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Import and Export of Agricultural Produce Declines

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NTB Starts Survey to Find Average Expenditure By Foreign Tourist

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NPC Caps Limit on Budget for Next FY at Rs 1688 Billion

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Light Rainfall Likely Today

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Collective Potato Farming in Barren Land

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NC Senior Leader Poudel Most Likely to become New President

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Hult Prize, Toastmasters KCM organize the Art of Speech and Body Language

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NRB Tells Banks to Render Certain Services during Sudden Public Holidays

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			'title' => 'Light Snowfall Predicted in High-Hill Areas Today   ',
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			'summary' => 'February 27: The westerly wind is having a general impact on the country's weather system at present. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">February 27: The westerly wind is having a general impact on the country&#39;s weather system at present. Due to the effects in the weather system, the mountainous area of the country would witness partial to general changes in the weather condition while the remaining areas would generally see clean weather, according to the Weather Forecasting Division.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">As informed by the division, partial to general changes in weather would occur in the mountainous belt of the country this afternoon while light rain with thunderstorms are likely to take place in some areas of the mountainous belt in Province 1, Bagmati and Gandaki provinces and in one or two places of Lumbini, Karnali and Sudurpaschim provinces.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&ldquo;Light snowfall is predicted in limited areas of high hills and the Himalayan territory in the country,&rdquo; the division said.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Likewise, in the night time, partial changes would occur in the mountainous area while light snowfall is likely to take place in one or two places of the high hills and Himalayan region of Province 1 and Gandaki Province.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The minimum temperature of Kathmandu was recorded at 10.1 degrees Centigrade on Monday and the maximum temperature is expected to be around 23 degrees Centigrade. &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">On Sunday, </span></span></strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">various places across the countey, including the Kathmandu Valley, witnessed rain after a long gap.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The Weather Forecasting Division informed that light to moderate rainfall occurred in different parts of the country, including the federal capital.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Meteorologist at the Division, Sanjeev Adhikari, informed RSS that the westerly wind caused the rainfall. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Rainfall was reported in Bagmati Province, Gandaki Province, Sudurpaschim Province and some other places. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to the division, Dhunibeshi of Dhanding witnessed the maximum rainfall&nbsp; on Sunday which was recorded at 12 mm.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Bhaktapur recorded 8.4 mm rain and Kirtipur 7 mm.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The division said there was no rainfall in the night.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Meanwhile, the adverse weather in the wake of sudden rainfall across many parts of the country affected several domestic and international flights on Sunday.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to Teknath Sitaula, spokesperson at Tribhuvan International Airport, low visibility owing to bad weather impacted the flights.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Sitaula informed that international flights of Vistara and Indigo Air were diverted to Lucknow while the Qatar Airways&#39; airplane was kept on hold in the sky for a while.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Similarly, in the domestic flight segment, two flights to and from Bharatpur in Chitwan district were canceled while flights to some destinations were delayed briefly.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">There was a light to moderate rainfall coupled with thunderstorm and lightning in various parts of the country due to the influence of the westerly wind, according to the Weather Forecasting Division.&nbsp; </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Regular flights resumed after improvement in weather since Sunday night.&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><br />
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			'summary' => 'February 27: Pokhara High Court on Sunday gave a clean chit to actor Purna Bikram Shah (Paul) on charge of pedophilia.  ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">February 27: Pokhara High Court on Sunday gave a clean chit to actor Purna Bikram Shah (Paul) on charge of pedophilia.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">A division bench of judges Dilliraj Acharya and Shreedhara Kumari Pudasaini acquitted actor Shah on the case.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Earlier, the Nawalpur District Court had sentenced him to two and a half years in jail for allegedly raping a minor. Shah had filed the petition in the High Court, challenging the district court&#39;s verdict. However, the District Court Tahanun had acquitted Shah on the rape case against the minor.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The bench of the High Court concluded that the charges against Shah were not sufficient to prove him guilty, Information Officer of High Court, Pokhara, Bishnu Prasad Acharya said.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Shah&#39;s lawyer senior advocate Kamala Mohan Wagle said that actor Shah will be released from the jail following the High Court&#39;s verdict. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&quot;Shah has won the case. He will be released on Monday,&quot; said Wagle. -- RSS&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>
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			'summary' => 'Kathmandu Metropolitan City is preparing to resume operation of a bigas plant that was closed for the last five years. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px">February 27: Kathmandu Metropolitan City is preparing to resume operation of a bigas plant that was closed for the last five years.&nbsp;</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px">With the financial assistance of the European Union and KMC, the metropolis will repair the plant and bring back into use that is located in the premises of Department of Environment Teku.&nbsp;</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px">KMC Environment Department Chief Rabinman Shrestha said that KMC was working to restore the operation of the biogas plant to manage the degradable waste sustainably by generating renewable energy from perishable waste.&nbsp;</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px">For the project&rsquo;s restoration, KMC is in talks with National Innovation Center Nepal. &ldquo;Since the talks with NIC is positive, we shall operate the plant from the next week,&rdquo; Shestha said.&nbsp;</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px">European Union and KMC have injected 46 million and 18 million respectively for the plant. Installed under integrated waste management project, the biogas plant requires three metric tons of biodegradable waste in a day. </span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px">The project is able to produce 3,000 kilograms of organic fertilizer, 14 kilowatt electricity and 13,500 liters of processed water.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px">Preparations are underway to restore biogas plant as its closure has hit PhD students conducting research on bio energy and biogas production. Operation of the plant is expected to help the KMC manage degradable wastes.&nbsp;</span></p>
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			'summary' => 'February 26: Import and export of main agricultural products to and from Nepal have both declined.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">February 26: Import and export of main agricultural products to and from Nepal have both declined.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, the import of agricultural products decreased by 43 percent in the first six months of the current fiscal year. The import of agricultural produce declined because India tightened the export of agricultural produce. Another reason is that the domestic production of some items have increased.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Spokesperson for the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, Prakash Kumar Sanjel, said that both import and export of agricultural products have decreased. Although the ministry has not done a separate study on the reasons for the large-scale decrease in imports, he claimed that imports decreased due to India&#39;s tightening of export of agricultural products and increase in domestic production of some items compared to the past.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">According to the data provided by the Ministry, the import of paddy/rice and maize decreased while the import of wheat decreased the most. According to Sanjel, India&#39;s ban on wheat export directly affected Nepal&#39;s imports. Due to the Russia-Ukraine tension, India banned the export of wheat on the assumption that there will be a shortage of wheat in its own country.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Similarly, the import of bananas and potatoes also decreased. While the import of other agricultural products is decreasing, the import of onion on the other hand has increased. From last July to January, import of apple among fresh fruits decreased whereas the import of orange seems to have increased. The data shows that the import of sunflower, soybean and palm oil decreased as well.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">According to the data, exports of coffee, ghee, sunflower oil, soybean oil have decreased while the exports of ginger, fresh vegetables and cardamom have increased to some extent.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">&nbsp;</span></span></p>

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			'summary' => 'The Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) has begun a survey to find data on average expenditures by a foreign tourist from Sunday. The survey aims to find how much foreign tourists spend during their stay in Nepal, said the NTB Director Maniraj Lamichhane.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">February 26: The Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) has begun a survey&nbsp;to find data on average expenditures by a foreign tourist from Sunday. The survey aims to find how much foreign tourists spend during their stay in Nepal, said the NTB Director Maniraj Lamichhane. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">&quot;Two thousand sample respondents will be selected for the survey. Five employees deployed by the Board will fill out the questionnaire with details of visiting tourists. They have been given&nbsp;40 days for the job,&quot; Lamichhane&nbsp;&nbsp;said. Students of the Nepal Academy of Tourism and Hotel Management (NATHM) have volunteered as enumerators for the survey. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">In 2021 and 2022, a foreign tourist spent average USD 48 on a daily basis, Lamichhane&nbsp;&nbsp;said. In 2023, their expenditure is expected to increase&nbsp;anything between USD 70 and 75 each. The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, the Nepal Rastra Bank, the National Statistics Office and the NATHM have collaborated for&nbsp;the initiative. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">The arrival of foreign tourists has gradually been on the track post COVID-19. A total of 55,074 foreign tourists visited Nepal in January, 2023 alone, according to data with the NTB. Similarly, the total 614,148 tourists arrived in Nepal in 2022. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">The years 2020 and 2021 when the infectious disease COVID-19 peaked&nbsp;saw a sharp drop in tourist&nbsp;inflow to stand at 230,085 and 150,962 respectively from a whopping 1,197,091 in 2019 before the pandemic broke out.&nbsp;&nbsp;The year 2020 witnessed an 81 percent decline in tourist influx. ----RSS&nbsp;</span></span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'NPC Caps Limit on Budget for Next FY at Rs 1688 Billion',
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			'summary' => 'February 26: The budget for the next fiscal year is certain to decline after the National Planning Commission (NPC) capped the ceiling on budget citing government’s failure to collect revenue.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">February 26: The budget for the next fiscal year is certain to decline after the National Planning Commission (NPC) capped the ceiling on budget citing government&rsquo;s failure to collect revenue.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The NPC has set the limit of Rs 1688.4 billion for next year&rsquo;s budget which is less than the current fiscal year&rsquo;s budget by almost 150 billion. The then finance minister Janardan Sharma had announced a budget of Rs 1793.83 billion for the current FY.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">A recent meeting of the National Resource Estimation Committee of the NPC chaired by its Vice Chairman Dr Min Bahadur Shrestha decided to downsize the budget and asked the government to work accordingly.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel has reduced the size of the budget announced by his predecessor Sharma as the government failed to collect revenue according to the initial target. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">As per the revised estimated prepared by Finance Minister Paudel, the government will likely spend only Rs 1549.99 billion this year and the budget was downsized accordingly. Compared to this figure, the budget limit for the next fiscal year is Rs 138.41 billion more.</span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The NPC has estimated that the government will collect revenue of Rs 1403 billion for next year&#39;s budget. This revenue estimate is about 14 percent more than what will be collected in the current fiscal year. It is estimated that Rs 201 billion will be received from foreign assistance for next year&#39;s budget, of which Rs 25 billion will be received as grants and Rs 176 billion as loans.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The commission has estimated that the remaining amount will be collected through internal loans of Rs 230 billion. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Analyzing the contraction seen in revenue mobilization in the first six months of the current fiscal year, the decline in subsidies in foreign aid and the increase in the foreign exchange rates which might put pressure on payment of loan, the NPC has made a realistic estimate and projection of national resource mobilization,&quot; said Rajendra Kumar Paudel, the spokesperson of the commission. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to the commission, the limit has been fixed by keeping the mandatory obligations including salaries, pensions, social security and the implementation status of multi-year projects of national importance, supply of chemical fertilizers, expenses related to the implementation of international commitments, financial transfers among others. The NPC has estimated that next year&#39;s economic growth rate will be 8 percent, per capita income will reach USD 1,572 and consumer price inflation will be 6.5 percent.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">As the size of current fiscal year&rsquo;s budget is large, the government&rsquo;s resources are not able to meet the revenue collection target.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The economy has been facing liquidity crisis due to the impacts of the Covid-19 and Russia-Ukraine war. This has caused many problems in the economy. This has forced the government to reduce the size of the budget for the upcoming fiscal year.</span></span></p>
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			'summary' => 'February 26: The farmers of Chitwan have again started their protest, this time with another symbolic protest by flying black balloons.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">February 26: The farmers of Chitwan have again started their protest, this time with another symbolic protest by flying black balloons. They had started protested by throwing vegetables on the road on February 3. As their demands were not addressed, they started the second phase of the protest on Friday. Lekhnath Bhusal, the coordinator of Farmer&rsquo;s Struggle Committee Chitwan, said that black balloons were flown to convey the message that the farmers are continuously protesting.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">The farmers gathered at the central bus terminal in Bharatpur with placards and reached Pulchok in Narayangadh via District Administration Office, Bypass Road, Agriculture Knowledge Centre, Chaubiskothi. They demonstrated on the highway. They said that despite many assurances that their demands will be met, the concerned authorities have not lived up to their commitment.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">As a result, the protest continues in various forms.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">During the demonstration, they insisted to stop the import of vegetables, determine the right price and proper management of domestic products, ensure timely availability of fertilizer and seeds, etc. The farmers demonstrated with placards that read &#39;There is no future in farming, and they are old to go to the Gulf countries, the leaders are always weak, the people are always poor, let&#39;s boycott foreign products, let&#39;s encourage domestic products, the agricultural revolution continues&#39;.</span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Farmers Earn Rs 200 Million from Sale of Cardamom   ',
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			'summary' => 'February 26: Farmers of Lamjung have earned Rs 200 million from the sale of cardamom this year. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">February 26: Farmers of Lamjung have earned Rs 200 million from the sale of cardamom this year. A total of 380 metric tons of cardamom was sold in the district this year, according to the Prime Minister&#39;s Agriculture Modernization Project Implementation Unit Lamjung.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">This year saw a record amount of cardamom sale since commercial farming of cardamom began 38 years ago in 2041 BS.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Farmers sold cardamom at a minimum price of Rs 550 to 700 per kg this year. The sale of cardamom last year fetched between Rs 950 to 1500 per kg. In the previous year, the farmers had earned Rs182 million from the sale of 3,500 quintals of cardamom.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Compared to the previous year cardamom production of most of the farmers in the district has increased this year. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&ldquo;The production as well as sale of cardamom has doubled this year compared to last year,&rdquo; said Ash Bahadur Gurung of Masryangdi Rural Municipality-5. He shared that this year he earned about Rs 555,000 against Rs 400,000 in the previous year.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Out of 95 households in Gurung&#39;s village, 85 households are cultivating cardamom commercially.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The farmers have however complained about the fluctuating price of cardamom. The farmers have been compelled to sell their produce at much lower prices compared to the past. Farmers say that due to India&#39;s monopoly, they are not getting good price for cardamom seeds.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Although reports say that cardamom is being cultivated in an area of more than 1000 hectares of land in the district it is actually being produced only in 500 hectares. Masryangdi Rural Municipality, Besisahar Municipality, Kholasothar, Dordi and Dudhpokhari rural municipalities have been declared as cardamom pocket areas. -- RSS&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Ukraine-Russia Tension Continues: How Prepared is Nepal?',
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			'summary' => 'February 26: US President Joe Biden arrived in Kyiv four days before the first anniversary of the start of tensions between Russia and Ukraine.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Rudra Khadka</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">February 26: US President Joe Biden arrived in Kyiv four days before the first anniversary of the start of tensions between Russia and Ukraine on February 24.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Since the tension between the two countries is ongoing, the president and the soldiers of Ukraine are excited with the arrival of Biden in Kyiv. Since the beginning of tensions with Russia, the United States has provided more than USD 30 billion in aid to Ukraine.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Russia has expressed its displeasure about Biden&#39;s arrival in Kyiv. After Biden visited Ukraine, Russia announced the suspension of the Strategic Arms Limitation Agreement (SALT) with the United States. Soon after (last Tuesday), US President Biden, who reached Poland, opposed Russia&#39;s move. Due to this, the Russia-Ukraine tension does not seem to resolve immediately.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">After the tension started between the two countries, the world economy went into recession. Inflation has increased in most of the countries. The problem of unemployment is getting serious. Tech giants like Amazon and Twitter have laid off employees hugely.</span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">How is the war affecting Nepal?</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">The effect of the Russia-Ukraine tension, which started post Covid-19 pandemic, has also affected Nepal. Especially the increase in fuel prices has increased inflation in the country. The average inflation for the last six months is above 8 per cent, which is higher than expected. The &#39;supply chain&#39; of food imports is disrupted and is causing the general public to suffer.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">As there are no signs of immediate resolution to the tension in those countries, it is not yet possible to say how long the problem will last. World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Asian Development Bank and other agencies have predicted that the economic recession will continue throughout 2023. Nepal&#39;s economy has been import-oriented for years. All the necessary goods, including food, are imported, and revenue collected from imports has been the main source of revenue for the government.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Nepal used to export rice until the 1980s, but in recent times it has stopped exporting and is only importing the staple food. Due to this, as soon as there is a disruption in the &#39;supply chain&#39;, Nepal gets impacted. The reason why the Ukraine-Russia tension has reached Nepal is because of the disruption in the supply chain. All over the world, Russia and Ukraine are known as the major source of wheat, mustard, lentils and petroleum products. Many countries, including Nepal and India, import the products of Russia and Ukraine.&nbsp;</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Former Executive Director of Nepal Rastra Bank Nar Bahadur Thapa shared that there is no other option but to emphasize production growth as there is no possibility of an immediate resolution to the Russia-Ukraine tension.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">&quot;Since it is seen that there will be problems in the coming days, the first thing to do to sustain the economy is to increase production,&quot; he said.&nbsp;</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Even though experts have been suggesting the government to increase production, the government does not seem to be paying much attention to it.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">For example, now is the time to plant paddy. However, the government has not yet been able to bring any incentive program for the farmers to plant paddy. The lack of chemical fertilizers is another major problem. Experts argue that if farmers are to be encouraged to plant paddy and increase production, it is necessary to fix the support price now.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">&nbsp;</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">However, the farmers do not believe in the support price set by the government, because the government does not buy the food crops if they are not sold according to the support price. This year too, the government announced the support price for annual paddy cultivation, but the government did not buy all of the farmers&#39; produce.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Some farmers had already sold their paddy before the support price was fixed. Because of this, there is no point in setting or not setting the support price.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">The ex-executive director of Nepal Rashtra Bank suggested that large warehouses should be built all over the country and enough food should be stored in such houses to avert the possible threat of food crisis. Experts shared that now is the time for the government to act. However, such an opportunity also came during the time of Covid-19. However, the government wasted time by not introducing programs that would encourage production growth. Due to the fear of the pandemic, the people who lived in the city at that time returned to their villages.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">If the government had been able to adopt an incentive policy, the returnees could have been engaged in agricultural work. There was such an opportunity last year as well, but it was also wasted without working. Experts shared that since the crisis has not been resolved, there is still room for work to increase production. For that, first of all, the government should win the trust of the farmers, and to win the trust, it should adopt a farmer-friendly policy and implement it accordingly.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">The farmers will be assured that the government is committed to support them only if it sets a support price for paddy and shows it by purchasing paddy accordingly. Even if there is an immediate ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, it will take at least six months for the &#39;supply chain&#39; to return to normalcy. During that period, only agriculture can earn income. So the government should not waste time. A policy of increasing agricultural production should be adopted without any delay.&nbsp;</span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Light Rainfall Likely Today   ',
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			'summary' => 'February 26: There is a possibility of rainfall and thunderstorms due to the general influence of the westerly winds in the country today (February 26).',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">February 26: There is a possibility of rainfall and thunderstorms due to the general influence of the westerly winds in the country today (February 26). </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to meteorologist at the state-owned Weather Forecasting Division, there is a possibility of light rainfall with thunder and lightning in few places of the hill areas of Province 1, Bagmati and Gandaki provinces.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Rojana Lamichhane, a meteorologist with the Weather Forecasting Division under the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology said that light snowfall is also likely in the mountainous areas of the three provinces. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Kathmandu is also likely to witness rainfall with partial to normal change in the weather today, added Lamichhane.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Lamichhane said that the weather will become clear in the morning and evening in Province 1, Bagmati Province and Gandaki Province in the next few days.&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The minimum temperature in Kathmandu todhas been recorded at 10 degrees Celsius and the maximum temperature is expected to be around 23 degrees Celsius. -- RSS&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Collective Potato Farming in Barren Land ',
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			'summary' => 'Local farmers have started commercial potato farming at the land uncultivated for the last 20 years at Mareni of Dhawalagiri Rural Municiplaity-2, Myagdi. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px">February 26: &nbsp;Local farmers&nbsp;have started commercial potato farming at the land uncultivated for the last 20 years at Mareni of Dhawalagiri Rural Municiplaity-2, Myagdi.&nbsp;</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px">Lagansil Multipurpose Framers&rsquo; Group have cleared bushes&nbsp;at 44 ropani land and started&nbsp;collective potato farming.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px">&ldquo;We have cleared the bushes, tilled the land and planted potatoes,&rdquo; said the group&rsquo;s chair Gausara BK. According to BK, eighteen persons have started commercial potato farming. The group is preparing to plant potato in 100 ropani land by expanding the farming to Paireni, and Lamsung as well.&nbsp;</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px">The group has&nbsp;planted 20 muri potato seeds in the rented land of local people.&nbsp;Rural municipality&rsquo;s agriculture branch&rsquo;s technical assistant Amrit Thapa said that farmers&rsquo; group had planted local species of potatoes in 44 ropani of the land under rural municipality&rsquo;s potato pocket programme.&nbsp;</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px">&ldquo;Potato farming has changed shape of barren land. Local farmers are excited to give continuity to the potato farming in the next year as well. Locals will make income if the weather remains favourable,&rdquo; Thapa said.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px">The rural municipality has allocated Rs 1.2 million for potato pocket programme in the current fiscal year.&nbsp;Lagnasil Multipurpose Farmers&rsquo; Group and Agriculture Herbs and Livestock Farmers&rsquo; Group have been provided with Rs 6 lakhs each for potato cultivation, said a source at the rural municipality.</span></p>
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			'summary' => 'February 25: Senior leader of the Nepali Congress Ram Chandra Poudel has filed his candidacy for the presidential election to be held on March 9.    ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">February 25: Senior leader of the Nepali Congress Ram Chandra Poudel has filed his candidacy for the presidential election to be held on March 9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and top leaders from various political parties reached the Federal Parliament building at New Baneshwar on Saturday to register Poudel&#39;s candidacy.&nbsp; Backed by eight parties, Paudel is most likely to be elected as the new president with clear majority.&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Poudel has been proposed for the presidential candidate by NC President Sher Bahadur Deuba, CPN (Unified Socialist) Chairperson Madhav Kumar Nepal, CPN (Maoist Centre) Senior Vice-Chairperson Narayankaji Shrestha, Janata Samajwadi Party leader Ashok Kumar Rai and Abdul Khan of the Janamat Party.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Likewise, supporters for Poudel&#39;s candidacy in the presidential bid are Chairperson of Lokatantrik Samajwadi Party Nepal, Mahantha Thakur; Vice-President of Nepali Congress, Purna Bahadur Khadka; Chairperson of Nagarik Unmukti Party, Ranjita Shrestha; Chairman of Rastriya Janamorcha, Chitra Bahadur KC; and Chief Whip of CPN (Maoist Centre), Hitraj Pandey.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">President hopeful Poudel was elected Member of the House of Representatives from Tanahu-1 in the November 20 election.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Also, he was elected to the parliament from Tanahu in 2048 BS, 2051 BS, 2056 BS, 2064 BS and 2070 BS.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Leader Poudel had already served as Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister for Home Affairs and led the Ministry of Local Development, Ministry of Agriculture, and the Ministry of Communications and Information in the past.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">He also served as the Speaker of the HoR. Born in 2001 BS at Bahunpokhara of Risti Rural Municipality in Tanahu district, Poudel forayed into politics at the age of 16.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">He is the founding member of the Nepal Student Union, which was established in 2027 BS and was elected to the central committee member of the party for the first time in 2034 BS.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Similarly, leader Poudel became vice-president and acting president of the party. He was also awarded with the &#39;Order of the Rising Sun (2020)&#39; presented by the government of Japan.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">He has written dozens of books and published seminal articles on contemporary issues.&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Eight political parties, including Nepali Congress &ndash; the largest party in the House of Representatives, CPN (Maoist Centre) and CPN (Unified Socialist) have decided to support Paudel&rsquo;s bid to become a new president.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">An eight-party meeting held at the prime minister&#39;s official residence in Baluwatar on Friday evening took a decision to this effect, according to Prakash Jwala, a leader of the CPN (Unified Socialist).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&quot; Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal called the meeting of the eight parties including those out of the government. The only agenda discussed in the meeting was the president&#39;s election. In the meeting, PM Dahal proposed to support the Nepali Congress nominee for the president because it is the largest political party. We also agreed with PM Dahal&#39;s proposal,&quot; said Jwala.</span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Quoting PM Dahal in the meeting, leader Jwala said, &quot;From today onward, a new political journey begins. Let&#39;s take it ahead; let&#39;s be united for the country&#39;s prosperity, national independence, sovereignty and people&#39;s livelihood. We can go together on power sharing as well.&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The eight parties attending the meeting were NC, Maoist Centre, CPN (Unified Socialist), Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP), Loktantrik Samajbadi Party, Janamat Party, Rastriya Janamorcha and Nagarik Unmukti Party.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The meeting of the top leaders of NC, Maoist Centre, JSP and CPN (US) on Friday morning had agreed to restore the previous alliance- the alliance before that of November 20 election.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Although the CPN UML had been insisting that UML nominee would be the president as per the agreement reached on December 25, PM Dahal was for forging national consensus for the presidential election.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">-- RSS&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><br />
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			'summary' => 'February 24: Hult Prize KCM, in collaboration with the Toastmasters KCM, hosted an event on the 'art of speech and body language' in Gwarko, Lalitpur earlier in February.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">February 24: Hult Prize KCM, in collaboration with the Toastmasters KCM, hosted an event on the &#39;art of speech and body language&#39; in Gwarko, Lalitpur earlier in February.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Issuing a statement, the organizers said that the event aimed to teach the participants about the significance of our body language while delivering a powerful pitch.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&ldquo;The words you use, how you use them, and the tone and intonation of your voice all fall under the category of speech,&rdquo; added the statement.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to the organizers, it is crucial to talk clearly, confidently, and with the appropriate style and intonation when giving an address or participating in a conversation to &ldquo;properly communicate your message&rdquo;.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The participants were made aware that the body language entails using nonverbal indicators like posture, gestures, and facial expressions to support and reinforce your message.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to the statement issued by the organisers, the participants expressed gratitude and appreciation for such a fun and worthwhile event.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&ldquo;The main credit goes to Toastmasters, who collaborated to share their side of the stories to inspire the participants to further get into that and polish themselves.&rdquo;</span></span></p>
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			'summary' => 'February 24: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has revised provisions about office hours of banks and financial institutions, mandating them to render certain kinds of services during sudden public holidays.   ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">February 24: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has revised provisions about office hours of banks and financial institutions, mandating them to render certain kinds of services during sudden public holidays.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
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<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Prior to this, banks and financial institutions were required to pre-inform the Bank and Financial Institutions Regulation Department and Bank Supervision Department, NRB to render services during public holidays. -- RSS</span></span></span></p>
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			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">February 24: A variety of programmes depicting Nepal&rsquo;s unique art and culture was organised in Cairo, the capital of Egypt, for the promotion of tourism.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The Embassy of Nepal in Cairo held the programme on Wednesday and Thursday. Videos and songs and music reflecting the unique Nepali art and culture were presented on the occasion.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Around 375 foreign nationals keenly observed the programme, the Nepali Embassy in Cairo said. The national flag, statues of Pashupatinath and the Buddha, images of elephants, urn, mask, khukuri knives and other articles related to Buddhism were put on display in the exhibition hall.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Tourism promotional materials such as booklets and posters were distributed to the visitors. The Nepali diaspora and students in Egypt had extended cooperation for this.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">There are about 300 Nepali students studying medical science in Egypt, the embassy stated.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Besides Nepal, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Portugal, Russia, Vietnam, Spain, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, Thailand, Ghana among other countries had also run tourism promotional stalls on the occasion.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Ambassador of Nepal to Egypt, Sushil Kumar Lamsal and the employees at the embassy were present on the occasion. The locals, foreigners living in Egypt and diplomatic staff of various countries had observed the Nepali stall and programme. -- RSS&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><br />
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			'title' => 'Light Snowfall Predicted in High-Hill Areas Today   ',
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			'summary' => 'February 27: The westerly wind is having a general impact on the country's weather system at present. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">February 27: The westerly wind is having a general impact on the country&#39;s weather system at present. Due to the effects in the weather system, the mountainous area of the country would witness partial to general changes in the weather condition while the remaining areas would generally see clean weather, according to the Weather Forecasting Division.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&ldquo;Light snowfall is predicted in limited areas of high hills and the Himalayan territory in the country,&rdquo; the division said.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The minimum temperature of Kathmandu was recorded at 10.1 degrees Centigrade on Monday and the maximum temperature is expected to be around 23 degrees Centigrade. &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">On Sunday, </span></span></strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">various places across the countey, including the Kathmandu Valley, witnessed rain after a long gap.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />
<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The Weather Forecasting Division informed that light to moderate rainfall occurred in different parts of the country, including the federal capital.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />
<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Meteorologist at the Division, Sanjeev Adhikari, informed RSS that the westerly wind caused the rainfall. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Rainfall was reported in Bagmati Province, Gandaki Province, Sudurpaschim Province and some other places. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to the division, Dhunibeshi of Dhanding witnessed the maximum rainfall&nbsp; on Sunday which was recorded at 12 mm.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Bhaktapur recorded 8.4 mm rain and Kirtipur 7 mm.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The division said there was no rainfall in the night.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></span><br />
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<p><br />
<span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Meanwhile, the adverse weather in the wake of sudden rainfall across many parts of the country affected several domestic and international flights on Sunday.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to Teknath Sitaula, spokesperson at Tribhuvan International Airport, low visibility owing to bad weather impacted the flights.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Sitaula informed that international flights of Vistara and Indigo Air were diverted to Lucknow while the Qatar Airways&#39; airplane was kept on hold in the sky for a while.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Similarly, in the domestic flight segment, two flights to and from Bharatpur in Chitwan district were canceled while flights to some destinations were delayed briefly.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">There was a light to moderate rainfall coupled with thunderstorm and lightning in various parts of the country due to the influence of the westerly wind, according to the Weather Forecasting Division.&nbsp; </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Regular flights resumed after improvement in weather since Sunday night.&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><br />
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			'summary' => 'February 27: Pokhara High Court on Sunday gave a clean chit to actor Purna Bikram Shah (Paul) on charge of pedophilia.  ',
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<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">A division bench of judges Dilliraj Acharya and Shreedhara Kumari Pudasaini acquitted actor Shah on the case.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Earlier, the Nawalpur District Court had sentenced him to two and a half years in jail for allegedly raping a minor. Shah had filed the petition in the High Court, challenging the district court&#39;s verdict. However, the District Court Tahanun had acquitted Shah on the rape case against the minor.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The bench of the High Court concluded that the charges against Shah were not sufficient to prove him guilty, Information Officer of High Court, Pokhara, Bishnu Prasad Acharya said.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Shah&#39;s lawyer senior advocate Kamala Mohan Wagle said that actor Shah will be released from the jail following the High Court&#39;s verdict. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&quot;Shah has won the case. He will be released on Monday,&quot; said Wagle. -- RSS&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>
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			'summary' => 'Kathmandu Metropolitan City is preparing to resume operation of a bigas plant that was closed for the last five years. ',
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<p><span style="font-size:18px">With the financial assistance of the European Union and KMC, the metropolis will repair the plant and bring back into use that is located in the premises of Department of Environment Teku.&nbsp;</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px">KMC Environment Department Chief Rabinman Shrestha said that KMC was working to restore the operation of the biogas plant to manage the degradable waste sustainably by generating renewable energy from perishable waste.&nbsp;</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px">For the project&rsquo;s restoration, KMC is in talks with National Innovation Center Nepal. &ldquo;Since the talks with NIC is positive, we shall operate the plant from the next week,&rdquo; Shestha said.&nbsp;</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px">European Union and KMC have injected 46 million and 18 million respectively for the plant. Installed under integrated waste management project, the biogas plant requires three metric tons of biodegradable waste in a day. </span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px">The project is able to produce 3,000 kilograms of organic fertilizer, 14 kilowatt electricity and 13,500 liters of processed water.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px">Preparations are underway to restore biogas plant as its closure has hit PhD students conducting research on bio energy and biogas production. Operation of the plant is expected to help the KMC manage degradable wastes.&nbsp;</span></p>
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			'title' => 'Import and Export of Agricultural Produce Declines',
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			'summary' => 'February 26: Import and export of main agricultural products to and from Nepal have both declined.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">February 26: Import and export of main agricultural products to and from Nepal have both declined.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, the import of agricultural products decreased by 43 percent in the first six months of the current fiscal year. The import of agricultural produce declined because India tightened the export of agricultural produce. Another reason is that the domestic production of some items have increased.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Spokesperson for the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, Prakash Kumar Sanjel, said that both import and export of agricultural products have decreased. Although the ministry has not done a separate study on the reasons for the large-scale decrease in imports, he claimed that imports decreased due to India&#39;s tightening of export of agricultural products and increase in domestic production of some items compared to the past.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">According to the data provided by the Ministry, the import of paddy/rice and maize decreased while the import of wheat decreased the most. According to Sanjel, India&#39;s ban on wheat export directly affected Nepal&#39;s imports. Due to the Russia-Ukraine tension, India banned the export of wheat on the assumption that there will be a shortage of wheat in its own country.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Similarly, the import of bananas and potatoes also decreased. While the import of other agricultural products is decreasing, the import of onion on the other hand has increased. From last July to January, import of apple among fresh fruits decreased whereas the import of orange seems to have increased. The data shows that the import of sunflower, soybean and palm oil decreased as well.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">According to the data, exports of coffee, ghee, sunflower oil, soybean oil have decreased while the exports of ginger, fresh vegetables and cardamom have increased to some extent.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">&nbsp;</span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'NTB Starts  Survey to Find Average Expenditure By Foreign Tourist',
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			'summary' => 'The Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) has begun a survey to find data on average expenditures by a foreign tourist from Sunday. The survey aims to find how much foreign tourists spend during their stay in Nepal, said the NTB Director Maniraj Lamichhane.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">February 26: The Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) has begun a survey&nbsp;to find data on average expenditures by a foreign tourist from Sunday. The survey aims to find how much foreign tourists spend during their stay in Nepal, said the NTB Director Maniraj Lamichhane. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">&quot;Two thousand sample respondents will be selected for the survey. Five employees deployed by the Board will fill out the questionnaire with details of visiting tourists. They have been given&nbsp;40 days for the job,&quot; Lamichhane&nbsp;&nbsp;said. Students of the Nepal Academy of Tourism and Hotel Management (NATHM) have volunteered as enumerators for the survey. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">In 2021 and 2022, a foreign tourist spent average USD 48 on a daily basis, Lamichhane&nbsp;&nbsp;said. In 2023, their expenditure is expected to increase&nbsp;anything between USD 70 and 75 each. The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, the Nepal Rastra Bank, the National Statistics Office and the NATHM have collaborated for&nbsp;the initiative. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">The arrival of foreign tourists has gradually been on the track post COVID-19. A total of 55,074 foreign tourists visited Nepal in January, 2023 alone, according to data with the NTB. Similarly, the total 614,148 tourists arrived in Nepal in 2022. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">The years 2020 and 2021 when the infectious disease COVID-19 peaked&nbsp;saw a sharp drop in tourist&nbsp;inflow to stand at 230,085 and 150,962 respectively from a whopping 1,197,091 in 2019 before the pandemic broke out.&nbsp;&nbsp;The year 2020 witnessed an 81 percent decline in tourist influx. ----RSS&nbsp;</span></span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'NPC Caps Limit on Budget for Next FY at Rs 1688 Billion',
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			'summary' => 'February 26: The budget for the next fiscal year is certain to decline after the National Planning Commission (NPC) capped the ceiling on budget citing government’s failure to collect revenue.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">February 26: The budget for the next fiscal year is certain to decline after the National Planning Commission (NPC) capped the ceiling on budget citing government&rsquo;s failure to collect revenue.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The NPC has set the limit of Rs 1688.4 billion for next year&rsquo;s budget which is less than the current fiscal year&rsquo;s budget by almost 150 billion. The then finance minister Janardan Sharma had announced a budget of Rs 1793.83 billion for the current FY.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">A recent meeting of the National Resource Estimation Committee of the NPC chaired by its Vice Chairman Dr Min Bahadur Shrestha decided to downsize the budget and asked the government to work accordingly.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel has reduced the size of the budget announced by his predecessor Sharma as the government failed to collect revenue according to the initial target. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">As per the revised estimated prepared by Finance Minister Paudel, the government will likely spend only Rs 1549.99 billion this year and the budget was downsized accordingly. Compared to this figure, the budget limit for the next fiscal year is Rs 138.41 billion more.</span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The NPC has estimated that the government will collect revenue of Rs 1403 billion for next year&#39;s budget. This revenue estimate is about 14 percent more than what will be collected in the current fiscal year. It is estimated that Rs 201 billion will be received from foreign assistance for next year&#39;s budget, of which Rs 25 billion will be received as grants and Rs 176 billion as loans.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The commission has estimated that the remaining amount will be collected through internal loans of Rs 230 billion. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Analyzing the contraction seen in revenue mobilization in the first six months of the current fiscal year, the decline in subsidies in foreign aid and the increase in the foreign exchange rates which might put pressure on payment of loan, the NPC has made a realistic estimate and projection of national resource mobilization,&quot; said Rajendra Kumar Paudel, the spokesperson of the commission. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to the commission, the limit has been fixed by keeping the mandatory obligations including salaries, pensions, social security and the implementation status of multi-year projects of national importance, supply of chemical fertilizers, expenses related to the implementation of international commitments, financial transfers among others. The NPC has estimated that next year&#39;s economic growth rate will be 8 percent, per capita income will reach USD 1,572 and consumer price inflation will be 6.5 percent.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">As the size of current fiscal year&rsquo;s budget is large, the government&rsquo;s resources are not able to meet the revenue collection target.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The economy has been facing liquidity crisis due to the impacts of the Covid-19 and Russia-Ukraine war. This has caused many problems in the economy. This has forced the government to reduce the size of the budget for the upcoming fiscal year.</span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Farmers in Chitwan Resume Protest',
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			'summary' => 'February 26: The farmers of Chitwan have again started their protest, this time with another symbolic protest by flying black balloons.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">February 26: The farmers of Chitwan have again started their protest, this time with another symbolic protest by flying black balloons. They had started protested by throwing vegetables on the road on February 3. As their demands were not addressed, they started the second phase of the protest on Friday. Lekhnath Bhusal, the coordinator of Farmer&rsquo;s Struggle Committee Chitwan, said that black balloons were flown to convey the message that the farmers are continuously protesting.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">The farmers gathered at the central bus terminal in Bharatpur with placards and reached Pulchok in Narayangadh via District Administration Office, Bypass Road, Agriculture Knowledge Centre, Chaubiskothi. They demonstrated on the highway. They said that despite many assurances that their demands will be met, the concerned authorities have not lived up to their commitment.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">As a result, the protest continues in various forms.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">During the demonstration, they insisted to stop the import of vegetables, determine the right price and proper management of domestic products, ensure timely availability of fertilizer and seeds, etc. The farmers demonstrated with placards that read &#39;There is no future in farming, and they are old to go to the Gulf countries, the leaders are always weak, the people are always poor, let&#39;s boycott foreign products, let&#39;s encourage domestic products, the agricultural revolution continues&#39;.</span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Farmers Earn Rs 200 Million from Sale of Cardamom   ',
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			'summary' => 'February 26: Farmers of Lamjung have earned Rs 200 million from the sale of cardamom this year. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">February 26: Farmers of Lamjung have earned Rs 200 million from the sale of cardamom this year. A total of 380 metric tons of cardamom was sold in the district this year, according to the Prime Minister&#39;s Agriculture Modernization Project Implementation Unit Lamjung.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">This year saw a record amount of cardamom sale since commercial farming of cardamom began 38 years ago in 2041 BS.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Farmers sold cardamom at a minimum price of Rs 550 to 700 per kg this year. The sale of cardamom last year fetched between Rs 950 to 1500 per kg. In the previous year, the farmers had earned Rs182 million from the sale of 3,500 quintals of cardamom.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Compared to the previous year cardamom production of most of the farmers in the district has increased this year. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&ldquo;The production as well as sale of cardamom has doubled this year compared to last year,&rdquo; said Ash Bahadur Gurung of Masryangdi Rural Municipality-5. He shared that this year he earned about Rs 555,000 against Rs 400,000 in the previous year.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Out of 95 households in Gurung&#39;s village, 85 households are cultivating cardamom commercially.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The farmers have however complained about the fluctuating price of cardamom. The farmers have been compelled to sell their produce at much lower prices compared to the past. Farmers say that due to India&#39;s monopoly, they are not getting good price for cardamom seeds.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Although reports say that cardamom is being cultivated in an area of more than 1000 hectares of land in the district it is actually being produced only in 500 hectares. Masryangdi Rural Municipality, Besisahar Municipality, Kholasothar, Dordi and Dudhpokhari rural municipalities have been declared as cardamom pocket areas. -- RSS&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Ukraine-Russia Tension Continues: How Prepared is Nepal?',
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			'summary' => 'February 26: US President Joe Biden arrived in Kyiv four days before the first anniversary of the start of tensions between Russia and Ukraine.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Rudra Khadka</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">February 26: US President Joe Biden arrived in Kyiv four days before the first anniversary of the start of tensions between Russia and Ukraine on February 24.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Since the tension between the two countries is ongoing, the president and the soldiers of Ukraine are excited with the arrival of Biden in Kyiv. Since the beginning of tensions with Russia, the United States has provided more than USD 30 billion in aid to Ukraine.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Russia has expressed its displeasure about Biden&#39;s arrival in Kyiv. After Biden visited Ukraine, Russia announced the suspension of the Strategic Arms Limitation Agreement (SALT) with the United States. Soon after (last Tuesday), US President Biden, who reached Poland, opposed Russia&#39;s move. Due to this, the Russia-Ukraine tension does not seem to resolve immediately.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">After the tension started between the two countries, the world economy went into recession. Inflation has increased in most of the countries. The problem of unemployment is getting serious. Tech giants like Amazon and Twitter have laid off employees hugely.</span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">How is the war affecting Nepal?</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">The effect of the Russia-Ukraine tension, which started post Covid-19 pandemic, has also affected Nepal. Especially the increase in fuel prices has increased inflation in the country. The average inflation for the last six months is above 8 per cent, which is higher than expected. The &#39;supply chain&#39; of food imports is disrupted and is causing the general public to suffer.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">As there are no signs of immediate resolution to the tension in those countries, it is not yet possible to say how long the problem will last. World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Asian Development Bank and other agencies have predicted that the economic recession will continue throughout 2023. Nepal&#39;s economy has been import-oriented for years. All the necessary goods, including food, are imported, and revenue collected from imports has been the main source of revenue for the government.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Nepal used to export rice until the 1980s, but in recent times it has stopped exporting and is only importing the staple food. Due to this, as soon as there is a disruption in the &#39;supply chain&#39;, Nepal gets impacted. The reason why the Ukraine-Russia tension has reached Nepal is because of the disruption in the supply chain. All over the world, Russia and Ukraine are known as the major source of wheat, mustard, lentils and petroleum products. Many countries, including Nepal and India, import the products of Russia and Ukraine.&nbsp;</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Former Executive Director of Nepal Rastra Bank Nar Bahadur Thapa shared that there is no other option but to emphasize production growth as there is no possibility of an immediate resolution to the Russia-Ukraine tension.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">&quot;Since it is seen that there will be problems in the coming days, the first thing to do to sustain the economy is to increase production,&quot; he said.&nbsp;</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Even though experts have been suggesting the government to increase production, the government does not seem to be paying much attention to it.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">For example, now is the time to plant paddy. However, the government has not yet been able to bring any incentive program for the farmers to plant paddy. The lack of chemical fertilizers is another major problem. Experts argue that if farmers are to be encouraged to plant paddy and increase production, it is necessary to fix the support price now.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">&nbsp;</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">However, the farmers do not believe in the support price set by the government, because the government does not buy the food crops if they are not sold according to the support price. This year too, the government announced the support price for annual paddy cultivation, but the government did not buy all of the farmers&#39; produce.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Some farmers had already sold their paddy before the support price was fixed. Because of this, there is no point in setting or not setting the support price.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">The ex-executive director of Nepal Rashtra Bank suggested that large warehouses should be built all over the country and enough food should be stored in such houses to avert the possible threat of food crisis. Experts shared that now is the time for the government to act. However, such an opportunity also came during the time of Covid-19. However, the government wasted time by not introducing programs that would encourage production growth. Due to the fear of the pandemic, the people who lived in the city at that time returned to their villages.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">If the government had been able to adopt an incentive policy, the returnees could have been engaged in agricultural work. There was such an opportunity last year as well, but it was also wasted without working. Experts shared that since the crisis has not been resolved, there is still room for work to increase production. For that, first of all, the government should win the trust of the farmers, and to win the trust, it should adopt a farmer-friendly policy and implement it accordingly.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">The farmers will be assured that the government is committed to support them only if it sets a support price for paddy and shows it by purchasing paddy accordingly. Even if there is an immediate ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, it will take at least six months for the &#39;supply chain&#39; to return to normalcy. During that period, only agriculture can earn income. So the government should not waste time. A policy of increasing agricultural production should be adopted without any delay.&nbsp;</span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Light Rainfall Likely Today   ',
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			'summary' => 'February 26: There is a possibility of rainfall and thunderstorms due to the general influence of the westerly winds in the country today (February 26).',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">February 26: There is a possibility of rainfall and thunderstorms due to the general influence of the westerly winds in the country today (February 26). </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to meteorologist at the state-owned Weather Forecasting Division, there is a possibility of light rainfall with thunder and lightning in few places of the hill areas of Province 1, Bagmati and Gandaki provinces.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Rojana Lamichhane, a meteorologist with the Weather Forecasting Division under the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology said that light snowfall is also likely in the mountainous areas of the three provinces. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Kathmandu is also likely to witness rainfall with partial to normal change in the weather today, added Lamichhane.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Lamichhane said that the weather will become clear in the morning and evening in Province 1, Bagmati Province and Gandaki Province in the next few days.&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The minimum temperature in Kathmandu todhas been recorded at 10 degrees Celsius and the maximum temperature is expected to be around 23 degrees Celsius. -- RSS&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Collective Potato Farming in Barren Land ',
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			'summary' => 'Local farmers have started commercial potato farming at the land uncultivated for the last 20 years at Mareni of Dhawalagiri Rural Municiplaity-2, Myagdi. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px">February 26: &nbsp;Local farmers&nbsp;have started commercial potato farming at the land uncultivated for the last 20 years at Mareni of Dhawalagiri Rural Municiplaity-2, Myagdi.&nbsp;</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px">Lagansil Multipurpose Framers&rsquo; Group have cleared bushes&nbsp;at 44 ropani land and started&nbsp;collective potato farming.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px">&ldquo;We have cleared the bushes, tilled the land and planted potatoes,&rdquo; said the group&rsquo;s chair Gausara BK. According to BK, eighteen persons have started commercial potato farming. The group is preparing to plant potato in 100 ropani land by expanding the farming to Paireni, and Lamsung as well.&nbsp;</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px">The group has&nbsp;planted 20 muri potato seeds in the rented land of local people.&nbsp;Rural municipality&rsquo;s agriculture branch&rsquo;s technical assistant Amrit Thapa said that farmers&rsquo; group had planted local species of potatoes in 44 ropani of the land under rural municipality&rsquo;s potato pocket programme.&nbsp;</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px">&ldquo;Potato farming has changed shape of barren land. Local farmers are excited to give continuity to the potato farming in the next year as well. Locals will make income if the weather remains favourable,&rdquo; Thapa said.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px">The rural municipality has allocated Rs 1.2 million for potato pocket programme in the current fiscal year.&nbsp;Lagnasil Multipurpose Farmers&rsquo; Group and Agriculture Herbs and Livestock Farmers&rsquo; Group have been provided with Rs 6 lakhs each for potato cultivation, said a source at the rural municipality.</span></p>
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			'title' => 'NC Senior Leader Poudel Most Likely to become New President',
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			'summary' => 'February 25: Senior leader of the Nepali Congress Ram Chandra Poudel has filed his candidacy for the presidential election to be held on March 9.    ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">February 25: Senior leader of the Nepali Congress Ram Chandra Poudel has filed his candidacy for the presidential election to be held on March 9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and top leaders from various political parties reached the Federal Parliament building at New Baneshwar on Saturday to register Poudel&#39;s candidacy.&nbsp; Backed by eight parties, Paudel is most likely to be elected as the new president with clear majority.&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Poudel has been proposed for the presidential candidate by NC President Sher Bahadur Deuba, CPN (Unified Socialist) Chairperson Madhav Kumar Nepal, CPN (Maoist Centre) Senior Vice-Chairperson Narayankaji Shrestha, Janata Samajwadi Party leader Ashok Kumar Rai and Abdul Khan of the Janamat Party.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Likewise, supporters for Poudel&#39;s candidacy in the presidential bid are Chairperson of Lokatantrik Samajwadi Party Nepal, Mahantha Thakur; Vice-President of Nepali Congress, Purna Bahadur Khadka; Chairperson of Nagarik Unmukti Party, Ranjita Shrestha; Chairman of Rastriya Janamorcha, Chitra Bahadur KC; and Chief Whip of CPN (Maoist Centre), Hitraj Pandey.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">President hopeful Poudel was elected Member of the House of Representatives from Tanahu-1 in the November 20 election.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Also, he was elected to the parliament from Tanahu in 2048 BS, 2051 BS, 2056 BS, 2064 BS and 2070 BS.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Leader Poudel had already served as Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister for Home Affairs and led the Ministry of Local Development, Ministry of Agriculture, and the Ministry of Communications and Information in the past.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">He also served as the Speaker of the HoR. Born in 2001 BS at Bahunpokhara of Risti Rural Municipality in Tanahu district, Poudel forayed into politics at the age of 16.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">He is the founding member of the Nepal Student Union, which was established in 2027 BS and was elected to the central committee member of the party for the first time in 2034 BS.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Similarly, leader Poudel became vice-president and acting president of the party. He was also awarded with the &#39;Order of the Rising Sun (2020)&#39; presented by the government of Japan.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">He has written dozens of books and published seminal articles on contemporary issues.&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Eight political parties, including Nepali Congress &ndash; the largest party in the House of Representatives, CPN (Maoist Centre) and CPN (Unified Socialist) have decided to support Paudel&rsquo;s bid to become a new president.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">An eight-party meeting held at the prime minister&#39;s official residence in Baluwatar on Friday evening took a decision to this effect, according to Prakash Jwala, a leader of the CPN (Unified Socialist).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&quot; Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal called the meeting of the eight parties including those out of the government. The only agenda discussed in the meeting was the president&#39;s election. In the meeting, PM Dahal proposed to support the Nepali Congress nominee for the president because it is the largest political party. We also agreed with PM Dahal&#39;s proposal,&quot; said Jwala.</span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Quoting PM Dahal in the meeting, leader Jwala said, &quot;From today onward, a new political journey begins. Let&#39;s take it ahead; let&#39;s be united for the country&#39;s prosperity, national independence, sovereignty and people&#39;s livelihood. We can go together on power sharing as well.&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The eight parties attending the meeting were NC, Maoist Centre, CPN (Unified Socialist), Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP), Loktantrik Samajbadi Party, Janamat Party, Rastriya Janamorcha and Nagarik Unmukti Party.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The meeting of the top leaders of NC, Maoist Centre, JSP and CPN (US) on Friday morning had agreed to restore the previous alliance- the alliance before that of November 20 election.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Although the CPN UML had been insisting that UML nominee would be the president as per the agreement reached on December 25, PM Dahal was for forging national consensus for the presidential election.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">-- RSS&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><br />
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			'title' => 'Hult Prize, Toastmasters KCM organize the Art of Speech and Body Language',
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			'summary' => 'February 24: Hult Prize KCM, in collaboration with the Toastmasters KCM, hosted an event on the 'art of speech and body language' in Gwarko, Lalitpur earlier in February.',
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<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Issuing a statement, the organizers said that the event aimed to teach the participants about the significance of our body language while delivering a powerful pitch.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&ldquo;The words you use, how you use them, and the tone and intonation of your voice all fall under the category of speech,&rdquo; added the statement.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to the organizers, it is crucial to talk clearly, confidently, and with the appropriate style and intonation when giving an address or participating in a conversation to &ldquo;properly communicate your message&rdquo;.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The participants were made aware that the body language entails using nonverbal indicators like posture, gestures, and facial expressions to support and reinforce your message.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to the statement issued by the organisers, the participants expressed gratitude and appreciation for such a fun and worthwhile event.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&ldquo;The main credit goes to Toastmasters, who collaborated to share their side of the stories to inspire the participants to further get into that and polish themselves.&rdquo;</span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'NRB Tells Banks to Render Certain Services during Sudden Public Holidays   ',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => 'February 24: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has revised provisions about office hours of banks and financial institutions, mandating them to render certain kinds of services during sudden public holidays.   ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">February 24: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has revised provisions about office hours of banks and financial institutions, mandating them to render certain kinds of services during sudden public holidays.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The NRB has fixed certain hours (10:00 am-1:30 pm) for banks and financial institutions to ensure most essential services such as cash transactions, cheque clearance and real-time gross settlement during a sudden public holiday.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Prior to this, banks and financial institutions were required to pre-inform the Bank and Financial Institutions Regulation Department and Bank Supervision Department, NRB to render services during public holidays. -- RSS</span></span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Tourism Promotion Event held in Cairo   ',
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			'summary' => 'February 24: A variety of programmes depicting Nepal’s unique art and culture was organised in Cairo, the capital of Egypt, for the promotion of tourism.    ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">February 24: A variety of programmes depicting Nepal&rsquo;s unique art and culture was organised in Cairo, the capital of Egypt, for the promotion of tourism.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The Embassy of Nepal in Cairo held the programme on Wednesday and Thursday. Videos and songs and music reflecting the unique Nepali art and culture were presented on the occasion.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Around 375 foreign nationals keenly observed the programme, the Nepali Embassy in Cairo said. The national flag, statues of Pashupatinath and the Buddha, images of elephants, urn, mask, khukuri knives and other articles related to Buddhism were put on display in the exhibition hall.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Tourism promotional materials such as booklets and posters were distributed to the visitors. The Nepali diaspora and students in Egypt had extended cooperation for this.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">There are about 300 Nepali students studying medical science in Egypt, the embassy stated.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Besides Nepal, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Portugal, Russia, Vietnam, Spain, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, Thailand, Ghana among other countries had also run tourism promotional stalls on the occasion.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Ambassador of Nepal to Egypt, Sushil Kumar Lamsal and the employees at the embassy were present on the occasion. The locals, foreigners living in Egypt and diplomatic staff of various countries had observed the Nepali stall and programme. -- RSS&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><br />
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			'title' => 'Light Snowfall Predicted in High-Hill Areas Today   ',
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			'summary' => 'February 27: The westerly wind is having a general impact on the country's weather system at present. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">February 27: The westerly wind is having a general impact on the country&#39;s weather system at present. Due to the effects in the weather system, the mountainous area of the country would witness partial to general changes in the weather condition while the remaining areas would generally see clean weather, according to the Weather Forecasting Division.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&ldquo;Light snowfall is predicted in limited areas of high hills and the Himalayan territory in the country,&rdquo; the division said.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The minimum temperature of Kathmandu was recorded at 10.1 degrees Centigrade on Monday and the maximum temperature is expected to be around 23 degrees Centigrade. &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">On Sunday, </span></span></strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">various places across the countey, including the Kathmandu Valley, witnessed rain after a long gap.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />
<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The Weather Forecasting Division informed that light to moderate rainfall occurred in different parts of the country, including the federal capital.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />
<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Meteorologist at the Division, Sanjeev Adhikari, informed RSS that the westerly wind caused the rainfall. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Rainfall was reported in Bagmati Province, Gandaki Province, Sudurpaschim Province and some other places. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to the division, Dhunibeshi of Dhanding witnessed the maximum rainfall&nbsp; on Sunday which was recorded at 12 mm.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Bhaktapur recorded 8.4 mm rain and Kirtipur 7 mm.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The division said there was no rainfall in the night.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></span><br />
&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
<span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Meanwhile, the adverse weather in the wake of sudden rainfall across many parts of the country affected several domestic and international flights on Sunday.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to Teknath Sitaula, spokesperson at Tribhuvan International Airport, low visibility owing to bad weather impacted the flights.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Sitaula informed that international flights of Vistara and Indigo Air were diverted to Lucknow while the Qatar Airways&#39; airplane was kept on hold in the sky for a while.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Similarly, in the domestic flight segment, two flights to and from Bharatpur in Chitwan district were canceled while flights to some destinations were delayed briefly.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">There was a light to moderate rainfall coupled with thunderstorm and lightning in various parts of the country due to the influence of the westerly wind, according to the Weather Forecasting Division.&nbsp; </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Regular flights resumed after improvement in weather since Sunday night.&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><br />
&nbsp;</span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'High Court Acquits Paul Shah on Charge of Pedophilia   ',
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			'summary' => 'February 27: Pokhara High Court on Sunday gave a clean chit to actor Purna Bikram Shah (Paul) on charge of pedophilia.  ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">February 27: Pokhara High Court on Sunday gave a clean chit to actor Purna Bikram Shah (Paul) on charge of pedophilia.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">A division bench of judges Dilliraj Acharya and Shreedhara Kumari Pudasaini acquitted actor Shah on the case.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Earlier, the Nawalpur District Court had sentenced him to two and a half years in jail for allegedly raping a minor. Shah had filed the petition in the High Court, challenging the district court&#39;s verdict. However, the District Court Tahanun had acquitted Shah on the rape case against the minor.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The bench of the High Court concluded that the charges against Shah were not sufficient to prove him guilty, Information Officer of High Court, Pokhara, Bishnu Prasad Acharya said.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Shah&#39;s lawyer senior advocate Kamala Mohan Wagle said that actor Shah will be released from the jail following the High Court&#39;s verdict. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&quot;Shah has won the case. He will be released on Monday,&quot; said Wagle. -- RSS&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'KMC Preparing to Restore Closed Biogas Plant ',
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			'summary' => 'Kathmandu Metropolitan City is preparing to resume operation of a bigas plant that was closed for the last five years. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px">February 27: Kathmandu Metropolitan City is preparing to resume operation of a bigas plant that was closed for the last five years.&nbsp;</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px">With the financial assistance of the European Union and KMC, the metropolis will repair the plant and bring back into use that is located in the premises of Department of Environment Teku.&nbsp;</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px">KMC Environment Department Chief Rabinman Shrestha said that KMC was working to restore the operation of the biogas plant to manage the degradable waste sustainably by generating renewable energy from perishable waste.&nbsp;</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px">For the project&rsquo;s restoration, KMC is in talks with National Innovation Center Nepal. &ldquo;Since the talks with NIC is positive, we shall operate the plant from the next week,&rdquo; Shestha said.&nbsp;</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px">European Union and KMC have injected 46 million and 18 million respectively for the plant. Installed under integrated waste management project, the biogas plant requires three metric tons of biodegradable waste in a day. </span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px">The project is able to produce 3,000 kilograms of organic fertilizer, 14 kilowatt electricity and 13,500 liters of processed water.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px">Preparations are underway to restore biogas plant as its closure has hit PhD students conducting research on bio energy and biogas production. Operation of the plant is expected to help the KMC manage degradable wastes.&nbsp;</span></p>
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			'title' => 'Import and Export of Agricultural Produce Declines',
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			'summary' => 'February 26: Import and export of main agricultural products to and from Nepal have both declined.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">February 26: Import and export of main agricultural products to and from Nepal have both declined.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, the import of agricultural products decreased by 43 percent in the first six months of the current fiscal year. The import of agricultural produce declined because India tightened the export of agricultural produce. Another reason is that the domestic production of some items have increased.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Spokesperson for the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, Prakash Kumar Sanjel, said that both import and export of agricultural products have decreased. Although the ministry has not done a separate study on the reasons for the large-scale decrease in imports, he claimed that imports decreased due to India&#39;s tightening of export of agricultural products and increase in domestic production of some items compared to the past.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">According to the data provided by the Ministry, the import of paddy/rice and maize decreased while the import of wheat decreased the most. According to Sanjel, India&#39;s ban on wheat export directly affected Nepal&#39;s imports. Due to the Russia-Ukraine tension, India banned the export of wheat on the assumption that there will be a shortage of wheat in its own country.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Similarly, the import of bananas and potatoes also decreased. While the import of other agricultural products is decreasing, the import of onion on the other hand has increased. From last July to January, import of apple among fresh fruits decreased whereas the import of orange seems to have increased. The data shows that the import of sunflower, soybean and palm oil decreased as well.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">According to the data, exports of coffee, ghee, sunflower oil, soybean oil have decreased while the exports of ginger, fresh vegetables and cardamom have increased to some extent.</span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'NTB Starts  Survey to Find Average Expenditure By Foreign Tourist',
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			'summary' => 'The Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) has begun a survey to find data on average expenditures by a foreign tourist from Sunday. The survey aims to find how much foreign tourists spend during their stay in Nepal, said the NTB Director Maniraj Lamichhane.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">February 26: The Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) has begun a survey&nbsp;to find data on average expenditures by a foreign tourist from Sunday. The survey aims to find how much foreign tourists spend during their stay in Nepal, said the NTB Director Maniraj Lamichhane. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">&quot;Two thousand sample respondents will be selected for the survey. Five employees deployed by the Board will fill out the questionnaire with details of visiting tourists. They have been given&nbsp;40 days for the job,&quot; Lamichhane&nbsp;&nbsp;said. Students of the Nepal Academy of Tourism and Hotel Management (NATHM) have volunteered as enumerators for the survey. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">In 2021 and 2022, a foreign tourist spent average USD 48 on a daily basis, Lamichhane&nbsp;&nbsp;said. In 2023, their expenditure is expected to increase&nbsp;anything between USD 70 and 75 each. The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, the Nepal Rastra Bank, the National Statistics Office and the NATHM have collaborated for&nbsp;the initiative. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">The arrival of foreign tourists has gradually been on the track post COVID-19. A total of 55,074 foreign tourists visited Nepal in January, 2023 alone, according to data with the NTB. Similarly, the total 614,148 tourists arrived in Nepal in 2022. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">The years 2020 and 2021 when the infectious disease COVID-19 peaked&nbsp;saw a sharp drop in tourist&nbsp;inflow to stand at 230,085 and 150,962 respectively from a whopping 1,197,091 in 2019 before the pandemic broke out.&nbsp;&nbsp;The year 2020 witnessed an 81 percent decline in tourist influx. ----RSS&nbsp;</span></span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'NPC Caps Limit on Budget for Next FY at Rs 1688 Billion',
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			'summary' => 'February 26: The budget for the next fiscal year is certain to decline after the National Planning Commission (NPC) capped the ceiling on budget citing government’s failure to collect revenue.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">February 26: The budget for the next fiscal year is certain to decline after the National Planning Commission (NPC) capped the ceiling on budget citing government&rsquo;s failure to collect revenue.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The NPC has set the limit of Rs 1688.4 billion for next year&rsquo;s budget which is less than the current fiscal year&rsquo;s budget by almost 150 billion. The then finance minister Janardan Sharma had announced a budget of Rs 1793.83 billion for the current FY.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">A recent meeting of the National Resource Estimation Committee of the NPC chaired by its Vice Chairman Dr Min Bahadur Shrestha decided to downsize the budget and asked the government to work accordingly.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel has reduced the size of the budget announced by his predecessor Sharma as the government failed to collect revenue according to the initial target. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">As per the revised estimated prepared by Finance Minister Paudel, the government will likely spend only Rs 1549.99 billion this year and the budget was downsized accordingly. Compared to this figure, the budget limit for the next fiscal year is Rs 138.41 billion more.</span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The NPC has estimated that the government will collect revenue of Rs 1403 billion for next year&#39;s budget. This revenue estimate is about 14 percent more than what will be collected in the current fiscal year. It is estimated that Rs 201 billion will be received from foreign assistance for next year&#39;s budget, of which Rs 25 billion will be received as grants and Rs 176 billion as loans.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The commission has estimated that the remaining amount will be collected through internal loans of Rs 230 billion. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Analyzing the contraction seen in revenue mobilization in the first six months of the current fiscal year, the decline in subsidies in foreign aid and the increase in the foreign exchange rates which might put pressure on payment of loan, the NPC has made a realistic estimate and projection of national resource mobilization,&quot; said Rajendra Kumar Paudel, the spokesperson of the commission. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to the commission, the limit has been fixed by keeping the mandatory obligations including salaries, pensions, social security and the implementation status of multi-year projects of national importance, supply of chemical fertilizers, expenses related to the implementation of international commitments, financial transfers among others. The NPC has estimated that next year&#39;s economic growth rate will be 8 percent, per capita income will reach USD 1,572 and consumer price inflation will be 6.5 percent.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">As the size of current fiscal year&rsquo;s budget is large, the government&rsquo;s resources are not able to meet the revenue collection target.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The economy has been facing liquidity crisis due to the impacts of the Covid-19 and Russia-Ukraine war. This has caused many problems in the economy. This has forced the government to reduce the size of the budget for the upcoming fiscal year.</span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Farmers in Chitwan Resume Protest',
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			'summary' => 'February 26: The farmers of Chitwan have again started their protest, this time with another symbolic protest by flying black balloons.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">February 26: The farmers of Chitwan have again started their protest, this time with another symbolic protest by flying black balloons. They had started protested by throwing vegetables on the road on February 3. As their demands were not addressed, they started the second phase of the protest on Friday. Lekhnath Bhusal, the coordinator of Farmer&rsquo;s Struggle Committee Chitwan, said that black balloons were flown to convey the message that the farmers are continuously protesting.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">The farmers gathered at the central bus terminal in Bharatpur with placards and reached Pulchok in Narayangadh via District Administration Office, Bypass Road, Agriculture Knowledge Centre, Chaubiskothi. They demonstrated on the highway. They said that despite many assurances that their demands will be met, the concerned authorities have not lived up to their commitment.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">As a result, the protest continues in various forms.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">During the demonstration, they insisted to stop the import of vegetables, determine the right price and proper management of domestic products, ensure timely availability of fertilizer and seeds, etc. The farmers demonstrated with placards that read &#39;There is no future in farming, and they are old to go to the Gulf countries, the leaders are always weak, the people are always poor, let&#39;s boycott foreign products, let&#39;s encourage domestic products, the agricultural revolution continues&#39;.</span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Farmers Earn Rs 200 Million from Sale of Cardamom   ',
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			'summary' => 'February 26: Farmers of Lamjung have earned Rs 200 million from the sale of cardamom this year. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">February 26: Farmers of Lamjung have earned Rs 200 million from the sale of cardamom this year. A total of 380 metric tons of cardamom was sold in the district this year, according to the Prime Minister&#39;s Agriculture Modernization Project Implementation Unit Lamjung.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">This year saw a record amount of cardamom sale since commercial farming of cardamom began 38 years ago in 2041 BS.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Farmers sold cardamom at a minimum price of Rs 550 to 700 per kg this year. The sale of cardamom last year fetched between Rs 950 to 1500 per kg. In the previous year, the farmers had earned Rs182 million from the sale of 3,500 quintals of cardamom.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Compared to the previous year cardamom production of most of the farmers in the district has increased this year. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&ldquo;The production as well as sale of cardamom has doubled this year compared to last year,&rdquo; said Ash Bahadur Gurung of Masryangdi Rural Municipality-5. He shared that this year he earned about Rs 555,000 against Rs 400,000 in the previous year.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Out of 95 households in Gurung&#39;s village, 85 households are cultivating cardamom commercially.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The farmers have however complained about the fluctuating price of cardamom. The farmers have been compelled to sell their produce at much lower prices compared to the past. Farmers say that due to India&#39;s monopoly, they are not getting good price for cardamom seeds.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Although reports say that cardamom is being cultivated in an area of more than 1000 hectares of land in the district it is actually being produced only in 500 hectares. Masryangdi Rural Municipality, Besisahar Municipality, Kholasothar, Dordi and Dudhpokhari rural municipalities have been declared as cardamom pocket areas. -- RSS&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Ukraine-Russia Tension Continues: How Prepared is Nepal?',
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			'summary' => 'February 26: US President Joe Biden arrived in Kyiv four days before the first anniversary of the start of tensions between Russia and Ukraine.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Rudra Khadka</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">February 26: US President Joe Biden arrived in Kyiv four days before the first anniversary of the start of tensions between Russia and Ukraine on February 24.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Since the tension between the two countries is ongoing, the president and the soldiers of Ukraine are excited with the arrival of Biden in Kyiv. Since the beginning of tensions with Russia, the United States has provided more than USD 30 billion in aid to Ukraine.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Russia has expressed its displeasure about Biden&#39;s arrival in Kyiv. After Biden visited Ukraine, Russia announced the suspension of the Strategic Arms Limitation Agreement (SALT) with the United States. Soon after (last Tuesday), US President Biden, who reached Poland, opposed Russia&#39;s move. Due to this, the Russia-Ukraine tension does not seem to resolve immediately.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">After the tension started between the two countries, the world economy went into recession. Inflation has increased in most of the countries. The problem of unemployment is getting serious. Tech giants like Amazon and Twitter have laid off employees hugely.</span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">How is the war affecting Nepal?</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">The effect of the Russia-Ukraine tension, which started post Covid-19 pandemic, has also affected Nepal. Especially the increase in fuel prices has increased inflation in the country. The average inflation for the last six months is above 8 per cent, which is higher than expected. The &#39;supply chain&#39; of food imports is disrupted and is causing the general public to suffer.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">As there are no signs of immediate resolution to the tension in those countries, it is not yet possible to say how long the problem will last. World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Asian Development Bank and other agencies have predicted that the economic recession will continue throughout 2023. Nepal&#39;s economy has been import-oriented for years. All the necessary goods, including food, are imported, and revenue collected from imports has been the main source of revenue for the government.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Nepal used to export rice until the 1980s, but in recent times it has stopped exporting and is only importing the staple food. Due to this, as soon as there is a disruption in the &#39;supply chain&#39;, Nepal gets impacted. The reason why the Ukraine-Russia tension has reached Nepal is because of the disruption in the supply chain. All over the world, Russia and Ukraine are known as the major source of wheat, mustard, lentils and petroleum products. Many countries, including Nepal and India, import the products of Russia and Ukraine.&nbsp;</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Former Executive Director of Nepal Rastra Bank Nar Bahadur Thapa shared that there is no other option but to emphasize production growth as there is no possibility of an immediate resolution to the Russia-Ukraine tension.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">&quot;Since it is seen that there will be problems in the coming days, the first thing to do to sustain the economy is to increase production,&quot; he said.&nbsp;</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Even though experts have been suggesting the government to increase production, the government does not seem to be paying much attention to it.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">For example, now is the time to plant paddy. However, the government has not yet been able to bring any incentive program for the farmers to plant paddy. The lack of chemical fertilizers is another major problem. Experts argue that if farmers are to be encouraged to plant paddy and increase production, it is necessary to fix the support price now.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">&nbsp;</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">However, the farmers do not believe in the support price set by the government, because the government does not buy the food crops if they are not sold according to the support price. This year too, the government announced the support price for annual paddy cultivation, but the government did not buy all of the farmers&#39; produce.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Some farmers had already sold their paddy before the support price was fixed. Because of this, there is no point in setting or not setting the support price.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">The ex-executive director of Nepal Rashtra Bank suggested that large warehouses should be built all over the country and enough food should be stored in such houses to avert the possible threat of food crisis. Experts shared that now is the time for the government to act. However, such an opportunity also came during the time of Covid-19. However, the government wasted time by not introducing programs that would encourage production growth. Due to the fear of the pandemic, the people who lived in the city at that time returned to their villages.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">If the government had been able to adopt an incentive policy, the returnees could have been engaged in agricultural work. There was such an opportunity last year as well, but it was also wasted without working. Experts shared that since the crisis has not been resolved, there is still room for work to increase production. For that, first of all, the government should win the trust of the farmers, and to win the trust, it should adopt a farmer-friendly policy and implement it accordingly.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">The farmers will be assured that the government is committed to support them only if it sets a support price for paddy and shows it by purchasing paddy accordingly. Even if there is an immediate ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, it will take at least six months for the &#39;supply chain&#39; to return to normalcy. During that period, only agriculture can earn income. So the government should not waste time. A policy of increasing agricultural production should be adopted without any delay.&nbsp;</span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Light Rainfall Likely Today   ',
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			'summary' => 'February 26: There is a possibility of rainfall and thunderstorms due to the general influence of the westerly winds in the country today (February 26).',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">February 26: There is a possibility of rainfall and thunderstorms due to the general influence of the westerly winds in the country today (February 26). </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to meteorologist at the state-owned Weather Forecasting Division, there is a possibility of light rainfall with thunder and lightning in few places of the hill areas of Province 1, Bagmati and Gandaki provinces.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Rojana Lamichhane, a meteorologist with the Weather Forecasting Division under the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology said that light snowfall is also likely in the mountainous areas of the three provinces. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Kathmandu is also likely to witness rainfall with partial to normal change in the weather today, added Lamichhane.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Lamichhane said that the weather will become clear in the morning and evening in Province 1, Bagmati Province and Gandaki Province in the next few days.&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The minimum temperature in Kathmandu todhas been recorded at 10 degrees Celsius and the maximum temperature is expected to be around 23 degrees Celsius. -- RSS&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Collective Potato Farming in Barren Land ',
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			'summary' => 'Local farmers have started commercial potato farming at the land uncultivated for the last 20 years at Mareni of Dhawalagiri Rural Municiplaity-2, Myagdi. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px">February 26: &nbsp;Local farmers&nbsp;have started commercial potato farming at the land uncultivated for the last 20 years at Mareni of Dhawalagiri Rural Municiplaity-2, Myagdi.&nbsp;</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px">Lagansil Multipurpose Framers&rsquo; Group have cleared bushes&nbsp;at 44 ropani land and started&nbsp;collective potato farming.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px">&ldquo;We have cleared the bushes, tilled the land and planted potatoes,&rdquo; said the group&rsquo;s chair Gausara BK. According to BK, eighteen persons have started commercial potato farming. The group is preparing to plant potato in 100 ropani land by expanding the farming to Paireni, and Lamsung as well.&nbsp;</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px">The group has&nbsp;planted 20 muri potato seeds in the rented land of local people.&nbsp;Rural municipality&rsquo;s agriculture branch&rsquo;s technical assistant Amrit Thapa said that farmers&rsquo; group had planted local species of potatoes in 44 ropani of the land under rural municipality&rsquo;s potato pocket programme.&nbsp;</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px">&ldquo;Potato farming has changed shape of barren land. Local farmers are excited to give continuity to the potato farming in the next year as well. Locals will make income if the weather remains favourable,&rdquo; Thapa said.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px">The rural municipality has allocated Rs 1.2 million for potato pocket programme in the current fiscal year.&nbsp;Lagnasil Multipurpose Farmers&rsquo; Group and Agriculture Herbs and Livestock Farmers&rsquo; Group have been provided with Rs 6 lakhs each for potato cultivation, said a source at the rural municipality.</span></p>
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			'title' => 'NC Senior Leader Poudel Most Likely to become New President',
			'sub_title' => 'Registers Candidacy for Presidential Election',
			'summary' => 'February 25: Senior leader of the Nepali Congress Ram Chandra Poudel has filed his candidacy for the presidential election to be held on March 9.    ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">February 25: Senior leader of the Nepali Congress Ram Chandra Poudel has filed his candidacy for the presidential election to be held on March 9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and top leaders from various political parties reached the Federal Parliament building at New Baneshwar on Saturday to register Poudel&#39;s candidacy.&nbsp; Backed by eight parties, Paudel is most likely to be elected as the new president with clear majority.&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Poudel has been proposed for the presidential candidate by NC President Sher Bahadur Deuba, CPN (Unified Socialist) Chairperson Madhav Kumar Nepal, CPN (Maoist Centre) Senior Vice-Chairperson Narayankaji Shrestha, Janata Samajwadi Party leader Ashok Kumar Rai and Abdul Khan of the Janamat Party.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Likewise, supporters for Poudel&#39;s candidacy in the presidential bid are Chairperson of Lokatantrik Samajwadi Party Nepal, Mahantha Thakur; Vice-President of Nepali Congress, Purna Bahadur Khadka; Chairperson of Nagarik Unmukti Party, Ranjita Shrestha; Chairman of Rastriya Janamorcha, Chitra Bahadur KC; and Chief Whip of CPN (Maoist Centre), Hitraj Pandey.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">President hopeful Poudel was elected Member of the House of Representatives from Tanahu-1 in the November 20 election.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Also, he was elected to the parliament from Tanahu in 2048 BS, 2051 BS, 2056 BS, 2064 BS and 2070 BS.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Leader Poudel had already served as Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister for Home Affairs and led the Ministry of Local Development, Ministry of Agriculture, and the Ministry of Communications and Information in the past.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">He also served as the Speaker of the HoR. Born in 2001 BS at Bahunpokhara of Risti Rural Municipality in Tanahu district, Poudel forayed into politics at the age of 16.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">He is the founding member of the Nepal Student Union, which was established in 2027 BS and was elected to the central committee member of the party for the first time in 2034 BS.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Similarly, leader Poudel became vice-president and acting president of the party. He was also awarded with the &#39;Order of the Rising Sun (2020)&#39; presented by the government of Japan.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">He has written dozens of books and published seminal articles on contemporary issues.&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Eight political parties, including Nepali Congress &ndash; the largest party in the House of Representatives, CPN (Maoist Centre) and CPN (Unified Socialist) have decided to support Paudel&rsquo;s bid to become a new president.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">An eight-party meeting held at the prime minister&#39;s official residence in Baluwatar on Friday evening took a decision to this effect, according to Prakash Jwala, a leader of the CPN (Unified Socialist).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&quot; Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal called the meeting of the eight parties including those out of the government. The only agenda discussed in the meeting was the president&#39;s election. In the meeting, PM Dahal proposed to support the Nepali Congress nominee for the president because it is the largest political party. We also agreed with PM Dahal&#39;s proposal,&quot; said Jwala.</span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Quoting PM Dahal in the meeting, leader Jwala said, &quot;From today onward, a new political journey begins. Let&#39;s take it ahead; let&#39;s be united for the country&#39;s prosperity, national independence, sovereignty and people&#39;s livelihood. We can go together on power sharing as well.&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The eight parties attending the meeting were NC, Maoist Centre, CPN (Unified Socialist), Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP), Loktantrik Samajbadi Party, Janamat Party, Rastriya Janamorcha and Nagarik Unmukti Party.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The meeting of the top leaders of NC, Maoist Centre, JSP and CPN (US) on Friday morning had agreed to restore the previous alliance- the alliance before that of November 20 election.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Although the CPN UML had been insisting that UML nominee would be the president as per the agreement reached on December 25, PM Dahal was for forging national consensus for the presidential election.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">-- RSS&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><br />
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			'title' => 'Hult Prize, Toastmasters KCM organize the Art of Speech and Body Language',
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			'summary' => 'February 24: Hult Prize KCM, in collaboration with the Toastmasters KCM, hosted an event on the 'art of speech and body language' in Gwarko, Lalitpur earlier in February.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">February 24: Hult Prize KCM, in collaboration with the Toastmasters KCM, hosted an event on the &#39;art of speech and body language&#39; in Gwarko, Lalitpur earlier in February.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Issuing a statement, the organizers said that the event aimed to teach the participants about the significance of our body language while delivering a powerful pitch.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&ldquo;The words you use, how you use them, and the tone and intonation of your voice all fall under the category of speech,&rdquo; added the statement.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to the organizers, it is crucial to talk clearly, confidently, and with the appropriate style and intonation when giving an address or participating in a conversation to &ldquo;properly communicate your message&rdquo;.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The participants were made aware that the body language entails using nonverbal indicators like posture, gestures, and facial expressions to support and reinforce your message.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to the statement issued by the organisers, the participants expressed gratitude and appreciation for such a fun and worthwhile event.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&ldquo;The main credit goes to Toastmasters, who collaborated to share their side of the stories to inspire the participants to further get into that and polish themselves.&rdquo;</span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'NRB Tells Banks to Render Certain Services during Sudden Public Holidays   ',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => 'February 24: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has revised provisions about office hours of banks and financial institutions, mandating them to render certain kinds of services during sudden public holidays.   ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">February 24: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has revised provisions about office hours of banks and financial institutions, mandating them to render certain kinds of services during sudden public holidays.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The NRB has fixed certain hours (10:00 am-1:30 pm) for banks and financial institutions to ensure most essential services such as cash transactions, cheque clearance and real-time gross settlement during a sudden public holiday.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Prior to this, banks and financial institutions were required to pre-inform the Bank and Financial Institutions Regulation Department and Bank Supervision Department, NRB to render services during public holidays. -- RSS</span></span></span></p>
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			'summary' => 'February 24: A variety of programmes depicting Nepal’s unique art and culture was organised in Cairo, the capital of Egypt, for the promotion of tourism.    ',
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<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The Embassy of Nepal in Cairo held the programme on Wednesday and Thursday. Videos and songs and music reflecting the unique Nepali art and culture were presented on the occasion.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Around 375 foreign nationals keenly observed the programme, the Nepali Embassy in Cairo said. The national flag, statues of Pashupatinath and the Buddha, images of elephants, urn, mask, khukuri knives and other articles related to Buddhism were put on display in the exhibition hall.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Tourism promotional materials such as booklets and posters were distributed to the visitors. The Nepali diaspora and students in Egypt had extended cooperation for this.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">There are about 300 Nepali students studying medical science in Egypt, the embassy stated.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Besides Nepal, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Portugal, Russia, Vietnam, Spain, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, Thailand, Ghana among other countries had also run tourism promotional stalls on the occasion.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Ambassador of Nepal to Egypt, Sushil Kumar Lamsal and the employees at the embassy were present on the occasion. The locals, foreigners living in Egypt and diplomatic staff of various countries had observed the Nepali stall and programme. -- RSS&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><br />
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			'title' => 'Light Snowfall Predicted in High-Hill Areas Today   ',
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			'summary' => 'February 27: The westerly wind is having a general impact on the country's weather system at present. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">February 27: The westerly wind is having a general impact on the country&#39;s weather system at present. Due to the effects in the weather system, the mountainous area of the country would witness partial to general changes in the weather condition while the remaining areas would generally see clean weather, according to the Weather Forecasting Division.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&ldquo;Light snowfall is predicted in limited areas of high hills and the Himalayan territory in the country,&rdquo; the division said.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Likewise, in the night time, partial changes would occur in the mountainous area while light snowfall is likely to take place in one or two places of the high hills and Himalayan region of Province 1 and Gandaki Province.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The minimum temperature of Kathmandu was recorded at 10.1 degrees Centigrade on Monday and the maximum temperature is expected to be around 23 degrees Centigrade. &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">On Sunday, </span></span></strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">various places across the countey, including the Kathmandu Valley, witnessed rain after a long gap.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The Weather Forecasting Division informed that light to moderate rainfall occurred in different parts of the country, including the federal capital.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />
<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Meteorologist at the Division, Sanjeev Adhikari, informed RSS that the westerly wind caused the rainfall. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Rainfall was reported in Bagmati Province, Gandaki Province, Sudurpaschim Province and some other places. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to the division, Dhunibeshi of Dhanding witnessed the maximum rainfall&nbsp; on Sunday which was recorded at 12 mm.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Bhaktapur recorded 8.4 mm rain and Kirtipur 7 mm.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The division said there was no rainfall in the night.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Meanwhile, the adverse weather in the wake of sudden rainfall across many parts of the country affected several domestic and international flights on Sunday.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to Teknath Sitaula, spokesperson at Tribhuvan International Airport, low visibility owing to bad weather impacted the flights.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Sitaula informed that international flights of Vistara and Indigo Air were diverted to Lucknow while the Qatar Airways&#39; airplane was kept on hold in the sky for a while.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Similarly, in the domestic flight segment, two flights to and from Bharatpur in Chitwan district were canceled while flights to some destinations were delayed briefly.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">There was a light to moderate rainfall coupled with thunderstorm and lightning in various parts of the country due to the influence of the westerly wind, according to the Weather Forecasting Division.&nbsp; </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Regular flights resumed after improvement in weather since Sunday night.&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><br />
&nbsp;</span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'High Court Acquits Paul Shah on Charge of Pedophilia   ',
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			'summary' => 'February 27: Pokhara High Court on Sunday gave a clean chit to actor Purna Bikram Shah (Paul) on charge of pedophilia.  ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">February 27: Pokhara High Court on Sunday gave a clean chit to actor Purna Bikram Shah (Paul) on charge of pedophilia.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">A division bench of judges Dilliraj Acharya and Shreedhara Kumari Pudasaini acquitted actor Shah on the case.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Earlier, the Nawalpur District Court had sentenced him to two and a half years in jail for allegedly raping a minor. Shah had filed the petition in the High Court, challenging the district court&#39;s verdict. However, the District Court Tahanun had acquitted Shah on the rape case against the minor.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The bench of the High Court concluded that the charges against Shah were not sufficient to prove him guilty, Information Officer of High Court, Pokhara, Bishnu Prasad Acharya said.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Shah&#39;s lawyer senior advocate Kamala Mohan Wagle said that actor Shah will be released from the jail following the High Court&#39;s verdict. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&quot;Shah has won the case. He will be released on Monday,&quot; said Wagle. -- RSS&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'KMC Preparing to Restore Closed Biogas Plant ',
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			'summary' => 'Kathmandu Metropolitan City is preparing to resume operation of a bigas plant that was closed for the last five years. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px">February 27: Kathmandu Metropolitan City is preparing to resume operation of a bigas plant that was closed for the last five years.&nbsp;</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px">With the financial assistance of the European Union and KMC, the metropolis will repair the plant and bring back into use that is located in the premises of Department of Environment Teku.&nbsp;</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px">KMC Environment Department Chief Rabinman Shrestha said that KMC was working to restore the operation of the biogas plant to manage the degradable waste sustainably by generating renewable energy from perishable waste.&nbsp;</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px">For the project&rsquo;s restoration, KMC is in talks with National Innovation Center Nepal. &ldquo;Since the talks with NIC is positive, we shall operate the plant from the next week,&rdquo; Shestha said.&nbsp;</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px">European Union and KMC have injected 46 million and 18 million respectively for the plant. Installed under integrated waste management project, the biogas plant requires three metric tons of biodegradable waste in a day. </span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px">The project is able to produce 3,000 kilograms of organic fertilizer, 14 kilowatt electricity and 13,500 liters of processed water.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px">Preparations are underway to restore biogas plant as its closure has hit PhD students conducting research on bio energy and biogas production. Operation of the plant is expected to help the KMC manage degradable wastes.&nbsp;</span></p>
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			'title' => 'Import and Export of Agricultural Produce Declines',
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			'summary' => 'February 26: Import and export of main agricultural products to and from Nepal have both declined.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">February 26: Import and export of main agricultural products to and from Nepal have both declined.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, the import of agricultural products decreased by 43 percent in the first six months of the current fiscal year. The import of agricultural produce declined because India tightened the export of agricultural produce. Another reason is that the domestic production of some items have increased.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Spokesperson for the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, Prakash Kumar Sanjel, said that both import and export of agricultural products have decreased. Although the ministry has not done a separate study on the reasons for the large-scale decrease in imports, he claimed that imports decreased due to India&#39;s tightening of export of agricultural products and increase in domestic production of some items compared to the past.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">According to the data provided by the Ministry, the import of paddy/rice and maize decreased while the import of wheat decreased the most. According to Sanjel, India&#39;s ban on wheat export directly affected Nepal&#39;s imports. Due to the Russia-Ukraine tension, India banned the export of wheat on the assumption that there will be a shortage of wheat in its own country.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Similarly, the import of bananas and potatoes also decreased. While the import of other agricultural products is decreasing, the import of onion on the other hand has increased. From last July to January, import of apple among fresh fruits decreased whereas the import of orange seems to have increased. The data shows that the import of sunflower, soybean and palm oil decreased as well.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">According to the data, exports of coffee, ghee, sunflower oil, soybean oil have decreased while the exports of ginger, fresh vegetables and cardamom have increased to some extent.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">&nbsp;</span></span></p>

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			'summary' => 'The Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) has begun a survey to find data on average expenditures by a foreign tourist from Sunday. The survey aims to find how much foreign tourists spend during their stay in Nepal, said the NTB Director Maniraj Lamichhane.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">February 26: The Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) has begun a survey&nbsp;to find data on average expenditures by a foreign tourist from Sunday. The survey aims to find how much foreign tourists spend during their stay in Nepal, said the NTB Director Maniraj Lamichhane. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">&quot;Two thousand sample respondents will be selected for the survey. Five employees deployed by the Board will fill out the questionnaire with details of visiting tourists. They have been given&nbsp;40 days for the job,&quot; Lamichhane&nbsp;&nbsp;said. Students of the Nepal Academy of Tourism and Hotel Management (NATHM) have volunteered as enumerators for the survey. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">In 2021 and 2022, a foreign tourist spent average USD 48 on a daily basis, Lamichhane&nbsp;&nbsp;said. In 2023, their expenditure is expected to increase&nbsp;anything between USD 70 and 75 each. The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, the Nepal Rastra Bank, the National Statistics Office and the NATHM have collaborated for&nbsp;the initiative. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">The arrival of foreign tourists has gradually been on the track post COVID-19. A total of 55,074 foreign tourists visited Nepal in January, 2023 alone, according to data with the NTB. Similarly, the total 614,148 tourists arrived in Nepal in 2022. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">The years 2020 and 2021 when the infectious disease COVID-19 peaked&nbsp;saw a sharp drop in tourist&nbsp;inflow to stand at 230,085 and 150,962 respectively from a whopping 1,197,091 in 2019 before the pandemic broke out.&nbsp;&nbsp;The year 2020 witnessed an 81 percent decline in tourist influx. ----RSS&nbsp;</span></span></span></p>
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			'summary' => 'February 26: The budget for the next fiscal year is certain to decline after the National Planning Commission (NPC) capped the ceiling on budget citing government’s failure to collect revenue.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">February 26: The budget for the next fiscal year is certain to decline after the National Planning Commission (NPC) capped the ceiling on budget citing government&rsquo;s failure to collect revenue.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The NPC has set the limit of Rs 1688.4 billion for next year&rsquo;s budget which is less than the current fiscal year&rsquo;s budget by almost 150 billion. The then finance minister Janardan Sharma had announced a budget of Rs 1793.83 billion for the current FY.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">A recent meeting of the National Resource Estimation Committee of the NPC chaired by its Vice Chairman Dr Min Bahadur Shrestha decided to downsize the budget and asked the government to work accordingly.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel has reduced the size of the budget announced by his predecessor Sharma as the government failed to collect revenue according to the initial target. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">As per the revised estimated prepared by Finance Minister Paudel, the government will likely spend only Rs 1549.99 billion this year and the budget was downsized accordingly. Compared to this figure, the budget limit for the next fiscal year is Rs 138.41 billion more.</span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The NPC has estimated that the government will collect revenue of Rs 1403 billion for next year&#39;s budget. This revenue estimate is about 14 percent more than what will be collected in the current fiscal year. It is estimated that Rs 201 billion will be received from foreign assistance for next year&#39;s budget, of which Rs 25 billion will be received as grants and Rs 176 billion as loans.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The commission has estimated that the remaining amount will be collected through internal loans of Rs 230 billion. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Analyzing the contraction seen in revenue mobilization in the first six months of the current fiscal year, the decline in subsidies in foreign aid and the increase in the foreign exchange rates which might put pressure on payment of loan, the NPC has made a realistic estimate and projection of national resource mobilization,&quot; said Rajendra Kumar Paudel, the spokesperson of the commission. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to the commission, the limit has been fixed by keeping the mandatory obligations including salaries, pensions, social security and the implementation status of multi-year projects of national importance, supply of chemical fertilizers, expenses related to the implementation of international commitments, financial transfers among others. The NPC has estimated that next year&#39;s economic growth rate will be 8 percent, per capita income will reach USD 1,572 and consumer price inflation will be 6.5 percent.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">As the size of current fiscal year&rsquo;s budget is large, the government&rsquo;s resources are not able to meet the revenue collection target.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The economy has been facing liquidity crisis due to the impacts of the Covid-19 and Russia-Ukraine war. This has caused many problems in the economy. This has forced the government to reduce the size of the budget for the upcoming fiscal year.</span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Farmers in Chitwan Resume Protest',
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			'summary' => 'February 26: The farmers of Chitwan have again started their protest, this time with another symbolic protest by flying black balloons.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">February 26: The farmers of Chitwan have again started their protest, this time with another symbolic protest by flying black balloons. They had started protested by throwing vegetables on the road on February 3. As their demands were not addressed, they started the second phase of the protest on Friday. Lekhnath Bhusal, the coordinator of Farmer&rsquo;s Struggle Committee Chitwan, said that black balloons were flown to convey the message that the farmers are continuously protesting.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">The farmers gathered at the central bus terminal in Bharatpur with placards and reached Pulchok in Narayangadh via District Administration Office, Bypass Road, Agriculture Knowledge Centre, Chaubiskothi. They demonstrated on the highway. They said that despite many assurances that their demands will be met, the concerned authorities have not lived up to their commitment.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">As a result, the protest continues in various forms.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">During the demonstration, they insisted to stop the import of vegetables, determine the right price and proper management of domestic products, ensure timely availability of fertilizer and seeds, etc. The farmers demonstrated with placards that read &#39;There is no future in farming, and they are old to go to the Gulf countries, the leaders are always weak, the people are always poor, let&#39;s boycott foreign products, let&#39;s encourage domestic products, the agricultural revolution continues&#39;.</span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Farmers Earn Rs 200 Million from Sale of Cardamom   ',
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			'summary' => 'February 26: Farmers of Lamjung have earned Rs 200 million from the sale of cardamom this year. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">February 26: Farmers of Lamjung have earned Rs 200 million from the sale of cardamom this year. A total of 380 metric tons of cardamom was sold in the district this year, according to the Prime Minister&#39;s Agriculture Modernization Project Implementation Unit Lamjung.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">This year saw a record amount of cardamom sale since commercial farming of cardamom began 38 years ago in 2041 BS.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Farmers sold cardamom at a minimum price of Rs 550 to 700 per kg this year. The sale of cardamom last year fetched between Rs 950 to 1500 per kg. In the previous year, the farmers had earned Rs182 million from the sale of 3,500 quintals of cardamom.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Compared to the previous year cardamom production of most of the farmers in the district has increased this year. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&ldquo;The production as well as sale of cardamom has doubled this year compared to last year,&rdquo; said Ash Bahadur Gurung of Masryangdi Rural Municipality-5. He shared that this year he earned about Rs 555,000 against Rs 400,000 in the previous year.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Out of 95 households in Gurung&#39;s village, 85 households are cultivating cardamom commercially.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The farmers have however complained about the fluctuating price of cardamom. The farmers have been compelled to sell their produce at much lower prices compared to the past. Farmers say that due to India&#39;s monopoly, they are not getting good price for cardamom seeds.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Although reports say that cardamom is being cultivated in an area of more than 1000 hectares of land in the district it is actually being produced only in 500 hectares. Masryangdi Rural Municipality, Besisahar Municipality, Kholasothar, Dordi and Dudhpokhari rural municipalities have been declared as cardamom pocket areas. -- RSS&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Ukraine-Russia Tension Continues: How Prepared is Nepal?',
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			'summary' => 'February 26: US President Joe Biden arrived in Kyiv four days before the first anniversary of the start of tensions between Russia and Ukraine.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Rudra Khadka</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">February 26: US President Joe Biden arrived in Kyiv four days before the first anniversary of the start of tensions between Russia and Ukraine on February 24.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Since the tension between the two countries is ongoing, the president and the soldiers of Ukraine are excited with the arrival of Biden in Kyiv. Since the beginning of tensions with Russia, the United States has provided more than USD 30 billion in aid to Ukraine.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Russia has expressed its displeasure about Biden&#39;s arrival in Kyiv. After Biden visited Ukraine, Russia announced the suspension of the Strategic Arms Limitation Agreement (SALT) with the United States. Soon after (last Tuesday), US President Biden, who reached Poland, opposed Russia&#39;s move. Due to this, the Russia-Ukraine tension does not seem to resolve immediately.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">After the tension started between the two countries, the world economy went into recession. Inflation has increased in most of the countries. The problem of unemployment is getting serious. Tech giants like Amazon and Twitter have laid off employees hugely.</span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">How is the war affecting Nepal?</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">The effect of the Russia-Ukraine tension, which started post Covid-19 pandemic, has also affected Nepal. Especially the increase in fuel prices has increased inflation in the country. The average inflation for the last six months is above 8 per cent, which is higher than expected. The &#39;supply chain&#39; of food imports is disrupted and is causing the general public to suffer.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">As there are no signs of immediate resolution to the tension in those countries, it is not yet possible to say how long the problem will last. World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Asian Development Bank and other agencies have predicted that the economic recession will continue throughout 2023. Nepal&#39;s economy has been import-oriented for years. All the necessary goods, including food, are imported, and revenue collected from imports has been the main source of revenue for the government.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Nepal used to export rice until the 1980s, but in recent times it has stopped exporting and is only importing the staple food. Due to this, as soon as there is a disruption in the &#39;supply chain&#39;, Nepal gets impacted. The reason why the Ukraine-Russia tension has reached Nepal is because of the disruption in the supply chain. All over the world, Russia and Ukraine are known as the major source of wheat, mustard, lentils and petroleum products. Many countries, including Nepal and India, import the products of Russia and Ukraine.&nbsp;</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Former Executive Director of Nepal Rastra Bank Nar Bahadur Thapa shared that there is no other option but to emphasize production growth as there is no possibility of an immediate resolution to the Russia-Ukraine tension.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">&quot;Since it is seen that there will be problems in the coming days, the first thing to do to sustain the economy is to increase production,&quot; he said.&nbsp;</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Even though experts have been suggesting the government to increase production, the government does not seem to be paying much attention to it.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">For example, now is the time to plant paddy. However, the government has not yet been able to bring any incentive program for the farmers to plant paddy. The lack of chemical fertilizers is another major problem. Experts argue that if farmers are to be encouraged to plant paddy and increase production, it is necessary to fix the support price now.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">&nbsp;</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">However, the farmers do not believe in the support price set by the government, because the government does not buy the food crops if they are not sold according to the support price. This year too, the government announced the support price for annual paddy cultivation, but the government did not buy all of the farmers&#39; produce.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Some farmers had already sold their paddy before the support price was fixed. Because of this, there is no point in setting or not setting the support price.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">The ex-executive director of Nepal Rashtra Bank suggested that large warehouses should be built all over the country and enough food should be stored in such houses to avert the possible threat of food crisis. Experts shared that now is the time for the government to act. However, such an opportunity also came during the time of Covid-19. However, the government wasted time by not introducing programs that would encourage production growth. Due to the fear of the pandemic, the people who lived in the city at that time returned to their villages.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">If the government had been able to adopt an incentive policy, the returnees could have been engaged in agricultural work. There was such an opportunity last year as well, but it was also wasted without working. Experts shared that since the crisis has not been resolved, there is still room for work to increase production. For that, first of all, the government should win the trust of the farmers, and to win the trust, it should adopt a farmer-friendly policy and implement it accordingly.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">The farmers will be assured that the government is committed to support them only if it sets a support price for paddy and shows it by purchasing paddy accordingly. Even if there is an immediate ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, it will take at least six months for the &#39;supply chain&#39; to return to normalcy. During that period, only agriculture can earn income. So the government should not waste time. A policy of increasing agricultural production should be adopted without any delay.&nbsp;</span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Light Rainfall Likely Today   ',
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			'summary' => 'February 26: There is a possibility of rainfall and thunderstorms due to the general influence of the westerly winds in the country today (February 26).',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">February 26: There is a possibility of rainfall and thunderstorms due to the general influence of the westerly winds in the country today (February 26). </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to meteorologist at the state-owned Weather Forecasting Division, there is a possibility of light rainfall with thunder and lightning in few places of the hill areas of Province 1, Bagmati and Gandaki provinces.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Rojana Lamichhane, a meteorologist with the Weather Forecasting Division under the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology said that light snowfall is also likely in the mountainous areas of the three provinces. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Kathmandu is also likely to witness rainfall with partial to normal change in the weather today, added Lamichhane.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Lamichhane said that the weather will become clear in the morning and evening in Province 1, Bagmati Province and Gandaki Province in the next few days.&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The minimum temperature in Kathmandu todhas been recorded at 10 degrees Celsius and the maximum temperature is expected to be around 23 degrees Celsius. -- RSS&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Collective Potato Farming in Barren Land ',
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			'summary' => 'Local farmers have started commercial potato farming at the land uncultivated for the last 20 years at Mareni of Dhawalagiri Rural Municiplaity-2, Myagdi. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px">February 26: &nbsp;Local farmers&nbsp;have started commercial potato farming at the land uncultivated for the last 20 years at Mareni of Dhawalagiri Rural Municiplaity-2, Myagdi.&nbsp;</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px">Lagansil Multipurpose Framers&rsquo; Group have cleared bushes&nbsp;at 44 ropani land and started&nbsp;collective potato farming.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px">&ldquo;We have cleared the bushes, tilled the land and planted potatoes,&rdquo; said the group&rsquo;s chair Gausara BK. According to BK, eighteen persons have started commercial potato farming. The group is preparing to plant potato in 100 ropani land by expanding the farming to Paireni, and Lamsung as well.&nbsp;</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px">The group has&nbsp;planted 20 muri potato seeds in the rented land of local people.&nbsp;Rural municipality&rsquo;s agriculture branch&rsquo;s technical assistant Amrit Thapa said that farmers&rsquo; group had planted local species of potatoes in 44 ropani of the land under rural municipality&rsquo;s potato pocket programme.&nbsp;</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px">&ldquo;Potato farming has changed shape of barren land. Local farmers are excited to give continuity to the potato farming in the next year as well. Locals will make income if the weather remains favourable,&rdquo; Thapa said.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px">The rural municipality has allocated Rs 1.2 million for potato pocket programme in the current fiscal year.&nbsp;Lagnasil Multipurpose Farmers&rsquo; Group and Agriculture Herbs and Livestock Farmers&rsquo; Group have been provided with Rs 6 lakhs each for potato cultivation, said a source at the rural municipality.</span></p>
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			'summary' => 'February 25: Senior leader of the Nepali Congress Ram Chandra Poudel has filed his candidacy for the presidential election to be held on March 9.    ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">February 25: Senior leader of the Nepali Congress Ram Chandra Poudel has filed his candidacy for the presidential election to be held on March 9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and top leaders from various political parties reached the Federal Parliament building at New Baneshwar on Saturday to register Poudel&#39;s candidacy.&nbsp; Backed by eight parties, Paudel is most likely to be elected as the new president with clear majority.&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Poudel has been proposed for the presidential candidate by NC President Sher Bahadur Deuba, CPN (Unified Socialist) Chairperson Madhav Kumar Nepal, CPN (Maoist Centre) Senior Vice-Chairperson Narayankaji Shrestha, Janata Samajwadi Party leader Ashok Kumar Rai and Abdul Khan of the Janamat Party.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Likewise, supporters for Poudel&#39;s candidacy in the presidential bid are Chairperson of Lokatantrik Samajwadi Party Nepal, Mahantha Thakur; Vice-President of Nepali Congress, Purna Bahadur Khadka; Chairperson of Nagarik Unmukti Party, Ranjita Shrestha; Chairman of Rastriya Janamorcha, Chitra Bahadur KC; and Chief Whip of CPN (Maoist Centre), Hitraj Pandey.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">President hopeful Poudel was elected Member of the House of Representatives from Tanahu-1 in the November 20 election.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Also, he was elected to the parliament from Tanahu in 2048 BS, 2051 BS, 2056 BS, 2064 BS and 2070 BS.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Leader Poudel had already served as Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister for Home Affairs and led the Ministry of Local Development, Ministry of Agriculture, and the Ministry of Communications and Information in the past.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">He also served as the Speaker of the HoR. Born in 2001 BS at Bahunpokhara of Risti Rural Municipality in Tanahu district, Poudel forayed into politics at the age of 16.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">He is the founding member of the Nepal Student Union, which was established in 2027 BS and was elected to the central committee member of the party for the first time in 2034 BS.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Similarly, leader Poudel became vice-president and acting president of the party. He was also awarded with the &#39;Order of the Rising Sun (2020)&#39; presented by the government of Japan.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">He has written dozens of books and published seminal articles on contemporary issues.&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Eight political parties, including Nepali Congress &ndash; the largest party in the House of Representatives, CPN (Maoist Centre) and CPN (Unified Socialist) have decided to support Paudel&rsquo;s bid to become a new president.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">An eight-party meeting held at the prime minister&#39;s official residence in Baluwatar on Friday evening took a decision to this effect, according to Prakash Jwala, a leader of the CPN (Unified Socialist).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&quot; Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal called the meeting of the eight parties including those out of the government. The only agenda discussed in the meeting was the president&#39;s election. In the meeting, PM Dahal proposed to support the Nepali Congress nominee for the president because it is the largest political party. We also agreed with PM Dahal&#39;s proposal,&quot; said Jwala.</span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Quoting PM Dahal in the meeting, leader Jwala said, &quot;From today onward, a new political journey begins. Let&#39;s take it ahead; let&#39;s be united for the country&#39;s prosperity, national independence, sovereignty and people&#39;s livelihood. We can go together on power sharing as well.&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The eight parties attending the meeting were NC, Maoist Centre, CPN (Unified Socialist), Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP), Loktantrik Samajbadi Party, Janamat Party, Rastriya Janamorcha and Nagarik Unmukti Party.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The meeting of the top leaders of NC, Maoist Centre, JSP and CPN (US) on Friday morning had agreed to restore the previous alliance- the alliance before that of November 20 election.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Although the CPN UML had been insisting that UML nominee would be the president as per the agreement reached on December 25, PM Dahal was for forging national consensus for the presidential election.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">-- RSS&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><br />
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			'summary' => 'February 24: Hult Prize KCM, in collaboration with the Toastmasters KCM, hosted an event on the 'art of speech and body language' in Gwarko, Lalitpur earlier in February.',
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<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Issuing a statement, the organizers said that the event aimed to teach the participants about the significance of our body language while delivering a powerful pitch.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&ldquo;The words you use, how you use them, and the tone and intonation of your voice all fall under the category of speech,&rdquo; added the statement.</span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The participants were made aware that the body language entails using nonverbal indicators like posture, gestures, and facial expressions to support and reinforce your message.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to the statement issued by the organisers, the participants expressed gratitude and appreciation for such a fun and worthwhile event.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&ldquo;The main credit goes to Toastmasters, who collaborated to share their side of the stories to inspire the participants to further get into that and polish themselves.&rdquo;</span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'NRB Tells Banks to Render Certain Services during Sudden Public Holidays   ',
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			'summary' => 'February 24: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has revised provisions about office hours of banks and financial institutions, mandating them to render certain kinds of services during sudden public holidays.   ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">February 24: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has revised provisions about office hours of banks and financial institutions, mandating them to render certain kinds of services during sudden public holidays.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The NRB has fixed certain hours (10:00 am-1:30 pm) for banks and financial institutions to ensure most essential services such as cash transactions, cheque clearance and real-time gross settlement during a sudden public holiday.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Prior to this, banks and financial institutions were required to pre-inform the Bank and Financial Institutions Regulation Department and Bank Supervision Department, NRB to render services during public holidays. -- RSS</span></span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Tourism Promotion Event held in Cairo   ',
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			'summary' => 'February 24: A variety of programmes depicting Nepal’s unique art and culture was organised in Cairo, the capital of Egypt, for the promotion of tourism.    ',
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<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The Embassy of Nepal in Cairo held the programme on Wednesday and Thursday. Videos and songs and music reflecting the unique Nepali art and culture were presented on the occasion.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Around 375 foreign nationals keenly observed the programme, the Nepali Embassy in Cairo said. The national flag, statues of Pashupatinath and the Buddha, images of elephants, urn, mask, khukuri knives and other articles related to Buddhism were put on display in the exhibition hall.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Tourism promotional materials such as booklets and posters were distributed to the visitors. The Nepali diaspora and students in Egypt had extended cooperation for this.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">There are about 300 Nepali students studying medical science in Egypt, the embassy stated.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Besides Nepal, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Portugal, Russia, Vietnam, Spain, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, Thailand, Ghana among other countries had also run tourism promotional stalls on the occasion.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Ambassador of Nepal to Egypt, Sushil Kumar Lamsal and the employees at the embassy were present on the occasion. The locals, foreigners living in Egypt and diplomatic staff of various countries had observed the Nepali stall and programme. -- RSS&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><br />
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