Prolonged drought has caused the winter crops to wilt leaving the farmers worried in…
Prolonged drought has caused the winter crops to wilt leaving the farmers worried in…
January 24: The government has fallen short of its revenue collection target in the first six months of the current fiscal year by Rs 161…
January 23: The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has arrested the chief of the Domestic Terminal Unit of Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA), Purna…
January 23: Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel has said the startup work procedures and provision on project loans would be implemented…
January 23: The upgrading of the Beni-Jomson road section under the Kali Gandaki Corridor is taking place at a snail’s…
Senior Vice-chairperson of Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industries(FNCCI) Chandra Prasad Dhakal said development of the cottage, small and medium-sized enterprises would make a significant contribution to the economic development of the…
Janakpurdham Trade Expo-2023 is scheduled to be held in Janakpurdham from February…
January 23: Until some years ago, the mountains of Nepal were seen with snow-capped ridges during the winter…
Dr Min Bahadur Shrestha has been appointed as the Vice-Chairperson of National Planning Commission…
January 23: Onions worth more than Rs 2.5 billion were imported in Nepal in the first five months of the current fiscal…
January 23: The police have appealed to the general public to be aware of fraudulent activities on social media with people giving fake assurance of services in return for…
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Super Madi Hydropower Limited has opened sale of its Initial Public Offering (IPO) to the general public from…
An exhibition related to energy and health is underway simultaneously at Bhrikutimandap,…
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Bishnu Prasad Poudel said the government is ready for policy-level and legal reforms to systematise the remittance inflow to the…
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', 'content' => '<p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">January 24: Prolonged drought has caused the winter crops to wilt leaving the farmers worried in Myagdi. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Winter crops such as wheat and barley have started to wilt due to lack of rain for a long time in mountainous district. </span></span><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Myagdi has witnessed drop in the production of summer crops of paddy and millet this year. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Farmers look worried as wilting of the winter crops caused by prolonged drought is sure to cause the production of winter crops to shrink in the district. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The production of wheat, barley, beans, winter potatoes and vegetables will see a sharp decline this year, said senior farmer Chandra Bahadur Karki in Myagdi. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Saying that production of winter crops and vegetables will shrink, many farmers appear worried as major source of their livelihood is agriculture. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Wheat is grown in around 9,000 hectares of the land in the district. However, only 52 per cent of the land has access to irrigation facility in the district. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Some farmers have failed to cultivate wheat for lack of irrigation, said local agriculture technicians. </span></span><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Winter crops have begun to dry up in the land having no access to the irrigation facility, said Mangala Rural Municipality Agriculture Technician Jagat Baniya. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-24', 'modified' => '2023-01-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16567', 'image' => '20230124103713_collage (79).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-24 10:34:26', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '42' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16826', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government Fails to Meet Revenue Collection Target', 'sub_title' => 'Finance Minister Instructs Secretaries to Increase Capital Expenditure ', 'summary' => 'January 24: The government has fallen short of its revenue collection target in the first six months of the current fiscal year by Rs 161 billion.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">January 24: The government has fallen short of its revenue collection target in the first six months of the current fiscal year by Rs 161 billion. During the review period, the government collected Rs 490 billion against the target of Rs 651 billion, shared Joint Secretary Anand Kafle, who is also the spokesperson for the Ministry of Finance.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The government’s capital expenditure in the first six months of the current fiscal year remained dismal at Rs 53.45 billion out of the allocated amount of Rs 100.8 billion for the review period, Spokesperson Kafle briefed Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Poudel during a discussion at the Ministry of Finance held on Monday on the topic of overall economic situation of the country and implementation of the budget.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Kafle further said that the current expenditure of the government during the review period was Rs 455 billion out of the allocated amount of Rs 594 billion. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">During the discussion, Finance Minister Paudel instructed the secretaries to increase capital expenditure and reduce current expenditure. He stressed on the need to give special priority to capital expenditure and to maintain strict revenue management. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The finance minister instructed the concerned authorities to spend the funds allocated under all the headings only on the same heading, discourage the expenditure of current nature, and not to seek additional funds under any heading except for mandatory obligations. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Meanwhile, Finance Secretary Toyam Raya said that the ministry has already started adopting austerity measures and cost reduction plans and is expecting other ministries to follow suit. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Revenue Secretary Dr Ram Prasad Ghimire requested all agencies to cooperate in controlling revenue leakage while working proactively in non-tax revenue collection. </span></span></span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-24', 'modified' => '2023-01-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16566', 'image' => '20230124123420_finance_ministry_copy1.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-24 00:33:22', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16824', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Chief of TIA Domestic Terminal Arrested ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'January 23: The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has arrested the chief of the Domestic Terminal Unit of Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA), Purna Chudal. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">January 23: The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has arrested the chief of the Domestic Terminal Unit of Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA), Purna Chudal. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The CIAA carried out a sting operation at the Unit on Monday, leading to Chudal's arrest. TIA General Manager Premnath Thakur confirmed his arrest but said it was not clear why he was arrested. </span></span></span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-23', 'modified' => '2023-01-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16564', 'image' => '20230123100928_20200311110634_1583889398.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-23 22:07:54', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16823', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Startup Work Procedures and Project Loans to be Implemented Soon: Finance Minister ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'January 23: Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel has said the startup work procedures and provision on project loans would be implemented soon. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">January 23: Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel has said the startup work procedures and provision on project loans would be implemented soon. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Addressing the Small and Medium Enterprises Conference organised by the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) in Lalitpur on Monday, the finance minister asserted that he would take the initiative for preparing the Startup Work Procedures pending for long. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"It is the government's weakness that the startup work procedures could not be drafted until now. The work procedures would be passed immediately. The project loans the private sector has been demanding will also be implemented soon," he said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The finance minister urged the private sector to give clear suggestions to the government regarding the problems of the small and medium enterprises. Stating that the government would take initiation for identifying the problems of the small, cottage, micro and medium-scale enterprises and for resolving them, Finance Minister Poudel said a right conclusion would be derived on the matter only after taking suggestions from the related sectors. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"The government moves ahead only after taking the suggestions from the related sector while drafting the plan and policy of any sector. It is necessary that the private sector points out and clarifies the policy-level ambiguities in any particular sector," the finance minister said, adding that the government is expecting concrete and clear suggestions on how the procedural hassles could be minimized and the service delivery made prompt and convenient. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Finance Minister Poudel said he will work towards hearing the problems of the private sector and addressing the valid demands. The finance minister said that the private sector should also give suggestions as to how the access of the SMEs could be increased in the financial sector. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">In addition to this, he pledged the government’s assurance that the interest rate for loan would not be increased. “Interest rate is linked with inflation this way or that. Efforts are on to prevent the interest rate for going high.” </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">He made it clear that the government had no policy to intervene in the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) affairs as it is the autonomous body, but the government would cooperate with it to address the existing issues. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">He said the private sector was expected to inform the government if it sensed problems in the government’s service delivery. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">FNCCI President Shekhar Golchha described small and middle-scale enterprises as the basis for national economy, but these sectors were marred by various issues. “The prices of raw materials have skyrocketed. Banks’ interest rate is high. Small entrepreneurs face challenges to get loan,” he said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">He was of the opinion that the state should play a role to establish a stable interest rate and the systematic tax system. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-23', 'modified' => '2023-01-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16563', 'image' => '20230123080106_startup-6 (1).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-23 20:00:37', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16822', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Upgrading of Beni-Jomsom Road Section Delayed', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'January 23: The upgrading of the Beni-Jomson road section under the Kali Gandaki Corridor is taking place at a snail’s pace.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">January 23: The upgrading of the Beni-Jomson road section under the Kali Gandaki Corridor is taking place at a snail’s pace. The Kali Gandaki Corridor Road Project is being upgraded in four packages. This strategic road stretches from Parbat to Mustang district via Myagdi and leads up to the China border. The 76-km Beni-Jomsom road section under the project should have been completed by December 2019 but the project is yet to blacktop the road.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Local residents as well as tourists visiting Mustang have been affected because the work of this vital road connecting China and India could not be completed on time. Similarly, the possibility of trade between Nepal and China through the Korala border is also yet to materialize due to the delay in completion of the road.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The road could not pick up pace because the construction company did not step up efforts to mobilize human resources and equipment. The progress of the Myagdi section is less than that of the Mustang section.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport has set a deadline of mid-July for the construction company to complete the work of blacktopping the Beni-Jomsom road. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Sharma United JV, which has bagged the contract for upgrading 20 km road from Galeshwar to Narchyang Bridge and Sharma Gajurmukhi, which was awarded the contract for upgrading 17 km road from Narchyang Bridge to Kaikukhola in Ghasa, Mustang, have defaulted their work.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Meanwhile, the expansion and upgrading works in the Mustang section has come to a standstill due to extreme cold. Work on the 40 km (first and second package) road from Galeshwar, the starting point of the project, to Mustang’s border in Ghasa is also slow. Currently, 8-10 laborers are building the retaining wall.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Jagat Prajapati, head of the Beni-Jomsom-Korla Road Project said that the work is sluggish towards Myagdi while it has come to a halt towards the Mustang side due to cold. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">“The laborers who went to celebrate Dashain did not return because of the election, but now they are not returning because it is cold. We are urging the contractors to speed up the construction,” he said.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">He pointed towards technical problem in extending the Beni-Ghasa road section. He said, “Studies are ongoing to build a tunnel in Bhirkate, while a bridge on the Rupse Waterfall was swept away by the flood last year and the contract is yet to be finalized.” </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">According to Prajapati, upgrading the road along the Maldhunga-Beni section (13 km) and Beni-Galeshwar section (3 km) of Parbat district has also been started since last year. The work of diverting the drain water was delayed after the locals obstructed it. The project said that 35 percent of the work on the Maldhunga-Beni road section has been completed.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Prajapati informed that 70 percent of the first package of Galeshwar-Tatopani, 65 percent of the second package of Tatopani-Ghasa, 100 percent of the third package of Ghasa-Kaikukhola and 68 percent of the work on Kaiku-Jomsom road have been completed. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Prajapati said, “We have told the contractors to be ready to do the blacktopping as soon as the summer starts and the temperature is suitable for asphalting.”</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-23', 'modified' => '2023-01-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16562', 'image' => '20230124123517_DhrubasagarSharma_Galeswor_RSS_07_-himalmunikalopatresadak.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-23 18:03:59', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16821', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'FNCCI Senior Vice-chair Dhakal Stresses Need for Development of SMEs ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Senior Vice-chairperson of Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industries(FNCCI) Chandra Prasad Dhakal said development of the cottage, small and medium-sized enterprises would make a significant contribution to the economic development of the country.', 'content' => '<p><br /> January 23: Senior Vice-chairperson of Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industries(FNCCI) Chandra Prasad Dhakal said development of the cottage, small and medium-sized enterprises would make a significant contribution to the economic development of the country.</p> <p>Dhakal urged the government to develop cottage, small and medium-sized enterprises effectively for the national economic development. </p> <p>Addressing SMEs Summit organized by FNCCI in Lalitpur on Monday, Dhakal complained that development of small and medium-sized enterprises was not happening as expected, though it was creating the highest number of jobs in the country.</p> <p>Dhakal said that state of liquidity was easing in the market after the formation of the new government.<br /> Dhakal asked the private sectors to refrain from just blaming the government and policy-makers and start working sincerely to meet the economic goals of the country.</p> <p>Dhakal expressed confidence that the incumbent government would work to address the problems facing the private sector. <br /> “With the formation of the new government, a positive change has come to the market. I believe that government and policy-makers will work to solve the troubles facing the private sector," he said. <br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-23', 'modified' => '2023-01-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16561', 'image' => '20230123050841_collage (80).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-23 17:04:08', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '42' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16820', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Janakpurdham Trade Expo-2023 to Be Held From February 17 ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Janakpurdham Trade Expo-2023 is scheduled to be held in Janakpurdham from February 17.', 'content' => '<p><br /> <span style="font-size:20px"> January 23: Janakpurdham Trade Expo-2023 is scheduled to be held in Janakpurdham from February 17.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">Janakpurdham Chapter of Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FNCCI) is organizing the trade expo with an aim of promoting local products and their business. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">The trade expo that will last till February 26 will be held at Janakpurdham’s Tirhutiya Gachhi. <br /> FNCCI Janakpurdham Chair Jitendra Mahaseth said that local products will be displayed and sold at the expo. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">“Traders and entrepreneurs from SAARC countries, including India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh will be participating in the expo”, Mahaseth informed. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">The expo will have more than 150 stalls and more than one hundred thousand visitors are expected to observe the expo. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"> </span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-23', 'modified' => '2023-01-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16560', 'image' => '20230123041802_collage (77).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-23 16:15:49', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '42' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16819', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => ''Snow-Capped Mountains Turning Black' ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'January 23: Until some years ago, the mountains of Nepal were seen with snow-capped ridges during the winter season.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">January 23: Until some years ago, the mountains of Nepal were seen with snow-capped ridges during the winter season. There used to be a huge inflow of foreign tourists in Sindhupalchowk to enjoy the majestic beauty of the Himalayas and play with snow. But, the glittering mountains are now turning into black rocks arguably due to the effects of climate change. Consequently, the popular tourism hotspots of Sindhupalchowk – Helambu and Panchpokhari – are losing their identity as the prime tourist destinations. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Sindhupalchowk's Upper Helambu, Panchpokhari and Jugal ridge zone used to appear snow-capped from mid-November onward. But, in the recent years, snow fall has become a rare event in the mountains that has direct bearing on the inflow of tourists. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The number of domestic and international tourists turning up in Sindhupalchowk for snow fun with sight-seeing has declined of late. It has continued to trigger displacement of the people relying on tourism enterprises. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Kami Lama of Helambu-2 shared that tourism entrepreneurship have been affected as snowfall is becoming a rare incident in Helambu region. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"It has been a long time since snowfall did not occur in Panchpokhari, Nagitham, Chyochyodanda, Amayangri, Kutumasang, Melamchichyang and Sermathang among others in the district," said Lama. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">There used to be a huge influx of tourists to the snow-capped areas of Helambu, Panchpokhari and Mude of the district. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Surprisingly, Helambu rural municipality has set a goal of producing artificial snow so as to attract tourists. Helambu Chairperson Neema Gyaljen Sherpa said they would pilot this initiative in one place. In recent years, the rise in the temperature coupled with climate change have melted snow in the region. The phenomenon has also placed the indigenous farming of the area in crisis. Last year's destructive flood can be taken as an example of the effect of climate change in the high-hill region. Environment expert Prabhu Budhathoki said it is an indication of bigger risk to the human community in the long run. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-23', 'modified' => '2023-01-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16559', 'image' => '20230123032121_IMG_3809-1024x768.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-23 15:20:38', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16818', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Dr Min Bahadur Shrestha Appointed as Vice-chair of National Planning Commission ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Dr Min Bahadur Shrestha has been appointed as the Vice-Chairperson of National Planning Commission (NPC).', 'content' => '<p>January 23: Dr Min Bahadur Shrestha has been appointed as the Vice-Chairperson of National Planning Commission (NPC).</p> <p> A meeting of the Council of Ministers on Monday appointed Dr Shrestha to the post of vice-chairperson. <br /> NPC Chair and Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ administered the newly appointed Vice-Chair an oath of office and secrecy on Monday itself at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, Singha Durbar.</p> <p>Dr Shrestha was also appointed as Vice-chair of the National Planning Commission when Pushpa Kamal Dahal had led the government six years ago. </p> <p>Former Executive Director of the Nepal Rastra Bank, Shrestha had served at the NRB for 30 years. He had also worked as spokesperson of the central bank. </p> <p>Shrestha has completed Master’s in Public Administration from Nepal, Master of Business Administration from the UK and Ph.D in Economics from Australia. <br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-23', 'modified' => '2023-01-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16558', 'image' => '20230123024536_collage (76).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-23 14:43:39', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '42' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16816', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Nepal Imports Onions worth Rs 2.5 Billion in 5 Months', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'January 23: Onions worth more than Rs 2.5 billion were imported in Nepal in the first five months of the current fiscal year.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">January 23: Onions worth more than Rs 2.5 billion were imported in Nepal in the first five months of the current fiscal year. Onion is produced in the country in large quantities but the domestic production is not sufficient to meet the local demand.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">This has forced Nepali importers to import large quantities of onion from abroad including India.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">According to the data of the Department of Customs, Nepal imported 73,200 metric tons of onion worth Rs 2.69 billion from various countries in the first five months (mid-July-mid-December) of the current fiscal year (FY).</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">In FY 2077/78, a total of 128,454 metric tons of onions worth Rs 4.95 billion were imported into Nepal. In FY 2078/79, this quantity increased to 173,829 metric tons worth Rs 6.44 billion. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">In Nepal, onions are cultivated on about 20,000 hectares of land. According to the National Center for Potato, Vegetable and Spice Crop Development, about 2.5 million metric tons of onions are produced annually in the country.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Sandeep Subedi, horticulture development officer of the center, says that although the prospects are good, the production has not been able to meet the demand due to the government's inability to bring big programs in the production and promotion of onions. As a result, there is a compulsion to import large quantities of onions every year.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Subedi mentioned that the problem of seeds is huge as the seeds currently being used in Nepal are not of high quality and the seeds imported from India are not easily available, resulting in poor production.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Earlier, the government had announced to launch the potato and onion mission program under the federal government for four years from FY 2076/77, but it failed to do so. Even before that, the government had conducted a program to increase onion production from 2064 to 2069 in Siraha, Saptari, Dhanusha, Bara, Parsa and Rupandehi by spending Rs 50 million. The program could not succeed due to irregularities in the purchase and distribution of production materials. The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development said that the government has not implemented any program at the central level to increase onion production. The ministry informed that no such program has been brought up since the previous efforts failed.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-23', 'modified' => '2023-01-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16557', 'image' => '20230123021027_onion.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-23 14:09:48', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16815', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Be Aware of Digital Frauds: Police', 'sub_title' => 'Police warn Fraudulent Activities through Social Media on the Rise', 'summary' => 'January 23: The police have appealed to the general public to be aware of fraudulent activities on social media with people giving fake assurance of services in return for money.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">January 23: The police have appealed to the general public to be aware of fraudulent activities on social media with people giving fake assurance of services in return for money.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The police warned that some ‘so called’ service providers were even demanding vital documents such as citizenship and passport on various pretexts, and urged the public to be highly alert to such sensitive issue.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Kathmandu Police Range has notified that banking fraud via digital medium has been rising of late. Gangs of fraudsters are active and they have been demanding information about bank balance, citizenship certificates and passport documents for people aspiring to go for foreign employment or to study abroad, the police cautioned. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">“The fraudsters were even found posting advertisements on social networking sites about the foreign employment opportunity and demanding money along with important personal documents. So, the time has come to stay aware about this,” said Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Dan Bahadur Karki. Such people have been asking the service seekers to deposit money in the accounts of unknown persons and then they dupe those people after receiving the amount.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">SSP Karki further shared that the fraudsters were found using the documents received in such manner to make new SIM cards of the phone number on the pretext of losing their phone set and then would download mobile Apps to get access to OPT code.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">With the unauthorized access to OTP code, swindlers were drawing money via mobile banking without knowledge of the victims. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"Ten years back, there were no such crimes. With the increase in the use of information technology, such new crimes have been recorded. The police force is receiving such complaints of late," SSP Karki added. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The police has strongly urged one and all not to share important information and documents via social networking sites and Apps to any unacquainted person. Similarly, the people in general are also requested not to share the PIN number of e-banking facility. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Only legal medium- the offices authorized and run by government- should be trusted to share information and documents before going to foreign job and study, SSP Karki added. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-23', 'modified' => '2023-01-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16556', 'image' => '20230123124300_banking_fraud.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-23 12:41:42', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16814', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Rainfall likely from Tonight', 'sub_title' => 'Winter this Year has Seen the Lowest Rainfall in the Last 30 Years', 'summary' => '', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">January 23: The Department of Hydrology and Meteorology has said that there is a possibility of normal to moderate rain starting from Western Nepal to Kathmandu and other parts of the country from coming Monday night (January 23). The rainfall is likely to continue until Thursday. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">There is also possibility of snowfall in the mountainous regions for a week after Tuesday, said Meteorologist Binod Pokharel. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Meanwhile, the winter this year has seen the lowest rainfall in the last 30 years. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to government records, the country has received the lowest rainfall this year since 1991. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">An average of 12.6 millimeters of rainfall has been recoded from December 1 to January 18 between 1991 to 2020. However, only 0.1 mm of rainfall occurred during the same period this year, according to the department. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">During last winter, there was an average of 27.1 millimeters of rainfall. December 15 to February 15 is considered as the winter season in Nepal. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Climate expert Dharmaraj Upreti said less rainfall in winter will likely cause and also directly impact winter crops. Drying up or depletion of water springs, increased air pollution and increased risk of incidents of fire are also likely to occur. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-23', 'modified' => '2023-01-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16555', 'image' => '20230123115304_rainfallll.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-23 11:52:04', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16813', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Super Madi Hydropower Limited opens IPO to General Public ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Super Madi Hydropower Limited has opened sale of its Initial Public Offering (IPO) to the general public from Monday. ', 'content' => '<p><br /> <span style="font-size:20px">January 23: Super Madi Hydropower Limited has opened sale of its Initial Public Offering (IPO) to the general public from Monday. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">With the allotment of IPO shares to the project-affected locals and Nepali citizens working in foreign countries in the first phase, the hydropower has floated IPO shares to the general public in the second phase. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">The hydropower is issuing a total of 17,43,000 units of shares at the face value of Rs 100 per unit of share after allotting the shares to locals, migrant workers and mutual funds. The company has also reserved shares for its employees. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">A total of 1,74, 310 individuals will receive 10 units of shares each. <br /> The IPO Offering will close on January 26. If the IPO is not fully subscribed until January 26, the deadline will extend till February 6. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">One can apply for a minimum of 10 shares and a maximum of 50,000 units of shares.<br /> Sanima Capital Limited is issue and sales manager. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">Interested individuals can apply for the IPO from issue manager and all banks and financial institutions that are C-ASBA members approved by Securities Board of Nepal (SEBON). Investors can also apply for the IPO through Mero Share. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">The company is constructing Super Madi Hydropower of 44 megawatt in Kaski district. The estimated cost of the hydropower stands at Rs 190 million per megawatt. </span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-23', 'modified' => '2023-01-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16554', 'image' => '20230123060221_collage (8) (1).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-23 05:55:33', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '42' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16812', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Energy and Health exhibition at Bhrikutimandap ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'An exhibition related to energy and health is underway simultaneously at Bhrikutimandap, Kathmandu. ', 'content' => '<p><br /> <span style="font-size:22px">January 22: An exhibition related to energy and health is underway simultaneously at Bhrikutimandap, Kathmandu. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:22px">‘Nepal Electric Power Lights International Exhibition’ and ‘Nepal Pharma and Health Exhibition’ had kicked off Friday. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:22px">Different stalls pertaining to energy, electricity, medicine, treatment and pharmacies have been put on the exhibition.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:22px">The exhibition is jointly organized by Media Space Solutions, Exhibitions and Trade Services India Private Limited and Futurex Trade Fairs and Events Private Limited. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:22px">Organisers say more than 100 domestic and foreign companies have kept their stalls on the exhibition. </span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-22', 'modified' => '2023-01-22', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16553', 'image' => '20230122072759_collage (75).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-22 19:25:33', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '42' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16811', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government ready for policy-level reform to systematise Remittance, says Finance Minister Poudel ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => ' Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Bishnu Prasad Poudel said the government is ready for policy-level and legal reforms to systematise the remittance inflow to the country. ', 'content' => '<p><br /> <span style="font-size:18px">January 22: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Bishnu Prasad Poudel said the government is ready for policy-level and legal reforms to systematise the remittance inflow to the country. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px">In his virtual address to a programme entitled ‘Remittance and Investment in Nepal’ organised by the Overseas Nepali Forum, the United States of America on Saturday night, the Minister Poudel said that the government was ready to bring in the remittance through legal channel and create conducive atmosphere for investment in productive sectors. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"> “We have not been able to receive a large chunk of remittance through an official route and the government is ready to take measures to usher in remittance through such channels,” Poudel said. He stressed the need to revise the policy - level and legal hurdles for the same.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px">Stating that the government’s attention had been drawn towards the concerns of citizenship raised by the non-resident Nepalis, Poudel said, “The constitution has made provisions to provide citizenship to the non-resident Nepali with socio-economic rights and government will do the needful to implement the provision as guaranteed in the country's statute". </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px">On the Act Related to Foreign Investment and Technology that considers non-resident Nepali as the foreign national, Poudel pledged to address the problem at the earliest. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px">Saying that his attention had been drawn towards the requirement for non-resident Nepalis to obtain visa while coming to Nepal, Minister Poudel assured that the issue would be sorted out with resolution of citizenship issues. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px">Minister Poudel appreciated NRN overseas’ big contribution to Nepal’s economic development and prosperity.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px">Reiterating that Nepal is a safe destination for investment and high return prospect, Poudel urged the NRNs to share this message with investors around the globe to invest in Nepal.</span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-22', 'modified' => '2023-01-22', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16552', 'image' => '20230122051343_collage (74).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-22 17:08:30', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '42' ) ) ) $current_user = null $logged_in = falseinclude - APP/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp, line 60 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::_renderElement() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 1224 View::element() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 418 include - APP/View/Articles/index.ctp, line 157 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473 Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 968 Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 200 Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167 [main] - APP/webroot/index.php, line 117
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', 'content' => '<p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">January 24: Prolonged drought has caused the winter crops to wilt leaving the farmers worried in Myagdi. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Winter crops such as wheat and barley have started to wilt due to lack of rain for a long time in mountainous district. </span></span><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Myagdi has witnessed drop in the production of summer crops of paddy and millet this year. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Farmers look worried as wilting of the winter crops caused by prolonged drought is sure to cause the production of winter crops to shrink in the district. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The production of wheat, barley, beans, winter potatoes and vegetables will see a sharp decline this year, said senior farmer Chandra Bahadur Karki in Myagdi. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Saying that production of winter crops and vegetables will shrink, many farmers appear worried as major source of their livelihood is agriculture. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Wheat is grown in around 9,000 hectares of the land in the district. However, only 52 per cent of the land has access to irrigation facility in the district. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Some farmers have failed to cultivate wheat for lack of irrigation, said local agriculture technicians. </span></span><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Winter crops have begun to dry up in the land having no access to the irrigation facility, said Mangala Rural Municipality Agriculture Technician Jagat Baniya. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-24', 'modified' => '2023-01-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16567', 'image' => '20230124103713_collage (79).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-24 10:34:26', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '42' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16826', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government Fails to Meet Revenue Collection Target', 'sub_title' => 'Finance Minister Instructs Secretaries to Increase Capital Expenditure ', 'summary' => 'January 24: The government has fallen short of its revenue collection target in the first six months of the current fiscal year by Rs 161 billion.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">January 24: The government has fallen short of its revenue collection target in the first six months of the current fiscal year by Rs 161 billion. During the review period, the government collected Rs 490 billion against the target of Rs 651 billion, shared Joint Secretary Anand Kafle, who is also the spokesperson for the Ministry of Finance.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The government’s capital expenditure in the first six months of the current fiscal year remained dismal at Rs 53.45 billion out of the allocated amount of Rs 100.8 billion for the review period, Spokesperson Kafle briefed Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Poudel during a discussion at the Ministry of Finance held on Monday on the topic of overall economic situation of the country and implementation of the budget.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Kafle further said that the current expenditure of the government during the review period was Rs 455 billion out of the allocated amount of Rs 594 billion. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">During the discussion, Finance Minister Paudel instructed the secretaries to increase capital expenditure and reduce current expenditure. He stressed on the need to give special priority to capital expenditure and to maintain strict revenue management. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The finance minister instructed the concerned authorities to spend the funds allocated under all the headings only on the same heading, discourage the expenditure of current nature, and not to seek additional funds under any heading except for mandatory obligations. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Meanwhile, Finance Secretary Toyam Raya said that the ministry has already started adopting austerity measures and cost reduction plans and is expecting other ministries to follow suit. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Revenue Secretary Dr Ram Prasad Ghimire requested all agencies to cooperate in controlling revenue leakage while working proactively in non-tax revenue collection. </span></span></span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-24', 'modified' => '2023-01-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16566', 'image' => '20230124123420_finance_ministry_copy1.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-24 00:33:22', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16824', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Chief of TIA Domestic Terminal Arrested ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'January 23: The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has arrested the chief of the Domestic Terminal Unit of Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA), Purna Chudal. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">January 23: The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has arrested the chief of the Domestic Terminal Unit of Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA), Purna Chudal. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The CIAA carried out a sting operation at the Unit on Monday, leading to Chudal's arrest. TIA General Manager Premnath Thakur confirmed his arrest but said it was not clear why he was arrested. </span></span></span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-23', 'modified' => '2023-01-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16564', 'image' => '20230123100928_20200311110634_1583889398.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-23 22:07:54', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16823', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Startup Work Procedures and Project Loans to be Implemented Soon: Finance Minister ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'January 23: Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel has said the startup work procedures and provision on project loans would be implemented soon. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">January 23: Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel has said the startup work procedures and provision on project loans would be implemented soon. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Addressing the Small and Medium Enterprises Conference organised by the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) in Lalitpur on Monday, the finance minister asserted that he would take the initiative for preparing the Startup Work Procedures pending for long. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"It is the government's weakness that the startup work procedures could not be drafted until now. The work procedures would be passed immediately. The project loans the private sector has been demanding will also be implemented soon," he said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The finance minister urged the private sector to give clear suggestions to the government regarding the problems of the small and medium enterprises. Stating that the government would take initiation for identifying the problems of the small, cottage, micro and medium-scale enterprises and for resolving them, Finance Minister Poudel said a right conclusion would be derived on the matter only after taking suggestions from the related sectors. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"The government moves ahead only after taking the suggestions from the related sector while drafting the plan and policy of any sector. It is necessary that the private sector points out and clarifies the policy-level ambiguities in any particular sector," the finance minister said, adding that the government is expecting concrete and clear suggestions on how the procedural hassles could be minimized and the service delivery made prompt and convenient. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Finance Minister Poudel said he will work towards hearing the problems of the private sector and addressing the valid demands. The finance minister said that the private sector should also give suggestions as to how the access of the SMEs could be increased in the financial sector. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">In addition to this, he pledged the government’s assurance that the interest rate for loan would not be increased. “Interest rate is linked with inflation this way or that. Efforts are on to prevent the interest rate for going high.” </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">He made it clear that the government had no policy to intervene in the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) affairs as it is the autonomous body, but the government would cooperate with it to address the existing issues. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">He said the private sector was expected to inform the government if it sensed problems in the government’s service delivery. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">FNCCI President Shekhar Golchha described small and middle-scale enterprises as the basis for national economy, but these sectors were marred by various issues. “The prices of raw materials have skyrocketed. Banks’ interest rate is high. Small entrepreneurs face challenges to get loan,” he said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">He was of the opinion that the state should play a role to establish a stable interest rate and the systematic tax system. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-23', 'modified' => '2023-01-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16563', 'image' => '20230123080106_startup-6 (1).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-23 20:00:37', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16822', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Upgrading of Beni-Jomsom Road Section Delayed', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'January 23: The upgrading of the Beni-Jomson road section under the Kali Gandaki Corridor is taking place at a snail’s pace.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">January 23: The upgrading of the Beni-Jomson road section under the Kali Gandaki Corridor is taking place at a snail’s pace. The Kali Gandaki Corridor Road Project is being upgraded in four packages. This strategic road stretches from Parbat to Mustang district via Myagdi and leads up to the China border. The 76-km Beni-Jomsom road section under the project should have been completed by December 2019 but the project is yet to blacktop the road.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Local residents as well as tourists visiting Mustang have been affected because the work of this vital road connecting China and India could not be completed on time. Similarly, the possibility of trade between Nepal and China through the Korala border is also yet to materialize due to the delay in completion of the road.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The road could not pick up pace because the construction company did not step up efforts to mobilize human resources and equipment. The progress of the Myagdi section is less than that of the Mustang section.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport has set a deadline of mid-July for the construction company to complete the work of blacktopping the Beni-Jomsom road. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Sharma United JV, which has bagged the contract for upgrading 20 km road from Galeshwar to Narchyang Bridge and Sharma Gajurmukhi, which was awarded the contract for upgrading 17 km road from Narchyang Bridge to Kaikukhola in Ghasa, Mustang, have defaulted their work.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Meanwhile, the expansion and upgrading works in the Mustang section has come to a standstill due to extreme cold. Work on the 40 km (first and second package) road from Galeshwar, the starting point of the project, to Mustang’s border in Ghasa is also slow. Currently, 8-10 laborers are building the retaining wall.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Jagat Prajapati, head of the Beni-Jomsom-Korla Road Project said that the work is sluggish towards Myagdi while it has come to a halt towards the Mustang side due to cold. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">“The laborers who went to celebrate Dashain did not return because of the election, but now they are not returning because it is cold. We are urging the contractors to speed up the construction,” he said.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">He pointed towards technical problem in extending the Beni-Ghasa road section. He said, “Studies are ongoing to build a tunnel in Bhirkate, while a bridge on the Rupse Waterfall was swept away by the flood last year and the contract is yet to be finalized.” </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">According to Prajapati, upgrading the road along the Maldhunga-Beni section (13 km) and Beni-Galeshwar section (3 km) of Parbat district has also been started since last year. The work of diverting the drain water was delayed after the locals obstructed it. The project said that 35 percent of the work on the Maldhunga-Beni road section has been completed.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Prajapati informed that 70 percent of the first package of Galeshwar-Tatopani, 65 percent of the second package of Tatopani-Ghasa, 100 percent of the third package of Ghasa-Kaikukhola and 68 percent of the work on Kaiku-Jomsom road have been completed. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Prajapati said, “We have told the contractors to be ready to do the blacktopping as soon as the summer starts and the temperature is suitable for asphalting.”</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-23', 'modified' => '2023-01-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16562', 'image' => '20230124123517_DhrubasagarSharma_Galeswor_RSS_07_-himalmunikalopatresadak.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-23 18:03:59', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16821', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'FNCCI Senior Vice-chair Dhakal Stresses Need for Development of SMEs ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Senior Vice-chairperson of Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industries(FNCCI) Chandra Prasad Dhakal said development of the cottage, small and medium-sized enterprises would make a significant contribution to the economic development of the country.', 'content' => '<p><br /> January 23: Senior Vice-chairperson of Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industries(FNCCI) Chandra Prasad Dhakal said development of the cottage, small and medium-sized enterprises would make a significant contribution to the economic development of the country.</p> <p>Dhakal urged the government to develop cottage, small and medium-sized enterprises effectively for the national economic development. </p> <p>Addressing SMEs Summit organized by FNCCI in Lalitpur on Monday, Dhakal complained that development of small and medium-sized enterprises was not happening as expected, though it was creating the highest number of jobs in the country.</p> <p>Dhakal said that state of liquidity was easing in the market after the formation of the new government.<br /> Dhakal asked the private sectors to refrain from just blaming the government and policy-makers and start working sincerely to meet the economic goals of the country.</p> <p>Dhakal expressed confidence that the incumbent government would work to address the problems facing the private sector. <br /> “With the formation of the new government, a positive change has come to the market. I believe that government and policy-makers will work to solve the troubles facing the private sector," he said. <br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-23', 'modified' => '2023-01-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16561', 'image' => '20230123050841_collage (80).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-23 17:04:08', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '42' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16820', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Janakpurdham Trade Expo-2023 to Be Held From February 17 ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Janakpurdham Trade Expo-2023 is scheduled to be held in Janakpurdham from February 17.', 'content' => '<p><br /> <span style="font-size:20px"> January 23: Janakpurdham Trade Expo-2023 is scheduled to be held in Janakpurdham from February 17.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">Janakpurdham Chapter of Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FNCCI) is organizing the trade expo with an aim of promoting local products and their business. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">The trade expo that will last till February 26 will be held at Janakpurdham’s Tirhutiya Gachhi. <br /> FNCCI Janakpurdham Chair Jitendra Mahaseth said that local products will be displayed and sold at the expo. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">“Traders and entrepreneurs from SAARC countries, including India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh will be participating in the expo”, Mahaseth informed. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">The expo will have more than 150 stalls and more than one hundred thousand visitors are expected to observe the expo. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"> </span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-23', 'modified' => '2023-01-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16560', 'image' => '20230123041802_collage (77).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-23 16:15:49', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '42' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16819', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => ''Snow-Capped Mountains Turning Black' ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'January 23: Until some years ago, the mountains of Nepal were seen with snow-capped ridges during the winter season.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">January 23: Until some years ago, the mountains of Nepal were seen with snow-capped ridges during the winter season. There used to be a huge inflow of foreign tourists in Sindhupalchowk to enjoy the majestic beauty of the Himalayas and play with snow. But, the glittering mountains are now turning into black rocks arguably due to the effects of climate change. Consequently, the popular tourism hotspots of Sindhupalchowk – Helambu and Panchpokhari – are losing their identity as the prime tourist destinations. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Sindhupalchowk's Upper Helambu, Panchpokhari and Jugal ridge zone used to appear snow-capped from mid-November onward. But, in the recent years, snow fall has become a rare event in the mountains that has direct bearing on the inflow of tourists. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The number of domestic and international tourists turning up in Sindhupalchowk for snow fun with sight-seeing has declined of late. It has continued to trigger displacement of the people relying on tourism enterprises. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Kami Lama of Helambu-2 shared that tourism entrepreneurship have been affected as snowfall is becoming a rare incident in Helambu region. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"It has been a long time since snowfall did not occur in Panchpokhari, Nagitham, Chyochyodanda, Amayangri, Kutumasang, Melamchichyang and Sermathang among others in the district," said Lama. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">There used to be a huge influx of tourists to the snow-capped areas of Helambu, Panchpokhari and Mude of the district. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Surprisingly, Helambu rural municipality has set a goal of producing artificial snow so as to attract tourists. Helambu Chairperson Neema Gyaljen Sherpa said they would pilot this initiative in one place. In recent years, the rise in the temperature coupled with climate change have melted snow in the region. The phenomenon has also placed the indigenous farming of the area in crisis. Last year's destructive flood can be taken as an example of the effect of climate change in the high-hill region. Environment expert Prabhu Budhathoki said it is an indication of bigger risk to the human community in the long run. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-23', 'modified' => '2023-01-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16559', 'image' => '20230123032121_IMG_3809-1024x768.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-23 15:20:38', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16818', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Dr Min Bahadur Shrestha Appointed as Vice-chair of National Planning Commission ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Dr Min Bahadur Shrestha has been appointed as the Vice-Chairperson of National Planning Commission (NPC).', 'content' => '<p>January 23: Dr Min Bahadur Shrestha has been appointed as the Vice-Chairperson of National Planning Commission (NPC).</p> <p> A meeting of the Council of Ministers on Monday appointed Dr Shrestha to the post of vice-chairperson. <br /> NPC Chair and Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ administered the newly appointed Vice-Chair an oath of office and secrecy on Monday itself at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, Singha Durbar.</p> <p>Dr Shrestha was also appointed as Vice-chair of the National Planning Commission when Pushpa Kamal Dahal had led the government six years ago. </p> <p>Former Executive Director of the Nepal Rastra Bank, Shrestha had served at the NRB for 30 years. He had also worked as spokesperson of the central bank. </p> <p>Shrestha has completed Master’s in Public Administration from Nepal, Master of Business Administration from the UK and Ph.D in Economics from Australia. <br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-23', 'modified' => '2023-01-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16558', 'image' => '20230123024536_collage (76).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-23 14:43:39', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '42' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16816', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Nepal Imports Onions worth Rs 2.5 Billion in 5 Months', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'January 23: Onions worth more than Rs 2.5 billion were imported in Nepal in the first five months of the current fiscal year.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">January 23: Onions worth more than Rs 2.5 billion were imported in Nepal in the first five months of the current fiscal year. Onion is produced in the country in large quantities but the domestic production is not sufficient to meet the local demand.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">This has forced Nepali importers to import large quantities of onion from abroad including India.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">According to the data of the Department of Customs, Nepal imported 73,200 metric tons of onion worth Rs 2.69 billion from various countries in the first five months (mid-July-mid-December) of the current fiscal year (FY).</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">In FY 2077/78, a total of 128,454 metric tons of onions worth Rs 4.95 billion were imported into Nepal. In FY 2078/79, this quantity increased to 173,829 metric tons worth Rs 6.44 billion. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">In Nepal, onions are cultivated on about 20,000 hectares of land. According to the National Center for Potato, Vegetable and Spice Crop Development, about 2.5 million metric tons of onions are produced annually in the country.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Sandeep Subedi, horticulture development officer of the center, says that although the prospects are good, the production has not been able to meet the demand due to the government's inability to bring big programs in the production and promotion of onions. As a result, there is a compulsion to import large quantities of onions every year.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Subedi mentioned that the problem of seeds is huge as the seeds currently being used in Nepal are not of high quality and the seeds imported from India are not easily available, resulting in poor production.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Earlier, the government had announced to launch the potato and onion mission program under the federal government for four years from FY 2076/77, but it failed to do so. Even before that, the government had conducted a program to increase onion production from 2064 to 2069 in Siraha, Saptari, Dhanusha, Bara, Parsa and Rupandehi by spending Rs 50 million. The program could not succeed due to irregularities in the purchase and distribution of production materials. The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development said that the government has not implemented any program at the central level to increase onion production. The ministry informed that no such program has been brought up since the previous efforts failed.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-23', 'modified' => '2023-01-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16557', 'image' => '20230123021027_onion.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-23 14:09:48', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16815', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Be Aware of Digital Frauds: Police', 'sub_title' => 'Police warn Fraudulent Activities through Social Media on the Rise', 'summary' => 'January 23: The police have appealed to the general public to be aware of fraudulent activities on social media with people giving fake assurance of services in return for money.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">January 23: The police have appealed to the general public to be aware of fraudulent activities on social media with people giving fake assurance of services in return for money.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The police warned that some ‘so called’ service providers were even demanding vital documents such as citizenship and passport on various pretexts, and urged the public to be highly alert to such sensitive issue.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Kathmandu Police Range has notified that banking fraud via digital medium has been rising of late. Gangs of fraudsters are active and they have been demanding information about bank balance, citizenship certificates and passport documents for people aspiring to go for foreign employment or to study abroad, the police cautioned. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">“The fraudsters were even found posting advertisements on social networking sites about the foreign employment opportunity and demanding money along with important personal documents. So, the time has come to stay aware about this,” said Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Dan Bahadur Karki. Such people have been asking the service seekers to deposit money in the accounts of unknown persons and then they dupe those people after receiving the amount.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">SSP Karki further shared that the fraudsters were found using the documents received in such manner to make new SIM cards of the phone number on the pretext of losing their phone set and then would download mobile Apps to get access to OPT code.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">With the unauthorized access to OTP code, swindlers were drawing money via mobile banking without knowledge of the victims. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"Ten years back, there were no such crimes. With the increase in the use of information technology, such new crimes have been recorded. The police force is receiving such complaints of late," SSP Karki added. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The police has strongly urged one and all not to share important information and documents via social networking sites and Apps to any unacquainted person. Similarly, the people in general are also requested not to share the PIN number of e-banking facility. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Only legal medium- the offices authorized and run by government- should be trusted to share information and documents before going to foreign job and study, SSP Karki added. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-23', 'modified' => '2023-01-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16556', 'image' => '20230123124300_banking_fraud.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-23 12:41:42', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16814', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Rainfall likely from Tonight', 'sub_title' => 'Winter this Year has Seen the Lowest Rainfall in the Last 30 Years', 'summary' => '', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">January 23: The Department of Hydrology and Meteorology has said that there is a possibility of normal to moderate rain starting from Western Nepal to Kathmandu and other parts of the country from coming Monday night (January 23). The rainfall is likely to continue until Thursday. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">There is also possibility of snowfall in the mountainous regions for a week after Tuesday, said Meteorologist Binod Pokharel. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Meanwhile, the winter this year has seen the lowest rainfall in the last 30 years. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to government records, the country has received the lowest rainfall this year since 1991. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">An average of 12.6 millimeters of rainfall has been recoded from December 1 to January 18 between 1991 to 2020. However, only 0.1 mm of rainfall occurred during the same period this year, according to the department. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">During last winter, there was an average of 27.1 millimeters of rainfall. December 15 to February 15 is considered as the winter season in Nepal. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Climate expert Dharmaraj Upreti said less rainfall in winter will likely cause and also directly impact winter crops. Drying up or depletion of water springs, increased air pollution and increased risk of incidents of fire are also likely to occur. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-23', 'modified' => '2023-01-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16555', 'image' => '20230123115304_rainfallll.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-23 11:52:04', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16813', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Super Madi Hydropower Limited opens IPO to General Public ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Super Madi Hydropower Limited has opened sale of its Initial Public Offering (IPO) to the general public from Monday. ', 'content' => '<p><br /> <span style="font-size:20px">January 23: Super Madi Hydropower Limited has opened sale of its Initial Public Offering (IPO) to the general public from Monday. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">With the allotment of IPO shares to the project-affected locals and Nepali citizens working in foreign countries in the first phase, the hydropower has floated IPO shares to the general public in the second phase. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">The hydropower is issuing a total of 17,43,000 units of shares at the face value of Rs 100 per unit of share after allotting the shares to locals, migrant workers and mutual funds. The company has also reserved shares for its employees. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">A total of 1,74, 310 individuals will receive 10 units of shares each. <br /> The IPO Offering will close on January 26. If the IPO is not fully subscribed until January 26, the deadline will extend till February 6. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">One can apply for a minimum of 10 shares and a maximum of 50,000 units of shares.<br /> Sanima Capital Limited is issue and sales manager. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">Interested individuals can apply for the IPO from issue manager and all banks and financial institutions that are C-ASBA members approved by Securities Board of Nepal (SEBON). Investors can also apply for the IPO through Mero Share. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">The company is constructing Super Madi Hydropower of 44 megawatt in Kaski district. The estimated cost of the hydropower stands at Rs 190 million per megawatt. </span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-23', 'modified' => '2023-01-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16554', 'image' => '20230123060221_collage (8) (1).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-23 05:55:33', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '42' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16812', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Energy and Health exhibition at Bhrikutimandap ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'An exhibition related to energy and health is underway simultaneously at Bhrikutimandap, Kathmandu. ', 'content' => '<p><br /> <span style="font-size:22px">January 22: An exhibition related to energy and health is underway simultaneously at Bhrikutimandap, Kathmandu. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:22px">‘Nepal Electric Power Lights International Exhibition’ and ‘Nepal Pharma and Health Exhibition’ had kicked off Friday. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:22px">Different stalls pertaining to energy, electricity, medicine, treatment and pharmacies have been put on the exhibition.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:22px">The exhibition is jointly organized by Media Space Solutions, Exhibitions and Trade Services India Private Limited and Futurex Trade Fairs and Events Private Limited. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:22px">Organisers say more than 100 domestic and foreign companies have kept their stalls on the exhibition. </span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-22', 'modified' => '2023-01-22', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16553', 'image' => '20230122072759_collage (75).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-22 19:25:33', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '42' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16811', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government ready for policy-level reform to systematise Remittance, says Finance Minister Poudel ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => ' Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Bishnu Prasad Poudel said the government is ready for policy-level and legal reforms to systematise the remittance inflow to the country. ', 'content' => '<p><br /> <span style="font-size:18px">January 22: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Bishnu Prasad Poudel said the government is ready for policy-level and legal reforms to systematise the remittance inflow to the country. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px">In his virtual address to a programme entitled ‘Remittance and Investment in Nepal’ organised by the Overseas Nepali Forum, the United States of America on Saturday night, the Minister Poudel said that the government was ready to bring in the remittance through legal channel and create conducive atmosphere for investment in productive sectors. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"> “We have not been able to receive a large chunk of remittance through an official route and the government is ready to take measures to usher in remittance through such channels,” Poudel said. He stressed the need to revise the policy - level and legal hurdles for the same.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px">Stating that the government’s attention had been drawn towards the concerns of citizenship raised by the non-resident Nepalis, Poudel said, “The constitution has made provisions to provide citizenship to the non-resident Nepali with socio-economic rights and government will do the needful to implement the provision as guaranteed in the country's statute". </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px">On the Act Related to Foreign Investment and Technology that considers non-resident Nepali as the foreign national, Poudel pledged to address the problem at the earliest. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px">Saying that his attention had been drawn towards the requirement for non-resident Nepalis to obtain visa while coming to Nepal, Minister Poudel assured that the issue would be sorted out with resolution of citizenship issues. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px">Minister Poudel appreciated NRN overseas’ big contribution to Nepal’s economic development and prosperity.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px">Reiterating that Nepal is a safe destination for investment and high return prospect, Poudel urged the NRNs to share this message with investors around the globe to invest in Nepal.</span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-22', 'modified' => '2023-01-22', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16552', 'image' => '20230122051343_collage (74).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-22 17:08:30', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '42' ) ) ) $current_user = null $logged_in = falsesimplexml_load_file - [internal], line ?? include - APP/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp, line 60 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::_renderElement() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 1224 View::element() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 418 include - APP/View/Articles/index.ctp, line 157 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473 Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 968 Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 200 Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167 [main] - APP/webroot/index.php, line 117
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', 'content' => '<p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">January 24: Prolonged drought has caused the winter crops to wilt leaving the farmers worried in Myagdi. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Winter crops such as wheat and barley have started to wilt due to lack of rain for a long time in mountainous district. </span></span><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Myagdi has witnessed drop in the production of summer crops of paddy and millet this year. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Farmers look worried as wilting of the winter crops caused by prolonged drought is sure to cause the production of winter crops to shrink in the district. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The production of wheat, barley, beans, winter potatoes and vegetables will see a sharp decline this year, said senior farmer Chandra Bahadur Karki in Myagdi. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Saying that production of winter crops and vegetables will shrink, many farmers appear worried as major source of their livelihood is agriculture. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Wheat is grown in around 9,000 hectares of the land in the district. However, only 52 per cent of the land has access to irrigation facility in the district. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Some farmers have failed to cultivate wheat for lack of irrigation, said local agriculture technicians. </span></span><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Winter crops have begun to dry up in the land having no access to the irrigation facility, said Mangala Rural Municipality Agriculture Technician Jagat Baniya. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-24', 'modified' => '2023-01-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16567', 'image' => '20230124103713_collage (79).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-24 10:34:26', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '42' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16826', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government Fails to Meet Revenue Collection Target', 'sub_title' => 'Finance Minister Instructs Secretaries to Increase Capital Expenditure ', 'summary' => 'January 24: The government has fallen short of its revenue collection target in the first six months of the current fiscal year by Rs 161 billion.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">January 24: The government has fallen short of its revenue collection target in the first six months of the current fiscal year by Rs 161 billion. During the review period, the government collected Rs 490 billion against the target of Rs 651 billion, shared Joint Secretary Anand Kafle, who is also the spokesperson for the Ministry of Finance.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The government’s capital expenditure in the first six months of the current fiscal year remained dismal at Rs 53.45 billion out of the allocated amount of Rs 100.8 billion for the review period, Spokesperson Kafle briefed Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Poudel during a discussion at the Ministry of Finance held on Monday on the topic of overall economic situation of the country and implementation of the budget.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Kafle further said that the current expenditure of the government during the review period was Rs 455 billion out of the allocated amount of Rs 594 billion. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">During the discussion, Finance Minister Paudel instructed the secretaries to increase capital expenditure and reduce current expenditure. He stressed on the need to give special priority to capital expenditure and to maintain strict revenue management. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The finance minister instructed the concerned authorities to spend the funds allocated under all the headings only on the same heading, discourage the expenditure of current nature, and not to seek additional funds under any heading except for mandatory obligations. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Meanwhile, Finance Secretary Toyam Raya said that the ministry has already started adopting austerity measures and cost reduction plans and is expecting other ministries to follow suit. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Revenue Secretary Dr Ram Prasad Ghimire requested all agencies to cooperate in controlling revenue leakage while working proactively in non-tax revenue collection. </span></span></span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-24', 'modified' => '2023-01-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16566', 'image' => '20230124123420_finance_ministry_copy1.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-24 00:33:22', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16824', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Chief of TIA Domestic Terminal Arrested ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'January 23: The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has arrested the chief of the Domestic Terminal Unit of Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA), Purna Chudal. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">January 23: The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has arrested the chief of the Domestic Terminal Unit of Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA), Purna Chudal. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The CIAA carried out a sting operation at the Unit on Monday, leading to Chudal's arrest. TIA General Manager Premnath Thakur confirmed his arrest but said it was not clear why he was arrested. </span></span></span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-23', 'modified' => '2023-01-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16564', 'image' => '20230123100928_20200311110634_1583889398.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-23 22:07:54', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16823', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Startup Work Procedures and Project Loans to be Implemented Soon: Finance Minister ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'January 23: Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel has said the startup work procedures and provision on project loans would be implemented soon. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">January 23: Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel has said the startup work procedures and provision on project loans would be implemented soon. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Addressing the Small and Medium Enterprises Conference organised by the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) in Lalitpur on Monday, the finance minister asserted that he would take the initiative for preparing the Startup Work Procedures pending for long. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"It is the government's weakness that the startup work procedures could not be drafted until now. The work procedures would be passed immediately. The project loans the private sector has been demanding will also be implemented soon," he said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The finance minister urged the private sector to give clear suggestions to the government regarding the problems of the small and medium enterprises. Stating that the government would take initiation for identifying the problems of the small, cottage, micro and medium-scale enterprises and for resolving them, Finance Minister Poudel said a right conclusion would be derived on the matter only after taking suggestions from the related sectors. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"The government moves ahead only after taking the suggestions from the related sector while drafting the plan and policy of any sector. It is necessary that the private sector points out and clarifies the policy-level ambiguities in any particular sector," the finance minister said, adding that the government is expecting concrete and clear suggestions on how the procedural hassles could be minimized and the service delivery made prompt and convenient. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Finance Minister Poudel said he will work towards hearing the problems of the private sector and addressing the valid demands. The finance minister said that the private sector should also give suggestions as to how the access of the SMEs could be increased in the financial sector. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">In addition to this, he pledged the government’s assurance that the interest rate for loan would not be increased. “Interest rate is linked with inflation this way or that. Efforts are on to prevent the interest rate for going high.” </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">He made it clear that the government had no policy to intervene in the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) affairs as it is the autonomous body, but the government would cooperate with it to address the existing issues. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">He said the private sector was expected to inform the government if it sensed problems in the government’s service delivery. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">FNCCI President Shekhar Golchha described small and middle-scale enterprises as the basis for national economy, but these sectors were marred by various issues. “The prices of raw materials have skyrocketed. Banks’ interest rate is high. Small entrepreneurs face challenges to get loan,” he said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">He was of the opinion that the state should play a role to establish a stable interest rate and the systematic tax system. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-23', 'modified' => '2023-01-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16563', 'image' => '20230123080106_startup-6 (1).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-23 20:00:37', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16822', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Upgrading of Beni-Jomsom Road Section Delayed', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'January 23: The upgrading of the Beni-Jomson road section under the Kali Gandaki Corridor is taking place at a snail’s pace.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">January 23: The upgrading of the Beni-Jomson road section under the Kali Gandaki Corridor is taking place at a snail’s pace. The Kali Gandaki Corridor Road Project is being upgraded in four packages. This strategic road stretches from Parbat to Mustang district via Myagdi and leads up to the China border. The 76-km Beni-Jomsom road section under the project should have been completed by December 2019 but the project is yet to blacktop the road.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Local residents as well as tourists visiting Mustang have been affected because the work of this vital road connecting China and India could not be completed on time. Similarly, the possibility of trade between Nepal and China through the Korala border is also yet to materialize due to the delay in completion of the road.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The road could not pick up pace because the construction company did not step up efforts to mobilize human resources and equipment. The progress of the Myagdi section is less than that of the Mustang section.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport has set a deadline of mid-July for the construction company to complete the work of blacktopping the Beni-Jomsom road. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Sharma United JV, which has bagged the contract for upgrading 20 km road from Galeshwar to Narchyang Bridge and Sharma Gajurmukhi, which was awarded the contract for upgrading 17 km road from Narchyang Bridge to Kaikukhola in Ghasa, Mustang, have defaulted their work.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Meanwhile, the expansion and upgrading works in the Mustang section has come to a standstill due to extreme cold. Work on the 40 km (first and second package) road from Galeshwar, the starting point of the project, to Mustang’s border in Ghasa is also slow. Currently, 8-10 laborers are building the retaining wall.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Jagat Prajapati, head of the Beni-Jomsom-Korla Road Project said that the work is sluggish towards Myagdi while it has come to a halt towards the Mustang side due to cold. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">“The laborers who went to celebrate Dashain did not return because of the election, but now they are not returning because it is cold. We are urging the contractors to speed up the construction,” he said.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">He pointed towards technical problem in extending the Beni-Ghasa road section. He said, “Studies are ongoing to build a tunnel in Bhirkate, while a bridge on the Rupse Waterfall was swept away by the flood last year and the contract is yet to be finalized.” </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">According to Prajapati, upgrading the road along the Maldhunga-Beni section (13 km) and Beni-Galeshwar section (3 km) of Parbat district has also been started since last year. The work of diverting the drain water was delayed after the locals obstructed it. The project said that 35 percent of the work on the Maldhunga-Beni road section has been completed.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Prajapati informed that 70 percent of the first package of Galeshwar-Tatopani, 65 percent of the second package of Tatopani-Ghasa, 100 percent of the third package of Ghasa-Kaikukhola and 68 percent of the work on Kaiku-Jomsom road have been completed. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Prajapati said, “We have told the contractors to be ready to do the blacktopping as soon as the summer starts and the temperature is suitable for asphalting.”</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-23', 'modified' => '2023-01-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16562', 'image' => '20230124123517_DhrubasagarSharma_Galeswor_RSS_07_-himalmunikalopatresadak.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-23 18:03:59', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16821', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'FNCCI Senior Vice-chair Dhakal Stresses Need for Development of SMEs ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Senior Vice-chairperson of Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industries(FNCCI) Chandra Prasad Dhakal said development of the cottage, small and medium-sized enterprises would make a significant contribution to the economic development of the country.', 'content' => '<p><br /> January 23: Senior Vice-chairperson of Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industries(FNCCI) Chandra Prasad Dhakal said development of the cottage, small and medium-sized enterprises would make a significant contribution to the economic development of the country.</p> <p>Dhakal urged the government to develop cottage, small and medium-sized enterprises effectively for the national economic development. </p> <p>Addressing SMEs Summit organized by FNCCI in Lalitpur on Monday, Dhakal complained that development of small and medium-sized enterprises was not happening as expected, though it was creating the highest number of jobs in the country.</p> <p>Dhakal said that state of liquidity was easing in the market after the formation of the new government.<br /> Dhakal asked the private sectors to refrain from just blaming the government and policy-makers and start working sincerely to meet the economic goals of the country.</p> <p>Dhakal expressed confidence that the incumbent government would work to address the problems facing the private sector. <br /> “With the formation of the new government, a positive change has come to the market. I believe that government and policy-makers will work to solve the troubles facing the private sector," he said. <br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-23', 'modified' => '2023-01-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16561', 'image' => '20230123050841_collage (80).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-23 17:04:08', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '42' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16820', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Janakpurdham Trade Expo-2023 to Be Held From February 17 ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Janakpurdham Trade Expo-2023 is scheduled to be held in Janakpurdham from February 17.', 'content' => '<p><br /> <span style="font-size:20px"> January 23: Janakpurdham Trade Expo-2023 is scheduled to be held in Janakpurdham from February 17.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">Janakpurdham Chapter of Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FNCCI) is organizing the trade expo with an aim of promoting local products and their business. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">The trade expo that will last till February 26 will be held at Janakpurdham’s Tirhutiya Gachhi. <br /> FNCCI Janakpurdham Chair Jitendra Mahaseth said that local products will be displayed and sold at the expo. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">“Traders and entrepreneurs from SAARC countries, including India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh will be participating in the expo”, Mahaseth informed. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">The expo will have more than 150 stalls and more than one hundred thousand visitors are expected to observe the expo. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"> </span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-23', 'modified' => '2023-01-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16560', 'image' => '20230123041802_collage (77).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-23 16:15:49', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '42' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16819', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => ''Snow-Capped Mountains Turning Black' ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'January 23: Until some years ago, the mountains of Nepal were seen with snow-capped ridges during the winter season.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">January 23: Until some years ago, the mountains of Nepal were seen with snow-capped ridges during the winter season. There used to be a huge inflow of foreign tourists in Sindhupalchowk to enjoy the majestic beauty of the Himalayas and play with snow. But, the glittering mountains are now turning into black rocks arguably due to the effects of climate change. Consequently, the popular tourism hotspots of Sindhupalchowk – Helambu and Panchpokhari – are losing their identity as the prime tourist destinations. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Sindhupalchowk's Upper Helambu, Panchpokhari and Jugal ridge zone used to appear snow-capped from mid-November onward. But, in the recent years, snow fall has become a rare event in the mountains that has direct bearing on the inflow of tourists. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The number of domestic and international tourists turning up in Sindhupalchowk for snow fun with sight-seeing has declined of late. It has continued to trigger displacement of the people relying on tourism enterprises. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Kami Lama of Helambu-2 shared that tourism entrepreneurship have been affected as snowfall is becoming a rare incident in Helambu region. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"It has been a long time since snowfall did not occur in Panchpokhari, Nagitham, Chyochyodanda, Amayangri, Kutumasang, Melamchichyang and Sermathang among others in the district," said Lama. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">There used to be a huge influx of tourists to the snow-capped areas of Helambu, Panchpokhari and Mude of the district. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Surprisingly, Helambu rural municipality has set a goal of producing artificial snow so as to attract tourists. Helambu Chairperson Neema Gyaljen Sherpa said they would pilot this initiative in one place. In recent years, the rise in the temperature coupled with climate change have melted snow in the region. The phenomenon has also placed the indigenous farming of the area in crisis. Last year's destructive flood can be taken as an example of the effect of climate change in the high-hill region. Environment expert Prabhu Budhathoki said it is an indication of bigger risk to the human community in the long run. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-23', 'modified' => '2023-01-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16559', 'image' => '20230123032121_IMG_3809-1024x768.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-23 15:20:38', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16818', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Dr Min Bahadur Shrestha Appointed as Vice-chair of National Planning Commission ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Dr Min Bahadur Shrestha has been appointed as the Vice-Chairperson of National Planning Commission (NPC).', 'content' => '<p>January 23: Dr Min Bahadur Shrestha has been appointed as the Vice-Chairperson of National Planning Commission (NPC).</p> <p> A meeting of the Council of Ministers on Monday appointed Dr Shrestha to the post of vice-chairperson. <br /> NPC Chair and Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ administered the newly appointed Vice-Chair an oath of office and secrecy on Monday itself at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, Singha Durbar.</p> <p>Dr Shrestha was also appointed as Vice-chair of the National Planning Commission when Pushpa Kamal Dahal had led the government six years ago. </p> <p>Former Executive Director of the Nepal Rastra Bank, Shrestha had served at the NRB for 30 years. He had also worked as spokesperson of the central bank. </p> <p>Shrestha has completed Master’s in Public Administration from Nepal, Master of Business Administration from the UK and Ph.D in Economics from Australia. <br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-23', 'modified' => '2023-01-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16558', 'image' => '20230123024536_collage (76).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-23 14:43:39', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '42' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16816', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Nepal Imports Onions worth Rs 2.5 Billion in 5 Months', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'January 23: Onions worth more than Rs 2.5 billion were imported in Nepal in the first five months of the current fiscal year.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">January 23: Onions worth more than Rs 2.5 billion were imported in Nepal in the first five months of the current fiscal year. Onion is produced in the country in large quantities but the domestic production is not sufficient to meet the local demand.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">This has forced Nepali importers to import large quantities of onion from abroad including India.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">According to the data of the Department of Customs, Nepal imported 73,200 metric tons of onion worth Rs 2.69 billion from various countries in the first five months (mid-July-mid-December) of the current fiscal year (FY).</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">In FY 2077/78, a total of 128,454 metric tons of onions worth Rs 4.95 billion were imported into Nepal. In FY 2078/79, this quantity increased to 173,829 metric tons worth Rs 6.44 billion. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">In Nepal, onions are cultivated on about 20,000 hectares of land. According to the National Center for Potato, Vegetable and Spice Crop Development, about 2.5 million metric tons of onions are produced annually in the country.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Sandeep Subedi, horticulture development officer of the center, says that although the prospects are good, the production has not been able to meet the demand due to the government's inability to bring big programs in the production and promotion of onions. As a result, there is a compulsion to import large quantities of onions every year.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Subedi mentioned that the problem of seeds is huge as the seeds currently being used in Nepal are not of high quality and the seeds imported from India are not easily available, resulting in poor production.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Earlier, the government had announced to launch the potato and onion mission program under the federal government for four years from FY 2076/77, but it failed to do so. Even before that, the government had conducted a program to increase onion production from 2064 to 2069 in Siraha, Saptari, Dhanusha, Bara, Parsa and Rupandehi by spending Rs 50 million. The program could not succeed due to irregularities in the purchase and distribution of production materials. The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development said that the government has not implemented any program at the central level to increase onion production. The ministry informed that no such program has been brought up since the previous efforts failed.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-23', 'modified' => '2023-01-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16557', 'image' => '20230123021027_onion.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-23 14:09:48', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16815', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Be Aware of Digital Frauds: Police', 'sub_title' => 'Police warn Fraudulent Activities through Social Media on the Rise', 'summary' => 'January 23: The police have appealed to the general public to be aware of fraudulent activities on social media with people giving fake assurance of services in return for money.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">January 23: The police have appealed to the general public to be aware of fraudulent activities on social media with people giving fake assurance of services in return for money.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The police warned that some ‘so called’ service providers were even demanding vital documents such as citizenship and passport on various pretexts, and urged the public to be highly alert to such sensitive issue.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Kathmandu Police Range has notified that banking fraud via digital medium has been rising of late. Gangs of fraudsters are active and they have been demanding information about bank balance, citizenship certificates and passport documents for people aspiring to go for foreign employment or to study abroad, the police cautioned. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">“The fraudsters were even found posting advertisements on social networking sites about the foreign employment opportunity and demanding money along with important personal documents. So, the time has come to stay aware about this,” said Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Dan Bahadur Karki. Such people have been asking the service seekers to deposit money in the accounts of unknown persons and then they dupe those people after receiving the amount.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">SSP Karki further shared that the fraudsters were found using the documents received in such manner to make new SIM cards of the phone number on the pretext of losing their phone set and then would download mobile Apps to get access to OPT code.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">With the unauthorized access to OTP code, swindlers were drawing money via mobile banking without knowledge of the victims. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"Ten years back, there were no such crimes. With the increase in the use of information technology, such new crimes have been recorded. The police force is receiving such complaints of late," SSP Karki added. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The police has strongly urged one and all not to share important information and documents via social networking sites and Apps to any unacquainted person. Similarly, the people in general are also requested not to share the PIN number of e-banking facility. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Only legal medium- the offices authorized and run by government- should be trusted to share information and documents before going to foreign job and study, SSP Karki added. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-23', 'modified' => '2023-01-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16556', 'image' => '20230123124300_banking_fraud.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-23 12:41:42', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16814', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Rainfall likely from Tonight', 'sub_title' => 'Winter this Year has Seen the Lowest Rainfall in the Last 30 Years', 'summary' => '', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">January 23: The Department of Hydrology and Meteorology has said that there is a possibility of normal to moderate rain starting from Western Nepal to Kathmandu and other parts of the country from coming Monday night (January 23). The rainfall is likely to continue until Thursday. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">There is also possibility of snowfall in the mountainous regions for a week after Tuesday, said Meteorologist Binod Pokharel. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Meanwhile, the winter this year has seen the lowest rainfall in the last 30 years. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to government records, the country has received the lowest rainfall this year since 1991. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">An average of 12.6 millimeters of rainfall has been recoded from December 1 to January 18 between 1991 to 2020. However, only 0.1 mm of rainfall occurred during the same period this year, according to the department. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">During last winter, there was an average of 27.1 millimeters of rainfall. December 15 to February 15 is considered as the winter season in Nepal. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Climate expert Dharmaraj Upreti said less rainfall in winter will likely cause and also directly impact winter crops. Drying up or depletion of water springs, increased air pollution and increased risk of incidents of fire are also likely to occur. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-23', 'modified' => '2023-01-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16555', 'image' => '20230123115304_rainfallll.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-23 11:52:04', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16813', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Super Madi Hydropower Limited opens IPO to General Public ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Super Madi Hydropower Limited has opened sale of its Initial Public Offering (IPO) to the general public from Monday. ', 'content' => '<p><br /> <span style="font-size:20px">January 23: Super Madi Hydropower Limited has opened sale of its Initial Public Offering (IPO) to the general public from Monday. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">With the allotment of IPO shares to the project-affected locals and Nepali citizens working in foreign countries in the first phase, the hydropower has floated IPO shares to the general public in the second phase. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">The hydropower is issuing a total of 17,43,000 units of shares at the face value of Rs 100 per unit of share after allotting the shares to locals, migrant workers and mutual funds. The company has also reserved shares for its employees. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">A total of 1,74, 310 individuals will receive 10 units of shares each. <br /> The IPO Offering will close on January 26. If the IPO is not fully subscribed until January 26, the deadline will extend till February 6. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">One can apply for a minimum of 10 shares and a maximum of 50,000 units of shares.<br /> Sanima Capital Limited is issue and sales manager. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">Interested individuals can apply for the IPO from issue manager and all banks and financial institutions that are C-ASBA members approved by Securities Board of Nepal (SEBON). Investors can also apply for the IPO through Mero Share. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">The company is constructing Super Madi Hydropower of 44 megawatt in Kaski district. The estimated cost of the hydropower stands at Rs 190 million per megawatt. </span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-23', 'modified' => '2023-01-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16554', 'image' => '20230123060221_collage (8) (1).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-23 05:55:33', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '42' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16812', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Energy and Health exhibition at Bhrikutimandap ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'An exhibition related to energy and health is underway simultaneously at Bhrikutimandap, Kathmandu. ', 'content' => '<p><br /> <span style="font-size:22px">January 22: An exhibition related to energy and health is underway simultaneously at Bhrikutimandap, Kathmandu. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:22px">‘Nepal Electric Power Lights International Exhibition’ and ‘Nepal Pharma and Health Exhibition’ had kicked off Friday. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:22px">Different stalls pertaining to energy, electricity, medicine, treatment and pharmacies have been put on the exhibition.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:22px">The exhibition is jointly organized by Media Space Solutions, Exhibitions and Trade Services India Private Limited and Futurex Trade Fairs and Events Private Limited. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:22px">Organisers say more than 100 domestic and foreign companies have kept their stalls on the exhibition. </span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-22', 'modified' => '2023-01-22', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16553', 'image' => '20230122072759_collage (75).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-22 19:25:33', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '42' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16811', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government ready for policy-level reform to systematise Remittance, says Finance Minister Poudel ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => ' Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Bishnu Prasad Poudel said the government is ready for policy-level and legal reforms to systematise the remittance inflow to the country. ', 'content' => '<p><br /> <span style="font-size:18px">January 22: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Bishnu Prasad Poudel said the government is ready for policy-level and legal reforms to systematise the remittance inflow to the country. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px">In his virtual address to a programme entitled ‘Remittance and Investment in Nepal’ organised by the Overseas Nepali Forum, the United States of America on Saturday night, the Minister Poudel said that the government was ready to bring in the remittance through legal channel and create conducive atmosphere for investment in productive sectors. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"> “We have not been able to receive a large chunk of remittance through an official route and the government is ready to take measures to usher in remittance through such channels,” Poudel said. He stressed the need to revise the policy - level and legal hurdles for the same.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px">Stating that the government’s attention had been drawn towards the concerns of citizenship raised by the non-resident Nepalis, Poudel said, “The constitution has made provisions to provide citizenship to the non-resident Nepali with socio-economic rights and government will do the needful to implement the provision as guaranteed in the country's statute". </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px">On the Act Related to Foreign Investment and Technology that considers non-resident Nepali as the foreign national, Poudel pledged to address the problem at the earliest. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px">Saying that his attention had been drawn towards the requirement for non-resident Nepalis to obtain visa while coming to Nepal, Minister Poudel assured that the issue would be sorted out with resolution of citizenship issues. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px">Minister Poudel appreciated NRN overseas’ big contribution to Nepal’s economic development and prosperity.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px">Reiterating that Nepal is a safe destination for investment and high return prospect, Poudel urged the NRNs to share this message with investors around the globe to invest in Nepal.</span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-22', 'modified' => '2023-01-22', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16552', 'image' => '20230122051343_collage (74).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-22 17:08:30', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '42' ) ) ) $current_user = null $logged_in = false $xml = falseinclude - APP/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp, line 133 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::_renderElement() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 1224 View::element() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 418 include - APP/View/Articles/index.ctp, line 157 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473 Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 968 Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 200 Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167 [main] - APP/webroot/index.php, line 117
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', 'content' => '<p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">January 24: Prolonged drought has caused the winter crops to wilt leaving the farmers worried in Myagdi. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Winter crops such as wheat and barley have started to wilt due to lack of rain for a long time in mountainous district. </span></span><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Myagdi has witnessed drop in the production of summer crops of paddy and millet this year. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Farmers look worried as wilting of the winter crops caused by prolonged drought is sure to cause the production of winter crops to shrink in the district. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The production of wheat, barley, beans, winter potatoes and vegetables will see a sharp decline this year, said senior farmer Chandra Bahadur Karki in Myagdi. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Saying that production of winter crops and vegetables will shrink, many farmers appear worried as major source of their livelihood is agriculture. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Wheat is grown in around 9,000 hectares of the land in the district. However, only 52 per cent of the land has access to irrigation facility in the district. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Some farmers have failed to cultivate wheat for lack of irrigation, said local agriculture technicians. </span></span><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Winter crops have begun to dry up in the land having no access to the irrigation facility, said Mangala Rural Municipality Agriculture Technician Jagat Baniya. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-24', 'modified' => '2023-01-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16567', 'image' => '20230124103713_collage (79).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-24 10:34:26', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '42' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16826', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government Fails to Meet Revenue Collection Target', 'sub_title' => 'Finance Minister Instructs Secretaries to Increase Capital Expenditure ', 'summary' => 'January 24: The government has fallen short of its revenue collection target in the first six months of the current fiscal year by Rs 161 billion.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">January 24: The government has fallen short of its revenue collection target in the first six months of the current fiscal year by Rs 161 billion. During the review period, the government collected Rs 490 billion against the target of Rs 651 billion, shared Joint Secretary Anand Kafle, who is also the spokesperson for the Ministry of Finance.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The government’s capital expenditure in the first six months of the current fiscal year remained dismal at Rs 53.45 billion out of the allocated amount of Rs 100.8 billion for the review period, Spokesperson Kafle briefed Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Poudel during a discussion at the Ministry of Finance held on Monday on the topic of overall economic situation of the country and implementation of the budget.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Kafle further said that the current expenditure of the government during the review period was Rs 455 billion out of the allocated amount of Rs 594 billion. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">During the discussion, Finance Minister Paudel instructed the secretaries to increase capital expenditure and reduce current expenditure. He stressed on the need to give special priority to capital expenditure and to maintain strict revenue management. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The finance minister instructed the concerned authorities to spend the funds allocated under all the headings only on the same heading, discourage the expenditure of current nature, and not to seek additional funds under any heading except for mandatory obligations. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Meanwhile, Finance Secretary Toyam Raya said that the ministry has already started adopting austerity measures and cost reduction plans and is expecting other ministries to follow suit. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Revenue Secretary Dr Ram Prasad Ghimire requested all agencies to cooperate in controlling revenue leakage while working proactively in non-tax revenue collection. </span></span></span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-24', 'modified' => '2023-01-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16566', 'image' => '20230124123420_finance_ministry_copy1.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-24 00:33:22', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16824', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Chief of TIA Domestic Terminal Arrested ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'January 23: The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has arrested the chief of the Domestic Terminal Unit of Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA), Purna Chudal. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">January 23: The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has arrested the chief of the Domestic Terminal Unit of Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA), Purna Chudal. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The CIAA carried out a sting operation at the Unit on Monday, leading to Chudal's arrest. TIA General Manager Premnath Thakur confirmed his arrest but said it was not clear why he was arrested. </span></span></span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-23', 'modified' => '2023-01-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16564', 'image' => '20230123100928_20200311110634_1583889398.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-23 22:07:54', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16823', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Startup Work Procedures and Project Loans to be Implemented Soon: Finance Minister ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'January 23: Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel has said the startup work procedures and provision on project loans would be implemented soon. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">January 23: Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel has said the startup work procedures and provision on project loans would be implemented soon. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Addressing the Small and Medium Enterprises Conference organised by the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) in Lalitpur on Monday, the finance minister asserted that he would take the initiative for preparing the Startup Work Procedures pending for long. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"It is the government's weakness that the startup work procedures could not be drafted until now. The work procedures would be passed immediately. The project loans the private sector has been demanding will also be implemented soon," he said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The finance minister urged the private sector to give clear suggestions to the government regarding the problems of the small and medium enterprises. Stating that the government would take initiation for identifying the problems of the small, cottage, micro and medium-scale enterprises and for resolving them, Finance Minister Poudel said a right conclusion would be derived on the matter only after taking suggestions from the related sectors. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"The government moves ahead only after taking the suggestions from the related sector while drafting the plan and policy of any sector. It is necessary that the private sector points out and clarifies the policy-level ambiguities in any particular sector," the finance minister said, adding that the government is expecting concrete and clear suggestions on how the procedural hassles could be minimized and the service delivery made prompt and convenient. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Finance Minister Poudel said he will work towards hearing the problems of the private sector and addressing the valid demands. The finance minister said that the private sector should also give suggestions as to how the access of the SMEs could be increased in the financial sector. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">In addition to this, he pledged the government’s assurance that the interest rate for loan would not be increased. “Interest rate is linked with inflation this way or that. Efforts are on to prevent the interest rate for going high.” </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">He made it clear that the government had no policy to intervene in the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) affairs as it is the autonomous body, but the government would cooperate with it to address the existing issues. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">He said the private sector was expected to inform the government if it sensed problems in the government’s service delivery. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">FNCCI President Shekhar Golchha described small and middle-scale enterprises as the basis for national economy, but these sectors were marred by various issues. “The prices of raw materials have skyrocketed. Banks’ interest rate is high. Small entrepreneurs face challenges to get loan,” he said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">He was of the opinion that the state should play a role to establish a stable interest rate and the systematic tax system. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-23', 'modified' => '2023-01-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16563', 'image' => '20230123080106_startup-6 (1).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-23 20:00:37', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16822', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Upgrading of Beni-Jomsom Road Section Delayed', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'January 23: The upgrading of the Beni-Jomson road section under the Kali Gandaki Corridor is taking place at a snail’s pace.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">January 23: The upgrading of the Beni-Jomson road section under the Kali Gandaki Corridor is taking place at a snail’s pace. The Kali Gandaki Corridor Road Project is being upgraded in four packages. This strategic road stretches from Parbat to Mustang district via Myagdi and leads up to the China border. The 76-km Beni-Jomsom road section under the project should have been completed by December 2019 but the project is yet to blacktop the road.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Local residents as well as tourists visiting Mustang have been affected because the work of this vital road connecting China and India could not be completed on time. Similarly, the possibility of trade between Nepal and China through the Korala border is also yet to materialize due to the delay in completion of the road.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The road could not pick up pace because the construction company did not step up efforts to mobilize human resources and equipment. The progress of the Myagdi section is less than that of the Mustang section.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport has set a deadline of mid-July for the construction company to complete the work of blacktopping the Beni-Jomsom road. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Sharma United JV, which has bagged the contract for upgrading 20 km road from Galeshwar to Narchyang Bridge and Sharma Gajurmukhi, which was awarded the contract for upgrading 17 km road from Narchyang Bridge to Kaikukhola in Ghasa, Mustang, have defaulted their work.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Meanwhile, the expansion and upgrading works in the Mustang section has come to a standstill due to extreme cold. Work on the 40 km (first and second package) road from Galeshwar, the starting point of the project, to Mustang’s border in Ghasa is also slow. Currently, 8-10 laborers are building the retaining wall.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Jagat Prajapati, head of the Beni-Jomsom-Korla Road Project said that the work is sluggish towards Myagdi while it has come to a halt towards the Mustang side due to cold. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">“The laborers who went to celebrate Dashain did not return because of the election, but now they are not returning because it is cold. We are urging the contractors to speed up the construction,” he said.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">He pointed towards technical problem in extending the Beni-Ghasa road section. He said, “Studies are ongoing to build a tunnel in Bhirkate, while a bridge on the Rupse Waterfall was swept away by the flood last year and the contract is yet to be finalized.” </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">According to Prajapati, upgrading the road along the Maldhunga-Beni section (13 km) and Beni-Galeshwar section (3 km) of Parbat district has also been started since last year. The work of diverting the drain water was delayed after the locals obstructed it. The project said that 35 percent of the work on the Maldhunga-Beni road section has been completed.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Prajapati informed that 70 percent of the first package of Galeshwar-Tatopani, 65 percent of the second package of Tatopani-Ghasa, 100 percent of the third package of Ghasa-Kaikukhola and 68 percent of the work on Kaiku-Jomsom road have been completed. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Prajapati said, “We have told the contractors to be ready to do the blacktopping as soon as the summer starts and the temperature is suitable for asphalting.”</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-23', 'modified' => '2023-01-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16562', 'image' => '20230124123517_DhrubasagarSharma_Galeswor_RSS_07_-himalmunikalopatresadak.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-23 18:03:59', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16821', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'FNCCI Senior Vice-chair Dhakal Stresses Need for Development of SMEs ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Senior Vice-chairperson of Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industries(FNCCI) Chandra Prasad Dhakal said development of the cottage, small and medium-sized enterprises would make a significant contribution to the economic development of the country.', 'content' => '<p><br /> January 23: Senior Vice-chairperson of Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industries(FNCCI) Chandra Prasad Dhakal said development of the cottage, small and medium-sized enterprises would make a significant contribution to the economic development of the country.</p> <p>Dhakal urged the government to develop cottage, small and medium-sized enterprises effectively for the national economic development. </p> <p>Addressing SMEs Summit organized by FNCCI in Lalitpur on Monday, Dhakal complained that development of small and medium-sized enterprises was not happening as expected, though it was creating the highest number of jobs in the country.</p> <p>Dhakal said that state of liquidity was easing in the market after the formation of the new government.<br /> Dhakal asked the private sectors to refrain from just blaming the government and policy-makers and start working sincerely to meet the economic goals of the country.</p> <p>Dhakal expressed confidence that the incumbent government would work to address the problems facing the private sector. <br /> “With the formation of the new government, a positive change has come to the market. I believe that government and policy-makers will work to solve the troubles facing the private sector," he said. <br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-23', 'modified' => '2023-01-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16561', 'image' => '20230123050841_collage (80).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-23 17:04:08', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '42' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16820', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Janakpurdham Trade Expo-2023 to Be Held From February 17 ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Janakpurdham Trade Expo-2023 is scheduled to be held in Janakpurdham from February 17.', 'content' => '<p><br /> <span style="font-size:20px"> January 23: Janakpurdham Trade Expo-2023 is scheduled to be held in Janakpurdham from February 17.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">Janakpurdham Chapter of Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FNCCI) is organizing the trade expo with an aim of promoting local products and their business. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">The trade expo that will last till February 26 will be held at Janakpurdham’s Tirhutiya Gachhi. <br /> FNCCI Janakpurdham Chair Jitendra Mahaseth said that local products will be displayed and sold at the expo. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">“Traders and entrepreneurs from SAARC countries, including India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh will be participating in the expo”, Mahaseth informed. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">The expo will have more than 150 stalls and more than one hundred thousand visitors are expected to observe the expo. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"> </span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-23', 'modified' => '2023-01-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16560', 'image' => '20230123041802_collage (77).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-23 16:15:49', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '42' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16819', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => ''Snow-Capped Mountains Turning Black' ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'January 23: Until some years ago, the mountains of Nepal were seen with snow-capped ridges during the winter season.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">January 23: Until some years ago, the mountains of Nepal were seen with snow-capped ridges during the winter season. There used to be a huge inflow of foreign tourists in Sindhupalchowk to enjoy the majestic beauty of the Himalayas and play with snow. But, the glittering mountains are now turning into black rocks arguably due to the effects of climate change. Consequently, the popular tourism hotspots of Sindhupalchowk – Helambu and Panchpokhari – are losing their identity as the prime tourist destinations. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Sindhupalchowk's Upper Helambu, Panchpokhari and Jugal ridge zone used to appear snow-capped from mid-November onward. But, in the recent years, snow fall has become a rare event in the mountains that has direct bearing on the inflow of tourists. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The number of domestic and international tourists turning up in Sindhupalchowk for snow fun with sight-seeing has declined of late. It has continued to trigger displacement of the people relying on tourism enterprises. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Kami Lama of Helambu-2 shared that tourism entrepreneurship have been affected as snowfall is becoming a rare incident in Helambu region. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"It has been a long time since snowfall did not occur in Panchpokhari, Nagitham, Chyochyodanda, Amayangri, Kutumasang, Melamchichyang and Sermathang among others in the district," said Lama. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">There used to be a huge influx of tourists to the snow-capped areas of Helambu, Panchpokhari and Mude of the district. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Surprisingly, Helambu rural municipality has set a goal of producing artificial snow so as to attract tourists. Helambu Chairperson Neema Gyaljen Sherpa said they would pilot this initiative in one place. In recent years, the rise in the temperature coupled with climate change have melted snow in the region. The phenomenon has also placed the indigenous farming of the area in crisis. Last year's destructive flood can be taken as an example of the effect of climate change in the high-hill region. Environment expert Prabhu Budhathoki said it is an indication of bigger risk to the human community in the long run. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-23', 'modified' => '2023-01-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16559', 'image' => '20230123032121_IMG_3809-1024x768.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-23 15:20:38', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16818', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Dr Min Bahadur Shrestha Appointed as Vice-chair of National Planning Commission ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Dr Min Bahadur Shrestha has been appointed as the Vice-Chairperson of National Planning Commission (NPC).', 'content' => '<p>January 23: Dr Min Bahadur Shrestha has been appointed as the Vice-Chairperson of National Planning Commission (NPC).</p> <p> A meeting of the Council of Ministers on Monday appointed Dr Shrestha to the post of vice-chairperson. <br /> NPC Chair and Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ administered the newly appointed Vice-Chair an oath of office and secrecy on Monday itself at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, Singha Durbar.</p> <p>Dr Shrestha was also appointed as Vice-chair of the National Planning Commission when Pushpa Kamal Dahal had led the government six years ago. </p> <p>Former Executive Director of the Nepal Rastra Bank, Shrestha had served at the NRB for 30 years. He had also worked as spokesperson of the central bank. </p> <p>Shrestha has completed Master’s in Public Administration from Nepal, Master of Business Administration from the UK and Ph.D in Economics from Australia. <br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-23', 'modified' => '2023-01-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16558', 'image' => '20230123024536_collage (76).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-23 14:43:39', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '42' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16816', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Nepal Imports Onions worth Rs 2.5 Billion in 5 Months', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'January 23: Onions worth more than Rs 2.5 billion were imported in Nepal in the first five months of the current fiscal year.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">January 23: Onions worth more than Rs 2.5 billion were imported in Nepal in the first five months of the current fiscal year. Onion is produced in the country in large quantities but the domestic production is not sufficient to meet the local demand.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">This has forced Nepali importers to import large quantities of onion from abroad including India.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">According to the data of the Department of Customs, Nepal imported 73,200 metric tons of onion worth Rs 2.69 billion from various countries in the first five months (mid-July-mid-December) of the current fiscal year (FY).</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">In FY 2077/78, a total of 128,454 metric tons of onions worth Rs 4.95 billion were imported into Nepal. In FY 2078/79, this quantity increased to 173,829 metric tons worth Rs 6.44 billion. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">In Nepal, onions are cultivated on about 20,000 hectares of land. According to the National Center for Potato, Vegetable and Spice Crop Development, about 2.5 million metric tons of onions are produced annually in the country.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Sandeep Subedi, horticulture development officer of the center, says that although the prospects are good, the production has not been able to meet the demand due to the government's inability to bring big programs in the production and promotion of onions. As a result, there is a compulsion to import large quantities of onions every year.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Subedi mentioned that the problem of seeds is huge as the seeds currently being used in Nepal are not of high quality and the seeds imported from India are not easily available, resulting in poor production.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Earlier, the government had announced to launch the potato and onion mission program under the federal government for four years from FY 2076/77, but it failed to do so. Even before that, the government had conducted a program to increase onion production from 2064 to 2069 in Siraha, Saptari, Dhanusha, Bara, Parsa and Rupandehi by spending Rs 50 million. The program could not succeed due to irregularities in the purchase and distribution of production materials. The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development said that the government has not implemented any program at the central level to increase onion production. The ministry informed that no such program has been brought up since the previous efforts failed.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-23', 'modified' => '2023-01-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16557', 'image' => '20230123021027_onion.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-23 14:09:48', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16815', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Be Aware of Digital Frauds: Police', 'sub_title' => 'Police warn Fraudulent Activities through Social Media on the Rise', 'summary' => 'January 23: The police have appealed to the general public to be aware of fraudulent activities on social media with people giving fake assurance of services in return for money.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">January 23: The police have appealed to the general public to be aware of fraudulent activities on social media with people giving fake assurance of services in return for money.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The police warned that some ‘so called’ service providers were even demanding vital documents such as citizenship and passport on various pretexts, and urged the public to be highly alert to such sensitive issue.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Kathmandu Police Range has notified that banking fraud via digital medium has been rising of late. Gangs of fraudsters are active and they have been demanding information about bank balance, citizenship certificates and passport documents for people aspiring to go for foreign employment or to study abroad, the police cautioned. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">“The fraudsters were even found posting advertisements on social networking sites about the foreign employment opportunity and demanding money along with important personal documents. So, the time has come to stay aware about this,” said Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Dan Bahadur Karki. Such people have been asking the service seekers to deposit money in the accounts of unknown persons and then they dupe those people after receiving the amount.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">SSP Karki further shared that the fraudsters were found using the documents received in such manner to make new SIM cards of the phone number on the pretext of losing their phone set and then would download mobile Apps to get access to OPT code.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">With the unauthorized access to OTP code, swindlers were drawing money via mobile banking without knowledge of the victims. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"Ten years back, there were no such crimes. With the increase in the use of information technology, such new crimes have been recorded. The police force is receiving such complaints of late," SSP Karki added. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The police has strongly urged one and all not to share important information and documents via social networking sites and Apps to any unacquainted person. Similarly, the people in general are also requested not to share the PIN number of e-banking facility. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Only legal medium- the offices authorized and run by government- should be trusted to share information and documents before going to foreign job and study, SSP Karki added. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-23', 'modified' => '2023-01-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16556', 'image' => '20230123124300_banking_fraud.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-23 12:41:42', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16814', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Rainfall likely from Tonight', 'sub_title' => 'Winter this Year has Seen the Lowest Rainfall in the Last 30 Years', 'summary' => '', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">January 23: The Department of Hydrology and Meteorology has said that there is a possibility of normal to moderate rain starting from Western Nepal to Kathmandu and other parts of the country from coming Monday night (January 23). The rainfall is likely to continue until Thursday. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">There is also possibility of snowfall in the mountainous regions for a week after Tuesday, said Meteorologist Binod Pokharel. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Meanwhile, the winter this year has seen the lowest rainfall in the last 30 years. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to government records, the country has received the lowest rainfall this year since 1991. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">An average of 12.6 millimeters of rainfall has been recoded from December 1 to January 18 between 1991 to 2020. However, only 0.1 mm of rainfall occurred during the same period this year, according to the department. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">During last winter, there was an average of 27.1 millimeters of rainfall. December 15 to February 15 is considered as the winter season in Nepal. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Climate expert Dharmaraj Upreti said less rainfall in winter will likely cause and also directly impact winter crops. Drying up or depletion of water springs, increased air pollution and increased risk of incidents of fire are also likely to occur. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-23', 'modified' => '2023-01-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16555', 'image' => '20230123115304_rainfallll.jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-23 11:52:04', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16813', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Super Madi Hydropower Limited opens IPO to General Public ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Super Madi Hydropower Limited has opened sale of its Initial Public Offering (IPO) to the general public from Monday. ', 'content' => '<p><br /> <span style="font-size:20px">January 23: Super Madi Hydropower Limited has opened sale of its Initial Public Offering (IPO) to the general public from Monday. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">With the allotment of IPO shares to the project-affected locals and Nepali citizens working in foreign countries in the first phase, the hydropower has floated IPO shares to the general public in the second phase. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">The hydropower is issuing a total of 17,43,000 units of shares at the face value of Rs 100 per unit of share after allotting the shares to locals, migrant workers and mutual funds. The company has also reserved shares for its employees. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">A total of 1,74, 310 individuals will receive 10 units of shares each. <br /> The IPO Offering will close on January 26. If the IPO is not fully subscribed until January 26, the deadline will extend till February 6. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">One can apply for a minimum of 10 shares and a maximum of 50,000 units of shares.<br /> Sanima Capital Limited is issue and sales manager. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">Interested individuals can apply for the IPO from issue manager and all banks and financial institutions that are C-ASBA members approved by Securities Board of Nepal (SEBON). Investors can also apply for the IPO through Mero Share. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">The company is constructing Super Madi Hydropower of 44 megawatt in Kaski district. The estimated cost of the hydropower stands at Rs 190 million per megawatt. </span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-23', 'modified' => '2023-01-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16554', 'image' => '20230123060221_collage (8) (1).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-23 05:55:33', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '42' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16812', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Energy and Health exhibition at Bhrikutimandap ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'An exhibition related to energy and health is underway simultaneously at Bhrikutimandap, Kathmandu. ', 'content' => '<p><br /> <span style="font-size:22px">January 22: An exhibition related to energy and health is underway simultaneously at Bhrikutimandap, Kathmandu. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:22px">‘Nepal Electric Power Lights International Exhibition’ and ‘Nepal Pharma and Health Exhibition’ had kicked off Friday. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:22px">Different stalls pertaining to energy, electricity, medicine, treatment and pharmacies have been put on the exhibition.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:22px">The exhibition is jointly organized by Media Space Solutions, Exhibitions and Trade Services India Private Limited and Futurex Trade Fairs and Events Private Limited. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:22px">Organisers say more than 100 domestic and foreign companies have kept their stalls on the exhibition. </span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-22', 'modified' => '2023-01-22', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16553', 'image' => '20230122072759_collage (75).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-22 19:25:33', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '42' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16811', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government ready for policy-level reform to systematise Remittance, says Finance Minister Poudel ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => ' Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Bishnu Prasad Poudel said the government is ready for policy-level and legal reforms to systematise the remittance inflow to the country. ', 'content' => '<p><br /> <span style="font-size:18px">January 22: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Bishnu Prasad Poudel said the government is ready for policy-level and legal reforms to systematise the remittance inflow to the country. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px">In his virtual address to a programme entitled ‘Remittance and Investment in Nepal’ organised by the Overseas Nepali Forum, the United States of America on Saturday night, the Minister Poudel said that the government was ready to bring in the remittance through legal channel and create conducive atmosphere for investment in productive sectors. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"> “We have not been able to receive a large chunk of remittance through an official route and the government is ready to take measures to usher in remittance through such channels,” Poudel said. He stressed the need to revise the policy - level and legal hurdles for the same.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px">Stating that the government’s attention had been drawn towards the concerns of citizenship raised by the non-resident Nepalis, Poudel said, “The constitution has made provisions to provide citizenship to the non-resident Nepali with socio-economic rights and government will do the needful to implement the provision as guaranteed in the country's statute". </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px">On the Act Related to Foreign Investment and Technology that considers non-resident Nepali as the foreign national, Poudel pledged to address the problem at the earliest. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px">Saying that his attention had been drawn towards the requirement for non-resident Nepalis to obtain visa while coming to Nepal, Minister Poudel assured that the issue would be sorted out with resolution of citizenship issues. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px">Minister Poudel appreciated NRN overseas’ big contribution to Nepal’s economic development and prosperity.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px">Reiterating that Nepal is a safe destination for investment and high return prospect, Poudel urged the NRNs to share this message with investors around the globe to invest in Nepal.</span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-22', 'modified' => '2023-01-22', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16552', 'image' => '20230122051343_collage (74).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-22 17:08:30', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '42' ) ) ) $current_user = null $logged_in = false $xml = falsesimplexml_load_file - [internal], line ?? include - APP/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp, line 133 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::_renderElement() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 1224 View::element() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 418 include - APP/View/Articles/index.ctp, line 157 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473 Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 968 Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 200 Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167 [main] - APP/webroot/index.php, line 117
| Currency | Unit |
Buy | Sell |
| U.S. Dollar | 1 | 121.23 | 121.83 |
| European Euro | 1 | 131.65 | 132.31 |
| UK Pound Sterling | 1 | 142.47 | 143.18 |
| Swiss Franc | 1 | 124.29 | 124.90 |
| Australian Dollar | 1 | 71.69 | 72.05 |
| Canadian Dollar | 1 | 83.90 | 84.32 |
| Japanese Yen | 10 | 10.94 | 11.00 |
| Chinese Yuan | 1 | 17.17 | 17.26 |
| Saudi Arabian Riyal | 1 | 32.27 | 32.43 |
| UAE Dirham | 1 | 33.01 | 33.17 |
| Malaysian Ringgit | 1 | 27.36 | 27.50 |
| South Korean Won | 100 | 9.77 | 9.82 |
Update: 2020-03-25 | Source: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB)
| Fine Gold | 1 tola | 77000.00 |
| Tejabi Gold | 1 tola | 76700.00 |
| Silver | 1 tola | 720.00 |
Update : 2020-03-25
Source: Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers' Association
| Petrol | 1 Liter | 106.00 |
| Diesel | 1 Liter | 95.00 |
| Kerosene | 1 Liter | 95.00 |
| LP Gas | 1 Cylinder | 1375.00 |
Update : 2020-03-25
