October 7: Moderate rainfall accompanied by thunder and lightning is likely to occur at some places of the country today, the Meteorological Forecasting Division has…
October 7: Moderate rainfall accompanied by thunder and lightning is likely to occur at some places of the country today, the Meteorological Forecasting Division has…
October 7: Landslides triggered by incessant rainfall since Tuesday evening have disrupted vehicular movement on several road sections across the country, causing inconvenience to the passengers travelling to various places for the Dashain…
October 6: Rainfall in various parts of the country including the Kathmandu Valley has continued since Tuesday night.…
October 5: The tenth day of Dashain, the biggest festival of the Hindus residing in Nepal, was observed on Wednesday.…
October 4: The Nepalese society is celebrating Mahanavami or the ninth day of the Dashain festival…
October 4: With the start of the Dashain festival, consumption of petroleum products has increased…
October 3: The eighth day of Dashain festival was celebrated across the country on Monday by worshipping Goddess Durga.…
October 2: The seventh day of Bada Dashain festival was celebrated by worshipping Goddess…
September 30: The viewers and readers of traditional mass media like radio, television and newspapers and magazines are found to have decreased along with the increasing use of alternative media due to the impact of…
September 30: A study conducted by Nepal Seed and Fertilizer Project (NSAF) has found that the subsidized chemical fertilizer given to the farmers by the government is being sold at a higher price than the price fixed by the government…
September 30: Ncell, a leading private company providing telecommunication services in Nepal, has released a plan targeting customers during this festive season.…
September 30: Tourism entrepreneurs of Pokhara have complained that a high interest rates charged by banks and financial institutions has made it challenging to sustain their…
September 30: A total of 612 climbers from across the world have acquired permits to climb 23 different mountain peaks of Nepal during this autumn…
September 29: Revenue collection has had the direct impact of the government's ban on import of luxurious…
September 29: The Cathay Pacific Airlines will start operating direct flights between Hong Kong and Kathmandu from October 1.…
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', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">October 7: Moderate rainfall accompanied by thunder and lightning is likely to occur at some places of the country today, the Meteorological Forecasting Division has said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">There is a possibility of light to moderate rainfall along with thunder and lightning at many places of Lumbini, Karnali and Sudurpaschim provinces and at some places in the rest of the provinces. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The division has forecast heavy to torrential rainfall at some places of Sudurpaschim Province and Karnali Province and at one or two places of Lumbini and Gandaki provinces today. It said there is risk of landslide, erosion and debris flow in these places with the possibility of general impact on the road and air transport. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The division has urged for adopting necessary precaution as water level in the rivers and rivulets might rise and the daily life, including agriculture, tourism and mountaineering activities, also get affected. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The weather will be generally to fully cloudy in Karnali and Sudurpaschim provinces and partly to generally cloudy in the rest of the provinces tonight, with the possibility of light to moderate rain accompanied by thunder and lightning at many places of Karnali and Sudurpaschim provinces and at a few places of the rest of the provinces. There is a possibility of heavy rainfall at one or two places of Karnali and Sudurpaschim provinces tonight. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-10-07', 'modified' => '2022-10-07', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15853', 'image' => '20221007090910_rainfallll.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-10-07 09:08:35', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16111', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Landslides Disrupt Various Roads Across the Country ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 7: Landslides triggered by incessant rainfall since Tuesday evening have disrupted vehicular movement on several road sections across the country, causing inconvenience to the passengers travelling to various places for the Dashain festival. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">October 7: Landslides triggered by incessant rainfall since Tuesday evening have disrupted vehicular movement on several road sections across the country, causing inconvenience to the passengers travelling to various places for the Dashain festival. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">A report from Waling, Syangja said that the Waling-Galyang section of the Siddhartha Highway has been disrupted due to a landslide which occurred at Jholpe of Galyang-8. Police said the landslide occurred at 4 am on Thursday and efforts are on to open the road. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Similarly, a report from Manang stated that the Besisahar-Chame road has been disrupted by a landslide that occurred at Khotro of Nason Rural Municipality-3, Manang district. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Likewise, a report from Galyang said most of the rural roads in Myagdi district remain disrupted due to mudslide triggered by incessant rainfall. The Beni-Jomsom road is also disrupted due to landslides at a dozen of places in the Myagdi section of the highway. The road has been swept away by floods at several locations. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Beni-Maldhunga-Pokhara road is also disrupted at many locations due to flood and landslides, it is stated. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Narayangadh-Muglin road disrupted </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">A report received from Chitwan states that traffic along the Narayangadh-Muglin road has been disrupted due to landslide that occurred at 8.20 on Thursday morning at Satrakilo, Bharatpur Metropolitan City-29. Vehicles and passengers have been stranded as the two-way traffic remains disrupted due to the landslide, the District Police Office Chitwan said. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-10-07', 'modified' => '2022-10-07', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15852', 'image' => '20221007090312_DevrajSubedi_Sindhupalchok_RSS_19_khatam.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-10-07 09:02:40', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16110', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Rain Predicted in Western Parts of Nepal ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 6: Rainfall in various parts of the country including the Kathmandu Valley has continued since Tuesday night. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">October 6: Rainfall in various parts of the country including the Kathmandu Valley has continued since Tuesday night. As a result, offering and receiving Tika on the main day of Bada Dashain festival was affected on Wednesday. </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"">Light to moderate rain is predicted to continue across the country as the monsoon low pressure trough lies towards the north than the normal position, according to the Meteorological Forecasting Division. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"The Kathmandu Valley received light rainfall on the tenth day of Dashain. There is no possibility of clear weather. The weather continues to become cloudy for two or three more days," said senior meteorologist Shanti Kandel.</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 Kandel, heavy rainfall is predicted in western and far-western Nepal, and this will continue for two or three more days.</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"">As a result, flooding and landslides are expected to occur, she added. The division has urged precaution. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-10-06', 'modified' => '2022-10-07', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15851', 'image' => '20221006095506_20200511091310_Storm.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-10-06 09:54:23', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16109', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Bijaya Dashami Observed', 'sub_title' => 'The Auspicious Time for Receiving ‘Tika’ and Blessings this Year is 11:51 AM ', 'summary' => 'October 5: The tenth day of Dashain, the biggest festival of the Hindus residing in Nepal, was observed on Wednesday. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">October 5: The tenth day of Dashain, the biggest festival of the Hindus residing in Nepal, was observed on Wednesday. On this day, people of all castes and creed seek blessings from the elderly. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">People from far and away return home to celebrate this festival which spans over 15 days on the bright half of the lunar calendar in the Nepali month of Ashwin (mid-September to mid-October). </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">On this day, devotees worship Goddess Bhavani Siddhi Datri, who is considered the embodiment of victory. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">This day is celebrated as the day of victory of good over the evil.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Holy texts mention that Lord Shiva, the destroyer of the world, invoked Goddess Siddhi Datri on this day and acquired the form of the all-powerful Ardha-nareshwar, which means half male and half female.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">It is also said that Lord Vishnu, during his incarnation as Lord Ram, worshipped various forms of Goddess Bhavani during the nine nights of Dashain to obtain blessings to defeat the demon king Ravan.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The goddesses which are invoked during the first nine days of the festival are bade farewell on the tenth day. With the end of worshipping begins merrymaking. People celebrate the festival for the next five days until the full moon day. They visit their near and dear ones to pay respect.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Elderly people give blessings of longevity to the younger members of the family.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to Nepal Calendar Determination Committee, the auspicious time for receiving ‘tika’ and blessings this year is 11:51 am. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">One of the special features of the Dashain festival is the swing. People, especially children, play swing during this festival. There is a belief that one must leave the ground at least once in a year and therefor the Hindus of Nepal opt to play swing as per this belief.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Children also fly kite during the Dashain festival. Culture experts interpret it as a symbolic message to Lord Indra, the God of rain and good harvest, to stop rainfall.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-10-05', 'modified' => '2022-10-06', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15850', 'image' => '20221005090950_20220926112257_dashain image.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-10-05 09:08:43', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16107', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Devotees Mark Ninth Day of Dashain ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 4: The Nepalese society is celebrating Mahanavami or the ninth day of the Dashain festival .', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">October 4: The Nepalese society celebrated Mahanavami or the ninth day of the Dashain festival on Tuesday. This day is dedicated to Goddess Mahagauri, who is considered as the embodiment of truth. It is believed that the purpose of her existence is to establish peace in the world. Goddess Mahagauri rides a white oxen and wears a white dress. Mahagauri is a form of Goddess Parvati when she was 16 years old and unmarried. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">On this day, devotees also sacrifice buffaloes, goats, lamb, rooster, and ducks.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Others who prefer not to kill animals offer banana or cucumber to the goddess. Hundreds of people flock to the Taleju Bhavani temple at Basantapur Durbar Square on the ninth day of Dashain. This temple which lies to the north of Hanuman Dhoka in the heart of Kathmandu is open for public only on this special day.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Devotees also visit other temples like Guheshwari, Naxal Bhagwati, Kalikasthan, Maitidevi, Bhadrakali, Sankata, Raktakali, Shova Bhagwati, Dakshinkali, Naradevi, Bijeshwari, and Bagalamukhi. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">One of the special features of the Dashain festival is the swing. People, especially children, play swing during this festival. There is a belief that one must leave the ground at least once in a year and therefor the Hindus of Nepal opt to play swing as per this belief.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Children also fly kite during the Dashain festival. Culture experts interpret it as a symbolic message to Lord Indra, the God of rain and good harvest, to stop rainfall.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-10-04', 'modified' => '2022-10-05', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15849', 'image' => '20221004010049_KamalKhatri_Beni_RSS_18_ping-4-768x512 (1).jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-10-04 13:00:03', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16108', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Consumption of Petroleum Products Increases by 75 Percent ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 4: With the start of the Dashain festival, consumption of petroleum products has increased suddenly.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">October 4: With the start of the Dashain festival, consumption of petroleum products has increased suddenly. The consumption of diesel and petrol has increased by 75 per cent with the start of Dashain festival as compared to the normal days, according to Nepal Oil Corporation. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Earlier, 2.2 million litres of petrol used to be consumed in a day. Now, the consumption of petrol has reached 3.5 litres a day. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">NOC Spokesperson Binitmani Upadhyay said 5.5 million litres of diesel is being consumed daily against 3.5 million litres. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Long queue of the vehicles was seen at some fuel stations while people started leaving the Kathmandu Valley to celebrate Dashain. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Spokesperson Upadhyay shared that NOC depots would remain opened even in public holiday during Dashain in order to make smooth sale and distribution of petroleum products across the county during the festival. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Meanwhile, the Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has said its all petrol pumps would be open during the Dashain holiday. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The state-owned fuel utility informed through a recent notice that it will be operating its 13 fuel depots to ensure a smooth supply of petroleum products during Dashain. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">NOC Director Birendra Goit informed that the NOC depots would be open on October 2, 5 and 7 in Biratnagar of Province 1 and in Amalekhgunj of Madhes province while the depot would be operated on October 1, 2, 4 and 7 at Thankot of Bagmati province and at Pokhara of Gandaki province. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Similarly, the NOC depots at Bhairahawa of Lumbini would be open on October 1,2,4,7 and 8, the depot at Surkhet of Karnali province would be open on October 2 and 7 while the depots at Dhangadhi of Sudurpaschim would be open on October 2, 3 and 7. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Likewise, the depot at the NOC branch office Charali would be open on October 2 and 7 while the depots in Nepalgunj, Dhanusha, Birgunj, Dang and Dipayal would also be open until October 7. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The petrol pumps would be open round the clock to prevent shortage of petroleum products in the market, NOC stated. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-10-04', 'modified' => '2022-10-04', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15848', 'image' => '20221004012210_petroo - Copy.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-10-04 13:21:17', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16106', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Maha Aastami Observed ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 3: The eighth day of Dashain festival was celebrated across the country on Monday by worshipping Goddess Durga. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">October 3: The eighth day of Dashain festival was celebrated across the country on Monday by worshipping Goddess Durga. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">This day is dedicated to Goddess Mahakali, who is represented in the religious scriptures as the fiercest form of Godess Durga Bhawani. The chronicles of the Hindu scriptures depict Goddess Mahakali of having dark blue skin, wild hair and her red tongue sticking out of her mouth. Mahakali also holds multiple weapons – a severed head, a garland made of human skulls and a bowl to hold the falling blood. Only her husband Lord Shiva can calm her wrath, when Goddess Durga Bhawani takes the form of Mahakali. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Tonight is known as Kaalratri as numerous animal sacrifices are made in different temples to please Goddess Mahakali. Motor vehicles and small arms owned personally are also worshipped on the occasion of Astami. Kaalratri marks one of the four nights of Hindu religion with special importance. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The temples of Goddess Durga in the Kathmandu valley such as Guhesshwari, Naxal Bhagwati, Kalikasthan, Maitidevi, Sankata, Raktakali, Shova Bhagwati, Dakshinkali and other shrines bustle with devotees who offer worship to the goddess. </span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-10-03', 'modified' => '2022-10-04', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15847', 'image' => '20221003093947_astami.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-10-03 09:39:14', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16105', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Nepalis Observe Fulpati ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 2: The seventh day of Bada Dashain festival was celebrated by worshipping Goddess Saraswati.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">October 2: The seventh day of Bada Dashain festival was celebrated by worshipping Goddess Saraswati, who is the embodiment of knowledge and one of the forms of supreme power.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">It is believed that Goddess Bhavani took the form of Goddess Saraswati on this day to end ignorance through knowledge.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Worshipping Goddess Saraswati is expected to remove all the obstacles that cloud the judgment of the devotees. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The blessings of Goddess Saraswati is vital for all devotees because it is not possible to attain liberation without knowledge. She bestows knowledge and ability to judge in a fair manner. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Goddess Saraswati is worshipped in spring and autumn seasons. Devotees especially worship Goddess Saraswati in autumn to attain power through the means of knowledge.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">She is offered with white flowers by the devotees in the morning while they offer nine different flora in the evening at the altar in every home. Therefore this day is also known as Fulpati, a name which derives from flowers. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">As per the tradition, the nine different varieties of flowers brought from Gorkha Durbar is kept at the Dashain Ghar in the capital on this day. Six priests of the Magar community carry the flowers from Gorkha to Kathmandu via Dhading. The auspicious flowers and the priests are greeted with gun salute by the Nepalese Army at the Army Pavillion in Tundikhel before the flowers are taken into the Dashain Ghar. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Public holidays of Dashain begin from this day onward. By this day, most of the people leave the capital to celebrate the festival at their hometowns, which leaves the streets of Kathmandu deserted.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-10-02', 'modified' => '2022-10-03', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15846', 'image' => '20221002124647_DpkFh_zXUAMk4qo.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-10-02 12:46:11', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16104', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Viewers of Mass Media Declining: Study', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 30: The viewers and readers of traditional mass media like radio, television and newspapers and magazines are found to have decreased along with the increasing use of alternative media due to the impact of Covid-19. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">September 30: The viewers and readers of traditional mass media like radio, television and newspapers and magazines are found to have decreased along with the increasing use of alternative media due to the impact of Covid-19. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">A study carried out by a team comprising of media experts shows that the television audience has fallen by 12.2 per cent, that of radio by 14 per cent and newspaper readers by 17 per cent. People are found following these media for news occasionally rather than as compulsory. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">In spite of this, it is seen that the relevance of the traditional media is intact for timely information and checking credibility of the received information. Although the use of social media has increased, people usually do not believe the information shared on such platform. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Nepal Media Survey, 2022 published by the Sharecast Initiative Nepal has highlighted some interesting facts regarding the media use in the country. The survey is based on a field study done on 5,582 persons above 18 years of age. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">As per the study report, the number of radio audience is 45.2 per cent and that of television is 48.5 per cent, and the number of mobile and internet users is 63 per cent, that of online news portal users is 30 per cent and that of newspapers is 15 per cent. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Compared to a similar study carried out by the media institution in 2020, the number of radio, television and newspaper users has gone down while that of mobile and social sites has increased. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The study shows that the number of radio and television audience using mobile phones with the help of the internet and not directly from the radio and television sets is also increasing. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">As per the record maintained by the Department of Information and Broadcasting, the number of newspapers registered throughout the country in fiscal year 2021/22 is 7,874. Among these, around 1,000 are included in the Press Council Nepal's list.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The number of newspaper publication is found decreasing in recent times. The newspapers are found reaching their readers through their online edition. The trend of reading newspapers and magazines is decreasing due to the unavailability of newspapers in the remote and outlying areas and as people cannot afford time due to the nature of their job and work. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Editor of Kantipur Daily, Umesh Chauhan, said although the analysis of the study is not exciting, it is not disappointing either as newspaper, radio and television still have credibility. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Traditional media would have relevance if they could produce news related content as per the interest of the new generation, he mentioned. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">As per the latest data of the Press Council Nepal, there are 3,624 online media. The 48th annual report of the council has clearly mentioned that more challenges have been posed to media due to social media. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-30', 'modified' => '2022-09-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15845', 'image' => '20220930013617_functions-of-mass-communication.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-30 13:35:43', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16103', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Farmers Forced to Buy Subsidized Fertilizer at Higher Rates', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 30: A study conducted by Nepal Seed and Fertilizer Project (NSAF) has found that the subsidized chemical fertilizer given to the farmers by the government is being sold at a higher price than the price fixed by the government itself.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">September 30: A study conducted by Nepal Seed and Fertilizer Project (NSAF) has found that the subsidized chemical fertilizer given to the farmers by the government is being sold at a higher price than the price fixed by the government itself.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">NSAF, in collaboration with Agricultural Inputs Company Limited and the Salt Trading Corporation, studied 828 cooperatives across the country that distributed subsidized chemical fertilizers between 2018 and 2019. The price of fertilizer paid by the farmers and the actual demand and supply were also studied.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">According to the study report, farmers paid Rs 16 to 21 for a kilogram of urea which costs Rs 14. Similar is the prices of other fertilizers. Farmers had to pay Rs 45 to 50 for DAP fertilizer whose actual price was Rs 43 per kg, and Rs 33 to 37 for potassium costing just Rs 31 per kg. All the cooperatives included in the study received an average of 84 metric tons of urea, 64 metric tons of DAP and 13.3 metric tons of potassium. About 85 percent of the cooperatives claimed that the chemical fertilizers they received were much less than the demand.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Stating that the government has been able to import only 50 percent of the total demand for chemical fertilizers in Nepal, Dr Udit Man Chaudhary, the coordinator of NSAF, claimed that farmers have been forced to buy fertilizers at a higher price than the price cooperatives should have sold the fertilizers. He said that farmers are bound to suffer when the demand is high and the supply is low.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">As mentioned in the study, Nepal is behind India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in terms of availability of chemical fertilizers to farmers in South Asia. As a result, Nepal has not been able to significantly improve productivity. According to a study conducted by NSAF in 2016, 74 kg of chemical fertilizers are used per hectare in Nepal, which is 166 kg in India, 289 kg in Bangladesh and 132 kg in Sri Lanka. Providing quality fertilizers to farmers at the right time has become the biggest challenge in Nepal.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">According to Rajendra Bahadur Karki, managing director of Agricultural Inputs Company Limited, who is in charge of import of government-subsidized fertilizers, no other charge is added except for the transportation fee from Birgunj, Biratnagar and Bhairahawa godowns of the company. He said that due to the cost of transportation, they have to charge a little more. However, in rural areas, farmers have to pay more than the maximum price fixed by the government, the report states.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Agni Aryal, coordinator of Rajapur Paddy Super Zone, says that although the price of one kg of urea has been fixed at Rs 14 per kg by the government, most of the farmers in Banke, Bardia, Kailali, Kanchanpur etc. have to pay Rs 50 to 60 per kg. He claims that the prices of other fertilizers are also higher than those set by the government. A large amount of chemical fertilizers are also illegally imported from the Indian border.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Chandrakant Dallakoti, president of Nepal Fertilizer Entrepreneurs Association says, “Since the government is unable to provide fertilizers as per the demand of the farmers, they are compelled to bring fertilizers illegally from the Indian border at rates that are double or triple the actual price. In addition, the farmers also face problems due to the government being unable to find a third option other than India to import fertilizers.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">On the one hand, the budget allocated by the government for the purchase of fertilizers is limited. While on the other hand, due to fluctuations in the international market, the amount of fertilizers entering the country is decreasing. Therefore, if the farmers do not get the fertilizer they need, they have to find other alternatives. </span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-30', 'modified' => '2022-09-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15844', 'image' => '20220930013520_20210610023043_20200817122726_1597613093.Clipboard02.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-30 13:34:31', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16102', 'article_category_id' => '266', 'title' => 'Ncell Launches ‘Home and Away' Data Pack', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 30: Ncell, a leading private company providing telecommunication services in Nepal, has released a plan targeting customers during this festive season. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">September 30: Ncell, a leading private company providing telecommunication services in Nepal, has released a plan targeting customers during this festive season. The company has announced a new plan so that the users can enable data services at home or outside during the festive season.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The company informed that customers can use the pack brought on the occasion of Dashain, Tihar and Chhath festivals to exchange greeting and joy among each other.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> According to the company, the customers will get a total of 60 GB data including 30 GB home data and 30 GB away data in this pack for only Rs 599 inclusive of taxes. This data pack of Ncell is has come into operation from Thursday (September 29). Customers can easily activate the pack by dialing *17123*30#.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-30', 'modified' => '2022-09-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15843', 'image' => '20220930011721_ncelllh.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-30 13:16:23', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16101', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Tourism Entrepreneurs of Pokhara Complain of High Interest on Bank Loans ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 30: Tourism entrepreneurs of Pokhara have complained that a high interest rates charged by banks and financial institutions has made it challenging to sustain their business. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">September 30: Tourism entrepreneurs of Pokhara have complained that a high interest rates charged by banks and financial institutions has made it challenging to sustain their business. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Speaking at a programme organized on Thursday, they said the double-digit interest rates have pushed their business on the verge of collapse. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Pokhara Tourism Council Chair Pom Narayan Shrestha demanded the facility of soft loan for them to revive the business that has been hard hit by the 2015 earthquake and COVID-19 pandemic. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Shrestha complained that BFIs have increased the interest rates on loans in recent days and it poses a grave threat to continue their business. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The rise in interest rate is likely to cause additional financial crisis in the tourism business and displace them altogether, said Shrestha demanding government intervention to protect the tourism industry. He took time to urge the government to create an investment-friendly atmosphere for the sustainability of the business and to come up with a policy that ensures subsidized loan to the entrepreneurs. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">“The government is expected to adopt a tourism-friendly policy because tourism is the major basis of economic prosperity,” he said, adding that there has already been a delay on part of the government to come up with a protective approach for the tourism business. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">President of Pokhara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), Pawan Prajapati, expressed his view that women's participation in business has increased in recent time and it would play a significant role in economic transformation. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Similarly, founding chairperson of WOTEF, Jamuna Parajuli, pointed out the need of common thought and concept of all to resolve the problems seen in tourism sector. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Although women's presence and participation has increased in tourism sector, they have not yet reached the decision-making level, said Parajuli. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Likewise, Chairperson of Hotel Association Pokhara, Laxman Subedi, Chairperson of Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents, Gandaki, Hariram Adhikari, Advisor Durga Dhakal, Vice-President of Federation of Nepali Journalists, Kaski, Jamuna Barsha Sharma, among others also expressed their views. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Members of the organisation, as well as chairperson and representatives of tourism related organisations were present on the occasion. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-30', 'modified' => '2022-09-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15842', 'image' => '20220930124720_Paragliding-in-Pokhara-Nepal.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-30 12:46:12', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16100', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Over Six Hundred Climbers Acquire Climbing Permits this Season', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 30: A total of 612 climbers from across the world have acquired permits to climb 23 different mountain peaks of Nepal during this autumn season.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">September 30: A total of 612 climbers from across the world have acquired permits to climb 23 different mountain peaks of Nepal during this autumn season. The Department of Tourism confirmed that 612 climbers have obtained permits to climb mountains as of Thursday. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to the department, the government has collected royalties worth Rs 58.5 million from the climbers. Among the climbers, 142 are women, informed the department.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The spring season is considered ideal for climbing mountains in Nepal. However, a considerable number of climbers arrive here for mountain expeditions even during the autumn season.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The arrival of tourists for trekking as well as mountain expedition has been increasing this season due to the decline in Covid-19 cases.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The department has issued the maximum permits for climbers seeking applications to climb Mount Manaslu (<span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">8163 meters</span>). The department informed that altogether 404 climbers, including 307 men and 97 women, from 38 expedition teams have been granted permission to climb Mt Manaslu, the eighth highest mountain in the world. The department has collected revenue worth Rs 46.2 million by issuing permits to climb Mt Manaslu alone.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">After Manaslu, Mt Himdung (7126 meters) is the second choice among the climbers. Altogether 64 climbers have acquired permits to scale this mountain. Likewise, 34 climbers have been issued permits to climb Mt Dhaulagiri (8167). </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The department has also issued permits to the climbers to scale Mt Ama Dablam, Mt Annapurna, Mt Baruntse, Mt Nupse, Mt Pumori among others. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Mt Manaslu, which is the first choice mountain among the climbers during this season, was hit by an avalanche earlier this week. A renowned ski climber had died in the avalanche on Monday while ten others sustained minor injuries. According to the government officials, four others were seriously injured in the incident. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-30', 'modified' => '2022-09-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15841', 'image' => '20220930110936_20220414091903_maxresdefault.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-30 11:08:55', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16099', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Restriction on Imports Affects Revenue Collection', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 29: Revenue collection has had the direct impact of the government's ban on import of luxurious items.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">September 29: Revenue collection has had the direct impact of the government's ban on import of luxurious items. The revenue collection for the first two months of the current financial year has been weak due to the ban on the import of items that generate more revenue.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Finance Minister Janardan Sharma increased the revenue target by Rs 190 billion this year compared to last year. Even though the budget has set a target of collecting revenue worth Rs 1240 billion in the current fiscal year, the officials at the revenue department are worried that the government is unlikely to meet the target.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">According to a senior official at the Revenue Division of the Ministry of Finance, the revenue collection has been less than the target in the last two months. In first two months of the current fiscal year, the revenue collection target was Rs 75.60 billion, but the collection was Rs 8 billion less than the target. During this period, only Rs 67.91 billion of internal revenue was collected.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Overall, only 90 per cent of the internal revenue target was achieved.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The government's ban on the import of items that generate more revenue has had an impact on revenue collection.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Last May, the government banned the import of 10 luxury goods. Although the ban on the import of 6 of those 10 items was lifted in late August, the ban on the import of cars, jeeps, vans, readymade liquor, smartphones worth more than USD 300, and motorcycles with capacity of more than 150 cc is still in place. It is said that the revenue collected from customs duty is not satisfactory due to the government policy of controlling imports.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Punya Bikram Khadka, director of the Department of Customs, said that revenue collection has been decreasing. According to him, the ban on imports is one reason for the decline in revenue collection, while the decline in the price of fuel in the Indian market is another reason. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">"When fuel was expensive in India, Indians from the border areas used to come to Nepal to fill up the fuel, but now it has reduced. We believe that the reduction in fuel consumption in the country has also affected the revenue," Khadka said.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-29', 'modified' => '2022-09-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15840', 'image' => '20220929054951_20201122014524_1606001655.Clipboard04.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-29 17:49:19', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16098', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Cathay Pacific Operating Hong Kong-Kathmandu Flights after Three Years ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 29: The Cathay Pacific Airlines will start operating direct flights between Hong Kong and Kathmandu from October 1. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">September 29: The Cathay Pacific Airlines will start operating direct flights between Hong Kong and Kathmandu from October 1. The airline company is resuming flights to Kathmandu after a gap of three years.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The company had suspended direct flights between the two destination due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The flag carrier of Hong Kong has sent letter to the concerned authority to operate the direct flight from October 1, informed Premnath Thakur, general manager of the Tribhuvan International Airport. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Currently, Nepal Airlines has been conducting regular flights between Kathmandu and Hong Kong and vice-versa. The Cathay Pacific is planning to conduct one flight a week on Saturdays, said GM Thakur. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-29', 'modified' => '2022-09-29', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15839', 'image' => '20220929032016_20220807094102_Cathay-Pacific-Aircraft-e1557145681253-752x348.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-29 15:19:38', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ) ) $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><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">October 7: Moderate rainfall accompanied by thunder and lightning is likely to occur at some places of the country today, the Meteorological Forecasting Division has said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">There is a possibility of light to moderate rainfall along with thunder and lightning at many places of Lumbini, Karnali and Sudurpaschim provinces and at some places in the rest of the provinces. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The division has forecast heavy to torrential rainfall at some places of Sudurpaschim Province and Karnali Province and at one or two places of Lumbini and Gandaki provinces today. It said there is risk of landslide, erosion and debris flow in these places with the possibility of general impact on the road and air transport. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The division has urged for adopting necessary precaution as water level in the rivers and rivulets might rise and the daily life, including agriculture, tourism and mountaineering activities, also get affected. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The weather will be generally to fully cloudy in Karnali and Sudurpaschim provinces and partly to generally cloudy in the rest of the provinces tonight, with the possibility of light to moderate rain accompanied by thunder and lightning at many places of Karnali and Sudurpaschim provinces and at a few places of the rest of the provinces. There is a possibility of heavy rainfall at one or two places of Karnali and Sudurpaschim provinces tonight. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-10-07', 'modified' => '2022-10-07', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15853', 'image' => '20221007090910_rainfallll.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-10-07 09:08:35', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16111', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Landslides Disrupt Various Roads Across the Country ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 7: Landslides triggered by incessant rainfall since Tuesday evening have disrupted vehicular movement on several road sections across the country, causing inconvenience to the passengers travelling to various places for the Dashain festival. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">October 7: Landslides triggered by incessant rainfall since Tuesday evening have disrupted vehicular movement on several road sections across the country, causing inconvenience to the passengers travelling to various places for the Dashain festival. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">A report from Waling, Syangja said that the Waling-Galyang section of the Siddhartha Highway has been disrupted due to a landslide which occurred at Jholpe of Galyang-8. Police said the landslide occurred at 4 am on Thursday and efforts are on to open the road. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Similarly, a report from Manang stated that the Besisahar-Chame road has been disrupted by a landslide that occurred at Khotro of Nason Rural Municipality-3, Manang district. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Likewise, a report from Galyang said most of the rural roads in Myagdi district remain disrupted due to mudslide triggered by incessant rainfall. The Beni-Jomsom road is also disrupted due to landslides at a dozen of places in the Myagdi section of the highway. The road has been swept away by floods at several locations. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Beni-Maldhunga-Pokhara road is also disrupted at many locations due to flood and landslides, it is stated. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Narayangadh-Muglin road disrupted </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">A report received from Chitwan states that traffic along the Narayangadh-Muglin road has been disrupted due to landslide that occurred at 8.20 on Thursday morning at Satrakilo, Bharatpur Metropolitan City-29. Vehicles and passengers have been stranded as the two-way traffic remains disrupted due to the landslide, the District Police Office Chitwan said. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-10-07', 'modified' => '2022-10-07', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15852', 'image' => '20221007090312_DevrajSubedi_Sindhupalchok_RSS_19_khatam.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-10-07 09:02:40', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16110', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Rain Predicted in Western Parts of Nepal ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 6: Rainfall in various parts of the country including the Kathmandu Valley has continued since Tuesday night. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">October 6: Rainfall in various parts of the country including the Kathmandu Valley has continued since Tuesday night. As a result, offering and receiving Tika on the main day of Bada Dashain festival was affected on Wednesday. </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"">Light to moderate rain is predicted to continue across the country as the monsoon low pressure trough lies towards the north than the normal position, according to the Meteorological Forecasting Division. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"The Kathmandu Valley received light rainfall on the tenth day of Dashain. There is no possibility of clear weather. The weather continues to become cloudy for two or three more days," said senior meteorologist Shanti Kandel.</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 Kandel, heavy rainfall is predicted in western and far-western Nepal, and this will continue for two or three more days.</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"">As a result, flooding and landslides are expected to occur, she added. The division has urged precaution. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-10-06', 'modified' => '2022-10-07', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15851', 'image' => '20221006095506_20200511091310_Storm.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-10-06 09:54:23', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16109', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Bijaya Dashami Observed', 'sub_title' => 'The Auspicious Time for Receiving ‘Tika’ and Blessings this Year is 11:51 AM ', 'summary' => 'October 5: The tenth day of Dashain, the biggest festival of the Hindus residing in Nepal, was observed on Wednesday. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">October 5: The tenth day of Dashain, the biggest festival of the Hindus residing in Nepal, was observed on Wednesday. On this day, people of all castes and creed seek blessings from the elderly. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">People from far and away return home to celebrate this festival which spans over 15 days on the bright half of the lunar calendar in the Nepali month of Ashwin (mid-September to mid-October). </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">On this day, devotees worship Goddess Bhavani Siddhi Datri, who is considered the embodiment of victory. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">This day is celebrated as the day of victory of good over the evil.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Holy texts mention that Lord Shiva, the destroyer of the world, invoked Goddess Siddhi Datri on this day and acquired the form of the all-powerful Ardha-nareshwar, which means half male and half female.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">It is also said that Lord Vishnu, during his incarnation as Lord Ram, worshipped various forms of Goddess Bhavani during the nine nights of Dashain to obtain blessings to defeat the demon king Ravan.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The goddesses which are invoked during the first nine days of the festival are bade farewell on the tenth day. With the end of worshipping begins merrymaking. People celebrate the festival for the next five days until the full moon day. They visit their near and dear ones to pay respect.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Elderly people give blessings of longevity to the younger members of the family.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to Nepal Calendar Determination Committee, the auspicious time for receiving ‘tika’ and blessings this year is 11:51 am. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">One of the special features of the Dashain festival is the swing. People, especially children, play swing during this festival. There is a belief that one must leave the ground at least once in a year and therefor the Hindus of Nepal opt to play swing as per this belief.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Children also fly kite during the Dashain festival. Culture experts interpret it as a symbolic message to Lord Indra, the God of rain and good harvest, to stop rainfall.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-10-05', 'modified' => '2022-10-06', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15850', 'image' => '20221005090950_20220926112257_dashain image.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-10-05 09:08:43', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16107', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Devotees Mark Ninth Day of Dashain ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 4: The Nepalese society is celebrating Mahanavami or the ninth day of the Dashain festival .', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">October 4: The Nepalese society celebrated Mahanavami or the ninth day of the Dashain festival on Tuesday. This day is dedicated to Goddess Mahagauri, who is considered as the embodiment of truth. It is believed that the purpose of her existence is to establish peace in the world. Goddess Mahagauri rides a white oxen and wears a white dress. Mahagauri is a form of Goddess Parvati when she was 16 years old and unmarried. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">On this day, devotees also sacrifice buffaloes, goats, lamb, rooster, and ducks.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Others who prefer not to kill animals offer banana or cucumber to the goddess. Hundreds of people flock to the Taleju Bhavani temple at Basantapur Durbar Square on the ninth day of Dashain. This temple which lies to the north of Hanuman Dhoka in the heart of Kathmandu is open for public only on this special day.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Devotees also visit other temples like Guheshwari, Naxal Bhagwati, Kalikasthan, Maitidevi, Bhadrakali, Sankata, Raktakali, Shova Bhagwati, Dakshinkali, Naradevi, Bijeshwari, and Bagalamukhi. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">One of the special features of the Dashain festival is the swing. People, especially children, play swing during this festival. There is a belief that one must leave the ground at least once in a year and therefor the Hindus of Nepal opt to play swing as per this belief.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Children also fly kite during the Dashain festival. Culture experts interpret it as a symbolic message to Lord Indra, the God of rain and good harvest, to stop rainfall.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-10-04', 'modified' => '2022-10-05', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15849', 'image' => '20221004010049_KamalKhatri_Beni_RSS_18_ping-4-768x512 (1).jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-10-04 13:00:03', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16108', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Consumption of Petroleum Products Increases by 75 Percent ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 4: With the start of the Dashain festival, consumption of petroleum products has increased suddenly.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">October 4: With the start of the Dashain festival, consumption of petroleum products has increased suddenly. The consumption of diesel and petrol has increased by 75 per cent with the start of Dashain festival as compared to the normal days, according to Nepal Oil Corporation. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Earlier, 2.2 million litres of petrol used to be consumed in a day. Now, the consumption of petrol has reached 3.5 litres a day. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">NOC Spokesperson Binitmani Upadhyay said 5.5 million litres of diesel is being consumed daily against 3.5 million litres. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Long queue of the vehicles was seen at some fuel stations while people started leaving the Kathmandu Valley to celebrate Dashain. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Spokesperson Upadhyay shared that NOC depots would remain opened even in public holiday during Dashain in order to make smooth sale and distribution of petroleum products across the county during the festival. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Meanwhile, the Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has said its all petrol pumps would be open during the Dashain holiday. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The state-owned fuel utility informed through a recent notice that it will be operating its 13 fuel depots to ensure a smooth supply of petroleum products during Dashain. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">NOC Director Birendra Goit informed that the NOC depots would be open on October 2, 5 and 7 in Biratnagar of Province 1 and in Amalekhgunj of Madhes province while the depot would be operated on October 1, 2, 4 and 7 at Thankot of Bagmati province and at Pokhara of Gandaki province. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Similarly, the NOC depots at Bhairahawa of Lumbini would be open on October 1,2,4,7 and 8, the depot at Surkhet of Karnali province would be open on October 2 and 7 while the depots at Dhangadhi of Sudurpaschim would be open on October 2, 3 and 7. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Likewise, the depot at the NOC branch office Charali would be open on October 2 and 7 while the depots in Nepalgunj, Dhanusha, Birgunj, Dang and Dipayal would also be open until October 7. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The petrol pumps would be open round the clock to prevent shortage of petroleum products in the market, NOC stated. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-10-04', 'modified' => '2022-10-04', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15848', 'image' => '20221004012210_petroo - Copy.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-10-04 13:21:17', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16106', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Maha Aastami Observed ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 3: The eighth day of Dashain festival was celebrated across the country on Monday by worshipping Goddess Durga. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">October 3: The eighth day of Dashain festival was celebrated across the country on Monday by worshipping Goddess Durga. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">This day is dedicated to Goddess Mahakali, who is represented in the religious scriptures as the fiercest form of Godess Durga Bhawani. The chronicles of the Hindu scriptures depict Goddess Mahakali of having dark blue skin, wild hair and her red tongue sticking out of her mouth. Mahakali also holds multiple weapons – a severed head, a garland made of human skulls and a bowl to hold the falling blood. Only her husband Lord Shiva can calm her wrath, when Goddess Durga Bhawani takes the form of Mahakali. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Tonight is known as Kaalratri as numerous animal sacrifices are made in different temples to please Goddess Mahakali. Motor vehicles and small arms owned personally are also worshipped on the occasion of Astami. Kaalratri marks one of the four nights of Hindu religion with special importance. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The temples of Goddess Durga in the Kathmandu valley such as Guhesshwari, Naxal Bhagwati, Kalikasthan, Maitidevi, Sankata, Raktakali, Shova Bhagwati, Dakshinkali and other shrines bustle with devotees who offer worship to the goddess. </span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-10-03', 'modified' => '2022-10-04', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15847', 'image' => '20221003093947_astami.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-10-03 09:39:14', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16105', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Nepalis Observe Fulpati ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 2: The seventh day of Bada Dashain festival was celebrated by worshipping Goddess Saraswati.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">October 2: The seventh day of Bada Dashain festival was celebrated by worshipping Goddess Saraswati, who is the embodiment of knowledge and one of the forms of supreme power.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">It is believed that Goddess Bhavani took the form of Goddess Saraswati on this day to end ignorance through knowledge.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Worshipping Goddess Saraswati is expected to remove all the obstacles that cloud the judgment of the devotees. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The blessings of Goddess Saraswati is vital for all devotees because it is not possible to attain liberation without knowledge. She bestows knowledge and ability to judge in a fair manner. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Goddess Saraswati is worshipped in spring and autumn seasons. Devotees especially worship Goddess Saraswati in autumn to attain power through the means of knowledge.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">She is offered with white flowers by the devotees in the morning while they offer nine different flora in the evening at the altar in every home. Therefore this day is also known as Fulpati, a name which derives from flowers. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">As per the tradition, the nine different varieties of flowers brought from Gorkha Durbar is kept at the Dashain Ghar in the capital on this day. Six priests of the Magar community carry the flowers from Gorkha to Kathmandu via Dhading. The auspicious flowers and the priests are greeted with gun salute by the Nepalese Army at the Army Pavillion in Tundikhel before the flowers are taken into the Dashain Ghar. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Public holidays of Dashain begin from this day onward. By this day, most of the people leave the capital to celebrate the festival at their hometowns, which leaves the streets of Kathmandu deserted.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-10-02', 'modified' => '2022-10-03', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15846', 'image' => '20221002124647_DpkFh_zXUAMk4qo.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-10-02 12:46:11', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16104', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Viewers of Mass Media Declining: Study', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 30: The viewers and readers of traditional mass media like radio, television and newspapers and magazines are found to have decreased along with the increasing use of alternative media due to the impact of Covid-19. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">September 30: The viewers and readers of traditional mass media like radio, television and newspapers and magazines are found to have decreased along with the increasing use of alternative media due to the impact of Covid-19. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">A study carried out by a team comprising of media experts shows that the television audience has fallen by 12.2 per cent, that of radio by 14 per cent and newspaper readers by 17 per cent. People are found following these media for news occasionally rather than as compulsory. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">In spite of this, it is seen that the relevance of the traditional media is intact for timely information and checking credibility of the received information. Although the use of social media has increased, people usually do not believe the information shared on such platform. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Nepal Media Survey, 2022 published by the Sharecast Initiative Nepal has highlighted some interesting facts regarding the media use in the country. The survey is based on a field study done on 5,582 persons above 18 years of age. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">As per the study report, the number of radio audience is 45.2 per cent and that of television is 48.5 per cent, and the number of mobile and internet users is 63 per cent, that of online news portal users is 30 per cent and that of newspapers is 15 per cent. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Compared to a similar study carried out by the media institution in 2020, the number of radio, television and newspaper users has gone down while that of mobile and social sites has increased. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The study shows that the number of radio and television audience using mobile phones with the help of the internet and not directly from the radio and television sets is also increasing. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">As per the record maintained by the Department of Information and Broadcasting, the number of newspapers registered throughout the country in fiscal year 2021/22 is 7,874. Among these, around 1,000 are included in the Press Council Nepal's list.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The number of newspaper publication is found decreasing in recent times. The newspapers are found reaching their readers through their online edition. The trend of reading newspapers and magazines is decreasing due to the unavailability of newspapers in the remote and outlying areas and as people cannot afford time due to the nature of their job and work. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Editor of Kantipur Daily, Umesh Chauhan, said although the analysis of the study is not exciting, it is not disappointing either as newspaper, radio and television still have credibility. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Traditional media would have relevance if they could produce news related content as per the interest of the new generation, he mentioned. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">As per the latest data of the Press Council Nepal, there are 3,624 online media. The 48th annual report of the council has clearly mentioned that more challenges have been posed to media due to social media. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-30', 'modified' => '2022-09-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15845', 'image' => '20220930013617_functions-of-mass-communication.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-30 13:35:43', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16103', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Farmers Forced to Buy Subsidized Fertilizer at Higher Rates', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 30: A study conducted by Nepal Seed and Fertilizer Project (NSAF) has found that the subsidized chemical fertilizer given to the farmers by the government is being sold at a higher price than the price fixed by the government itself.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">September 30: A study conducted by Nepal Seed and Fertilizer Project (NSAF) has found that the subsidized chemical fertilizer given to the farmers by the government is being sold at a higher price than the price fixed by the government itself.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">NSAF, in collaboration with Agricultural Inputs Company Limited and the Salt Trading Corporation, studied 828 cooperatives across the country that distributed subsidized chemical fertilizers between 2018 and 2019. The price of fertilizer paid by the farmers and the actual demand and supply were also studied.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">According to the study report, farmers paid Rs 16 to 21 for a kilogram of urea which costs Rs 14. Similar is the prices of other fertilizers. Farmers had to pay Rs 45 to 50 for DAP fertilizer whose actual price was Rs 43 per kg, and Rs 33 to 37 for potassium costing just Rs 31 per kg. All the cooperatives included in the study received an average of 84 metric tons of urea, 64 metric tons of DAP and 13.3 metric tons of potassium. About 85 percent of the cooperatives claimed that the chemical fertilizers they received were much less than the demand.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Stating that the government has been able to import only 50 percent of the total demand for chemical fertilizers in Nepal, Dr Udit Man Chaudhary, the coordinator of NSAF, claimed that farmers have been forced to buy fertilizers at a higher price than the price cooperatives should have sold the fertilizers. He said that farmers are bound to suffer when the demand is high and the supply is low.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">As mentioned in the study, Nepal is behind India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in terms of availability of chemical fertilizers to farmers in South Asia. As a result, Nepal has not been able to significantly improve productivity. According to a study conducted by NSAF in 2016, 74 kg of chemical fertilizers are used per hectare in Nepal, which is 166 kg in India, 289 kg in Bangladesh and 132 kg in Sri Lanka. Providing quality fertilizers to farmers at the right time has become the biggest challenge in Nepal.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">According to Rajendra Bahadur Karki, managing director of Agricultural Inputs Company Limited, who is in charge of import of government-subsidized fertilizers, no other charge is added except for the transportation fee from Birgunj, Biratnagar and Bhairahawa godowns of the company. He said that due to the cost of transportation, they have to charge a little more. However, in rural areas, farmers have to pay more than the maximum price fixed by the government, the report states.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Agni Aryal, coordinator of Rajapur Paddy Super Zone, says that although the price of one kg of urea has been fixed at Rs 14 per kg by the government, most of the farmers in Banke, Bardia, Kailali, Kanchanpur etc. have to pay Rs 50 to 60 per kg. He claims that the prices of other fertilizers are also higher than those set by the government. A large amount of chemical fertilizers are also illegally imported from the Indian border.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Chandrakant Dallakoti, president of Nepal Fertilizer Entrepreneurs Association says, “Since the government is unable to provide fertilizers as per the demand of the farmers, they are compelled to bring fertilizers illegally from the Indian border at rates that are double or triple the actual price. In addition, the farmers also face problems due to the government being unable to find a third option other than India to import fertilizers.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">On the one hand, the budget allocated by the government for the purchase of fertilizers is limited. While on the other hand, due to fluctuations in the international market, the amount of fertilizers entering the country is decreasing. Therefore, if the farmers do not get the fertilizer they need, they have to find other alternatives. </span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-30', 'modified' => '2022-09-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15844', 'image' => '20220930013520_20210610023043_20200817122726_1597613093.Clipboard02.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-30 13:34:31', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16102', 'article_category_id' => '266', 'title' => 'Ncell Launches ‘Home and Away' Data Pack', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 30: Ncell, a leading private company providing telecommunication services in Nepal, has released a plan targeting customers during this festive season. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">September 30: Ncell, a leading private company providing telecommunication services in Nepal, has released a plan targeting customers during this festive season. The company has announced a new plan so that the users can enable data services at home or outside during the festive season.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The company informed that customers can use the pack brought on the occasion of Dashain, Tihar and Chhath festivals to exchange greeting and joy among each other.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> According to the company, the customers will get a total of 60 GB data including 30 GB home data and 30 GB away data in this pack for only Rs 599 inclusive of taxes. This data pack of Ncell is has come into operation from Thursday (September 29). Customers can easily activate the pack by dialing *17123*30#.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-30', 'modified' => '2022-09-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15843', 'image' => '20220930011721_ncelllh.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-30 13:16:23', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16101', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Tourism Entrepreneurs of Pokhara Complain of High Interest on Bank Loans ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 30: Tourism entrepreneurs of Pokhara have complained that a high interest rates charged by banks and financial institutions has made it challenging to sustain their business. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">September 30: Tourism entrepreneurs of Pokhara have complained that a high interest rates charged by banks and financial institutions has made it challenging to sustain their business. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Speaking at a programme organized on Thursday, they said the double-digit interest rates have pushed their business on the verge of collapse. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Pokhara Tourism Council Chair Pom Narayan Shrestha demanded the facility of soft loan for them to revive the business that has been hard hit by the 2015 earthquake and COVID-19 pandemic. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Shrestha complained that BFIs have increased the interest rates on loans in recent days and it poses a grave threat to continue their business. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The rise in interest rate is likely to cause additional financial crisis in the tourism business and displace them altogether, said Shrestha demanding government intervention to protect the tourism industry. He took time to urge the government to create an investment-friendly atmosphere for the sustainability of the business and to come up with a policy that ensures subsidized loan to the entrepreneurs. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">“The government is expected to adopt a tourism-friendly policy because tourism is the major basis of economic prosperity,” he said, adding that there has already been a delay on part of the government to come up with a protective approach for the tourism business. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">President of Pokhara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), Pawan Prajapati, expressed his view that women's participation in business has increased in recent time and it would play a significant role in economic transformation. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Similarly, founding chairperson of WOTEF, Jamuna Parajuli, pointed out the need of common thought and concept of all to resolve the problems seen in tourism sector. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Although women's presence and participation has increased in tourism sector, they have not yet reached the decision-making level, said Parajuli. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Likewise, Chairperson of Hotel Association Pokhara, Laxman Subedi, Chairperson of Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents, Gandaki, Hariram Adhikari, Advisor Durga Dhakal, Vice-President of Federation of Nepali Journalists, Kaski, Jamuna Barsha Sharma, among others also expressed their views. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Members of the organisation, as well as chairperson and representatives of tourism related organisations were present on the occasion. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-30', 'modified' => '2022-09-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15842', 'image' => '20220930124720_Paragliding-in-Pokhara-Nepal.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-30 12:46:12', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16100', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Over Six Hundred Climbers Acquire Climbing Permits this Season', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 30: A total of 612 climbers from across the world have acquired permits to climb 23 different mountain peaks of Nepal during this autumn season.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">September 30: A total of 612 climbers from across the world have acquired permits to climb 23 different mountain peaks of Nepal during this autumn season. The Department of Tourism confirmed that 612 climbers have obtained permits to climb mountains as of Thursday. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to the department, the government has collected royalties worth Rs 58.5 million from the climbers. Among the climbers, 142 are women, informed the department.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The spring season is considered ideal for climbing mountains in Nepal. However, a considerable number of climbers arrive here for mountain expeditions even during the autumn season.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The arrival of tourists for trekking as well as mountain expedition has been increasing this season due to the decline in Covid-19 cases.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The department has issued the maximum permits for climbers seeking applications to climb Mount Manaslu (<span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">8163 meters</span>). The department informed that altogether 404 climbers, including 307 men and 97 women, from 38 expedition teams have been granted permission to climb Mt Manaslu, the eighth highest mountain in the world. The department has collected revenue worth Rs 46.2 million by issuing permits to climb Mt Manaslu alone.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">After Manaslu, Mt Himdung (7126 meters) is the second choice among the climbers. Altogether 64 climbers have acquired permits to scale this mountain. Likewise, 34 climbers have been issued permits to climb Mt Dhaulagiri (8167). </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The department has also issued permits to the climbers to scale Mt Ama Dablam, Mt Annapurna, Mt Baruntse, Mt Nupse, Mt Pumori among others. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Mt Manaslu, which is the first choice mountain among the climbers during this season, was hit by an avalanche earlier this week. A renowned ski climber had died in the avalanche on Monday while ten others sustained minor injuries. According to the government officials, four others were seriously injured in the incident. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-30', 'modified' => '2022-09-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15841', 'image' => '20220930110936_20220414091903_maxresdefault.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-30 11:08:55', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16099', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Restriction on Imports Affects Revenue Collection', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 29: Revenue collection has had the direct impact of the government's ban on import of luxurious items.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">September 29: Revenue collection has had the direct impact of the government's ban on import of luxurious items. The revenue collection for the first two months of the current financial year has been weak due to the ban on the import of items that generate more revenue.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Finance Minister Janardan Sharma increased the revenue target by Rs 190 billion this year compared to last year. Even though the budget has set a target of collecting revenue worth Rs 1240 billion in the current fiscal year, the officials at the revenue department are worried that the government is unlikely to meet the target.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">According to a senior official at the Revenue Division of the Ministry of Finance, the revenue collection has been less than the target in the last two months. In first two months of the current fiscal year, the revenue collection target was Rs 75.60 billion, but the collection was Rs 8 billion less than the target. During this period, only Rs 67.91 billion of internal revenue was collected.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Overall, only 90 per cent of the internal revenue target was achieved.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The government's ban on the import of items that generate more revenue has had an impact on revenue collection.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Last May, the government banned the import of 10 luxury goods. Although the ban on the import of 6 of those 10 items was lifted in late August, the ban on the import of cars, jeeps, vans, readymade liquor, smartphones worth more than USD 300, and motorcycles with capacity of more than 150 cc is still in place. It is said that the revenue collected from customs duty is not satisfactory due to the government policy of controlling imports.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Punya Bikram Khadka, director of the Department of Customs, said that revenue collection has been decreasing. According to him, the ban on imports is one reason for the decline in revenue collection, while the decline in the price of fuel in the Indian market is another reason. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">"When fuel was expensive in India, Indians from the border areas used to come to Nepal to fill up the fuel, but now it has reduced. We believe that the reduction in fuel consumption in the country has also affected the revenue," Khadka said.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-29', 'modified' => '2022-09-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15840', 'image' => '20220929054951_20201122014524_1606001655.Clipboard04.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-29 17:49:19', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16098', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Cathay Pacific Operating Hong Kong-Kathmandu Flights after Three Years ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 29: The Cathay Pacific Airlines will start operating direct flights between Hong Kong and Kathmandu from October 1. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">September 29: The Cathay Pacific Airlines will start operating direct flights between Hong Kong and Kathmandu from October 1. The airline company is resuming flights to Kathmandu after a gap of three years.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The company had suspended direct flights between the two destination due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The flag carrier of Hong Kong has sent letter to the concerned authority to operate the direct flight from October 1, informed Premnath Thakur, general manager of the Tribhuvan International Airport. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Currently, Nepal Airlines has been conducting regular flights between Kathmandu and Hong Kong and vice-versa. The Cathay Pacific is planning to conduct one flight a week on Saturdays, said GM Thakur. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-29', 'modified' => '2022-09-29', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15839', 'image' => '20220929032016_20220807094102_Cathay-Pacific-Aircraft-e1557145681253-752x348.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-29 15:19:38', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ) ) $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><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">October 7: Moderate rainfall accompanied by thunder and lightning is likely to occur at some places of the country today, the Meteorological Forecasting Division has said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">There is a possibility of light to moderate rainfall along with thunder and lightning at many places of Lumbini, Karnali and Sudurpaschim provinces and at some places in the rest of the provinces. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The division has forecast heavy to torrential rainfall at some places of Sudurpaschim Province and Karnali Province and at one or two places of Lumbini and Gandaki provinces today. It said there is risk of landslide, erosion and debris flow in these places with the possibility of general impact on the road and air transport. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The division has urged for adopting necessary precaution as water level in the rivers and rivulets might rise and the daily life, including agriculture, tourism and mountaineering activities, also get affected. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The weather will be generally to fully cloudy in Karnali and Sudurpaschim provinces and partly to generally cloudy in the rest of the provinces tonight, with the possibility of light to moderate rain accompanied by thunder and lightning at many places of Karnali and Sudurpaschim provinces and at a few places of the rest of the provinces. There is a possibility of heavy rainfall at one or two places of Karnali and Sudurpaschim provinces tonight. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-10-07', 'modified' => '2022-10-07', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15853', 'image' => '20221007090910_rainfallll.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-10-07 09:08:35', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16111', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Landslides Disrupt Various Roads Across the Country ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 7: Landslides triggered by incessant rainfall since Tuesday evening have disrupted vehicular movement on several road sections across the country, causing inconvenience to the passengers travelling to various places for the Dashain festival. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">October 7: Landslides triggered by incessant rainfall since Tuesday evening have disrupted vehicular movement on several road sections across the country, causing inconvenience to the passengers travelling to various places for the Dashain festival. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">A report from Waling, Syangja said that the Waling-Galyang section of the Siddhartha Highway has been disrupted due to a landslide which occurred at Jholpe of Galyang-8. Police said the landslide occurred at 4 am on Thursday and efforts are on to open the road. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Similarly, a report from Manang stated that the Besisahar-Chame road has been disrupted by a landslide that occurred at Khotro of Nason Rural Municipality-3, Manang district. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Likewise, a report from Galyang said most of the rural roads in Myagdi district remain disrupted due to mudslide triggered by incessant rainfall. The Beni-Jomsom road is also disrupted due to landslides at a dozen of places in the Myagdi section of the highway. The road has been swept away by floods at several locations. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Beni-Maldhunga-Pokhara road is also disrupted at many locations due to flood and landslides, it is stated. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Narayangadh-Muglin road disrupted </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">A report received from Chitwan states that traffic along the Narayangadh-Muglin road has been disrupted due to landslide that occurred at 8.20 on Thursday morning at Satrakilo, Bharatpur Metropolitan City-29. Vehicles and passengers have been stranded as the two-way traffic remains disrupted due to the landslide, the District Police Office Chitwan said. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-10-07', 'modified' => '2022-10-07', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15852', 'image' => '20221007090312_DevrajSubedi_Sindhupalchok_RSS_19_khatam.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-10-07 09:02:40', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16110', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Rain Predicted in Western Parts of Nepal ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 6: Rainfall in various parts of the country including the Kathmandu Valley has continued since Tuesday night. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">October 6: Rainfall in various parts of the country including the Kathmandu Valley has continued since Tuesday night. As a result, offering and receiving Tika on the main day of Bada Dashain festival was affected on Wednesday. </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"">Light to moderate rain is predicted to continue across the country as the monsoon low pressure trough lies towards the north than the normal position, according to the Meteorological Forecasting Division. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"The Kathmandu Valley received light rainfall on the tenth day of Dashain. There is no possibility of clear weather. The weather continues to become cloudy for two or three more days," said senior meteorologist Shanti Kandel.</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 Kandel, heavy rainfall is predicted in western and far-western Nepal, and this will continue for two or three more days.</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"">As a result, flooding and landslides are expected to occur, she added. The division has urged precaution. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-10-06', 'modified' => '2022-10-07', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15851', 'image' => '20221006095506_20200511091310_Storm.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-10-06 09:54:23', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16109', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Bijaya Dashami Observed', 'sub_title' => 'The Auspicious Time for Receiving ‘Tika’ and Blessings this Year is 11:51 AM ', 'summary' => 'October 5: The tenth day of Dashain, the biggest festival of the Hindus residing in Nepal, was observed on Wednesday. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">October 5: The tenth day of Dashain, the biggest festival of the Hindus residing in Nepal, was observed on Wednesday. On this day, people of all castes and creed seek blessings from the elderly. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">People from far and away return home to celebrate this festival which spans over 15 days on the bright half of the lunar calendar in the Nepali month of Ashwin (mid-September to mid-October). </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">On this day, devotees worship Goddess Bhavani Siddhi Datri, who is considered the embodiment of victory. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">This day is celebrated as the day of victory of good over the evil.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Holy texts mention that Lord Shiva, the destroyer of the world, invoked Goddess Siddhi Datri on this day and acquired the form of the all-powerful Ardha-nareshwar, which means half male and half female.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">It is also said that Lord Vishnu, during his incarnation as Lord Ram, worshipped various forms of Goddess Bhavani during the nine nights of Dashain to obtain blessings to defeat the demon king Ravan.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The goddesses which are invoked during the first nine days of the festival are bade farewell on the tenth day. With the end of worshipping begins merrymaking. People celebrate the festival for the next five days until the full moon day. They visit their near and dear ones to pay respect.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Elderly people give blessings of longevity to the younger members of the family.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to Nepal Calendar Determination Committee, the auspicious time for receiving ‘tika’ and blessings this year is 11:51 am. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">One of the special features of the Dashain festival is the swing. People, especially children, play swing during this festival. There is a belief that one must leave the ground at least once in a year and therefor the Hindus of Nepal opt to play swing as per this belief.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Children also fly kite during the Dashain festival. Culture experts interpret it as a symbolic message to Lord Indra, the God of rain and good harvest, to stop rainfall.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-10-05', 'modified' => '2022-10-06', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15850', 'image' => '20221005090950_20220926112257_dashain image.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-10-05 09:08:43', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16107', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Devotees Mark Ninth Day of Dashain ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 4: The Nepalese society is celebrating Mahanavami or the ninth day of the Dashain festival .', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">October 4: The Nepalese society celebrated Mahanavami or the ninth day of the Dashain festival on Tuesday. This day is dedicated to Goddess Mahagauri, who is considered as the embodiment of truth. It is believed that the purpose of her existence is to establish peace in the world. Goddess Mahagauri rides a white oxen and wears a white dress. Mahagauri is a form of Goddess Parvati when she was 16 years old and unmarried. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">On this day, devotees also sacrifice buffaloes, goats, lamb, rooster, and ducks.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Others who prefer not to kill animals offer banana or cucumber to the goddess. Hundreds of people flock to the Taleju Bhavani temple at Basantapur Durbar Square on the ninth day of Dashain. This temple which lies to the north of Hanuman Dhoka in the heart of Kathmandu is open for public only on this special day.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Devotees also visit other temples like Guheshwari, Naxal Bhagwati, Kalikasthan, Maitidevi, Bhadrakali, Sankata, Raktakali, Shova Bhagwati, Dakshinkali, Naradevi, Bijeshwari, and Bagalamukhi. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">One of the special features of the Dashain festival is the swing. People, especially children, play swing during this festival. There is a belief that one must leave the ground at least once in a year and therefor the Hindus of Nepal opt to play swing as per this belief.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Children also fly kite during the Dashain festival. Culture experts interpret it as a symbolic message to Lord Indra, the God of rain and good harvest, to stop rainfall.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-10-04', 'modified' => '2022-10-05', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15849', 'image' => '20221004010049_KamalKhatri_Beni_RSS_18_ping-4-768x512 (1).jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-10-04 13:00:03', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16108', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Consumption of Petroleum Products Increases by 75 Percent ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 4: With the start of the Dashain festival, consumption of petroleum products has increased suddenly.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">October 4: With the start of the Dashain festival, consumption of petroleum products has increased suddenly. The consumption of diesel and petrol has increased by 75 per cent with the start of Dashain festival as compared to the normal days, according to Nepal Oil Corporation. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Earlier, 2.2 million litres of petrol used to be consumed in a day. Now, the consumption of petrol has reached 3.5 litres a day. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">NOC Spokesperson Binitmani Upadhyay said 5.5 million litres of diesel is being consumed daily against 3.5 million litres. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Long queue of the vehicles was seen at some fuel stations while people started leaving the Kathmandu Valley to celebrate Dashain. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Spokesperson Upadhyay shared that NOC depots would remain opened even in public holiday during Dashain in order to make smooth sale and distribution of petroleum products across the county during the festival. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Meanwhile, the Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has said its all petrol pumps would be open during the Dashain holiday. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The state-owned fuel utility informed through a recent notice that it will be operating its 13 fuel depots to ensure a smooth supply of petroleum products during Dashain. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">NOC Director Birendra Goit informed that the NOC depots would be open on October 2, 5 and 7 in Biratnagar of Province 1 and in Amalekhgunj of Madhes province while the depot would be operated on October 1, 2, 4 and 7 at Thankot of Bagmati province and at Pokhara of Gandaki province. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Similarly, the NOC depots at Bhairahawa of Lumbini would be open on October 1,2,4,7 and 8, the depot at Surkhet of Karnali province would be open on October 2 and 7 while the depots at Dhangadhi of Sudurpaschim would be open on October 2, 3 and 7. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Likewise, the depot at the NOC branch office Charali would be open on October 2 and 7 while the depots in Nepalgunj, Dhanusha, Birgunj, Dang and Dipayal would also be open until October 7. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The petrol pumps would be open round the clock to prevent shortage of petroleum products in the market, NOC stated. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-10-04', 'modified' => '2022-10-04', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15848', 'image' => '20221004012210_petroo - Copy.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-10-04 13:21:17', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16106', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Maha Aastami Observed ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 3: The eighth day of Dashain festival was celebrated across the country on Monday by worshipping Goddess Durga. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">October 3: The eighth day of Dashain festival was celebrated across the country on Monday by worshipping Goddess Durga. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">This day is dedicated to Goddess Mahakali, who is represented in the religious scriptures as the fiercest form of Godess Durga Bhawani. The chronicles of the Hindu scriptures depict Goddess Mahakali of having dark blue skin, wild hair and her red tongue sticking out of her mouth. Mahakali also holds multiple weapons – a severed head, a garland made of human skulls and a bowl to hold the falling blood. Only her husband Lord Shiva can calm her wrath, when Goddess Durga Bhawani takes the form of Mahakali. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Tonight is known as Kaalratri as numerous animal sacrifices are made in different temples to please Goddess Mahakali. Motor vehicles and small arms owned personally are also worshipped on the occasion of Astami. Kaalratri marks one of the four nights of Hindu religion with special importance. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The temples of Goddess Durga in the Kathmandu valley such as Guhesshwari, Naxal Bhagwati, Kalikasthan, Maitidevi, Sankata, Raktakali, Shova Bhagwati, Dakshinkali and other shrines bustle with devotees who offer worship to the goddess. </span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-10-03', 'modified' => '2022-10-04', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15847', 'image' => '20221003093947_astami.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-10-03 09:39:14', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16105', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Nepalis Observe Fulpati ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 2: The seventh day of Bada Dashain festival was celebrated by worshipping Goddess Saraswati.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">October 2: The seventh day of Bada Dashain festival was celebrated by worshipping Goddess Saraswati, who is the embodiment of knowledge and one of the forms of supreme power.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">It is believed that Goddess Bhavani took the form of Goddess Saraswati on this day to end ignorance through knowledge.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Worshipping Goddess Saraswati is expected to remove all the obstacles that cloud the judgment of the devotees. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The blessings of Goddess Saraswati is vital for all devotees because it is not possible to attain liberation without knowledge. She bestows knowledge and ability to judge in a fair manner. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Goddess Saraswati is worshipped in spring and autumn seasons. Devotees especially worship Goddess Saraswati in autumn to attain power through the means of knowledge.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">She is offered with white flowers by the devotees in the morning while they offer nine different flora in the evening at the altar in every home. Therefore this day is also known as Fulpati, a name which derives from flowers. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">As per the tradition, the nine different varieties of flowers brought from Gorkha Durbar is kept at the Dashain Ghar in the capital on this day. Six priests of the Magar community carry the flowers from Gorkha to Kathmandu via Dhading. The auspicious flowers and the priests are greeted with gun salute by the Nepalese Army at the Army Pavillion in Tundikhel before the flowers are taken into the Dashain Ghar. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Public holidays of Dashain begin from this day onward. By this day, most of the people leave the capital to celebrate the festival at their hometowns, which leaves the streets of Kathmandu deserted.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-10-02', 'modified' => '2022-10-03', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15846', 'image' => '20221002124647_DpkFh_zXUAMk4qo.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-10-02 12:46:11', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16104', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Viewers of Mass Media Declining: Study', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 30: The viewers and readers of traditional mass media like radio, television and newspapers and magazines are found to have decreased along with the increasing use of alternative media due to the impact of Covid-19. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">September 30: The viewers and readers of traditional mass media like radio, television and newspapers and magazines are found to have decreased along with the increasing use of alternative media due to the impact of Covid-19. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">A study carried out by a team comprising of media experts shows that the television audience has fallen by 12.2 per cent, that of radio by 14 per cent and newspaper readers by 17 per cent. People are found following these media for news occasionally rather than as compulsory. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">In spite of this, it is seen that the relevance of the traditional media is intact for timely information and checking credibility of the received information. Although the use of social media has increased, people usually do not believe the information shared on such platform. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Nepal Media Survey, 2022 published by the Sharecast Initiative Nepal has highlighted some interesting facts regarding the media use in the country. The survey is based on a field study done on 5,582 persons above 18 years of age. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">As per the study report, the number of radio audience is 45.2 per cent and that of television is 48.5 per cent, and the number of mobile and internet users is 63 per cent, that of online news portal users is 30 per cent and that of newspapers is 15 per cent. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Compared to a similar study carried out by the media institution in 2020, the number of radio, television and newspaper users has gone down while that of mobile and social sites has increased. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The study shows that the number of radio and television audience using mobile phones with the help of the internet and not directly from the radio and television sets is also increasing. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">As per the record maintained by the Department of Information and Broadcasting, the number of newspapers registered throughout the country in fiscal year 2021/22 is 7,874. Among these, around 1,000 are included in the Press Council Nepal's list.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The number of newspaper publication is found decreasing in recent times. The newspapers are found reaching their readers through their online edition. The trend of reading newspapers and magazines is decreasing due to the unavailability of newspapers in the remote and outlying areas and as people cannot afford time due to the nature of their job and work. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Editor of Kantipur Daily, Umesh Chauhan, said although the analysis of the study is not exciting, it is not disappointing either as newspaper, radio and television still have credibility. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Traditional media would have relevance if they could produce news related content as per the interest of the new generation, he mentioned. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">As per the latest data of the Press Council Nepal, there are 3,624 online media. The 48th annual report of the council has clearly mentioned that more challenges have been posed to media due to social media. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-30', 'modified' => '2022-09-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15845', 'image' => '20220930013617_functions-of-mass-communication.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-30 13:35:43', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16103', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Farmers Forced to Buy Subsidized Fertilizer at Higher Rates', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 30: A study conducted by Nepal Seed and Fertilizer Project (NSAF) has found that the subsidized chemical fertilizer given to the farmers by the government is being sold at a higher price than the price fixed by the government itself.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">September 30: A study conducted by Nepal Seed and Fertilizer Project (NSAF) has found that the subsidized chemical fertilizer given to the farmers by the government is being sold at a higher price than the price fixed by the government itself.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">NSAF, in collaboration with Agricultural Inputs Company Limited and the Salt Trading Corporation, studied 828 cooperatives across the country that distributed subsidized chemical fertilizers between 2018 and 2019. The price of fertilizer paid by the farmers and the actual demand and supply were also studied.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">According to the study report, farmers paid Rs 16 to 21 for a kilogram of urea which costs Rs 14. Similar is the prices of other fertilizers. Farmers had to pay Rs 45 to 50 for DAP fertilizer whose actual price was Rs 43 per kg, and Rs 33 to 37 for potassium costing just Rs 31 per kg. All the cooperatives included in the study received an average of 84 metric tons of urea, 64 metric tons of DAP and 13.3 metric tons of potassium. About 85 percent of the cooperatives claimed that the chemical fertilizers they received were much less than the demand.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Stating that the government has been able to import only 50 percent of the total demand for chemical fertilizers in Nepal, Dr Udit Man Chaudhary, the coordinator of NSAF, claimed that farmers have been forced to buy fertilizers at a higher price than the price cooperatives should have sold the fertilizers. He said that farmers are bound to suffer when the demand is high and the supply is low.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">As mentioned in the study, Nepal is behind India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in terms of availability of chemical fertilizers to farmers in South Asia. As a result, Nepal has not been able to significantly improve productivity. According to a study conducted by NSAF in 2016, 74 kg of chemical fertilizers are used per hectare in Nepal, which is 166 kg in India, 289 kg in Bangladesh and 132 kg in Sri Lanka. Providing quality fertilizers to farmers at the right time has become the biggest challenge in Nepal.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">According to Rajendra Bahadur Karki, managing director of Agricultural Inputs Company Limited, who is in charge of import of government-subsidized fertilizers, no other charge is added except for the transportation fee from Birgunj, Biratnagar and Bhairahawa godowns of the company. He said that due to the cost of transportation, they have to charge a little more. However, in rural areas, farmers have to pay more than the maximum price fixed by the government, the report states.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Agni Aryal, coordinator of Rajapur Paddy Super Zone, says that although the price of one kg of urea has been fixed at Rs 14 per kg by the government, most of the farmers in Banke, Bardia, Kailali, Kanchanpur etc. have to pay Rs 50 to 60 per kg. He claims that the prices of other fertilizers are also higher than those set by the government. A large amount of chemical fertilizers are also illegally imported from the Indian border.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Chandrakant Dallakoti, president of Nepal Fertilizer Entrepreneurs Association says, “Since the government is unable to provide fertilizers as per the demand of the farmers, they are compelled to bring fertilizers illegally from the Indian border at rates that are double or triple the actual price. In addition, the farmers also face problems due to the government being unable to find a third option other than India to import fertilizers.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">On the one hand, the budget allocated by the government for the purchase of fertilizers is limited. While on the other hand, due to fluctuations in the international market, the amount of fertilizers entering the country is decreasing. Therefore, if the farmers do not get the fertilizer they need, they have to find other alternatives. </span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-30', 'modified' => '2022-09-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15844', 'image' => '20220930013520_20210610023043_20200817122726_1597613093.Clipboard02.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-30 13:34:31', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16102', 'article_category_id' => '266', 'title' => 'Ncell Launches ‘Home and Away' Data Pack', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 30: Ncell, a leading private company providing telecommunication services in Nepal, has released a plan targeting customers during this festive season. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">September 30: Ncell, a leading private company providing telecommunication services in Nepal, has released a plan targeting customers during this festive season. The company has announced a new plan so that the users can enable data services at home or outside during the festive season.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The company informed that customers can use the pack brought on the occasion of Dashain, Tihar and Chhath festivals to exchange greeting and joy among each other.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> According to the company, the customers will get a total of 60 GB data including 30 GB home data and 30 GB away data in this pack for only Rs 599 inclusive of taxes. This data pack of Ncell is has come into operation from Thursday (September 29). Customers can easily activate the pack by dialing *17123*30#.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-30', 'modified' => '2022-09-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15843', 'image' => '20220930011721_ncelllh.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-30 13:16:23', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16101', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Tourism Entrepreneurs of Pokhara Complain of High Interest on Bank Loans ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 30: Tourism entrepreneurs of Pokhara have complained that a high interest rates charged by banks and financial institutions has made it challenging to sustain their business. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">September 30: Tourism entrepreneurs of Pokhara have complained that a high interest rates charged by banks and financial institutions has made it challenging to sustain their business. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Speaking at a programme organized on Thursday, they said the double-digit interest rates have pushed their business on the verge of collapse. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Pokhara Tourism Council Chair Pom Narayan Shrestha demanded the facility of soft loan for them to revive the business that has been hard hit by the 2015 earthquake and COVID-19 pandemic. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Shrestha complained that BFIs have increased the interest rates on loans in recent days and it poses a grave threat to continue their business. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The rise in interest rate is likely to cause additional financial crisis in the tourism business and displace them altogether, said Shrestha demanding government intervention to protect the tourism industry. He took time to urge the government to create an investment-friendly atmosphere for the sustainability of the business and to come up with a policy that ensures subsidized loan to the entrepreneurs. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">“The government is expected to adopt a tourism-friendly policy because tourism is the major basis of economic prosperity,” he said, adding that there has already been a delay on part of the government to come up with a protective approach for the tourism business. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">President of Pokhara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), Pawan Prajapati, expressed his view that women's participation in business has increased in recent time and it would play a significant role in economic transformation. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Similarly, founding chairperson of WOTEF, Jamuna Parajuli, pointed out the need of common thought and concept of all to resolve the problems seen in tourism sector. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Although women's presence and participation has increased in tourism sector, they have not yet reached the decision-making level, said Parajuli. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Likewise, Chairperson of Hotel Association Pokhara, Laxman Subedi, Chairperson of Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents, Gandaki, Hariram Adhikari, Advisor Durga Dhakal, Vice-President of Federation of Nepali Journalists, Kaski, Jamuna Barsha Sharma, among others also expressed their views. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Members of the organisation, as well as chairperson and representatives of tourism related organisations were present on the occasion. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-30', 'modified' => '2022-09-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15842', 'image' => '20220930124720_Paragliding-in-Pokhara-Nepal.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-30 12:46:12', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16100', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Over Six Hundred Climbers Acquire Climbing Permits this Season', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 30: A total of 612 climbers from across the world have acquired permits to climb 23 different mountain peaks of Nepal during this autumn season.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">September 30: A total of 612 climbers from across the world have acquired permits to climb 23 different mountain peaks of Nepal during this autumn season. The Department of Tourism confirmed that 612 climbers have obtained permits to climb mountains as of Thursday. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to the department, the government has collected royalties worth Rs 58.5 million from the climbers. Among the climbers, 142 are women, informed the department.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The spring season is considered ideal for climbing mountains in Nepal. However, a considerable number of climbers arrive here for mountain expeditions even during the autumn season.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The arrival of tourists for trekking as well as mountain expedition has been increasing this season due to the decline in Covid-19 cases.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The department has issued the maximum permits for climbers seeking applications to climb Mount Manaslu (<span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">8163 meters</span>). The department informed that altogether 404 climbers, including 307 men and 97 women, from 38 expedition teams have been granted permission to climb Mt Manaslu, the eighth highest mountain in the world. The department has collected revenue worth Rs 46.2 million by issuing permits to climb Mt Manaslu alone.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">After Manaslu, Mt Himdung (7126 meters) is the second choice among the climbers. Altogether 64 climbers have acquired permits to scale this mountain. Likewise, 34 climbers have been issued permits to climb Mt Dhaulagiri (8167). </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The department has also issued permits to the climbers to scale Mt Ama Dablam, Mt Annapurna, Mt Baruntse, Mt Nupse, Mt Pumori among others. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Mt Manaslu, which is the first choice mountain among the climbers during this season, was hit by an avalanche earlier this week. A renowned ski climber had died in the avalanche on Monday while ten others sustained minor injuries. According to the government officials, four others were seriously injured in the incident. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-30', 'modified' => '2022-09-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15841', 'image' => '20220930110936_20220414091903_maxresdefault.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-30 11:08:55', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16099', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Restriction on Imports Affects Revenue Collection', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 29: Revenue collection has had the direct impact of the government's ban on import of luxurious items.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">September 29: Revenue collection has had the direct impact of the government's ban on import of luxurious items. The revenue collection for the first two months of the current financial year has been weak due to the ban on the import of items that generate more revenue.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Finance Minister Janardan Sharma increased the revenue target by Rs 190 billion this year compared to last year. Even though the budget has set a target of collecting revenue worth Rs 1240 billion in the current fiscal year, the officials at the revenue department are worried that the government is unlikely to meet the target.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">According to a senior official at the Revenue Division of the Ministry of Finance, the revenue collection has been less than the target in the last two months. In first two months of the current fiscal year, the revenue collection target was Rs 75.60 billion, but the collection was Rs 8 billion less than the target. During this period, only Rs 67.91 billion of internal revenue was collected.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Overall, only 90 per cent of the internal revenue target was achieved.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The government's ban on the import of items that generate more revenue has had an impact on revenue collection.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Last May, the government banned the import of 10 luxury goods. Although the ban on the import of 6 of those 10 items was lifted in late August, the ban on the import of cars, jeeps, vans, readymade liquor, smartphones worth more than USD 300, and motorcycles with capacity of more than 150 cc is still in place. It is said that the revenue collected from customs duty is not satisfactory due to the government policy of controlling imports.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Punya Bikram Khadka, director of the Department of Customs, said that revenue collection has been decreasing. According to him, the ban on imports is one reason for the decline in revenue collection, while the decline in the price of fuel in the Indian market is another reason. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">"When fuel was expensive in India, Indians from the border areas used to come to Nepal to fill up the fuel, but now it has reduced. We believe that the reduction in fuel consumption in the country has also affected the revenue," Khadka said.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-29', 'modified' => '2022-09-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15840', 'image' => '20220929054951_20201122014524_1606001655.Clipboard04.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-29 17:49:19', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16098', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Cathay Pacific Operating Hong Kong-Kathmandu Flights after Three Years ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 29: The Cathay Pacific Airlines will start operating direct flights between Hong Kong and Kathmandu from October 1. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">September 29: The Cathay Pacific Airlines will start operating direct flights between Hong Kong and Kathmandu from October 1. The airline company is resuming flights to Kathmandu after a gap of three years.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The company had suspended direct flights between the two destination due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The flag carrier of Hong Kong has sent letter to the concerned authority to operate the direct flight from October 1, informed Premnath Thakur, general manager of the Tribhuvan International Airport. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Currently, Nepal Airlines has been conducting regular flights between Kathmandu and Hong Kong and vice-versa. The Cathay Pacific is planning to conduct one flight a week on Saturdays, said GM Thakur. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-29', 'modified' => '2022-09-29', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15839', 'image' => '20220929032016_20220807094102_Cathay-Pacific-Aircraft-e1557145681253-752x348.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-29 15:19:38', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ) ) $current_user = null $logged_in = false $xml = falseinclude - APP/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp, line 133 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::_renderElement() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 1224 View::element() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 418 include - APP/View/Articles/index.ctp, line 157 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473 Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 968 Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 200 Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167 [main] - APP/webroot/index.php, line 117
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', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">October 7: Moderate rainfall accompanied by thunder and lightning is likely to occur at some places of the country today, the Meteorological Forecasting Division has said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">There is a possibility of light to moderate rainfall along with thunder and lightning at many places of Lumbini, Karnali and Sudurpaschim provinces and at some places in the rest of the provinces. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The division has forecast heavy to torrential rainfall at some places of Sudurpaschim Province and Karnali Province and at one or two places of Lumbini and Gandaki provinces today. It said there is risk of landslide, erosion and debris flow in these places with the possibility of general impact on the road and air transport. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The division has urged for adopting necessary precaution as water level in the rivers and rivulets might rise and the daily life, including agriculture, tourism and mountaineering activities, also get affected. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The weather will be generally to fully cloudy in Karnali and Sudurpaschim provinces and partly to generally cloudy in the rest of the provinces tonight, with the possibility of light to moderate rain accompanied by thunder and lightning at many places of Karnali and Sudurpaschim provinces and at a few places of the rest of the provinces. There is a possibility of heavy rainfall at one or two places of Karnali and Sudurpaschim provinces tonight. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-10-07', 'modified' => '2022-10-07', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15853', 'image' => '20221007090910_rainfallll.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-10-07 09:08:35', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16111', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Landslides Disrupt Various Roads Across the Country ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 7: Landslides triggered by incessant rainfall since Tuesday evening have disrupted vehicular movement on several road sections across the country, causing inconvenience to the passengers travelling to various places for the Dashain festival. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">October 7: Landslides triggered by incessant rainfall since Tuesday evening have disrupted vehicular movement on several road sections across the country, causing inconvenience to the passengers travelling to various places for the Dashain festival. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">A report from Waling, Syangja said that the Waling-Galyang section of the Siddhartha Highway has been disrupted due to a landslide which occurred at Jholpe of Galyang-8. Police said the landslide occurred at 4 am on Thursday and efforts are on to open the road. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Similarly, a report from Manang stated that the Besisahar-Chame road has been disrupted by a landslide that occurred at Khotro of Nason Rural Municipality-3, Manang district. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Likewise, a report from Galyang said most of the rural roads in Myagdi district remain disrupted due to mudslide triggered by incessant rainfall. The Beni-Jomsom road is also disrupted due to landslides at a dozen of places in the Myagdi section of the highway. The road has been swept away by floods at several locations. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Beni-Maldhunga-Pokhara road is also disrupted at many locations due to flood and landslides, it is stated. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Narayangadh-Muglin road disrupted </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">A report received from Chitwan states that traffic along the Narayangadh-Muglin road has been disrupted due to landslide that occurred at 8.20 on Thursday morning at Satrakilo, Bharatpur Metropolitan City-29. Vehicles and passengers have been stranded as the two-way traffic remains disrupted due to the landslide, the District Police Office Chitwan said. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-10-07', 'modified' => '2022-10-07', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15852', 'image' => '20221007090312_DevrajSubedi_Sindhupalchok_RSS_19_khatam.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-10-07 09:02:40', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16110', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Rain Predicted in Western Parts of Nepal ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 6: Rainfall in various parts of the country including the Kathmandu Valley has continued since Tuesday night. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">October 6: Rainfall in various parts of the country including the Kathmandu Valley has continued since Tuesday night. As a result, offering and receiving Tika on the main day of Bada Dashain festival was affected on Wednesday. </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"">Light to moderate rain is predicted to continue across the country as the monsoon low pressure trough lies towards the north than the normal position, according to the Meteorological Forecasting Division. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"The Kathmandu Valley received light rainfall on the tenth day of Dashain. There is no possibility of clear weather. The weather continues to become cloudy for two or three more days," said senior meteorologist Shanti Kandel.</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 Kandel, heavy rainfall is predicted in western and far-western Nepal, and this will continue for two or three more days.</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"">As a result, flooding and landslides are expected to occur, she added. The division has urged precaution. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-10-06', 'modified' => '2022-10-07', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15851', 'image' => '20221006095506_20200511091310_Storm.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-10-06 09:54:23', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16109', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Bijaya Dashami Observed', 'sub_title' => 'The Auspicious Time for Receiving ‘Tika’ and Blessings this Year is 11:51 AM ', 'summary' => 'October 5: The tenth day of Dashain, the biggest festival of the Hindus residing in Nepal, was observed on Wednesday. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">October 5: The tenth day of Dashain, the biggest festival of the Hindus residing in Nepal, was observed on Wednesday. On this day, people of all castes and creed seek blessings from the elderly. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">People from far and away return home to celebrate this festival which spans over 15 days on the bright half of the lunar calendar in the Nepali month of Ashwin (mid-September to mid-October). </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">On this day, devotees worship Goddess Bhavani Siddhi Datri, who is considered the embodiment of victory. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">This day is celebrated as the day of victory of good over the evil.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Holy texts mention that Lord Shiva, the destroyer of the world, invoked Goddess Siddhi Datri on this day and acquired the form of the all-powerful Ardha-nareshwar, which means half male and half female.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">It is also said that Lord Vishnu, during his incarnation as Lord Ram, worshipped various forms of Goddess Bhavani during the nine nights of Dashain to obtain blessings to defeat the demon king Ravan.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The goddesses which are invoked during the first nine days of the festival are bade farewell on the tenth day. With the end of worshipping begins merrymaking. People celebrate the festival for the next five days until the full moon day. They visit their near and dear ones to pay respect.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Elderly people give blessings of longevity to the younger members of the family.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to Nepal Calendar Determination Committee, the auspicious time for receiving ‘tika’ and blessings this year is 11:51 am. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">One of the special features of the Dashain festival is the swing. People, especially children, play swing during this festival. There is a belief that one must leave the ground at least once in a year and therefor the Hindus of Nepal opt to play swing as per this belief.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Children also fly kite during the Dashain festival. Culture experts interpret it as a symbolic message to Lord Indra, the God of rain and good harvest, to stop rainfall.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-10-05', 'modified' => '2022-10-06', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15850', 'image' => '20221005090950_20220926112257_dashain image.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-10-05 09:08:43', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16107', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Devotees Mark Ninth Day of Dashain ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 4: The Nepalese society is celebrating Mahanavami or the ninth day of the Dashain festival .', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">October 4: The Nepalese society celebrated Mahanavami or the ninth day of the Dashain festival on Tuesday. This day is dedicated to Goddess Mahagauri, who is considered as the embodiment of truth. It is believed that the purpose of her existence is to establish peace in the world. Goddess Mahagauri rides a white oxen and wears a white dress. Mahagauri is a form of Goddess Parvati when she was 16 years old and unmarried. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">On this day, devotees also sacrifice buffaloes, goats, lamb, rooster, and ducks.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Others who prefer not to kill animals offer banana or cucumber to the goddess. Hundreds of people flock to the Taleju Bhavani temple at Basantapur Durbar Square on the ninth day of Dashain. This temple which lies to the north of Hanuman Dhoka in the heart of Kathmandu is open for public only on this special day.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Devotees also visit other temples like Guheshwari, Naxal Bhagwati, Kalikasthan, Maitidevi, Bhadrakali, Sankata, Raktakali, Shova Bhagwati, Dakshinkali, Naradevi, Bijeshwari, and Bagalamukhi. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">One of the special features of the Dashain festival is the swing. People, especially children, play swing during this festival. There is a belief that one must leave the ground at least once in a year and therefor the Hindus of Nepal opt to play swing as per this belief.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Children also fly kite during the Dashain festival. Culture experts interpret it as a symbolic message to Lord Indra, the God of rain and good harvest, to stop rainfall.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-10-04', 'modified' => '2022-10-05', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15849', 'image' => '20221004010049_KamalKhatri_Beni_RSS_18_ping-4-768x512 (1).jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-10-04 13:00:03', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16108', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Consumption of Petroleum Products Increases by 75 Percent ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 4: With the start of the Dashain festival, consumption of petroleum products has increased suddenly.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">October 4: With the start of the Dashain festival, consumption of petroleum products has increased suddenly. The consumption of diesel and petrol has increased by 75 per cent with the start of Dashain festival as compared to the normal days, according to Nepal Oil Corporation. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Earlier, 2.2 million litres of petrol used to be consumed in a day. Now, the consumption of petrol has reached 3.5 litres a day. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">NOC Spokesperson Binitmani Upadhyay said 5.5 million litres of diesel is being consumed daily against 3.5 million litres. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Long queue of the vehicles was seen at some fuel stations while people started leaving the Kathmandu Valley to celebrate Dashain. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Spokesperson Upadhyay shared that NOC depots would remain opened even in public holiday during Dashain in order to make smooth sale and distribution of petroleum products across the county during the festival. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Meanwhile, the Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has said its all petrol pumps would be open during the Dashain holiday. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The state-owned fuel utility informed through a recent notice that it will be operating its 13 fuel depots to ensure a smooth supply of petroleum products during Dashain. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">NOC Director Birendra Goit informed that the NOC depots would be open on October 2, 5 and 7 in Biratnagar of Province 1 and in Amalekhgunj of Madhes province while the depot would be operated on October 1, 2, 4 and 7 at Thankot of Bagmati province and at Pokhara of Gandaki province. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Similarly, the NOC depots at Bhairahawa of Lumbini would be open on October 1,2,4,7 and 8, the depot at Surkhet of Karnali province would be open on October 2 and 7 while the depots at Dhangadhi of Sudurpaschim would be open on October 2, 3 and 7. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Likewise, the depot at the NOC branch office Charali would be open on October 2 and 7 while the depots in Nepalgunj, Dhanusha, Birgunj, Dang and Dipayal would also be open until October 7. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The petrol pumps would be open round the clock to prevent shortage of petroleum products in the market, NOC stated. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-10-04', 'modified' => '2022-10-04', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15848', 'image' => '20221004012210_petroo - Copy.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-10-04 13:21:17', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16106', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Maha Aastami Observed ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 3: The eighth day of Dashain festival was celebrated across the country on Monday by worshipping Goddess Durga. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">October 3: The eighth day of Dashain festival was celebrated across the country on Monday by worshipping Goddess Durga. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">This day is dedicated to Goddess Mahakali, who is represented in the religious scriptures as the fiercest form of Godess Durga Bhawani. The chronicles of the Hindu scriptures depict Goddess Mahakali of having dark blue skin, wild hair and her red tongue sticking out of her mouth. Mahakali also holds multiple weapons – a severed head, a garland made of human skulls and a bowl to hold the falling blood. Only her husband Lord Shiva can calm her wrath, when Goddess Durga Bhawani takes the form of Mahakali. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Tonight is known as Kaalratri as numerous animal sacrifices are made in different temples to please Goddess Mahakali. Motor vehicles and small arms owned personally are also worshipped on the occasion of Astami. Kaalratri marks one of the four nights of Hindu religion with special importance. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The temples of Goddess Durga in the Kathmandu valley such as Guhesshwari, Naxal Bhagwati, Kalikasthan, Maitidevi, Sankata, Raktakali, Shova Bhagwati, Dakshinkali and other shrines bustle with devotees who offer worship to the goddess. </span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-10-03', 'modified' => '2022-10-04', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15847', 'image' => '20221003093947_astami.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-10-03 09:39:14', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16105', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Nepalis Observe Fulpati ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 2: The seventh day of Bada Dashain festival was celebrated by worshipping Goddess Saraswati.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">October 2: The seventh day of Bada Dashain festival was celebrated by worshipping Goddess Saraswati, who is the embodiment of knowledge and one of the forms of supreme power.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">It is believed that Goddess Bhavani took the form of Goddess Saraswati on this day to end ignorance through knowledge.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Worshipping Goddess Saraswati is expected to remove all the obstacles that cloud the judgment of the devotees. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The blessings of Goddess Saraswati is vital for all devotees because it is not possible to attain liberation without knowledge. She bestows knowledge and ability to judge in a fair manner. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Goddess Saraswati is worshipped in spring and autumn seasons. Devotees especially worship Goddess Saraswati in autumn to attain power through the means of knowledge.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">She is offered with white flowers by the devotees in the morning while they offer nine different flora in the evening at the altar in every home. Therefore this day is also known as Fulpati, a name which derives from flowers. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">As per the tradition, the nine different varieties of flowers brought from Gorkha Durbar is kept at the Dashain Ghar in the capital on this day. Six priests of the Magar community carry the flowers from Gorkha to Kathmandu via Dhading. The auspicious flowers and the priests are greeted with gun salute by the Nepalese Army at the Army Pavillion in Tundikhel before the flowers are taken into the Dashain Ghar. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Public holidays of Dashain begin from this day onward. By this day, most of the people leave the capital to celebrate the festival at their hometowns, which leaves the streets of Kathmandu deserted.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-10-02', 'modified' => '2022-10-03', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15846', 'image' => '20221002124647_DpkFh_zXUAMk4qo.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-10-02 12:46:11', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16104', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Viewers of Mass Media Declining: Study', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 30: The viewers and readers of traditional mass media like radio, television and newspapers and magazines are found to have decreased along with the increasing use of alternative media due to the impact of Covid-19. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">September 30: The viewers and readers of traditional mass media like radio, television and newspapers and magazines are found to have decreased along with the increasing use of alternative media due to the impact of Covid-19. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">A study carried out by a team comprising of media experts shows that the television audience has fallen by 12.2 per cent, that of radio by 14 per cent and newspaper readers by 17 per cent. People are found following these media for news occasionally rather than as compulsory. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">In spite of this, it is seen that the relevance of the traditional media is intact for timely information and checking credibility of the received information. Although the use of social media has increased, people usually do not believe the information shared on such platform. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Nepal Media Survey, 2022 published by the Sharecast Initiative Nepal has highlighted some interesting facts regarding the media use in the country. The survey is based on a field study done on 5,582 persons above 18 years of age. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">As per the study report, the number of radio audience is 45.2 per cent and that of television is 48.5 per cent, and the number of mobile and internet users is 63 per cent, that of online news portal users is 30 per cent and that of newspapers is 15 per cent. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Compared to a similar study carried out by the media institution in 2020, the number of radio, television and newspaper users has gone down while that of mobile and social sites has increased. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The study shows that the number of radio and television audience using mobile phones with the help of the internet and not directly from the radio and television sets is also increasing. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">As per the record maintained by the Department of Information and Broadcasting, the number of newspapers registered throughout the country in fiscal year 2021/22 is 7,874. Among these, around 1,000 are included in the Press Council Nepal's list.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The number of newspaper publication is found decreasing in recent times. The newspapers are found reaching their readers through their online edition. The trend of reading newspapers and magazines is decreasing due to the unavailability of newspapers in the remote and outlying areas and as people cannot afford time due to the nature of their job and work. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Editor of Kantipur Daily, Umesh Chauhan, said although the analysis of the study is not exciting, it is not disappointing either as newspaper, radio and television still have credibility. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Traditional media would have relevance if they could produce news related content as per the interest of the new generation, he mentioned. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">As per the latest data of the Press Council Nepal, there are 3,624 online media. The 48th annual report of the council has clearly mentioned that more challenges have been posed to media due to social media. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-30', 'modified' => '2022-09-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15845', 'image' => '20220930013617_functions-of-mass-communication.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-30 13:35:43', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16103', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Farmers Forced to Buy Subsidized Fertilizer at Higher Rates', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 30: A study conducted by Nepal Seed and Fertilizer Project (NSAF) has found that the subsidized chemical fertilizer given to the farmers by the government is being sold at a higher price than the price fixed by the government itself.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">September 30: A study conducted by Nepal Seed and Fertilizer Project (NSAF) has found that the subsidized chemical fertilizer given to the farmers by the government is being sold at a higher price than the price fixed by the government itself.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">NSAF, in collaboration with Agricultural Inputs Company Limited and the Salt Trading Corporation, studied 828 cooperatives across the country that distributed subsidized chemical fertilizers between 2018 and 2019. The price of fertilizer paid by the farmers and the actual demand and supply were also studied.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">According to the study report, farmers paid Rs 16 to 21 for a kilogram of urea which costs Rs 14. Similar is the prices of other fertilizers. Farmers had to pay Rs 45 to 50 for DAP fertilizer whose actual price was Rs 43 per kg, and Rs 33 to 37 for potassium costing just Rs 31 per kg. All the cooperatives included in the study received an average of 84 metric tons of urea, 64 metric tons of DAP and 13.3 metric tons of potassium. About 85 percent of the cooperatives claimed that the chemical fertilizers they received were much less than the demand.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Stating that the government has been able to import only 50 percent of the total demand for chemical fertilizers in Nepal, Dr Udit Man Chaudhary, the coordinator of NSAF, claimed that farmers have been forced to buy fertilizers at a higher price than the price cooperatives should have sold the fertilizers. He said that farmers are bound to suffer when the demand is high and the supply is low.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">As mentioned in the study, Nepal is behind India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in terms of availability of chemical fertilizers to farmers in South Asia. As a result, Nepal has not been able to significantly improve productivity. According to a study conducted by NSAF in 2016, 74 kg of chemical fertilizers are used per hectare in Nepal, which is 166 kg in India, 289 kg in Bangladesh and 132 kg in Sri Lanka. Providing quality fertilizers to farmers at the right time has become the biggest challenge in Nepal.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">According to Rajendra Bahadur Karki, managing director of Agricultural Inputs Company Limited, who is in charge of import of government-subsidized fertilizers, no other charge is added except for the transportation fee from Birgunj, Biratnagar and Bhairahawa godowns of the company. He said that due to the cost of transportation, they have to charge a little more. However, in rural areas, farmers have to pay more than the maximum price fixed by the government, the report states.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Agni Aryal, coordinator of Rajapur Paddy Super Zone, says that although the price of one kg of urea has been fixed at Rs 14 per kg by the government, most of the farmers in Banke, Bardia, Kailali, Kanchanpur etc. have to pay Rs 50 to 60 per kg. He claims that the prices of other fertilizers are also higher than those set by the government. A large amount of chemical fertilizers are also illegally imported from the Indian border.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Chandrakant Dallakoti, president of Nepal Fertilizer Entrepreneurs Association says, “Since the government is unable to provide fertilizers as per the demand of the farmers, they are compelled to bring fertilizers illegally from the Indian border at rates that are double or triple the actual price. In addition, the farmers also face problems due to the government being unable to find a third option other than India to import fertilizers.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">On the one hand, the budget allocated by the government for the purchase of fertilizers is limited. While on the other hand, due to fluctuations in the international market, the amount of fertilizers entering the country is decreasing. Therefore, if the farmers do not get the fertilizer they need, they have to find other alternatives. </span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-30', 'modified' => '2022-09-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15844', 'image' => '20220930013520_20210610023043_20200817122726_1597613093.Clipboard02.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-30 13:34:31', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16102', 'article_category_id' => '266', 'title' => 'Ncell Launches ‘Home and Away' Data Pack', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 30: Ncell, a leading private company providing telecommunication services in Nepal, has released a plan targeting customers during this festive season. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">September 30: Ncell, a leading private company providing telecommunication services in Nepal, has released a plan targeting customers during this festive season. The company has announced a new plan so that the users can enable data services at home or outside during the festive season.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The company informed that customers can use the pack brought on the occasion of Dashain, Tihar and Chhath festivals to exchange greeting and joy among each other.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> According to the company, the customers will get a total of 60 GB data including 30 GB home data and 30 GB away data in this pack for only Rs 599 inclusive of taxes. This data pack of Ncell is has come into operation from Thursday (September 29). Customers can easily activate the pack by dialing *17123*30#.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-30', 'modified' => '2022-09-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15843', 'image' => '20220930011721_ncelllh.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-30 13:16:23', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16101', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Tourism Entrepreneurs of Pokhara Complain of High Interest on Bank Loans ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 30: Tourism entrepreneurs of Pokhara have complained that a high interest rates charged by banks and financial institutions has made it challenging to sustain their business. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">September 30: Tourism entrepreneurs of Pokhara have complained that a high interest rates charged by banks and financial institutions has made it challenging to sustain their business. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Speaking at a programme organized on Thursday, they said the double-digit interest rates have pushed their business on the verge of collapse. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Pokhara Tourism Council Chair Pom Narayan Shrestha demanded the facility of soft loan for them to revive the business that has been hard hit by the 2015 earthquake and COVID-19 pandemic. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Shrestha complained that BFIs have increased the interest rates on loans in recent days and it poses a grave threat to continue their business. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The rise in interest rate is likely to cause additional financial crisis in the tourism business and displace them altogether, said Shrestha demanding government intervention to protect the tourism industry. He took time to urge the government to create an investment-friendly atmosphere for the sustainability of the business and to come up with a policy that ensures subsidized loan to the entrepreneurs. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">“The government is expected to adopt a tourism-friendly policy because tourism is the major basis of economic prosperity,” he said, adding that there has already been a delay on part of the government to come up with a protective approach for the tourism business. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">President of Pokhara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), Pawan Prajapati, expressed his view that women's participation in business has increased in recent time and it would play a significant role in economic transformation. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Similarly, founding chairperson of WOTEF, Jamuna Parajuli, pointed out the need of common thought and concept of all to resolve the problems seen in tourism sector. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Although women's presence and participation has increased in tourism sector, they have not yet reached the decision-making level, said Parajuli. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Likewise, Chairperson of Hotel Association Pokhara, Laxman Subedi, Chairperson of Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents, Gandaki, Hariram Adhikari, Advisor Durga Dhakal, Vice-President of Federation of Nepali Journalists, Kaski, Jamuna Barsha Sharma, among others also expressed their views. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Members of the organisation, as well as chairperson and representatives of tourism related organisations were present on the occasion. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-30', 'modified' => '2022-09-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15842', 'image' => '20220930124720_Paragliding-in-Pokhara-Nepal.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-30 12:46:12', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16100', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Over Six Hundred Climbers Acquire Climbing Permits this Season', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 30: A total of 612 climbers from across the world have acquired permits to climb 23 different mountain peaks of Nepal during this autumn season.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">September 30: A total of 612 climbers from across the world have acquired permits to climb 23 different mountain peaks of Nepal during this autumn season. The Department of Tourism confirmed that 612 climbers have obtained permits to climb mountains as of Thursday. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to the department, the government has collected royalties worth Rs 58.5 million from the climbers. Among the climbers, 142 are women, informed the department.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The spring season is considered ideal for climbing mountains in Nepal. However, a considerable number of climbers arrive here for mountain expeditions even during the autumn season.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The arrival of tourists for trekking as well as mountain expedition has been increasing this season due to the decline in Covid-19 cases.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The department has issued the maximum permits for climbers seeking applications to climb Mount Manaslu (<span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">8163 meters</span>). The department informed that altogether 404 climbers, including 307 men and 97 women, from 38 expedition teams have been granted permission to climb Mt Manaslu, the eighth highest mountain in the world. The department has collected revenue worth Rs 46.2 million by issuing permits to climb Mt Manaslu alone.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">After Manaslu, Mt Himdung (7126 meters) is the second choice among the climbers. Altogether 64 climbers have acquired permits to scale this mountain. Likewise, 34 climbers have been issued permits to climb Mt Dhaulagiri (8167). </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The department has also issued permits to the climbers to scale Mt Ama Dablam, Mt Annapurna, Mt Baruntse, Mt Nupse, Mt Pumori among others. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Mt Manaslu, which is the first choice mountain among the climbers during this season, was hit by an avalanche earlier this week. A renowned ski climber had died in the avalanche on Monday while ten others sustained minor injuries. According to the government officials, four others were seriously injured in the incident. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-30', 'modified' => '2022-09-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15841', 'image' => '20220930110936_20220414091903_maxresdefault.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-30 11:08:55', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16099', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Restriction on Imports Affects Revenue Collection', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 29: Revenue collection has had the direct impact of the government's ban on import of luxurious items.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">September 29: Revenue collection has had the direct impact of the government's ban on import of luxurious items. The revenue collection for the first two months of the current financial year has been weak due to the ban on the import of items that generate more revenue.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Finance Minister Janardan Sharma increased the revenue target by Rs 190 billion this year compared to last year. Even though the budget has set a target of collecting revenue worth Rs 1240 billion in the current fiscal year, the officials at the revenue department are worried that the government is unlikely to meet the target.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">According to a senior official at the Revenue Division of the Ministry of Finance, the revenue collection has been less than the target in the last two months. In first two months of the current fiscal year, the revenue collection target was Rs 75.60 billion, but the collection was Rs 8 billion less than the target. During this period, only Rs 67.91 billion of internal revenue was collected.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Overall, only 90 per cent of the internal revenue target was achieved.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The government's ban on the import of items that generate more revenue has had an impact on revenue collection.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Last May, the government banned the import of 10 luxury goods. Although the ban on the import of 6 of those 10 items was lifted in late August, the ban on the import of cars, jeeps, vans, readymade liquor, smartphones worth more than USD 300, and motorcycles with capacity of more than 150 cc is still in place. It is said that the revenue collected from customs duty is not satisfactory due to the government policy of controlling imports.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Punya Bikram Khadka, director of the Department of Customs, said that revenue collection has been decreasing. According to him, the ban on imports is one reason for the decline in revenue collection, while the decline in the price of fuel in the Indian market is another reason. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">"When fuel was expensive in India, Indians from the border areas used to come to Nepal to fill up the fuel, but now it has reduced. We believe that the reduction in fuel consumption in the country has also affected the revenue," Khadka said.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-29', 'modified' => '2022-09-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15840', 'image' => '20220929054951_20201122014524_1606001655.Clipboard04.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-29 17:49:19', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16098', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Cathay Pacific Operating Hong Kong-Kathmandu Flights after Three Years ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 29: The Cathay Pacific Airlines will start operating direct flights between Hong Kong and Kathmandu from October 1. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">September 29: The Cathay Pacific Airlines will start operating direct flights between Hong Kong and Kathmandu from October 1. The airline company is resuming flights to Kathmandu after a gap of three years.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The company had suspended direct flights between the two destination due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The flag carrier of Hong Kong has sent letter to the concerned authority to operate the direct flight from October 1, informed Premnath Thakur, general manager of the Tribhuvan International Airport. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Currently, Nepal Airlines has been conducting regular flights between Kathmandu and Hong Kong and vice-versa. The Cathay Pacific is planning to conduct one flight a week on Saturdays, said GM Thakur. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-29', 'modified' => '2022-09-29', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15839', 'image' => '20220929032016_20220807094102_Cathay-Pacific-Aircraft-e1557145681253-752x348.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-29 15:19:38', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ) ) $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
