April 25: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Sudan Kirati, has said it has not been confirmed yet that the Flydubai airplane suffered a bird strike during its takeoff from Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) on Monday…
April 25: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Sudan Kirati, has said it has not been confirmed yet that the Flydubai airplane suffered a bird strike during its takeoff from Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) on Monday…
Nabil Bank, a leading financial services provider, has announced the launch of a new lifetime free credit card for the first time in Nepal to its…
April 25: Rabi Lamichhane, the candidate of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), has won the by-election for the member of the House of Representatives in Chitwan-2 with 54,176…
April 25: The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has given a 15-day ultimatum to the bodies concerned for removing electric, telephone and internet wires placed haphazardly along the…
April 25: As per law, government employees need to submit property details within 60 days of every fiscal year. The Corruption Prevention Act, 2059 has such a…
April 25: The base rate of commercial banks has decreased in the third quarter of the current fiscal year (FY…
April 25: Rastriya Swatantra Party's candidate Dr Swarnim Wagle has been elected the member of House of Representatives (HoR) from constituency -1 of Tanahun district by securing 34,911 votes in the…
April 24: A Flydubai plane, which took off from Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) on Monday evening, narrowly escaped a fatal…
April 25: Rastriya Swatantra Party's candidate Rabi Lamichhane has been leading the vote count with wide margin in the by-election in Chitwan constituency-2.…
April 24: Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport, Prakash Jwala, has pledged to take prompt initiations to remove legal hurdles for the operation of vehicles manufactured within the…
April 24: Government authorities of Nepal have urged the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to invest in projects which are productive and capable of creating…
April 24: It gives a sigh of relief to the pilgrims and tourists upon reaching the Pathibhara Devi Temple in Taplejung, one of the holy shrines of the country, through a hardship-filled…
April 24: The industrialists of Bara-Parsa have urged the government to declare the Birgunj-Pathlaiya corridor as an “Industrial…
April 24: A substantial number of proposals has been submitted for concessional loans announced by the government to help start-up…
April 24: Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) candidate Dr Swornim Wagle is leading the vote count by a wide margin in Tanahun constituency 1 in the by-election held on Sunday (April…
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', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 25: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Sudan Kirati, has said it has not been confirmed yet that the Flydubai airplane suffered a bird strike during its takeoff from Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) on Monday night. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The aircraft carrying 167 passengers had reportedly caught fire on one of its engines soon after its takeoff from TIA due to a bird strike. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Flububai had stated that its aircraft experienced a bird strike during takeoff from Kathmandu and continued the journey towards its destination after determining that the engine was within the normal operating parameters. The aircraft landed safely at Dubai International Airport three hours later, according to Flydubai. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Initially, the aircraft was held over the skies in Dhading for sometimes but proceeded to the destination with the assessment that all indicators were normal. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Meanwhile, the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) said it has not been confirmed yet that the Boeing 737-800 of Flydubai experienced a bird strike. CAAN Spokesperson Jagannath Niraula said during an inspection of the airport that it could not be established that the aircraft was hit by a bird.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Flydubai is not registered in Nepal and CAAN is not authorized for investing the matter. It will facilitate the investigation procedures to be carried out by the respective country, CAAN said. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-25', 'modified' => '2023-04-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17401', 'image' => '20230425040437_download.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-25 16:03:53', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17666', 'article_category_id' => '266', 'title' => 'Nabil Bank Launches Lifetime Free Credit Card ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Nabil Bank, a leading financial services provider, has announced the launch of a new lifetime free credit card for the first time in Nepal to its customers.', 'content' => '<p><br /> <span style="font-size:20px">April 25: Nabil Bank, a leading financial services provider, has announced the launch of a new lifetime free credit card for the first time in Nepal to its customers. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">The new credit card is designed to provide cardholders with a host of benefits, without any annual fees or hidden charges. The Nabil Lifetime Free Credit Card offers a range of benefits, including no annual fee, no joining fee and no renewal fee. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">According to the bank, customers can enjoy the convenience of making purchases, paying bills, and withdrawing cash, all without worrying about any fees or charges with this card.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">“We are excited to launch our lifetime free credit card, which is designed to provide our customers with an unmatched experience,” said Chandani Shrestha, Head-Retail Lending Unit.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">“We believe that everyone should have access to credit, and with our new card, we are making it easier and more affordable than ever,” she added. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">The lifetime free credit card is available to new and existing account holders of Nabil Bank. To apply for the card, customers can visit Nabil Bank's website or contact any of 256 branches across the country. The offer is valid till Baisakh 31, 2080 only, according to the bank. </span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-25', 'modified' => '2023-04-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17400', 'image' => '20230425034522_collage.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-25 15:43:13', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '42' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17665', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Rabi Lamichhane Elected MP from Chitwan-2 with over 54K Votes', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 25: Rabi Lamichhane, the candidate of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), has won the by-election for the member of the House of Representatives in Chitwan-2 with 54,176 votes.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">April 25: Rabi Lamichhane, the candidate of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), has won the by-election for the member of the House of Representatives in Chitwan-2 with 54,176 votes.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">He has got almost 5000 more votes than in the last election held on November 20. During the general election, he had secured 49,300 votes.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, 67.63 votes were cast in November. This time, 62.77 percent votes have fallen. Despite less voter turnout, Lamichhane got about 10 percent more votes.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Jit Narayan Shrestha of Nepali Congress was a distant second with 11,214 votes while Ram Prasad Neupane of CPN UML got 10,936 votes.</span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-25', 'modified' => '2023-04-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17399', 'image' => '20230425034042_1682404530.Rabi 11.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-25 15:40:01', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17664', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'KMC Orders to Remove Unsystematic Cables within 15 Days ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 25: The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has given a 15-day ultimatum to the bodies concerned for removing electric, telephone and internet wires placed haphazardly along the streets. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 25: The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has given a 15-day ultimatum to the bodies concerned for removing electric, telephone and internet wires placed haphazardly along the streets. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Issuing a press statement on Tuesday, the local government said unorganized cables have their implications on the beauty of the city, cause obstructions in public movement and create risk of fire. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">If the order is not implemented on time, the local government warned it would remove them on its own. The KMC said it is sensitive towards the possible risks from the unorganized cables and has already sit for talks with suppliers of electricity, telephone, internet and cable services at different times with the call to remove the wires, but the problem remains as it is. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-25', 'modified' => '2023-04-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17398', 'image' => '20230425021257_20221221014959_Untitled.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-25 14:12:18', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17663', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Over 9,000 Government Employees Fail to Submit Property Details ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 25: As per law, government employees need to submit property details within 60 days of every fiscal year. The Corruption Prevention Act, 2059 has such a provision. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 25: As per law, government employees need to submit property details within 60 days of every fiscal year. The Corruption Prevention Act, 2059 has such a provision. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">However, the legal provision has been flouted by more than nine thousand government employees in the fiscal year, 2078/79. A total of 9,590 government employees failed to submit property details in the last fiscal year, according to the National Vigilance Centre. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Among the violators, 6,646 are the federal level employees, while 1,917 are from local levels. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The National Vigilance Centre has written to the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) to fine Rs 5,000 on each of those employee who violated the rule. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif""> Even around 1,158 school teachers have not submitted property details to the government, while 113 Nepal Police personnel also fall in the list. Similarly, 1,922 people who got political appointments and those working on contract basis also violated the rule. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Details on this topic were shared by the National Vigilance Centre on Monday. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-25', 'modified' => '2023-04-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17397', 'image' => '20230425085731_image_750x_5c520b2025a48.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-25 08:53:09', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17662', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Base Rate of Banks Declines, Interest Rate on Loans Likely to Drop', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 25: The base rate of commercial banks has decreased in the third quarter of the current fiscal year (FY 2022/23).', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">April 25: The base rate of commercial banks has decreased in the third quarter of the current fiscal year (FY 2022/23). During this period, the cost of capital in banks has decreased due to the reduction in the interest rate on deposits while the base rate has also decreased after the spread rate was adjusted according to the instructions of Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB). As a result, bank loans are expected to be cheaper.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to the unaudited financial statements published by the banks, the average base rate of commercial banks has remained at 10.53 percent in mid-March to mid-April. During the same period last year, the average base rate of banks was 9.04 percent but increased to 10.80 percent in January of the current fiscal year.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Due to the lack of liquidity, the interest rates which have been continuously increased by the banks have started to decrease since February. In mid-December to mid-January, the interest rate on deposits of commercial banks had reached as high as 12.33 percent. Since mid-April, commercial banks have kept the interest on deposit at single digit (9.99 percent).</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">When the industrialists began to protest against the interest rate, banks were under pressure to reduce the interest rate. The finance minister and prime minister also separately discussed the issue of reduction of interest rates with the bankers. Meanwhile, it has become easy for the banks to reduce the interest due to the ease in liquidity situation in recent times.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Through the first quarter review of the current year's monetary policy, the central bank instructed the commercial banks to maintain the spread rate at 4.2 percent from mid-March and 4 percent from mid-June. Banks reduced the interest rate to maintain the spread rate.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">In order to regulate the interest rate on loans, the central bank has introduced the provision of base rate and implemented it through the monetary policy of the fiscal year 2011/12. Banks have implemented this provision since 2012 and in development banks and finance companies from 2013.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to the basic rate determination procedure, banks and financial institutions can set the base rate by adding 0.75 percent return to their cost. Banks have to calculate the base rate monthly and submit it to the central bank within 7 days of the end of each month and publish it on the website.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Even when banks publish the interest on loan, they implement a system of adding a certain percentage premium to the base rate. According to this arrangement, there is a provision that if the average base rate of the bank decreases in every quarter, the interest on loan will automatically decrease and if it increases, it will automatically increase.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">At present, commercial banks add a maximum of 5 percent premium to the base rate while determining the interest rate on loans. There is a provision that the premium specified in the loan agreement cannot be changed.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-25', 'modified' => '2023-04-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17396', 'image' => '20230425084846_Banks - Copy.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-25 08:47:09', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17660', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'RSP's Dr Wagle Wins By-Election in Tanahun-1 ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 25: Rastriya Swatantra Party's candidate Dr Swarnim Wagle has been elected the member of House of Representatives (HoR) from constituency -1 of Tanahun district by securing 34,911 votes in the by-election ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 25: Rastriya Swatantra Party's candidate Dr Swarnim Wagle has been elected the member of House of Representatives (HoR) from constituency -1 of Tanahun district by securing 34,911 votes in the by-election. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">His nearest rival Govinda Bhattarai of the Nepali Congress collected 20, 122 votes, while CPN UML candidate Sarbendra Khanal got 8,488 votes, according to assistant election officer, Min Bahadur Kunwar. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Similarly, the vote count result showed Rastriya Prajanatra Party's candidate Shova Gurung received 218 votes, Bhim Bahadur Sunar of Nagarik Unmukti Party 99 votes, NWPP's Ram Prasad Prajapati 31 votes, Prem Bahadur Thapa of Mongol National Organization 166 votes, Purna Bahadur Rana of Rastriya Janamukti Party 87 votes and Ganesh Shrestha of CPN Unified Socialist 5 votes. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">A total of 65,316 votes were cast in the by-election while 64,135 votes were valid. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The by-election for HoR member was held in Tanahun-1 on April 23 after the HoR member post here was lying vacant following the election of HoR member and leader of Nepali Congress Ram Chandra Paudel as the country’s president. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-25', 'modified' => '2023-04-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17395', 'image' => '20230425082141_KN-DAMAULI.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-25 08:19:33', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17659', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Flydubai Plane Narrowly Escapes Fatal Accident ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 24: A Flydubai plane, which took off from Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) on Monday evening, narrowly escaped a fatal accident. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 24: A Flydubai plane, which took off from Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) on Monday evening, narrowly escaped a fatal accident. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The aircraft had witnessed some technical glitches in its engine minutes after take off from the TIA. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to TIA General Manager Pratap Babu Tiwari, the plane is heading to its destination now. After the technical issues in the plane, the plane was asked to remain in hold for five to seven minutes in the sky over Dharke area of Dhading at an altitude of 21,00ft. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">However, the plane headed to its destination following a communication between the pilots and ATC of the TIA, General Manager Tiwari said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">It is said that both the engines of the plane have resumed functioning well now. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The plane was carried 167 passengers, the TIA said. -- RSS </span></span></span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-24', 'modified' => '2023-04-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17394', 'image' => '20230424111118_flydubai7378.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-24 23:10:28', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17661', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'RSP's Lamichhane Leads Vote Count in Chitwan-2 with Wide Margin ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 25: Rastriya Swatantra Party's candidate Rabi Lamichhane has been leading the vote count with wide margin in the by-election in Chitwan constituency-2. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 25: Rastriya Swatantra Party's candidate Rabi Lamichhane has been leading the vote count with wide margin in the by-election in Chitwan constituency-2. So far, he has received 40,069 votes while his nearest contender Jit Narayan Shrestha of Nepali Congress is a distant second with 7,457 votes and CPN UML candidate Ram Prasad Neupane is third with 7,268. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">At total of 56,496 votes have been counted so far, said assistant election officer at the Office of Chief Returning Officer in Bharatpur, Ishwor Acharya. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">So far, 870 votes have been invalid. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-25', 'modified' => '2023-04-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17393', 'image' => '20230425082743_NA_Chitwan-IMG_1807.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-25 08:27:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17658', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Transport Minister Pledges to Remove Legal Hurdles in Operation of Locally-Manufactured Vehicles ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 24: Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport, Prakash Jwala, has pledged to take prompt initiations to remove legal hurdles for the operation of vehicles manufactured within the country. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 24: Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport, Prakash Jwala, has pledged to take prompt initiations to remove legal hurdles for the operation of vehicles manufactured within the country. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The minister on Monday instructed employees of subordinate bodies and bodies concerned for procedural revisions to sort out legal complexities in regard with operation of home-manufactured vehicles. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">He said that the issue will be sorted out within a couple of days and the government is committed to promoting locally-produced vehicles. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">It may be noted that motor vehicles manufactured within the country have been facing legal hurdles for the registration and operation since a long time. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-24', 'modified' => '2023-04-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17392', 'image' => '20230424062059_KB-KTM-0U3A0120.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-24 18:20:19', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17657', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Nepal urges ADB to Invest in Productive Sector', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 24: Government authorities of Nepal have urged the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to invest in projects which are productive and capable of creating jobs. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 24: Government authorities of Nepal have urged the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to invest in projects which are productive and capable of creating jobs. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">National Planning Commission (NPC)’s Vice Chair Dr Min Bahadur Shrestha made such a request during a meeting with ADB Country Director Arnaud Cauchois at Singha Durbar on Monday. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">During the occasion, the NPC vice chair insisted on the need for increasing investment in the productive sector and employment-oriented projects in Nepal. He also thanked the regional bank for its support to Nepal's development endeavors, expressing his hope for the continuity of the ADB assistance in the days to come. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">During the meeting, the two discussed about the cooperation between the NPC and the ADB and the ADB-funded projects in Nepal. The ADB country director apprised the NPC Vice Chair that a 'portfolio review' of ADB investment in Nepal has improved. He added that the ADB is ready to invest in new projects launched by the government. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The ADB's investment in Nepal is equivalent to USD 3.2 billion. As of the year 2022, the ADB has invested in energy, transport, agriculture, drinking water, urban development, service, rural development, health and education sectors and in the natural resources. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">It has invested in various projects including Melamchi Water Supply Project, Gautam Buddha International Airport and Upper Trishuli Hydropower Project. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Last year, the ADB had provided a loan equivalent to USD 255 million to Nepal. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">During the portfolio review meeting, the ADB also awarded Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Project, Bagmati River Basin Improvement Project, Rural Enterprise Financing Project and Electricity Transmission and Distribution Efficiency Enhancement Project. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""> </span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-24', 'modified' => '2023-04-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17391', 'image' => '20230424053158_ADB.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-24 17:31:23', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17656', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Rhododendrons not Flowering at Regular Time Interval Sounds Alarm Bells ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 24: It gives a sigh of relief to the pilgrims and tourists upon reaching the Pathibhara Devi Temple in Taplejung, one of the holy shrines of the country, through a hardship-filled journey.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 24: It gives a sigh of relief to the pilgrims and tourists upon reaching the Pathibhara Devi Temple in Taplejung, one of the holy shrines of the country, through a hardship-filled journey. Pilgrims and devotees have a belief that one’s wishes get fulfilled by worshipping at the temple. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">It takes around six hours to reach the temple located at an elevation of 3,794 metres from Phungling, the district headquarters. One has to take two hour’s drive from Phungling bazaar to Kafle Pati and then walk for around four hours from Kafle Pati through Tinjure, Chauki and Mangalbare, Lampokhari, and Gufa Pokhari to reach the shrine. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The journey to the holy place is much exciting and fun-filled when the rhododendron forests is in full bloom during the spring season.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Tinjure-Milke-Jaljale (TMJ) area is known as the capital of rhododendron flower. The beautiful sceneries are one of the major attractions for tourists. The national flower of Nepal generally blooms in the spring season (March-May). The flowers bloom to the fullest during the Nepali months of Chaitra and Baisakh (March-April). </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">However, to the surprise and worry of concerned authorities and the locals, the flowers did not bloom this year, thanks to many factors such as climate change, say researchers. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Phul Maya Limbu of Sidingwa Rural Municipality-4 had planned to visit the temple for worship. Her excitement about the journey was fuelled by rhododendron blooming along the way. As per her plan, she set out for the journey on Wednesday. She had a plan to enjoy along the way lined with rhododendron flowers blooming, and taking pictures with the flowers. But, to get her utter dismay, she did not get to see rhododendron flowers bloom this year. Why the flower did not bloom this year? she wondered. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Shiva Yadav from Saptari district had also expected to see the flowers bloom this year while on the way to the temple. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">In the previous years, a large number of prilgrims visited the temple being lured by the flowers blooming, said Manmani Kafle, executive director of the Pathibhara Area Development Committee. Out of 32 species of the flower found in Nepal, Pathibhara area is home to 26, said Kafle. Besides the rare Red Panda, other animals including black bears, deer, Himalayan thar and birds including spiny babbler, lophura leucomelanos, and the country's national bird, lophophorus are found in the area. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Pathibhara is located in Koshi Province. The province is home to over 30 species of the flower that come in different colours including red, pink, yellow, maroon and light white. Different species of the flower found in the area include 'Sunpati', 'Rato Chimal', 'Chiyaphule', 'Green Chimal', 'Yellow Chimal', 'Junge Chimal', 'Sano Chimal', 'Lahare Chimal', 'Korling', 'Chimal', and 'Theki Jhar'. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The flowers are found in Taplejung, Terhathum, Sankhuwasabha and Ilam districts in the province at an altitude between 1,200 and 3,600 metres. Nepal is home to 33 species of the flower, and 31 of them are found in the province alone, experts claimed. They also bloom in Kaski, Myagdi, and Baglung districts in the west and Dadeldhura in the far-west. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The flower needs a temperature of 15-20 degree Celsius to bloom, which is the average temperature in the months of March and April in the middle and higher areas of the Himalayas, say experts. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Besides its beauty, the flower is used for various purposes like offering to god and goddess, and making medicinal herbs, pickle and alcohol. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">It has been attracting not only the nature lovers, but also religious followers and researchers. It has also attracted the attention of the Ayurveda industries. Ayurveda industries have been making medicinal herbs with the flowers. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Climate change is blamed for the flowers not blooming this year, said Dipendra Pokharel, warden of the Kanchenjunga Conservation Area. Unlike in the past, substantial rainfall did not take place between mid-September, 2022 and third weeks of April, 2023. Snow also did not fall in the mountainous areas. As a result, mountains have turned into black rocks, and snow is rapidly melting, he said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">A lack of rainfall and snowfall has had its impact on the biological diversity, he said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Botanist Bijaya Panta, who teaches at the Central Department of Botany, the Tribhuvan University, blamed lowering water level under the soil for the flowers not blooming this year. "Dryness has affected the flowers. They need water to bloom. But, substantial rainfall did not occur this year," she said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Microorganism and fungi halt the process of making the soil fertile and moist without water. So, the buds cannot bloom, she said. There are many other factors like climate change for this, she added. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Being concerned about the depletion of rhododendron forests in the area, the locals and the concerned authorities have rolled up their sleeves to conserve them. The forests spanning 8,874 hectares of land in the TMJ have been depleting due to construction works, unchecked use of forest products and overgrazing, shared the locals. The TMJ area was declared a rhododendron conservation area in 1998. According to the Department of Forests and Soil Conservation, the flowers spread across 691,596 hectares of forestland across the country. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Department had prepared an action plan for the conservation of rhododendron species, according to government officials. Under the plan, the flower habitat will be identified, pastures managed and flower saplings planted in forests in five years. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Officials at the Division Forest Office in Terhathum district said the Office had launched various programmes to create awareness about the conservation of the flowers and the forests. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Efforts to conserve the flowers are underway with financial assistances from the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, said the authorities concerned. -- RSS </span></span></span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-24', 'modified' => '2023-04-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17390', 'image' => '20230424035220_HB_KTM_LALIGUNANS.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-24 15:51:04', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17655', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Industrialists of Birgunj reach Federal Ministry with their Problems', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 24: The industrialists of Bara-Parsa have urged the government to declare the Birgunj-Pathlaiya corridor as an “Industrial Corridor”.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">April 24: The industrialists of Bara-Parsa have urged the government to declare the Birgunj-Pathlaiya corridor as an “Industrial Corridor”. They made such a request to Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Ramesh Rijal in the federal capital Kathmandu on Sunday. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Industrialists reached the federal capital with their problems and suggestions to solve those problems. Anil Kumar Agrawal, president of the Birgunj Chamber of Commerce, said that the industrial establishments have been deprived of the facilities provided by the government due to the lack of declaration of the corridor.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">“Therefore, we demand that the government declare the corridor immediately,” he said. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Minister Rijal said that the government is ready to make the largest Bara-Parsa Corridor an industrial corridor with standards and assured that the process will be carried out by fast track. During the discussion with the minister and departmental heads, the necessary process to create the corridor was also discussed.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Agrawal claimed that despite the physical infrastructure such as the first dry port and integrated check post in this area, it is difficult to attract investments due to the lack of declaration of industrial corridor. The industrialists complained to the minister that the local governments are forcing them to pay property tax.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Collaboration will also be done to control Sirsia River pollution, which has been the cause of disputes between the industry and locals of the corridor for the past four decades. The officials of the chamber complained that the industry is punished in the name of pollution control. They also drew the government's attention to the management of waste water coming out of the industries.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The demand for industrial drain, water treatment plant and dumping site was put forward by industrialists. Madhav Rajpal, vice president of the chamber, said that it was suggested that the pollution control campaign of the Sirsia river flowing through the corridor should also be carried out in this package.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">To control the pollution of the Sirsia River, cooperation between the local government and the private sector is needed and the Ministry of Industry will facilitate the detailed study process for that.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">As the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) constructed in Bara's Simara failed to operated properly, the chamber demand that the rent of land in SEZ should be reduced, the mandatory export regulations should be removed. They also demanded more land management for new industries in Bara Parsa area.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The industrialists demanded that the customs duty of Rs 1,000 per ton, which is currently charged for the import of raw material of cement, should be reduced to Rs 100.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Similarly, in a meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Narayankaji Shrestha, the industrialists expressed their displeasure over the removal of the Industrial Security Force of the Armed Police for security arrangements in industrial establishments.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Hari Gautam, the senior vice-president who accompanied the delegation said, “With the abolition of the Industrial Security Force, security-related problems have increased. As the local administration has to run the overall administration of the district, industrial safety is not a priority for them. It is necessary to re-establish the Industrial Security Force.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The industrialists also complained that the Nepal Electricity Authority has been cutting power for 8/9 hours daily without notice and this affected the production of the industries. They have demanded to arrange regular electricity supply.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""> </span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-24', 'modified' => '2023-04-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17389', 'image' => '20230424023009_1682296241.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-24 14:29:28', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17654', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => '382 Proposals Submitted for Start-up Loans', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 24: A substantial number of proposals has been submitted for concessional loans announced by the government to help start-up enterprises.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">April 24: A substantial number of proposals has been submitted for concessional loans announced by the government to help start-up enterprises. In the last three days for submission of proposals, a significant number of applications have been received for start-up enterprise loans. A total of 382 proposals have been submitted to avail this loan.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">The Department of Industry had given 21 days’ time to submit the project proposals for start-up loan. Within 18 days after issuing the notice, only 84 proposals were received. Ramila Bhandari, director and information officer of the department, said that 298 applications were received in the next three. According to her, a total of 382 start-ups have applied for this loan.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">In the first phase of the program, the government is planning to provide start-up enterprise loans to 100 people. </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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">"The department is currently evaluating and analyzing the project proposals," she said, adding, "Sectoral analysis has not been done yet." The department has announced that it will provide such loans for start-up enterprises in 14 different regions.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">Preliminary analysis has shown that more projects have come in agriculture and software. The Department of Industries had issued a 21-day notice to submit projects for start-up enterprise loans on March 30. The deadline for submission of project proposals was till April 19.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">The department asked for proposals to help those who want to start such a venture after the government introduced the 'Start-up Business Loan Disbursement Procedure-2079'.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">According to the procedure, such loans will be available for start-up ventures in 14 different areas. Loans will be available for start-up enterprises in the fields of agriculture and livestock, forestry (herbs, forest produce), tourism promotion and entertainment and hospitality, science, technology, communication and information technology, and human health services.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">Similarly, projects related to education, safe transportation services, infrastructure construction, automobiles, traditional technology, mining and mineral research and development, helping to make household or daily life simple, convenient and safe, and projects related to food production and processing and waste management and environment can avail such loans.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">The procedure allows granting a maximum loan of Rs 2.5 million by keeping the project mortgage. This time, the department plans to provide such loans to a maximum of 100 people. According to the procedure, the loan will be available in two installments. Fifty percent loan will be provided in the first installment and the second installment after six months.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-24', 'modified' => '2023-04-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17388', 'image' => '20230424010252_startup.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-24 13:02:16', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17653', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Dr Swarnim Wagle Leads Vote Count with over 9000 Votes while others Struggle to get 100 Votes', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 24: Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) candidate Dr Swornim Wagle is leading the vote count by a wide margin in Tanahun constituency 1 in the by-election held on Sunday (April 23).', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">April 24: Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) candidate Dr Swornim Wagle is leading the vote count by a wide margin in Tanahun constituency 1 in the by-election held on Sunday (April 23).</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Counting of votes is currently underway in Tanahun-1 under the by-election held to elect new members of the House of Representatives to fill the vacant posts. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to the latest results of the vote count released by the Election Commission, Dr Wagle is leading with 9,201 votes.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">His nearest rival – Nepali Congress candidate Govinda Bhattarai – is a distant second with 4,214 votes while CPN UML's Sarbendra Khanal has garnered 2,430 votes.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The other six candidates have not even received 100 votes. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to the latest update of the by-election, Prem Bahadur Thapa of Mongol National Organization has got 99 votes.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Similarly, Shobha Gurung of Rashtriya Prajatantra Party received 39 votes, Bhim Bahadur Sunar of Nagarik Unmukti Party bagged 31 votes, followed by Purna Bahadur Rana of Rashtriya Janamukti Party with 15 votes, Ram Prasad Prajapati of Nepal Workers and Peasants Party with 7 votes and Ganesh Shrestha of Nepal Communist Party (Socialist) with only 2 votes.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">A total of 63,757 votes were cast in 42 wards of the Tanahu constituency-1. 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', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 25: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Sudan Kirati, has said it has not been confirmed yet that the Flydubai airplane suffered a bird strike during its takeoff from Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) on Monday night. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The aircraft carrying 167 passengers had reportedly caught fire on one of its engines soon after its takeoff from TIA due to a bird strike. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Flububai had stated that its aircraft experienced a bird strike during takeoff from Kathmandu and continued the journey towards its destination after determining that the engine was within the normal operating parameters. The aircraft landed safely at Dubai International Airport three hours later, according to Flydubai. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Initially, the aircraft was held over the skies in Dhading for sometimes but proceeded to the destination with the assessment that all indicators were normal. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Meanwhile, the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) said it has not been confirmed yet that the Boeing 737-800 of Flydubai experienced a bird strike. CAAN Spokesperson Jagannath Niraula said during an inspection of the airport that it could not be established that the aircraft was hit by a bird.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Flydubai is not registered in Nepal and CAAN is not authorized for investing the matter. It will facilitate the investigation procedures to be carried out by the respective country, CAAN said. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-25', 'modified' => '2023-04-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17401', 'image' => '20230425040437_download.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-25 16:03:53', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17666', 'article_category_id' => '266', 'title' => 'Nabil Bank Launches Lifetime Free Credit Card ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Nabil Bank, a leading financial services provider, has announced the launch of a new lifetime free credit card for the first time in Nepal to its customers.', 'content' => '<p><br /> <span style="font-size:20px">April 25: Nabil Bank, a leading financial services provider, has announced the launch of a new lifetime free credit card for the first time in Nepal to its customers. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">The new credit card is designed to provide cardholders with a host of benefits, without any annual fees or hidden charges. The Nabil Lifetime Free Credit Card offers a range of benefits, including no annual fee, no joining fee and no renewal fee. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">According to the bank, customers can enjoy the convenience of making purchases, paying bills, and withdrawing cash, all without worrying about any fees or charges with this card.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">“We are excited to launch our lifetime free credit card, which is designed to provide our customers with an unmatched experience,” said Chandani Shrestha, Head-Retail Lending Unit.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">“We believe that everyone should have access to credit, and with our new card, we are making it easier and more affordable than ever,” she added. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">The lifetime free credit card is available to new and existing account holders of Nabil Bank. To apply for the card, customers can visit Nabil Bank's website or contact any of 256 branches across the country. The offer is valid till Baisakh 31, 2080 only, according to the bank. </span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-25', 'modified' => '2023-04-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17400', 'image' => '20230425034522_collage.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-25 15:43:13', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '42' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17665', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Rabi Lamichhane Elected MP from Chitwan-2 with over 54K Votes', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 25: Rabi Lamichhane, the candidate of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), has won the by-election for the member of the House of Representatives in Chitwan-2 with 54,176 votes.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">April 25: Rabi Lamichhane, the candidate of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), has won the by-election for the member of the House of Representatives in Chitwan-2 with 54,176 votes.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">He has got almost 5000 more votes than in the last election held on November 20. During the general election, he had secured 49,300 votes.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, 67.63 votes were cast in November. This time, 62.77 percent votes have fallen. Despite less voter turnout, Lamichhane got about 10 percent more votes.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Jit Narayan Shrestha of Nepali Congress was a distant second with 11,214 votes while Ram Prasad Neupane of CPN UML got 10,936 votes.</span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-25', 'modified' => '2023-04-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17399', 'image' => '20230425034042_1682404530.Rabi 11.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-25 15:40:01', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17664', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'KMC Orders to Remove Unsystematic Cables within 15 Days ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 25: The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has given a 15-day ultimatum to the bodies concerned for removing electric, telephone and internet wires placed haphazardly along the streets. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 25: The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has given a 15-day ultimatum to the bodies concerned for removing electric, telephone and internet wires placed haphazardly along the streets. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Issuing a press statement on Tuesday, the local government said unorganized cables have their implications on the beauty of the city, cause obstructions in public movement and create risk of fire. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">If the order is not implemented on time, the local government warned it would remove them on its own. The KMC said it is sensitive towards the possible risks from the unorganized cables and has already sit for talks with suppliers of electricity, telephone, internet and cable services at different times with the call to remove the wires, but the problem remains as it is. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-25', 'modified' => '2023-04-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17398', 'image' => '20230425021257_20221221014959_Untitled.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-25 14:12:18', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17663', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Over 9,000 Government Employees Fail to Submit Property Details ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 25: As per law, government employees need to submit property details within 60 days of every fiscal year. The Corruption Prevention Act, 2059 has such a provision. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 25: As per law, government employees need to submit property details within 60 days of every fiscal year. The Corruption Prevention Act, 2059 has such a provision. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">However, the legal provision has been flouted by more than nine thousand government employees in the fiscal year, 2078/79. A total of 9,590 government employees failed to submit property details in the last fiscal year, according to the National Vigilance Centre. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Among the violators, 6,646 are the federal level employees, while 1,917 are from local levels. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The National Vigilance Centre has written to the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) to fine Rs 5,000 on each of those employee who violated the rule. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif""> Even around 1,158 school teachers have not submitted property details to the government, while 113 Nepal Police personnel also fall in the list. Similarly, 1,922 people who got political appointments and those working on contract basis also violated the rule. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Details on this topic were shared by the National Vigilance Centre on Monday. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-25', 'modified' => '2023-04-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17397', 'image' => '20230425085731_image_750x_5c520b2025a48.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-25 08:53:09', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17662', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Base Rate of Banks Declines, Interest Rate on Loans Likely to Drop', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 25: The base rate of commercial banks has decreased in the third quarter of the current fiscal year (FY 2022/23).', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">April 25: The base rate of commercial banks has decreased in the third quarter of the current fiscal year (FY 2022/23). During this period, the cost of capital in banks has decreased due to the reduction in the interest rate on deposits while the base rate has also decreased after the spread rate was adjusted according to the instructions of Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB). As a result, bank loans are expected to be cheaper.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to the unaudited financial statements published by the banks, the average base rate of commercial banks has remained at 10.53 percent in mid-March to mid-April. During the same period last year, the average base rate of banks was 9.04 percent but increased to 10.80 percent in January of the current fiscal year.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Due to the lack of liquidity, the interest rates which have been continuously increased by the banks have started to decrease since February. In mid-December to mid-January, the interest rate on deposits of commercial banks had reached as high as 12.33 percent. Since mid-April, commercial banks have kept the interest on deposit at single digit (9.99 percent).</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">When the industrialists began to protest against the interest rate, banks were under pressure to reduce the interest rate. The finance minister and prime minister also separately discussed the issue of reduction of interest rates with the bankers. Meanwhile, it has become easy for the banks to reduce the interest due to the ease in liquidity situation in recent times.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Through the first quarter review of the current year's monetary policy, the central bank instructed the commercial banks to maintain the spread rate at 4.2 percent from mid-March and 4 percent from mid-June. Banks reduced the interest rate to maintain the spread rate.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">In order to regulate the interest rate on loans, the central bank has introduced the provision of base rate and implemented it through the monetary policy of the fiscal year 2011/12. Banks have implemented this provision since 2012 and in development banks and finance companies from 2013.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to the basic rate determination procedure, banks and financial institutions can set the base rate by adding 0.75 percent return to their cost. Banks have to calculate the base rate monthly and submit it to the central bank within 7 days of the end of each month and publish it on the website.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Even when banks publish the interest on loan, they implement a system of adding a certain percentage premium to the base rate. According to this arrangement, there is a provision that if the average base rate of the bank decreases in every quarter, the interest on loan will automatically decrease and if it increases, it will automatically increase.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">At present, commercial banks add a maximum of 5 percent premium to the base rate while determining the interest rate on loans. There is a provision that the premium specified in the loan agreement cannot be changed.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-25', 'modified' => '2023-04-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17396', 'image' => '20230425084846_Banks - Copy.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-25 08:47:09', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17660', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'RSP's Dr Wagle Wins By-Election in Tanahun-1 ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 25: Rastriya Swatantra Party's candidate Dr Swarnim Wagle has been elected the member of House of Representatives (HoR) from constituency -1 of Tanahun district by securing 34,911 votes in the by-election ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 25: Rastriya Swatantra Party's candidate Dr Swarnim Wagle has been elected the member of House of Representatives (HoR) from constituency -1 of Tanahun district by securing 34,911 votes in the by-election. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">His nearest rival Govinda Bhattarai of the Nepali Congress collected 20, 122 votes, while CPN UML candidate Sarbendra Khanal got 8,488 votes, according to assistant election officer, Min Bahadur Kunwar. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Similarly, the vote count result showed Rastriya Prajanatra Party's candidate Shova Gurung received 218 votes, Bhim Bahadur Sunar of Nagarik Unmukti Party 99 votes, NWPP's Ram Prasad Prajapati 31 votes, Prem Bahadur Thapa of Mongol National Organization 166 votes, Purna Bahadur Rana of Rastriya Janamukti Party 87 votes and Ganesh Shrestha of CPN Unified Socialist 5 votes. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">A total of 65,316 votes were cast in the by-election while 64,135 votes were valid. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The by-election for HoR member was held in Tanahun-1 on April 23 after the HoR member post here was lying vacant following the election of HoR member and leader of Nepali Congress Ram Chandra Paudel as the country’s president. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-25', 'modified' => '2023-04-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17395', 'image' => '20230425082141_KN-DAMAULI.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-25 08:19:33', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17659', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Flydubai Plane Narrowly Escapes Fatal Accident ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 24: A Flydubai plane, which took off from Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) on Monday evening, narrowly escaped a fatal accident. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 24: A Flydubai plane, which took off from Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) on Monday evening, narrowly escaped a fatal accident. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The aircraft had witnessed some technical glitches in its engine minutes after take off from the TIA. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to TIA General Manager Pratap Babu Tiwari, the plane is heading to its destination now. After the technical issues in the plane, the plane was asked to remain in hold for five to seven minutes in the sky over Dharke area of Dhading at an altitude of 21,00ft. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">However, the plane headed to its destination following a communication between the pilots and ATC of the TIA, General Manager Tiwari said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">It is said that both the engines of the plane have resumed functioning well now. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The plane was carried 167 passengers, the TIA said. -- RSS </span></span></span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-24', 'modified' => '2023-04-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17394', 'image' => '20230424111118_flydubai7378.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-24 23:10:28', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17661', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'RSP's Lamichhane Leads Vote Count in Chitwan-2 with Wide Margin ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 25: Rastriya Swatantra Party's candidate Rabi Lamichhane has been leading the vote count with wide margin in the by-election in Chitwan constituency-2. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 25: Rastriya Swatantra Party's candidate Rabi Lamichhane has been leading the vote count with wide margin in the by-election in Chitwan constituency-2. So far, he has received 40,069 votes while his nearest contender Jit Narayan Shrestha of Nepali Congress is a distant second with 7,457 votes and CPN UML candidate Ram Prasad Neupane is third with 7,268. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">At total of 56,496 votes have been counted so far, said assistant election officer at the Office of Chief Returning Officer in Bharatpur, Ishwor Acharya. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">So far, 870 votes have been invalid. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-25', 'modified' => '2023-04-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17393', 'image' => '20230425082743_NA_Chitwan-IMG_1807.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-25 08:27:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17658', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Transport Minister Pledges to Remove Legal Hurdles in Operation of Locally-Manufactured Vehicles ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 24: Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport, Prakash Jwala, has pledged to take prompt initiations to remove legal hurdles for the operation of vehicles manufactured within the country. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 24: Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport, Prakash Jwala, has pledged to take prompt initiations to remove legal hurdles for the operation of vehicles manufactured within the country. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The minister on Monday instructed employees of subordinate bodies and bodies concerned for procedural revisions to sort out legal complexities in regard with operation of home-manufactured vehicles. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">He said that the issue will be sorted out within a couple of days and the government is committed to promoting locally-produced vehicles. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">It may be noted that motor vehicles manufactured within the country have been facing legal hurdles for the registration and operation since a long time. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-24', 'modified' => '2023-04-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17392', 'image' => '20230424062059_KB-KTM-0U3A0120.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-24 18:20:19', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17657', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Nepal urges ADB to Invest in Productive Sector', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 24: Government authorities of Nepal have urged the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to invest in projects which are productive and capable of creating jobs. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 24: Government authorities of Nepal have urged the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to invest in projects which are productive and capable of creating jobs. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">National Planning Commission (NPC)’s Vice Chair Dr Min Bahadur Shrestha made such a request during a meeting with ADB Country Director Arnaud Cauchois at Singha Durbar on Monday. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">During the occasion, the NPC vice chair insisted on the need for increasing investment in the productive sector and employment-oriented projects in Nepal. He also thanked the regional bank for its support to Nepal's development endeavors, expressing his hope for the continuity of the ADB assistance in the days to come. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">During the meeting, the two discussed about the cooperation between the NPC and the ADB and the ADB-funded projects in Nepal. The ADB country director apprised the NPC Vice Chair that a 'portfolio review' of ADB investment in Nepal has improved. He added that the ADB is ready to invest in new projects launched by the government. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The ADB's investment in Nepal is equivalent to USD 3.2 billion. As of the year 2022, the ADB has invested in energy, transport, agriculture, drinking water, urban development, service, rural development, health and education sectors and in the natural resources. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">It has invested in various projects including Melamchi Water Supply Project, Gautam Buddha International Airport and Upper Trishuli Hydropower Project. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Last year, the ADB had provided a loan equivalent to USD 255 million to Nepal. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">During the portfolio review meeting, the ADB also awarded Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Project, Bagmati River Basin Improvement Project, Rural Enterprise Financing Project and Electricity Transmission and Distribution Efficiency Enhancement Project. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""> </span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-24', 'modified' => '2023-04-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17391', 'image' => '20230424053158_ADB.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-24 17:31:23', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17656', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Rhododendrons not Flowering at Regular Time Interval Sounds Alarm Bells ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 24: It gives a sigh of relief to the pilgrims and tourists upon reaching the Pathibhara Devi Temple in Taplejung, one of the holy shrines of the country, through a hardship-filled journey.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 24: It gives a sigh of relief to the pilgrims and tourists upon reaching the Pathibhara Devi Temple in Taplejung, one of the holy shrines of the country, through a hardship-filled journey. Pilgrims and devotees have a belief that one’s wishes get fulfilled by worshipping at the temple. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">It takes around six hours to reach the temple located at an elevation of 3,794 metres from Phungling, the district headquarters. One has to take two hour’s drive from Phungling bazaar to Kafle Pati and then walk for around four hours from Kafle Pati through Tinjure, Chauki and Mangalbare, Lampokhari, and Gufa Pokhari to reach the shrine. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The journey to the holy place is much exciting and fun-filled when the rhododendron forests is in full bloom during the spring season.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Tinjure-Milke-Jaljale (TMJ) area is known as the capital of rhododendron flower. The beautiful sceneries are one of the major attractions for tourists. The national flower of Nepal generally blooms in the spring season (March-May). The flowers bloom to the fullest during the Nepali months of Chaitra and Baisakh (March-April). </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">However, to the surprise and worry of concerned authorities and the locals, the flowers did not bloom this year, thanks to many factors such as climate change, say researchers. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Phul Maya Limbu of Sidingwa Rural Municipality-4 had planned to visit the temple for worship. Her excitement about the journey was fuelled by rhododendron blooming along the way. As per her plan, she set out for the journey on Wednesday. She had a plan to enjoy along the way lined with rhododendron flowers blooming, and taking pictures with the flowers. But, to get her utter dismay, she did not get to see rhododendron flowers bloom this year. Why the flower did not bloom this year? she wondered. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Shiva Yadav from Saptari district had also expected to see the flowers bloom this year while on the way to the temple. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">In the previous years, a large number of prilgrims visited the temple being lured by the flowers blooming, said Manmani Kafle, executive director of the Pathibhara Area Development Committee. Out of 32 species of the flower found in Nepal, Pathibhara area is home to 26, said Kafle. Besides the rare Red Panda, other animals including black bears, deer, Himalayan thar and birds including spiny babbler, lophura leucomelanos, and the country's national bird, lophophorus are found in the area. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Pathibhara is located in Koshi Province. The province is home to over 30 species of the flower that come in different colours including red, pink, yellow, maroon and light white. Different species of the flower found in the area include 'Sunpati', 'Rato Chimal', 'Chiyaphule', 'Green Chimal', 'Yellow Chimal', 'Junge Chimal', 'Sano Chimal', 'Lahare Chimal', 'Korling', 'Chimal', and 'Theki Jhar'. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The flowers are found in Taplejung, Terhathum, Sankhuwasabha and Ilam districts in the province at an altitude between 1,200 and 3,600 metres. Nepal is home to 33 species of the flower, and 31 of them are found in the province alone, experts claimed. They also bloom in Kaski, Myagdi, and Baglung districts in the west and Dadeldhura in the far-west. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The flower needs a temperature of 15-20 degree Celsius to bloom, which is the average temperature in the months of March and April in the middle and higher areas of the Himalayas, say experts. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Besides its beauty, the flower is used for various purposes like offering to god and goddess, and making medicinal herbs, pickle and alcohol. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">It has been attracting not only the nature lovers, but also religious followers and researchers. It has also attracted the attention of the Ayurveda industries. Ayurveda industries have been making medicinal herbs with the flowers. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Climate change is blamed for the flowers not blooming this year, said Dipendra Pokharel, warden of the Kanchenjunga Conservation Area. Unlike in the past, substantial rainfall did not take place between mid-September, 2022 and third weeks of April, 2023. Snow also did not fall in the mountainous areas. As a result, mountains have turned into black rocks, and snow is rapidly melting, he said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">A lack of rainfall and snowfall has had its impact on the biological diversity, he said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Botanist Bijaya Panta, who teaches at the Central Department of Botany, the Tribhuvan University, blamed lowering water level under the soil for the flowers not blooming this year. "Dryness has affected the flowers. They need water to bloom. But, substantial rainfall did not occur this year," she said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Microorganism and fungi halt the process of making the soil fertile and moist without water. So, the buds cannot bloom, she said. There are many other factors like climate change for this, she added. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Being concerned about the depletion of rhododendron forests in the area, the locals and the concerned authorities have rolled up their sleeves to conserve them. The forests spanning 8,874 hectares of land in the TMJ have been depleting due to construction works, unchecked use of forest products and overgrazing, shared the locals. The TMJ area was declared a rhododendron conservation area in 1998. According to the Department of Forests and Soil Conservation, the flowers spread across 691,596 hectares of forestland across the country. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Department had prepared an action plan for the conservation of rhododendron species, according to government officials. Under the plan, the flower habitat will be identified, pastures managed and flower saplings planted in forests in five years. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Officials at the Division Forest Office in Terhathum district said the Office had launched various programmes to create awareness about the conservation of the flowers and the forests. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Efforts to conserve the flowers are underway with financial assistances from the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, said the authorities concerned. -- RSS </span></span></span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-24', 'modified' => '2023-04-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17390', 'image' => '20230424035220_HB_KTM_LALIGUNANS.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-24 15:51:04', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17655', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Industrialists of Birgunj reach Federal Ministry with their Problems', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 24: The industrialists of Bara-Parsa have urged the government to declare the Birgunj-Pathlaiya corridor as an “Industrial Corridor”.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">April 24: The industrialists of Bara-Parsa have urged the government to declare the Birgunj-Pathlaiya corridor as an “Industrial Corridor”. They made such a request to Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Ramesh Rijal in the federal capital Kathmandu on Sunday. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Industrialists reached the federal capital with their problems and suggestions to solve those problems. Anil Kumar Agrawal, president of the Birgunj Chamber of Commerce, said that the industrial establishments have been deprived of the facilities provided by the government due to the lack of declaration of the corridor.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">“Therefore, we demand that the government declare the corridor immediately,” he said. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Minister Rijal said that the government is ready to make the largest Bara-Parsa Corridor an industrial corridor with standards and assured that the process will be carried out by fast track. During the discussion with the minister and departmental heads, the necessary process to create the corridor was also discussed.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Agrawal claimed that despite the physical infrastructure such as the first dry port and integrated check post in this area, it is difficult to attract investments due to the lack of declaration of industrial corridor. The industrialists complained to the minister that the local governments are forcing them to pay property tax.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Collaboration will also be done to control Sirsia River pollution, which has been the cause of disputes between the industry and locals of the corridor for the past four decades. The officials of the chamber complained that the industry is punished in the name of pollution control. They also drew the government's attention to the management of waste water coming out of the industries.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The demand for industrial drain, water treatment plant and dumping site was put forward by industrialists. Madhav Rajpal, vice president of the chamber, said that it was suggested that the pollution control campaign of the Sirsia river flowing through the corridor should also be carried out in this package.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">To control the pollution of the Sirsia River, cooperation between the local government and the private sector is needed and the Ministry of Industry will facilitate the detailed study process for that.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">As the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) constructed in Bara's Simara failed to operated properly, the chamber demand that the rent of land in SEZ should be reduced, the mandatory export regulations should be removed. They also demanded more land management for new industries in Bara Parsa area.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The industrialists demanded that the customs duty of Rs 1,000 per ton, which is currently charged for the import of raw material of cement, should be reduced to Rs 100.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Similarly, in a meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Narayankaji Shrestha, the industrialists expressed their displeasure over the removal of the Industrial Security Force of the Armed Police for security arrangements in industrial establishments.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Hari Gautam, the senior vice-president who accompanied the delegation said, “With the abolition of the Industrial Security Force, security-related problems have increased. As the local administration has to run the overall administration of the district, industrial safety is not a priority for them. It is necessary to re-establish the Industrial Security Force.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The industrialists also complained that the Nepal Electricity Authority has been cutting power for 8/9 hours daily without notice and this affected the production of the industries. They have demanded to arrange regular electricity supply.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""> </span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-24', 'modified' => '2023-04-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17389', 'image' => '20230424023009_1682296241.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-24 14:29:28', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17654', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => '382 Proposals Submitted for Start-up Loans', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 24: A substantial number of proposals has been submitted for concessional loans announced by the government to help start-up enterprises.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">April 24: A substantial number of proposals has been submitted for concessional loans announced by the government to help start-up enterprises. In the last three days for submission of proposals, a significant number of applications have been received for start-up enterprise loans. A total of 382 proposals have been submitted to avail this loan.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">The Department of Industry had given 21 days’ time to submit the project proposals for start-up loan. Within 18 days after issuing the notice, only 84 proposals were received. Ramila Bhandari, director and information officer of the department, said that 298 applications were received in the next three. According to her, a total of 382 start-ups have applied for this loan.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">In the first phase of the program, the government is planning to provide start-up enterprise loans to 100 people. </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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">"The department is currently evaluating and analyzing the project proposals," she said, adding, "Sectoral analysis has not been done yet." The department has announced that it will provide such loans for start-up enterprises in 14 different regions.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">Preliminary analysis has shown that more projects have come in agriculture and software. The Department of Industries had issued a 21-day notice to submit projects for start-up enterprise loans on March 30. The deadline for submission of project proposals was till April 19.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">The department asked for proposals to help those who want to start such a venture after the government introduced the 'Start-up Business Loan Disbursement Procedure-2079'.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">According to the procedure, such loans will be available for start-up ventures in 14 different areas. Loans will be available for start-up enterprises in the fields of agriculture and livestock, forestry (herbs, forest produce), tourism promotion and entertainment and hospitality, science, technology, communication and information technology, and human health services.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">Similarly, projects related to education, safe transportation services, infrastructure construction, automobiles, traditional technology, mining and mineral research and development, helping to make household or daily life simple, convenient and safe, and projects related to food production and processing and waste management and environment can avail such loans.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">The procedure allows granting a maximum loan of Rs 2.5 million by keeping the project mortgage. This time, the department plans to provide such loans to a maximum of 100 people. According to the procedure, the loan will be available in two installments. Fifty percent loan will be provided in the first installment and the second installment after six months.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-24', 'modified' => '2023-04-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17388', 'image' => '20230424010252_startup.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-24 13:02:16', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17653', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Dr Swarnim Wagle Leads Vote Count with over 9000 Votes while others Struggle to get 100 Votes', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 24: Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) candidate Dr Swornim Wagle is leading the vote count by a wide margin in Tanahun constituency 1 in the by-election held on Sunday (April 23).', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">April 24: Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) candidate Dr Swornim Wagle is leading the vote count by a wide margin in Tanahun constituency 1 in the by-election held on Sunday (April 23).</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Counting of votes is currently underway in Tanahun-1 under the by-election held to elect new members of the House of Representatives to fill the vacant posts. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to the latest results of the vote count released by the Election Commission, Dr Wagle is leading with 9,201 votes.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">His nearest rival – Nepali Congress candidate Govinda Bhattarai – is a distant second with 4,214 votes while CPN UML's Sarbendra Khanal has garnered 2,430 votes.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The other six candidates have not even received 100 votes. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to the latest update of the by-election, Prem Bahadur Thapa of Mongol National Organization has got 99 votes.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Similarly, Shobha Gurung of Rashtriya Prajatantra Party received 39 votes, Bhim Bahadur Sunar of Nagarik Unmukti Party bagged 31 votes, followed by Purna Bahadur Rana of Rashtriya Janamukti Party with 15 votes, Ram Prasad Prajapati of Nepal Workers and Peasants Party with 7 votes and Ganesh Shrestha of Nepal Communist Party (Socialist) with only 2 votes.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">A total of 63,757 votes were cast in 42 wards of the Tanahu constituency-1. 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', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 25: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Sudan Kirati, has said it has not been confirmed yet that the Flydubai airplane suffered a bird strike during its takeoff from Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) on Monday night. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The aircraft carrying 167 passengers had reportedly caught fire on one of its engines soon after its takeoff from TIA due to a bird strike. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Flububai had stated that its aircraft experienced a bird strike during takeoff from Kathmandu and continued the journey towards its destination after determining that the engine was within the normal operating parameters. The aircraft landed safely at Dubai International Airport three hours later, according to Flydubai. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Initially, the aircraft was held over the skies in Dhading for sometimes but proceeded to the destination with the assessment that all indicators were normal. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Meanwhile, the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) said it has not been confirmed yet that the Boeing 737-800 of Flydubai experienced a bird strike. CAAN Spokesperson Jagannath Niraula said during an inspection of the airport that it could not be established that the aircraft was hit by a bird.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Flydubai is not registered in Nepal and CAAN is not authorized for investing the matter. It will facilitate the investigation procedures to be carried out by the respective country, CAAN said. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-25', 'modified' => '2023-04-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17401', 'image' => '20230425040437_download.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-25 16:03:53', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17666', 'article_category_id' => '266', 'title' => 'Nabil Bank Launches Lifetime Free Credit Card ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Nabil Bank, a leading financial services provider, has announced the launch of a new lifetime free credit card for the first time in Nepal to its customers.', 'content' => '<p><br /> <span style="font-size:20px">April 25: Nabil Bank, a leading financial services provider, has announced the launch of a new lifetime free credit card for the first time in Nepal to its customers. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">The new credit card is designed to provide cardholders with a host of benefits, without any annual fees or hidden charges. The Nabil Lifetime Free Credit Card offers a range of benefits, including no annual fee, no joining fee and no renewal fee. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">According to the bank, customers can enjoy the convenience of making purchases, paying bills, and withdrawing cash, all without worrying about any fees or charges with this card.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">“We are excited to launch our lifetime free credit card, which is designed to provide our customers with an unmatched experience,” said Chandani Shrestha, Head-Retail Lending Unit.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">“We believe that everyone should have access to credit, and with our new card, we are making it easier and more affordable than ever,” she added. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">The lifetime free credit card is available to new and existing account holders of Nabil Bank. To apply for the card, customers can visit Nabil Bank's website or contact any of 256 branches across the country. The offer is valid till Baisakh 31, 2080 only, according to the bank. </span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-25', 'modified' => '2023-04-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17400', 'image' => '20230425034522_collage.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-25 15:43:13', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '42' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17665', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Rabi Lamichhane Elected MP from Chitwan-2 with over 54K Votes', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 25: Rabi Lamichhane, the candidate of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), has won the by-election for the member of the House of Representatives in Chitwan-2 with 54,176 votes.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">April 25: Rabi Lamichhane, the candidate of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), has won the by-election for the member of the House of Representatives in Chitwan-2 with 54,176 votes.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">He has got almost 5000 more votes than in the last election held on November 20. During the general election, he had secured 49,300 votes.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, 67.63 votes were cast in November. This time, 62.77 percent votes have fallen. Despite less voter turnout, Lamichhane got about 10 percent more votes.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Jit Narayan Shrestha of Nepali Congress was a distant second with 11,214 votes while Ram Prasad Neupane of CPN UML got 10,936 votes.</span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-25', 'modified' => '2023-04-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17399', 'image' => '20230425034042_1682404530.Rabi 11.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-25 15:40:01', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17664', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'KMC Orders to Remove Unsystematic Cables within 15 Days ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 25: The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has given a 15-day ultimatum to the bodies concerned for removing electric, telephone and internet wires placed haphazardly along the streets. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 25: The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has given a 15-day ultimatum to the bodies concerned for removing electric, telephone and internet wires placed haphazardly along the streets. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Issuing a press statement on Tuesday, the local government said unorganized cables have their implications on the beauty of the city, cause obstructions in public movement and create risk of fire. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">If the order is not implemented on time, the local government warned it would remove them on its own. The KMC said it is sensitive towards the possible risks from the unorganized cables and has already sit for talks with suppliers of electricity, telephone, internet and cable services at different times with the call to remove the wires, but the problem remains as it is. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-25', 'modified' => '2023-04-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17398', 'image' => '20230425021257_20221221014959_Untitled.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-25 14:12:18', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17663', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Over 9,000 Government Employees Fail to Submit Property Details ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 25: As per law, government employees need to submit property details within 60 days of every fiscal year. The Corruption Prevention Act, 2059 has such a provision. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 25: As per law, government employees need to submit property details within 60 days of every fiscal year. The Corruption Prevention Act, 2059 has such a provision. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">However, the legal provision has been flouted by more than nine thousand government employees in the fiscal year, 2078/79. A total of 9,590 government employees failed to submit property details in the last fiscal year, according to the National Vigilance Centre. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Among the violators, 6,646 are the federal level employees, while 1,917 are from local levels. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The National Vigilance Centre has written to the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) to fine Rs 5,000 on each of those employee who violated the rule. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif""> Even around 1,158 school teachers have not submitted property details to the government, while 113 Nepal Police personnel also fall in the list. Similarly, 1,922 people who got political appointments and those working on contract basis also violated the rule. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Details on this topic were shared by the National Vigilance Centre on Monday. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-25', 'modified' => '2023-04-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17397', 'image' => '20230425085731_image_750x_5c520b2025a48.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-25 08:53:09', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17662', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Base Rate of Banks Declines, Interest Rate on Loans Likely to Drop', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 25: The base rate of commercial banks has decreased in the third quarter of the current fiscal year (FY 2022/23).', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">April 25: The base rate of commercial banks has decreased in the third quarter of the current fiscal year (FY 2022/23). During this period, the cost of capital in banks has decreased due to the reduction in the interest rate on deposits while the base rate has also decreased after the spread rate was adjusted according to the instructions of Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB). As a result, bank loans are expected to be cheaper.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to the unaudited financial statements published by the banks, the average base rate of commercial banks has remained at 10.53 percent in mid-March to mid-April. During the same period last year, the average base rate of banks was 9.04 percent but increased to 10.80 percent in January of the current fiscal year.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Due to the lack of liquidity, the interest rates which have been continuously increased by the banks have started to decrease since February. In mid-December to mid-January, the interest rate on deposits of commercial banks had reached as high as 12.33 percent. Since mid-April, commercial banks have kept the interest on deposit at single digit (9.99 percent).</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">When the industrialists began to protest against the interest rate, banks were under pressure to reduce the interest rate. The finance minister and prime minister also separately discussed the issue of reduction of interest rates with the bankers. Meanwhile, it has become easy for the banks to reduce the interest due to the ease in liquidity situation in recent times.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Through the first quarter review of the current year's monetary policy, the central bank instructed the commercial banks to maintain the spread rate at 4.2 percent from mid-March and 4 percent from mid-June. Banks reduced the interest rate to maintain the spread rate.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">In order to regulate the interest rate on loans, the central bank has introduced the provision of base rate and implemented it through the monetary policy of the fiscal year 2011/12. Banks have implemented this provision since 2012 and in development banks and finance companies from 2013.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to the basic rate determination procedure, banks and financial institutions can set the base rate by adding 0.75 percent return to their cost. Banks have to calculate the base rate monthly and submit it to the central bank within 7 days of the end of each month and publish it on the website.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Even when banks publish the interest on loan, they implement a system of adding a certain percentage premium to the base rate. According to this arrangement, there is a provision that if the average base rate of the bank decreases in every quarter, the interest on loan will automatically decrease and if it increases, it will automatically increase.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">At present, commercial banks add a maximum of 5 percent premium to the base rate while determining the interest rate on loans. There is a provision that the premium specified in the loan agreement cannot be changed.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-25', 'modified' => '2023-04-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17396', 'image' => '20230425084846_Banks - Copy.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-25 08:47:09', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17660', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'RSP's Dr Wagle Wins By-Election in Tanahun-1 ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 25: Rastriya Swatantra Party's candidate Dr Swarnim Wagle has been elected the member of House of Representatives (HoR) from constituency -1 of Tanahun district by securing 34,911 votes in the by-election ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 25: Rastriya Swatantra Party's candidate Dr Swarnim Wagle has been elected the member of House of Representatives (HoR) from constituency -1 of Tanahun district by securing 34,911 votes in the by-election. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">His nearest rival Govinda Bhattarai of the Nepali Congress collected 20, 122 votes, while CPN UML candidate Sarbendra Khanal got 8,488 votes, according to assistant election officer, Min Bahadur Kunwar. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Similarly, the vote count result showed Rastriya Prajanatra Party's candidate Shova Gurung received 218 votes, Bhim Bahadur Sunar of Nagarik Unmukti Party 99 votes, NWPP's Ram Prasad Prajapati 31 votes, Prem Bahadur Thapa of Mongol National Organization 166 votes, Purna Bahadur Rana of Rastriya Janamukti Party 87 votes and Ganesh Shrestha of CPN Unified Socialist 5 votes. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">A total of 65,316 votes were cast in the by-election while 64,135 votes were valid. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The by-election for HoR member was held in Tanahun-1 on April 23 after the HoR member post here was lying vacant following the election of HoR member and leader of Nepali Congress Ram Chandra Paudel as the country’s president. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-25', 'modified' => '2023-04-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17395', 'image' => '20230425082141_KN-DAMAULI.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-25 08:19:33', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17659', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Flydubai Plane Narrowly Escapes Fatal Accident ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 24: A Flydubai plane, which took off from Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) on Monday evening, narrowly escaped a fatal accident. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 24: A Flydubai plane, which took off from Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) on Monday evening, narrowly escaped a fatal accident. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The aircraft had witnessed some technical glitches in its engine minutes after take off from the TIA. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to TIA General Manager Pratap Babu Tiwari, the plane is heading to its destination now. After the technical issues in the plane, the plane was asked to remain in hold for five to seven minutes in the sky over Dharke area of Dhading at an altitude of 21,00ft. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">However, the plane headed to its destination following a communication between the pilots and ATC of the TIA, General Manager Tiwari said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">It is said that both the engines of the plane have resumed functioning well now. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The plane was carried 167 passengers, the TIA said. -- RSS </span></span></span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-24', 'modified' => '2023-04-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17394', 'image' => '20230424111118_flydubai7378.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-24 23:10:28', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17661', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'RSP's Lamichhane Leads Vote Count in Chitwan-2 with Wide Margin ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 25: Rastriya Swatantra Party's candidate Rabi Lamichhane has been leading the vote count with wide margin in the by-election in Chitwan constituency-2. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 25: Rastriya Swatantra Party's candidate Rabi Lamichhane has been leading the vote count with wide margin in the by-election in Chitwan constituency-2. So far, he has received 40,069 votes while his nearest contender Jit Narayan Shrestha of Nepali Congress is a distant second with 7,457 votes and CPN UML candidate Ram Prasad Neupane is third with 7,268. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">At total of 56,496 votes have been counted so far, said assistant election officer at the Office of Chief Returning Officer in Bharatpur, Ishwor Acharya. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">So far, 870 votes have been invalid. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-25', 'modified' => '2023-04-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17393', 'image' => '20230425082743_NA_Chitwan-IMG_1807.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-25 08:27:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17658', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Transport Minister Pledges to Remove Legal Hurdles in Operation of Locally-Manufactured Vehicles ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 24: Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport, Prakash Jwala, has pledged to take prompt initiations to remove legal hurdles for the operation of vehicles manufactured within the country. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 24: Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport, Prakash Jwala, has pledged to take prompt initiations to remove legal hurdles for the operation of vehicles manufactured within the country. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The minister on Monday instructed employees of subordinate bodies and bodies concerned for procedural revisions to sort out legal complexities in regard with operation of home-manufactured vehicles. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">He said that the issue will be sorted out within a couple of days and the government is committed to promoting locally-produced vehicles. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">It may be noted that motor vehicles manufactured within the country have been facing legal hurdles for the registration and operation since a long time. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-24', 'modified' => '2023-04-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17392', 'image' => '20230424062059_KB-KTM-0U3A0120.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-24 18:20:19', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17657', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Nepal urges ADB to Invest in Productive Sector', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 24: Government authorities of Nepal have urged the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to invest in projects which are productive and capable of creating jobs. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 24: Government authorities of Nepal have urged the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to invest in projects which are productive and capable of creating jobs. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">National Planning Commission (NPC)’s Vice Chair Dr Min Bahadur Shrestha made such a request during a meeting with ADB Country Director Arnaud Cauchois at Singha Durbar on Monday. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">During the occasion, the NPC vice chair insisted on the need for increasing investment in the productive sector and employment-oriented projects in Nepal. He also thanked the regional bank for its support to Nepal's development endeavors, expressing his hope for the continuity of the ADB assistance in the days to come. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">During the meeting, the two discussed about the cooperation between the NPC and the ADB and the ADB-funded projects in Nepal. The ADB country director apprised the NPC Vice Chair that a 'portfolio review' of ADB investment in Nepal has improved. He added that the ADB is ready to invest in new projects launched by the government. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The ADB's investment in Nepal is equivalent to USD 3.2 billion. As of the year 2022, the ADB has invested in energy, transport, agriculture, drinking water, urban development, service, rural development, health and education sectors and in the natural resources. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">It has invested in various projects including Melamchi Water Supply Project, Gautam Buddha International Airport and Upper Trishuli Hydropower Project. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Last year, the ADB had provided a loan equivalent to USD 255 million to Nepal. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">During the portfolio review meeting, the ADB also awarded Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Project, Bagmati River Basin Improvement Project, Rural Enterprise Financing Project and Electricity Transmission and Distribution Efficiency Enhancement Project. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""> </span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-24', 'modified' => '2023-04-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17391', 'image' => '20230424053158_ADB.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-24 17:31:23', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17656', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Rhododendrons not Flowering at Regular Time Interval Sounds Alarm Bells ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 24: It gives a sigh of relief to the pilgrims and tourists upon reaching the Pathibhara Devi Temple in Taplejung, one of the holy shrines of the country, through a hardship-filled journey.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 24: It gives a sigh of relief to the pilgrims and tourists upon reaching the Pathibhara Devi Temple in Taplejung, one of the holy shrines of the country, through a hardship-filled journey. Pilgrims and devotees have a belief that one’s wishes get fulfilled by worshipping at the temple. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">It takes around six hours to reach the temple located at an elevation of 3,794 metres from Phungling, the district headquarters. One has to take two hour’s drive from Phungling bazaar to Kafle Pati and then walk for around four hours from Kafle Pati through Tinjure, Chauki and Mangalbare, Lampokhari, and Gufa Pokhari to reach the shrine. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The journey to the holy place is much exciting and fun-filled when the rhododendron forests is in full bloom during the spring season.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Tinjure-Milke-Jaljale (TMJ) area is known as the capital of rhododendron flower. The beautiful sceneries are one of the major attractions for tourists. The national flower of Nepal generally blooms in the spring season (March-May). The flowers bloom to the fullest during the Nepali months of Chaitra and Baisakh (March-April). </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">However, to the surprise and worry of concerned authorities and the locals, the flowers did not bloom this year, thanks to many factors such as climate change, say researchers. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Phul Maya Limbu of Sidingwa Rural Municipality-4 had planned to visit the temple for worship. Her excitement about the journey was fuelled by rhododendron blooming along the way. As per her plan, she set out for the journey on Wednesday. She had a plan to enjoy along the way lined with rhododendron flowers blooming, and taking pictures with the flowers. But, to get her utter dismay, she did not get to see rhododendron flowers bloom this year. Why the flower did not bloom this year? she wondered. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Shiva Yadav from Saptari district had also expected to see the flowers bloom this year while on the way to the temple. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">In the previous years, a large number of prilgrims visited the temple being lured by the flowers blooming, said Manmani Kafle, executive director of the Pathibhara Area Development Committee. Out of 32 species of the flower found in Nepal, Pathibhara area is home to 26, said Kafle. Besides the rare Red Panda, other animals including black bears, deer, Himalayan thar and birds including spiny babbler, lophura leucomelanos, and the country's national bird, lophophorus are found in the area. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Pathibhara is located in Koshi Province. The province is home to over 30 species of the flower that come in different colours including red, pink, yellow, maroon and light white. Different species of the flower found in the area include 'Sunpati', 'Rato Chimal', 'Chiyaphule', 'Green Chimal', 'Yellow Chimal', 'Junge Chimal', 'Sano Chimal', 'Lahare Chimal', 'Korling', 'Chimal', and 'Theki Jhar'. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The flowers are found in Taplejung, Terhathum, Sankhuwasabha and Ilam districts in the province at an altitude between 1,200 and 3,600 metres. Nepal is home to 33 species of the flower, and 31 of them are found in the province alone, experts claimed. They also bloom in Kaski, Myagdi, and Baglung districts in the west and Dadeldhura in the far-west. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The flower needs a temperature of 15-20 degree Celsius to bloom, which is the average temperature in the months of March and April in the middle and higher areas of the Himalayas, say experts. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Besides its beauty, the flower is used for various purposes like offering to god and goddess, and making medicinal herbs, pickle and alcohol. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">It has been attracting not only the nature lovers, but also religious followers and researchers. It has also attracted the attention of the Ayurveda industries. Ayurveda industries have been making medicinal herbs with the flowers. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Climate change is blamed for the flowers not blooming this year, said Dipendra Pokharel, warden of the Kanchenjunga Conservation Area. Unlike in the past, substantial rainfall did not take place between mid-September, 2022 and third weeks of April, 2023. Snow also did not fall in the mountainous areas. As a result, mountains have turned into black rocks, and snow is rapidly melting, he said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">A lack of rainfall and snowfall has had its impact on the biological diversity, he said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Botanist Bijaya Panta, who teaches at the Central Department of Botany, the Tribhuvan University, blamed lowering water level under the soil for the flowers not blooming this year. "Dryness has affected the flowers. They need water to bloom. But, substantial rainfall did not occur this year," she said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Microorganism and fungi halt the process of making the soil fertile and moist without water. So, the buds cannot bloom, she said. There are many other factors like climate change for this, she added. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Being concerned about the depletion of rhododendron forests in the area, the locals and the concerned authorities have rolled up their sleeves to conserve them. The forests spanning 8,874 hectares of land in the TMJ have been depleting due to construction works, unchecked use of forest products and overgrazing, shared the locals. The TMJ area was declared a rhododendron conservation area in 1998. According to the Department of Forests and Soil Conservation, the flowers spread across 691,596 hectares of forestland across the country. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Department had prepared an action plan for the conservation of rhododendron species, according to government officials. Under the plan, the flower habitat will be identified, pastures managed and flower saplings planted in forests in five years. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Officials at the Division Forest Office in Terhathum district said the Office had launched various programmes to create awareness about the conservation of the flowers and the forests. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Efforts to conserve the flowers are underway with financial assistances from the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, said the authorities concerned. -- RSS </span></span></span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-24', 'modified' => '2023-04-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17390', 'image' => '20230424035220_HB_KTM_LALIGUNANS.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-24 15:51:04', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17655', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Industrialists of Birgunj reach Federal Ministry with their Problems', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 24: The industrialists of Bara-Parsa have urged the government to declare the Birgunj-Pathlaiya corridor as an “Industrial Corridor”.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">April 24: The industrialists of Bara-Parsa have urged the government to declare the Birgunj-Pathlaiya corridor as an “Industrial Corridor”. They made such a request to Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Ramesh Rijal in the federal capital Kathmandu on Sunday. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Industrialists reached the federal capital with their problems and suggestions to solve those problems. Anil Kumar Agrawal, president of the Birgunj Chamber of Commerce, said that the industrial establishments have been deprived of the facilities provided by the government due to the lack of declaration of the corridor.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">“Therefore, we demand that the government declare the corridor immediately,” he said. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Minister Rijal said that the government is ready to make the largest Bara-Parsa Corridor an industrial corridor with standards and assured that the process will be carried out by fast track. During the discussion with the minister and departmental heads, the necessary process to create the corridor was also discussed.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Agrawal claimed that despite the physical infrastructure such as the first dry port and integrated check post in this area, it is difficult to attract investments due to the lack of declaration of industrial corridor. The industrialists complained to the minister that the local governments are forcing them to pay property tax.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Collaboration will also be done to control Sirsia River pollution, which has been the cause of disputes between the industry and locals of the corridor for the past four decades. The officials of the chamber complained that the industry is punished in the name of pollution control. They also drew the government's attention to the management of waste water coming out of the industries.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The demand for industrial drain, water treatment plant and dumping site was put forward by industrialists. Madhav Rajpal, vice president of the chamber, said that it was suggested that the pollution control campaign of the Sirsia river flowing through the corridor should also be carried out in this package.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">To control the pollution of the Sirsia River, cooperation between the local government and the private sector is needed and the Ministry of Industry will facilitate the detailed study process for that.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">As the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) constructed in Bara's Simara failed to operated properly, the chamber demand that the rent of land in SEZ should be reduced, the mandatory export regulations should be removed. They also demanded more land management for new industries in Bara Parsa area.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The industrialists demanded that the customs duty of Rs 1,000 per ton, which is currently charged for the import of raw material of cement, should be reduced to Rs 100.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Similarly, in a meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Narayankaji Shrestha, the industrialists expressed their displeasure over the removal of the Industrial Security Force of the Armed Police for security arrangements in industrial establishments.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Hari Gautam, the senior vice-president who accompanied the delegation said, “With the abolition of the Industrial Security Force, security-related problems have increased. As the local administration has to run the overall administration of the district, industrial safety is not a priority for them. It is necessary to re-establish the Industrial Security Force.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The industrialists also complained that the Nepal Electricity Authority has been cutting power for 8/9 hours daily without notice and this affected the production of the industries. They have demanded to arrange regular electricity supply.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""> </span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-24', 'modified' => '2023-04-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17389', 'image' => '20230424023009_1682296241.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-24 14:29:28', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17654', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => '382 Proposals Submitted for Start-up Loans', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 24: A substantial number of proposals has been submitted for concessional loans announced by the government to help start-up enterprises.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">April 24: A substantial number of proposals has been submitted for concessional loans announced by the government to help start-up enterprises. In the last three days for submission of proposals, a significant number of applications have been received for start-up enterprise loans. A total of 382 proposals have been submitted to avail this loan.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">The Department of Industry had given 21 days’ time to submit the project proposals for start-up loan. Within 18 days after issuing the notice, only 84 proposals were received. Ramila Bhandari, director and information officer of the department, said that 298 applications were received in the next three. According to her, a total of 382 start-ups have applied for this loan.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">In the first phase of the program, the government is planning to provide start-up enterprise loans to 100 people. </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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">"The department is currently evaluating and analyzing the project proposals," she said, adding, "Sectoral analysis has not been done yet." The department has announced that it will provide such loans for start-up enterprises in 14 different regions.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">Preliminary analysis has shown that more projects have come in agriculture and software. The Department of Industries had issued a 21-day notice to submit projects for start-up enterprise loans on March 30. The deadline for submission of project proposals was till April 19.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">The department asked for proposals to help those who want to start such a venture after the government introduced the 'Start-up Business Loan Disbursement Procedure-2079'.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">According to the procedure, such loans will be available for start-up ventures in 14 different areas. Loans will be available for start-up enterprises in the fields of agriculture and livestock, forestry (herbs, forest produce), tourism promotion and entertainment and hospitality, science, technology, communication and information technology, and human health services.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">Similarly, projects related to education, safe transportation services, infrastructure construction, automobiles, traditional technology, mining and mineral research and development, helping to make household or daily life simple, convenient and safe, and projects related to food production and processing and waste management and environment can avail such loans.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">The procedure allows granting a maximum loan of Rs 2.5 million by keeping the project mortgage. This time, the department plans to provide such loans to a maximum of 100 people. According to the procedure, the loan will be available in two installments. Fifty percent loan will be provided in the first installment and the second installment after six months.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-24', 'modified' => '2023-04-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17388', 'image' => '20230424010252_startup.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-24 13:02:16', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17653', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Dr Swarnim Wagle Leads Vote Count with over 9000 Votes while others Struggle to get 100 Votes', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 24: Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) candidate Dr Swornim Wagle is leading the vote count by a wide margin in Tanahun constituency 1 in the by-election held on Sunday (April 23).', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">April 24: Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) candidate Dr Swornim Wagle is leading the vote count by a wide margin in Tanahun constituency 1 in the by-election held on Sunday (April 23).</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Counting of votes is currently underway in Tanahun-1 under the by-election held to elect new members of the House of Representatives to fill the vacant posts. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to the latest results of the vote count released by the Election Commission, Dr Wagle is leading with 9,201 votes.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">His nearest rival – Nepali Congress candidate Govinda Bhattarai – is a distant second with 4,214 votes while CPN UML's Sarbendra Khanal has garnered 2,430 votes.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The other six candidates have not even received 100 votes. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to the latest update of the by-election, Prem Bahadur Thapa of Mongol National Organization has got 99 votes.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Similarly, Shobha Gurung of Rashtriya Prajatantra Party received 39 votes, Bhim Bahadur Sunar of Nagarik Unmukti Party bagged 31 votes, followed by Purna Bahadur Rana of Rashtriya Janamukti Party with 15 votes, Ram Prasad Prajapati of Nepal Workers and Peasants Party with 7 votes and Ganesh Shrestha of Nepal Communist Party (Socialist) with only 2 votes.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">A total of 63,757 votes were cast in 42 wards of the Tanahu constituency-1. Vote counting is being held in two places. The Election Commission is scheduled to announce the results by April 25.</span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-24', 'modified' => '2023-04-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17387', 'image' => '20230424113445_1682310077.Tanahu.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-24 11:34:09', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ) ) $current_user = null $logged_in = false $xml = falseinclude - APP/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp, line 133 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::_renderElement() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 1224 View::element() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 418 include - APP/View/Articles/index.ctp, line 157 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473 Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 968 Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 200 Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167 [main] - APP/webroot/index.php, line 117
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', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 25: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Sudan Kirati, has said it has not been confirmed yet that the Flydubai airplane suffered a bird strike during its takeoff from Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) on Monday night. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The aircraft carrying 167 passengers had reportedly caught fire on one of its engines soon after its takeoff from TIA due to a bird strike. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Flububai had stated that its aircraft experienced a bird strike during takeoff from Kathmandu and continued the journey towards its destination after determining that the engine was within the normal operating parameters. The aircraft landed safely at Dubai International Airport three hours later, according to Flydubai. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Initially, the aircraft was held over the skies in Dhading for sometimes but proceeded to the destination with the assessment that all indicators were normal. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Meanwhile, the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) said it has not been confirmed yet that the Boeing 737-800 of Flydubai experienced a bird strike. CAAN Spokesperson Jagannath Niraula said during an inspection of the airport that it could not be established that the aircraft was hit by a bird.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Flydubai is not registered in Nepal and CAAN is not authorized for investing the matter. It will facilitate the investigation procedures to be carried out by the respective country, CAAN said. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-25', 'modified' => '2023-04-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17401', 'image' => '20230425040437_download.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-25 16:03:53', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17666', 'article_category_id' => '266', 'title' => 'Nabil Bank Launches Lifetime Free Credit Card ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Nabil Bank, a leading financial services provider, has announced the launch of a new lifetime free credit card for the first time in Nepal to its customers.', 'content' => '<p><br /> <span style="font-size:20px">April 25: Nabil Bank, a leading financial services provider, has announced the launch of a new lifetime free credit card for the first time in Nepal to its customers. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">The new credit card is designed to provide cardholders with a host of benefits, without any annual fees or hidden charges. The Nabil Lifetime Free Credit Card offers a range of benefits, including no annual fee, no joining fee and no renewal fee. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">According to the bank, customers can enjoy the convenience of making purchases, paying bills, and withdrawing cash, all without worrying about any fees or charges with this card.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">“We are excited to launch our lifetime free credit card, which is designed to provide our customers with an unmatched experience,” said Chandani Shrestha, Head-Retail Lending Unit.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">“We believe that everyone should have access to credit, and with our new card, we are making it easier and more affordable than ever,” she added. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">The lifetime free credit card is available to new and existing account holders of Nabil Bank. To apply for the card, customers can visit Nabil Bank's website or contact any of 256 branches across the country. The offer is valid till Baisakh 31, 2080 only, according to the bank. </span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-25', 'modified' => '2023-04-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17400', 'image' => '20230425034522_collage.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-25 15:43:13', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '42' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17665', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Rabi Lamichhane Elected MP from Chitwan-2 with over 54K Votes', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 25: Rabi Lamichhane, the candidate of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), has won the by-election for the member of the House of Representatives in Chitwan-2 with 54,176 votes.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">April 25: Rabi Lamichhane, the candidate of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), has won the by-election for the member of the House of Representatives in Chitwan-2 with 54,176 votes.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">He has got almost 5000 more votes than in the last election held on November 20. During the general election, he had secured 49,300 votes.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, 67.63 votes were cast in November. This time, 62.77 percent votes have fallen. Despite less voter turnout, Lamichhane got about 10 percent more votes.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Jit Narayan Shrestha of Nepali Congress was a distant second with 11,214 votes while Ram Prasad Neupane of CPN UML got 10,936 votes.</span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-25', 'modified' => '2023-04-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17399', 'image' => '20230425034042_1682404530.Rabi 11.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-25 15:40:01', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17664', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'KMC Orders to Remove Unsystematic Cables within 15 Days ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 25: The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has given a 15-day ultimatum to the bodies concerned for removing electric, telephone and internet wires placed haphazardly along the streets. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 25: The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has given a 15-day ultimatum to the bodies concerned for removing electric, telephone and internet wires placed haphazardly along the streets. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Issuing a press statement on Tuesday, the local government said unorganized cables have their implications on the beauty of the city, cause obstructions in public movement and create risk of fire. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">If the order is not implemented on time, the local government warned it would remove them on its own. The KMC said it is sensitive towards the possible risks from the unorganized cables and has already sit for talks with suppliers of electricity, telephone, internet and cable services at different times with the call to remove the wires, but the problem remains as it is. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-25', 'modified' => '2023-04-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17398', 'image' => '20230425021257_20221221014959_Untitled.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-25 14:12:18', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17663', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Over 9,000 Government Employees Fail to Submit Property Details ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 25: As per law, government employees need to submit property details within 60 days of every fiscal year. The Corruption Prevention Act, 2059 has such a provision. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 25: As per law, government employees need to submit property details within 60 days of every fiscal year. The Corruption Prevention Act, 2059 has such a provision. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">However, the legal provision has been flouted by more than nine thousand government employees in the fiscal year, 2078/79. A total of 9,590 government employees failed to submit property details in the last fiscal year, according to the National Vigilance Centre. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Among the violators, 6,646 are the federal level employees, while 1,917 are from local levels. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The National Vigilance Centre has written to the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) to fine Rs 5,000 on each of those employee who violated the rule. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif""> Even around 1,158 school teachers have not submitted property details to the government, while 113 Nepal Police personnel also fall in the list. Similarly, 1,922 people who got political appointments and those working on contract basis also violated the rule. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Details on this topic were shared by the National Vigilance Centre on Monday. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-25', 'modified' => '2023-04-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17397', 'image' => '20230425085731_image_750x_5c520b2025a48.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-25 08:53:09', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17662', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Base Rate of Banks Declines, Interest Rate on Loans Likely to Drop', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 25: The base rate of commercial banks has decreased in the third quarter of the current fiscal year (FY 2022/23).', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">April 25: The base rate of commercial banks has decreased in the third quarter of the current fiscal year (FY 2022/23). During this period, the cost of capital in banks has decreased due to the reduction in the interest rate on deposits while the base rate has also decreased after the spread rate was adjusted according to the instructions of Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB). As a result, bank loans are expected to be cheaper.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to the unaudited financial statements published by the banks, the average base rate of commercial banks has remained at 10.53 percent in mid-March to mid-April. During the same period last year, the average base rate of banks was 9.04 percent but increased to 10.80 percent in January of the current fiscal year.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Due to the lack of liquidity, the interest rates which have been continuously increased by the banks have started to decrease since February. In mid-December to mid-January, the interest rate on deposits of commercial banks had reached as high as 12.33 percent. Since mid-April, commercial banks have kept the interest on deposit at single digit (9.99 percent).</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">When the industrialists began to protest against the interest rate, banks were under pressure to reduce the interest rate. The finance minister and prime minister also separately discussed the issue of reduction of interest rates with the bankers. Meanwhile, it has become easy for the banks to reduce the interest due to the ease in liquidity situation in recent times.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Through the first quarter review of the current year's monetary policy, the central bank instructed the commercial banks to maintain the spread rate at 4.2 percent from mid-March and 4 percent from mid-June. Banks reduced the interest rate to maintain the spread rate.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">In order to regulate the interest rate on loans, the central bank has introduced the provision of base rate and implemented it through the monetary policy of the fiscal year 2011/12. Banks have implemented this provision since 2012 and in development banks and finance companies from 2013.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to the basic rate determination procedure, banks and financial institutions can set the base rate by adding 0.75 percent return to their cost. Banks have to calculate the base rate monthly and submit it to the central bank within 7 days of the end of each month and publish it on the website.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Even when banks publish the interest on loan, they implement a system of adding a certain percentage premium to the base rate. According to this arrangement, there is a provision that if the average base rate of the bank decreases in every quarter, the interest on loan will automatically decrease and if it increases, it will automatically increase.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">At present, commercial banks add a maximum of 5 percent premium to the base rate while determining the interest rate on loans. There is a provision that the premium specified in the loan agreement cannot be changed.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-25', 'modified' => '2023-04-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17396', 'image' => '20230425084846_Banks - Copy.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-25 08:47:09', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17660', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'RSP's Dr Wagle Wins By-Election in Tanahun-1 ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 25: Rastriya Swatantra Party's candidate Dr Swarnim Wagle has been elected the member of House of Representatives (HoR) from constituency -1 of Tanahun district by securing 34,911 votes in the by-election ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 25: Rastriya Swatantra Party's candidate Dr Swarnim Wagle has been elected the member of House of Representatives (HoR) from constituency -1 of Tanahun district by securing 34,911 votes in the by-election. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">His nearest rival Govinda Bhattarai of the Nepali Congress collected 20, 122 votes, while CPN UML candidate Sarbendra Khanal got 8,488 votes, according to assistant election officer, Min Bahadur Kunwar. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Similarly, the vote count result showed Rastriya Prajanatra Party's candidate Shova Gurung received 218 votes, Bhim Bahadur Sunar of Nagarik Unmukti Party 99 votes, NWPP's Ram Prasad Prajapati 31 votes, Prem Bahadur Thapa of Mongol National Organization 166 votes, Purna Bahadur Rana of Rastriya Janamukti Party 87 votes and Ganesh Shrestha of CPN Unified Socialist 5 votes. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">A total of 65,316 votes were cast in the by-election while 64,135 votes were valid. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The by-election for HoR member was held in Tanahun-1 on April 23 after the HoR member post here was lying vacant following the election of HoR member and leader of Nepali Congress Ram Chandra Paudel as the country’s president. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-25', 'modified' => '2023-04-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17395', 'image' => '20230425082141_KN-DAMAULI.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-25 08:19:33', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17659', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Flydubai Plane Narrowly Escapes Fatal Accident ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 24: A Flydubai plane, which took off from Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) on Monday evening, narrowly escaped a fatal accident. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 24: A Flydubai plane, which took off from Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) on Monday evening, narrowly escaped a fatal accident. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The aircraft had witnessed some technical glitches in its engine minutes after take off from the TIA. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to TIA General Manager Pratap Babu Tiwari, the plane is heading to its destination now. After the technical issues in the plane, the plane was asked to remain in hold for five to seven minutes in the sky over Dharke area of Dhading at an altitude of 21,00ft. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">However, the plane headed to its destination following a communication between the pilots and ATC of the TIA, General Manager Tiwari said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">It is said that both the engines of the plane have resumed functioning well now. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The plane was carried 167 passengers, the TIA said. -- RSS </span></span></span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-24', 'modified' => '2023-04-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17394', 'image' => '20230424111118_flydubai7378.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-24 23:10:28', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17661', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'RSP's Lamichhane Leads Vote Count in Chitwan-2 with Wide Margin ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 25: Rastriya Swatantra Party's candidate Rabi Lamichhane has been leading the vote count with wide margin in the by-election in Chitwan constituency-2. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 25: Rastriya Swatantra Party's candidate Rabi Lamichhane has been leading the vote count with wide margin in the by-election in Chitwan constituency-2. So far, he has received 40,069 votes while his nearest contender Jit Narayan Shrestha of Nepali Congress is a distant second with 7,457 votes and CPN UML candidate Ram Prasad Neupane is third with 7,268. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">At total of 56,496 votes have been counted so far, said assistant election officer at the Office of Chief Returning Officer in Bharatpur, Ishwor Acharya. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">So far, 870 votes have been invalid. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-25', 'modified' => '2023-04-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17393', 'image' => '20230425082743_NA_Chitwan-IMG_1807.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-25 08:27:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17658', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Transport Minister Pledges to Remove Legal Hurdles in Operation of Locally-Manufactured Vehicles ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 24: Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport, Prakash Jwala, has pledged to take prompt initiations to remove legal hurdles for the operation of vehicles manufactured within the country. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 24: Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport, Prakash Jwala, has pledged to take prompt initiations to remove legal hurdles for the operation of vehicles manufactured within the country. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The minister on Monday instructed employees of subordinate bodies and bodies concerned for procedural revisions to sort out legal complexities in regard with operation of home-manufactured vehicles. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">He said that the issue will be sorted out within a couple of days and the government is committed to promoting locally-produced vehicles. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">It may be noted that motor vehicles manufactured within the country have been facing legal hurdles for the registration and operation since a long time. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-24', 'modified' => '2023-04-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17392', 'image' => '20230424062059_KB-KTM-0U3A0120.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-24 18:20:19', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17657', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Nepal urges ADB to Invest in Productive Sector', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 24: Government authorities of Nepal have urged the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to invest in projects which are productive and capable of creating jobs. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 24: Government authorities of Nepal have urged the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to invest in projects which are productive and capable of creating jobs. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">National Planning Commission (NPC)’s Vice Chair Dr Min Bahadur Shrestha made such a request during a meeting with ADB Country Director Arnaud Cauchois at Singha Durbar on Monday. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">During the occasion, the NPC vice chair insisted on the need for increasing investment in the productive sector and employment-oriented projects in Nepal. He also thanked the regional bank for its support to Nepal's development endeavors, expressing his hope for the continuity of the ADB assistance in the days to come. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">During the meeting, the two discussed about the cooperation between the NPC and the ADB and the ADB-funded projects in Nepal. The ADB country director apprised the NPC Vice Chair that a 'portfolio review' of ADB investment in Nepal has improved. He added that the ADB is ready to invest in new projects launched by the government. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The ADB's investment in Nepal is equivalent to USD 3.2 billion. As of the year 2022, the ADB has invested in energy, transport, agriculture, drinking water, urban development, service, rural development, health and education sectors and in the natural resources. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">It has invested in various projects including Melamchi Water Supply Project, Gautam Buddha International Airport and Upper Trishuli Hydropower Project. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Last year, the ADB had provided a loan equivalent to USD 255 million to Nepal. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">During the portfolio review meeting, the ADB also awarded Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Project, Bagmati River Basin Improvement Project, Rural Enterprise Financing Project and Electricity Transmission and Distribution Efficiency Enhancement Project. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""> </span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-24', 'modified' => '2023-04-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17391', 'image' => '20230424053158_ADB.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-24 17:31:23', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17656', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Rhododendrons not Flowering at Regular Time Interval Sounds Alarm Bells ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 24: It gives a sigh of relief to the pilgrims and tourists upon reaching the Pathibhara Devi Temple in Taplejung, one of the holy shrines of the country, through a hardship-filled journey.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 24: It gives a sigh of relief to the pilgrims and tourists upon reaching the Pathibhara Devi Temple in Taplejung, one of the holy shrines of the country, through a hardship-filled journey. Pilgrims and devotees have a belief that one’s wishes get fulfilled by worshipping at the temple. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">It takes around six hours to reach the temple located at an elevation of 3,794 metres from Phungling, the district headquarters. One has to take two hour’s drive from Phungling bazaar to Kafle Pati and then walk for around four hours from Kafle Pati through Tinjure, Chauki and Mangalbare, Lampokhari, and Gufa Pokhari to reach the shrine. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The journey to the holy place is much exciting and fun-filled when the rhododendron forests is in full bloom during the spring season.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Tinjure-Milke-Jaljale (TMJ) area is known as the capital of rhododendron flower. The beautiful sceneries are one of the major attractions for tourists. The national flower of Nepal generally blooms in the spring season (March-May). The flowers bloom to the fullest during the Nepali months of Chaitra and Baisakh (March-April). </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">However, to the surprise and worry of concerned authorities and the locals, the flowers did not bloom this year, thanks to many factors such as climate change, say researchers. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Phul Maya Limbu of Sidingwa Rural Municipality-4 had planned to visit the temple for worship. Her excitement about the journey was fuelled by rhododendron blooming along the way. As per her plan, she set out for the journey on Wednesday. She had a plan to enjoy along the way lined with rhododendron flowers blooming, and taking pictures with the flowers. But, to get her utter dismay, she did not get to see rhododendron flowers bloom this year. Why the flower did not bloom this year? she wondered. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Shiva Yadav from Saptari district had also expected to see the flowers bloom this year while on the way to the temple. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">In the previous years, a large number of prilgrims visited the temple being lured by the flowers blooming, said Manmani Kafle, executive director of the Pathibhara Area Development Committee. Out of 32 species of the flower found in Nepal, Pathibhara area is home to 26, said Kafle. Besides the rare Red Panda, other animals including black bears, deer, Himalayan thar and birds including spiny babbler, lophura leucomelanos, and the country's national bird, lophophorus are found in the area. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Pathibhara is located in Koshi Province. The province is home to over 30 species of the flower that come in different colours including red, pink, yellow, maroon and light white. Different species of the flower found in the area include 'Sunpati', 'Rato Chimal', 'Chiyaphule', 'Green Chimal', 'Yellow Chimal', 'Junge Chimal', 'Sano Chimal', 'Lahare Chimal', 'Korling', 'Chimal', and 'Theki Jhar'. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The flowers are found in Taplejung, Terhathum, Sankhuwasabha and Ilam districts in the province at an altitude between 1,200 and 3,600 metres. Nepal is home to 33 species of the flower, and 31 of them are found in the province alone, experts claimed. They also bloom in Kaski, Myagdi, and Baglung districts in the west and Dadeldhura in the far-west. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The flower needs a temperature of 15-20 degree Celsius to bloom, which is the average temperature in the months of March and April in the middle and higher areas of the Himalayas, say experts. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Besides its beauty, the flower is used for various purposes like offering to god and goddess, and making medicinal herbs, pickle and alcohol. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">It has been attracting not only the nature lovers, but also religious followers and researchers. It has also attracted the attention of the Ayurveda industries. Ayurveda industries have been making medicinal herbs with the flowers. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Climate change is blamed for the flowers not blooming this year, said Dipendra Pokharel, warden of the Kanchenjunga Conservation Area. Unlike in the past, substantial rainfall did not take place between mid-September, 2022 and third weeks of April, 2023. Snow also did not fall in the mountainous areas. As a result, mountains have turned into black rocks, and snow is rapidly melting, he said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">A lack of rainfall and snowfall has had its impact on the biological diversity, he said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Botanist Bijaya Panta, who teaches at the Central Department of Botany, the Tribhuvan University, blamed lowering water level under the soil for the flowers not blooming this year. "Dryness has affected the flowers. They need water to bloom. But, substantial rainfall did not occur this year," she said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Microorganism and fungi halt the process of making the soil fertile and moist without water. So, the buds cannot bloom, she said. There are many other factors like climate change for this, she added. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Being concerned about the depletion of rhododendron forests in the area, the locals and the concerned authorities have rolled up their sleeves to conserve them. The forests spanning 8,874 hectares of land in the TMJ have been depleting due to construction works, unchecked use of forest products and overgrazing, shared the locals. The TMJ area was declared a rhododendron conservation area in 1998. According to the Department of Forests and Soil Conservation, the flowers spread across 691,596 hectares of forestland across the country. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Department had prepared an action plan for the conservation of rhododendron species, according to government officials. Under the plan, the flower habitat will be identified, pastures managed and flower saplings planted in forests in five years. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Officials at the Division Forest Office in Terhathum district said the Office had launched various programmes to create awareness about the conservation of the flowers and the forests. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Efforts to conserve the flowers are underway with financial assistances from the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, said the authorities concerned. -- RSS </span></span></span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-24', 'modified' => '2023-04-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17390', 'image' => '20230424035220_HB_KTM_LALIGUNANS.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-24 15:51:04', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17655', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Industrialists of Birgunj reach Federal Ministry with their Problems', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 24: The industrialists of Bara-Parsa have urged the government to declare the Birgunj-Pathlaiya corridor as an “Industrial Corridor”.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">April 24: The industrialists of Bara-Parsa have urged the government to declare the Birgunj-Pathlaiya corridor as an “Industrial Corridor”. They made such a request to Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Ramesh Rijal in the federal capital Kathmandu on Sunday. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Industrialists reached the federal capital with their problems and suggestions to solve those problems. Anil Kumar Agrawal, president of the Birgunj Chamber of Commerce, said that the industrial establishments have been deprived of the facilities provided by the government due to the lack of declaration of the corridor.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">“Therefore, we demand that the government declare the corridor immediately,” he said. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Minister Rijal said that the government is ready to make the largest Bara-Parsa Corridor an industrial corridor with standards and assured that the process will be carried out by fast track. During the discussion with the minister and departmental heads, the necessary process to create the corridor was also discussed.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Agrawal claimed that despite the physical infrastructure such as the first dry port and integrated check post in this area, it is difficult to attract investments due to the lack of declaration of industrial corridor. The industrialists complained to the minister that the local governments are forcing them to pay property tax.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Collaboration will also be done to control Sirsia River pollution, which has been the cause of disputes between the industry and locals of the corridor for the past four decades. The officials of the chamber complained that the industry is punished in the name of pollution control. They also drew the government's attention to the management of waste water coming out of the industries.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The demand for industrial drain, water treatment plant and dumping site was put forward by industrialists. Madhav Rajpal, vice president of the chamber, said that it was suggested that the pollution control campaign of the Sirsia river flowing through the corridor should also be carried out in this package.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">To control the pollution of the Sirsia River, cooperation between the local government and the private sector is needed and the Ministry of Industry will facilitate the detailed study process for that.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">As the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) constructed in Bara's Simara failed to operated properly, the chamber demand that the rent of land in SEZ should be reduced, the mandatory export regulations should be removed. They also demanded more land management for new industries in Bara Parsa area.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The industrialists demanded that the customs duty of Rs 1,000 per ton, which is currently charged for the import of raw material of cement, should be reduced to Rs 100.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Similarly, in a meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Narayankaji Shrestha, the industrialists expressed their displeasure over the removal of the Industrial Security Force of the Armed Police for security arrangements in industrial establishments.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Hari Gautam, the senior vice-president who accompanied the delegation said, “With the abolition of the Industrial Security Force, security-related problems have increased. As the local administration has to run the overall administration of the district, industrial safety is not a priority for them. It is necessary to re-establish the Industrial Security Force.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The industrialists also complained that the Nepal Electricity Authority has been cutting power for 8/9 hours daily without notice and this affected the production of the industries. They have demanded to arrange regular electricity supply.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""> </span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-24', 'modified' => '2023-04-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17389', 'image' => '20230424023009_1682296241.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-24 14:29:28', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17654', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => '382 Proposals Submitted for Start-up Loans', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 24: A substantial number of proposals has been submitted for concessional loans announced by the government to help start-up enterprises.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">April 24: A substantial number of proposals has been submitted for concessional loans announced by the government to help start-up enterprises. In the last three days for submission of proposals, a significant number of applications have been received for start-up enterprise loans. A total of 382 proposals have been submitted to avail this loan.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">The Department of Industry had given 21 days’ time to submit the project proposals for start-up loan. Within 18 days after issuing the notice, only 84 proposals were received. Ramila Bhandari, director and information officer of the department, said that 298 applications were received in the next three. According to her, a total of 382 start-ups have applied for this loan.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">In the first phase of the program, the government is planning to provide start-up enterprise loans to 100 people. </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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">"The department is currently evaluating and analyzing the project proposals," she said, adding, "Sectoral analysis has not been done yet." The department has announced that it will provide such loans for start-up enterprises in 14 different regions.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">Preliminary analysis has shown that more projects have come in agriculture and software. The Department of Industries had issued a 21-day notice to submit projects for start-up enterprise loans on March 30. The deadline for submission of project proposals was till April 19.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">The department asked for proposals to help those who want to start such a venture after the government introduced the 'Start-up Business Loan Disbursement Procedure-2079'.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">According to the procedure, such loans will be available for start-up ventures in 14 different areas. Loans will be available for start-up enterprises in the fields of agriculture and livestock, forestry (herbs, forest produce), tourism promotion and entertainment and hospitality, science, technology, communication and information technology, and human health services.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">Similarly, projects related to education, safe transportation services, infrastructure construction, automobiles, traditional technology, mining and mineral research and development, helping to make household or daily life simple, convenient and safe, and projects related to food production and processing and waste management and environment can avail such loans.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">The procedure allows granting a maximum loan of Rs 2.5 million by keeping the project mortgage. This time, the department plans to provide such loans to a maximum of 100 people. According to the procedure, the loan will be available in two installments. Fifty percent loan will be provided in the first installment and the second installment after six months.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-04-24', 'modified' => '2023-04-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '17388', 'image' => '20230424010252_startup.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-04-24 13:02:16', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '17653', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Dr Swarnim Wagle Leads Vote Count with over 9000 Votes while others Struggle to get 100 Votes', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 24: Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) candidate Dr Swornim Wagle is leading the vote count by a wide margin in Tanahun constituency 1 in the by-election held on Sunday (April 23).', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">April 24: Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) candidate Dr Swornim Wagle is leading the vote count by a wide margin in Tanahun constituency 1 in the by-election held on Sunday (April 23).</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Counting of votes is currently underway in Tanahun-1 under the by-election held to elect new members of the House of Representatives to fill the vacant posts. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to the latest results of the vote count released by the Election Commission, Dr Wagle is leading with 9,201 votes.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">His nearest rival – Nepali Congress candidate Govinda Bhattarai – is a distant second with 4,214 votes while CPN UML's Sarbendra Khanal has garnered 2,430 votes.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The other six candidates have not even received 100 votes. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to the latest update of the by-election, Prem Bahadur Thapa of Mongol National Organization has got 99 votes.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Similarly, Shobha Gurung of Rashtriya Prajatantra Party received 39 votes, Bhim Bahadur Sunar of Nagarik Unmukti Party bagged 31 votes, followed by Purna Bahadur Rana of Rashtriya Janamukti Party with 15 votes, Ram Prasad Prajapati of Nepal Workers and Peasants Party with 7 votes and Ganesh Shrestha of Nepal Communist Party (Socialist) with only 2 votes.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">A total of 63,757 votes were cast in 42 wards of the Tanahu constituency-1. Vote counting is being held in two places. 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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
