.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Bishwo Ram Balami, the coordinator of the event, said that CAN SofTech brought together all CEOs, CIOs, CTOs, IT directors, IT managers and decision makers, ICT industry leaders, ICT professionals, engineers and consultants, government officials, banking and financial institutions, academia and ICT students system, Integrators and solutions providers and ICT users.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&ldquo;It is an amazing platform to share ideas, demonstrate products and services, and make information exchange with national and international software developers, products and software users, professionals engaged in various IT related industries,&rdquo; he added.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Supported by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (MoSTE), Ministry of Information &amp; Communication (MoIC), National Information Technology Center (NITC), Office of the Controller of Certification (OCC), Nepal Telecom Authority (NTA), Internet Service Provider Association of Nepal (ISPAN), this event strives to convert e-life in Nepal.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Features of CAN SofTech 2013 were Software Development, IT Enables Services, Intranet and Data Storage, Broadband Services, Voice and Data Communication, Smart Devices, Gaming, &nbsp;Commerce in converged environment, Digital World, E-Governance, E-Security, Mobile Application, ICT Innovation in Nepal, ICT Training and ICT Colleges and other ICT Services and Solutions.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Raining Sops at Subisu CAN SofTech</span></strong></div>
<div>
	The sponsors and stalls that are present in the CAN SofTech 2013 have put forward various offers with the aim to attract the visitors.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	According to CAN, the title sponsor of the event, Subisu introduced &lsquo;Free internet package&rsquo; providing unlimited internet at the speed of 256kbps and a cable TV at Rs 1000 per month with a special discount of three months if full payment of one year in done in advance. At the same time, the company also offered internet and cable TV free for one additional month along with 10 per cent discount on cable modem and USB free of cost for the customers paying 6 months charge in advance.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Diamond Sponsor, Nepal Telecom will provide e-video Dongle, rim card, talk value worth Rs 100, 1 GB memory card and facility of downloading 1 GB data for three months at a discount rate of Rs 2200.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Midas Technologies also provided a gift voucher of its product of Midas eClass of Rs 300. Siddhartha Bank provided Rs 100 balance for the customers opening account in Siddhartha Hello Paisa Sewa. Similarly, KRB software offered Kohinoor web based accounting software at a discount rate of Rs 9,999.</div>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-09-09',
			'modified' => '0000-00-00',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'The sixth edition of CAN SofTech-2013 kicked off with an aim to bring together national and international ICT related companies under a single roof at the Exhibition Hall in Bhrikuti Mandap, Kathmandu from September 4.',
			'sortorder' => '1642',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 3 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1722',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Focus Briefs (2 - 8 September 2013)',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Banks and Promoters at Loggerheads over Property Evaluation: Governor</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Governor of the Nepal Rastra Bank Dr Yuba Raj Khatiwada said that the banks and the promoters of hydropower projects are playing blame game with each other. While addressing the Power Summit, Khatiwada said, &ldquo;The banks say that the promoters tend to inflate the equity amount of the projects, while the promoters blame the banks for under evaluating the asset while financing their projects.&rdquo; Shedding light on the risk aversion issue in the hydropower sector investment, he advised both the parties to build confidence rather blaming each other for the problem. The central bank governor also opined that the project developers should include the risk of exchange rates in the project analysis and financial appraisal instead of seeking risk guarantee from the government on foreign investment.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Strike at Upper Madi Hydropower Project</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Nearly 90 Nepali workers went on a strike at Upper Madi-hydropower at Sildujure in Kaski after their demand for pay as per the international labour organizations went on deaf ears. Most of the protesters include drivers, operators, labourers, and welders. Vice-chairperson of Workers&rsquo; Committee&rsquo;s Guna Prasad Baral said, &ldquo;We were forced to take this decision after the contractor did not pay any heed to their twenty-point demand that we put forth.&rdquo; Their demands include reduction of duty hours, over-time allowance, Dashain bonus and work place security, among others. Later a meeting between the agitating parties and the management committee was held but it ended inconclusively. &ldquo;There is no work environment at the construction site. No allowance or other facilities are provided to drivers. We have to wear the same pair of shoes, that don&rsquo;t last even for 15 days, for more than six months and we don&rsquo;t even have a toilet,&rdquo; Baral said. Meanwhile, Pas Bahadur Bastola, undersecretary of stakeholder&rsquo;s committee expressed solidarity with the workers&rsquo; agitation. As many as 100 Chinese nationals are working in the project. The hydro project, with a capacity of 25 MW, was initiated with the joint investment of Chinese Three Georges and Nepal&rsquo;s private sector. It had started on December 29 in 2012 with completion time of 28 months. The estimated cost of the project is Rs 5.28 billion and it was supposed to be completed by April 2015.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Exploring Possibilities in Hydro Sector</span></strong></div>
<div>
	The politicians participating in the power summit 2013 threw support for &ldquo;integration of power markets&rdquo; of Nepal, China and India &ldquo;for the benefit of everyone in the region&rdquo;. Although Nepal is said to have a potential of producing 83,000MW of hydroelectricity from its rivers, the country so far has been able to tap less than 800MW of that. As a result, hours-long power outage has become a norm in the country, which is affecting production at various industries and hindering country&rsquo;s economic development. &ldquo;Water resources need to be exploited to achieve higher growth rates. If we cannot do this the country&rsquo;s dream of graduating to the grouping of developing nations, will only remains a pipe dream,&rdquo; said Radhesh Pant, CEO of the Investment Board, which oversees implementation hydro projects of over 500MW, among others.</div>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-09-01',
			'modified' => '0000-00-00',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'Governor of the Nepal Rastra Bank Dr Yuba Raj Khatiwada said that the banks and the promoters of hydropower projects are playing blame game with each other.',
			'sortorder' => '1583',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 4 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1702',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Focus Briefs (26 August - 01 September 2013)',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">CG Introduces New Range of ACs</span></strong></div>
<div>
	CG, a subsidiary of the Chaudhary Group introduced its new range of CG air conditioners in June this year. The company has rolled out four models of air conditioners: the CG- 09THCA, CG-12THCA, CG-18THCA and CG-24THCA. The new range of air conditioners comes with a built-in voltage stabiliser that works even on low voltage, the company said in a press statement. &ldquo;The benefits are very clear; it saves money as there is no need to buy an additional voltage stabiliser,&rdquo; the company said. The products are suitable for the Tarai region of the country that experiences high voltage fluctuation. CG Electronics has stated that the new air conditioners are quiet and calm, and have quick performance. Likewise, the devices come with a cordless luxury remote control. CG air conditioners have a compact design. &ldquo;It also has an &lsquo;excellent&rsquo; new look&mdash;mirror floral printed design that adds beauty to the consumers&rsquo; home as well as work. With their low power consumption feature, these devices have become more energy efficient and reduce the monthly power bill,&rdquo; the company further said. CG Electronics has priced the appliances in the range of Rs 40,580 to Rs 77,990. &nbsp;All products come with a 12-month warranty.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Panasonic Launches FSV Air Conditioners</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Panasonic, a worldwide leader in the development and manufacture of electronic products and the Triveni Group, Panasonic&rsquo;s authorised distributor for Air Conditioners and Home Appliance products in Nepal, launched a full line up of FSV air conditioners in Nepal recently. Panasonic&rsquo;s FSV is a reverse cycle of the VRF system specifically designed for the most demanding application where precise cooling or heating load control is needed, such as in offices, shops and multi-storey apartments. The FSV system enables a single outdoor unit to power up to 64 indoor units. The indoor units can be a mix of Wall Mounted, Cassette, Mini Cassette and mid and Low Static Pressure ducted units with a total capacity of up to 60HP. The system offers users a variety of control options including group control, web control and building management system integration. Additionally, the FSV allows flexibility with piping design, allowing a height difference of up to 50m between outdoor and indoor units, and a maximum piping length&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	of 1,000m.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-08-27',
			'modified' => '0000-00-00',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'CG, a subsidiary of the Chaudhary Group introduced its new range of CG air conditioners in June this year.',
			'sortorder' => '1563',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 5 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1664',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Focus Briefs (19 - 25 August 2013)',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">The Campus of International Languages (CIL)</span></strong></div>
<div>
	The Campus of International Languages (CIL) is the only language teaching campus in Nepal under Tribhuvan University (TU), which is considered as one of the oldest and highly regarded university in Nepal. This is the only campus in Kathmandu that teaches different languages. At present there are two language programs running in the campus &mdash; the Himalayan Language Program, which includes Nepali, Sanskrit, Newari and Tibetan and the Foreign Language Program. Now the college has classes in Italian, Russian, Spanish, French, German, and English. The college is also planning to introduce Danish, Arabic, Hebrew and Norwegian soon. The tuition fee for expatriate nationals is US $ 650 per year and 1600 NCR for six months.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Goethe Zentrum Kathmandu</span></strong></div>
<div>
	<img alt="Goethe Zentrum Kathmandu (GZK)" src="/userfiles/images/goethe.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 111px;" />Goethe Zentrum Kathmandu (GZK) which is centrally located at Thapathali in Kathmandu is the official German language institute and partner of the German Foreign Office. Since 2001, the GZK is teaching the German language within the framework of the Cultural Cooperation agreed upon in 1982 by both Nepal and the Federal Republic of Germany. The institute also conducts language classes for tourist guides titled &ldquo;Reiseleiter.&rdquo; It was started in 1998 and it is provided only to license-holder guides every two years.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Alliance Fran&ccedil;aise de Kathmandu (AF)</span></strong></div>
<div>
	<img alt="Alliance Française de Kathmandu (AF)" src="/userfiles/images/afk.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 79px;" />Founded in Paris in 1883, the Alliance Fran&ccedil;aise (AF) created a worldwide network of more than 1335 local associations established now in more than 140 countries. It started its institute in Nepal in 1994. The Alliance Fran&ccedil;aise teaches French language by proposing French classes, aiming to promote the language and to spread the French and Francophone culture by organizing cultural events by enhancing the intercultural dialogue promoting cultural diversity. AF charges Rs 7,200 for a semester which is of around 2 month (48-hours). AF also offers Intensive Professional Class, a 40-hour French class for tourist guides twice a year during January-February and July-August.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Alta-Vista</span></strong></div>
<div>
	<img alt="Alta-Vista ‘Spanish’ Language School in Nepal" src="/userfiles/images/alt.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 200px; height: 33px;" />Alta-Vista is the first and exclusive &lsquo;Spanish&rsquo; Language School in Nepal and was founded in 2006 with a purpose of promotion of Spanish language and culture in Nepal. Alta-Vista has firmly established itself as a pioneer institute for Spanish Language courses. Centrally located in the heart of the educational hub &ndash; Putalisadak, it has been providing both knowledge and service par excellence with a team of highly qualified teachers. Alta-Vista offers various courses of Spanish language meeting demands of students from all walks of life.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Alta-Vista charges Rs 5,000 for Basic Course, Rs 6,000 for Intermediate Course and 7,000 Advance course. And there is a course named &lsquo;Intensive Course&rsquo; which is like Basic Private for which students pay Rs 300 per class.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-08-20',
			'modified' => '0000-00-00',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'The Campus of International Languages (CIL) is the only language teaching campus in Nepal under Tribhuvan University (TU), which is considered as one of the oldest and highly regarded university in Nepal.',
			'sortorder' => '1525',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 6 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1611',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Focus Briefs (12 - 18 August 2013)',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">LA Splash&nbsp;</span></strong></div>
<div>
	B-Facto International Pvt Ltd introduced cosmetics brand LA Splash for the first time in Nepal. LA Splash, a division of John Davler, is a US based cosmetics brand which has been selling cosmetic products in around 35 countries since 1996. LA Splash has a huge cosmetics range, from products for eyes, lips, face and nails to primers, glitters and accessories. The cosmetics come in a variety of vibrant and trendy colors and shades, making it especially appealing to teenagers. Besides the shades and colours that appeal to youth, LA Splash also has a wide range of mineral based cosmetics, especially designed for women. The range offered is large enough to cater to the needs of women from any age group. LA Splash is reasonably priced and before introducing LA Splash in Nepal, the company conducted a survey to understand the marketability aspect among other factors. B-Facto International also offers free makeup trials in Civil Mall, Sundhara on the same floor as its showroom.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Mac Personal Care&nbsp;</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Cosmetics products from Mac Personal Care Industry include cleansing milk, moisturiser, face wash, ginger shampoo and others. Birat Trading is the authorised distributor of the company in Nepal. Of the 65 different products, 53 items are being currently marketed in Nepal. The India based company claims it uses herbal extracts to manufacture the products, which is the main aspect of their product with the slogan &ldquo;Truly Natural&rdquo;. Besides India and Nepal, the cosmetic products are being marketed in Singapore. The products are being sampled in Dubai and the UAE. The company believes in informing the general public about the raw materials used to manufacture the products and the effects on their respective functions rather than decreasing the quality and the price of the product for marketing.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Enricher Herbal&nbsp;</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Cosmoworld Cosmetic Industries introduced Enricher Herbal cosmetic products in the Nepali market. The company has been producing cosmetic products in Nepal for the last two years. It recently launched rose water, neem facewash, papaya facewash, papaya, aloe vera and neem cleansing milks, apricot scrub, facial massage cream, strawberry and vitamin E enriched nail polish remover, and cold wax, among others. According to the company, these products are available in the price range of Rs 60 to Rs 120. Cosmoworld said the products are made of different types of herbs and thus help protect the skin without any effects. The company has appointed San Impex as the authorized distributor for marketing and distributing Enricher Herbal products. The company banks on the huge demand for herbal cosmetic products in Nepal.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Diana of London&nbsp;</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Diana of London (DoL), a brand owned by European cosmetic major MaxCare International, is a renowned brand in cosmetic products. In August 2012, Rishabh Trade Concern (RTC), its authorised distributor, introduced their products in the Nepali market. According to the company, the demand and market for cosmetics is growing every year in the country. RTC imports products from Maxcare International, Dubai. In Nepal, the company has introduced 44 varieties of DoL products &mdash; such as lipstick, nail polish, eye shadow, foundation, compact powder, eyeliner, mascara, et cetera &mdash; in as many as 500 different shades. Targeted at the upper middle class and high-end costumers, the brand is available in selected counters only. The company is selling their products through 23 counters in Kathmandu, Pokhara and Biratnagar. The price of products starts from Rs 260 and scales up to Rs 1,500. The most popular products of the brand include 2000 Kisses, Catwalk mascara and nail polish.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-08-12',
			'modified' => '0000-00-00',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'B-Facto International Pvt Ltd introduced cosmetics brand LA Splash for the first time in Nepal. LA Splash, a division of John Davler, is a US based cosmetics brand which has been selling cosmetic products in around 35 countries since 1996.',
			'sortorder' => '1472',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 7 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1565',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Focus Briefs (5-11 August 2013)',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<div>
	<strong>KK Super Mart Nepal&nbsp;</strong></div>
<div>
	KK Super Mart Nepal is a chain of local convenience stores, with technical assistance from KK Super Mart Malaysia. It opened its first store in Boudha in July 2012 and three more outlets in Lagankhel, New Baneshwor and Bhaisepati later. It intends to open 15 stores by 2013. It also targets to open 50 stores throughout the valley within the next three years. KK Super Mart Nepal operates all days of the year with the vision to &ldquo;Serve U with a smile.&rdquo; The super market offers over 3,500 high quality products at the most competitive prices. It offers products ranging from every-day grocery goods to personal care, toiletries, household products, over-the-counter medicines, beverages, liquor, recharge cards, pet food, among others. According to KK Super Mart Malaysia, Nepal has been chosen as the first overseas destination due to the emerging economy in Nepal.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>CG Mart&nbsp;</strong></div>
<div>
	Established business houses too are diversifying into retail. The Chaudhary Group has entered the retail business by establishing CG Mart. This chain of convenience stores sells daily items needed by consumers. CG Mart started operating convenience stores from its location at Minbhawan, Tripureshwor and Dillibazar. The company is also looking for space in busy hubs like New and Old Baneshwor, Gyaneshwor, Thamel, New Road and Chabahil among others. The stores initiated by CG offer products at affordable prices. The company has also started a supply chain to make sure that they need not rely upon any other agencies for the supply of products. CG believes that it will become successful in attracting customers through value added services. It creates an environment to tempt customers to drop in frequently and ensures that the employees at the store are adequately trained and well informed about the products sold at the CG Mart stores.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>Big Mart&nbsp;</strong></div>
<div>
	Mega Mart, which started operations in 2009 with a Big Mart store at City Centre, Kamal Pokhari, has grown into one of the strongest retail chains in the country since then. It was the first store in Nepal to provide the value and savings concept to its shoppers. Mega Mart, the operator of Big Mart stores plans to open 11 new stores in 2013. The company is moving as per its plan to reach out to the neighbourhood of its prospective customers. Big Mart stores maintain its focus on food items and groceries. The company is also planning to open stores in the outlying areas of the Kathmandu valley besides expanding outside the valley. The company aims to open stores in Pokhara and Biratnagar soon. Big Mart has already distributed over 50,000 privilege cards to its loyal customers and the number has been growing steadily.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>Stuti Mero Mart&nbsp;</strong></div>
<div>
	Stuti Mero Mart is a chain of convenience stores promoted by ANS Co. Its main goal is to provide a local market place feel to the shoppers by offering impeccable and unparalleled services. It envisions selling a wide range of items to make shopping experience more enjoyable and convenient at a nominal price. Stuti Mero Mart launched its presence in Kathmandu Valley by opening outlets in Ghattekulo, Katyayani Chowk and Sinamangal in June this year. Stuti Mero Mart outlets boast of a collection of around 7,500 domestic and imported items that range from spices, meat and confectionaries to cosmetic items, toiletries, liquors and kitchen wares. One of the major aims of Stuti Mero Mart is to expand its presence in all 35 wards of Kathmandu Metropolitan City. Once that is achieved, it intends to venture into Lalitpur and Bhaktapur districts before penetrating into the markets located outside Kathmandu Valley. Stuti Mero Mart is also planning to launch an online store soon to enable customers for placing orders from home</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-08-05',
			'modified' => '0000-00-00',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'KK Super Mart Nepal is a chain of local convenience stores, with technical assistance from KK Super Mart Malaysia.',
			'sortorder' => '1426',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 8 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1528',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Focus Briefs (29 July - 4 August 2013)',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<div>
	<strong>Leather Wings&nbsp;</strong></div>
<div>
	Leather Wings is the pioneering genuine leather footwear manufacturer in Nepal. It was established in 1985 and has been serving its loyal customers for more than 28 years. The raw materials are painstakingly chosen for the comfort and durability of the hand-crafted shoes from within the country as well as abroad namely India, China, Thailand, Bangladesh and Pakistan. The manufacturing is semi-mechanised with the perfect blend of automation and craftsmanship. The company focuses on manufacturing and has distributors throughout the country.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>Base Footwear&nbsp;</strong></div>
<div>
	Base Footwear (BF) Pvt Ltd is primarily known for its leading brand BF Dear Hill Shoes which was launched in 2000. The shoes under this brand were manufactured specifically for Nepali consumers who wanted durable and practical yet graceful footwear. In 2009, BF was certified with the international standard ISO 9001:2008 recognition making it the first footwear company of Nepal to be designated this honour. The shoes are now recognised by the logo. Its factory is located in Gaushala, from where it produces a wide variety of shoes comprising formal, casual and sports shoes. Besides, the company has also introduced sandals and belts. Leather materials such as polyurifine, polyvinyl chloride, and thermopoly rubbers are used for the shoes. BF shoes are easily available in over 1,000 outlets all over the country. The company claims to be selling well over 100,000 pairs of BF dear hill shoes annually.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>Goldstar Shoes&nbsp;</strong></div>
<div>
	The footwear industry of the Universal Group, launched in the mid-1970s, was the group&rsquo;s first and core business. Since its inception, the group has established itself as the biggest footwear producing group in Nepal. In 1990, it launched a mid-priced, value for money brand called Goldstar to service more price conscious markets. It is a robust brand made with genuine materials and modern technology. Goldstar is now sold in all over Nepal and gradually it is gaining popularity in the Indian markets too. The production line of the company also has Hawaii slippers called &lsquo;Haathi&rsquo;, introduced in the early 80s and now widely available throughout the country. This pioneer brand has attracted admiration over more than three decades. Haathi slippers and sandals are recognised throughout the country for its style and durability. The company has always prioritised the R&amp;D of new cutting edge products, technology and customer service to expand the business into new markets. It has formed strong relationships around India and throughout the country with its distributors and the customers who it greatly appreciates for their support and loyalty. It has also earned national recognition as a progressive and well managed business through a &ldquo;best exporter award&rdquo;.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>Shikhar Shoes&nbsp;</strong></div>
<div>
	Shikhar Shoes Industry Pvt Ltd is a leading footwear industry of Nepal established in 2052 BS. The company now has more than 15 exclusive showrooms and more than 200 outlets across the country. The industry was established as a proprietorship firm with its corporate office and factory in Ranibari-3, Kathmandu. It later converted to a Private Limited Company and has its factory in Goldhunga-3. Shikhar Shoes Industry, with its history of 18 years, is a leading footwear brand of Nepal due to its goodwill, image and sales volume. The industry is currently producing 1,500 pairs of shoes per day while its production capacity is that of 5,000 shoes daily. The industry, that used to exclusively produce men&rsquo;s leather shoes, has now started producing all types of men&rsquo;s footwear as well as ladies&rsquo; sandals and shoes. The manufacturing unit of the company produces shoes with semi-automatic modern machine. The establishment is providing direct and indirect employment to more than 4,000 people throughout the country.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-07-30',
			'modified' => '0000-00-00',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'Leather Wings is the pioneering genuine leather footwear manufacturer in Nepal.',
			'sortorder' => '1389',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 9 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1480',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Focus Briefs (22-28 July 2013)',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Upper Trishuli &ndash; A (216 MW)&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Nepal Water and Energy Development Company is the developer of the 216 MW Upper Trishuli A project. The major stakeholders of the project are Korea South East Electric Company (50%), Kyeryong Construction (10%) and Nepali Investors (10%), Daelim Industrial Company (15%) and International Finance Corporation (15 %). The 216-MW Upper Trishuli-I is a mega hydropower project which requires lot of time, energy and resources to conduct environmental assessments and make other necessary preparations including financial closure.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Upper Marsyangdi (600 MW)&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	GMR Group has acquired 80 per cent stake in Himtal Hydropower Company Pvt Ltd which is developing the 600 MW Upper Marsyangdi Hydro Electric Project on the Marsyangdi River in Nepal. The plant is scheduled to be commissioned by the end of 2016. Himtal Hydro Power Company Pvt Ltd is developing &lsquo;The Upper Marsyangdi-2 Hydroelectric Power&rsquo; project. This run-of-river type development is located in the districts of Lamjung and Manang, aiming to fully utilise the power potential of the Marsyangdi river. The proposed location of the dam &ndash; utilising a gross head of about 627.67 m &ndash; is just upstream of Tal village in Manang District, about 45 km upstream of Besisahar.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Tamakoshi &ndash; III (650 MW)&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	SN Power was awarded the Survey Licenses in March 2007 by the Government of Nepal to develop the Tamakohsi 2 (207 MW) and Tamakoshi 3 (275 MW) Hydroelectric projects in the Tamakoshi River of Dolakha district. Based on a concept study results, SN Power applied for and was awarded an amended license for a single 600 MW daily peaking run-of-river project to be called the Tamakoshi 3 project. The TA 3 HEP is planned for the Tamakoshi River stretch between Singati bazaar and approximately 100 meter above Tamakoshi bridge at Kirnetar. The technical feasibility of the project has been performed in the range from 600 to 1320 MW. The Feasibility Study for this project is in the final stage of completion. Power will be evacuated at Dhalkebar. The bulk of the power is expected to be exported to India after supplying the domestic demand on a commercial basis.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Upper Karnali (900 MW)&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	A consortium comprising GMR Energy Limited, GMR Infrastructure Limited (GIL) and Italian-Thai Development Project Company signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Nepal, for developing the 900 MW Upper Karnali Hydro electric Project, in Nepal. The project will be developed on a Build, Own, Operate and Transfer (BOOT) basis. The MoU signing successfully concluded the first ever International Competitive Bidding (ICB) process of award of large hydropower projects in Nepal, which followed a rigorous multi-layered evaluation process, lasting 12 months. The plant is scheduled to be commissioned by the end of 2016.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Arun &ndash; III (900 MW)&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	The government awarded the 900 MW Arun III Hydropower Project to the Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd (SJVN), India&acute;s state-owned power producer, after the company demonstrated financial capability to bring in Rs 82.5 billion for the development of the project. Arun III is a run-of-the-river project based in Sankhuwasava district and SJVN was selected to prepare its detailed project report (DPR) and develop the project through a global bidding in 2008.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-07-23',
			'modified' => '0000-00-00',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'GMR Group has acquired 80 per cent stake in Himtal Hydropower Company Pvt Ltd which is developing the 600 MW Upper Marsyangdi Hydro Electric Project on the Marsyangdi River in Nepal.',
			'sortorder' => '1341',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 10 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1418',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Focus Briefs (15 - 21 July 2013)',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<p>
	<strong>Aaron Helmets &amp; Accessories</strong><br />
	<br />
	Incorporated in the year 2007, Mutual Crafts Pvt Ltd is one of the leading names engaged in the manufacture and supply of high quality and wide range of motorcycle helmets. The company, that manufactures Aaron Helmets, provides both open face and full face helmets to its valued clients. Mutual Crafts has been able to carve a niche in the domestic as well as overseas markets through its dedicated services and quality products. Its wide range of products is widely appreciated for its strength, protective features and reliability. This selection of products is efficient in meeting safety and racing standards and also characterized with stylish designs. Further, the company also provides customization as per the requirements and specifications of its esteemed clients. Its highly qualified and dedicated team of professionals is able to provide utmost satisfaction with on-time delivery of the products. It ensures to deliver the products after comprehensive research and stringent tests to assert international standards of quality and safety. Mutual Crafts maintains an up-to-date infrastructure as a necessity towards maintaining quality product attributes. An ISI &amp; ISO 9001:2008 Certified Company, Mutual Crafts is a Delhi, India based leading manufacturer, supplier and exporter of motorcycle helmets and offers a wide array of full face and open face helmets.<br />
	<br />
	<br />
	<img alt="bm" src="/userfiles/images/BM.jpg" style="width: 230px; height: 209px; margin: 10px;" /><br />
	<strong>BM Motorcycle Helmets</strong><br />
	<br />
	AMR Industry Company Limited was established in February 2003. This Thailand based company&rsquo;s commitment is to satisfy customers&rsquo; needs by manufacturing superfine quality motorcycle helmets under the brand &lsquo;BM&rsquo; which is qualified by Thai Industrial Standard Institute (TISI 369-2539). Since its start, the company has continuously indulged in improvement and innovation of its products to answer customers&rsquo; satisfaction.<br />
	<br />
	<br />
	<img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/apex.jpg" style="width: 238px; height: 206px; margin: 10px;" /><br />
	<br />
	<strong>AVEX Safety Helmets</strong><br />
	<br />
	P Narong and PNI Company Limited has over 20 years of experience on knowledge and ability to produce AVEX Safety Helmet and the various types of plastic injection. Additionally, all manufacturing processes are considerately performed by the modern machines not only under the qualitative control of professional working team but also the quality system of ISO 9001 Version 2000. Apart from the standard, AVEX Safety Helmet is welcomed and admired from the users because of its beautiful shape in accordance with the aerodynamic principle. AVEX Safety Helmet is welcomed and trusted by the customers and the product has been continuously exported or distributed for more than two decades. The company, originated in Thailand, aims to provide qualitative product trusting the executive management under the system of ISO 9001:2000 in order to fulfill the confidence and the satisfactory of the customers in accordance with the quality policy and provide qualitative product meeting the customers&rsquo; requirements.<br />
	<br />
	<img alt="yohe" src="/userfiles/images/yohe.jpg" style="width: 205px; height: 204px; margin: 10px;" /><br />
	<br />
	<strong>YOHE Helmets</strong><br />
	<br />
	YOHE is one of the largest motorcycle helmets designing and manufacturing company. Foshan Nanhai YOHE manufacturing Co, Ltd was founded in June 1992 and located in Guangdong province, China. The more than 1000 workers of YOHE produce over 3.9 million pieces of helmets per year. YOHE gained ISO 9001:2000 certificate in 1993, and has a high reputation among all the Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervisions. YOHE&rsquo;s customers are spread worldwide with Europe and America, Australia and Asia being the major markets.<br />
	<br />
	&nbsp;</p>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-07-15',
			'modified' => '0000-00-00',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'Incorporated in the year 2007, Mutual Crafts Pvt Ltd is one of the leading names engaged in the manufacture and supply of high quality and wide range of motorcycle helmets. The company, that manufactures Aaron Helmets, provides both open face and full face helmets to its valued clients. Mutual Crafts has been able to carve a niche in the domestic as well as overseas markets through its dedicated services and quality products. Its wide range of products is widely appreciated for its strength, protective features and reliability. This selection of products is efficient in meeting safety and racing standards and also characterized with stylish designs.',
			'sortorder' => '1280',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 11 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1378',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Focus Briefs (8-14 July 2013)',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<p>
	<strong>Nepal Furniture &amp; Furnishing Association&nbsp;</strong></p>
<p>
	Nepal Furniture &amp; Furnishing Association (NFFA) is an umbrella organisation of furniture and furnishing manufacturers, product importers, distributors, dealers and professionals. It is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation established in 2056 BS with the involvement of a group of renowned furniture and furnishing related business people of Nepal. It focuses on promoting of furniture and furnishing products in Nepal in urban as well as rural areas besides protecting the rights of this sector’s businessmen and professionals. The Association believes in public private partnership and in assisting the Government of Nepal in related objectives like national import/export, manufacturing policy etc. It also believes in advocacy of user rights such as cases of warranty, guarantee, counterfeit, fraud issues of grey channel and any other denial of end user rights.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	<strong>Bira Furniture&nbsp;</strong></p>
<p>
	Bira Furniture is one of the oldest wooden factory in Nepal, established in 1963 and deals in all kinds of wooden products, manufacturing and supplying furniture, door/window frames, trusses, parquets, wall paneling etc. The company, now run by his family, was established by Padam Shrestha. Since the time man started building, there has been engineering and in case of wooden products, there has been ‘Timber Engineering’. Bira Furniture knows how to design the wood crafts so that its method of structural analysis is put into practice. The transition of wood craft to wood art in the sphere of timber engineering to create elegance above excellence is Bira’s motto. In its 43 years of service, the company has made an exclusive clientele of leading hotels, resorts, hydro electric projects, showrooms, restaurants, schools, offices and residences with strong and upscale market possession.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	<strong>S T Carpet&nbsp;</strong></p>
<p>
	S T Carpet was founded in 1992 by Sonam Tamang to meet the growing need of high quality Tibetan-Nepali rugs around the world. Over the years, it has established itself as one of the prominent manufacturers dedicated to supply premium handmade rugs from Nepal. S T Carpets specializes in both custom and readymade carpets and supplies its buyers with quality handmade rugs. The company caters to the custom designed projects markets while the quality of its carpets is reflected in its selection of materials and craftsmanship. The exclusive services of S T Carpet include custom rug design, premium materials and craftsmanship, customized project support, worldwide export and goodweave certified.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	<strong>Index Furniture Nepal&nbsp;</strong></p>
<p>
	Launched in 2012, Index Furniture Nepal operates from its showrooms at Metro Park, Uttar Dhoka Lazimpat and Steel Tower Building Jawlakhel. It deals in bedroom sets, modular kitchens, dining sets, sofas, armchairs, entertainment centers, sofa beds, office furniture etc. Index Furniture Nepal acquired a franchise from the Thailand-based brand. Index Furniture entered Nepal after doing a market observation which concluded that the estimated market size was good. It focused on the medium and upper segment of consumers and planned the products accordingly. Despite being many brands present in Nepal it looked at delivering the full range of products which was lacking in the market. Index Furniture claims to be superior in terms of design, function, materials used and price. Index Furniture offers the best quality furniture that is designed by world class designers and leading designers of Thailand. It addresses all modern lifestyle with functional designs in many categories. The Index store in Nepal is similar to the one in Thailand and it can show the products and combinations of many products for bedrooms, living rooms, kitchens and home offices.</p>
<div>
	 </div>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-07-09',
			'modified' => '0000-00-00',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'Nepal Furniture & Furnishing Association (NFFA) is an umbrella organisation of furniture and furnishing manufacturers, product importers, distributors, dealers and professionals.',
			'sortorder' => '1240',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 12 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1298',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Anta Sports Nepal',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<p>
	Anta Sports Nepal is a franchise store of the popular Chinese sports brand Anta. Anta Sports Products Limited is a branded sportswear company in China. It involves the business of designing, developing, manufacturing and marketing sportswear, including sports footwear, apparel and accessory under its own brand name, ANTA. It was established in 1994 and it is headquartered in Jinjiang, Fujian.</p>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-07-02',
			'modified' => '0000-00-00',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'Anta Sports Nepal is a franchise store of the popular Chinese sports brand Anta.',
			'sortorder' => '1160',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 13 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1297',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Sports Plaza',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<p>
	Sports Plaza is the authorised distributor of Reebok products in Nepal. Reebok International Limited, a subsidiary of the German company Adidas since 2005, is a producer of athletic shoes, apparel, and accessories. The world headquarters is located in Canton, Massachusetts, USA; with regional offices in Amsterdam (EMEA), Montreal (Canada), Hong Kong (Asia Pacific) and Mexico City (Latin America).</p>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-07-02',
			'modified' => '0000-00-00',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'Sports Plaza is the authorised distributor of Reebok products in Nepal.',
			'sortorder' => '1159',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 14 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1296',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Avenue Marketing',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<p>
	Avenue Marketing is the authorised distributor of Nike products for Nepal. Nike, Inc. is an American multinational corporation that is engaged in the design, development and worldwide marketing and selling of footwear, apparel, equipment, accessories and services. It is one of the world’s largest suppliers of athletic shoes and apparel and a major manufacturer of sports equipment. Nike promotes its products by sponsorship agreements with celebrity athletes, professional teams and college athletic teams. Nike pays top athletes in many sports to use their products and promote and advertise their technology and design.</p>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-07-02',
			'modified' => '0000-00-00',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'Avenue Marketing is the authorised distributor of Nike products for Nepal.',
			'sortorder' => '1158',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	)
)
$current_user = null
$logged_in = false
simplexml_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

Notice (8): Undefined variable: file [APP/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp, line 133]
Code Context
  //  $file = 'http://aabhiyan:QUVLg8Wzs2F7G9N7@nepalstock.com.np/api/subindexdata.xml';



    if(!$xml = simplexml_load_file($file)){
$viewFile = '/var/www/html/newbusinessage.com/app/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp'
$dataForView = array(
	'articles' => array(
		(int) 0 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 1 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 2 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 3 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 4 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 5 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 6 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 7 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 8 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 9 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 10 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 11 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 12 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 13 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 14 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		)
	),
	'current_user' => null,
	'logged_in' => false
)
$articles = array(
	(int) 0 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1903',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Focus Briefs (30 September - 3 October 2013)',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Western Union Extends Mobile Money Transfer Service to Nepal</strong></span></div>
<div>
	<img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/wu.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 200px; height: 97px;" />The Western Union Company has unveiled the launch of a mobile money transfer service that enables consumers to send money to a mobile wallet in Nepal. The mobile money transfer service to Nepal integrates with eSewa, a digital wallet platform in Nepal with approximately 200,000 registered users. The functionality has been developed through the partnership of Western Union, its Agent Nabil Bank and FonePay, the owner of eSewa. Consumers in Nepal who subscribe to the eSewa mobile wallet are able to receive a Western Union Money Transfer transaction on their mobile phones or through eSewa&#39;s web interface. International money transfers for mobile pick-up can be initiated at westernunion.com in 23 countries or at participating Western Union Agent locations worldwide. Nabil Bank, a joint venture financial institution of Nepal, was founded in July 1984. Nabil Bank is equipped with ATMs, credit cards, Internet and Mobile Banking and uses Core Banking System from Infosys Technologies System, Bangalore India. FonePay is a mobile financial service and e-commerce company in Nepal. It specializes in providing digital payment and money transfer services via mobile and/or the Internet. eSewa is a digital payment portal in Nepal, developed by F1 Soft International and owned by FonePay, that enables financial transactions via web-based or mobile-based services.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>eSewa Launches eSewaZone</strong></span></div>
<div>
	<img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/es.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 200px; height: 62px;" />Online payment gateway eSewa has launched eSewaZone to make the access of eSewa services easier to customers. According to the company, this new service allows customers to use eSewa services even if they do not have a bank account. eSewa is the first company in Nepal to allow its clients use online services like sending and receiving money, telephone bill payment including recharge cards for post-paid and pre-paid, ADSL bill payment, utility bill payments, airline ticket purchases, school and college fee payments, payment for movie hall tickets, shopping, restaurant bill payments, and topping up credit cards. &nbsp;&ldquo;Earlier, people need to have accounts at our partner banks to use eSewa services. With the launch of eSewaZone, customers can use our services even if they don&acute;t have bank account,&rdquo; said Asgar Ali, CEO of Fonepay that operates eSewaZone. Ali said the company has formed a network of three super agents in Kathmandu and 100 agents throughout Nepal. &ldquo;We will be having 10 super agents in Kathmandu and 1,000 agents throughout the country with a minimum of three agents in each district within 2 months,&rdquo; said Ali.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>SBI Introduced &ldquo;Express Remit&rdquo;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	<img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/sbi.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 200px; height: 105px;" />Nepal SBI Bank Limited, jointly with State Bank of India, has introduced a robust Electronic Fund transfer Mechanism (EFT) namely &quot;SBI-Nepal Express Remit&quot; to provide a faster and convenient mode of remittance facility for Nepali migrants in India by disbursing cash for such remittances to beneficiaries residing all across Nepal through Electronic Fund Transfer Mechanism (EFT). According to officials at SBI, this service can be availed for all branches of the State Bank of India.</div>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-09-30',
			'modified' => '2013-10-01',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'The Western Union Company has unveiled the launch of a mobile money transfer service that enables consumers to send money to a mobile wallet in Nepal. The mobile money transfer service to Nepal integrates with eSewa, a digital wallet platform in Nepal with approximately 200,000 registered users.',
			'sortorder' => '1766',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 1 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1823',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Focus Briefs (16 - 22 September 2013)',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Luring Customers: Sops at NADA Auto Show</strong></span></div>
<div>
	The coming festival season will be more joyful with various schemes and offers brought by automobile dealers at NADA Auto Show 2013. The customers have collected various gift hampers along with the products at the auto show.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	HH Bajaj has come out with a scheme entitled Bajaj Dashavatar &lsquo;10 Jana Ko Ferinecha Aavatar&rsquo;. Company said that there will be 10 weekly bumper prizes of Rs 1 million each sure-shot cash prize of Rs 5,000- Rs 100,000. There will also be a weekly lucky prize of Rs 1 million.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Syakar Trading Company has come up with Honda Lifestyle Upgrade Offer. This scheme enables buyers to win a Honda Brio car as a bumper prize on purchase of any Honda two-wheeler. Lucky buyers can win 1 tola gold weekly, cash discounts of Rs 4,000-100,000 through a scratch card and free servicing for up to five years and a 10 percent discount on spare parts. &nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Similarly, MAW Enterprises has come up with a scheme entitled Wajandaar on Yamaha two-wheelers. Under this scheme, customers will get a scratch coupon with a chance to win a discount ranging Rs 5,000 to Rs 1 00,000. Also, a customer selected through a lucky draw will win silver equivalent to his or her weight.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Mahindra has introduced &lsquo;Hello Dashain Offer&rsquo; under which customers will get Samsung phone worth Rs 12,790. Similarly for Pantero, a 22-inches Asano LED TV is on offer. &nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Maruti-Suzuki will be giving away an Apache RTR 180/160 or TVS Wego scooter under its offer named Bada Dashain Tihar Ko Maha Offer-Gadi Kinda Bike Upahar, &lsquo;Nagad Chutma Ramau Pariwar&rsquo;.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Tata Motors has provided discount ranging from Rs 115,000 to Rs 285,000 under its offer entitled Sandaar Discount Damdaar-Yesto Gajjab Ko Offer, Dincha Sabailai Takkar.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Honda Activa- I Launched</span></strong></div>
<div>
	<img alt="Honda Activa- I Launched" src="/userfiles/images/fsc.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 150px; height: 140px;" />SYAKAR Trading Company, the authorized distributor of Honda two-wheelers in Nepal introduced the New Honda Activa-I scooter at NADA Auto show 2013. Introduced by singer Nima Rumba and actress Richa Sharma, the scooter came in the market for price of Rs 150, 900. The new activa-I uses and air cooled, 109.2cc engine and produces 8 bhp of power at 7,500 rpm and 8.74 nm of torque at 5,500 rpm. It features combi-brake system (CBS) which reduces braking distance by 24 percent compared to conventional brakes. It also &nbsp;has tubeless tyres, maintenance free battery and air filter.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>&ldquo;RAY Z&rdquo; Yamaha&rsquo;s Second Scooter Launched</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Yamaha-RAY Z was launched in scooter segment at the NADA Auto Show 2013. Goodwill brand ambassador of RAY, Namrata Sherstha and Managing Director of MAW Vishnu Kumar Agrawal jointly revealed the scooter. According to the company, the vehicle is developed to target young males and female with the concept of aggressive sporty design. The new model adopts air cooled 115 cc 4 stroke engine with smooth start up acceleration and good pick up, SOHC, 2 valve, single cylinder petrol engine that generates maximum power of 7 bhp at 7500 rpm and 8.1 nm torque at 5500 rpm. The model provides a mileage of 53 km per liter.</div>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-09-17',
			'modified' => '2013-09-17',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'The coming festival season will be more joyful with various schemes and offers brought by automobile dealers at NADA Auto Show 2013. The customers have collected various gift hampers along with the products at the auto show.',
			'sortorder' => '1684',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 2 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1781',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Focus Briefs (9 - 15 September 2013)',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">CAN SofTech Boosts Software Industry</span></strong></div>
<div>
	The sixth edition of CAN SofTech-2013 kicked off with an aim to bring together national and international ICT related companies under a single roof at the Exhibition Hall in Bhrikuti Mandap, Kathmandu from September 4.The event came up with the slogan &quot;Converging to e-life&quot; which suggests the event to be extensively based on various e-solutions and services.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Keeping in mind the increasing demand of genuine software in the market, Computer Association of Nepal held its annual software Expo from 4 September for four days in Kathmandu with the aims to bring together the software providers and the customers under the same roof in Nepal.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Bishwo Ram Balami, the coordinator of the event, said that CAN SofTech brought together all CEOs, CIOs, CTOs, IT directors, IT managers and decision makers, ICT industry leaders, ICT professionals, engineers and consultants, government officials, banking and financial institutions, academia and ICT students system, Integrators and solutions providers and ICT users.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&ldquo;It is an amazing platform to share ideas, demonstrate products and services, and make information exchange with national and international software developers, products and software users, professionals engaged in various IT related industries,&rdquo; he added.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Supported by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (MoSTE), Ministry of Information &amp; Communication (MoIC), National Information Technology Center (NITC), Office of the Controller of Certification (OCC), Nepal Telecom Authority (NTA), Internet Service Provider Association of Nepal (ISPAN), this event strives to convert e-life in Nepal.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Features of CAN SofTech 2013 were Software Development, IT Enables Services, Intranet and Data Storage, Broadband Services, Voice and Data Communication, Smart Devices, Gaming, &nbsp;Commerce in converged environment, Digital World, E-Governance, E-Security, Mobile Application, ICT Innovation in Nepal, ICT Training and ICT Colleges and other ICT Services and Solutions.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Raining Sops at Subisu CAN SofTech</span></strong></div>
<div>
	The sponsors and stalls that are present in the CAN SofTech 2013 have put forward various offers with the aim to attract the visitors.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	According to CAN, the title sponsor of the event, Subisu introduced &lsquo;Free internet package&rsquo; providing unlimited internet at the speed of 256kbps and a cable TV at Rs 1000 per month with a special discount of three months if full payment of one year in done in advance. At the same time, the company also offered internet and cable TV free for one additional month along with 10 per cent discount on cable modem and USB free of cost for the customers paying 6 months charge in advance.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Diamond Sponsor, Nepal Telecom will provide e-video Dongle, rim card, talk value worth Rs 100, 1 GB memory card and facility of downloading 1 GB data for three months at a discount rate of Rs 2200.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Midas Technologies also provided a gift voucher of its product of Midas eClass of Rs 300. Siddhartha Bank provided Rs 100 balance for the customers opening account in Siddhartha Hello Paisa Sewa. Similarly, KRB software offered Kohinoor web based accounting software at a discount rate of Rs 9,999.</div>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-09-09',
			'modified' => '0000-00-00',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'The sixth edition of CAN SofTech-2013 kicked off with an aim to bring together national and international ICT related companies under a single roof at the Exhibition Hall in Bhrikuti Mandap, Kathmandu from September 4.',
			'sortorder' => '1642',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 3 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1722',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Focus Briefs (2 - 8 September 2013)',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Banks and Promoters at Loggerheads over Property Evaluation: Governor</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Governor of the Nepal Rastra Bank Dr Yuba Raj Khatiwada said that the banks and the promoters of hydropower projects are playing blame game with each other. While addressing the Power Summit, Khatiwada said, &ldquo;The banks say that the promoters tend to inflate the equity amount of the projects, while the promoters blame the banks for under evaluating the asset while financing their projects.&rdquo; Shedding light on the risk aversion issue in the hydropower sector investment, he advised both the parties to build confidence rather blaming each other for the problem. The central bank governor also opined that the project developers should include the risk of exchange rates in the project analysis and financial appraisal instead of seeking risk guarantee from the government on foreign investment.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Strike at Upper Madi Hydropower Project</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Nearly 90 Nepali workers went on a strike at Upper Madi-hydropower at Sildujure in Kaski after their demand for pay as per the international labour organizations went on deaf ears. Most of the protesters include drivers, operators, labourers, and welders. Vice-chairperson of Workers&rsquo; Committee&rsquo;s Guna Prasad Baral said, &ldquo;We were forced to take this decision after the contractor did not pay any heed to their twenty-point demand that we put forth.&rdquo; Their demands include reduction of duty hours, over-time allowance, Dashain bonus and work place security, among others. Later a meeting between the agitating parties and the management committee was held but it ended inconclusively. &ldquo;There is no work environment at the construction site. No allowance or other facilities are provided to drivers. We have to wear the same pair of shoes, that don&rsquo;t last even for 15 days, for more than six months and we don&rsquo;t even have a toilet,&rdquo; Baral said. Meanwhile, Pas Bahadur Bastola, undersecretary of stakeholder&rsquo;s committee expressed solidarity with the workers&rsquo; agitation. As many as 100 Chinese nationals are working in the project. The hydro project, with a capacity of 25 MW, was initiated with the joint investment of Chinese Three Georges and Nepal&rsquo;s private sector. It had started on December 29 in 2012 with completion time of 28 months. The estimated cost of the project is Rs 5.28 billion and it was supposed to be completed by April 2015.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Exploring Possibilities in Hydro Sector</span></strong></div>
<div>
	The politicians participating in the power summit 2013 threw support for &ldquo;integration of power markets&rdquo; of Nepal, China and India &ldquo;for the benefit of everyone in the region&rdquo;. Although Nepal is said to have a potential of producing 83,000MW of hydroelectricity from its rivers, the country so far has been able to tap less than 800MW of that. As a result, hours-long power outage has become a norm in the country, which is affecting production at various industries and hindering country&rsquo;s economic development. &ldquo;Water resources need to be exploited to achieve higher growth rates. If we cannot do this the country&rsquo;s dream of graduating to the grouping of developing nations, will only remains a pipe dream,&rdquo; said Radhesh Pant, CEO of the Investment Board, which oversees implementation hydro projects of over 500MW, among others.</div>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-09-01',
			'modified' => '0000-00-00',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'Governor of the Nepal Rastra Bank Dr Yuba Raj Khatiwada said that the banks and the promoters of hydropower projects are playing blame game with each other.',
			'sortorder' => '1583',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 4 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1702',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Focus Briefs (26 August - 01 September 2013)',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">CG Introduces New Range of ACs</span></strong></div>
<div>
	CG, a subsidiary of the Chaudhary Group introduced its new range of CG air conditioners in June this year. The company has rolled out four models of air conditioners: the CG- 09THCA, CG-12THCA, CG-18THCA and CG-24THCA. The new range of air conditioners comes with a built-in voltage stabiliser that works even on low voltage, the company said in a press statement. &ldquo;The benefits are very clear; it saves money as there is no need to buy an additional voltage stabiliser,&rdquo; the company said. The products are suitable for the Tarai region of the country that experiences high voltage fluctuation. CG Electronics has stated that the new air conditioners are quiet and calm, and have quick performance. Likewise, the devices come with a cordless luxury remote control. CG air conditioners have a compact design. &ldquo;It also has an &lsquo;excellent&rsquo; new look&mdash;mirror floral printed design that adds beauty to the consumers&rsquo; home as well as work. With their low power consumption feature, these devices have become more energy efficient and reduce the monthly power bill,&rdquo; the company further said. CG Electronics has priced the appliances in the range of Rs 40,580 to Rs 77,990. &nbsp;All products come with a 12-month warranty.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Panasonic Launches FSV Air Conditioners</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Panasonic, a worldwide leader in the development and manufacture of electronic products and the Triveni Group, Panasonic&rsquo;s authorised distributor for Air Conditioners and Home Appliance products in Nepal, launched a full line up of FSV air conditioners in Nepal recently. Panasonic&rsquo;s FSV is a reverse cycle of the VRF system specifically designed for the most demanding application where precise cooling or heating load control is needed, such as in offices, shops and multi-storey apartments. The FSV system enables a single outdoor unit to power up to 64 indoor units. The indoor units can be a mix of Wall Mounted, Cassette, Mini Cassette and mid and Low Static Pressure ducted units with a total capacity of up to 60HP. The system offers users a variety of control options including group control, web control and building management system integration. Additionally, the FSV allows flexibility with piping design, allowing a height difference of up to 50m between outdoor and indoor units, and a maximum piping length&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	of 1,000m.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-08-27',
			'modified' => '0000-00-00',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'CG, a subsidiary of the Chaudhary Group introduced its new range of CG air conditioners in June this year.',
			'sortorder' => '1563',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 5 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1664',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Focus Briefs (19 - 25 August 2013)',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">The Campus of International Languages (CIL)</span></strong></div>
<div>
	The Campus of International Languages (CIL) is the only language teaching campus in Nepal under Tribhuvan University (TU), which is considered as one of the oldest and highly regarded university in Nepal. This is the only campus in Kathmandu that teaches different languages. At present there are two language programs running in the campus &mdash; the Himalayan Language Program, which includes Nepali, Sanskrit, Newari and Tibetan and the Foreign Language Program. Now the college has classes in Italian, Russian, Spanish, French, German, and English. The college is also planning to introduce Danish, Arabic, Hebrew and Norwegian soon. The tuition fee for expatriate nationals is US $ 650 per year and 1600 NCR for six months.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Goethe Zentrum Kathmandu</span></strong></div>
<div>
	<img alt="Goethe Zentrum Kathmandu (GZK)" src="/userfiles/images/goethe.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 111px;" />Goethe Zentrum Kathmandu (GZK) which is centrally located at Thapathali in Kathmandu is the official German language institute and partner of the German Foreign Office. Since 2001, the GZK is teaching the German language within the framework of the Cultural Cooperation agreed upon in 1982 by both Nepal and the Federal Republic of Germany. The institute also conducts language classes for tourist guides titled &ldquo;Reiseleiter.&rdquo; It was started in 1998 and it is provided only to license-holder guides every two years.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Alliance Fran&ccedil;aise de Kathmandu (AF)</span></strong></div>
<div>
	<img alt="Alliance Française de Kathmandu (AF)" src="/userfiles/images/afk.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 79px;" />Founded in Paris in 1883, the Alliance Fran&ccedil;aise (AF) created a worldwide network of more than 1335 local associations established now in more than 140 countries. It started its institute in Nepal in 1994. The Alliance Fran&ccedil;aise teaches French language by proposing French classes, aiming to promote the language and to spread the French and Francophone culture by organizing cultural events by enhancing the intercultural dialogue promoting cultural diversity. AF charges Rs 7,200 for a semester which is of around 2 month (48-hours). AF also offers Intensive Professional Class, a 40-hour French class for tourist guides twice a year during January-February and July-August.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Alta-Vista</span></strong></div>
<div>
	<img alt="Alta-Vista ‘Spanish’ Language School in Nepal" src="/userfiles/images/alt.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 200px; height: 33px;" />Alta-Vista is the first and exclusive &lsquo;Spanish&rsquo; Language School in Nepal and was founded in 2006 with a purpose of promotion of Spanish language and culture in Nepal. Alta-Vista has firmly established itself as a pioneer institute for Spanish Language courses. Centrally located in the heart of the educational hub &ndash; Putalisadak, it has been providing both knowledge and service par excellence with a team of highly qualified teachers. Alta-Vista offers various courses of Spanish language meeting demands of students from all walks of life.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Alta-Vista charges Rs 5,000 for Basic Course, Rs 6,000 for Intermediate Course and 7,000 Advance course. And there is a course named &lsquo;Intensive Course&rsquo; which is like Basic Private for which students pay Rs 300 per class.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-08-20',
			'modified' => '0000-00-00',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'The Campus of International Languages (CIL) is the only language teaching campus in Nepal under Tribhuvan University (TU), which is considered as one of the oldest and highly regarded university in Nepal.',
			'sortorder' => '1525',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 6 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1611',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Focus Briefs (12 - 18 August 2013)',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">LA Splash&nbsp;</span></strong></div>
<div>
	B-Facto International Pvt Ltd introduced cosmetics brand LA Splash for the first time in Nepal. LA Splash, a division of John Davler, is a US based cosmetics brand which has been selling cosmetic products in around 35 countries since 1996. LA Splash has a huge cosmetics range, from products for eyes, lips, face and nails to primers, glitters and accessories. The cosmetics come in a variety of vibrant and trendy colors and shades, making it especially appealing to teenagers. Besides the shades and colours that appeal to youth, LA Splash also has a wide range of mineral based cosmetics, especially designed for women. The range offered is large enough to cater to the needs of women from any age group. LA Splash is reasonably priced and before introducing LA Splash in Nepal, the company conducted a survey to understand the marketability aspect among other factors. B-Facto International also offers free makeup trials in Civil Mall, Sundhara on the same floor as its showroom.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Mac Personal Care&nbsp;</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Cosmetics products from Mac Personal Care Industry include cleansing milk, moisturiser, face wash, ginger shampoo and others. Birat Trading is the authorised distributor of the company in Nepal. Of the 65 different products, 53 items are being currently marketed in Nepal. The India based company claims it uses herbal extracts to manufacture the products, which is the main aspect of their product with the slogan &ldquo;Truly Natural&rdquo;. Besides India and Nepal, the cosmetic products are being marketed in Singapore. The products are being sampled in Dubai and the UAE. The company believes in informing the general public about the raw materials used to manufacture the products and the effects on their respective functions rather than decreasing the quality and the price of the product for marketing.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Enricher Herbal&nbsp;</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Cosmoworld Cosmetic Industries introduced Enricher Herbal cosmetic products in the Nepali market. The company has been producing cosmetic products in Nepal for the last two years. It recently launched rose water, neem facewash, papaya facewash, papaya, aloe vera and neem cleansing milks, apricot scrub, facial massage cream, strawberry and vitamin E enriched nail polish remover, and cold wax, among others. According to the company, these products are available in the price range of Rs 60 to Rs 120. Cosmoworld said the products are made of different types of herbs and thus help protect the skin without any effects. The company has appointed San Impex as the authorized distributor for marketing and distributing Enricher Herbal products. The company banks on the huge demand for herbal cosmetic products in Nepal.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Diana of London&nbsp;</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Diana of London (DoL), a brand owned by European cosmetic major MaxCare International, is a renowned brand in cosmetic products. In August 2012, Rishabh Trade Concern (RTC), its authorised distributor, introduced their products in the Nepali market. According to the company, the demand and market for cosmetics is growing every year in the country. RTC imports products from Maxcare International, Dubai. In Nepal, the company has introduced 44 varieties of DoL products &mdash; such as lipstick, nail polish, eye shadow, foundation, compact powder, eyeliner, mascara, et cetera &mdash; in as many as 500 different shades. Targeted at the upper middle class and high-end costumers, the brand is available in selected counters only. The company is selling their products through 23 counters in Kathmandu, Pokhara and Biratnagar. The price of products starts from Rs 260 and scales up to Rs 1,500. The most popular products of the brand include 2000 Kisses, Catwalk mascara and nail polish.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-08-12',
			'modified' => '0000-00-00',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'B-Facto International Pvt Ltd introduced cosmetics brand LA Splash for the first time in Nepal. LA Splash, a division of John Davler, is a US based cosmetics brand which has been selling cosmetic products in around 35 countries since 1996.',
			'sortorder' => '1472',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 7 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1565',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Focus Briefs (5-11 August 2013)',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<div>
	<strong>KK Super Mart Nepal&nbsp;</strong></div>
<div>
	KK Super Mart Nepal is a chain of local convenience stores, with technical assistance from KK Super Mart Malaysia. It opened its first store in Boudha in July 2012 and three more outlets in Lagankhel, New Baneshwor and Bhaisepati later. It intends to open 15 stores by 2013. It also targets to open 50 stores throughout the valley within the next three years. KK Super Mart Nepal operates all days of the year with the vision to &ldquo;Serve U with a smile.&rdquo; The super market offers over 3,500 high quality products at the most competitive prices. It offers products ranging from every-day grocery goods to personal care, toiletries, household products, over-the-counter medicines, beverages, liquor, recharge cards, pet food, among others. According to KK Super Mart Malaysia, Nepal has been chosen as the first overseas destination due to the emerging economy in Nepal.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>CG Mart&nbsp;</strong></div>
<div>
	Established business houses too are diversifying into retail. The Chaudhary Group has entered the retail business by establishing CG Mart. This chain of convenience stores sells daily items needed by consumers. CG Mart started operating convenience stores from its location at Minbhawan, Tripureshwor and Dillibazar. The company is also looking for space in busy hubs like New and Old Baneshwor, Gyaneshwor, Thamel, New Road and Chabahil among others. The stores initiated by CG offer products at affordable prices. The company has also started a supply chain to make sure that they need not rely upon any other agencies for the supply of products. CG believes that it will become successful in attracting customers through value added services. It creates an environment to tempt customers to drop in frequently and ensures that the employees at the store are adequately trained and well informed about the products sold at the CG Mart stores.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>Big Mart&nbsp;</strong></div>
<div>
	Mega Mart, which started operations in 2009 with a Big Mart store at City Centre, Kamal Pokhari, has grown into one of the strongest retail chains in the country since then. It was the first store in Nepal to provide the value and savings concept to its shoppers. Mega Mart, the operator of Big Mart stores plans to open 11 new stores in 2013. The company is moving as per its plan to reach out to the neighbourhood of its prospective customers. Big Mart stores maintain its focus on food items and groceries. The company is also planning to open stores in the outlying areas of the Kathmandu valley besides expanding outside the valley. The company aims to open stores in Pokhara and Biratnagar soon. Big Mart has already distributed over 50,000 privilege cards to its loyal customers and the number has been growing steadily.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>Stuti Mero Mart&nbsp;</strong></div>
<div>
	Stuti Mero Mart is a chain of convenience stores promoted by ANS Co. Its main goal is to provide a local market place feel to the shoppers by offering impeccable and unparalleled services. It envisions selling a wide range of items to make shopping experience more enjoyable and convenient at a nominal price. Stuti Mero Mart launched its presence in Kathmandu Valley by opening outlets in Ghattekulo, Katyayani Chowk and Sinamangal in June this year. Stuti Mero Mart outlets boast of a collection of around 7,500 domestic and imported items that range from spices, meat and confectionaries to cosmetic items, toiletries, liquors and kitchen wares. One of the major aims of Stuti Mero Mart is to expand its presence in all 35 wards of Kathmandu Metropolitan City. Once that is achieved, it intends to venture into Lalitpur and Bhaktapur districts before penetrating into the markets located outside Kathmandu Valley. Stuti Mero Mart is also planning to launch an online store soon to enable customers for placing orders from home</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-08-05',
			'modified' => '0000-00-00',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'KK Super Mart Nepal is a chain of local convenience stores, with technical assistance from KK Super Mart Malaysia.',
			'sortorder' => '1426',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 8 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1528',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Focus Briefs (29 July - 4 August 2013)',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<div>
	<strong>Leather Wings&nbsp;</strong></div>
<div>
	Leather Wings is the pioneering genuine leather footwear manufacturer in Nepal. It was established in 1985 and has been serving its loyal customers for more than 28 years. The raw materials are painstakingly chosen for the comfort and durability of the hand-crafted shoes from within the country as well as abroad namely India, China, Thailand, Bangladesh and Pakistan. The manufacturing is semi-mechanised with the perfect blend of automation and craftsmanship. The company focuses on manufacturing and has distributors throughout the country.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>Base Footwear&nbsp;</strong></div>
<div>
	Base Footwear (BF) Pvt Ltd is primarily known for its leading brand BF Dear Hill Shoes which was launched in 2000. The shoes under this brand were manufactured specifically for Nepali consumers who wanted durable and practical yet graceful footwear. In 2009, BF was certified with the international standard ISO 9001:2008 recognition making it the first footwear company of Nepal to be designated this honour. The shoes are now recognised by the logo. Its factory is located in Gaushala, from where it produces a wide variety of shoes comprising formal, casual and sports shoes. Besides, the company has also introduced sandals and belts. Leather materials such as polyurifine, polyvinyl chloride, and thermopoly rubbers are used for the shoes. BF shoes are easily available in over 1,000 outlets all over the country. The company claims to be selling well over 100,000 pairs of BF dear hill shoes annually.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>Goldstar Shoes&nbsp;</strong></div>
<div>
	The footwear industry of the Universal Group, launched in the mid-1970s, was the group&rsquo;s first and core business. Since its inception, the group has established itself as the biggest footwear producing group in Nepal. In 1990, it launched a mid-priced, value for money brand called Goldstar to service more price conscious markets. It is a robust brand made with genuine materials and modern technology. Goldstar is now sold in all over Nepal and gradually it is gaining popularity in the Indian markets too. The production line of the company also has Hawaii slippers called &lsquo;Haathi&rsquo;, introduced in the early 80s and now widely available throughout the country. This pioneer brand has attracted admiration over more than three decades. Haathi slippers and sandals are recognised throughout the country for its style and durability. The company has always prioritised the R&amp;D of new cutting edge products, technology and customer service to expand the business into new markets. It has formed strong relationships around India and throughout the country with its distributors and the customers who it greatly appreciates for their support and loyalty. It has also earned national recognition as a progressive and well managed business through a &ldquo;best exporter award&rdquo;.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>Shikhar Shoes&nbsp;</strong></div>
<div>
	Shikhar Shoes Industry Pvt Ltd is a leading footwear industry of Nepal established in 2052 BS. The company now has more than 15 exclusive showrooms and more than 200 outlets across the country. The industry was established as a proprietorship firm with its corporate office and factory in Ranibari-3, Kathmandu. It later converted to a Private Limited Company and has its factory in Goldhunga-3. Shikhar Shoes Industry, with its history of 18 years, is a leading footwear brand of Nepal due to its goodwill, image and sales volume. The industry is currently producing 1,500 pairs of shoes per day while its production capacity is that of 5,000 shoes daily. The industry, that used to exclusively produce men&rsquo;s leather shoes, has now started producing all types of men&rsquo;s footwear as well as ladies&rsquo; sandals and shoes. The manufacturing unit of the company produces shoes with semi-automatic modern machine. The establishment is providing direct and indirect employment to more than 4,000 people throughout the country.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-07-30',
			'modified' => '0000-00-00',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'Leather Wings is the pioneering genuine leather footwear manufacturer in Nepal.',
			'sortorder' => '1389',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 9 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1480',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Focus Briefs (22-28 July 2013)',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Upper Trishuli &ndash; A (216 MW)&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Nepal Water and Energy Development Company is the developer of the 216 MW Upper Trishuli A project. The major stakeholders of the project are Korea South East Electric Company (50%), Kyeryong Construction (10%) and Nepali Investors (10%), Daelim Industrial Company (15%) and International Finance Corporation (15 %). The 216-MW Upper Trishuli-I is a mega hydropower project which requires lot of time, energy and resources to conduct environmental assessments and make other necessary preparations including financial closure.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Upper Marsyangdi (600 MW)&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	GMR Group has acquired 80 per cent stake in Himtal Hydropower Company Pvt Ltd which is developing the 600 MW Upper Marsyangdi Hydro Electric Project on the Marsyangdi River in Nepal. The plant is scheduled to be commissioned by the end of 2016. Himtal Hydro Power Company Pvt Ltd is developing &lsquo;The Upper Marsyangdi-2 Hydroelectric Power&rsquo; project. This run-of-river type development is located in the districts of Lamjung and Manang, aiming to fully utilise the power potential of the Marsyangdi river. The proposed location of the dam &ndash; utilising a gross head of about 627.67 m &ndash; is just upstream of Tal village in Manang District, about 45 km upstream of Besisahar.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Tamakoshi &ndash; III (650 MW)&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	SN Power was awarded the Survey Licenses in March 2007 by the Government of Nepal to develop the Tamakohsi 2 (207 MW) and Tamakoshi 3 (275 MW) Hydroelectric projects in the Tamakoshi River of Dolakha district. Based on a concept study results, SN Power applied for and was awarded an amended license for a single 600 MW daily peaking run-of-river project to be called the Tamakoshi 3 project. The TA 3 HEP is planned for the Tamakoshi River stretch between Singati bazaar and approximately 100 meter above Tamakoshi bridge at Kirnetar. The technical feasibility of the project has been performed in the range from 600 to 1320 MW. The Feasibility Study for this project is in the final stage of completion. Power will be evacuated at Dhalkebar. The bulk of the power is expected to be exported to India after supplying the domestic demand on a commercial basis.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Upper Karnali (900 MW)&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	A consortium comprising GMR Energy Limited, GMR Infrastructure Limited (GIL) and Italian-Thai Development Project Company signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Nepal, for developing the 900 MW Upper Karnali Hydro electric Project, in Nepal. The project will be developed on a Build, Own, Operate and Transfer (BOOT) basis. The MoU signing successfully concluded the first ever International Competitive Bidding (ICB) process of award of large hydropower projects in Nepal, which followed a rigorous multi-layered evaluation process, lasting 12 months. The plant is scheduled to be commissioned by the end of 2016.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Arun &ndash; III (900 MW)&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	The government awarded the 900 MW Arun III Hydropower Project to the Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd (SJVN), India&acute;s state-owned power producer, after the company demonstrated financial capability to bring in Rs 82.5 billion for the development of the project. Arun III is a run-of-the-river project based in Sankhuwasava district and SJVN was selected to prepare its detailed project report (DPR) and develop the project through a global bidding in 2008.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-07-23',
			'modified' => '0000-00-00',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'GMR Group has acquired 80 per cent stake in Himtal Hydropower Company Pvt Ltd which is developing the 600 MW Upper Marsyangdi Hydro Electric Project on the Marsyangdi River in Nepal.',
			'sortorder' => '1341',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 10 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1418',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Focus Briefs (15 - 21 July 2013)',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<p>
	<strong>Aaron Helmets &amp; Accessories</strong><br />
	<br />
	Incorporated in the year 2007, Mutual Crafts Pvt Ltd is one of the leading names engaged in the manufacture and supply of high quality and wide range of motorcycle helmets. The company, that manufactures Aaron Helmets, provides both open face and full face helmets to its valued clients. Mutual Crafts has been able to carve a niche in the domestic as well as overseas markets through its dedicated services and quality products. Its wide range of products is widely appreciated for its strength, protective features and reliability. This selection of products is efficient in meeting safety and racing standards and also characterized with stylish designs. Further, the company also provides customization as per the requirements and specifications of its esteemed clients. Its highly qualified and dedicated team of professionals is able to provide utmost satisfaction with on-time delivery of the products. It ensures to deliver the products after comprehensive research and stringent tests to assert international standards of quality and safety. Mutual Crafts maintains an up-to-date infrastructure as a necessity towards maintaining quality product attributes. An ISI &amp; ISO 9001:2008 Certified Company, Mutual Crafts is a Delhi, India based leading manufacturer, supplier and exporter of motorcycle helmets and offers a wide array of full face and open face helmets.<br />
	<br />
	<br />
	<img alt="bm" src="/userfiles/images/BM.jpg" style="width: 230px; height: 209px; margin: 10px;" /><br />
	<strong>BM Motorcycle Helmets</strong><br />
	<br />
	AMR Industry Company Limited was established in February 2003. This Thailand based company&rsquo;s commitment is to satisfy customers&rsquo; needs by manufacturing superfine quality motorcycle helmets under the brand &lsquo;BM&rsquo; which is qualified by Thai Industrial Standard Institute (TISI 369-2539). Since its start, the company has continuously indulged in improvement and innovation of its products to answer customers&rsquo; satisfaction.<br />
	<br />
	<br />
	<img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/apex.jpg" style="width: 238px; height: 206px; margin: 10px;" /><br />
	<br />
	<strong>AVEX Safety Helmets</strong><br />
	<br />
	P Narong and PNI Company Limited has over 20 years of experience on knowledge and ability to produce AVEX Safety Helmet and the various types of plastic injection. Additionally, all manufacturing processes are considerately performed by the modern machines not only under the qualitative control of professional working team but also the quality system of ISO 9001 Version 2000. Apart from the standard, AVEX Safety Helmet is welcomed and admired from the users because of its beautiful shape in accordance with the aerodynamic principle. AVEX Safety Helmet is welcomed and trusted by the customers and the product has been continuously exported or distributed for more than two decades. The company, originated in Thailand, aims to provide qualitative product trusting the executive management under the system of ISO 9001:2000 in order to fulfill the confidence and the satisfactory of the customers in accordance with the quality policy and provide qualitative product meeting the customers&rsquo; requirements.<br />
	<br />
	<img alt="yohe" src="/userfiles/images/yohe.jpg" style="width: 205px; height: 204px; margin: 10px;" /><br />
	<br />
	<strong>YOHE Helmets</strong><br />
	<br />
	YOHE is one of the largest motorcycle helmets designing and manufacturing company. Foshan Nanhai YOHE manufacturing Co, Ltd was founded in June 1992 and located in Guangdong province, China. The more than 1000 workers of YOHE produce over 3.9 million pieces of helmets per year. YOHE gained ISO 9001:2000 certificate in 1993, and has a high reputation among all the Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervisions. YOHE&rsquo;s customers are spread worldwide with Europe and America, Australia and Asia being the major markets.<br />
	<br />
	&nbsp;</p>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-07-15',
			'modified' => '0000-00-00',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'Incorporated in the year 2007, Mutual Crafts Pvt Ltd is one of the leading names engaged in the manufacture and supply of high quality and wide range of motorcycle helmets. The company, that manufactures Aaron Helmets, provides both open face and full face helmets to its valued clients. Mutual Crafts has been able to carve a niche in the domestic as well as overseas markets through its dedicated services and quality products. Its wide range of products is widely appreciated for its strength, protective features and reliability. This selection of products is efficient in meeting safety and racing standards and also characterized with stylish designs.',
			'sortorder' => '1280',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 11 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1378',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Focus Briefs (8-14 July 2013)',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<p>
	<strong>Nepal Furniture &amp; Furnishing Association&nbsp;</strong></p>
<p>
	Nepal Furniture &amp; Furnishing Association (NFFA) is an umbrella organisation of furniture and furnishing manufacturers, product importers, distributors, dealers and professionals. It is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation established in 2056 BS with the involvement of a group of renowned furniture and furnishing related business people of Nepal. It focuses on promoting of furniture and furnishing products in Nepal in urban as well as rural areas besides protecting the rights of this sector’s businessmen and professionals. The Association believes in public private partnership and in assisting the Government of Nepal in related objectives like national import/export, manufacturing policy etc. It also believes in advocacy of user rights such as cases of warranty, guarantee, counterfeit, fraud issues of grey channel and any other denial of end user rights.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	<strong>Bira Furniture&nbsp;</strong></p>
<p>
	Bira Furniture is one of the oldest wooden factory in Nepal, established in 1963 and deals in all kinds of wooden products, manufacturing and supplying furniture, door/window frames, trusses, parquets, wall paneling etc. The company, now run by his family, was established by Padam Shrestha. Since the time man started building, there has been engineering and in case of wooden products, there has been ‘Timber Engineering’. Bira Furniture knows how to design the wood crafts so that its method of structural analysis is put into practice. The transition of wood craft to wood art in the sphere of timber engineering to create elegance above excellence is Bira’s motto. In its 43 years of service, the company has made an exclusive clientele of leading hotels, resorts, hydro electric projects, showrooms, restaurants, schools, offices and residences with strong and upscale market possession.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	<strong>S T Carpet&nbsp;</strong></p>
<p>
	S T Carpet was founded in 1992 by Sonam Tamang to meet the growing need of high quality Tibetan-Nepali rugs around the world. Over the years, it has established itself as one of the prominent manufacturers dedicated to supply premium handmade rugs from Nepal. S T Carpets specializes in both custom and readymade carpets and supplies its buyers with quality handmade rugs. The company caters to the custom designed projects markets while the quality of its carpets is reflected in its selection of materials and craftsmanship. The exclusive services of S T Carpet include custom rug design, premium materials and craftsmanship, customized project support, worldwide export and goodweave certified.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	<strong>Index Furniture Nepal&nbsp;</strong></p>
<p>
	Launched in 2012, Index Furniture Nepal operates from its showrooms at Metro Park, Uttar Dhoka Lazimpat and Steel Tower Building Jawlakhel. It deals in bedroom sets, modular kitchens, dining sets, sofas, armchairs, entertainment centers, sofa beds, office furniture etc. Index Furniture Nepal acquired a franchise from the Thailand-based brand. Index Furniture entered Nepal after doing a market observation which concluded that the estimated market size was good. It focused on the medium and upper segment of consumers and planned the products accordingly. Despite being many brands present in Nepal it looked at delivering the full range of products which was lacking in the market. Index Furniture claims to be superior in terms of design, function, materials used and price. Index Furniture offers the best quality furniture that is designed by world class designers and leading designers of Thailand. It addresses all modern lifestyle with functional designs in many categories. The Index store in Nepal is similar to the one in Thailand and it can show the products and combinations of many products for bedrooms, living rooms, kitchens and home offices.</p>
<div>
	 </div>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-07-09',
			'modified' => '0000-00-00',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'Nepal Furniture & Furnishing Association (NFFA) is an umbrella organisation of furniture and furnishing manufacturers, product importers, distributors, dealers and professionals.',
			'sortorder' => '1240',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 12 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1298',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Anta Sports Nepal',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<p>
	Anta Sports Nepal is a franchise store of the popular Chinese sports brand Anta. Anta Sports Products Limited is a branded sportswear company in China. It involves the business of designing, developing, manufacturing and marketing sportswear, including sports footwear, apparel and accessory under its own brand name, ANTA. It was established in 1994 and it is headquartered in Jinjiang, Fujian.</p>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-07-02',
			'modified' => '0000-00-00',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'Anta Sports Nepal is a franchise store of the popular Chinese sports brand Anta.',
			'sortorder' => '1160',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 13 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1297',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Sports Plaza',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<p>
	Sports Plaza is the authorised distributor of Reebok products in Nepal. Reebok International Limited, a subsidiary of the German company Adidas since 2005, is a producer of athletic shoes, apparel, and accessories. The world headquarters is located in Canton, Massachusetts, USA; with regional offices in Amsterdam (EMEA), Montreal (Canada), Hong Kong (Asia Pacific) and Mexico City (Latin America).</p>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-07-02',
			'modified' => '0000-00-00',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'Sports Plaza is the authorised distributor of Reebok products in Nepal.',
			'sortorder' => '1159',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 14 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1296',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Avenue Marketing',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<p>
	Avenue Marketing is the authorised distributor of Nike products for Nepal. Nike, Inc. is an American multinational corporation that is engaged in the design, development and worldwide marketing and selling of footwear, apparel, equipment, accessories and services. It is one of the world’s largest suppliers of athletic shoes and apparel and a major manufacturer of sports equipment. Nike promotes its products by sponsorship agreements with celebrity athletes, professional teams and college athletic teams. Nike pays top athletes in many sports to use their products and promote and advertise their technology and design.</p>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-07-02',
			'modified' => '0000-00-00',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'Avenue Marketing is the authorised distributor of Nike products for Nepal.',
			'sortorder' => '1158',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	)
)
$current_user = null
$logged_in = false
$xml = false
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

Warning (2): simplexml_load_file() [<a href='http://php.net/function.simplexml-load-file'>function.simplexml-load-file</a>]: I/O warning : failed to load external entity &quot;&quot; [APP/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp, line 133]
Code Context
  //  $file = 'http://aabhiyan:QUVLg8Wzs2F7G9N7@nepalstock.com.np/api/subindexdata.xml';



    if(!$xml = simplexml_load_file($file)){
$viewFile = '/var/www/html/newbusinessage.com/app/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp'
$dataForView = array(
	'articles' => array(
		(int) 0 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 1 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 2 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 3 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 4 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 5 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 6 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 7 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 8 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 9 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 10 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 11 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 12 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 13 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		),
		(int) 14 => array(
			'Article' => array(
				[maximum depth reached]
			)
		)
	),
	'current_user' => null,
	'logged_in' => false
)
$articles = array(
	(int) 0 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1903',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Focus Briefs (30 September - 3 October 2013)',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Western Union Extends Mobile Money Transfer Service to Nepal</strong></span></div>
<div>
	<img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/wu.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 200px; height: 97px;" />The Western Union Company has unveiled the launch of a mobile money transfer service that enables consumers to send money to a mobile wallet in Nepal. The mobile money transfer service to Nepal integrates with eSewa, a digital wallet platform in Nepal with approximately 200,000 registered users. The functionality has been developed through the partnership of Western Union, its Agent Nabil Bank and FonePay, the owner of eSewa. Consumers in Nepal who subscribe to the eSewa mobile wallet are able to receive a Western Union Money Transfer transaction on their mobile phones or through eSewa&#39;s web interface. International money transfers for mobile pick-up can be initiated at westernunion.com in 23 countries or at participating Western Union Agent locations worldwide. Nabil Bank, a joint venture financial institution of Nepal, was founded in July 1984. Nabil Bank is equipped with ATMs, credit cards, Internet and Mobile Banking and uses Core Banking System from Infosys Technologies System, Bangalore India. FonePay is a mobile financial service and e-commerce company in Nepal. It specializes in providing digital payment and money transfer services via mobile and/or the Internet. eSewa is a digital payment portal in Nepal, developed by F1 Soft International and owned by FonePay, that enables financial transactions via web-based or mobile-based services.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>eSewa Launches eSewaZone</strong></span></div>
<div>
	<img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/es.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 200px; height: 62px;" />Online payment gateway eSewa has launched eSewaZone to make the access of eSewa services easier to customers. According to the company, this new service allows customers to use eSewa services even if they do not have a bank account. eSewa is the first company in Nepal to allow its clients use online services like sending and receiving money, telephone bill payment including recharge cards for post-paid and pre-paid, ADSL bill payment, utility bill payments, airline ticket purchases, school and college fee payments, payment for movie hall tickets, shopping, restaurant bill payments, and topping up credit cards. &nbsp;&ldquo;Earlier, people need to have accounts at our partner banks to use eSewa services. With the launch of eSewaZone, customers can use our services even if they don&acute;t have bank account,&rdquo; said Asgar Ali, CEO of Fonepay that operates eSewaZone. Ali said the company has formed a network of three super agents in Kathmandu and 100 agents throughout Nepal. &ldquo;We will be having 10 super agents in Kathmandu and 1,000 agents throughout the country with a minimum of three agents in each district within 2 months,&rdquo; said Ali.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>SBI Introduced &ldquo;Express Remit&rdquo;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	<img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/sbi.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 200px; height: 105px;" />Nepal SBI Bank Limited, jointly with State Bank of India, has introduced a robust Electronic Fund transfer Mechanism (EFT) namely &quot;SBI-Nepal Express Remit&quot; to provide a faster and convenient mode of remittance facility for Nepali migrants in India by disbursing cash for such remittances to beneficiaries residing all across Nepal through Electronic Fund Transfer Mechanism (EFT). According to officials at SBI, this service can be availed for all branches of the State Bank of India.</div>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-09-30',
			'modified' => '2013-10-01',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'The Western Union Company has unveiled the launch of a mobile money transfer service that enables consumers to send money to a mobile wallet in Nepal. The mobile money transfer service to Nepal integrates with eSewa, a digital wallet platform in Nepal with approximately 200,000 registered users.',
			'sortorder' => '1766',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 1 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1823',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Focus Briefs (16 - 22 September 2013)',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Luring Customers: Sops at NADA Auto Show</strong></span></div>
<div>
	The coming festival season will be more joyful with various schemes and offers brought by automobile dealers at NADA Auto Show 2013. The customers have collected various gift hampers along with the products at the auto show.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	HH Bajaj has come out with a scheme entitled Bajaj Dashavatar &lsquo;10 Jana Ko Ferinecha Aavatar&rsquo;. Company said that there will be 10 weekly bumper prizes of Rs 1 million each sure-shot cash prize of Rs 5,000- Rs 100,000. There will also be a weekly lucky prize of Rs 1 million.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Syakar Trading Company has come up with Honda Lifestyle Upgrade Offer. This scheme enables buyers to win a Honda Brio car as a bumper prize on purchase of any Honda two-wheeler. Lucky buyers can win 1 tola gold weekly, cash discounts of Rs 4,000-100,000 through a scratch card and free servicing for up to five years and a 10 percent discount on spare parts. &nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Similarly, MAW Enterprises has come up with a scheme entitled Wajandaar on Yamaha two-wheelers. Under this scheme, customers will get a scratch coupon with a chance to win a discount ranging Rs 5,000 to Rs 1 00,000. Also, a customer selected through a lucky draw will win silver equivalent to his or her weight.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Mahindra has introduced &lsquo;Hello Dashain Offer&rsquo; under which customers will get Samsung phone worth Rs 12,790. Similarly for Pantero, a 22-inches Asano LED TV is on offer. &nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Maruti-Suzuki will be giving away an Apache RTR 180/160 or TVS Wego scooter under its offer named Bada Dashain Tihar Ko Maha Offer-Gadi Kinda Bike Upahar, &lsquo;Nagad Chutma Ramau Pariwar&rsquo;.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Tata Motors has provided discount ranging from Rs 115,000 to Rs 285,000 under its offer entitled Sandaar Discount Damdaar-Yesto Gajjab Ko Offer, Dincha Sabailai Takkar.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Honda Activa- I Launched</span></strong></div>
<div>
	<img alt="Honda Activa- I Launched" src="/userfiles/images/fsc.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 150px; height: 140px;" />SYAKAR Trading Company, the authorized distributor of Honda two-wheelers in Nepal introduced the New Honda Activa-I scooter at NADA Auto show 2013. Introduced by singer Nima Rumba and actress Richa Sharma, the scooter came in the market for price of Rs 150, 900. The new activa-I uses and air cooled, 109.2cc engine and produces 8 bhp of power at 7,500 rpm and 8.74 nm of torque at 5,500 rpm. It features combi-brake system (CBS) which reduces braking distance by 24 percent compared to conventional brakes. It also &nbsp;has tubeless tyres, maintenance free battery and air filter.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>&ldquo;RAY Z&rdquo; Yamaha&rsquo;s Second Scooter Launched</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Yamaha-RAY Z was launched in scooter segment at the NADA Auto Show 2013. Goodwill brand ambassador of RAY, Namrata Sherstha and Managing Director of MAW Vishnu Kumar Agrawal jointly revealed the scooter. According to the company, the vehicle is developed to target young males and female with the concept of aggressive sporty design. The new model adopts air cooled 115 cc 4 stroke engine with smooth start up acceleration and good pick up, SOHC, 2 valve, single cylinder petrol engine that generates maximum power of 7 bhp at 7500 rpm and 8.1 nm torque at 5500 rpm. The model provides a mileage of 53 km per liter.</div>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-09-17',
			'modified' => '2013-09-17',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'The coming festival season will be more joyful with various schemes and offers brought by automobile dealers at NADA Auto Show 2013. The customers have collected various gift hampers along with the products at the auto show.',
			'sortorder' => '1684',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 2 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1781',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Focus Briefs (9 - 15 September 2013)',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">CAN SofTech Boosts Software Industry</span></strong></div>
<div>
	The sixth edition of CAN SofTech-2013 kicked off with an aim to bring together national and international ICT related companies under a single roof at the Exhibition Hall in Bhrikuti Mandap, Kathmandu from September 4.The event came up with the slogan &quot;Converging to e-life&quot; which suggests the event to be extensively based on various e-solutions and services.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Keeping in mind the increasing demand of genuine software in the market, Computer Association of Nepal held its annual software Expo from 4 September for four days in Kathmandu with the aims to bring together the software providers and the customers under the same roof in Nepal.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Bishwo Ram Balami, the coordinator of the event, said that CAN SofTech brought together all CEOs, CIOs, CTOs, IT directors, IT managers and decision makers, ICT industry leaders, ICT professionals, engineers and consultants, government officials, banking and financial institutions, academia and ICT students system, Integrators and solutions providers and ICT users.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&ldquo;It is an amazing platform to share ideas, demonstrate products and services, and make information exchange with national and international software developers, products and software users, professionals engaged in various IT related industries,&rdquo; he added.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Supported by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (MoSTE), Ministry of Information &amp; Communication (MoIC), National Information Technology Center (NITC), Office of the Controller of Certification (OCC), Nepal Telecom Authority (NTA), Internet Service Provider Association of Nepal (ISPAN), this event strives to convert e-life in Nepal.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Features of CAN SofTech 2013 were Software Development, IT Enables Services, Intranet and Data Storage, Broadband Services, Voice and Data Communication, Smart Devices, Gaming, &nbsp;Commerce in converged environment, Digital World, E-Governance, E-Security, Mobile Application, ICT Innovation in Nepal, ICT Training and ICT Colleges and other ICT Services and Solutions.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Raining Sops at Subisu CAN SofTech</span></strong></div>
<div>
	The sponsors and stalls that are present in the CAN SofTech 2013 have put forward various offers with the aim to attract the visitors.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	According to CAN, the title sponsor of the event, Subisu introduced &lsquo;Free internet package&rsquo; providing unlimited internet at the speed of 256kbps and a cable TV at Rs 1000 per month with a special discount of three months if full payment of one year in done in advance. At the same time, the company also offered internet and cable TV free for one additional month along with 10 per cent discount on cable modem and USB free of cost for the customers paying 6 months charge in advance.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Diamond Sponsor, Nepal Telecom will provide e-video Dongle, rim card, talk value worth Rs 100, 1 GB memory card and facility of downloading 1 GB data for three months at a discount rate of Rs 2200.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Midas Technologies also provided a gift voucher of its product of Midas eClass of Rs 300. Siddhartha Bank provided Rs 100 balance for the customers opening account in Siddhartha Hello Paisa Sewa. Similarly, KRB software offered Kohinoor web based accounting software at a discount rate of Rs 9,999.</div>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-09-09',
			'modified' => '0000-00-00',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'The sixth edition of CAN SofTech-2013 kicked off with an aim to bring together national and international ICT related companies under a single roof at the Exhibition Hall in Bhrikuti Mandap, Kathmandu from September 4.',
			'sortorder' => '1642',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 3 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1722',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Focus Briefs (2 - 8 September 2013)',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Banks and Promoters at Loggerheads over Property Evaluation: Governor</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Governor of the Nepal Rastra Bank Dr Yuba Raj Khatiwada said that the banks and the promoters of hydropower projects are playing blame game with each other. While addressing the Power Summit, Khatiwada said, &ldquo;The banks say that the promoters tend to inflate the equity amount of the projects, while the promoters blame the banks for under evaluating the asset while financing their projects.&rdquo; Shedding light on the risk aversion issue in the hydropower sector investment, he advised both the parties to build confidence rather blaming each other for the problem. The central bank governor also opined that the project developers should include the risk of exchange rates in the project analysis and financial appraisal instead of seeking risk guarantee from the government on foreign investment.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Strike at Upper Madi Hydropower Project</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Nearly 90 Nepali workers went on a strike at Upper Madi-hydropower at Sildujure in Kaski after their demand for pay as per the international labour organizations went on deaf ears. Most of the protesters include drivers, operators, labourers, and welders. Vice-chairperson of Workers&rsquo; Committee&rsquo;s Guna Prasad Baral said, &ldquo;We were forced to take this decision after the contractor did not pay any heed to their twenty-point demand that we put forth.&rdquo; Their demands include reduction of duty hours, over-time allowance, Dashain bonus and work place security, among others. Later a meeting between the agitating parties and the management committee was held but it ended inconclusively. &ldquo;There is no work environment at the construction site. No allowance or other facilities are provided to drivers. We have to wear the same pair of shoes, that don&rsquo;t last even for 15 days, for more than six months and we don&rsquo;t even have a toilet,&rdquo; Baral said. Meanwhile, Pas Bahadur Bastola, undersecretary of stakeholder&rsquo;s committee expressed solidarity with the workers&rsquo; agitation. As many as 100 Chinese nationals are working in the project. The hydro project, with a capacity of 25 MW, was initiated with the joint investment of Chinese Three Georges and Nepal&rsquo;s private sector. It had started on December 29 in 2012 with completion time of 28 months. The estimated cost of the project is Rs 5.28 billion and it was supposed to be completed by April 2015.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Exploring Possibilities in Hydro Sector</span></strong></div>
<div>
	The politicians participating in the power summit 2013 threw support for &ldquo;integration of power markets&rdquo; of Nepal, China and India &ldquo;for the benefit of everyone in the region&rdquo;. Although Nepal is said to have a potential of producing 83,000MW of hydroelectricity from its rivers, the country so far has been able to tap less than 800MW of that. As a result, hours-long power outage has become a norm in the country, which is affecting production at various industries and hindering country&rsquo;s economic development. &ldquo;Water resources need to be exploited to achieve higher growth rates. If we cannot do this the country&rsquo;s dream of graduating to the grouping of developing nations, will only remains a pipe dream,&rdquo; said Radhesh Pant, CEO of the Investment Board, which oversees implementation hydro projects of over 500MW, among others.</div>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-09-01',
			'modified' => '0000-00-00',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'Governor of the Nepal Rastra Bank Dr Yuba Raj Khatiwada said that the banks and the promoters of hydropower projects are playing blame game with each other.',
			'sortorder' => '1583',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 4 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1702',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Focus Briefs (26 August - 01 September 2013)',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">CG Introduces New Range of ACs</span></strong></div>
<div>
	CG, a subsidiary of the Chaudhary Group introduced its new range of CG air conditioners in June this year. The company has rolled out four models of air conditioners: the CG- 09THCA, CG-12THCA, CG-18THCA and CG-24THCA. The new range of air conditioners comes with a built-in voltage stabiliser that works even on low voltage, the company said in a press statement. &ldquo;The benefits are very clear; it saves money as there is no need to buy an additional voltage stabiliser,&rdquo; the company said. The products are suitable for the Tarai region of the country that experiences high voltage fluctuation. CG Electronics has stated that the new air conditioners are quiet and calm, and have quick performance. Likewise, the devices come with a cordless luxury remote control. CG air conditioners have a compact design. &ldquo;It also has an &lsquo;excellent&rsquo; new look&mdash;mirror floral printed design that adds beauty to the consumers&rsquo; home as well as work. With their low power consumption feature, these devices have become more energy efficient and reduce the monthly power bill,&rdquo; the company further said. CG Electronics has priced the appliances in the range of Rs 40,580 to Rs 77,990. &nbsp;All products come with a 12-month warranty.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Panasonic Launches FSV Air Conditioners</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Panasonic, a worldwide leader in the development and manufacture of electronic products and the Triveni Group, Panasonic&rsquo;s authorised distributor for Air Conditioners and Home Appliance products in Nepal, launched a full line up of FSV air conditioners in Nepal recently. Panasonic&rsquo;s FSV is a reverse cycle of the VRF system specifically designed for the most demanding application where precise cooling or heating load control is needed, such as in offices, shops and multi-storey apartments. The FSV system enables a single outdoor unit to power up to 64 indoor units. The indoor units can be a mix of Wall Mounted, Cassette, Mini Cassette and mid and Low Static Pressure ducted units with a total capacity of up to 60HP. The system offers users a variety of control options including group control, web control and building management system integration. Additionally, the FSV allows flexibility with piping design, allowing a height difference of up to 50m between outdoor and indoor units, and a maximum piping length&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	of 1,000m.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-08-27',
			'modified' => '0000-00-00',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'CG, a subsidiary of the Chaudhary Group introduced its new range of CG air conditioners in June this year.',
			'sortorder' => '1563',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 5 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1664',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Focus Briefs (19 - 25 August 2013)',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">The Campus of International Languages (CIL)</span></strong></div>
<div>
	The Campus of International Languages (CIL) is the only language teaching campus in Nepal under Tribhuvan University (TU), which is considered as one of the oldest and highly regarded university in Nepal. This is the only campus in Kathmandu that teaches different languages. At present there are two language programs running in the campus &mdash; the Himalayan Language Program, which includes Nepali, Sanskrit, Newari and Tibetan and the Foreign Language Program. Now the college has classes in Italian, Russian, Spanish, French, German, and English. The college is also planning to introduce Danish, Arabic, Hebrew and Norwegian soon. The tuition fee for expatriate nationals is US $ 650 per year and 1600 NCR for six months.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Goethe Zentrum Kathmandu</span></strong></div>
<div>
	<img alt="Goethe Zentrum Kathmandu (GZK)" src="/userfiles/images/goethe.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 111px;" />Goethe Zentrum Kathmandu (GZK) which is centrally located at Thapathali in Kathmandu is the official German language institute and partner of the German Foreign Office. Since 2001, the GZK is teaching the German language within the framework of the Cultural Cooperation agreed upon in 1982 by both Nepal and the Federal Republic of Germany. The institute also conducts language classes for tourist guides titled &ldquo;Reiseleiter.&rdquo; It was started in 1998 and it is provided only to license-holder guides every two years.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Alliance Fran&ccedil;aise de Kathmandu (AF)</span></strong></div>
<div>
	<img alt="Alliance Française de Kathmandu (AF)" src="/userfiles/images/afk.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 79px;" />Founded in Paris in 1883, the Alliance Fran&ccedil;aise (AF) created a worldwide network of more than 1335 local associations established now in more than 140 countries. It started its institute in Nepal in 1994. The Alliance Fran&ccedil;aise teaches French language by proposing French classes, aiming to promote the language and to spread the French and Francophone culture by organizing cultural events by enhancing the intercultural dialogue promoting cultural diversity. AF charges Rs 7,200 for a semester which is of around 2 month (48-hours). AF also offers Intensive Professional Class, a 40-hour French class for tourist guides twice a year during January-February and July-August.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Alta-Vista</span></strong></div>
<div>
	<img alt="Alta-Vista ‘Spanish’ Language School in Nepal" src="/userfiles/images/alt.jpg" style="
float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 200px; height: 33px;" />Alta-Vista is the first and exclusive &lsquo;Spanish&rsquo; Language School in Nepal and was founded in 2006 with a purpose of promotion of Spanish language and culture in Nepal. Alta-Vista has firmly established itself as a pioneer institute for Spanish Language courses. Centrally located in the heart of the educational hub &ndash; Putalisadak, it has been providing both knowledge and service par excellence with a team of highly qualified teachers. Alta-Vista offers various courses of Spanish language meeting demands of students from all walks of life.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Alta-Vista charges Rs 5,000 for Basic Course, Rs 6,000 for Intermediate Course and 7,000 Advance course. And there is a course named &lsquo;Intensive Course&rsquo; which is like Basic Private for which students pay Rs 300 per class.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-08-20',
			'modified' => '0000-00-00',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'The Campus of International Languages (CIL) is the only language teaching campus in Nepal under Tribhuvan University (TU), which is considered as one of the oldest and highly regarded university in Nepal.',
			'sortorder' => '1525',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 6 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1611',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Focus Briefs (12 - 18 August 2013)',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">LA Splash&nbsp;</span></strong></div>
<div>
	B-Facto International Pvt Ltd introduced cosmetics brand LA Splash for the first time in Nepal. LA Splash, a division of John Davler, is a US based cosmetics brand which has been selling cosmetic products in around 35 countries since 1996. LA Splash has a huge cosmetics range, from products for eyes, lips, face and nails to primers, glitters and accessories. The cosmetics come in a variety of vibrant and trendy colors and shades, making it especially appealing to teenagers. Besides the shades and colours that appeal to youth, LA Splash also has a wide range of mineral based cosmetics, especially designed for women. The range offered is large enough to cater to the needs of women from any age group. LA Splash is reasonably priced and before introducing LA Splash in Nepal, the company conducted a survey to understand the marketability aspect among other factors. B-Facto International also offers free makeup trials in Civil Mall, Sundhara on the same floor as its showroom.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Mac Personal Care&nbsp;</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Cosmetics products from Mac Personal Care Industry include cleansing milk, moisturiser, face wash, ginger shampoo and others. Birat Trading is the authorised distributor of the company in Nepal. Of the 65 different products, 53 items are being currently marketed in Nepal. The India based company claims it uses herbal extracts to manufacture the products, which is the main aspect of their product with the slogan &ldquo;Truly Natural&rdquo;. Besides India and Nepal, the cosmetic products are being marketed in Singapore. The products are being sampled in Dubai and the UAE. The company believes in informing the general public about the raw materials used to manufacture the products and the effects on their respective functions rather than decreasing the quality and the price of the product for marketing.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Enricher Herbal&nbsp;</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Cosmoworld Cosmetic Industries introduced Enricher Herbal cosmetic products in the Nepali market. The company has been producing cosmetic products in Nepal for the last two years. It recently launched rose water, neem facewash, papaya facewash, papaya, aloe vera and neem cleansing milks, apricot scrub, facial massage cream, strawberry and vitamin E enriched nail polish remover, and cold wax, among others. According to the company, these products are available in the price range of Rs 60 to Rs 120. Cosmoworld said the products are made of different types of herbs and thus help protect the skin without any effects. The company has appointed San Impex as the authorized distributor for marketing and distributing Enricher Herbal products. The company banks on the huge demand for herbal cosmetic products in Nepal.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Diana of London&nbsp;</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Diana of London (DoL), a brand owned by European cosmetic major MaxCare International, is a renowned brand in cosmetic products. In August 2012, Rishabh Trade Concern (RTC), its authorised distributor, introduced their products in the Nepali market. According to the company, the demand and market for cosmetics is growing every year in the country. RTC imports products from Maxcare International, Dubai. In Nepal, the company has introduced 44 varieties of DoL products &mdash; such as lipstick, nail polish, eye shadow, foundation, compact powder, eyeliner, mascara, et cetera &mdash; in as many as 500 different shades. Targeted at the upper middle class and high-end costumers, the brand is available in selected counters only. The company is selling their products through 23 counters in Kathmandu, Pokhara and Biratnagar. The price of products starts from Rs 260 and scales up to Rs 1,500. The most popular products of the brand include 2000 Kisses, Catwalk mascara and nail polish.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-08-12',
			'modified' => '0000-00-00',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'B-Facto International Pvt Ltd introduced cosmetics brand LA Splash for the first time in Nepal. LA Splash, a division of John Davler, is a US based cosmetics brand which has been selling cosmetic products in around 35 countries since 1996.',
			'sortorder' => '1472',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 7 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1565',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Focus Briefs (5-11 August 2013)',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<div>
	<strong>KK Super Mart Nepal&nbsp;</strong></div>
<div>
	KK Super Mart Nepal is a chain of local convenience stores, with technical assistance from KK Super Mart Malaysia. It opened its first store in Boudha in July 2012 and three more outlets in Lagankhel, New Baneshwor and Bhaisepati later. It intends to open 15 stores by 2013. It also targets to open 50 stores throughout the valley within the next three years. KK Super Mart Nepal operates all days of the year with the vision to &ldquo;Serve U with a smile.&rdquo; The super market offers over 3,500 high quality products at the most competitive prices. It offers products ranging from every-day grocery goods to personal care, toiletries, household products, over-the-counter medicines, beverages, liquor, recharge cards, pet food, among others. According to KK Super Mart Malaysia, Nepal has been chosen as the first overseas destination due to the emerging economy in Nepal.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>CG Mart&nbsp;</strong></div>
<div>
	Established business houses too are diversifying into retail. The Chaudhary Group has entered the retail business by establishing CG Mart. This chain of convenience stores sells daily items needed by consumers. CG Mart started operating convenience stores from its location at Minbhawan, Tripureshwor and Dillibazar. The company is also looking for space in busy hubs like New and Old Baneshwor, Gyaneshwor, Thamel, New Road and Chabahil among others. The stores initiated by CG offer products at affordable prices. The company has also started a supply chain to make sure that they need not rely upon any other agencies for the supply of products. CG believes that it will become successful in attracting customers through value added services. It creates an environment to tempt customers to drop in frequently and ensures that the employees at the store are adequately trained and well informed about the products sold at the CG Mart stores.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>Big Mart&nbsp;</strong></div>
<div>
	Mega Mart, which started operations in 2009 with a Big Mart store at City Centre, Kamal Pokhari, has grown into one of the strongest retail chains in the country since then. It was the first store in Nepal to provide the value and savings concept to its shoppers. Mega Mart, the operator of Big Mart stores plans to open 11 new stores in 2013. The company is moving as per its plan to reach out to the neighbourhood of its prospective customers. Big Mart stores maintain its focus on food items and groceries. The company is also planning to open stores in the outlying areas of the Kathmandu valley besides expanding outside the valley. The company aims to open stores in Pokhara and Biratnagar soon. Big Mart has already distributed over 50,000 privilege cards to its loyal customers and the number has been growing steadily.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>Stuti Mero Mart&nbsp;</strong></div>
<div>
	Stuti Mero Mart is a chain of convenience stores promoted by ANS Co. Its main goal is to provide a local market place feel to the shoppers by offering impeccable and unparalleled services. It envisions selling a wide range of items to make shopping experience more enjoyable and convenient at a nominal price. Stuti Mero Mart launched its presence in Kathmandu Valley by opening outlets in Ghattekulo, Katyayani Chowk and Sinamangal in June this year. Stuti Mero Mart outlets boast of a collection of around 7,500 domestic and imported items that range from spices, meat and confectionaries to cosmetic items, toiletries, liquors and kitchen wares. One of the major aims of Stuti Mero Mart is to expand its presence in all 35 wards of Kathmandu Metropolitan City. Once that is achieved, it intends to venture into Lalitpur and Bhaktapur districts before penetrating into the markets located outside Kathmandu Valley. Stuti Mero Mart is also planning to launch an online store soon to enable customers for placing orders from home</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-08-05',
			'modified' => '0000-00-00',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'KK Super Mart Nepal is a chain of local convenience stores, with technical assistance from KK Super Mart Malaysia.',
			'sortorder' => '1426',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 8 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1528',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Focus Briefs (29 July - 4 August 2013)',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<div>
	<strong>Leather Wings&nbsp;</strong></div>
<div>
	Leather Wings is the pioneering genuine leather footwear manufacturer in Nepal. It was established in 1985 and has been serving its loyal customers for more than 28 years. The raw materials are painstakingly chosen for the comfort and durability of the hand-crafted shoes from within the country as well as abroad namely India, China, Thailand, Bangladesh and Pakistan. The manufacturing is semi-mechanised with the perfect blend of automation and craftsmanship. The company focuses on manufacturing and has distributors throughout the country.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>Base Footwear&nbsp;</strong></div>
<div>
	Base Footwear (BF) Pvt Ltd is primarily known for its leading brand BF Dear Hill Shoes which was launched in 2000. The shoes under this brand were manufactured specifically for Nepali consumers who wanted durable and practical yet graceful footwear. In 2009, BF was certified with the international standard ISO 9001:2008 recognition making it the first footwear company of Nepal to be designated this honour. The shoes are now recognised by the logo. Its factory is located in Gaushala, from where it produces a wide variety of shoes comprising formal, casual and sports shoes. Besides, the company has also introduced sandals and belts. Leather materials such as polyurifine, polyvinyl chloride, and thermopoly rubbers are used for the shoes. BF shoes are easily available in over 1,000 outlets all over the country. The company claims to be selling well over 100,000 pairs of BF dear hill shoes annually.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>Goldstar Shoes&nbsp;</strong></div>
<div>
	The footwear industry of the Universal Group, launched in the mid-1970s, was the group&rsquo;s first and core business. Since its inception, the group has established itself as the biggest footwear producing group in Nepal. In 1990, it launched a mid-priced, value for money brand called Goldstar to service more price conscious markets. It is a robust brand made with genuine materials and modern technology. Goldstar is now sold in all over Nepal and gradually it is gaining popularity in the Indian markets too. The production line of the company also has Hawaii slippers called &lsquo;Haathi&rsquo;, introduced in the early 80s and now widely available throughout the country. This pioneer brand has attracted admiration over more than three decades. Haathi slippers and sandals are recognised throughout the country for its style and durability. The company has always prioritised the R&amp;D of new cutting edge products, technology and customer service to expand the business into new markets. It has formed strong relationships around India and throughout the country with its distributors and the customers who it greatly appreciates for their support and loyalty. It has also earned national recognition as a progressive and well managed business through a &ldquo;best exporter award&rdquo;.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>Shikhar Shoes&nbsp;</strong></div>
<div>
	Shikhar Shoes Industry Pvt Ltd is a leading footwear industry of Nepal established in 2052 BS. The company now has more than 15 exclusive showrooms and more than 200 outlets across the country. The industry was established as a proprietorship firm with its corporate office and factory in Ranibari-3, Kathmandu. It later converted to a Private Limited Company and has its factory in Goldhunga-3. Shikhar Shoes Industry, with its history of 18 years, is a leading footwear brand of Nepal due to its goodwill, image and sales volume. The industry is currently producing 1,500 pairs of shoes per day while its production capacity is that of 5,000 shoes daily. The industry, that used to exclusively produce men&rsquo;s leather shoes, has now started producing all types of men&rsquo;s footwear as well as ladies&rsquo; sandals and shoes. The manufacturing unit of the company produces shoes with semi-automatic modern machine. The establishment is providing direct and indirect employment to more than 4,000 people throughout the country.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-07-30',
			'modified' => '0000-00-00',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'Leather Wings is the pioneering genuine leather footwear manufacturer in Nepal.',
			'sortorder' => '1389',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 9 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1480',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Focus Briefs (22-28 July 2013)',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Upper Trishuli &ndash; A (216 MW)&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Nepal Water and Energy Development Company is the developer of the 216 MW Upper Trishuli A project. The major stakeholders of the project are Korea South East Electric Company (50%), Kyeryong Construction (10%) and Nepali Investors (10%), Daelim Industrial Company (15%) and International Finance Corporation (15 %). The 216-MW Upper Trishuli-I is a mega hydropower project which requires lot of time, energy and resources to conduct environmental assessments and make other necessary preparations including financial closure.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Upper Marsyangdi (600 MW)&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	GMR Group has acquired 80 per cent stake in Himtal Hydropower Company Pvt Ltd which is developing the 600 MW Upper Marsyangdi Hydro Electric Project on the Marsyangdi River in Nepal. The plant is scheduled to be commissioned by the end of 2016. Himtal Hydro Power Company Pvt Ltd is developing &lsquo;The Upper Marsyangdi-2 Hydroelectric Power&rsquo; project. This run-of-river type development is located in the districts of Lamjung and Manang, aiming to fully utilise the power potential of the Marsyangdi river. The proposed location of the dam &ndash; utilising a gross head of about 627.67 m &ndash; is just upstream of Tal village in Manang District, about 45 km upstream of Besisahar.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Tamakoshi &ndash; III (650 MW)&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	SN Power was awarded the Survey Licenses in March 2007 by the Government of Nepal to develop the Tamakohsi 2 (207 MW) and Tamakoshi 3 (275 MW) Hydroelectric projects in the Tamakoshi River of Dolakha district. Based on a concept study results, SN Power applied for and was awarded an amended license for a single 600 MW daily peaking run-of-river project to be called the Tamakoshi 3 project. The TA 3 HEP is planned for the Tamakoshi River stretch between Singati bazaar and approximately 100 meter above Tamakoshi bridge at Kirnetar. The technical feasibility of the project has been performed in the range from 600 to 1320 MW. The Feasibility Study for this project is in the final stage of completion. Power will be evacuated at Dhalkebar. The bulk of the power is expected to be exported to India after supplying the domestic demand on a commercial basis.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Upper Karnali (900 MW)&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	A consortium comprising GMR Energy Limited, GMR Infrastructure Limited (GIL) and Italian-Thai Development Project Company signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Nepal, for developing the 900 MW Upper Karnali Hydro electric Project, in Nepal. The project will be developed on a Build, Own, Operate and Transfer (BOOT) basis. The MoU signing successfully concluded the first ever International Competitive Bidding (ICB) process of award of large hydropower projects in Nepal, which followed a rigorous multi-layered evaluation process, lasting 12 months. The plant is scheduled to be commissioned by the end of 2016.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Arun &ndash; III (900 MW)&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	The government awarded the 900 MW Arun III Hydropower Project to the Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd (SJVN), India&acute;s state-owned power producer, after the company demonstrated financial capability to bring in Rs 82.5 billion for the development of the project. Arun III is a run-of-the-river project based in Sankhuwasava district and SJVN was selected to prepare its detailed project report (DPR) and develop the project through a global bidding in 2008.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-07-23',
			'modified' => '0000-00-00',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'GMR Group has acquired 80 per cent stake in Himtal Hydropower Company Pvt Ltd which is developing the 600 MW Upper Marsyangdi Hydro Electric Project on the Marsyangdi River in Nepal.',
			'sortorder' => '1341',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 10 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1418',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Focus Briefs (15 - 21 July 2013)',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<p>
	<strong>Aaron Helmets &amp; Accessories</strong><br />
	<br />
	Incorporated in the year 2007, Mutual Crafts Pvt Ltd is one of the leading names engaged in the manufacture and supply of high quality and wide range of motorcycle helmets. The company, that manufactures Aaron Helmets, provides both open face and full face helmets to its valued clients. Mutual Crafts has been able to carve a niche in the domestic as well as overseas markets through its dedicated services and quality products. Its wide range of products is widely appreciated for its strength, protective features and reliability. This selection of products is efficient in meeting safety and racing standards and also characterized with stylish designs. Further, the company also provides customization as per the requirements and specifications of its esteemed clients. Its highly qualified and dedicated team of professionals is able to provide utmost satisfaction with on-time delivery of the products. It ensures to deliver the products after comprehensive research and stringent tests to assert international standards of quality and safety. Mutual Crafts maintains an up-to-date infrastructure as a necessity towards maintaining quality product attributes. An ISI &amp; ISO 9001:2008 Certified Company, Mutual Crafts is a Delhi, India based leading manufacturer, supplier and exporter of motorcycle helmets and offers a wide array of full face and open face helmets.<br />
	<br />
	<br />
	<img alt="bm" src="/userfiles/images/BM.jpg" style="width: 230px; height: 209px; margin: 10px;" /><br />
	<strong>BM Motorcycle Helmets</strong><br />
	<br />
	AMR Industry Company Limited was established in February 2003. This Thailand based company&rsquo;s commitment is to satisfy customers&rsquo; needs by manufacturing superfine quality motorcycle helmets under the brand &lsquo;BM&rsquo; which is qualified by Thai Industrial Standard Institute (TISI 369-2539). Since its start, the company has continuously indulged in improvement and innovation of its products to answer customers&rsquo; satisfaction.<br />
	<br />
	<br />
	<img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/apex.jpg" style="width: 238px; height: 206px; margin: 10px;" /><br />
	<br />
	<strong>AVEX Safety Helmets</strong><br />
	<br />
	P Narong and PNI Company Limited has over 20 years of experience on knowledge and ability to produce AVEX Safety Helmet and the various types of plastic injection. Additionally, all manufacturing processes are considerately performed by the modern machines not only under the qualitative control of professional working team but also the quality system of ISO 9001 Version 2000. Apart from the standard, AVEX Safety Helmet is welcomed and admired from the users because of its beautiful shape in accordance with the aerodynamic principle. AVEX Safety Helmet is welcomed and trusted by the customers and the product has been continuously exported or distributed for more than two decades. The company, originated in Thailand, aims to provide qualitative product trusting the executive management under the system of ISO 9001:2000 in order to fulfill the confidence and the satisfactory of the customers in accordance with the quality policy and provide qualitative product meeting the customers&rsquo; requirements.<br />
	<br />
	<img alt="yohe" src="/userfiles/images/yohe.jpg" style="width: 205px; height: 204px; margin: 10px;" /><br />
	<br />
	<strong>YOHE Helmets</strong><br />
	<br />
	YOHE is one of the largest motorcycle helmets designing and manufacturing company. Foshan Nanhai YOHE manufacturing Co, Ltd was founded in June 1992 and located in Guangdong province, China. The more than 1000 workers of YOHE produce over 3.9 million pieces of helmets per year. YOHE gained ISO 9001:2000 certificate in 1993, and has a high reputation among all the Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervisions. YOHE&rsquo;s customers are spread worldwide with Europe and America, Australia and Asia being the major markets.<br />
	<br />
	&nbsp;</p>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-07-15',
			'modified' => '0000-00-00',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'Incorporated in the year 2007, Mutual Crafts Pvt Ltd is one of the leading names engaged in the manufacture and supply of high quality and wide range of motorcycle helmets. The company, that manufactures Aaron Helmets, provides both open face and full face helmets to its valued clients. Mutual Crafts has been able to carve a niche in the domestic as well as overseas markets through its dedicated services and quality products. Its wide range of products is widely appreciated for its strength, protective features and reliability. This selection of products is efficient in meeting safety and racing standards and also characterized with stylish designs.',
			'sortorder' => '1280',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 11 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1378',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Focus Briefs (8-14 July 2013)',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<p>
	<strong>Nepal Furniture &amp; Furnishing Association&nbsp;</strong></p>
<p>
	Nepal Furniture &amp; Furnishing Association (NFFA) is an umbrella organisation of furniture and furnishing manufacturers, product importers, distributors, dealers and professionals. It is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation established in 2056 BS with the involvement of a group of renowned furniture and furnishing related business people of Nepal. It focuses on promoting of furniture and furnishing products in Nepal in urban as well as rural areas besides protecting the rights of this sector’s businessmen and professionals. The Association believes in public private partnership and in assisting the Government of Nepal in related objectives like national import/export, manufacturing policy etc. It also believes in advocacy of user rights such as cases of warranty, guarantee, counterfeit, fraud issues of grey channel and any other denial of end user rights.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	<strong>Bira Furniture&nbsp;</strong></p>
<p>
	Bira Furniture is one of the oldest wooden factory in Nepal, established in 1963 and deals in all kinds of wooden products, manufacturing and supplying furniture, door/window frames, trusses, parquets, wall paneling etc. The company, now run by his family, was established by Padam Shrestha. Since the time man started building, there has been engineering and in case of wooden products, there has been ‘Timber Engineering’. Bira Furniture knows how to design the wood crafts so that its method of structural analysis is put into practice. The transition of wood craft to wood art in the sphere of timber engineering to create elegance above excellence is Bira’s motto. In its 43 years of service, the company has made an exclusive clientele of leading hotels, resorts, hydro electric projects, showrooms, restaurants, schools, offices and residences with strong and upscale market possession.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	<strong>S T Carpet&nbsp;</strong></p>
<p>
	S T Carpet was founded in 1992 by Sonam Tamang to meet the growing need of high quality Tibetan-Nepali rugs around the world. Over the years, it has established itself as one of the prominent manufacturers dedicated to supply premium handmade rugs from Nepal. S T Carpets specializes in both custom and readymade carpets and supplies its buyers with quality handmade rugs. The company caters to the custom designed projects markets while the quality of its carpets is reflected in its selection of materials and craftsmanship. The exclusive services of S T Carpet include custom rug design, premium materials and craftsmanship, customized project support, worldwide export and goodweave certified.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	<strong>Index Furniture Nepal&nbsp;</strong></p>
<p>
	Launched in 2012, Index Furniture Nepal operates from its showrooms at Metro Park, Uttar Dhoka Lazimpat and Steel Tower Building Jawlakhel. It deals in bedroom sets, modular kitchens, dining sets, sofas, armchairs, entertainment centers, sofa beds, office furniture etc. Index Furniture Nepal acquired a franchise from the Thailand-based brand. Index Furniture entered Nepal after doing a market observation which concluded that the estimated market size was good. It focused on the medium and upper segment of consumers and planned the products accordingly. Despite being many brands present in Nepal it looked at delivering the full range of products which was lacking in the market. Index Furniture claims to be superior in terms of design, function, materials used and price. Index Furniture offers the best quality furniture that is designed by world class designers and leading designers of Thailand. It addresses all modern lifestyle with functional designs in many categories. The Index store in Nepal is similar to the one in Thailand and it can show the products and combinations of many products for bedrooms, living rooms, kitchens and home offices.</p>
<div>
	 </div>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-07-09',
			'modified' => '0000-00-00',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'Nepal Furniture & Furnishing Association (NFFA) is an umbrella organisation of furniture and furnishing manufacturers, product importers, distributors, dealers and professionals.',
			'sortorder' => '1240',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 12 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1298',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Anta Sports Nepal',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<p>
	Anta Sports Nepal is a franchise store of the popular Chinese sports brand Anta. Anta Sports Products Limited is a branded sportswear company in China. It involves the business of designing, developing, manufacturing and marketing sportswear, including sports footwear, apparel and accessory under its own brand name, ANTA. It was established in 1994 and it is headquartered in Jinjiang, Fujian.</p>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-07-02',
			'modified' => '0000-00-00',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'Anta Sports Nepal is a franchise store of the popular Chinese sports brand Anta.',
			'sortorder' => '1160',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 13 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1297',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Sports Plaza',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<p>
	Sports Plaza is the authorised distributor of Reebok products in Nepal. Reebok International Limited, a subsidiary of the German company Adidas since 2005, is a producer of athletic shoes, apparel, and accessories. The world headquarters is located in Canton, Massachusetts, USA; with regional offices in Amsterdam (EMEA), Montreal (Canada), Hong Kong (Asia Pacific) and Mexico City (Latin America).</p>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-07-02',
			'modified' => '0000-00-00',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'Sports Plaza is the authorised distributor of Reebok products in Nepal.',
			'sortorder' => '1159',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	),
	(int) 14 => array(
		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '1296',
			'article_category_id' => '152',
			'title' => 'Avenue Marketing',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<p>
	Avenue Marketing is the authorised distributor of Nike products for Nepal. Nike, Inc. is an American multinational corporation that is engaged in the design, development and worldwide marketing and selling of footwear, apparel, equipment, accessories and services. It is one of the world’s largest suppliers of athletic shoes and apparel and a major manufacturer of sports equipment. Nike promotes its products by sponsorship agreements with celebrity athletes, professional teams and college athletic teams. Nike pays top athletes in many sports to use their products and promote and advertise their technology and design.</p>',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-07-02',
			'modified' => '0000-00-00',
			'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal',
			'description' => 'Avenue Marketing is the authorised distributor of Nike products for Nepal.',
			'sortorder' => '1158',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
			'homepage' => false,
			'breaking_news' => false,
			'main_news' => false,
			'in_scroller' => false,
			'user_id' => '0'
		)
	)
)
$current_user = null
$logged_in = false
$xml = false
simplexml_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