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AVO joins hands with Aakansha Creation to create jobs for displaced women in Sindhupalchowk

Feb 01, 2021 0 2 minutes 25 seconds to read

February 1: Nepal AVO and Aakansha Creation have signed an agreement to “create jobs” for women displaced by landslides and floods in Sindhupalchowk district.…

Aggressive Franchising by Sathi Mart in Era of Digital Mart

Jan 25, 2021 0 1 minutes 48 seconds to read

January 25: Sathi Mart, established to launch online to offline (O2O) e-commerce in Nepal, has opened 61 outlets across the country, within five months.…

Clock b Business Innovations collaborates with Jyoti Bikash Bank

Jan 25, 2021 0 3 minutes 11 seconds to read

January 25: Clock b Business Innovations has collaborated with Jyoti Bikash Bank for co-organizing ‘EntrepreneuHER’- an experimental entrepreneurial incubation journey with a flagship conclave.…

Mahindra Brand Announces Winners of Festive Scheme

Jan 15, 2021 0 1 minutes 23 seconds to read

January 15: Agni Incorporated, the authorized distributor of Mahindra automobiles and tractors in Nepal, has announced the winners of a festive scheme launched some months…

Kathmandu Model College to Collaborate with Idea Studio Nepal

Jan 11, 2021 0 1 minutes 17 seconds to read

January 11: KMC Innovation Center of Kathmandu Model College has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Idea Studio Nepal (ISN).…

Nepal SBI Bank Customers to get Discount at Hotel Barahi

Jan 04, 2021 0 50 seconds to read

January 1: Nepal SBI Bank has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Hotel Barahi, Pokhara to provide discount on various services provided by the hotel.…

Ncell Ties up with ‘Miss Universe Nepal 2020’

Dec 30, 2020 0 2 minutes 26 seconds to read

December 30: Ncell Axiata Limited, as a part of its #unpause campaign and GGO initiative, has tied-up with Brave Bold Beautiful Pvt Ltd for ‘Miss Universe Nepal 2020’.…

NMB Bank collaborates with CellPay for Digital Payment

Dec 25, 2020 0 1 minutes 55 seconds to read

December 25: NMB Bank Limited has partnered with CellPay, an NRB-licensed payment service provider, to promote digital payment services in Nepal to all of its customers.…

Western Union Hands over Rs 1 Million to Bumper Lucky Draw Winner

Dec 23, 2020 0 1 minutes 16 seconds to read

December 22: Western Union money transfer company has announced the winner of its lucky draw under its “Dashain Tihar Ko Saugat” consumer promotion…

Hollywood Movies now Available on DishHome

Dec 22, 2020 0 1 minutes 6 seconds to read

December 22: DishHome has made available Hollywood and Bollywood movies in Nepali television channels through pay-per-view (PPV) platform for the first time.…

Bottlers Nepal Limited Receives Grant for its Energy Saving Initiatives

Dec 18, 2020 0 1 minutes 59 seconds to read

December 17: Bottlers Nepal Limited, the company that manufactures Coca-Cola, has been awarded with a grant of Rs 5.2 million for its efforts on energy saving initiatives.…

Ncell launches ‘Ncell Jobshop’, a Platform to Connect Job Seekers and Employers

Dec 17, 2020 0 3 minutes 49 seconds to read

December 17: Ncell customers can now easily look for employment opportunities available in the local job market or post vacancies as prospective employers.…

eSewa and Viber Ink Deal

Dec 16, 2020 0 1 minutes 56 seconds to read

December 16: eSewa, a digital payment service provider of Nepal, and popular messaging app, Rakuten Viber have joined hands to facilitate their customers, who can now top-up talk time and send money to contact numbers through…

Everest Bank Extends Support to Zonta Club of Kathmandu

Dec 10, 2020 0 1 minutes 10 seconds to read

December 10: Everest Bank provided financial support of Rs 250,000 to Zonta Club of Kathmandu under its Corporate Social Responsibility…

Nabil Bank and One to Watch Collaborate to Support MSMEs in Nepal

Dec 06, 2020 0 2 minutes 9 seconds to read

December 6: Nabil Bank and One to Watch (OTW), an investment management company, have collaborated to provide interest-free and collateral-free loans to MSMEs under OTW COVID-19 MSME Fund…

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			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">February 1: </span></span><span style="font-family:Georgia">Nepal AVO and Aakansha Creation have </span><span style="font-family:Georgia">signed an agreement to &ldquo;create jobs&rdquo; for women displaced by landslides and floods in Sindhupalchowk district. Aakansha Creation&rsquo;s Tekka Initiatives, a social campaign of the company, will lead the project in collaboration with the local ward office.&nbsp; The campaign will organize trainings for the displaced women on making soft toys. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Georgia">The materials used for making the soft toys and the training will be provided free of cost, the organisers said in a joint statement. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Georgia">&ldquo;Once the training is completed, they will be provided an opportunity for employment to produce soft toys for AVO Nepal. The concept is build with an aim of improving the livelihood of displaced women and helping them become economically independent. These toys will be sold via different outlets throughout Nepal, India and Japan,&rdquo; the statement added. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Georgia">&ldquo;It&rsquo;s our absolute pleasure to collaborate with Tekka Initiative to start something inspiring,&rdquo; said the Co-Founder and Director of AVO Nepal Sudixya Adhikari, adding, &ldquo;Our company is focused on promoting Nepali Avocado and its various sub-categories of products. To launch our brand with soft toys is not only a part of our business strategy but also our intention to help marginalized communities, especially women. We were looking for a company that worked with women and found Tekka Initiative as a perfect match for our objective&rdquo;.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Georgia">The Managing Director of Aakansha Creation said, &ldquo;We plan to offer training on crochet and supply materials free of cost. Once they complete the training, we will use their skills to manufacture soft toys with an intention to provide jobs to at-least 100 women in the next six months&rdquo;.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Georgia">Battered by a series of natural disasters in July and August that caused huge loss to life and property, Sindhupalchowk was declared a crisis-hit region by the government on 24 September, 2020, the statement further said. The government is reortedly planning to reconstruct the disaster-ravaged physical infrastructure in the district with the assistance of World Bank.</span></span></span></p>

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Sagar Pokhrel, CEO of Sathi Mart Inc, informed that Sathi Mart has managed to set up outlets in major cities from Kakadbhitta to Dhangadhi, and is teaching supermarket culture to consumers in various places like Arghakhanchi, Jiri, Galchi and Darchula.<br />
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Pokhrel informed that various items like groceries, sanitation items, beverages, snacks, dairy products, frozen food, gifts, breakfast items of national and international brands, are available at Sathi Mart.<br />
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Pokhrel said that Sathi Mart would give special priority to Nepali products.<br />
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Pokhrel informed that he has been promoting those who want to become franchise partners of Sathi Mart, in different places. Pokhrel says that one can earn profit in four ways- online, offline retail outlets and distributors with the same investment as an ordinary mart or shop.<br />
Sathi Mart is currently offering a free franchise.<br />
To become a franchise partner, consumers can apply online through Saathimart&#39;s official website (<u>saathimart.com</u>) and Sarthamart&#39;s official Facebook page.<br />
&quot;Stating that the era of the old single shop is fading away globally, Pokhrel adds, with 70 percent internet users in the country, Sathi Mart believes that the era of digital mart will start in Nepal&quot;.</span></span></p>
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			'summary' => 'January 25: Clock b Business Innovations has collaborated with Jyoti Bikash Bank for co-organizing ‘EntrepreneuHER’- an experimental entrepreneurial incubation journey with a flagship conclave. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">January 25: Clock b Business Innovations has collaborated with Jyoti Bikash Bank for co-organizing &lsquo;EntrepreneuHER&rsquo;- an experimental entrepreneurial incubation journey with a flagship conclave. The organizer will officially begin the event with a virtual learning session scheduled to be held on 31st January, 2021. The event will conclude with a conclave on 28th February, 2021. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">EntrepreneuHER<strong> </strong>program will guide women &lsquo;want-repreneurs&rsquo; to start their own ventures and connect them with sources of financing, such as investors and bankers. The platform will also provide current women entrepreneurs a chance to showcase their ventures, explore investments and financing options, the statement of Clock B Business Innovations reads. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria">&nbsp;<span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">A total of 30 participants will be enrolled in the week-long intensive activity based learning, which includes training sessions on identification, ideation, value proposition and USP, customer profiling, managing resources, understanding cost and revenue and building a business model. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&ldquo;Likewise, the intensive workshops will be followed by series of mentorship sessions, and will conclude with a flagship EntrepreneuHER Conclave, where multi-stakeholders of the market will attend to connect with the participants and their ideas. EntrepreneuHER conclave will particularly focus on showcasing the entrepreneurial venture prototypes, business pitches and discussions on women entrepreneurship,&rdquo; the statement reads.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">The organizers are expecting participants from diverse business nature, age, stage, geography and size. To be more precise, the program is ready to welcome idea pitchers willing to take action to build a venture and the entrepreneurs wanting to explore and identify scalable, fast growth and low risk business building plans in the pandemic affected market. In order to train these achievers on different agendas, business personnel with years of experience and expertise in the field have been requested.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">According to Clock b Business Innovations, the flagship conclave will witness participation from professional bankers, investors, mentors, entrepreneurship ecosystem actors and the idea-pitchers. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">Out of the selected participants the most doable, scalable and unique pitch will be selected and given a seed investment to further escalate their ideas whereas the other participants will get access to business loans without capital. The conclave will also include women entrepreneurial stories, as well as panel discussion on the issues and aspects of women entrepreneurship.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&ldquo;This program promotes and celebrates the spirit of Women Entrepreneurship in Nepal by exploring the innovative side of these (participants) entrepreneurship enthusiasts by understanding how they handle the uncertainties, challenge the customs, and visualize the new ways of doing.&nbsp;This entrepreneurial incubation is ready to welcome aspirants and start-ups, to furnish their business and financial skills they require to design their ventures,&rdquo; the joint statement reads.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">Online registration for participation began on 15th January, 2021.&nbsp;</span></span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Mahindra Brand Announces Winners of Festive Scheme ',
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			'summary' => 'January 15:  Agni Incorporated, the authorized distributor of Mahindra automobiles and tractors in Nepal, has announced the winners of a festive scheme launched some months ago.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">January 15:&nbsp; </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Agni Incorporated, the authorized distributor of Mahindra automobiles and tractors in Nepal, has announced the winners of a festive scheme launched some months ago.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The company&rsquo;s brand ambassador and former cricket captain of Nepal, Paras Khadka, unveiled the names of the winners amid a recent function.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">According to the company, </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;inherit&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Yograj Rai from Dhankuta, Niranjana Chaudhary from Nepalgunj and Ram Bahadur Kami from Nepalgunj were declared the winners through lucky draw.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;inherit&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">The scheme was launched on the auspicious occasion of Dashain, Tihar, Chhath and Vishwakarma Pooja for customers who purchased Mahindra tractors, reads a statement issued by the company. </span></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The offer was valid from September 15 to November 30.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Under this scheme, the company had offered a </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">sure shot prize of l</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">ife insurance along with either 50 percent discount on &lsquo;Rotavator&rsquo; or three years&rsquo; wallet free servicing.&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>

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			'summary' => 'January 11: KMC Innovation Center of Kathmandu Model College has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Idea Studio Nepal (ISN). ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">January 11: </span><span style="font-family:Arial">KMC Innovation Center of Kathmandu Model College has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Idea Studio Nepal (ISN). </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">According to a press statement issued by the college, the MOU was signed amid a function held on the college premises on January 10. The agreement will remain in effect for three years, with a provision for further extension.</span></span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">KMC Innovation Center is a lab-based research centre that promotes innovation, business incubation, student service and research. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Idea Studio Nepal enables potential entrepreneurs with innovative business ideas to address socio-economic environmental issues faced by local communities across the country. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">KMC Innovation Center said it considers the MoU an opportunity to collaborate and grow mutually with ISN to provide better opportunities and to connect the dots towards innovation, entrepreneurship development and research.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">&nbsp;</span></span></p>
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			'summary' => 'January 1: Nepal SBI Bank has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Hotel Barahi, Pokhara to provide discount on various services provided by the hotel. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">January 1: Nepal SBI Bank has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with </span><span style="font-family:Arial">Hotel Barahi, Pokhara</span><span style="font-family:Arial"> to provide discount on various services</span><span style="font-family:Arial"> provided by the hotel</span><span style="font-family:Arial">. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">According to the bank, its customers can avail the benefits </span><span style="font-family:Arial">by</span><span style="font-family:Arial"> using </span><span style="font-family:Arial">NSBL</span><span style="font-family:Arial"> debit cards at </span><span style="font-family:Arial">Hotel Barahi</span><span style="font-family:Arial">.</span> </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">The MoU was signed by Chhapi Raj Pant, Chief Business Development Officer of NSBL, and &nbsp;Buddhi Man Sharma, Operation Manager of Hotel Barahi.</span></span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Ncell Ties up with ‘Miss Universe Nepal 2020’',
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			'summary' => 'December 30: Ncell Axiata Limited, as a part of its #unpause campaign and GGO initiative, has tied-up with Brave Bold Beautiful Pvt Ltd for ‘Miss Universe Nepal 2020’. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Times">December 30: Ncell Axiata Limited, as a part of its #unpause campaign and GGO initiative, has tied-up with Brave Bold Beautiful Pvt Ltd for &lsquo;Miss Universe Nepal 2020&rsquo;. The collaboration aims at celebrating the spirit of women empowerment and supporting women who are moving ahead in life to chase their dreams, reads a statement posted by the company on its website.&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Times">The statement added that Miss Universe Nepal is an all-inclusive leadership platform that believe in empowering Nepalese women to grow them into leaders. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Times">Ncell said it recently launched an attractive &lsquo;GGO SIM&rsquo; pack specially designed for women with the theme &lsquo;Aghi Badau&rsquo;. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Times">&ldquo;Ncell&rsquo;s GGO philosophy is about encouraging progressive women to move forward to achieve their dreams. Miss Universe Nepal with its inclusivity approach for the first time in Nepal, shares a similar philosophy around its Brave, Bold, Beautiful approach,&rdquo; the statement further said.&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Times">On December 26, as a part of this partnership, Ncell also organised an interaction session with the top 18 finalists of Miss Nepal Universe with the mentors Dr Raveena Desraj (Deputy CEO, Mega Bank), Priyanka Karki (actor) and Pooja Rijal (Solo Traveller).&nbsp;<br />
&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Times">One from the finalists will be crowned as title winner amid the finale on Wednesday evening. The winner will bag prizes worth Rs 2.5 million. Alongside attractive cash prize, the organisers of this event have taken up the challenge to mainstream inclusivity in such beauty pageants globally, Ncell added.&nbsp;<br />
&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Times">Ncell expressed its delight to tie-up with Miss Universe Nepal to encourage, empower women and support them achieve their aspirations with positivity and confidence. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Times">The statement added that Miss Universe Nepal provides the contestants with world-renowned coaching and grooming in addition to advance networking, business and life skills, besides taking winning contestant to the global stage to represent Nepal.&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'NMB Bank collaborates with CellPay for Digital Payment',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => 'December 25: NMB Bank Limited has partnered with CellPay, an NRB-licensed payment service provider, to promote digital payment services in Nepal to all of its customers. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">December 25: NMB Bank Limited has partnered with CellPay, an NRB-licensed payment service provider, to promote digital payment services in Nepal to all of its customers. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The bank&rsquo;s </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Chief Business and Strategy Officer Sudesh Upadhyaya </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">and </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Managing Director</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> of Cellcom Pvt Ltd Pawan Pradhan signed the partnership agreement on behalf of their respective organisations amid a recent function. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">As per the understanding, CellPay will now provide digital payments and fund transfer services through web and mobile channel to help make payments directly from the bank account. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">CellPay said in a joint statement that it has been developed considering various international standard security mechanisms to make the payment safe and reliable. The payments done through CellPay is made in &lsquo;Real Time&rsquo;. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">&ldquo;Customers can easily make real time payments for telecom services, electricity, TV, Internet bill, restaurants and fund transfer from one to another bank, domestic remittance, insurance payment, EMI payments, share payments, P2P, P2B, B2P, B2B and other services,&rdquo; the statement added. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Customers can enjoy these services through any of the partnered bank with CellPay. CellPay app is available in both Google Playstore and Apple&rsquo;s Appstore.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">NMB bank was established in 1996 and has been serving its customer through 176 branches, nine extension counters, 249 branchless banking units along with 135 ATMs.&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Western Union Hands over Rs 1 Million to Bumper Lucky Draw Winner ',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => 'December 22: Western Union money transfer company has announced the winner of its lucky draw under its “Dashain Tihar Ko Saugat” consumer promotion scheme.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">December 22: Western Union money transfer company has announced the winner of its lucky draw under its &ldquo;Dashain Tihar Ko Saugat&rdquo; consumer promotion scheme.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">The company has declared Kalpana Shahi, who made the transaction from CG Finco, as the bumper lucky draw winner and was handed over Rs 1 milion.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">DGM of CG Finco&rsquo;s Customer service center in Kamaladi, Nar Bahadur KC, handed over the amount to Shahi. The winner Shahi reportedly said she would utilize the prize money in productive sectors and will remember Western Union money transfer for her lifetime.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">According to Western Union, the promotion scheme was launched in October, during the festive season of Dashain, Tihar and Chhath. Ten lucky customers each got a chance to win Rs 25000 every week under the scheme. All qualifying transactions during the promotion period were entered in the bumper lucky draw, Western Union said in a statement.</span></span></span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Hollywood Movies now Available on DishHome',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => 'December 22: DishHome has made available Hollywood and Bollywood movies in Nepali television channels through pay-per-view (PPV) platform for the first time. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">December 22: DishHome has made available Hollywood and Bollywood movies in Nepali television channels through pay-per-view (PPV) platform for the first time. The Hollywood movie &ldquo;Unhinged&rdquo; was launched in December 21 via the PPV service for customers of DishHome. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">According to DishHome, its viewers can watch the movie on DishHome&rsquo;s CinemaGhar International Channel number 999 at six different slots - morning 7 am, 10 am, afternoon 1 pm, 4 pm, evening 7 pm and night 10 pm.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">DishHome said in a statement that its CinemaGhar International channel number 999 will premiere six shows. Viewers can watch the shows either by dialing on IVR No 9801190990 and following the instructions carefully or by dialing DishHome&rsquo;s Customer Care No 01-4217666 or TOLL Free No 16600122000. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Viewers can also send an SMS by typing MOD999, CAS ID and their movie timing. </span></span></span></span></p>
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			'article_category_id' => '266',
			'title' => 'Bottlers Nepal Limited Receives Grant for its Energy Saving Initiatives',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => 'December 17: Bottlers Nepal Limited, the company that manufactures Coca-Cola, has been awarded with a grant of Rs 5.2 million for its efforts on energy saving initiatives. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Narrow&quot;">December 17: </span></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Narrow&quot;">Bottlers Nepal Limited, the company that manufactures Coca-Cola, has been awarded with a grant of Rs 5.2 million for its efforts on energy saving initiatives. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Narrow&quot;">According to the company, the grant is a part of &ldquo;Nepal Energy Efficiency Programme&rdquo;, designed by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development for Energy Efficiency initiatives in the Nepali industry.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Narrow&quot;">Bottlers Nepal Limited said in a statement that it bagged the grant based on its two leading initiatives which includes the installation of a new compressor with VFD compatibility and installation of energy efficient screw blower for ETP. The fundamental aim of these initiatives was driven by Coca-Cola&rsquo;s global sustainability objective of reducing carbon footprint to 25 percent by 2020, added the statement.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Narrow&quot;">Pradip Pandey, managing director of Bottlers Nepal Limited, shared</span></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Narrow&quot;">, &ldquo;We are delighted to receive this prestigious award from the Government of Nepal and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. We have set ambitious goals throughout our supply chain and will continue to make several changes in our equipment and technology to support our approach to reduce emissions and save energy&rdquo;. He further added, &ldquo;Such recognitions motivate our teams to stay committed to our global sustainability initiatives.&rdquo;</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Narrow&quot;">Bottlers Nepal limited said it strives for energy efficiency at both its plants in Kathmandu and Bhartapur, and invests in new technologies through several other initiatives, creating energy and carbon efficiencies through the entire value chain. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Ncell launches ‘Ncell Jobshop’, a Platform to Connect Job Seekers and Employers',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => 'December 17: Ncell customers can now easily look for employment opportunities available in the local job market or post vacancies as prospective employers. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">December 17: Ncell customers can now easily look for employment opportunities available in the local job market or post vacancies as prospective employers. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Ncell Axiata Limited has launched a first of its kind service &lsquo;Ncell Jobshop&rsquo;, providing a platform to connect job seekers and job posters in a single virtual marketplace. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">&nbsp;<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">The service has been launched by Ncell as a part of its ongoing campaign #unpause which aims to trigger the thought of moving ahead by reimagining the future amidst the current situation.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Pradeep Shrivastava, chief commercial officer of Ncell, said, &ldquo;The Covid-19 pandemic has caused many to lose their jobs. The advent of increasingly virtual world seems to have reduced barriers for people to connect and build their networks online. With the rise of remote working and changing job search trends,&nbsp;Ncell is delighted to offer an innovative service of direct networking platform between job seekers and employers.&nbsp;As the economy slowly recovers, Ncell Jobshop is an opportunity for those who have lost their job in these tougher times for various employment prospects and get connected with employers which will create a great value for both job seekers and employers in a single virtual marketplace.&quot;</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">With the pandemic hitting hard every sector and many people losing jobs, Ncell JobShop is expected to work as a bridge to link workers who are seeking job opportunities, and people or businesses who need work force, the company said in a statement. Both job seekers, primarily blue-collar workers for now, and posters can have access to this service via their mobile phones.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><strong>&nbsp;</strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Each time when there is a match between a job seeker and poster; an SMS notification is sent to the both parties notifying them about the match, the statement further added. Any Ncell customer who is a blue-collar worker and is looking for a job can subscribe to this service as a job seeker. Once the customer subscribes to this service by creating their profile as per the job they are looking for, he/she will start getting suitable content posted by job posters as potential match via SMS on daily basis. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">&nbsp;<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Similarly, any Ncell customer as an employer is looking for job seekers for any work can create a profile specifying the scope of work. After that the customer will start getting information via SMS regarding the potential candidates on the requirement posted.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">&nbsp;<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Interested customers can take this service by easily dialing *17137# or via the company&rsquo;s web portal. For job posters, it costs Rs. 6.38 per post which once posted will remain valid for 7 days in the platform.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">&nbsp;<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Job seeker based on their requirements can buy 3-day, 7-day, 1 month, 6 month and 12 months pack for keeping their profile up in the portal. Customers can activate the 3-day pack for Rs. 3.83 including applicable taxes which remains valid for 3 days. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">&nbsp;<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Likewise, customers can subscribe 7-day and 1-month pack at Rs 8.94 and Rs 38.31 which remains valid for 7 days and 30 days respectively. For those job seekers who want to keep their validity for a longer period can opt for 6 months and 12 months pack that costs Rs 153.22 and Rs 229.84. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">&nbsp;</span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'eSewa and Viber Ink Deal ',
			'sub_title' => 'Customers can now top-up talk time and send money through Viber',
			'summary' => 'December 16: eSewa, a digital payment service provider of Nepal, and popular messaging app, Rakuten Viber have joined hands to facilitate their customers, who can now top-up talk time and send money to contact numbers through Viber.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">December 16: eSewa, a digital payment service provider of Nepal, and popular messaging app, Rakuten Viber have joined hands to facilitate their customers, who can now top-up talk time and send money to contact numbers through Viber.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">With this partnership, Viber users in Nepal can seamlessly link their eSewa account to top up talk time as well as send money to other users from within the Viber App. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">According to eSwea, this partnership is the first of its kind in the Asia Pacific Region. eSewa claimed that it has become only the third company to partner with Viber for payment services after Apple and Google. This feature is available to all the Viber users in Nepal, says a statement issued by eSewa.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">As an introductory offer, users can enjoy a&nbsp; 10 percent or maximum of Rs 100 cashback on recharge and five percent or maximum Rs 50 on fund transfer, added the statement. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">&ldquo;Besides that, on weekly basis, customers will get a chance to win attractive gifts/vouchers and as a bumper price, one lucky customer will win a laptop.&rdquo;</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Roshan Lamichhane, Chief Operating Officer of eSewa says this is a breakthrough in digital payments in Nepal and it will bring a new dimension to digital payments in the country. &ldquo;We will continue to innovate and make financial transactions simple, secure, and affordable,&rdquo; he said</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Similarly, Anna Znamenskaya, Chief Growth Officer, Rakuten Viber said, &ldquo;We have always envisioned Viber to be a lifetime app that is of maximum benefit to its users. One of the ways to make this happen is to ensure that our users have access to a secure alternative platform to make their financial transactions such as top-ups and fund transfer as convenient as possible.&rdquo;</span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

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			'title' => 'Everest Bank Extends Support to Zonta Club of Kathmandu ',
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			'summary' => 'December 10: Everest Bank provided financial support of Rs 250,000 to Zonta Club of Kathmandu under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><span style="font-size:15.0pt">December 10: Everest Bank provided financial support of Rs 250,000 to Zonta Club of Kathmandu under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><span style="font-size:15.0pt">Everest Bank said in a statement that it has been conducting various CSR programmes and supporting different social clubs and organizations working for welfare activities during this COVID-19 pandemic. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><span style="font-size:15.0pt">GK Negi, CEO of Everest Bank, handed over the cheque to Seema Golchha, president of Zonta Club of Kathmandu. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><span style="font-size:15.0pt">Zonta has been helping the families who are highly affected by ongoing COVID-19 crisis and distributes pushcarts to sell vegetables and fruits. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">Everest Bank currently has a customer base of over 1.1 million and the bank is rendering its services through its network of 98 branches, 31 revenue collection counters, and 130 ATMs across the country.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Nabil Bank and One to Watch Collaborate to Support MSMEs in Nepal',
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			'summary' => 'December 6: Nabil Bank and One to Watch (OTW), an investment management company, have collaborated to provide interest-free and collateral-free loans to MSMEs under OTW COVID-19 MSME Fund Nepal.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:&quot;Futura LT Book&quot;">December 6: Nabil Bank and One to Watch (OTW), an investment management company, have collaborated to provide interest-free and collateral-free loans to MSMEs under OTW COVID-19 MSME Fund Nepal.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:&quot;Futura LT Book&quot;">Under this strategic partnership, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) with the potential to return to revenue against the COVID-19 induced recession shall be benefited by the collateral-free and interest-free loan to meet their short-term working capital and help them survive through the hardships and restrictions presented by COVID-19, reads a statement issued by the bank. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:&quot;Futura LT Book&quot;">Apart from the loan, enterprises shall also receive technical assistance in the form of customized business advisory/development services enabling them to preserve business continuity and build resilience.&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:&quot;Futura LT Book&quot;">According to Nabil Bank, MSMEs evaluated to have the potential to bounce back based on a pre-determined set of criteria shall get collateral-free loan from the bank and the interest amount shall be paid by the fund for a maximum period of 18 months. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:&quot;Futura LT Book&quot;">Sujit Kumar Shakya, deputy CEO of Nabil Bank and Suman Joshi, managing director of One to Watch, signed the agreement amid a recent programme.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:&quot;Futura LT Book&quot;">Speaking about the partnership, Anil Keshary Shah, CEO of Nabil Bank said, &ldquo;Nabil Bank is always ready to support the MSME sector in Nepal, to help grow their businesses and surge ahead for long-term stability and overall economic growth of the country. We are very excited to collaborate with One to Watch in this effort to provide interest-free and collateral-free working capital loans to MSMEs affected by COVID-19 to assist in their survival through these tough times, enabling them to retain their teams and sustain their businesses.&nbsp; Nabil Bank continues to be focused on promoting the MSME segment by bringing products and services that enable ease of access to finance to small entrepreneurs and businesses in this segment.&rdquo;</span></span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'AVO joins hands with Aakansha Creation to create jobs for displaced women in Sindhupalchowk',
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			'summary' => 'February 1: Nepal AVO and Aakansha Creation have signed an agreement to “create jobs” for women displaced by landslides and floods in Sindhupalchowk district. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">February 1: </span></span><span style="font-family:Georgia">Nepal AVO and Aakansha Creation have </span><span style="font-family:Georgia">signed an agreement to &ldquo;create jobs&rdquo; for women displaced by landslides and floods in Sindhupalchowk district. Aakansha Creation&rsquo;s Tekka Initiatives, a social campaign of the company, will lead the project in collaboration with the local ward office.&nbsp; The campaign will organize trainings for the displaced women on making soft toys. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Georgia">The materials used for making the soft toys and the training will be provided free of cost, the organisers said in a joint statement. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Georgia">&ldquo;Once the training is completed, they will be provided an opportunity for employment to produce soft toys for AVO Nepal. The concept is build with an aim of improving the livelihood of displaced women and helping them become economically independent. These toys will be sold via different outlets throughout Nepal, India and Japan,&rdquo; the statement added. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Georgia">&ldquo;It&rsquo;s our absolute pleasure to collaborate with Tekka Initiative to start something inspiring,&rdquo; said the Co-Founder and Director of AVO Nepal Sudixya Adhikari, adding, &ldquo;Our company is focused on promoting Nepali Avocado and its various sub-categories of products. To launch our brand with soft toys is not only a part of our business strategy but also our intention to help marginalized communities, especially women. We were looking for a company that worked with women and found Tekka Initiative as a perfect match for our objective&rdquo;.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Georgia">The Managing Director of Aakansha Creation said, &ldquo;We plan to offer training on crochet and supply materials free of cost. Once they complete the training, we will use their skills to manufacture soft toys with an intention to provide jobs to at-least 100 women in the next six months&rdquo;.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Georgia">Battered by a series of natural disasters in July and August that caused huge loss to life and property, Sindhupalchowk was declared a crisis-hit region by the government on 24 September, 2020, the statement further said. The government is reortedly planning to reconstruct the disaster-ravaged physical infrastructure in the district with the assistance of World Bank.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria">&nbsp;</span></span></p>
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			'summary' => 'January 25: Sathi Mart, established to launch online to offline (O2O) e-commerce in Nepal, has opened 61 outlets across the country, within five months. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria">January 25: Sathi Mart, established to launch online to offline (O2O) e-commerce in Nepal, has opened 61 outlets across the country, within five months. The mart made its inception by launching the first outlet in Boudha, Kathmandu, on September 13, 2020.<br />
Sagar Pokhrel, CEO of Sathi Mart Inc, informed that Sathi Mart has managed to set up outlets in major cities from Kakadbhitta to Dhangadhi, and is teaching supermarket culture to consumers in various places like Arghakhanchi, Jiri, Galchi and Darchula.<br />
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Pokhrel said that Sathi Mart would give special priority to Nepali products.<br />
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Pokhrel informed that he has been promoting those who want to become franchise partners of Sathi Mart, in different places. Pokhrel says that one can earn profit in four ways- online, offline retail outlets and distributors with the same investment as an ordinary mart or shop.<br />
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To become a franchise partner, consumers can apply online through Saathimart&#39;s official website (<u>saathimart.com</u>) and Sarthamart&#39;s official Facebook page.<br />
&quot;Stating that the era of the old single shop is fading away globally, Pokhrel adds, with 70 percent internet users in the country, Sathi Mart believes that the era of digital mart will start in Nepal&quot;.</span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Clock b Business Innovations collaborates with Jyoti Bikash Bank ',
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			'summary' => 'January 25: Clock b Business Innovations has collaborated with Jyoti Bikash Bank for co-organizing ‘EntrepreneuHER’- an experimental entrepreneurial incubation journey with a flagship conclave. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">January 25: Clock b Business Innovations has collaborated with Jyoti Bikash Bank for co-organizing &lsquo;EntrepreneuHER&rsquo;- an experimental entrepreneurial incubation journey with a flagship conclave. The organizer will officially begin the event with a virtual learning session scheduled to be held on 31st January, 2021. The event will conclude with a conclave on 28th February, 2021. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">EntrepreneuHER<strong> </strong>program will guide women &lsquo;want-repreneurs&rsquo; to start their own ventures and connect them with sources of financing, such as investors and bankers. The platform will also provide current women entrepreneurs a chance to showcase their ventures, explore investments and financing options, the statement of Clock B Business Innovations reads. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria">&nbsp;<span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">A total of 30 participants will be enrolled in the week-long intensive activity based learning, which includes training sessions on identification, ideation, value proposition and USP, customer profiling, managing resources, understanding cost and revenue and building a business model. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&ldquo;Likewise, the intensive workshops will be followed by series of mentorship sessions, and will conclude with a flagship EntrepreneuHER Conclave, where multi-stakeholders of the market will attend to connect with the participants and their ideas. EntrepreneuHER conclave will particularly focus on showcasing the entrepreneurial venture prototypes, business pitches and discussions on women entrepreneurship,&rdquo; the statement reads.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">The organizers are expecting participants from diverse business nature, age, stage, geography and size. To be more precise, the program is ready to welcome idea pitchers willing to take action to build a venture and the entrepreneurs wanting to explore and identify scalable, fast growth and low risk business building plans in the pandemic affected market. In order to train these achievers on different agendas, business personnel with years of experience and expertise in the field have been requested.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">According to Clock b Business Innovations, the flagship conclave will witness participation from professional bankers, investors, mentors, entrepreneurship ecosystem actors and the idea-pitchers. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">Out of the selected participants the most doable, scalable and unique pitch will be selected and given a seed investment to further escalate their ideas whereas the other participants will get access to business loans without capital. The conclave will also include women entrepreneurial stories, as well as panel discussion on the issues and aspects of women entrepreneurship.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&ldquo;This program promotes and celebrates the spirit of Women Entrepreneurship in Nepal by exploring the innovative side of these (participants) entrepreneurship enthusiasts by understanding how they handle the uncertainties, challenge the customs, and visualize the new ways of doing.&nbsp;This entrepreneurial incubation is ready to welcome aspirants and start-ups, to furnish their business and financial skills they require to design their ventures,&rdquo; the joint statement reads.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">Online registration for participation began on 15th January, 2021.&nbsp;</span></span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'summary' => 'January 15:  Agni Incorporated, the authorized distributor of Mahindra automobiles and tractors in Nepal, has announced the winners of a festive scheme launched some months ago.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">January 15:&nbsp; </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Agni Incorporated, the authorized distributor of Mahindra automobiles and tractors in Nepal, has announced the winners of a festive scheme launched some months ago.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The company&rsquo;s brand ambassador and former cricket captain of Nepal, Paras Khadka, unveiled the names of the winners amid a recent function.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">According to the company, </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;inherit&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Yograj Rai from Dhankuta, Niranjana Chaudhary from Nepalgunj and Ram Bahadur Kami from Nepalgunj were declared the winners through lucky draw.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;inherit&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">The scheme was launched on the auspicious occasion of Dashain, Tihar, Chhath and Vishwakarma Pooja for customers who purchased Mahindra tractors, reads a statement issued by the company. </span></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The offer was valid from September 15 to November 30.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Under this scheme, the company had offered a </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">sure shot prize of l</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">ife insurance along with either 50 percent discount on &lsquo;Rotavator&rsquo; or three years&rsquo; wallet free servicing.&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Kathmandu Model College to Collaborate with Idea Studio Nepal',
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			'summary' => 'January 11: KMC Innovation Center of Kathmandu Model College has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Idea Studio Nepal (ISN). ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">January 11: </span><span style="font-family:Arial">KMC Innovation Center of Kathmandu Model College has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Idea Studio Nepal (ISN). </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">According to a press statement issued by the college, the MOU was signed amid a function held on the college premises on January 10. The agreement will remain in effect for three years, with a provision for further extension.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">The concept of the MoU is to develop a spirit of cooperation and assistance to promote entrepreneurship among the students of KMC.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">KMC Innovation Center is a lab-based research centre that promotes innovation, business incubation, student service and research. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Idea Studio Nepal enables potential entrepreneurs with innovative business ideas to address socio-economic environmental issues faced by local communities across the country. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">KMC Innovation Center said it considers the MoU an opportunity to collaborate and grow mutually with ISN to provide better opportunities and to connect the dots towards innovation, entrepreneurship development and research.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">&nbsp;</span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Nepal SBI Bank Customers to get Discount at Hotel Barahi',
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			'summary' => 'January 1: Nepal SBI Bank has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Hotel Barahi, Pokhara to provide discount on various services provided by the hotel. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">January 1: Nepal SBI Bank has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with </span><span style="font-family:Arial">Hotel Barahi, Pokhara</span><span style="font-family:Arial"> to provide discount on various services</span><span style="font-family:Arial"> provided by the hotel</span><span style="font-family:Arial">. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">According to the bank, its customers can avail the benefits </span><span style="font-family:Arial">by</span><span style="font-family:Arial"> using </span><span style="font-family:Arial">NSBL</span><span style="font-family:Arial"> debit cards at </span><span style="font-family:Arial">Hotel Barahi</span><span style="font-family:Arial">.</span> </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">The MoU was signed by Chhapi Raj Pant, Chief Business Development Officer of NSBL, and &nbsp;Buddhi Man Sharma, Operation Manager of Hotel Barahi.</span></span></span></p>
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			'id' => '12872',
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			'title' => 'Ncell Ties up with ‘Miss Universe Nepal 2020’',
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			'summary' => 'December 30: Ncell Axiata Limited, as a part of its #unpause campaign and GGO initiative, has tied-up with Brave Bold Beautiful Pvt Ltd for ‘Miss Universe Nepal 2020’. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Times">December 30: Ncell Axiata Limited, as a part of its #unpause campaign and GGO initiative, has tied-up with Brave Bold Beautiful Pvt Ltd for &lsquo;Miss Universe Nepal 2020&rsquo;. The collaboration aims at celebrating the spirit of women empowerment and supporting women who are moving ahead in life to chase their dreams, reads a statement posted by the company on its website.&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Times">The statement added that Miss Universe Nepal is an all-inclusive leadership platform that believe in empowering Nepalese women to grow them into leaders. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Times">Ncell said it recently launched an attractive &lsquo;GGO SIM&rsquo; pack specially designed for women with the theme &lsquo;Aghi Badau&rsquo;. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Times">&ldquo;Ncell&rsquo;s GGO philosophy is about encouraging progressive women to move forward to achieve their dreams. Miss Universe Nepal with its inclusivity approach for the first time in Nepal, shares a similar philosophy around its Brave, Bold, Beautiful approach,&rdquo; the statement further said.&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Times">On December 26, as a part of this partnership, Ncell also organised an interaction session with the top 18 finalists of Miss Nepal Universe with the mentors Dr Raveena Desraj (Deputy CEO, Mega Bank), Priyanka Karki (actor) and Pooja Rijal (Solo Traveller).&nbsp;<br />
&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Times">One from the finalists will be crowned as title winner amid the finale on Wednesday evening. The winner will bag prizes worth Rs 2.5 million. Alongside attractive cash prize, the organisers of this event have taken up the challenge to mainstream inclusivity in such beauty pageants globally, Ncell added.&nbsp;<br />
&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Times">Ncell expressed its delight to tie-up with Miss Universe Nepal to encourage, empower women and support them achieve their aspirations with positivity and confidence. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Times">The statement added that Miss Universe Nepal provides the contestants with world-renowned coaching and grooming in addition to advance networking, business and life skills, besides taking winning contestant to the global stage to represent Nepal.&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'id' => '12850',
			'article_category_id' => '266',
			'title' => 'NMB Bank collaborates with CellPay for Digital Payment',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => 'December 25: NMB Bank Limited has partnered with CellPay, an NRB-licensed payment service provider, to promote digital payment services in Nepal to all of its customers. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">December 25: NMB Bank Limited has partnered with CellPay, an NRB-licensed payment service provider, to promote digital payment services in Nepal to all of its customers. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The bank&rsquo;s </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Chief Business and Strategy Officer Sudesh Upadhyaya </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">and </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Managing Director</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> of Cellcom Pvt Ltd Pawan Pradhan signed the partnership agreement on behalf of their respective organisations amid a recent function. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">As per the understanding, CellPay will now provide digital payments and fund transfer services through web and mobile channel to help make payments directly from the bank account. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">CellPay said in a joint statement that it has been developed considering various international standard security mechanisms to make the payment safe and reliable. The payments done through CellPay is made in &lsquo;Real Time&rsquo;. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">&ldquo;Customers can easily make real time payments for telecom services, electricity, TV, Internet bill, restaurants and fund transfer from one to another bank, domestic remittance, insurance payment, EMI payments, share payments, P2P, P2B, B2P, B2B and other services,&rdquo; the statement added. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Customers can enjoy these services through any of the partnered bank with CellPay. CellPay app is available in both Google Playstore and Apple&rsquo;s Appstore.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">NMB bank was established in 1996 and has been serving its customer through 176 branches, nine extension counters, 249 branchless banking units along with 135 ATMs.&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Western Union Hands over Rs 1 Million to Bumper Lucky Draw Winner ',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => 'December 22: Western Union money transfer company has announced the winner of its lucky draw under its “Dashain Tihar Ko Saugat” consumer promotion scheme.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">December 22: Western Union money transfer company has announced the winner of its lucky draw under its &ldquo;Dashain Tihar Ko Saugat&rdquo; consumer promotion scheme.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">The company has declared Kalpana Shahi, who made the transaction from CG Finco, as the bumper lucky draw winner and was handed over Rs 1 milion.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">DGM of CG Finco&rsquo;s Customer service center in Kamaladi, Nar Bahadur KC, handed over the amount to Shahi. The winner Shahi reportedly said she would utilize the prize money in productive sectors and will remember Western Union money transfer for her lifetime.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">According to Western Union, the promotion scheme was launched in October, during the festive season of Dashain, Tihar and Chhath. Ten lucky customers each got a chance to win Rs 25000 every week under the scheme. All qualifying transactions during the promotion period were entered in the bumper lucky draw, Western Union said in a statement.</span></span></span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">&nbsp;</span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Hollywood Movies now Available on DishHome',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => 'December 22: DishHome has made available Hollywood and Bollywood movies in Nepali television channels through pay-per-view (PPV) platform for the first time. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">December 22: DishHome has made available Hollywood and Bollywood movies in Nepali television channels through pay-per-view (PPV) platform for the first time. The Hollywood movie &ldquo;Unhinged&rdquo; was launched in December 21 via the PPV service for customers of DishHome. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">According to DishHome, its viewers can watch the movie on DishHome&rsquo;s CinemaGhar International Channel number 999 at six different slots - morning 7 am, 10 am, afternoon 1 pm, 4 pm, evening 7 pm and night 10 pm.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">DishHome said in a statement that its CinemaGhar International channel number 999 will premiere six shows. Viewers can watch the shows either by dialing on IVR No 9801190990 and following the instructions carefully or by dialing DishHome&rsquo;s Customer Care No 01-4217666 or TOLL Free No 16600122000. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Viewers can also send an SMS by typing MOD999, CAS ID and their movie timing. </span></span></span></span></p>
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			'article_category_id' => '266',
			'title' => 'Bottlers Nepal Limited Receives Grant for its Energy Saving Initiatives',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => 'December 17: Bottlers Nepal Limited, the company that manufactures Coca-Cola, has been awarded with a grant of Rs 5.2 million for its efforts on energy saving initiatives. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Narrow&quot;">December 17: </span></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Narrow&quot;">Bottlers Nepal Limited, the company that manufactures Coca-Cola, has been awarded with a grant of Rs 5.2 million for its efforts on energy saving initiatives. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Narrow&quot;">According to the company, the grant is a part of &ldquo;Nepal Energy Efficiency Programme&rdquo;, designed by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development for Energy Efficiency initiatives in the Nepali industry.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Narrow&quot;">Bottlers Nepal Limited said in a statement that it bagged the grant based on its two leading initiatives which includes the installation of a new compressor with VFD compatibility and installation of energy efficient screw blower for ETP. The fundamental aim of these initiatives was driven by Coca-Cola&rsquo;s global sustainability objective of reducing carbon footprint to 25 percent by 2020, added the statement.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Narrow&quot;">Pradip Pandey, managing director of Bottlers Nepal Limited, shared</span></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Narrow&quot;">, &ldquo;We are delighted to receive this prestigious award from the Government of Nepal and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. We have set ambitious goals throughout our supply chain and will continue to make several changes in our equipment and technology to support our approach to reduce emissions and save energy&rdquo;. He further added, &ldquo;Such recognitions motivate our teams to stay committed to our global sustainability initiatives.&rdquo;</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Narrow&quot;">Bottlers Nepal limited said it strives for energy efficiency at both its plants in Kathmandu and Bhartapur, and invests in new technologies through several other initiatives, creating energy and carbon efficiencies through the entire value chain. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Ncell launches ‘Ncell Jobshop’, a Platform to Connect Job Seekers and Employers',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => 'December 17: Ncell customers can now easily look for employment opportunities available in the local job market or post vacancies as prospective employers. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">December 17: Ncell customers can now easily look for employment opportunities available in the local job market or post vacancies as prospective employers. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Ncell Axiata Limited has launched a first of its kind service &lsquo;Ncell Jobshop&rsquo;, providing a platform to connect job seekers and job posters in a single virtual marketplace. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">&nbsp;<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">The service has been launched by Ncell as a part of its ongoing campaign #unpause which aims to trigger the thought of moving ahead by reimagining the future amidst the current situation.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Pradeep Shrivastava, chief commercial officer of Ncell, said, &ldquo;The Covid-19 pandemic has caused many to lose their jobs. The advent of increasingly virtual world seems to have reduced barriers for people to connect and build their networks online. With the rise of remote working and changing job search trends,&nbsp;Ncell is delighted to offer an innovative service of direct networking platform between job seekers and employers.&nbsp;As the economy slowly recovers, Ncell Jobshop is an opportunity for those who have lost their job in these tougher times for various employment prospects and get connected with employers which will create a great value for both job seekers and employers in a single virtual marketplace.&quot;</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">With the pandemic hitting hard every sector and many people losing jobs, Ncell JobShop is expected to work as a bridge to link workers who are seeking job opportunities, and people or businesses who need work force, the company said in a statement. Both job seekers, primarily blue-collar workers for now, and posters can have access to this service via their mobile phones.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><strong>&nbsp;</strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Each time when there is a match between a job seeker and poster; an SMS notification is sent to the both parties notifying them about the match, the statement further added. Any Ncell customer who is a blue-collar worker and is looking for a job can subscribe to this service as a job seeker. Once the customer subscribes to this service by creating their profile as per the job they are looking for, he/she will start getting suitable content posted by job posters as potential match via SMS on daily basis. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">&nbsp;<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Similarly, any Ncell customer as an employer is looking for job seekers for any work can create a profile specifying the scope of work. After that the customer will start getting information via SMS regarding the potential candidates on the requirement posted.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">&nbsp;<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Interested customers can take this service by easily dialing *17137# or via the company&rsquo;s web portal. For job posters, it costs Rs. 6.38 per post which once posted will remain valid for 7 days in the platform.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">&nbsp;<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Job seeker based on their requirements can buy 3-day, 7-day, 1 month, 6 month and 12 months pack for keeping their profile up in the portal. Customers can activate the 3-day pack for Rs. 3.83 including applicable taxes which remains valid for 3 days. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">&nbsp;<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Likewise, customers can subscribe 7-day and 1-month pack at Rs 8.94 and Rs 38.31 which remains valid for 7 days and 30 days respectively. For those job seekers who want to keep their validity for a longer period can opt for 6 months and 12 months pack that costs Rs 153.22 and Rs 229.84. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">&nbsp;</span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'eSewa and Viber Ink Deal ',
			'sub_title' => 'Customers can now top-up talk time and send money through Viber',
			'summary' => 'December 16: eSewa, a digital payment service provider of Nepal, and popular messaging app, Rakuten Viber have joined hands to facilitate their customers, who can now top-up talk time and send money to contact numbers through Viber.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">December 16: eSewa, a digital payment service provider of Nepal, and popular messaging app, Rakuten Viber have joined hands to facilitate their customers, who can now top-up talk time and send money to contact numbers through Viber.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">With this partnership, Viber users in Nepal can seamlessly link their eSewa account to top up talk time as well as send money to other users from within the Viber App. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">According to eSwea, this partnership is the first of its kind in the Asia Pacific Region. eSewa claimed that it has become only the third company to partner with Viber for payment services after Apple and Google. This feature is available to all the Viber users in Nepal, says a statement issued by eSewa.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">As an introductory offer, users can enjoy a&nbsp; 10 percent or maximum of Rs 100 cashback on recharge and five percent or maximum Rs 50 on fund transfer, added the statement. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">&ldquo;Besides that, on weekly basis, customers will get a chance to win attractive gifts/vouchers and as a bumper price, one lucky customer will win a laptop.&rdquo;</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Roshan Lamichhane, Chief Operating Officer of eSewa says this is a breakthrough in digital payments in Nepal and it will bring a new dimension to digital payments in the country. &ldquo;We will continue to innovate and make financial transactions simple, secure, and affordable,&rdquo; he said</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Similarly, Anna Znamenskaya, Chief Growth Officer, Rakuten Viber said, &ldquo;We have always envisioned Viber to be a lifetime app that is of maximum benefit to its users. One of the ways to make this happen is to ensure that our users have access to a secure alternative platform to make their financial transactions such as top-ups and fund transfer as convenient as possible.&rdquo;</span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Everest Bank Extends Support to Zonta Club of Kathmandu ',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => 'December 10: Everest Bank provided financial support of Rs 250,000 to Zonta Club of Kathmandu under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><span style="font-size:15.0pt">December 10: Everest Bank provided financial support of Rs 250,000 to Zonta Club of Kathmandu under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><span style="font-size:15.0pt">Everest Bank said in a statement that it has been conducting various CSR programmes and supporting different social clubs and organizations working for welfare activities during this COVID-19 pandemic. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><span style="font-size:15.0pt">GK Negi, CEO of Everest Bank, handed over the cheque to Seema Golchha, president of Zonta Club of Kathmandu. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><span style="font-size:15.0pt">Zonta has been helping the families who are highly affected by ongoing COVID-19 crisis and distributes pushcarts to sell vegetables and fruits. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">Everest Bank currently has a customer base of over 1.1 million and the bank is rendering its services through its network of 98 branches, 31 revenue collection counters, and 130 ATMs across the country.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Nabil Bank and One to Watch Collaborate to Support MSMEs in Nepal',
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			'summary' => 'December 6: Nabil Bank and One to Watch (OTW), an investment management company, have collaborated to provide interest-free and collateral-free loans to MSMEs under OTW COVID-19 MSME Fund Nepal.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:&quot;Futura LT Book&quot;">December 6: Nabil Bank and One to Watch (OTW), an investment management company, have collaborated to provide interest-free and collateral-free loans to MSMEs under OTW COVID-19 MSME Fund Nepal.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:&quot;Futura LT Book&quot;">Under this strategic partnership, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) with the potential to return to revenue against the COVID-19 induced recession shall be benefited by the collateral-free and interest-free loan to meet their short-term working capital and help them survive through the hardships and restrictions presented by COVID-19, reads a statement issued by the bank. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:&quot;Futura LT Book&quot;">Apart from the loan, enterprises shall also receive technical assistance in the form of customized business advisory/development services enabling them to preserve business continuity and build resilience.&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:&quot;Futura LT Book&quot;">According to Nabil Bank, MSMEs evaluated to have the potential to bounce back based on a pre-determined set of criteria shall get collateral-free loan from the bank and the interest amount shall be paid by the fund for a maximum period of 18 months. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:&quot;Futura LT Book&quot;">Sujit Kumar Shakya, deputy CEO of Nabil Bank and Suman Joshi, managing director of One to Watch, signed the agreement amid a recent programme.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:&quot;Futura LT Book&quot;">Speaking about the partnership, Anil Keshary Shah, CEO of Nabil Bank said, &ldquo;Nabil Bank is always ready to support the MSME sector in Nepal, to help grow their businesses and surge ahead for long-term stability and overall economic growth of the country. We are very excited to collaborate with One to Watch in this effort to provide interest-free and collateral-free working capital loans to MSMEs affected by COVID-19 to assist in their survival through these tough times, enabling them to retain their teams and sustain their businesses.&nbsp; Nabil Bank continues to be focused on promoting the MSME segment by bringing products and services that enable ease of access to finance to small entrepreneurs and businesses in this segment.&rdquo;</span></span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'AVO joins hands with Aakansha Creation to create jobs for displaced women in Sindhupalchowk',
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			'summary' => 'February 1: Nepal AVO and Aakansha Creation have signed an agreement to “create jobs” for women displaced by landslides and floods in Sindhupalchowk district. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">February 1: </span></span><span style="font-family:Georgia">Nepal AVO and Aakansha Creation have </span><span style="font-family:Georgia">signed an agreement to &ldquo;create jobs&rdquo; for women displaced by landslides and floods in Sindhupalchowk district. Aakansha Creation&rsquo;s Tekka Initiatives, a social campaign of the company, will lead the project in collaboration with the local ward office.&nbsp; The campaign will organize trainings for the displaced women on making soft toys. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Georgia">The materials used for making the soft toys and the training will be provided free of cost, the organisers said in a joint statement. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Georgia">&ldquo;Once the training is completed, they will be provided an opportunity for employment to produce soft toys for AVO Nepal. The concept is build with an aim of improving the livelihood of displaced women and helping them become economically independent. These toys will be sold via different outlets throughout Nepal, India and Japan,&rdquo; the statement added. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Georgia">&ldquo;It&rsquo;s our absolute pleasure to collaborate with Tekka Initiative to start something inspiring,&rdquo; said the Co-Founder and Director of AVO Nepal Sudixya Adhikari, adding, &ldquo;Our company is focused on promoting Nepali Avocado and its various sub-categories of products. To launch our brand with soft toys is not only a part of our business strategy but also our intention to help marginalized communities, especially women. We were looking for a company that worked with women and found Tekka Initiative as a perfect match for our objective&rdquo;.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Georgia">The Managing Director of Aakansha Creation said, &ldquo;We plan to offer training on crochet and supply materials free of cost. Once they complete the training, we will use their skills to manufacture soft toys with an intention to provide jobs to at-least 100 women in the next six months&rdquo;.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Georgia">Battered by a series of natural disasters in July and August that caused huge loss to life and property, Sindhupalchowk was declared a crisis-hit region by the government on 24 September, 2020, the statement further said. The government is reortedly planning to reconstruct the disaster-ravaged physical infrastructure in the district with the assistance of World Bank.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria">&nbsp;</span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Aggressive Franchising by Sathi Mart in Era of Digital Mart',
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			'summary' => 'January 25: Sathi Mart, established to launch online to offline (O2O) e-commerce in Nepal, has opened 61 outlets across the country, within five months. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria">January 25: Sathi Mart, established to launch online to offline (O2O) e-commerce in Nepal, has opened 61 outlets across the country, within five months. The mart made its inception by launching the first outlet in Boudha, Kathmandu, on September 13, 2020.<br />
Sagar Pokhrel, CEO of Sathi Mart Inc, informed that Sathi Mart has managed to set up outlets in major cities from Kakadbhitta to Dhangadhi, and is teaching supermarket culture to consumers in various places like Arghakhanchi, Jiri, Galchi and Darchula.<br />
The mart&rsquo;s aim is to facilitate online shopping with thousands of outlets from villages to cities in Nepal. More than 350 people have received direct employment in corporate offices and outlets of Sathi Mart.<br />
Pokhrel informed that various items like groceries, sanitation items, beverages, snacks, dairy products, frozen food, gifts, breakfast items of national and international brands, are available at Sathi Mart.<br />
Likewise, the mart is preparing to launch &#39;O to O&#39; Commerce, with the delivery facility across Nepal. With the slogan &#39;Smart Shopping Now&#39;, Sathi Mart is working on online and offline (O2O) shopping.<br />
Pokhrel said that Sathi Mart would give special priority to Nepali products.<br />
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Pokhrel informed that he has been promoting those who want to become franchise partners of Sathi Mart, in different places. Pokhrel says that one can earn profit in four ways- online, offline retail outlets and distributors with the same investment as an ordinary mart or shop.<br />
Sathi Mart is currently offering a free franchise.<br />
To become a franchise partner, consumers can apply online through Saathimart&#39;s official website (<u>saathimart.com</u>) and Sarthamart&#39;s official Facebook page.<br />
&quot;Stating that the era of the old single shop is fading away globally, Pokhrel adds, with 70 percent internet users in the country, Sathi Mart believes that the era of digital mart will start in Nepal&quot;.</span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Clock b Business Innovations collaborates with Jyoti Bikash Bank ',
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			'summary' => 'January 25: Clock b Business Innovations has collaborated with Jyoti Bikash Bank for co-organizing ‘EntrepreneuHER’- an experimental entrepreneurial incubation journey with a flagship conclave. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">January 25: Clock b Business Innovations has collaborated with Jyoti Bikash Bank for co-organizing &lsquo;EntrepreneuHER&rsquo;- an experimental entrepreneurial incubation journey with a flagship conclave. The organizer will officially begin the event with a virtual learning session scheduled to be held on 31st January, 2021. The event will conclude with a conclave on 28th February, 2021. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">EntrepreneuHER<strong> </strong>program will guide women &lsquo;want-repreneurs&rsquo; to start their own ventures and connect them with sources of financing, such as investors and bankers. The platform will also provide current women entrepreneurs a chance to showcase their ventures, explore investments and financing options, the statement of Clock B Business Innovations reads. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria">&nbsp;<span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">A total of 30 participants will be enrolled in the week-long intensive activity based learning, which includes training sessions on identification, ideation, value proposition and USP, customer profiling, managing resources, understanding cost and revenue and building a business model. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&ldquo;Likewise, the intensive workshops will be followed by series of mentorship sessions, and will conclude with a flagship EntrepreneuHER Conclave, where multi-stakeholders of the market will attend to connect with the participants and their ideas. EntrepreneuHER conclave will particularly focus on showcasing the entrepreneurial venture prototypes, business pitches and discussions on women entrepreneurship,&rdquo; the statement reads.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">The organizers are expecting participants from diverse business nature, age, stage, geography and size. To be more precise, the program is ready to welcome idea pitchers willing to take action to build a venture and the entrepreneurs wanting to explore and identify scalable, fast growth and low risk business building plans in the pandemic affected market. In order to train these achievers on different agendas, business personnel with years of experience and expertise in the field have been requested.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">According to Clock b Business Innovations, the flagship conclave will witness participation from professional bankers, investors, mentors, entrepreneurship ecosystem actors and the idea-pitchers. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">Out of the selected participants the most doable, scalable and unique pitch will be selected and given a seed investment to further escalate their ideas whereas the other participants will get access to business loans without capital. The conclave will also include women entrepreneurial stories, as well as panel discussion on the issues and aspects of women entrepreneurship.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&ldquo;This program promotes and celebrates the spirit of Women Entrepreneurship in Nepal by exploring the innovative side of these (participants) entrepreneurship enthusiasts by understanding how they handle the uncertainties, challenge the customs, and visualize the new ways of doing.&nbsp;This entrepreneurial incubation is ready to welcome aspirants and start-ups, to furnish their business and financial skills they require to design their ventures,&rdquo; the joint statement reads.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">Online registration for participation began on 15th January, 2021.&nbsp;</span></span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'summary' => 'January 15:  Agni Incorporated, the authorized distributor of Mahindra automobiles and tractors in Nepal, has announced the winners of a festive scheme launched some months ago.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">January 15:&nbsp; </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Agni Incorporated, the authorized distributor of Mahindra automobiles and tractors in Nepal, has announced the winners of a festive scheme launched some months ago.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The company&rsquo;s brand ambassador and former cricket captain of Nepal, Paras Khadka, unveiled the names of the winners amid a recent function.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">According to the company, </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;inherit&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Yograj Rai from Dhankuta, Niranjana Chaudhary from Nepalgunj and Ram Bahadur Kami from Nepalgunj were declared the winners through lucky draw.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;inherit&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">The scheme was launched on the auspicious occasion of Dashain, Tihar, Chhath and Vishwakarma Pooja for customers who purchased Mahindra tractors, reads a statement issued by the company. </span></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The offer was valid from September 15 to November 30.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Under this scheme, the company had offered a </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">sure shot prize of l</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">ife insurance along with either 50 percent discount on &lsquo;Rotavator&rsquo; or three years&rsquo; wallet free servicing.&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Kathmandu Model College to Collaborate with Idea Studio Nepal',
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			'summary' => 'January 11: KMC Innovation Center of Kathmandu Model College has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Idea Studio Nepal (ISN). ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">January 11: </span><span style="font-family:Arial">KMC Innovation Center of Kathmandu Model College has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Idea Studio Nepal (ISN). </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">According to a press statement issued by the college, the MOU was signed amid a function held on the college premises on January 10. The agreement will remain in effect for three years, with a provision for further extension.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">The concept of the MoU is to develop a spirit of cooperation and assistance to promote entrepreneurship among the students of KMC.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">KMC Innovation Center is a lab-based research centre that promotes innovation, business incubation, student service and research. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Idea Studio Nepal enables potential entrepreneurs with innovative business ideas to address socio-economic environmental issues faced by local communities across the country. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">KMC Innovation Center said it considers the MoU an opportunity to collaborate and grow mutually with ISN to provide better opportunities and to connect the dots towards innovation, entrepreneurship development and research.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">&nbsp;</span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Nepal SBI Bank Customers to get Discount at Hotel Barahi',
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			'summary' => 'January 1: Nepal SBI Bank has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Hotel Barahi, Pokhara to provide discount on various services provided by the hotel. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">January 1: Nepal SBI Bank has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with </span><span style="font-family:Arial">Hotel Barahi, Pokhara</span><span style="font-family:Arial"> to provide discount on various services</span><span style="font-family:Arial"> provided by the hotel</span><span style="font-family:Arial">. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">According to the bank, its customers can avail the benefits </span><span style="font-family:Arial">by</span><span style="font-family:Arial"> using </span><span style="font-family:Arial">NSBL</span><span style="font-family:Arial"> debit cards at </span><span style="font-family:Arial">Hotel Barahi</span><span style="font-family:Arial">.</span> </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">The MoU was signed by Chhapi Raj Pant, Chief Business Development Officer of NSBL, and &nbsp;Buddhi Man Sharma, Operation Manager of Hotel Barahi.</span></span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Ncell Ties up with ‘Miss Universe Nepal 2020’',
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			'summary' => 'December 30: Ncell Axiata Limited, as a part of its #unpause campaign and GGO initiative, has tied-up with Brave Bold Beautiful Pvt Ltd for ‘Miss Universe Nepal 2020’. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Times">December 30: Ncell Axiata Limited, as a part of its #unpause campaign and GGO initiative, has tied-up with Brave Bold Beautiful Pvt Ltd for &lsquo;Miss Universe Nepal 2020&rsquo;. The collaboration aims at celebrating the spirit of women empowerment and supporting women who are moving ahead in life to chase their dreams, reads a statement posted by the company on its website.&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Times">The statement added that Miss Universe Nepal is an all-inclusive leadership platform that believe in empowering Nepalese women to grow them into leaders. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Times">Ncell said it recently launched an attractive &lsquo;GGO SIM&rsquo; pack specially designed for women with the theme &lsquo;Aghi Badau&rsquo;. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Times">&ldquo;Ncell&rsquo;s GGO philosophy is about encouraging progressive women to move forward to achieve their dreams. Miss Universe Nepal with its inclusivity approach for the first time in Nepal, shares a similar philosophy around its Brave, Bold, Beautiful approach,&rdquo; the statement further said.&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Times">On December 26, as a part of this partnership, Ncell also organised an interaction session with the top 18 finalists of Miss Nepal Universe with the mentors Dr Raveena Desraj (Deputy CEO, Mega Bank), Priyanka Karki (actor) and Pooja Rijal (Solo Traveller).&nbsp;<br />
&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Times">One from the finalists will be crowned as title winner amid the finale on Wednesday evening. The winner will bag prizes worth Rs 2.5 million. Alongside attractive cash prize, the organisers of this event have taken up the challenge to mainstream inclusivity in such beauty pageants globally, Ncell added.&nbsp;<br />
&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Times">Ncell expressed its delight to tie-up with Miss Universe Nepal to encourage, empower women and support them achieve their aspirations with positivity and confidence. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Times">The statement added that Miss Universe Nepal provides the contestants with world-renowned coaching and grooming in addition to advance networking, business and life skills, besides taking winning contestant to the global stage to represent Nepal.&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'NMB Bank collaborates with CellPay for Digital Payment',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => 'December 25: NMB Bank Limited has partnered with CellPay, an NRB-licensed payment service provider, to promote digital payment services in Nepal to all of its customers. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">December 25: NMB Bank Limited has partnered with CellPay, an NRB-licensed payment service provider, to promote digital payment services in Nepal to all of its customers. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The bank&rsquo;s </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Chief Business and Strategy Officer Sudesh Upadhyaya </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">and </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Managing Director</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> of Cellcom Pvt Ltd Pawan Pradhan signed the partnership agreement on behalf of their respective organisations amid a recent function. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">As per the understanding, CellPay will now provide digital payments and fund transfer services through web and mobile channel to help make payments directly from the bank account. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">CellPay said in a joint statement that it has been developed considering various international standard security mechanisms to make the payment safe and reliable. The payments done through CellPay is made in &lsquo;Real Time&rsquo;. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">&ldquo;Customers can easily make real time payments for telecom services, electricity, TV, Internet bill, restaurants and fund transfer from one to another bank, domestic remittance, insurance payment, EMI payments, share payments, P2P, P2B, B2P, B2B and other services,&rdquo; the statement added. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Customers can enjoy these services through any of the partnered bank with CellPay. CellPay app is available in both Google Playstore and Apple&rsquo;s Appstore.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">NMB bank was established in 1996 and has been serving its customer through 176 branches, nine extension counters, 249 branchless banking units along with 135 ATMs.&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Western Union Hands over Rs 1 Million to Bumper Lucky Draw Winner ',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => 'December 22: Western Union money transfer company has announced the winner of its lucky draw under its “Dashain Tihar Ko Saugat” consumer promotion scheme.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">December 22: Western Union money transfer company has announced the winner of its lucky draw under its &ldquo;Dashain Tihar Ko Saugat&rdquo; consumer promotion scheme.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">The company has declared Kalpana Shahi, who made the transaction from CG Finco, as the bumper lucky draw winner and was handed over Rs 1 milion.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">DGM of CG Finco&rsquo;s Customer service center in Kamaladi, Nar Bahadur KC, handed over the amount to Shahi. The winner Shahi reportedly said she would utilize the prize money in productive sectors and will remember Western Union money transfer for her lifetime.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">According to Western Union, the promotion scheme was launched in October, during the festive season of Dashain, Tihar and Chhath. Ten lucky customers each got a chance to win Rs 25000 every week under the scheme. All qualifying transactions during the promotion period were entered in the bumper lucky draw, Western Union said in a statement.</span></span></span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">&nbsp;</span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Hollywood Movies now Available on DishHome',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => 'December 22: DishHome has made available Hollywood and Bollywood movies in Nepali television channels through pay-per-view (PPV) platform for the first time. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">December 22: DishHome has made available Hollywood and Bollywood movies in Nepali television channels through pay-per-view (PPV) platform for the first time. The Hollywood movie &ldquo;Unhinged&rdquo; was launched in December 21 via the PPV service for customers of DishHome. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">According to DishHome, its viewers can watch the movie on DishHome&rsquo;s CinemaGhar International Channel number 999 at six different slots - morning 7 am, 10 am, afternoon 1 pm, 4 pm, evening 7 pm and night 10 pm.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">DishHome said in a statement that its CinemaGhar International channel number 999 will premiere six shows. Viewers can watch the shows either by dialing on IVR No 9801190990 and following the instructions carefully or by dialing DishHome&rsquo;s Customer Care No 01-4217666 or TOLL Free No 16600122000. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Viewers can also send an SMS by typing MOD999, CAS ID and their movie timing. </span></span></span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Bottlers Nepal Limited Receives Grant for its Energy Saving Initiatives',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => 'December 17: Bottlers Nepal Limited, the company that manufactures Coca-Cola, has been awarded with a grant of Rs 5.2 million for its efforts on energy saving initiatives. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Narrow&quot;">December 17: </span></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Narrow&quot;">Bottlers Nepal Limited, the company that manufactures Coca-Cola, has been awarded with a grant of Rs 5.2 million for its efforts on energy saving initiatives. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Narrow&quot;">According to the company, the grant is a part of &ldquo;Nepal Energy Efficiency Programme&rdquo;, designed by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development for Energy Efficiency initiatives in the Nepali industry.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Narrow&quot;">Bottlers Nepal Limited said in a statement that it bagged the grant based on its two leading initiatives which includes the installation of a new compressor with VFD compatibility and installation of energy efficient screw blower for ETP. The fundamental aim of these initiatives was driven by Coca-Cola&rsquo;s global sustainability objective of reducing carbon footprint to 25 percent by 2020, added the statement.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Narrow&quot;">Pradip Pandey, managing director of Bottlers Nepal Limited, shared</span></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Narrow&quot;">, &ldquo;We are delighted to receive this prestigious award from the Government of Nepal and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. We have set ambitious goals throughout our supply chain and will continue to make several changes in our equipment and technology to support our approach to reduce emissions and save energy&rdquo;. He further added, &ldquo;Such recognitions motivate our teams to stay committed to our global sustainability initiatives.&rdquo;</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Narrow&quot;">Bottlers Nepal limited said it strives for energy efficiency at both its plants in Kathmandu and Bhartapur, and invests in new technologies through several other initiatives, creating energy and carbon efficiencies through the entire value chain. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Ncell launches ‘Ncell Jobshop’, a Platform to Connect Job Seekers and Employers',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => 'December 17: Ncell customers can now easily look for employment opportunities available in the local job market or post vacancies as prospective employers. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">December 17: Ncell customers can now easily look for employment opportunities available in the local job market or post vacancies as prospective employers. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Ncell Axiata Limited has launched a first of its kind service &lsquo;Ncell Jobshop&rsquo;, providing a platform to connect job seekers and job posters in a single virtual marketplace. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">&nbsp;<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">The service has been launched by Ncell as a part of its ongoing campaign #unpause which aims to trigger the thought of moving ahead by reimagining the future amidst the current situation.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Pradeep Shrivastava, chief commercial officer of Ncell, said, &ldquo;The Covid-19 pandemic has caused many to lose their jobs. The advent of increasingly virtual world seems to have reduced barriers for people to connect and build their networks online. With the rise of remote working and changing job search trends,&nbsp;Ncell is delighted to offer an innovative service of direct networking platform between job seekers and employers.&nbsp;As the economy slowly recovers, Ncell Jobshop is an opportunity for those who have lost their job in these tougher times for various employment prospects and get connected with employers which will create a great value for both job seekers and employers in a single virtual marketplace.&quot;</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">With the pandemic hitting hard every sector and many people losing jobs, Ncell JobShop is expected to work as a bridge to link workers who are seeking job opportunities, and people or businesses who need work force, the company said in a statement. Both job seekers, primarily blue-collar workers for now, and posters can have access to this service via their mobile phones.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><strong>&nbsp;</strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Each time when there is a match between a job seeker and poster; an SMS notification is sent to the both parties notifying them about the match, the statement further added. Any Ncell customer who is a blue-collar worker and is looking for a job can subscribe to this service as a job seeker. Once the customer subscribes to this service by creating their profile as per the job they are looking for, he/she will start getting suitable content posted by job posters as potential match via SMS on daily basis. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">&nbsp;<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Similarly, any Ncell customer as an employer is looking for job seekers for any work can create a profile specifying the scope of work. After that the customer will start getting information via SMS regarding the potential candidates on the requirement posted.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">&nbsp;<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Interested customers can take this service by easily dialing *17137# or via the company&rsquo;s web portal. For job posters, it costs Rs. 6.38 per post which once posted will remain valid for 7 days in the platform.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">&nbsp;<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Job seeker based on their requirements can buy 3-day, 7-day, 1 month, 6 month and 12 months pack for keeping their profile up in the portal. Customers can activate the 3-day pack for Rs. 3.83 including applicable taxes which remains valid for 3 days. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">&nbsp;<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Likewise, customers can subscribe 7-day and 1-month pack at Rs 8.94 and Rs 38.31 which remains valid for 7 days and 30 days respectively. For those job seekers who want to keep their validity for a longer period can opt for 6 months and 12 months pack that costs Rs 153.22 and Rs 229.84. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">&nbsp;</span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'eSewa and Viber Ink Deal ',
			'sub_title' => 'Customers can now top-up talk time and send money through Viber',
			'summary' => 'December 16: eSewa, a digital payment service provider of Nepal, and popular messaging app, Rakuten Viber have joined hands to facilitate their customers, who can now top-up talk time and send money to contact numbers through Viber.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">December 16: eSewa, a digital payment service provider of Nepal, and popular messaging app, Rakuten Viber have joined hands to facilitate their customers, who can now top-up talk time and send money to contact numbers through Viber.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">With this partnership, Viber users in Nepal can seamlessly link their eSewa account to top up talk time as well as send money to other users from within the Viber App. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">According to eSwea, this partnership is the first of its kind in the Asia Pacific Region. eSewa claimed that it has become only the third company to partner with Viber for payment services after Apple and Google. This feature is available to all the Viber users in Nepal, says a statement issued by eSewa.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">As an introductory offer, users can enjoy a&nbsp; 10 percent or maximum of Rs 100 cashback on recharge and five percent or maximum Rs 50 on fund transfer, added the statement. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">&ldquo;Besides that, on weekly basis, customers will get a chance to win attractive gifts/vouchers and as a bumper price, one lucky customer will win a laptop.&rdquo;</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Roshan Lamichhane, Chief Operating Officer of eSewa says this is a breakthrough in digital payments in Nepal and it will bring a new dimension to digital payments in the country. &ldquo;We will continue to innovate and make financial transactions simple, secure, and affordable,&rdquo; he said</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Similarly, Anna Znamenskaya, Chief Growth Officer, Rakuten Viber said, &ldquo;We have always envisioned Viber to be a lifetime app that is of maximum benefit to its users. One of the ways to make this happen is to ensure that our users have access to a secure alternative platform to make their financial transactions such as top-ups and fund transfer as convenient as possible.&rdquo;</span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Everest Bank Extends Support to Zonta Club of Kathmandu ',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => 'December 10: Everest Bank provided financial support of Rs 250,000 to Zonta Club of Kathmandu under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><span style="font-size:15.0pt">December 10: Everest Bank provided financial support of Rs 250,000 to Zonta Club of Kathmandu under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><span style="font-size:15.0pt">Everest Bank said in a statement that it has been conducting various CSR programmes and supporting different social clubs and organizations working for welfare activities during this COVID-19 pandemic. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><span style="font-size:15.0pt">GK Negi, CEO of Everest Bank, handed over the cheque to Seema Golchha, president of Zonta Club of Kathmandu. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><span style="font-size:15.0pt">Zonta has been helping the families who are highly affected by ongoing COVID-19 crisis and distributes pushcarts to sell vegetables and fruits. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">Everest Bank currently has a customer base of over 1.1 million and the bank is rendering its services through its network of 98 branches, 31 revenue collection counters, and 130 ATMs across the country.</span></span></span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Nabil Bank and One to Watch Collaborate to Support MSMEs in Nepal',
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			'summary' => 'December 6: Nabil Bank and One to Watch (OTW), an investment management company, have collaborated to provide interest-free and collateral-free loans to MSMEs under OTW COVID-19 MSME Fund Nepal.',
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<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:&quot;Futura LT Book&quot;">Under this strategic partnership, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) with the potential to return to revenue against the COVID-19 induced recession shall be benefited by the collateral-free and interest-free loan to meet their short-term working capital and help them survive through the hardships and restrictions presented by COVID-19, reads a statement issued by the bank. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:&quot;Futura LT Book&quot;">Apart from the loan, enterprises shall also receive technical assistance in the form of customized business advisory/development services enabling them to preserve business continuity and build resilience.&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:&quot;Futura LT Book&quot;">According to Nabil Bank, MSMEs evaluated to have the potential to bounce back based on a pre-determined set of criteria shall get collateral-free loan from the bank and the interest amount shall be paid by the fund for a maximum period of 18 months. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:&quot;Futura LT Book&quot;">Sujit Kumar Shakya, deputy CEO of Nabil Bank and Suman Joshi, managing director of One to Watch, signed the agreement amid a recent programme.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:&quot;Futura LT Book&quot;">Speaking about the partnership, Anil Keshary Shah, CEO of Nabil Bank said, &ldquo;Nabil Bank is always ready to support the MSME sector in Nepal, to help grow their businesses and surge ahead for long-term stability and overall economic growth of the country. We are very excited to collaborate with One to Watch in this effort to provide interest-free and collateral-free working capital loans to MSMEs affected by COVID-19 to assist in their survival through these tough times, enabling them to retain their teams and sustain their businesses.&nbsp; Nabil Bank continues to be focused on promoting the MSME segment by bringing products and services that enable ease of access to finance to small entrepreneurs and businesses in this segment.&rdquo;</span></span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'AVO joins hands with Aakansha Creation to create jobs for displaced women in Sindhupalchowk',
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			'summary' => 'February 1: Nepal AVO and Aakansha Creation have signed an agreement to “create jobs” for women displaced by landslides and floods in Sindhupalchowk district. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">February 1: </span></span><span style="font-family:Georgia">Nepal AVO and Aakansha Creation have </span><span style="font-family:Georgia">signed an agreement to &ldquo;create jobs&rdquo; for women displaced by landslides and floods in Sindhupalchowk district. Aakansha Creation&rsquo;s Tekka Initiatives, a social campaign of the company, will lead the project in collaboration with the local ward office.&nbsp; The campaign will organize trainings for the displaced women on making soft toys. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Georgia">The materials used for making the soft toys and the training will be provided free of cost, the organisers said in a joint statement. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Georgia">&ldquo;Once the training is completed, they will be provided an opportunity for employment to produce soft toys for AVO Nepal. The concept is build with an aim of improving the livelihood of displaced women and helping them become economically independent. These toys will be sold via different outlets throughout Nepal, India and Japan,&rdquo; the statement added. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Georgia">&ldquo;It&rsquo;s our absolute pleasure to collaborate with Tekka Initiative to start something inspiring,&rdquo; said the Co-Founder and Director of AVO Nepal Sudixya Adhikari, adding, &ldquo;Our company is focused on promoting Nepali Avocado and its various sub-categories of products. To launch our brand with soft toys is not only a part of our business strategy but also our intention to help marginalized communities, especially women. We were looking for a company that worked with women and found Tekka Initiative as a perfect match for our objective&rdquo;.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Georgia">The Managing Director of Aakansha Creation said, &ldquo;We plan to offer training on crochet and supply materials free of cost. Once they complete the training, we will use their skills to manufacture soft toys with an intention to provide jobs to at-least 100 women in the next six months&rdquo;.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Georgia">Battered by a series of natural disasters in July and August that caused huge loss to life and property, Sindhupalchowk was declared a crisis-hit region by the government on 24 September, 2020, the statement further said. The government is reortedly planning to reconstruct the disaster-ravaged physical infrastructure in the district with the assistance of World Bank.</span></span></span></p>

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			'summary' => 'January 25: Sathi Mart, established to launch online to offline (O2O) e-commerce in Nepal, has opened 61 outlets across the country, within five months. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria">January 25: Sathi Mart, established to launch online to offline (O2O) e-commerce in Nepal, has opened 61 outlets across the country, within five months. The mart made its inception by launching the first outlet in Boudha, Kathmandu, on September 13, 2020.<br />
Sagar Pokhrel, CEO of Sathi Mart Inc, informed that Sathi Mart has managed to set up outlets in major cities from Kakadbhitta to Dhangadhi, and is teaching supermarket culture to consumers in various places like Arghakhanchi, Jiri, Galchi and Darchula.<br />
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Pokhrel informed that he has been promoting those who want to become franchise partners of Sathi Mart, in different places. Pokhrel says that one can earn profit in four ways- online, offline retail outlets and distributors with the same investment as an ordinary mart or shop.<br />
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&quot;Stating that the era of the old single shop is fading away globally, Pokhrel adds, with 70 percent internet users in the country, Sathi Mart believes that the era of digital mart will start in Nepal&quot;.</span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Clock b Business Innovations collaborates with Jyoti Bikash Bank ',
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			'summary' => 'January 25: Clock b Business Innovations has collaborated with Jyoti Bikash Bank for co-organizing ‘EntrepreneuHER’- an experimental entrepreneurial incubation journey with a flagship conclave. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">January 25: Clock b Business Innovations has collaborated with Jyoti Bikash Bank for co-organizing &lsquo;EntrepreneuHER&rsquo;- an experimental entrepreneurial incubation journey with a flagship conclave. The organizer will officially begin the event with a virtual learning session scheduled to be held on 31st January, 2021. The event will conclude with a conclave on 28th February, 2021. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">EntrepreneuHER<strong> </strong>program will guide women &lsquo;want-repreneurs&rsquo; to start their own ventures and connect them with sources of financing, such as investors and bankers. The platform will also provide current women entrepreneurs a chance to showcase their ventures, explore investments and financing options, the statement of Clock B Business Innovations reads. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria">&nbsp;<span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">A total of 30 participants will be enrolled in the week-long intensive activity based learning, which includes training sessions on identification, ideation, value proposition and USP, customer profiling, managing resources, understanding cost and revenue and building a business model. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&ldquo;Likewise, the intensive workshops will be followed by series of mentorship sessions, and will conclude with a flagship EntrepreneuHER Conclave, where multi-stakeholders of the market will attend to connect with the participants and their ideas. EntrepreneuHER conclave will particularly focus on showcasing the entrepreneurial venture prototypes, business pitches and discussions on women entrepreneurship,&rdquo; the statement reads.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">The organizers are expecting participants from diverse business nature, age, stage, geography and size. To be more precise, the program is ready to welcome idea pitchers willing to take action to build a venture and the entrepreneurs wanting to explore and identify scalable, fast growth and low risk business building plans in the pandemic affected market. In order to train these achievers on different agendas, business personnel with years of experience and expertise in the field have been requested.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">According to Clock b Business Innovations, the flagship conclave will witness participation from professional bankers, investors, mentors, entrepreneurship ecosystem actors and the idea-pitchers. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">Out of the selected participants the most doable, scalable and unique pitch will be selected and given a seed investment to further escalate their ideas whereas the other participants will get access to business loans without capital. The conclave will also include women entrepreneurial stories, as well as panel discussion on the issues and aspects of women entrepreneurship.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&ldquo;This program promotes and celebrates the spirit of Women Entrepreneurship in Nepal by exploring the innovative side of these (participants) entrepreneurship enthusiasts by understanding how they handle the uncertainties, challenge the customs, and visualize the new ways of doing.&nbsp;This entrepreneurial incubation is ready to welcome aspirants and start-ups, to furnish their business and financial skills they require to design their ventures,&rdquo; the joint statement reads.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">Online registration for participation began on 15th January, 2021.&nbsp;</span></span></span></p>

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			'summary' => 'January 15:  Agni Incorporated, the authorized distributor of Mahindra automobiles and tractors in Nepal, has announced the winners of a festive scheme launched some months ago.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">January 15:&nbsp; </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Agni Incorporated, the authorized distributor of Mahindra automobiles and tractors in Nepal, has announced the winners of a festive scheme launched some months ago.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The company&rsquo;s brand ambassador and former cricket captain of Nepal, Paras Khadka, unveiled the names of the winners amid a recent function.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">According to the company, </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;inherit&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Yograj Rai from Dhankuta, Niranjana Chaudhary from Nepalgunj and Ram Bahadur Kami from Nepalgunj were declared the winners through lucky draw.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;inherit&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">The scheme was launched on the auspicious occasion of Dashain, Tihar, Chhath and Vishwakarma Pooja for customers who purchased Mahindra tractors, reads a statement issued by the company. </span></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The offer was valid from September 15 to November 30.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Under this scheme, the company had offered a </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">sure shot prize of l</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">ife insurance along with either 50 percent discount on &lsquo;Rotavator&rsquo; or three years&rsquo; wallet free servicing.&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Kathmandu Model College to Collaborate with Idea Studio Nepal',
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			'summary' => 'January 11: KMC Innovation Center of Kathmandu Model College has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Idea Studio Nepal (ISN). ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">January 11: </span><span style="font-family:Arial">KMC Innovation Center of Kathmandu Model College has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Idea Studio Nepal (ISN). </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">According to a press statement issued by the college, the MOU was signed amid a function held on the college premises on January 10. The agreement will remain in effect for three years, with a provision for further extension.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">The concept of the MoU is to develop a spirit of cooperation and assistance to promote entrepreneurship among the students of KMC.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">KMC Innovation Center is a lab-based research centre that promotes innovation, business incubation, student service and research. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Idea Studio Nepal enables potential entrepreneurs with innovative business ideas to address socio-economic environmental issues faced by local communities across the country. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">KMC Innovation Center said it considers the MoU an opportunity to collaborate and grow mutually with ISN to provide better opportunities and to connect the dots towards innovation, entrepreneurship development and research.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">&nbsp;</span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Nepal SBI Bank Customers to get Discount at Hotel Barahi',
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			'summary' => 'January 1: Nepal SBI Bank has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Hotel Barahi, Pokhara to provide discount on various services provided by the hotel. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">January 1: Nepal SBI Bank has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with </span><span style="font-family:Arial">Hotel Barahi, Pokhara</span><span style="font-family:Arial"> to provide discount on various services</span><span style="font-family:Arial"> provided by the hotel</span><span style="font-family:Arial">. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">According to the bank, its customers can avail the benefits </span><span style="font-family:Arial">by</span><span style="font-family:Arial"> using </span><span style="font-family:Arial">NSBL</span><span style="font-family:Arial"> debit cards at </span><span style="font-family:Arial">Hotel Barahi</span><span style="font-family:Arial">.</span> </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">The MoU was signed by Chhapi Raj Pant, Chief Business Development Officer of NSBL, and &nbsp;Buddhi Man Sharma, Operation Manager of Hotel Barahi.</span></span></span></p>
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			'id' => '12872',
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			'title' => 'Ncell Ties up with ‘Miss Universe Nepal 2020’',
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			'summary' => 'December 30: Ncell Axiata Limited, as a part of its #unpause campaign and GGO initiative, has tied-up with Brave Bold Beautiful Pvt Ltd for ‘Miss Universe Nepal 2020’. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Times">December 30: Ncell Axiata Limited, as a part of its #unpause campaign and GGO initiative, has tied-up with Brave Bold Beautiful Pvt Ltd for &lsquo;Miss Universe Nepal 2020&rsquo;. The collaboration aims at celebrating the spirit of women empowerment and supporting women who are moving ahead in life to chase their dreams, reads a statement posted by the company on its website.&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Times">The statement added that Miss Universe Nepal is an all-inclusive leadership platform that believe in empowering Nepalese women to grow them into leaders. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Times">Ncell said it recently launched an attractive &lsquo;GGO SIM&rsquo; pack specially designed for women with the theme &lsquo;Aghi Badau&rsquo;. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Times">&ldquo;Ncell&rsquo;s GGO philosophy is about encouraging progressive women to move forward to achieve their dreams. Miss Universe Nepal with its inclusivity approach for the first time in Nepal, shares a similar philosophy around its Brave, Bold, Beautiful approach,&rdquo; the statement further said.&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Times">On December 26, as a part of this partnership, Ncell also organised an interaction session with the top 18 finalists of Miss Nepal Universe with the mentors Dr Raveena Desraj (Deputy CEO, Mega Bank), Priyanka Karki (actor) and Pooja Rijal (Solo Traveller).&nbsp;<br />
&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Times">One from the finalists will be crowned as title winner amid the finale on Wednesday evening. The winner will bag prizes worth Rs 2.5 million. Alongside attractive cash prize, the organisers of this event have taken up the challenge to mainstream inclusivity in such beauty pageants globally, Ncell added.&nbsp;<br />
&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Times">Ncell expressed its delight to tie-up with Miss Universe Nepal to encourage, empower women and support them achieve their aspirations with positivity and confidence. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Times">The statement added that Miss Universe Nepal provides the contestants with world-renowned coaching and grooming in addition to advance networking, business and life skills, besides taking winning contestant to the global stage to represent Nepal.&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'id' => '12850',
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			'title' => 'NMB Bank collaborates with CellPay for Digital Payment',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => 'December 25: NMB Bank Limited has partnered with CellPay, an NRB-licensed payment service provider, to promote digital payment services in Nepal to all of its customers. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">December 25: NMB Bank Limited has partnered with CellPay, an NRB-licensed payment service provider, to promote digital payment services in Nepal to all of its customers. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The bank&rsquo;s </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Chief Business and Strategy Officer Sudesh Upadhyaya </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">and </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Managing Director</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> of Cellcom Pvt Ltd Pawan Pradhan signed the partnership agreement on behalf of their respective organisations amid a recent function. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">As per the understanding, CellPay will now provide digital payments and fund transfer services through web and mobile channel to help make payments directly from the bank account. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">CellPay said in a joint statement that it has been developed considering various international standard security mechanisms to make the payment safe and reliable. The payments done through CellPay is made in &lsquo;Real Time&rsquo;. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">&ldquo;Customers can easily make real time payments for telecom services, electricity, TV, Internet bill, restaurants and fund transfer from one to another bank, domestic remittance, insurance payment, EMI payments, share payments, P2P, P2B, B2P, B2B and other services,&rdquo; the statement added. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Customers can enjoy these services through any of the partnered bank with CellPay. CellPay app is available in both Google Playstore and Apple&rsquo;s Appstore.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">NMB bank was established in 1996 and has been serving its customer through 176 branches, nine extension counters, 249 branchless banking units along with 135 ATMs.&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Western Union Hands over Rs 1 Million to Bumper Lucky Draw Winner ',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => 'December 22: Western Union money transfer company has announced the winner of its lucky draw under its “Dashain Tihar Ko Saugat” consumer promotion scheme.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">December 22: Western Union money transfer company has announced the winner of its lucky draw under its &ldquo;Dashain Tihar Ko Saugat&rdquo; consumer promotion scheme.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">The company has declared Kalpana Shahi, who made the transaction from CG Finco, as the bumper lucky draw winner and was handed over Rs 1 milion.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">DGM of CG Finco&rsquo;s Customer service center in Kamaladi, Nar Bahadur KC, handed over the amount to Shahi. The winner Shahi reportedly said she would utilize the prize money in productive sectors and will remember Western Union money transfer for her lifetime.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">According to Western Union, the promotion scheme was launched in October, during the festive season of Dashain, Tihar and Chhath. Ten lucky customers each got a chance to win Rs 25000 every week under the scheme. All qualifying transactions during the promotion period were entered in the bumper lucky draw, Western Union said in a statement.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">&nbsp;</span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Hollywood Movies now Available on DishHome',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => 'December 22: DishHome has made available Hollywood and Bollywood movies in Nepali television channels through pay-per-view (PPV) platform for the first time. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">December 22: DishHome has made available Hollywood and Bollywood movies in Nepali television channels through pay-per-view (PPV) platform for the first time. The Hollywood movie &ldquo;Unhinged&rdquo; was launched in December 21 via the PPV service for customers of DishHome. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">According to DishHome, its viewers can watch the movie on DishHome&rsquo;s CinemaGhar International Channel number 999 at six different slots - morning 7 am, 10 am, afternoon 1 pm, 4 pm, evening 7 pm and night 10 pm.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">DishHome said in a statement that its CinemaGhar International channel number 999 will premiere six shows. Viewers can watch the shows either by dialing on IVR No 9801190990 and following the instructions carefully or by dialing DishHome&rsquo;s Customer Care No 01-4217666 or TOLL Free No 16600122000. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Viewers can also send an SMS by typing MOD999, CAS ID and their movie timing. </span></span></span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Bottlers Nepal Limited Receives Grant for its Energy Saving Initiatives',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => 'December 17: Bottlers Nepal Limited, the company that manufactures Coca-Cola, has been awarded with a grant of Rs 5.2 million for its efforts on energy saving initiatives. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Narrow&quot;">December 17: </span></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Narrow&quot;">Bottlers Nepal Limited, the company that manufactures Coca-Cola, has been awarded with a grant of Rs 5.2 million for its efforts on energy saving initiatives. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Narrow&quot;">According to the company, the grant is a part of &ldquo;Nepal Energy Efficiency Programme&rdquo;, designed by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development for Energy Efficiency initiatives in the Nepali industry.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Narrow&quot;">Bottlers Nepal Limited said in a statement that it bagged the grant based on its two leading initiatives which includes the installation of a new compressor with VFD compatibility and installation of energy efficient screw blower for ETP. The fundamental aim of these initiatives was driven by Coca-Cola&rsquo;s global sustainability objective of reducing carbon footprint to 25 percent by 2020, added the statement.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Narrow&quot;">Pradip Pandey, managing director of Bottlers Nepal Limited, shared</span></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Narrow&quot;">, &ldquo;We are delighted to receive this prestigious award from the Government of Nepal and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. We have set ambitious goals throughout our supply chain and will continue to make several changes in our equipment and technology to support our approach to reduce emissions and save energy&rdquo;. He further added, &ldquo;Such recognitions motivate our teams to stay committed to our global sustainability initiatives.&rdquo;</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Narrow&quot;">Bottlers Nepal limited said it strives for energy efficiency at both its plants in Kathmandu and Bhartapur, and invests in new technologies through several other initiatives, creating energy and carbon efficiencies through the entire value chain. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Ncell launches ‘Ncell Jobshop’, a Platform to Connect Job Seekers and Employers',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => 'December 17: Ncell customers can now easily look for employment opportunities available in the local job market or post vacancies as prospective employers. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">December 17: Ncell customers can now easily look for employment opportunities available in the local job market or post vacancies as prospective employers. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Ncell Axiata Limited has launched a first of its kind service &lsquo;Ncell Jobshop&rsquo;, providing a platform to connect job seekers and job posters in a single virtual marketplace. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">&nbsp;<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">The service has been launched by Ncell as a part of its ongoing campaign #unpause which aims to trigger the thought of moving ahead by reimagining the future amidst the current situation.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Pradeep Shrivastava, chief commercial officer of Ncell, said, &ldquo;The Covid-19 pandemic has caused many to lose their jobs. The advent of increasingly virtual world seems to have reduced barriers for people to connect and build their networks online. With the rise of remote working and changing job search trends,&nbsp;Ncell is delighted to offer an innovative service of direct networking platform between job seekers and employers.&nbsp;As the economy slowly recovers, Ncell Jobshop is an opportunity for those who have lost their job in these tougher times for various employment prospects and get connected with employers which will create a great value for both job seekers and employers in a single virtual marketplace.&quot;</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">With the pandemic hitting hard every sector and many people losing jobs, Ncell JobShop is expected to work as a bridge to link workers who are seeking job opportunities, and people or businesses who need work force, the company said in a statement. Both job seekers, primarily blue-collar workers for now, and posters can have access to this service via their mobile phones.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><strong>&nbsp;</strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Each time when there is a match between a job seeker and poster; an SMS notification is sent to the both parties notifying them about the match, the statement further added. Any Ncell customer who is a blue-collar worker and is looking for a job can subscribe to this service as a job seeker. Once the customer subscribes to this service by creating their profile as per the job they are looking for, he/she will start getting suitable content posted by job posters as potential match via SMS on daily basis. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">&nbsp;<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Similarly, any Ncell customer as an employer is looking for job seekers for any work can create a profile specifying the scope of work. After that the customer will start getting information via SMS regarding the potential candidates on the requirement posted.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">&nbsp;<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Interested customers can take this service by easily dialing *17137# or via the company&rsquo;s web portal. For job posters, it costs Rs. 6.38 per post which once posted will remain valid for 7 days in the platform.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">&nbsp;<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Job seeker based on their requirements can buy 3-day, 7-day, 1 month, 6 month and 12 months pack for keeping their profile up in the portal. Customers can activate the 3-day pack for Rs. 3.83 including applicable taxes which remains valid for 3 days. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">&nbsp;<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Likewise, customers can subscribe 7-day and 1-month pack at Rs 8.94 and Rs 38.31 which remains valid for 7 days and 30 days respectively. For those job seekers who want to keep their validity for a longer period can opt for 6 months and 12 months pack that costs Rs 153.22 and Rs 229.84. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">&nbsp;</span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'eSewa and Viber Ink Deal ',
			'sub_title' => 'Customers can now top-up talk time and send money through Viber',
			'summary' => 'December 16: eSewa, a digital payment service provider of Nepal, and popular messaging app, Rakuten Viber have joined hands to facilitate their customers, who can now top-up talk time and send money to contact numbers through Viber.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">December 16: eSewa, a digital payment service provider of Nepal, and popular messaging app, Rakuten Viber have joined hands to facilitate their customers, who can now top-up talk time and send money to contact numbers through Viber.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">With this partnership, Viber users in Nepal can seamlessly link their eSewa account to top up talk time as well as send money to other users from within the Viber App. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">According to eSwea, this partnership is the first of its kind in the Asia Pacific Region. eSewa claimed that it has become only the third company to partner with Viber for payment services after Apple and Google. This feature is available to all the Viber users in Nepal, says a statement issued by eSewa.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">As an introductory offer, users can enjoy a&nbsp; 10 percent or maximum of Rs 100 cashback on recharge and five percent or maximum Rs 50 on fund transfer, added the statement. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">&ldquo;Besides that, on weekly basis, customers will get a chance to win attractive gifts/vouchers and as a bumper price, one lucky customer will win a laptop.&rdquo;</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Roshan Lamichhane, Chief Operating Officer of eSewa says this is a breakthrough in digital payments in Nepal and it will bring a new dimension to digital payments in the country. &ldquo;We will continue to innovate and make financial transactions simple, secure, and affordable,&rdquo; he said</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Similarly, Anna Znamenskaya, Chief Growth Officer, Rakuten Viber said, &ldquo;We have always envisioned Viber to be a lifetime app that is of maximum benefit to its users. One of the ways to make this happen is to ensure that our users have access to a secure alternative platform to make their financial transactions such as top-ups and fund transfer as convenient as possible.&rdquo;</span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

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			'title' => 'Everest Bank Extends Support to Zonta Club of Kathmandu ',
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			'summary' => 'December 10: Everest Bank provided financial support of Rs 250,000 to Zonta Club of Kathmandu under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><span style="font-size:15.0pt">December 10: Everest Bank provided financial support of Rs 250,000 to Zonta Club of Kathmandu under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><span style="font-size:15.0pt">Everest Bank said in a statement that it has been conducting various CSR programmes and supporting different social clubs and organizations working for welfare activities during this COVID-19 pandemic. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><span style="font-size:15.0pt">GK Negi, CEO of Everest Bank, handed over the cheque to Seema Golchha, president of Zonta Club of Kathmandu. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><span style="font-size:15.0pt">Zonta has been helping the families who are highly affected by ongoing COVID-19 crisis and distributes pushcarts to sell vegetables and fruits. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">Everest Bank currently has a customer base of over 1.1 million and the bank is rendering its services through its network of 98 branches, 31 revenue collection counters, and 130 ATMs across the country.</span></span></span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Nabil Bank and One to Watch Collaborate to Support MSMEs in Nepal',
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			'summary' => 'December 6: Nabil Bank and One to Watch (OTW), an investment management company, have collaborated to provide interest-free and collateral-free loans to MSMEs under OTW COVID-19 MSME Fund Nepal.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:&quot;Futura LT Book&quot;">December 6: Nabil Bank and One to Watch (OTW), an investment management company, have collaborated to provide interest-free and collateral-free loans to MSMEs under OTW COVID-19 MSME Fund Nepal.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:&quot;Futura LT Book&quot;">Under this strategic partnership, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) with the potential to return to revenue against the COVID-19 induced recession shall be benefited by the collateral-free and interest-free loan to meet their short-term working capital and help them survive through the hardships and restrictions presented by COVID-19, reads a statement issued by the bank. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:&quot;Futura LT Book&quot;">Apart from the loan, enterprises shall also receive technical assistance in the form of customized business advisory/development services enabling them to preserve business continuity and build resilience.&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:&quot;Futura LT Book&quot;">According to Nabil Bank, MSMEs evaluated to have the potential to bounce back based on a pre-determined set of criteria shall get collateral-free loan from the bank and the interest amount shall be paid by the fund for a maximum period of 18 months. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:&quot;Futura LT Book&quot;">Sujit Kumar Shakya, deputy CEO of Nabil Bank and Suman Joshi, managing director of One to Watch, signed the agreement amid a recent programme.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:&quot;Futura LT Book&quot;">Speaking about the partnership, Anil Keshary Shah, CEO of Nabil Bank said, &ldquo;Nabil Bank is always ready to support the MSME sector in Nepal, to help grow their businesses and surge ahead for long-term stability and overall economic growth of the country. We are very excited to collaborate with One to Watch in this effort to provide interest-free and collateral-free working capital loans to MSMEs affected by COVID-19 to assist in their survival through these tough times, enabling them to retain their teams and sustain their businesses.&nbsp; Nabil Bank continues to be focused on promoting the MSME segment by bringing products and services that enable ease of access to finance to small entrepreneurs and businesses in this segment.&rdquo;</span></span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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Currency	Unit	Buy	Sell
U.S. Dollar	1	121.23	121.83
European Euro	1	131.65	132.31
UK Pound Sterling	1	142.47	143.18
Swiss Franc	1	124.29	124.90
Australian Dollar	1	71.69	72.05
Canadian Dollar	1	83.90	84.32
Japanese Yen	10	10.94	11.00
Chinese Yuan	1	17.17	17.26
Saudi Arabian Riyal	1	32.27	32.43
UAE Dirham	1	33.01	33.17
Malaysian Ringgit	1	27.36	27.50
South Korean Won	100	9.77	9.82

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Fine Gold	1 tola	77000.00
Tejabi Gold	1 tola	76700.00
Silver	1 tola	720.00

Update : 2020-03-25

Source: Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers' Association

Petroleum

Petrol	1 Liter	106.00
Diesel	1 Liter	95.00
Kerosene	1 Liter	95.00
LP Gas	1 Cylinder	1375.00