October 22: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has called for tenders to purchase three aircraft.…
October 22: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has called for tenders to purchase three aircraft.…
October 4: The Nepalese society is celebrating Mahanavami or the ninth day of the Dashain festival today (Monday, October…
October 22: Twenty houses were destroyed and 75 more have developed crack at Kumaltari of Jwalamukhi Rural Municipality in Dhading due to the earthquake which occurred on Sunday…
October 22: Today marks the eighth day of Dashain festival which is being celebrated across the country by worshipping Goddess…
October 22: Shreejan Baniya, an officer cadet from the Nepalese Army, has been honored with the 'Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Overseas Gold Medal' in…
October 22: An earthquake measuring 6.1 magnitude on the Richter scale jolted the Kathmandu Valley this morning.…
October 21: China on Friday announced new curbs on exports of certain types of graphite, key to making batteries for electric vehicles, days after the United States slapped fresh restrictions on outflows of high-tech…
October 21: The day of Fulpati is being observed across the country…
World Bioethics Day, celebrated globally on October 19, concluded at the BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) in Dharan, Nepal. The event with theme "Protecting Future Generations," featured various programs and…
October 20: The Indian government has permitted exports of over 1 million tons of non-basmati white rice to Nepal, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivore, Guinea, Malaysia, the Philippines and Seychelles, officials said on…
October 20: People heading home to celebrate Dashain, Tihar and Chhath festivals have been stranded at the Nepalgunj Airport in Banke district due to the shortage of air…
October 20: The construction companies entitled to receive due amount from the government for undertaking development projects funded by the government will finally receive their due…
October 20: The government's monthly administrative expenses have crossed over Rs 100…
October 20: The Westerly wind is having partial influence in Nepal at present and the weather is partly cloudy in the hill regions and generally fair in the rest of the country, the Meteorological Forecasting Division…
October 20: Saudi Arabia has been investigating reports of grim conditions for migrant workers at Amazon warehouses in the kingdom, denouncing all labour abuse and exploitation as…
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', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">October 22: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has called for tenders to purchase three aircraft. The national flag-carrier stated that a call for tenders has been made for the procurement of three planes for operating flights in the remote areas. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">NAC is in the process of buying three Twin-otter planes for this purpose. It is said the NAC is purchasing these aircraft with its internal resources. NAC currently has only two Twin-otter aircraft for operating flights in the domestic sector. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-23', 'modified' => '2023-10-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19051', 'image' => '20231023090501_20230428123538_nac twin.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-23 09:00:24', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19321', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Devotees Mark Mahanavami ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 4: The Nepalese society is celebrating Mahanavami or the ninth day of the Dashain festival today (Monday, October 23).', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">October 4: The Nepalese society is celebrating Mahanavami or the ninth day of the Dashain festival today (Monday, October 23). This day is dedicated to Goddess Mahagauri, who is considered as the embodiment of truth. It is believed that the purpose of her existence is to establish peace in the world. Goddess Mahagauri rides a white oxen and wears a white dress. Mahagauri is the form of Goddess Parvati when she was 16 years old and unmarried. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">On this day, devotees also sacrifice buffaloes, goats, lamb, rooster, and ducks.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Others who prefer not to kill animals offer banana or cucumber to the goddess. Hundreds of people flock to the Taleju Bhavani temple at Basantapur Durbar Square on the ninth day of Dashain. This temple which lies to the north of Hanuman Dhoka in the heart of Kathmandu is open for public only on this special day.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Devotees also visit other temples like Guheshwari, Naxal Bhagwati, Kalikasthan, Maitidevi, Bhadrakali, Sankata, Raktakali, Shova Bhagwati, Dakshinkali, Naradevi, Bijeshwari, and Bagalamukhi. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">One of the special features of the Dashain festival is the swing. People, especially children, play swing during this festival. There is a belief that one must leave the ground at least once in a year and therefor the people of Nepal opt to play swing as per this belief.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Children also fly kite during the Dashain festival. Culture experts interpret it as a symbolic message to Lord Indra, the God of rain and good harvest, to stop rainfall.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-23', 'modified' => '2023-10-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19050', 'image' => '20231023081553_ping.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-23 08:14:56', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19323', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Quake Damages 20 Houses in Dhading ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 22: Twenty houses were destroyed and 75 more have developed crack at Kumaltari of Jwalamukhi Rural Municipality in Dhading due to the earthquake which occurred on Sunday morning. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">October 22: Twenty houses were destroyed and 75 more have developed crack at Kumaltari of Jwalamukhi Rural Municipality in Dhading due to the earthquake which occurred on Sunday morning. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Former ward chair Krishna Prasad Kapri said more information on the damage caused by the tremor is yet to be collected. A local Rajesh Adhikari said the people ran out of their homes as aftershocks measuring more than 4 in the Richter scale were felt frequently. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Information Officer at the District Police Office, Dhading Deputy Superintendent of Police Santulal Prasad Jaiswal said collection of details of the houses which have developed cracks is in progress. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale with its epicentre at Khari had jolted Dhading and surrounding districts on Sunday morning. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-23', 'modified' => '2023-10-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19049', 'image' => '20231023090912_quake.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-23 09:08:17', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19318', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Maha Ashtami Observed ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 22: Today marks the eighth day of Dashain festival which is being celebrated across the country by worshipping Goddess Durga.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">October 22: Today (Sunday) marks the eighth day of Dashain festival which is being celebrated across the country by worshipping Goddess Durga. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">This day is dedicated to Goddess Mahakali, who is represented in the religious scriptures as the fiercest form of Godess Durga Bhawani. The chronicles of the Hindu scriptures depict Goddess Mahakali of having dark blue skin, wild hair and her red tongue sticking out of her mouth. Mahakali also holds multiple weapons – a severed head, a garland made of human skulls and a bowl to hold the falling blood. Only her husband Lord Shiva can calm her wrath, when Goddess Durga Bhawani takes the form of Mahakali. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Tonight is known as Kaalratri as numerous animal sacrifices are made in different temples to please Goddess Mahakali. Motor vehicles and small arms owned personally are also worshipped on the occasion of Astami. Kaalratri marks one of the four nights of Hindu religion with special importance. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The temples of Goddess Durga in the Kathmandu valley such as Guhesshwari, Naxal Bhagwati, Kalikasthan, Maitidevi, Sankata, Raktakali, Shova Bhagwati, Dakshinkali and other shrines bustle with devotees who offer worship to the goddess. </span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-22', 'modified' => '2023-10-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19048', 'image' => '20231022101605_20221003093947_astami.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-22 10:15:35', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19320', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'NA Officer Achieves Gold Medal in Pakistan ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 22: Shreejan Baniya, an officer cadet from the Nepalese Army, has been honored with the 'Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Overseas Gold Medal' in Pakistan. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">October 22: Shreejan Baniya, an officer cadet from the Nepalese Army, has been honored with the 'Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Overseas Gold Medal' in Pakistan. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">He received this award as an exceptional foreign cadet during the passing-out ceremony at the Pakistan Military Academy on Saturday. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Nepalese Army has said it acknowledged and celebrated this accomplishment and it was possible due to dedication, determination, and hard work that Baniya demonstrated throughout his training.-- RSS </span><br /> <br /> </span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-22', 'modified' => '2023-10-22', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19047', 'image' => '20231022102251_nepal army.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-22 10:22:08', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19319', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Quake Jolts Kathmandu Valley ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 22: An earthquake measuring 6.1 magnitude on the Richter scale jolted the Kathmandu Valley this morning. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">October 22: An earthquake measuring 6.1 magnitude on the Richter scale jolted the Kathmandu Valley this morning. The quake with its epicenter around Khari of Dhadhing was recorded at 7:39 am on Sunday, according to the National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre's Chief Lok Bijay Adhikari. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The tremor's effects were also felt in the surrounding districts of Dhading. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-22', 'modified' => '2023-10-22', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19046', 'image' => '20231022101935_earth.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-22 10:18:48', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19317', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'China Tightens Curbs on Graphite Exports Citing 'National Security' ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 21: China on Friday announced new curbs on exports of certain types of graphite, key to making batteries for electric vehicles, days after the United States slapped fresh restrictions on outflows of high-tech microchips. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">October 21: China on Friday announced new curbs on exports of certain types of graphite, key to making batteries for electric vehicles, days after the United States slapped fresh restrictions on outflows of high-tech microchips. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Washington said this week it would ramp up restrictions on exports of cutting-edge semiconductors crucial for powering artificial intelligence systems -- its latest effort to curb Beijing's access to advanced tech. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">China has branded Washington's policy unfair and has imposed its own measures, declaring in July that certain products containing gallium and germanium -- key raw materials for chipmaking -- would be subject to stricter export controls. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">And under measures unveiled Friday by the Ministry of Commerce, exporters must apply for permits to sell two types of graphite to foreign customers. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">"Based on the need to uphold its national security and interests, China has implemented export controls on certain graphite items in accordance with the law," the ministry said. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Graphite is commonly used to make lithium-ion batteries for mobile phones, electric vehicles (EVs) and other products. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">China was the world's leading graphite producer last year, accounting for an estimated 65 percent of total production, according to the United States Geological Survey. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The export controls will include high-purity, high-strength and high-density graphite material; and natural flake graphite. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Three further kinds of "highly sensitive" graphite materials included in the list were already under temporary curbs, according to the announcement. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Global graphite consumption is expected to soar as demand continues to grow for EVs and the batteries that power them. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The commerce ministry said the move was "conducive to better implementing our international anti-proliferation and other obligations, (and) safeguarding the stability of global industrial supply chains". </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">"Recently, the Chinese government has... taken the decision to make optimisations and adjustments to (graphite) inflows and outflows," it said. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">"China's normal adjustment of export controls does not target any specific country or region, and exports that comply with the relevant regulations will receive permission," it said. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Trade and technology have been at the centre of simmering tensions between Beijing and Washington in recent years. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The European Union has also signalled that it is seeking to reduce its reliance on trade with China in technology and other areas. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">It launched a probe this month into Beijing's subsidies for homegrown EV makers after accusations that their cheap products undercut European competitors. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The bloc is also mulling a separate investigation into Chinese support for its manufacturers of wind turbines. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Beijing has expressed "strong dissatisfaction" with the EV probe and denied that its backing for other industries is unfair. – AFP/RSS </span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-21', 'modified' => '2023-10-21', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19045', 'image' => '20231021115655_image-216.jpeg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-21 11:56:16', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19316', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Fulpati Observed ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 21: The day of Fulpati is being observed across the country today.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">October 21: <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The day of Fulpati was observed across the country on Saturday.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Fulpati, an assortment of flowers, leaves and fruits of different plants considered auspicious, is anointed at the Dashain Ghar on the seventh day of the Bada Dashain festival. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Fulpati is brought to Kathmandu as per the Vedic rites to be anointed at the Dashain Ghar, Hanumandhoka Durbar. A palanquin containing the Phulpati is sent all the way from the Dashainghar in Gorkha Durbar to the Hanumandhoka Durbar in Kathmandu. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">At Hanumandhoka Durbar, the Gurujyuko platoon of the Nepalese Army, the Nepal Police, and high-ranking officials of Armed Police Force Nepal and civil service, the Asha Gurja team, band music, panchebaja attend a procession along with cultural pageantry which carries the Fulpati to Hanuman Dhoka from Jamal. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The cultural event traces its root to the time the then King of Gorkha, Prithvi Narayan Shah, who started this tradition. From then onwards, a palanquin bearing the Fulpati is dispatched each year from Gorkha Dashainghar on the seventh day of the Bada Dashain festival, the biggest festival of the Nepalis. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">All government as well as private offices close down from today encouraging people to go back to their respective ancestral homes and take blessings from Durga Bhawani as well as their elders. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">People also prepare Fulpati at their homes as per the tradition on this day. It does not require an auspicious hour to take Fulpati into homes as per the Nepal Calendar Determination Committee. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Though the Dashain festival begins from Ghatasthapana, the festival sees special fervor from the day of Fulpati which fell on October 21 this year. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-21', 'modified' => '2023-10-22', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19044', 'image' => '20231021104527_KN_Damauli-fulpatibhitraudaiphoto2.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-21 10:44:40', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19315', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'World Bioethics Day Celebration Concludes in Nepal', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'World Bioethics Day, celebrated globally on October 19, concluded at the BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) in Dharan, Nepal. The event with theme "Protecting Future Generations," featured various programs and competitions.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">October 21: World Bioethics Day, celebrated globally on October 19, concluded at the BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) in Dharan, Nepal. </span></span><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The event with theme "Protecting Future Generations," featured various programs and competitions.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Over the past three months, health science students in Nepal participated in a range of activities, including photography, art poster creation, research poster presentations, essay writing, and poetry. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The winners of these contests were Suraja Shakya in photography, Suyog Jha in poetry, Rajani Neupane in art, Dr. Satyam Mandal in essay writing, and the research poster team consisting of Chittakala Pandey, Sahil Ranjan, and Rajiv Shah.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Nepal Unit of the International Chair in Bioethics received the third prize in the Research Poster category for its submission under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Dhana Ratna Shakya.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Each competition was assessed by separate panels of judges. During the concluding event, Prof. Dr. Dhana Ratna Shakya, the head of Nepal's unit, congratulated the winners. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The event featured recitations of poems related to the theme, dramatic performances, displays of photos, posters, and artwork, as well as the publication of essays.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Prof. Shakya emphasized that the theme for 2023 calls for the betterment and protection of future generations with a focus on high moral standards. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Nepal Unit of the International Bioethics has been a part of the Global Network of Bioethics since 2014, working to promote bioethical principles and practices.</span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-21', 'modified' => '2023-10-21', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19043', 'image' => '20231021072851_collage (18).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-21 07:26:41', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '42' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19314', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'India Exports Over 1 Million Tons of non-Basmati Rice to 7 Countries ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 20: The Indian government has permitted exports of over 1 million tons of non-basmati white rice to Nepal, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivore, Guinea, Malaysia, the Philippines and Seychelles, officials said on Thursday. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">October 20: The Indian government has permitted exports of over 1 million tons of non-basmati white rice to Nepal, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivore, Guinea, Malaysia, the Philippines and Seychelles, officials said on Thursday. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to a notification issued on Wednesday by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), falling under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the export is permitted through National Cooperative Exports Limited (NCEL). </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"Export of non-basmati white rice ... to Nepal, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivore, Guinea, Malaysia, Philippines, and Seychelles is notified," said the notification issued by DGFT. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">It notified 95,000 tonnes for Nepal, 190,000 tons for Cameroon, 142,000 tons each for Cote d'Ivore and Guinea, 170,000 tons for Malaysia, 295,000 tons for the Philippines, and 800 tons for Seychelles. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Indian government in July banned exports of non-basmati white rice to boost domestic supply. However, exports are allowed on the basis of permission granted by the government to certain countries to meet their food security needs. -- Xinhua/RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-20', 'modified' => '2023-10-20', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19042', 'image' => '20231020022951_rice.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-20 14:28:56', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19313', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Passengers Heading Home for Festivals Stranded at Nepalgunj Airport due to Shortage of Tickets ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 20: People heading home to celebrate Dashain, Tihar and Chhath festivals have been stranded at the Nepalgunj Airport in Banke district due to the shortage of air tickets.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">October 20: People heading home to celebrate Dashain, Tihar and Chhath festivals have been stranded at the Nepalgunj Airport in Banke district due to the shortage of air tickets. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Dhananjaya Jethara complained that he has been stranded for five days as he could not get an air ticket. According to him, he worked as a school teacher in Bhojpur district and is heading to his home to celebrate Dashain, but he was forced to stay in a hotel paying a large sum of money for want of a ticket. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"Every morning, I visit the ticket counter of the Nepal Airlines Corporation for air ticket, but return empty handed," he said. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">As travelling by land is considered 'unsafe', people from remote hill districts often opt to travel by air. Passengers have been dealing with problems due to irregular flights. Without access to the road network, people of Dolpa, Humla, Jumla, Mugu and Bajura districts have been suffering due to the lack of air tickets, complained the passengers. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Sangita Bista of Kolti in Bajura district complained that she is worried about how to go home to celebrate Dashain due to the shortage of tickets. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">She accused the NAC of distributing tickets to those with access to power, thus depriving general passengers of tickets. "There are 17 seats in one flight. Only seven seats are allocated for the general people. The remaining tickets are distributed to those with access to power," she complained. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The problem has worsened due to the fact that the NAC flights are very few in number, and private airlines prioritise charter flights over regular flights, said Jethara. The pressure of passengers is high during Dashain, but the lack of enough flights has added problems, he said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The NAC has added flights for Dashain to eight flights a week from three. The flights have been added due to the pressure of passengers, said Man Bahadur Chaudhary, station chief of the Nepalgunj regional office of the NAC. "Earlier, there were flights only three days a week. Now, the flights have been added for eight days and it has been made regular," he said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Saying that efforts were underway to provide convenient services to the passengers, Chaudhary claimed that tickets were being distributed to the sick, children and elderly people on a priority basis. Increasing number of passengers was the cause of passengers not getting tickets, he said. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-20', 'modified' => '2023-10-20', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19041', 'image' => '20231020022612_20230804122813_20220405110412_Simokot-Airport-in-Humla.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-20 14:25:30', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19312', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government to Clear the Dues of Construction Entrepreneurs ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 20: The construction companies entitled to receive due amount from the government for undertaking development projects funded by the government will finally receive their due amount.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">October 20: The construction companies entitled to receive due amount from the government for undertaking development projects funded by the government will finally receive their due amount.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The Finance Ministry on Wednesday decided to release the due amount of the previous year to the construction companies.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The amount that the contractors will get is Rs 6 billion.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">A ministerial-level meeting of the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure on Wednesday decided to allow the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport, the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation and the Ministry of Water Supply and Urban Development to make the payment of the previous year. It has been mentioned that the concerned bodies (departments) of these ministries can release the dues that have not been paid in the last fiscal year.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The finance ministry has instructed the concerned bodies to release the amount through budgetary transfer if the amount is not received from foreign sources by the third quarter under budgetary support.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Although the Ministry of Finance has decided to release the payment, there are doubts that the builders will get the amount. The decision was taken on Wednesday and the festival of Dashain has already started. Therefore, the businessmen are doubtful they will not get the money anytime soon.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Ravi Singh, the president of the Federation of Contractors Association of Nepal, said that they are likely to get the dues cleared by the government bodies that have adequate budget. But since the government offices will remain open till Friday before being closed for Dashain, Singh said this decision will not have an immediate impact.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">"Even though we are not in a position to get the money right away, we are hopeful of getting the due amount once the offices open after Dashain," Singh said, "It has given us relief, but if we want to keep the construction sector running, the government needs to extend the deadline and remove other obstructions."</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-20', 'modified' => '2023-10-20', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19040', 'image' => '20231020021232_20210105024513_20200327032654_5003_finance-ministy.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-20 14:11:47', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19311', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government’s Monthly Administrative Expenses Cross Rs 100 billion in Mid-September to Mid-October', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 20: The government's monthly administrative expenses have crossed over Rs 100 billion.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">October 20: The government's monthly administrative expenses have crossed over Rs </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">100</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> billion.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The government spent Rs </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">122</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> billion in current expenditure in the Nepali month of Asoj (mid-September to mid-October).</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The government has allocated Rs </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">1140</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> billion under the heading of current expenditure to meet the expenses such as employees’ salaries, administrative expenses and subsidies going to the local level. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The government spent relatively more on current expenditure in the review month. During this period, the current expenditure increased because the government provided an additional one month’s salary to the employees and pensioners as Dashain allowance.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The government’s current expenditure in the review month was more by </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">30</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> percent compared to the previous two months.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Office of the Financial Comptroller General has informed that the current expenditure which was Rs </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">87</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">.</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">66</span></span> <span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">billion by mid-September reached Rs </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">210</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> billion on mid-October</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">On the other hand, the capital expenditure has been minimal. As of mid-October, the government has spent Rs </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">16</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> billion under this heading. For the current fiscal year, the government has allocated more than Rs </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">300</span></span> <span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">billion as capital expenditure. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Even now, the construction entrepreneurs have not been able to get the amount of the works already completed. According to Ravi Singh, the president of the Federation of Contractors Association of Nepal, the government is yet to pay them about Rs </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">8</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> billion.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Meanwhile, the government spent Rs </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">14</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">.</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">3</span></span> <span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">billion under the heading of financial management in the review month. The amount was used for the repayment of public debt and loan investment in public institutions. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In the first three months of the current fiscal year, the government has spent Rs </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">49</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">.</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">34</span></span> <span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">billion on financial management. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">As of mid-October, the budget deficit has reached Rs </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">47</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">.</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">36</span></span> <span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">billion due to low income of government compared to its expenditure. As of mid-October, the government has collected revenue of Rs </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">276</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> billion.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><strong><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">What is a budget deficit?</span></span></span></span></strong></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Budget deficit is usually the expenditure that is more than the income of the government. Foreign grants in Nepal are also considered part of the revenue as they do not have to be returned later. Insufficient resources other than revenue and subsidy causes a budget deficit.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The government compensates such losses through foreign and domestic loans. Governments around the world prepare deficit budgets based on the belief that development should be done even by collecting debt. However, economists say that it is not considered good for the economy to have a budget with a deficit of more than </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">5 </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">percent of the GDP. In the context of Nepal, there is a tradition of preparing a budget with large amounts of deficit.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-20', 'modified' => '2023-10-20', 'keywords' => 'government, Nepal, administrative, expense, budget, current, expenditure, capital, deficit', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19039', 'image' => '20231020014803_20230714023452_1683767264.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-20 13:47:09', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19310', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Possibility of Light Rainfall in Koshi, Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 20: The Westerly wind is having partial influence in Nepal at present and the weather is partly cloudy in the hill regions and generally fair in the rest of the country, the Meteorological Forecasting Division said. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">October 20: The Westerly wind is having partial influence in Nepal at present and the weather is partly cloudy in the hill regions and generally fair in the rest of the country, the Meteorological Forecasting Division said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Meteorologist Shanti Kandel said the weather will be partly to generally cloudy in the hill region and generally fair in the rest of the country in the afternoon today. She added that although there are chances of light rain accompanied by thunder and lightning in one or two places of the hill regions of Koshi, Bagmati and Gandaki provinces, the weather will be fair in the rest of the places. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The maximum temperature in Kathmandu will likely remain between 24 degrees Celsius and 26 degrees Celsius today. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-20', 'modified' => '2023-10-21', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19038', 'image' => '20231020011744_weatherrrr.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-20 13:16:51', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19309', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Saudi Arabia Probes Alleged Abuses of Workers at Amazon Warehouses', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 20: Saudi Arabia has been investigating reports of grim conditions for migrant workers at Amazon warehouses in the kingdom, denouncing all labour abuse and exploitation as "unacceptable".', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">October 20: Saudi Arabia has been investigating reports of grim conditions for migrant workers at Amazon warehouses in the kingdom, denouncing all labour abuse and exploitation as "unacceptable".</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The human resources and social development ministry of Saudi Arabia said in a recent statement to AFP that the investigation began before Amnesty International last week reported that Nepalese workers at Amazon in Saudi Arabia had suffered "appalling" living conditions, on-the-job safety risks and wage theft. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">"Any form of labour abuse or exploitation is unacceptable and is comprehensively investigated by the relevant Saudi authorities," the statement said.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">"The distressing reports outlined in this case are already the subject of an ongoing investigation."</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to AFP, the Amnesty report published last Tuesday drew from the accounts of 22 men who had worked in warehouses in Riyadh or the Red Sea city of Jeddah going back to 2021.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The London-based human rights group accused recruitment agents and two Saudi labour supply companies of deceiving migrant workers who thought they would be employed directly by Amazon and took out steep loans to pay recruitment fees.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Upon arrival in Saudi Arabia they encountered "dirty and overcrowded accommodation, sometimes infested with bed bugs" as well as "gruelling" working conditions marked by constant monitoring and inadequate rest, sometimes resulting in injury, Amnesty said.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The abuses were so severe they likely amounted to "human trafficking for the purposes of labour exploitation", Amnesty said.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The kingdom's "kafala" sponsorship system for foreign workers meant the labourers struggled to leave the warehouse jobs and risked possible arrest for "absconding", Amnesty said, adding that "a few contemplated suicide".</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Saudi Arabia has a total population of 32.2 million, according to the latest census published in May, some 13.4 million of whom are foreigners, many from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Yemen and Egypt.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Foreign labourers often occupy manual and service jobs.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Saudi authorities maintain that they have "taken robust measures to combat any form of human trafficking on an international level", including by ratifying the International Labour Organisation protocol against forced labour.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Meanwhile, Amazon told AFP that the company was working with "third-party vendor" to ensure that conditions improve and that workers are repaid "any unpaid wages or worker-paid recruitment fees" and provided with "clean and safe accommodations".</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => 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', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">October 22: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has called for tenders to purchase three aircraft. The national flag-carrier stated that a call for tenders has been made for the procurement of three planes for operating flights in the remote areas. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">NAC is in the process of buying three Twin-otter planes for this purpose. It is said the NAC is purchasing these aircraft with its internal resources. NAC currently has only two Twin-otter aircraft for operating flights in the domestic sector. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-23', 'modified' => '2023-10-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19051', 'image' => '20231023090501_20230428123538_nac twin.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-23 09:00:24', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19321', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Devotees Mark Mahanavami ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 4: The Nepalese society is celebrating Mahanavami or the ninth day of the Dashain festival today (Monday, October 23).', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">October 4: The Nepalese society is celebrating Mahanavami or the ninth day of the Dashain festival today (Monday, October 23). This day is dedicated to Goddess Mahagauri, who is considered as the embodiment of truth. It is believed that the purpose of her existence is to establish peace in the world. Goddess Mahagauri rides a white oxen and wears a white dress. Mahagauri is the form of Goddess Parvati when she was 16 years old and unmarried. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">On this day, devotees also sacrifice buffaloes, goats, lamb, rooster, and ducks.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Others who prefer not to kill animals offer banana or cucumber to the goddess. Hundreds of people flock to the Taleju Bhavani temple at Basantapur Durbar Square on the ninth day of Dashain. This temple which lies to the north of Hanuman Dhoka in the heart of Kathmandu is open for public only on this special day.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Devotees also visit other temples like Guheshwari, Naxal Bhagwati, Kalikasthan, Maitidevi, Bhadrakali, Sankata, Raktakali, Shova Bhagwati, Dakshinkali, Naradevi, Bijeshwari, and Bagalamukhi. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">One of the special features of the Dashain festival is the swing. People, especially children, play swing during this festival. There is a belief that one must leave the ground at least once in a year and therefor the people of Nepal opt to play swing as per this belief.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Children also fly kite during the Dashain festival. Culture experts interpret it as a symbolic message to Lord Indra, the God of rain and good harvest, to stop rainfall.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-23', 'modified' => '2023-10-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19050', 'image' => '20231023081553_ping.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-23 08:14:56', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19323', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Quake Damages 20 Houses in Dhading ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 22: Twenty houses were destroyed and 75 more have developed crack at Kumaltari of Jwalamukhi Rural Municipality in Dhading due to the earthquake which occurred on Sunday morning. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">October 22: Twenty houses were destroyed and 75 more have developed crack at Kumaltari of Jwalamukhi Rural Municipality in Dhading due to the earthquake which occurred on Sunday morning. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Former ward chair Krishna Prasad Kapri said more information on the damage caused by the tremor is yet to be collected. A local Rajesh Adhikari said the people ran out of their homes as aftershocks measuring more than 4 in the Richter scale were felt frequently. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Information Officer at the District Police Office, Dhading Deputy Superintendent of Police Santulal Prasad Jaiswal said collection of details of the houses which have developed cracks is in progress. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale with its epicentre at Khari had jolted Dhading and surrounding districts on Sunday morning. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-23', 'modified' => '2023-10-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19049', 'image' => '20231023090912_quake.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-23 09:08:17', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19318', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Maha Ashtami Observed ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 22: Today marks the eighth day of Dashain festival which is being celebrated across the country by worshipping Goddess Durga.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">October 22: Today (Sunday) marks the eighth day of Dashain festival which is being celebrated across the country by worshipping Goddess Durga. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">This day is dedicated to Goddess Mahakali, who is represented in the religious scriptures as the fiercest form of Godess Durga Bhawani. The chronicles of the Hindu scriptures depict Goddess Mahakali of having dark blue skin, wild hair and her red tongue sticking out of her mouth. Mahakali also holds multiple weapons – a severed head, a garland made of human skulls and a bowl to hold the falling blood. Only her husband Lord Shiva can calm her wrath, when Goddess Durga Bhawani takes the form of Mahakali. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Tonight is known as Kaalratri as numerous animal sacrifices are made in different temples to please Goddess Mahakali. Motor vehicles and small arms owned personally are also worshipped on the occasion of Astami. Kaalratri marks one of the four nights of Hindu religion with special importance. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The temples of Goddess Durga in the Kathmandu valley such as Guhesshwari, Naxal Bhagwati, Kalikasthan, Maitidevi, Sankata, Raktakali, Shova Bhagwati, Dakshinkali and other shrines bustle with devotees who offer worship to the goddess. </span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-22', 'modified' => '2023-10-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19048', 'image' => '20231022101605_20221003093947_astami.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-22 10:15:35', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19320', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'NA Officer Achieves Gold Medal in Pakistan ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 22: Shreejan Baniya, an officer cadet from the Nepalese Army, has been honored with the 'Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Overseas Gold Medal' in Pakistan. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">October 22: Shreejan Baniya, an officer cadet from the Nepalese Army, has been honored with the 'Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Overseas Gold Medal' in Pakistan. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">He received this award as an exceptional foreign cadet during the passing-out ceremony at the Pakistan Military Academy on Saturday. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Nepalese Army has said it acknowledged and celebrated this accomplishment and it was possible due to dedication, determination, and hard work that Baniya demonstrated throughout his training.-- RSS </span><br /> <br /> </span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-22', 'modified' => '2023-10-22', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19047', 'image' => '20231022102251_nepal army.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-22 10:22:08', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19319', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Quake Jolts Kathmandu Valley ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 22: An earthquake measuring 6.1 magnitude on the Richter scale jolted the Kathmandu Valley this morning. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">October 22: An earthquake measuring 6.1 magnitude on the Richter scale jolted the Kathmandu Valley this morning. The quake with its epicenter around Khari of Dhadhing was recorded at 7:39 am on Sunday, according to the National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre's Chief Lok Bijay Adhikari. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The tremor's effects were also felt in the surrounding districts of Dhading. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-22', 'modified' => '2023-10-22', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19046', 'image' => '20231022101935_earth.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-22 10:18:48', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19317', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'China Tightens Curbs on Graphite Exports Citing 'National Security' ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 21: China on Friday announced new curbs on exports of certain types of graphite, key to making batteries for electric vehicles, days after the United States slapped fresh restrictions on outflows of high-tech microchips. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">October 21: China on Friday announced new curbs on exports of certain types of graphite, key to making batteries for electric vehicles, days after the United States slapped fresh restrictions on outflows of high-tech microchips. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Washington said this week it would ramp up restrictions on exports of cutting-edge semiconductors crucial for powering artificial intelligence systems -- its latest effort to curb Beijing's access to advanced tech. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">China has branded Washington's policy unfair and has imposed its own measures, declaring in July that certain products containing gallium and germanium -- key raw materials for chipmaking -- would be subject to stricter export controls. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">And under measures unveiled Friday by the Ministry of Commerce, exporters must apply for permits to sell two types of graphite to foreign customers. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">"Based on the need to uphold its national security and interests, China has implemented export controls on certain graphite items in accordance with the law," the ministry said. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Graphite is commonly used to make lithium-ion batteries for mobile phones, electric vehicles (EVs) and other products. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">China was the world's leading graphite producer last year, accounting for an estimated 65 percent of total production, according to the United States Geological Survey. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The export controls will include high-purity, high-strength and high-density graphite material; and natural flake graphite. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Three further kinds of "highly sensitive" graphite materials included in the list were already under temporary curbs, according to the announcement. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Global graphite consumption is expected to soar as demand continues to grow for EVs and the batteries that power them. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The commerce ministry said the move was "conducive to better implementing our international anti-proliferation and other obligations, (and) safeguarding the stability of global industrial supply chains". </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">"Recently, the Chinese government has... taken the decision to make optimisations and adjustments to (graphite) inflows and outflows," it said. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">"China's normal adjustment of export controls does not target any specific country or region, and exports that comply with the relevant regulations will receive permission," it said. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Trade and technology have been at the centre of simmering tensions between Beijing and Washington in recent years. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The European Union has also signalled that it is seeking to reduce its reliance on trade with China in technology and other areas. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">It launched a probe this month into Beijing's subsidies for homegrown EV makers after accusations that their cheap products undercut European competitors. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The bloc is also mulling a separate investigation into Chinese support for its manufacturers of wind turbines. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Beijing has expressed "strong dissatisfaction" with the EV probe and denied that its backing for other industries is unfair. – AFP/RSS </span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-21', 'modified' => '2023-10-21', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19045', 'image' => '20231021115655_image-216.jpeg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-21 11:56:16', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19316', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Fulpati Observed ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 21: The day of Fulpati is being observed across the country today.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">October 21: <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The day of Fulpati was observed across the country on Saturday.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Fulpati, an assortment of flowers, leaves and fruits of different plants considered auspicious, is anointed at the Dashain Ghar on the seventh day of the Bada Dashain festival. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Fulpati is brought to Kathmandu as per the Vedic rites to be anointed at the Dashain Ghar, Hanumandhoka Durbar. A palanquin containing the Phulpati is sent all the way from the Dashainghar in Gorkha Durbar to the Hanumandhoka Durbar in Kathmandu. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">At Hanumandhoka Durbar, the Gurujyuko platoon of the Nepalese Army, the Nepal Police, and high-ranking officials of Armed Police Force Nepal and civil service, the Asha Gurja team, band music, panchebaja attend a procession along with cultural pageantry which carries the Fulpati to Hanuman Dhoka from Jamal. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The cultural event traces its root to the time the then King of Gorkha, Prithvi Narayan Shah, who started this tradition. From then onwards, a palanquin bearing the Fulpati is dispatched each year from Gorkha Dashainghar on the seventh day of the Bada Dashain festival, the biggest festival of the Nepalis. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">All government as well as private offices close down from today encouraging people to go back to their respective ancestral homes and take blessings from Durga Bhawani as well as their elders. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">People also prepare Fulpati at their homes as per the tradition on this day. It does not require an auspicious hour to take Fulpati into homes as per the Nepal Calendar Determination Committee. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Though the Dashain festival begins from Ghatasthapana, the festival sees special fervor from the day of Fulpati which fell on October 21 this year. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-21', 'modified' => '2023-10-22', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19044', 'image' => '20231021104527_KN_Damauli-fulpatibhitraudaiphoto2.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-21 10:44:40', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19315', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'World Bioethics Day Celebration Concludes in Nepal', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'World Bioethics Day, celebrated globally on October 19, concluded at the BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) in Dharan, Nepal. The event with theme "Protecting Future Generations," featured various programs and competitions.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">October 21: World Bioethics Day, celebrated globally on October 19, concluded at the BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) in Dharan, Nepal. </span></span><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The event with theme "Protecting Future Generations," featured various programs and competitions.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Over the past three months, health science students in Nepal participated in a range of activities, including photography, art poster creation, research poster presentations, essay writing, and poetry. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The winners of these contests were Suraja Shakya in photography, Suyog Jha in poetry, Rajani Neupane in art, Dr. Satyam Mandal in essay writing, and the research poster team consisting of Chittakala Pandey, Sahil Ranjan, and Rajiv Shah.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Nepal Unit of the International Chair in Bioethics received the third prize in the Research Poster category for its submission under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Dhana Ratna Shakya.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Each competition was assessed by separate panels of judges. During the concluding event, Prof. Dr. Dhana Ratna Shakya, the head of Nepal's unit, congratulated the winners. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The event featured recitations of poems related to the theme, dramatic performances, displays of photos, posters, and artwork, as well as the publication of essays.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Prof. Shakya emphasized that the theme for 2023 calls for the betterment and protection of future generations with a focus on high moral standards. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Nepal Unit of the International Bioethics has been a part of the Global Network of Bioethics since 2014, working to promote bioethical principles and practices.</span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-21', 'modified' => '2023-10-21', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19043', 'image' => '20231021072851_collage (18).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-21 07:26:41', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '42' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19314', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'India Exports Over 1 Million Tons of non-Basmati Rice to 7 Countries ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 20: The Indian government has permitted exports of over 1 million tons of non-basmati white rice to Nepal, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivore, Guinea, Malaysia, the Philippines and Seychelles, officials said on Thursday. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">October 20: The Indian government has permitted exports of over 1 million tons of non-basmati white rice to Nepal, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivore, Guinea, Malaysia, the Philippines and Seychelles, officials said on Thursday. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to a notification issued on Wednesday by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), falling under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the export is permitted through National Cooperative Exports Limited (NCEL). </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"Export of non-basmati white rice ... to Nepal, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivore, Guinea, Malaysia, Philippines, and Seychelles is notified," said the notification issued by DGFT. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">It notified 95,000 tonnes for Nepal, 190,000 tons for Cameroon, 142,000 tons each for Cote d'Ivore and Guinea, 170,000 tons for Malaysia, 295,000 tons for the Philippines, and 800 tons for Seychelles. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Indian government in July banned exports of non-basmati white rice to boost domestic supply. However, exports are allowed on the basis of permission granted by the government to certain countries to meet their food security needs. -- Xinhua/RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-20', 'modified' => '2023-10-20', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19042', 'image' => '20231020022951_rice.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-20 14:28:56', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19313', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Passengers Heading Home for Festivals Stranded at Nepalgunj Airport due to Shortage of Tickets ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 20: People heading home to celebrate Dashain, Tihar and Chhath festivals have been stranded at the Nepalgunj Airport in Banke district due to the shortage of air tickets.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">October 20: People heading home to celebrate Dashain, Tihar and Chhath festivals have been stranded at the Nepalgunj Airport in Banke district due to the shortage of air tickets. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Dhananjaya Jethara complained that he has been stranded for five days as he could not get an air ticket. According to him, he worked as a school teacher in Bhojpur district and is heading to his home to celebrate Dashain, but he was forced to stay in a hotel paying a large sum of money for want of a ticket. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"Every morning, I visit the ticket counter of the Nepal Airlines Corporation for air ticket, but return empty handed," he said. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">As travelling by land is considered 'unsafe', people from remote hill districts often opt to travel by air. Passengers have been dealing with problems due to irregular flights. Without access to the road network, people of Dolpa, Humla, Jumla, Mugu and Bajura districts have been suffering due to the lack of air tickets, complained the passengers. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Sangita Bista of Kolti in Bajura district complained that she is worried about how to go home to celebrate Dashain due to the shortage of tickets. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">She accused the NAC of distributing tickets to those with access to power, thus depriving general passengers of tickets. "There are 17 seats in one flight. Only seven seats are allocated for the general people. The remaining tickets are distributed to those with access to power," she complained. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The problem has worsened due to the fact that the NAC flights are very few in number, and private airlines prioritise charter flights over regular flights, said Jethara. The pressure of passengers is high during Dashain, but the lack of enough flights has added problems, he said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The NAC has added flights for Dashain to eight flights a week from three. The flights have been added due to the pressure of passengers, said Man Bahadur Chaudhary, station chief of the Nepalgunj regional office of the NAC. "Earlier, there were flights only three days a week. Now, the flights have been added for eight days and it has been made regular," he said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Saying that efforts were underway to provide convenient services to the passengers, Chaudhary claimed that tickets were being distributed to the sick, children and elderly people on a priority basis. Increasing number of passengers was the cause of passengers not getting tickets, he said. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-20', 'modified' => '2023-10-20', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19041', 'image' => '20231020022612_20230804122813_20220405110412_Simokot-Airport-in-Humla.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-20 14:25:30', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19312', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government to Clear the Dues of Construction Entrepreneurs ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 20: The construction companies entitled to receive due amount from the government for undertaking development projects funded by the government will finally receive their due amount.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">October 20: The construction companies entitled to receive due amount from the government for undertaking development projects funded by the government will finally receive their due amount.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The Finance Ministry on Wednesday decided to release the due amount of the previous year to the construction companies.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The amount that the contractors will get is Rs 6 billion.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">A ministerial-level meeting of the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure on Wednesday decided to allow the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport, the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation and the Ministry of Water Supply and Urban Development to make the payment of the previous year. It has been mentioned that the concerned bodies (departments) of these ministries can release the dues that have not been paid in the last fiscal year.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The finance ministry has instructed the concerned bodies to release the amount through budgetary transfer if the amount is not received from foreign sources by the third quarter under budgetary support.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Although the Ministry of Finance has decided to release the payment, there are doubts that the builders will get the amount. The decision was taken on Wednesday and the festival of Dashain has already started. Therefore, the businessmen are doubtful they will not get the money anytime soon.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Ravi Singh, the president of the Federation of Contractors Association of Nepal, said that they are likely to get the dues cleared by the government bodies that have adequate budget. But since the government offices will remain open till Friday before being closed for Dashain, Singh said this decision will not have an immediate impact.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">"Even though we are not in a position to get the money right away, we are hopeful of getting the due amount once the offices open after Dashain," Singh said, "It has given us relief, but if we want to keep the construction sector running, the government needs to extend the deadline and remove other obstructions."</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-20', 'modified' => '2023-10-20', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19040', 'image' => '20231020021232_20210105024513_20200327032654_5003_finance-ministy.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-20 14:11:47', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19311', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government’s Monthly Administrative Expenses Cross Rs 100 billion in Mid-September to Mid-October', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 20: The government's monthly administrative expenses have crossed over Rs 100 billion.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">October 20: The government's monthly administrative expenses have crossed over Rs </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">100</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> billion.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The government spent Rs </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">122</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> billion in current expenditure in the Nepali month of Asoj (mid-September to mid-October).</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The government has allocated Rs </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">1140</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> billion under the heading of current expenditure to meet the expenses such as employees’ salaries, administrative expenses and subsidies going to the local level. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The government spent relatively more on current expenditure in the review month. During this period, the current expenditure increased because the government provided an additional one month’s salary to the employees and pensioners as Dashain allowance.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The government’s current expenditure in the review month was more by </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">30</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> percent compared to the previous two months.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Office of the Financial Comptroller General has informed that the current expenditure which was Rs </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">87</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">.</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">66</span></span> <span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">billion by mid-September reached Rs </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">210</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> billion on mid-October</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">On the other hand, the capital expenditure has been minimal. As of mid-October, the government has spent Rs </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">16</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> billion under this heading. For the current fiscal year, the government has allocated more than Rs </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">300</span></span> <span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">billion as capital expenditure. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Even now, the construction entrepreneurs have not been able to get the amount of the works already completed. According to Ravi Singh, the president of the Federation of Contractors Association of Nepal, the government is yet to pay them about Rs </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">8</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> billion.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Meanwhile, the government spent Rs </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">14</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">.</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">3</span></span> <span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">billion under the heading of financial management in the review month. The amount was used for the repayment of public debt and loan investment in public institutions. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In the first three months of the current fiscal year, the government has spent Rs </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">49</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">.</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">34</span></span> <span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">billion on financial management. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">As of mid-October, the budget deficit has reached Rs </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">47</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">.</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">36</span></span> <span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">billion due to low income of government compared to its expenditure. As of mid-October, the government has collected revenue of Rs </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">276</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> billion.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><strong><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">What is a budget deficit?</span></span></span></span></strong></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Budget deficit is usually the expenditure that is more than the income of the government. Foreign grants in Nepal are also considered part of the revenue as they do not have to be returned later. Insufficient resources other than revenue and subsidy causes a budget deficit.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The government compensates such losses through foreign and domestic loans. Governments around the world prepare deficit budgets based on the belief that development should be done even by collecting debt. However, economists say that it is not considered good for the economy to have a budget with a deficit of more than </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">5 </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">percent of the GDP. In the context of Nepal, there is a tradition of preparing a budget with large amounts of deficit.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-20', 'modified' => '2023-10-20', 'keywords' => 'government, Nepal, administrative, expense, budget, current, expenditure, capital, deficit', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19039', 'image' => '20231020014803_20230714023452_1683767264.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-20 13:47:09', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19310', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Possibility of Light Rainfall in Koshi, Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 20: The Westerly wind is having partial influence in Nepal at present and the weather is partly cloudy in the hill regions and generally fair in the rest of the country, the Meteorological Forecasting Division said. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">October 20: The Westerly wind is having partial influence in Nepal at present and the weather is partly cloudy in the hill regions and generally fair in the rest of the country, the Meteorological Forecasting Division said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Meteorologist Shanti Kandel said the weather will be partly to generally cloudy in the hill region and generally fair in the rest of the country in the afternoon today. She added that although there are chances of light rain accompanied by thunder and lightning in one or two places of the hill regions of Koshi, Bagmati and Gandaki provinces, the weather will be fair in the rest of the places. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The maximum temperature in Kathmandu will likely remain between 24 degrees Celsius and 26 degrees Celsius today. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-20', 'modified' => '2023-10-21', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19038', 'image' => '20231020011744_weatherrrr.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-20 13:16:51', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19309', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Saudi Arabia Probes Alleged Abuses of Workers at Amazon Warehouses', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 20: Saudi Arabia has been investigating reports of grim conditions for migrant workers at Amazon warehouses in the kingdom, denouncing all labour abuse and exploitation as "unacceptable".', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">October 20: Saudi Arabia has been investigating reports of grim conditions for migrant workers at Amazon warehouses in the kingdom, denouncing all labour abuse and exploitation as "unacceptable".</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The human resources and social development ministry of Saudi Arabia said in a recent statement to AFP that the investigation began before Amnesty International last week reported that Nepalese workers at Amazon in Saudi Arabia had suffered "appalling" living conditions, on-the-job safety risks and wage theft. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">"Any form of labour abuse or exploitation is unacceptable and is comprehensively investigated by the relevant Saudi authorities," the statement said.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">"The distressing reports outlined in this case are already the subject of an ongoing investigation."</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to AFP, the Amnesty report published last Tuesday drew from the accounts of 22 men who had worked in warehouses in Riyadh or the Red Sea city of Jeddah going back to 2021.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The London-based human rights group accused recruitment agents and two Saudi labour supply companies of deceiving migrant workers who thought they would be employed directly by Amazon and took out steep loans to pay recruitment fees.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Upon arrival in Saudi Arabia they encountered "dirty and overcrowded accommodation, sometimes infested with bed bugs" as well as "gruelling" working conditions marked by constant monitoring and inadequate rest, sometimes resulting in injury, Amnesty said.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The abuses were so severe they likely amounted to "human trafficking for the purposes of labour exploitation", Amnesty said.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The kingdom's "kafala" sponsorship system for foreign workers meant the labourers struggled to leave the warehouse jobs and risked possible arrest for "absconding", Amnesty said, adding that "a few contemplated suicide".</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Saudi Arabia has a total population of 32.2 million, according to the latest census published in May, some 13.4 million of whom are foreigners, many from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Yemen and Egypt.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Foreign labourers often occupy manual and service jobs.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Saudi authorities maintain that they have "taken robust measures to combat any form of human trafficking on an international level", including by ratifying the International Labour Organisation protocol against forced labour.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Meanwhile, Amazon told AFP that the company was working with "third-party vendor" to ensure that conditions improve and that workers are repaid "any unpaid wages or worker-paid recruitment fees" and provided with "clean and safe accommodations".</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => 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', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">October 22: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has called for tenders to purchase three aircraft. The national flag-carrier stated that a call for tenders has been made for the procurement of three planes for operating flights in the remote areas. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">NAC is in the process of buying three Twin-otter planes for this purpose. It is said the NAC is purchasing these aircraft with its internal resources. NAC currently has only two Twin-otter aircraft for operating flights in the domestic sector. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-23', 'modified' => '2023-10-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19051', 'image' => '20231023090501_20230428123538_nac twin.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-23 09:00:24', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19321', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Devotees Mark Mahanavami ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 4: The Nepalese society is celebrating Mahanavami or the ninth day of the Dashain festival today (Monday, October 23).', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">October 4: The Nepalese society is celebrating Mahanavami or the ninth day of the Dashain festival today (Monday, October 23). This day is dedicated to Goddess Mahagauri, who is considered as the embodiment of truth. It is believed that the purpose of her existence is to establish peace in the world. Goddess Mahagauri rides a white oxen and wears a white dress. Mahagauri is the form of Goddess Parvati when she was 16 years old and unmarried. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">On this day, devotees also sacrifice buffaloes, goats, lamb, rooster, and ducks.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Others who prefer not to kill animals offer banana or cucumber to the goddess. Hundreds of people flock to the Taleju Bhavani temple at Basantapur Durbar Square on the ninth day of Dashain. This temple which lies to the north of Hanuman Dhoka in the heart of Kathmandu is open for public only on this special day.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Devotees also visit other temples like Guheshwari, Naxal Bhagwati, Kalikasthan, Maitidevi, Bhadrakali, Sankata, Raktakali, Shova Bhagwati, Dakshinkali, Naradevi, Bijeshwari, and Bagalamukhi. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">One of the special features of the Dashain festival is the swing. People, especially children, play swing during this festival. There is a belief that one must leave the ground at least once in a year and therefor the people of Nepal opt to play swing as per this belief.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Children also fly kite during the Dashain festival. Culture experts interpret it as a symbolic message to Lord Indra, the God of rain and good harvest, to stop rainfall.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-23', 'modified' => '2023-10-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19050', 'image' => '20231023081553_ping.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-23 08:14:56', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19323', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Quake Damages 20 Houses in Dhading ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 22: Twenty houses were destroyed and 75 more have developed crack at Kumaltari of Jwalamukhi Rural Municipality in Dhading due to the earthquake which occurred on Sunday morning. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">October 22: Twenty houses were destroyed and 75 more have developed crack at Kumaltari of Jwalamukhi Rural Municipality in Dhading due to the earthquake which occurred on Sunday morning. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Former ward chair Krishna Prasad Kapri said more information on the damage caused by the tremor is yet to be collected. A local Rajesh Adhikari said the people ran out of their homes as aftershocks measuring more than 4 in the Richter scale were felt frequently. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Information Officer at the District Police Office, Dhading Deputy Superintendent of Police Santulal Prasad Jaiswal said collection of details of the houses which have developed cracks is in progress. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale with its epicentre at Khari had jolted Dhading and surrounding districts on Sunday morning. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-23', 'modified' => '2023-10-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19049', 'image' => '20231023090912_quake.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-23 09:08:17', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19318', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Maha Ashtami Observed ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 22: Today marks the eighth day of Dashain festival which is being celebrated across the country by worshipping Goddess Durga.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">October 22: Today (Sunday) marks the eighth day of Dashain festival which is being celebrated across the country by worshipping Goddess Durga. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">This day is dedicated to Goddess Mahakali, who is represented in the religious scriptures as the fiercest form of Godess Durga Bhawani. The chronicles of the Hindu scriptures depict Goddess Mahakali of having dark blue skin, wild hair and her red tongue sticking out of her mouth. Mahakali also holds multiple weapons – a severed head, a garland made of human skulls and a bowl to hold the falling blood. Only her husband Lord Shiva can calm her wrath, when Goddess Durga Bhawani takes the form of Mahakali. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Tonight is known as Kaalratri as numerous animal sacrifices are made in different temples to please Goddess Mahakali. Motor vehicles and small arms owned personally are also worshipped on the occasion of Astami. Kaalratri marks one of the four nights of Hindu religion with special importance. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The temples of Goddess Durga in the Kathmandu valley such as Guhesshwari, Naxal Bhagwati, Kalikasthan, Maitidevi, Sankata, Raktakali, Shova Bhagwati, Dakshinkali and other shrines bustle with devotees who offer worship to the goddess. </span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-22', 'modified' => '2023-10-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19048', 'image' => '20231022101605_20221003093947_astami.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-22 10:15:35', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19320', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'NA Officer Achieves Gold Medal in Pakistan ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 22: Shreejan Baniya, an officer cadet from the Nepalese Army, has been honored with the 'Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Overseas Gold Medal' in Pakistan. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">October 22: Shreejan Baniya, an officer cadet from the Nepalese Army, has been honored with the 'Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Overseas Gold Medal' in Pakistan. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">He received this award as an exceptional foreign cadet during the passing-out ceremony at the Pakistan Military Academy on Saturday. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Nepalese Army has said it acknowledged and celebrated this accomplishment and it was possible due to dedication, determination, and hard work that Baniya demonstrated throughout his training.-- RSS </span><br /> <br /> </span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-22', 'modified' => '2023-10-22', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19047', 'image' => '20231022102251_nepal army.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-22 10:22:08', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19319', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Quake Jolts Kathmandu Valley ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 22: An earthquake measuring 6.1 magnitude on the Richter scale jolted the Kathmandu Valley this morning. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">October 22: An earthquake measuring 6.1 magnitude on the Richter scale jolted the Kathmandu Valley this morning. The quake with its epicenter around Khari of Dhadhing was recorded at 7:39 am on Sunday, according to the National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre's Chief Lok Bijay Adhikari. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The tremor's effects were also felt in the surrounding districts of Dhading. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-22', 'modified' => '2023-10-22', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19046', 'image' => '20231022101935_earth.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-22 10:18:48', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19317', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'China Tightens Curbs on Graphite Exports Citing 'National Security' ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 21: China on Friday announced new curbs on exports of certain types of graphite, key to making batteries for electric vehicles, days after the United States slapped fresh restrictions on outflows of high-tech microchips. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">October 21: China on Friday announced new curbs on exports of certain types of graphite, key to making batteries for electric vehicles, days after the United States slapped fresh restrictions on outflows of high-tech microchips. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Washington said this week it would ramp up restrictions on exports of cutting-edge semiconductors crucial for powering artificial intelligence systems -- its latest effort to curb Beijing's access to advanced tech. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">China has branded Washington's policy unfair and has imposed its own measures, declaring in July that certain products containing gallium and germanium -- key raw materials for chipmaking -- would be subject to stricter export controls. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">And under measures unveiled Friday by the Ministry of Commerce, exporters must apply for permits to sell two types of graphite to foreign customers. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">"Based on the need to uphold its national security and interests, China has implemented export controls on certain graphite items in accordance with the law," the ministry said. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Graphite is commonly used to make lithium-ion batteries for mobile phones, electric vehicles (EVs) and other products. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">China was the world's leading graphite producer last year, accounting for an estimated 65 percent of total production, according to the United States Geological Survey. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The export controls will include high-purity, high-strength and high-density graphite material; and natural flake graphite. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Three further kinds of "highly sensitive" graphite materials included in the list were already under temporary curbs, according to the announcement. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Global graphite consumption is expected to soar as demand continues to grow for EVs and the batteries that power them. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The commerce ministry said the move was "conducive to better implementing our international anti-proliferation and other obligations, (and) safeguarding the stability of global industrial supply chains". </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">"Recently, the Chinese government has... taken the decision to make optimisations and adjustments to (graphite) inflows and outflows," it said. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">"China's normal adjustment of export controls does not target any specific country or region, and exports that comply with the relevant regulations will receive permission," it said. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Trade and technology have been at the centre of simmering tensions between Beijing and Washington in recent years. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The European Union has also signalled that it is seeking to reduce its reliance on trade with China in technology and other areas. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">It launched a probe this month into Beijing's subsidies for homegrown EV makers after accusations that their cheap products undercut European competitors. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The bloc is also mulling a separate investigation into Chinese support for its manufacturers of wind turbines. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Beijing has expressed "strong dissatisfaction" with the EV probe and denied that its backing for other industries is unfair. – AFP/RSS </span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-21', 'modified' => '2023-10-21', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19045', 'image' => '20231021115655_image-216.jpeg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-21 11:56:16', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19316', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Fulpati Observed ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 21: The day of Fulpati is being observed across the country today.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">October 21: <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The day of Fulpati was observed across the country on Saturday.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Fulpati, an assortment of flowers, leaves and fruits of different plants considered auspicious, is anointed at the Dashain Ghar on the seventh day of the Bada Dashain festival. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Fulpati is brought to Kathmandu as per the Vedic rites to be anointed at the Dashain Ghar, Hanumandhoka Durbar. A palanquin containing the Phulpati is sent all the way from the Dashainghar in Gorkha Durbar to the Hanumandhoka Durbar in Kathmandu. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">At Hanumandhoka Durbar, the Gurujyuko platoon of the Nepalese Army, the Nepal Police, and high-ranking officials of Armed Police Force Nepal and civil service, the Asha Gurja team, band music, panchebaja attend a procession along with cultural pageantry which carries the Fulpati to Hanuman Dhoka from Jamal. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The cultural event traces its root to the time the then King of Gorkha, Prithvi Narayan Shah, who started this tradition. From then onwards, a palanquin bearing the Fulpati is dispatched each year from Gorkha Dashainghar on the seventh day of the Bada Dashain festival, the biggest festival of the Nepalis. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">All government as well as private offices close down from today encouraging people to go back to their respective ancestral homes and take blessings from Durga Bhawani as well as their elders. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">People also prepare Fulpati at their homes as per the tradition on this day. It does not require an auspicious hour to take Fulpati into homes as per the Nepal Calendar Determination Committee. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Though the Dashain festival begins from Ghatasthapana, the festival sees special fervor from the day of Fulpati which fell on October 21 this year. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-21', 'modified' => '2023-10-22', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19044', 'image' => '20231021104527_KN_Damauli-fulpatibhitraudaiphoto2.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-21 10:44:40', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19315', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'World Bioethics Day Celebration Concludes in Nepal', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'World Bioethics Day, celebrated globally on October 19, concluded at the BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) in Dharan, Nepal. The event with theme "Protecting Future Generations," featured various programs and competitions.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">October 21: World Bioethics Day, celebrated globally on October 19, concluded at the BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) in Dharan, Nepal. </span></span><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The event with theme "Protecting Future Generations," featured various programs and competitions.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Over the past three months, health science students in Nepal participated in a range of activities, including photography, art poster creation, research poster presentations, essay writing, and poetry. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The winners of these contests were Suraja Shakya in photography, Suyog Jha in poetry, Rajani Neupane in art, Dr. Satyam Mandal in essay writing, and the research poster team consisting of Chittakala Pandey, Sahil Ranjan, and Rajiv Shah.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Nepal Unit of the International Chair in Bioethics received the third prize in the Research Poster category for its submission under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Dhana Ratna Shakya.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Each competition was assessed by separate panels of judges. During the concluding event, Prof. Dr. Dhana Ratna Shakya, the head of Nepal's unit, congratulated the winners. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The event featured recitations of poems related to the theme, dramatic performances, displays of photos, posters, and artwork, as well as the publication of essays.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Prof. Shakya emphasized that the theme for 2023 calls for the betterment and protection of future generations with a focus on high moral standards. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Nepal Unit of the International Bioethics has been a part of the Global Network of Bioethics since 2014, working to promote bioethical principles and practices.</span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-21', 'modified' => '2023-10-21', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19043', 'image' => '20231021072851_collage (18).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-21 07:26:41', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '42' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19314', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'India Exports Over 1 Million Tons of non-Basmati Rice to 7 Countries ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 20: The Indian government has permitted exports of over 1 million tons of non-basmati white rice to Nepal, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivore, Guinea, Malaysia, the Philippines and Seychelles, officials said on Thursday. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">October 20: The Indian government has permitted exports of over 1 million tons of non-basmati white rice to Nepal, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivore, Guinea, Malaysia, the Philippines and Seychelles, officials said on Thursday. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to a notification issued on Wednesday by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), falling under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the export is permitted through National Cooperative Exports Limited (NCEL). </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"Export of non-basmati white rice ... to Nepal, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivore, Guinea, Malaysia, Philippines, and Seychelles is notified," said the notification issued by DGFT. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">It notified 95,000 tonnes for Nepal, 190,000 tons for Cameroon, 142,000 tons each for Cote d'Ivore and Guinea, 170,000 tons for Malaysia, 295,000 tons for the Philippines, and 800 tons for Seychelles. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Indian government in July banned exports of non-basmati white rice to boost domestic supply. However, exports are allowed on the basis of permission granted by the government to certain countries to meet their food security needs. -- Xinhua/RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-20', 'modified' => '2023-10-20', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19042', 'image' => '20231020022951_rice.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-20 14:28:56', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19313', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Passengers Heading Home for Festivals Stranded at Nepalgunj Airport due to Shortage of Tickets ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 20: People heading home to celebrate Dashain, Tihar and Chhath festivals have been stranded at the Nepalgunj Airport in Banke district due to the shortage of air tickets.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">October 20: People heading home to celebrate Dashain, Tihar and Chhath festivals have been stranded at the Nepalgunj Airport in Banke district due to the shortage of air tickets. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Dhananjaya Jethara complained that he has been stranded for five days as he could not get an air ticket. According to him, he worked as a school teacher in Bhojpur district and is heading to his home to celebrate Dashain, but he was forced to stay in a hotel paying a large sum of money for want of a ticket. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"Every morning, I visit the ticket counter of the Nepal Airlines Corporation for air ticket, but return empty handed," he said. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">As travelling by land is considered 'unsafe', people from remote hill districts often opt to travel by air. Passengers have been dealing with problems due to irregular flights. Without access to the road network, people of Dolpa, Humla, Jumla, Mugu and Bajura districts have been suffering due to the lack of air tickets, complained the passengers. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Sangita Bista of Kolti in Bajura district complained that she is worried about how to go home to celebrate Dashain due to the shortage of tickets. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">She accused the NAC of distributing tickets to those with access to power, thus depriving general passengers of tickets. "There are 17 seats in one flight. Only seven seats are allocated for the general people. The remaining tickets are distributed to those with access to power," she complained. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The problem has worsened due to the fact that the NAC flights are very few in number, and private airlines prioritise charter flights over regular flights, said Jethara. The pressure of passengers is high during Dashain, but the lack of enough flights has added problems, he said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The NAC has added flights for Dashain to eight flights a week from three. The flights have been added due to the pressure of passengers, said Man Bahadur Chaudhary, station chief of the Nepalgunj regional office of the NAC. "Earlier, there were flights only three days a week. Now, the flights have been added for eight days and it has been made regular," he said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Saying that efforts were underway to provide convenient services to the passengers, Chaudhary claimed that tickets were being distributed to the sick, children and elderly people on a priority basis. Increasing number of passengers was the cause of passengers not getting tickets, he said. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-20', 'modified' => '2023-10-20', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19041', 'image' => '20231020022612_20230804122813_20220405110412_Simokot-Airport-in-Humla.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-20 14:25:30', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19312', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government to Clear the Dues of Construction Entrepreneurs ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 20: The construction companies entitled to receive due amount from the government for undertaking development projects funded by the government will finally receive their due amount.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">October 20: The construction companies entitled to receive due amount from the government for undertaking development projects funded by the government will finally receive their due amount.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The Finance Ministry on Wednesday decided to release the due amount of the previous year to the construction companies.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The amount that the contractors will get is Rs 6 billion.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">A ministerial-level meeting of the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure on Wednesday decided to allow the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport, the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation and the Ministry of Water Supply and Urban Development to make the payment of the previous year. It has been mentioned that the concerned bodies (departments) of these ministries can release the dues that have not been paid in the last fiscal year.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The finance ministry has instructed the concerned bodies to release the amount through budgetary transfer if the amount is not received from foreign sources by the third quarter under budgetary support.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Although the Ministry of Finance has decided to release the payment, there are doubts that the builders will get the amount. The decision was taken on Wednesday and the festival of Dashain has already started. Therefore, the businessmen are doubtful they will not get the money anytime soon.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Ravi Singh, the president of the Federation of Contractors Association of Nepal, said that they are likely to get the dues cleared by the government bodies that have adequate budget. But since the government offices will remain open till Friday before being closed for Dashain, Singh said this decision will not have an immediate impact.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">"Even though we are not in a position to get the money right away, we are hopeful of getting the due amount once the offices open after Dashain," Singh said, "It has given us relief, but if we want to keep the construction sector running, the government needs to extend the deadline and remove other obstructions."</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-20', 'modified' => '2023-10-20', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19040', 'image' => '20231020021232_20210105024513_20200327032654_5003_finance-ministy.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-20 14:11:47', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19311', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government’s Monthly Administrative Expenses Cross Rs 100 billion in Mid-September to Mid-October', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 20: The government's monthly administrative expenses have crossed over Rs 100 billion.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">October 20: The government's monthly administrative expenses have crossed over Rs </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">100</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> billion.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The government spent Rs </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">122</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> billion in current expenditure in the Nepali month of Asoj (mid-September to mid-October).</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The government has allocated Rs </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">1140</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> billion under the heading of current expenditure to meet the expenses such as employees’ salaries, administrative expenses and subsidies going to the local level. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The government spent relatively more on current expenditure in the review month. During this period, the current expenditure increased because the government provided an additional one month’s salary to the employees and pensioners as Dashain allowance.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The government’s current expenditure in the review month was more by </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">30</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> percent compared to the previous two months.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Office of the Financial Comptroller General has informed that the current expenditure which was Rs </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">87</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">.</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">66</span></span> <span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">billion by mid-September reached Rs </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">210</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> billion on mid-October</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">On the other hand, the capital expenditure has been minimal. As of mid-October, the government has spent Rs </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">16</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> billion under this heading. For the current fiscal year, the government has allocated more than Rs </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">300</span></span> <span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">billion as capital expenditure. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Even now, the construction entrepreneurs have not been able to get the amount of the works already completed. According to Ravi Singh, the president of the Federation of Contractors Association of Nepal, the government is yet to pay them about Rs </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">8</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> billion.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Meanwhile, the government spent Rs </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">14</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">.</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">3</span></span> <span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">billion under the heading of financial management in the review month. The amount was used for the repayment of public debt and loan investment in public institutions. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In the first three months of the current fiscal year, the government has spent Rs </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">49</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">.</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">34</span></span> <span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">billion on financial management. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">As of mid-October, the budget deficit has reached Rs </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">47</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">.</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">36</span></span> <span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">billion due to low income of government compared to its expenditure. As of mid-October, the government has collected revenue of Rs </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">276</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> billion.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><strong><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">What is a budget deficit?</span></span></span></span></strong></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Budget deficit is usually the expenditure that is more than the income of the government. Foreign grants in Nepal are also considered part of the revenue as they do not have to be returned later. Insufficient resources other than revenue and subsidy causes a budget deficit.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The government compensates such losses through foreign and domestic loans. Governments around the world prepare deficit budgets based on the belief that development should be done even by collecting debt. However, economists say that it is not considered good for the economy to have a budget with a deficit of more than </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">5 </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">percent of the GDP. In the context of Nepal, there is a tradition of preparing a budget with large amounts of deficit.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-20', 'modified' => '2023-10-20', 'keywords' => 'government, Nepal, administrative, expense, budget, current, expenditure, capital, deficit', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19039', 'image' => '20231020014803_20230714023452_1683767264.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-20 13:47:09', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19310', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Possibility of Light Rainfall in Koshi, Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 20: The Westerly wind is having partial influence in Nepal at present and the weather is partly cloudy in the hill regions and generally fair in the rest of the country, the Meteorological Forecasting Division said. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">October 20: The Westerly wind is having partial influence in Nepal at present and the weather is partly cloudy in the hill regions and generally fair in the rest of the country, the Meteorological Forecasting Division said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Meteorologist Shanti Kandel said the weather will be partly to generally cloudy in the hill region and generally fair in the rest of the country in the afternoon today. She added that although there are chances of light rain accompanied by thunder and lightning in one or two places of the hill regions of Koshi, Bagmati and Gandaki provinces, the weather will be fair in the rest of the places. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The maximum temperature in Kathmandu will likely remain between 24 degrees Celsius and 26 degrees Celsius today. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-20', 'modified' => '2023-10-21', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19038', 'image' => '20231020011744_weatherrrr.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-20 13:16:51', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19309', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Saudi Arabia Probes Alleged Abuses of Workers at Amazon Warehouses', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 20: Saudi Arabia has been investigating reports of grim conditions for migrant workers at Amazon warehouses in the kingdom, denouncing all labour abuse and exploitation as "unacceptable".', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">October 20: Saudi Arabia has been investigating reports of grim conditions for migrant workers at Amazon warehouses in the kingdom, denouncing all labour abuse and exploitation as "unacceptable".</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The human resources and social development ministry of Saudi Arabia said in a recent statement to AFP that the investigation began before Amnesty International last week reported that Nepalese workers at Amazon in Saudi Arabia had suffered "appalling" living conditions, on-the-job safety risks and wage theft. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">"Any form of labour abuse or exploitation is unacceptable and is comprehensively investigated by the relevant Saudi authorities," the statement said.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">"The distressing reports outlined in this case are already the subject of an ongoing investigation."</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to AFP, the Amnesty report published last Tuesday drew from the accounts of 22 men who had worked in warehouses in Riyadh or the Red Sea city of Jeddah going back to 2021.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The London-based human rights group accused recruitment agents and two Saudi labour supply companies of deceiving migrant workers who thought they would be employed directly by Amazon and took out steep loans to pay recruitment fees.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Upon arrival in Saudi Arabia they encountered "dirty and overcrowded accommodation, sometimes infested with bed bugs" as well as "gruelling" working conditions marked by constant monitoring and inadequate rest, sometimes resulting in injury, Amnesty said.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The abuses were so severe they likely amounted to "human trafficking for the purposes of labour exploitation", Amnesty said.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The kingdom's "kafala" sponsorship system for foreign workers meant the labourers struggled to leave the warehouse jobs and risked possible arrest for "absconding", Amnesty said, adding that "a few contemplated suicide".</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Saudi Arabia has a total population of 32.2 million, according to the latest census published in May, some 13.4 million of whom are foreigners, many from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Yemen and Egypt.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Foreign labourers often occupy manual and service jobs.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Saudi authorities maintain that they have "taken robust measures to combat any form of human trafficking on an international level", including by ratifying the International Labour Organisation protocol against forced labour.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Meanwhile, Amazon told AFP that the company was working with "third-party vendor" to ensure that conditions improve and that workers are repaid "any unpaid wages or worker-paid recruitment fees" and provided with "clean and safe accommodations".</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => 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', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">October 22: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has called for tenders to purchase three aircraft. The national flag-carrier stated that a call for tenders has been made for the procurement of three planes for operating flights in the remote areas. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">NAC is in the process of buying three Twin-otter planes for this purpose. It is said the NAC is purchasing these aircraft with its internal resources. NAC currently has only two Twin-otter aircraft for operating flights in the domestic sector. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-23', 'modified' => '2023-10-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19051', 'image' => '20231023090501_20230428123538_nac twin.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-23 09:00:24', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19321', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Devotees Mark Mahanavami ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 4: The Nepalese society is celebrating Mahanavami or the ninth day of the Dashain festival today (Monday, October 23).', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">October 4: The Nepalese society is celebrating Mahanavami or the ninth day of the Dashain festival today (Monday, October 23). This day is dedicated to Goddess Mahagauri, who is considered as the embodiment of truth. It is believed that the purpose of her existence is to establish peace in the world. Goddess Mahagauri rides a white oxen and wears a white dress. Mahagauri is the form of Goddess Parvati when she was 16 years old and unmarried. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">On this day, devotees also sacrifice buffaloes, goats, lamb, rooster, and ducks.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Others who prefer not to kill animals offer banana or cucumber to the goddess. Hundreds of people flock to the Taleju Bhavani temple at Basantapur Durbar Square on the ninth day of Dashain. This temple which lies to the north of Hanuman Dhoka in the heart of Kathmandu is open for public only on this special day.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Devotees also visit other temples like Guheshwari, Naxal Bhagwati, Kalikasthan, Maitidevi, Bhadrakali, Sankata, Raktakali, Shova Bhagwati, Dakshinkali, Naradevi, Bijeshwari, and Bagalamukhi. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">One of the special features of the Dashain festival is the swing. People, especially children, play swing during this festival. There is a belief that one must leave the ground at least once in a year and therefor the people of Nepal opt to play swing as per this belief.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Children also fly kite during the Dashain festival. Culture experts interpret it as a symbolic message to Lord Indra, the God of rain and good harvest, to stop rainfall.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-23', 'modified' => '2023-10-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19050', 'image' => '20231023081553_ping.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-23 08:14:56', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19323', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Quake Damages 20 Houses in Dhading ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 22: Twenty houses were destroyed and 75 more have developed crack at Kumaltari of Jwalamukhi Rural Municipality in Dhading due to the earthquake which occurred on Sunday morning. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">October 22: Twenty houses were destroyed and 75 more have developed crack at Kumaltari of Jwalamukhi Rural Municipality in Dhading due to the earthquake which occurred on Sunday morning. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Former ward chair Krishna Prasad Kapri said more information on the damage caused by the tremor is yet to be collected. A local Rajesh Adhikari said the people ran out of their homes as aftershocks measuring more than 4 in the Richter scale were felt frequently. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Information Officer at the District Police Office, Dhading Deputy Superintendent of Police Santulal Prasad Jaiswal said collection of details of the houses which have developed cracks is in progress. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale with its epicentre at Khari had jolted Dhading and surrounding districts on Sunday morning. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-23', 'modified' => '2023-10-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19049', 'image' => '20231023090912_quake.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-23 09:08:17', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19318', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Maha Ashtami Observed ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 22: Today marks the eighth day of Dashain festival which is being celebrated across the country by worshipping Goddess Durga.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">October 22: Today (Sunday) marks the eighth day of Dashain festival which is being celebrated across the country by worshipping Goddess Durga. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">This day is dedicated to Goddess Mahakali, who is represented in the religious scriptures as the fiercest form of Godess Durga Bhawani. The chronicles of the Hindu scriptures depict Goddess Mahakali of having dark blue skin, wild hair and her red tongue sticking out of her mouth. Mahakali also holds multiple weapons – a severed head, a garland made of human skulls and a bowl to hold the falling blood. Only her husband Lord Shiva can calm her wrath, when Goddess Durga Bhawani takes the form of Mahakali. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Tonight is known as Kaalratri as numerous animal sacrifices are made in different temples to please Goddess Mahakali. Motor vehicles and small arms owned personally are also worshipped on the occasion of Astami. Kaalratri marks one of the four nights of Hindu religion with special importance. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The temples of Goddess Durga in the Kathmandu valley such as Guhesshwari, Naxal Bhagwati, Kalikasthan, Maitidevi, Sankata, Raktakali, Shova Bhagwati, Dakshinkali and other shrines bustle with devotees who offer worship to the goddess. </span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-22', 'modified' => '2023-10-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19048', 'image' => '20231022101605_20221003093947_astami.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-22 10:15:35', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19320', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'NA Officer Achieves Gold Medal in Pakistan ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 22: Shreejan Baniya, an officer cadet from the Nepalese Army, has been honored with the 'Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Overseas Gold Medal' in Pakistan. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">October 22: Shreejan Baniya, an officer cadet from the Nepalese Army, has been honored with the 'Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Overseas Gold Medal' in Pakistan. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">He received this award as an exceptional foreign cadet during the passing-out ceremony at the Pakistan Military Academy on Saturday. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Nepalese Army has said it acknowledged and celebrated this accomplishment and it was possible due to dedication, determination, and hard work that Baniya demonstrated throughout his training.-- RSS </span><br /> <br /> </span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-22', 'modified' => '2023-10-22', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19047', 'image' => '20231022102251_nepal army.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-22 10:22:08', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19319', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Quake Jolts Kathmandu Valley ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 22: An earthquake measuring 6.1 magnitude on the Richter scale jolted the Kathmandu Valley this morning. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">October 22: An earthquake measuring 6.1 magnitude on the Richter scale jolted the Kathmandu Valley this morning. The quake with its epicenter around Khari of Dhadhing was recorded at 7:39 am on Sunday, according to the National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre's Chief Lok Bijay Adhikari. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The tremor's effects were also felt in the surrounding districts of Dhading. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-22', 'modified' => '2023-10-22', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19046', 'image' => '20231022101935_earth.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-22 10:18:48', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19317', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'China Tightens Curbs on Graphite Exports Citing 'National Security' ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 21: China on Friday announced new curbs on exports of certain types of graphite, key to making batteries for electric vehicles, days after the United States slapped fresh restrictions on outflows of high-tech microchips. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">October 21: China on Friday announced new curbs on exports of certain types of graphite, key to making batteries for electric vehicles, days after the United States slapped fresh restrictions on outflows of high-tech microchips. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Washington said this week it would ramp up restrictions on exports of cutting-edge semiconductors crucial for powering artificial intelligence systems -- its latest effort to curb Beijing's access to advanced tech. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">China has branded Washington's policy unfair and has imposed its own measures, declaring in July that certain products containing gallium and germanium -- key raw materials for chipmaking -- would be subject to stricter export controls. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">And under measures unveiled Friday by the Ministry of Commerce, exporters must apply for permits to sell two types of graphite to foreign customers. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">"Based on the need to uphold its national security and interests, China has implemented export controls on certain graphite items in accordance with the law," the ministry said. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Graphite is commonly used to make lithium-ion batteries for mobile phones, electric vehicles (EVs) and other products. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">China was the world's leading graphite producer last year, accounting for an estimated 65 percent of total production, according to the United States Geological Survey. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The export controls will include high-purity, high-strength and high-density graphite material; and natural flake graphite. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Three further kinds of "highly sensitive" graphite materials included in the list were already under temporary curbs, according to the announcement. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Global graphite consumption is expected to soar as demand continues to grow for EVs and the batteries that power them. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The commerce ministry said the move was "conducive to better implementing our international anti-proliferation and other obligations, (and) safeguarding the stability of global industrial supply chains". </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">"Recently, the Chinese government has... taken the decision to make optimisations and adjustments to (graphite) inflows and outflows," it said. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">"China's normal adjustment of export controls does not target any specific country or region, and exports that comply with the relevant regulations will receive permission," it said. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Trade and technology have been at the centre of simmering tensions between Beijing and Washington in recent years. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The European Union has also signalled that it is seeking to reduce its reliance on trade with China in technology and other areas. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">It launched a probe this month into Beijing's subsidies for homegrown EV makers after accusations that their cheap products undercut European competitors. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The bloc is also mulling a separate investigation into Chinese support for its manufacturers of wind turbines. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Beijing has expressed "strong dissatisfaction" with the EV probe and denied that its backing for other industries is unfair. – AFP/RSS </span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-21', 'modified' => '2023-10-21', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19045', 'image' => '20231021115655_image-216.jpeg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-21 11:56:16', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19316', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Fulpati Observed ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 21: The day of Fulpati is being observed across the country today.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">October 21: <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The day of Fulpati was observed across the country on Saturday.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Fulpati, an assortment of flowers, leaves and fruits of different plants considered auspicious, is anointed at the Dashain Ghar on the seventh day of the Bada Dashain festival. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Fulpati is brought to Kathmandu as per the Vedic rites to be anointed at the Dashain Ghar, Hanumandhoka Durbar. A palanquin containing the Phulpati is sent all the way from the Dashainghar in Gorkha Durbar to the Hanumandhoka Durbar in Kathmandu. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">At Hanumandhoka Durbar, the Gurujyuko platoon of the Nepalese Army, the Nepal Police, and high-ranking officials of Armed Police Force Nepal and civil service, the Asha Gurja team, band music, panchebaja attend a procession along with cultural pageantry which carries the Fulpati to Hanuman Dhoka from Jamal. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The cultural event traces its root to the time the then King of Gorkha, Prithvi Narayan Shah, who started this tradition. From then onwards, a palanquin bearing the Fulpati is dispatched each year from Gorkha Dashainghar on the seventh day of the Bada Dashain festival, the biggest festival of the Nepalis. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">All government as well as private offices close down from today encouraging people to go back to their respective ancestral homes and take blessings from Durga Bhawani as well as their elders. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">People also prepare Fulpati at their homes as per the tradition on this day. It does not require an auspicious hour to take Fulpati into homes as per the Nepal Calendar Determination Committee. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Though the Dashain festival begins from Ghatasthapana, the festival sees special fervor from the day of Fulpati which fell on October 21 this year. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-21', 'modified' => '2023-10-22', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19044', 'image' => '20231021104527_KN_Damauli-fulpatibhitraudaiphoto2.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-21 10:44:40', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19315', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'World Bioethics Day Celebration Concludes in Nepal', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'World Bioethics Day, celebrated globally on October 19, concluded at the BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) in Dharan, Nepal. The event with theme "Protecting Future Generations," featured various programs and competitions.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">October 21: World Bioethics Day, celebrated globally on October 19, concluded at the BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) in Dharan, Nepal. </span></span><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The event with theme "Protecting Future Generations," featured various programs and competitions.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Over the past three months, health science students in Nepal participated in a range of activities, including photography, art poster creation, research poster presentations, essay writing, and poetry. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The winners of these contests were Suraja Shakya in photography, Suyog Jha in poetry, Rajani Neupane in art, Dr. Satyam Mandal in essay writing, and the research poster team consisting of Chittakala Pandey, Sahil Ranjan, and Rajiv Shah.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Nepal Unit of the International Chair in Bioethics received the third prize in the Research Poster category for its submission under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Dhana Ratna Shakya.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Each competition was assessed by separate panels of judges. During the concluding event, Prof. Dr. Dhana Ratna Shakya, the head of Nepal's unit, congratulated the winners. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The event featured recitations of poems related to the theme, dramatic performances, displays of photos, posters, and artwork, as well as the publication of essays.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Prof. Shakya emphasized that the theme for 2023 calls for the betterment and protection of future generations with a focus on high moral standards. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Nepal Unit of the International Bioethics has been a part of the Global Network of Bioethics since 2014, working to promote bioethical principles and practices.</span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-21', 'modified' => '2023-10-21', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19043', 'image' => '20231021072851_collage (18).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-21 07:26:41', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '42' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19314', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'India Exports Over 1 Million Tons of non-Basmati Rice to 7 Countries ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 20: The Indian government has permitted exports of over 1 million tons of non-basmati white rice to Nepal, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivore, Guinea, Malaysia, the Philippines and Seychelles, officials said on Thursday. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">October 20: The Indian government has permitted exports of over 1 million tons of non-basmati white rice to Nepal, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivore, Guinea, Malaysia, the Philippines and Seychelles, officials said on Thursday. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to a notification issued on Wednesday by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), falling under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the export is permitted through National Cooperative Exports Limited (NCEL). </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"Export of non-basmati white rice ... to Nepal, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivore, Guinea, Malaysia, Philippines, and Seychelles is notified," said the notification issued by DGFT. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">It notified 95,000 tonnes for Nepal, 190,000 tons for Cameroon, 142,000 tons each for Cote d'Ivore and Guinea, 170,000 tons for Malaysia, 295,000 tons for the Philippines, and 800 tons for Seychelles. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Indian government in July banned exports of non-basmati white rice to boost domestic supply. However, exports are allowed on the basis of permission granted by the government to certain countries to meet their food security needs. -- Xinhua/RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-20', 'modified' => '2023-10-20', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19042', 'image' => '20231020022951_rice.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-20 14:28:56', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19313', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Passengers Heading Home for Festivals Stranded at Nepalgunj Airport due to Shortage of Tickets ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 20: People heading home to celebrate Dashain, Tihar and Chhath festivals have been stranded at the Nepalgunj Airport in Banke district due to the shortage of air tickets.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">October 20: People heading home to celebrate Dashain, Tihar and Chhath festivals have been stranded at the Nepalgunj Airport in Banke district due to the shortage of air tickets. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Dhananjaya Jethara complained that he has been stranded for five days as he could not get an air ticket. According to him, he worked as a school teacher in Bhojpur district and is heading to his home to celebrate Dashain, but he was forced to stay in a hotel paying a large sum of money for want of a ticket. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"Every morning, I visit the ticket counter of the Nepal Airlines Corporation for air ticket, but return empty handed," he said. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">As travelling by land is considered 'unsafe', people from remote hill districts often opt to travel by air. Passengers have been dealing with problems due to irregular flights. Without access to the road network, people of Dolpa, Humla, Jumla, Mugu and Bajura districts have been suffering due to the lack of air tickets, complained the passengers. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Sangita Bista of Kolti in Bajura district complained that she is worried about how to go home to celebrate Dashain due to the shortage of tickets. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">She accused the NAC of distributing tickets to those with access to power, thus depriving general passengers of tickets. "There are 17 seats in one flight. Only seven seats are allocated for the general people. The remaining tickets are distributed to those with access to power," she complained. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The problem has worsened due to the fact that the NAC flights are very few in number, and private airlines prioritise charter flights over regular flights, said Jethara. The pressure of passengers is high during Dashain, but the lack of enough flights has added problems, he said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The NAC has added flights for Dashain to eight flights a week from three. The flights have been added due to the pressure of passengers, said Man Bahadur Chaudhary, station chief of the Nepalgunj regional office of the NAC. "Earlier, there were flights only three days a week. Now, the flights have been added for eight days and it has been made regular," he said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Saying that efforts were underway to provide convenient services to the passengers, Chaudhary claimed that tickets were being distributed to the sick, children and elderly people on a priority basis. Increasing number of passengers was the cause of passengers not getting tickets, he said. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-20', 'modified' => '2023-10-20', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19041', 'image' => '20231020022612_20230804122813_20220405110412_Simokot-Airport-in-Humla.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-20 14:25:30', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19312', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government to Clear the Dues of Construction Entrepreneurs ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 20: The construction companies entitled to receive due amount from the government for undertaking development projects funded by the government will finally receive their due amount.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">October 20: The construction companies entitled to receive due amount from the government for undertaking development projects funded by the government will finally receive their due amount.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The Finance Ministry on Wednesday decided to release the due amount of the previous year to the construction companies.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The amount that the contractors will get is Rs 6 billion.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">A ministerial-level meeting of the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure on Wednesday decided to allow the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport, the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation and the Ministry of Water Supply and Urban Development to make the payment of the previous year. It has been mentioned that the concerned bodies (departments) of these ministries can release the dues that have not been paid in the last fiscal year.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The finance ministry has instructed the concerned bodies to release the amount through budgetary transfer if the amount is not received from foreign sources by the third quarter under budgetary support.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Although the Ministry of Finance has decided to release the payment, there are doubts that the builders will get the amount. The decision was taken on Wednesday and the festival of Dashain has already started. Therefore, the businessmen are doubtful they will not get the money anytime soon.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Ravi Singh, the president of the Federation of Contractors Association of Nepal, said that they are likely to get the dues cleared by the government bodies that have adequate budget. But since the government offices will remain open till Friday before being closed for Dashain, Singh said this decision will not have an immediate impact.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">"Even though we are not in a position to get the money right away, we are hopeful of getting the due amount once the offices open after Dashain," Singh said, "It has given us relief, but if we want to keep the construction sector running, the government needs to extend the deadline and remove other obstructions."</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-20', 'modified' => '2023-10-20', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19040', 'image' => '20231020021232_20210105024513_20200327032654_5003_finance-ministy.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-20 14:11:47', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19311', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government’s Monthly Administrative Expenses Cross Rs 100 billion in Mid-September to Mid-October', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 20: The government's monthly administrative expenses have crossed over Rs 100 billion.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">October 20: The government's monthly administrative expenses have crossed over Rs </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">100</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> billion.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The government spent Rs </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">122</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> billion in current expenditure in the Nepali month of Asoj (mid-September to mid-October).</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The government has allocated Rs </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">1140</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> billion under the heading of current expenditure to meet the expenses such as employees’ salaries, administrative expenses and subsidies going to the local level. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The government spent relatively more on current expenditure in the review month. During this period, the current expenditure increased because the government provided an additional one month’s salary to the employees and pensioners as Dashain allowance.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The government’s current expenditure in the review month was more by </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">30</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> percent compared to the previous two months.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Office of the Financial Comptroller General has informed that the current expenditure which was Rs </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">87</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">.</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">66</span></span> <span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">billion by mid-September reached Rs </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">210</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> billion on mid-October</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">On the other hand, the capital expenditure has been minimal. As of mid-October, the government has spent Rs </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">16</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> billion under this heading. For the current fiscal year, the government has allocated more than Rs </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">300</span></span> <span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">billion as capital expenditure. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Even now, the construction entrepreneurs have not been able to get the amount of the works already completed. According to Ravi Singh, the president of the Federation of Contractors Association of Nepal, the government is yet to pay them about Rs </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">8</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> billion.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Meanwhile, the government spent Rs </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">14</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">.</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">3</span></span> <span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">billion under the heading of financial management in the review month. The amount was used for the repayment of public debt and loan investment in public institutions. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In the first three months of the current fiscal year, the government has spent Rs </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">49</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">.</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">34</span></span> <span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">billion on financial management. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">As of mid-October, the budget deficit has reached Rs </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">47</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">.</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">36</span></span> <span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">billion due to low income of government compared to its expenditure. As of mid-October, the government has collected revenue of Rs </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">276</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> billion.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><strong><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">What is a budget deficit?</span></span></span></span></strong></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Budget deficit is usually the expenditure that is more than the income of the government. Foreign grants in Nepal are also considered part of the revenue as they do not have to be returned later. Insufficient resources other than revenue and subsidy causes a budget deficit.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The government compensates such losses through foreign and domestic loans. Governments around the world prepare deficit budgets based on the belief that development should be done even by collecting debt. However, economists say that it is not considered good for the economy to have a budget with a deficit of more than </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">5 </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">percent of the GDP. In the context of Nepal, there is a tradition of preparing a budget with large amounts of deficit.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-20', 'modified' => '2023-10-20', 'keywords' => 'government, Nepal, administrative, expense, budget, current, expenditure, capital, deficit', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19039', 'image' => '20231020014803_20230714023452_1683767264.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-20 13:47:09', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19310', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Possibility of Light Rainfall in Koshi, Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 20: The Westerly wind is having partial influence in Nepal at present and the weather is partly cloudy in the hill regions and generally fair in the rest of the country, the Meteorological Forecasting Division said. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">October 20: The Westerly wind is having partial influence in Nepal at present and the weather is partly cloudy in the hill regions and generally fair in the rest of the country, the Meteorological Forecasting Division said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Meteorologist Shanti Kandel said the weather will be partly to generally cloudy in the hill region and generally fair in the rest of the country in the afternoon today. She added that although there are chances of light rain accompanied by thunder and lightning in one or two places of the hill regions of Koshi, Bagmati and Gandaki provinces, the weather will be fair in the rest of the places. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The maximum temperature in Kathmandu will likely remain between 24 degrees Celsius and 26 degrees Celsius today. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-10-20', 'modified' => '2023-10-21', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '19038', 'image' => '20231020011744_weatherrrr.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-10-20 13:16:51', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '19309', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Saudi Arabia Probes Alleged Abuses of Workers at Amazon Warehouses', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 20: Saudi Arabia has been investigating reports of grim conditions for migrant workers at Amazon warehouses in the kingdom, denouncing all labour abuse and exploitation as "unacceptable".', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">October 20: Saudi Arabia has been investigating reports of grim conditions for migrant workers at Amazon warehouses in the kingdom, denouncing all labour abuse and exploitation as "unacceptable".</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The human resources and social development ministry of Saudi Arabia said in a recent statement to AFP that the investigation began before Amnesty International last week reported that Nepalese workers at Amazon in Saudi Arabia had suffered "appalling" living conditions, on-the-job safety risks and wage theft. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">"Any form of labour abuse or exploitation is unacceptable and is comprehensively investigated by the relevant Saudi authorities," the statement said.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">"The distressing reports outlined in this case are already the subject of an ongoing investigation."</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to AFP, the Amnesty report published last Tuesday drew from the accounts of 22 men who had worked in warehouses in Riyadh or the Red Sea city of Jeddah going back to 2021.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The London-based human rights group accused recruitment agents and two Saudi labour supply companies of deceiving migrant workers who thought they would be employed directly by Amazon and took out steep loans to pay recruitment fees.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Upon arrival in Saudi Arabia they encountered "dirty and overcrowded accommodation, sometimes infested with bed bugs" as well as "gruelling" working conditions marked by constant monitoring and inadequate rest, sometimes resulting in injury, Amnesty said.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The abuses were so severe they likely amounted to "human trafficking for the purposes of labour exploitation", Amnesty said.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The kingdom's "kafala" sponsorship system for foreign workers meant the labourers struggled to leave the warehouse jobs and risked possible arrest for "absconding", Amnesty said, adding that "a few contemplated suicide".</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Saudi Arabia has a total population of 32.2 million, according to 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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 |
Update: 2020-03-25 | Source: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB)
| Fine Gold | 1 tola | 77000.00 |
| Tejabi Gold | 1 tola | 76700.00 |
| Silver | 1 tola | 720.00 |
Update : 2020-03-25
Source: Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers' Association
| Petrol | 1 Liter | 106.00 |
| Diesel | 1 Liter | 95.00 |
| Kerosene | 1 Liter | 95.00 |
| LP Gas | 1 Cylinder | 1375.00 |
Update : 2020-03-25
