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			'title' => 'Nepal has Good Prospects of Selling Diary Products to Bangladesh',
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			'summary' => 'February 23: Bangladesh imported dairy products worth US$ 370.24 million (Rs 42.45 billion) in 2018, according to ITC Trademap.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">February 23: Bangladesh imported dairy products worth US$ 370.24 million (Rs 42.45 billion) in 2018, according to ITC Trademap.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Ninety five percent of the imported dairy products were powder milk. Bangladesh imported 59 percent of powder milk from New Zealand. Nepal can supply dairy products to Bangladesh to meet its demand worth Rs 42 billion if the eastern hills of the country are developed into dairy farms with assurance of export facility. For this, the government needs to encourage dairy farmers, provide them with grant and waive tax for a certain period. The government must also give quality assurance and then sign B2B and G2G agreements with Bangladesh.</span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Nepal Needs to Invest US$ 879 Million to Reduce Road Fatalities by Half: World Bank',
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			'summary' => 'February 23: The government is focused on road expansion drive but has paid very little attention towards road safety. It has been found that the government has invested too little for road safety measures.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">February 23: The government is focused on road expansion drive but has paid very little attention towards road safety. It has been found that the government has invested too little for road safety measures. The World Bank has stressed on the need to invest heavily on road safety measures to reduce road accident deaths by 50 percent.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The World Bank said in a recently published report that poor road safety performance in Nepal is a symptom of underinvestment in targeted initiatives.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It is estimated that Nepal will require an additional investment of US$ 879 million over the coming decade, if it is to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal 3.6 target of a 50 percent reduction in national road crash fatalities, the World Bank said in a report published on February 20.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">According to the report, road crash deaths and injuries in Nepal have been on a sharp upward trajectory since the early 2000s. In fiscal year 2017&ndash; 18, a total of 2,541 road deaths were officially reported in Nepal, which is equivalent to a fatality rate of 8.59 per 100,000 population.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">In the same period, 4,144 serious injuries and several minor injury victims were also officially reported. However, according to World Health Organization data the estimated fatality rate in 2016 was 15.9 per 100,000 population, which is nearly double the official estimate.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">&nbsp;In 2016, vulnerable road users (pedestrians, cyclists, and motorcyclists) accounted for around 72 percent of all road fatality victims, among the highest levels in the region, with pedestrians accounting for half of these.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">According to the World Bank, road deaths have a disproportionate impact on the young, working age population. About 40 percent of people killed on Nepal&rsquo;s roads in 2017 &ndash;18 were less than 26 years old. In 2016, transport injuries were the second leading cause of death among men aged 15&ndash;49-years.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">A recent World Bank Group study of road safety investment in South Asia revealed a crisis that has been exacerbated by the rapid growth in vehicle ownership and diversity of motorized and non-motorized traffic of varying sizes and speeds, without adequate protection for the most vulnerable.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It is clear that as vehicle ownership grows in Nepal, road crashes will continue to steadily climb&mdash;unless urgently required measures are implemented, the World Bank further said.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Nepal has a National Road Safety Strategy and Road Safety Action Plan based on the five pillars of the United Nations Global Plan for the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011&ndash; 2020: road safety management; safer roads and mobility; safer vehicles; safer road users; and post-crash response.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">However, only limited progress has been made on addressing these pillars and consequently Nepal is facing serious road safety challenges. Improving road safety in Nepal is vital to national health, well-being, and economic growth.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">As evidenced in analytical work undertaken by the WBG with funding from Bloomberg Philanthropies, sharply reducing the number of crash fatalities and injuries over time would enable countries like Nepal to achieve substantial increases in economic growth and national income, while simultaneously achieving large population welfare gains. This underscores the economic losses associated with inaction.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">However, the report says governance challenges impede the mobilization of a systemic, targeted, and sustained road safety program in Nepal. Agencies responsible for road safety are inadequately empowered and resourced.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Crash data and network safety performance data weaknesses undermine lead agency capacity to develop a results-focused strategy and ensure its adequate coordination, legislative support, funding and resource allocation, promotion, monitoring and evaluation, and related research and development.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The World Bank suggests a number of measures to be taken for reducing road fatalities. Initiatives taken must be systematic, at scale and properly sequenced, with institutional capacity being strengthened, to ensure successful delivery, the report furthers states.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Robust vehicle and driver licensing systems will need to be established and accessible by law enforcement agencies and regulatory authorities before the full power of safety compliance regimes can be exercised.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Infrastructure safety design skills and tools will require strengthening to ensure the protection of all road users. Scaled-up road safety investment will contribute to the accumulation of human capital in Nepal, which in turn will contribute to sustainable and inclusive economic growth and overall country wealth.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It will also contribute to the achievement of other sustainable mobility goals concerning improved transport productivity, universal accessibility, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and reduced local air and noise pollution.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It will take long-term commitment and sustained vision from the Government of Nepal for this investment to be effective and bring road safety performance under control on a sustainable basis, the report concluded.</span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Government Faces Uphill Battle to Meet the Revised Target of Revenue Collection',
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			'summary' => 'February 23: The government has revised its target of revenue collection during the mid-term review of current fiscal year’s budget.  ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">February 23: The government has revised its target of revenue collection during the mid-term review of current fiscal year&rsquo;s budget. &nbsp;The government has adopted strict measures to curb revenue leakage after realizing that it is unlikely to meet the revised target as well.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The government has a daunting task of collecting Rs 600 billion in the next five months as per the revised target.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Finance Minister Yuba Raj Khatiwada has instructed all departments under his ministry to adopt strict measures to meet the revised target. &nbsp;He also called a meeting of high-ranking officials from ministries of finance, home affairs and Prime Minister&rsquo;s Office during Democracy Day last week and gave strict orders to meet the target.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The finance minister presented himself in an aggressive manner, according to officials who attended the first meeting after the mid-term review. During the meeting, Khatiwada reportedly issued stern instructions to the government authorities to collect all the dues and control tax evasion.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The finance minister also instructed the authorities to increase patrolling to curb smuggling and make proper arrangement of logistics and manpower for such patrol teams. He also directed them to keep vigilance at sensitive border entry points in order to intercept illegal entry of goods.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The government had set a target to collect revenue of Rs 1112 billion for the current fiscal year 2019/20. However, in the mid-term review, the government revised the target and set a new goal of collecting Rs 1056 billion. In the first six months of the current fiscal year, the government was able to collect only Rs 456 billion revenue. Now it faces an uphill battle to collect Rs 600 billion in the remaining five months.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The government has claimed that the decline in revenue collection is a result of a drop in import in the current fiscal year. If the government is to meet its revised target, it has to collect Rs 1004 billion from customs offices alone.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">&ldquo;The obstruction in export of palm oil has been removed. This has opened way for import of unprocessed palm oil. So, we are hopeful of meeting the revised target,&rdquo; said a highly-placed customs official requesting anonymity.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The government intends to collect Rs 169 billion from Value Added Tax (VAT) in the next five months. &nbsp;The government has already collected Rs 126 billion so far this year from VAT.</span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'NAC to Halt its Flights to Osaka',
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			'summary' => 'February 23: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) is preparing to halt its flights to Osaka starting from February 27.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-family:&quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">February 23: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) is preparing to halt its flights to Osaka starting from February 27.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-family:&quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Officials at the state-run airline company said that they decided to stop the flights to Osaka after getting permission to operate direct flights to Narita, which has better prospects for the company than Osaka.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-family:&quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">The cash-strapped airline, which had re-launched its flights to Osaka since August 29, was struggling to find passengers along the route. Authorities believe there would be no such problems for flights to Narita as large number of Nepalis live in this area making the flights economically more viable.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">NAC recently announced that it is ready to operate direct flights to Narita of Japan from March 2. The flag carrier of Nepal confirmed in a statement on February 10 that it will operate three flights a week to Narita.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The state-run airlines will operate flights on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays using the newly-purchased wide-body Airbus, the statement added.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The one-way fare to Narita has been set at Rs 37,000 for the time being to promote the new route. Likewise, the round-trip fare is Rs 73,000. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">NAC believes that the flights to Narita will facilitate people travelling to Tokyo and nearby areas while the passengers will not have to go through transit anymore with the launch of direct flights.&nbsp; </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">NAC believes Narita has better prospects for Nepal than Osaka from commercial point of view. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">NAC had been operating flights to Osaka from 1994 till 2007, after which it stopped the flights citing lack of aircraft. NAC re-launched its flights to Osaka last year after purchasing two wide-body aircraft of Airbus.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Back in the 90s and 2000s, NAC used to operate flights to Osaka via Shanghai. </span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Ncell Hands over Prizes to first 14 Super Sellers',
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			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">November 12: Ncell Private Limited has handed over prizes to 14 point of sales (PoS) retailers of Kathmandu and Lalitpur as a part of its ongoing campaign &lsquo;Ncell Super Seller&rsquo;. The retailers on Monday received prizes including gold, laptop, mountain bike and washing machine.&nbsp; </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">According to the company, seven retailers Rijan Dairy (Buspark), Om Sai Ram Communication (Manamaiju), Sharp Solution (Kalanki), TRL Electronic Shop (Nayabazaar), MK Store (Satungal), DR Vision Centre (Thamel, Pipalbot) and Shree Pashupati Enterprises (Nayabazaar) each won 1 tola of 24 carat gold.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Likewise, four retailers Rana Store (Milan Tole), NBT Mobile Marmat Centre (Jorpati), Raj International Traders (Samakhusi) and Biki Electronics (Imadole) have won mountain bike, Ncell said in a statement.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Similarly, New Kankai Store (New Baneshwor) and Saraswati Khadya Store (Bhaisepati) each have bagged laptop. Damodar Frame Pasal (Balaju) meanwhile received a washing machine.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The prizes were handed over to the first 14 retailers jointly by Andy Chong, CEO of Ncell and celebrities like Sandeep Lamichhane, Priyanka Karki and Shiva Pariyar.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Ncell said it will continue to hand over prizes to eligible PoS retailers across the country under this scheme.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">&nbsp;&lsquo;Ncell Super Seller&rsquo; campaign is in place from March 15 for a period of 10 months. For participation in this campaign, retailers will have to earn a defined points by accumulating points from every purchase of recharge cards and sales of SIM cards and Virtual Fund Transfer (VFT).</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Under this scheme, retailers can choose to be in one among the four groups defined as Platinum, Gold, Silver or Bronze to participate and win attractive prizes like car, Europe tour package and iPhone X as bumper prizes.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Apart from the bumper prizes, retailers achieving the defined points can get an opportunity to win prizes including bike, scooter, 55 inch smart TV, air conditioner, iPad, electric treadmill, washing machine, and laptop among others.</span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Kumari Bank Supports Shree Kamal Aadharbhut School',
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			'summary' => 'November 12: Kumari Bank Limited has provided scholarships to the underprivileged students of Kamalpokhari-based Shree Kamal Aadharbhut School in Kathmandu. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Preeti"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">November 12: Kumari Bank Limited has provided scholarships to the underprivileged students of Kamalpokhari-based Shree Kamal Aadharbhut School in Kathmandu. The bank said in a statement that it also provided 5 sets of computer to the school amid a recent function.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Preeti"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to the bank, the activity was intended to facilitate the students attain quality education. During the function, the bank also provided scholarship to Tulsi Ram Chand, an outstanding student of grade IX, upon the request of both the school and the student himself.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Preeti"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The bank&rsquo;s Deputy Chief Executive Officer Rajib Giri handed over the computers and cheque to the school&rsquo;s Principal Man Bahadur Khadka. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Preeti"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Under its corporate social responsibility, Kumari Bank has pledged to bring &ldquo;better and more impactful contributions&rdquo; to the society in the days ahead.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Preeti"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The bank has been providing its services through a network of 112 branch branches, 100 ATMs, 17 branchless banking units and three extension counters across the country.</span></span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Everest Bank’s Customers to get 30 % Discount at Tranquility Spa',
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			'summary' => 'November 12: Everest Bank Limited has tied up with Tranquility Spa for providing discount to the bank’s customers.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">November 12: Everest Bank Limited has tied up with Tranquility Spa for providing discount to the bank&rsquo;s customers. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">As per the agreement, the bank&rsquo;s customers will get discount of 30 percent on total bill amount at various outlets of the spa. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The bank&rsquo;s customers will get the discount upon showing their ATM or credit card. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Everest Bank said in a statement that it has always focused on customers&rsquo; benefit and satisfaction with its theme &lsquo;Service with Smile&rsquo;.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The bank currently has a customer base of over 1 million. The bank further said it has been providing banking services through a network of 94 branches, 28 revenue collection counters and 122 ATMs across the country.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">&nbsp;</span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

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			'title' => 'Number of Tourists Increases by 8 percent so far this Year',
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			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">November 12: The number of tourists visiting Nepal increased nominally by 8 percent in the first 10 months of the current fiscal year 2019/20.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Altogether 975,557 tourists visited Nepal between January and October this year, according to data provided by Nepal Tourism Board.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">During the corresponding period of last fiscal year, 903,539 tourists had visited Nepal.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">According to Nepal Tourism Board, the 10 major countries from where tourists arrive in Nepal include India, China, USA, Sri Lanka, UK, Thailand, Germany, Australia, South Korea and France.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Around 169,000 Indian tourists visited Nepal during the review period this year. Likewise, the number of visitors from China was 134,000.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The government has set an ambitious target of welcoming 2 million tourists for the Visit Nepal 2020 campaign. &nbsp;Stakeholders are keenly watching the number of tourists in the current FY. During last year, around 1,172,000 tourists had arrived in Nepal.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Nepal Tourism Board said that the arrival of tourists from the SAARC region has increased by 4.2 percent. Likewise, the number of tourists from other Asian countries increased by 11.1 percent while the number of visitors from Europe was up by 0.3 percent. Tourists from USA and Oceania increased by 5.4 percent each while those from rest of the world increased by 24 percent.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">However, the arrival of tourists from Bangladesh and Pakistan under the SAARC region dropped by 9.6 and 8.7 percent respectively.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Although the number of visitors this year has been lower than expected, officials of the Visit Nepal 2020 secretariat believe that the promotional campaigns this year will have positive impact in the coming year.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Member Secretary of the VNY 2020 Secretariat Rajan Poudel said that although they are running out of time, they are hopeful that the promotional activities undertaken so far will help them meet the target of bringing in 2 million tourists in 2020.</span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

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			'title' => 'Court Grants Permission to Arrest Padma Jyoti',
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			'summary' => 'November 12: Following the arrest of industrialist Roop Jyoti in a fraud case, Kathmandu District Court has also ordered the arrest of Padma Jyoti, chairman of Jyoti Group, in connection to the same case.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">November 12: Following the arrest of industrialist Roop Jyoti in a fraud case, Kathmandu District Court has also ordered the arrest of Padma Jyoti, chairman of Jyoti Group, in connection to the same case.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The district court on Monday granted permission to the Metropolitan Police Range, Teku to arrest the chairman of Jyoti Group.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Registrar at the district court Anand Shrestha said that the court issued the arrest warrant as per the request of the police.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Police said that they sought permission from the court to arrest Chairman Jyoti for further investigation into the case.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Padma Jyoti is the former president of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FNCCI).</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">&ldquo;Police had demanded Padma Jyoti&rsquo;s arrest for further investigation,&rdquo; said Registrar Shrestha. &ldquo;The court granted permission to the police to arrest him,&rdquo; confirmed Shrestha.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">However, DSP Hobindra Bogati at the police range declined to comment.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">&ldquo;We are currently investigation charges against Roop Jyoti,&rdquo; said DSP Bogati.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Police had arrested former state minister Jyoti and his daughter from Tribhuvan International Airport on Thursday while they were returning home from Singapore.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Jyoti has been accused of cheating Rs 13.6 million rupees in a land transaction case filed by Bigendra Krishna Malla. The district court had ordered his arrest about one year ago but Jyoti moved the Supreme Court. The apex court had issued an interim order not to arrest Jyoti. But the police finally arrested him after the Supreme Court last week vacated the interim order.</span></span></span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Nepal’s Dependence on Imported Fruits and Vegetables Growing',
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			'summary' => 'November 11: Nepal’s dependence on imported fruits and vegetables has been increasing in the recent days.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">November 11: Nepal&rsquo;s dependence on imported fruits and vegetables has been increasing in the recent days. This is evident from the fact that the country imported fruits and vegetables worth Rs 14 billion in the first three months of the current fiscal year 2019/20.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">According to the data provided by the Department of Customs, this figure is 20 percent more than the import during last fiscal year.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The country had imported fruits and vegetables worth Rs 11.80 billion during the first three months of last fiscal year2018/19. The import figures stood &nbsp;at Rs 8.96 billion in FY 2017/18, according to the department.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">During the review period, Nepal imported potatoes worth Rs 1.92 billion, onion worth Rs 1.72 billion, ginger worth Rs 900 million and tomatoes of Rs 120 million. Likewise, other major imports included apples (Rs 1.88 billion), grapes (Rs 690 million), mangoes (Rs 310 million), bananas (Rs 290 million) and coconut (Rs 160 million).</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">On the other hand, the export of fruits and vegetables from Nepal has decreased instead. Nepal exported fruits and vegetables worth Rs 490 million only during the review period.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The department informed that Nepal imports fruits and vegetables mainly from China, India and Bangladesh. Besides, Nepal also brings in such products from Thailand, Namibia, the Netherlands, Indonesia, South Korea among others.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Meanwhile, experts said that the grants and subsidies provided by the government to the farmers have proved to be ineffective. Former Secretary Puroshattam Ojha said that the pesticide residue tests have also not been able to stop the massive import of fruits and vegetables from abroad.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Dr Posh Raj Pandey, chairman of South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics and Environment (SAWTEE), said that the rise in import of fruits and vegetables at a time when more and more youths have shown interest in farming clearly indicates that Nepal has become heavily dependent on these edible products.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">He suggested the government to increase productivity of fruits and vegetables that suit the soil of Nepal to reduce dependence on foreign countries for such products.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Economic Survey of 2018/19 mentions that the total production of fruits and vegetables in Nepal is 53,28,000 metric tons. The production of fruits had increased by 14.16 percent last year compared to the previous year while the vegetable production increased by 1.86 percent.</span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Government Increases Customs Duty on Import of Gold',
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			'summary' => 'November 11: The government has increased customs duty on gold to discourage “smuggling” of the precious yellow metal. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">November 11: The government has increased customs duty on gold to discourage &ldquo;smuggling&rdquo; of the precious yellow metal. The government has increased the customs duty for gold imported for trade from Rs 5000 per 10 gram to Rs 6500.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Likewise, gold imported for personal use will be charged Rs 7500 per 10 grams, Rs 800 up from the earlier rate of Rs 6200. The same new rate will be applied for import of gold up to 50 grams.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Joint Secretary Dhani Ram Sharma, chief of the Revenue Management Department under the Ministry of Finance, said that the customs duty has been increased to discourage smuggling of gold.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Sharma said that Nepal is used as a transit point to smuggle gold to India when there is fluctuation in price of gold in India.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">He further said that the government decided to raise the tariff on gold to make it on par with the customs duty imposed by India.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Dealers of gold and silver had also been demanding increase of customs duty stating that gold and silver were being smuggled to India taking advantage of the tariff difference.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The difference in price of gold in Nepal and India appeared after the Indian government increased tax on import of gold by two percent some time ago.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Former president of the Federation of Nepal Gold Silver Dealers Association, Tej Ratna Shakya, said that the latest decision of the government will discourage smuggling of gold to India.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The increase in customs duty has also impacted the price of gold in the local market. The price has been increased by Rs 1100 per tola (11 grams approx).</span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'OPPO to Launch 5G Smartphone by End of 2019',
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			'summary' => 'November 11: Chinese smartphone brand OPPO has unveiled its plan to launch a dual-mode 5G smartphone by the end of this year. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:等线,serif">November 11: Chinese smartphone brand OPPO has unveiled its plan to launch a dual-mode 5G smartphone by the end of this year. Henry Tang, OPPO&rsquo;s Chief 5G scientist, at the Qualcomm 5G Summit 2019 in Barcelona, said the new device will be powered by Qualcomm&rsquo;s dual-mode 5G mobile platform and will support both standalone (SA) and non-standalone (NSA) networks.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:等线,serif">Representing OPPO at the 5G Summit alongside executives and Research and Development principals from a host of world-leading technology companies, Tang shared his insights on the current state of 5G and the future products, applications and cutting-edge experiences set to be enabled by the next-generation of connectivity. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:等线,serif">The company said in a statement that Tang expressed his conviction that 5G smartphones are on the verge of mass adoption, with OPPO rapidly realizing new market opportunities thanks to the strong competitive advantages of its 5G technologies and products globally.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:等线,serif">&ldquo;The unrelenting efforts from OPPO and other industry peers have paved the way for the rapid adoption of 5G, with users in select countries and regions already becoming early adopters of OPPO&rsquo;s 5G smartphones,&rdquo; said Tang. &ldquo;We hope our next-generation dual-mode 5G offerings will deliver a superior experience to more consumers in more markets globally, making 5G readily available to a wider consumer base worldwide.&rdquo;</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:等线,serif">In May 2019, OPPO partnered with Swisscom, Switzerland&rsquo;s leading telecom company, to officially launch OPPO Reno 5G in the Swiss market, making it the first 5G handset to be commercially available in Europe. Tang said that OPPO is now actively working with more than a dozen global operators to accelerate the commercialization of 5G worldwide. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:等线,serif">As a pioneer and advocate of 5G device development, OPPO said it has built extensive expertise in standardization, software and other technical aspects related to 5G technologies. &nbsp;</span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Samsung Launches Galaxy A20s in Market',
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			'summary' => 'November 11: Samsung has announced the launch of its new smartphone - Galaxy A20s in the market. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">November 11: Samsung has announced the launch of its new smartphone - Galaxy A20s in the market. According to the company, Galaxy A20s comes with enhanced innovations and is made for those who want to capture and share their experiences instantaneously. </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:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">As the newest addition to the Galaxy A family, Galaxy A20s is packed with triple rear cameras, 15W fast charging system and a striking design to elevate the smartphone experience of young millennials and Gen Z.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">The company said in a statement that Galaxy A20s comes with a stunning 6.5-inch HD+ Infinity-V Display providing an enriching visual experience to users. </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:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">It is powered by 4000mAh battery with 15W fast charging that allows uninterrupted streaming and gaming experience. Galaxy A20s also sports Dolby Atmos surround sound technology.</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:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Galaxy A20s comes with great cameras to enable Gen Z take brilliant pictures. The triple camera of the Galaxy A20s comprises of 13MP primary rear camera with F1.8 aperture, 8MP Ultra-Wide lens and a 5MP depth camera to capture beautiful shots. In addition, Galaxy A20s sports an 8MP front camera that produces brighter and clearer selfies.</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:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Galaxy A20s is an ultimate multitasker owing to Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 Octa-core processor, enabling users to easily juggle with multiple apps, the statement added. This device sports a sleek 8mm stunning design with a mirror-like finish and comes in three trendy colours &ndash; green, blue and black. Galaxy A20s is available in 3GB RAM + 32GB internal storage and 4GB RAM + 64GB internal storage variants and also sports a rear fingerprint scanner.</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:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Galaxy A20s is priced at Rs 20,690 for 3GB+32GB variant and Rs 23,990 for 4GB+64GB variant. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

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			'title' => 'Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank signs Pact with SB Solution to Automate Internal Loan Process',
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			'summary' => 'November  11: Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank has signed an agreement with SB Solutions Pvt Ltd to automate and digitized its internal loan process through Loan Management System Software.',
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Raghunath Koirala, head of GSD at Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank, and Bipul Dhakal, chairman of SB Solutions, signed the agreement on behalf of their respective organizations amid a recent function.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">With the introduction of the Loan Management System, the bank said it will able to automate and digitized its internal&nbsp; loan and approval process of loan files. This will be beneficial to help in approval of loan and analysis of the details of customer loan files in effective manner. &nbsp;</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The bank said in a statement that it will soon introduce the online loan eligibility service which will benefit the customers and clients to avail the online loan eligibility check and apply for any loan product through online portal offered by Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank.</span></span></p>
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			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">November 11: CareerPrep Fellowship, a preparatory school for future professionals to analyse job market, organised the fifth edition of My Skill My Future Symposium on Friday.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Speaking at the programme, speakers representing different business houses underscored the importance of self-learning and self-confidence to grow in one&rsquo;s career.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Shweta Bagla, head of Growth Department at OYO Nepal, shared her experience and professional knowledge stressing the need of being updated about contemporary issues. Besides, she shared the importance of respecting opposing views in one&rsquo;s profession.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">CEO of Nabil Bank Anil Keshary Shah reminded the students attending in the event about the importance of self-learning even after their graduation. He emphasized on learning from one&rsquo;s weakness.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Riken Maharjan, CEO of RB Diamond Jewellers underscored the importance of listening to others and understanding about other organizations as well. Likewise, Pramod Poudel, academic director at Sunway International Business School stressed on proper communication to convey one&rsquo;s idea to others in professional career.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Students from different educational institutions including Softwarica College, King&rsquo;s College etc had participated in the programme supported by OYO, Pathao, iflix, RB Diamond Jeweller, Prabhu Bank among others.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">CareerPep Fellowship has been organizing the programme since 2017 in every four months.</span></span></p>
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			'summary' => 'February 23: Bangladesh imported dairy products worth US$ 370.24 million (Rs 42.45 billion) in 2018, according to ITC Trademap.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">February 23: Bangladesh imported dairy products worth US$ 370.24 million (Rs 42.45 billion) in 2018, according to ITC Trademap.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Ninety five percent of the imported dairy products were powder milk. Bangladesh imported 59 percent of powder milk from New Zealand. Nepal can supply dairy products to Bangladesh to meet its demand worth Rs 42 billion if the eastern hills of the country are developed into dairy farms with assurance of export facility. For this, the government needs to encourage dairy farmers, provide them with grant and waive tax for a certain period. The government must also give quality assurance and then sign B2B and G2G agreements with Bangladesh.</span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Nepal Needs to Invest US$ 879 Million to Reduce Road Fatalities by Half: World Bank',
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			'summary' => 'February 23: The government is focused on road expansion drive but has paid very little attention towards road safety. It has been found that the government has invested too little for road safety measures.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">February 23: The government is focused on road expansion drive but has paid very little attention towards road safety. It has been found that the government has invested too little for road safety measures. The World Bank has stressed on the need to invest heavily on road safety measures to reduce road accident deaths by 50 percent.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The World Bank said in a recently published report that poor road safety performance in Nepal is a symptom of underinvestment in targeted initiatives.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It is estimated that Nepal will require an additional investment of US$ 879 million over the coming decade, if it is to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal 3.6 target of a 50 percent reduction in national road crash fatalities, the World Bank said in a report published on February 20.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">According to the report, road crash deaths and injuries in Nepal have been on a sharp upward trajectory since the early 2000s. In fiscal year 2017&ndash; 18, a total of 2,541 road deaths were officially reported in Nepal, which is equivalent to a fatality rate of 8.59 per 100,000 population.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">In the same period, 4,144 serious injuries and several minor injury victims were also officially reported. However, according to World Health Organization data the estimated fatality rate in 2016 was 15.9 per 100,000 population, which is nearly double the official estimate.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">&nbsp;In 2016, vulnerable road users (pedestrians, cyclists, and motorcyclists) accounted for around 72 percent of all road fatality victims, among the highest levels in the region, with pedestrians accounting for half of these.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">According to the World Bank, road deaths have a disproportionate impact on the young, working age population. About 40 percent of people killed on Nepal&rsquo;s roads in 2017 &ndash;18 were less than 26 years old. In 2016, transport injuries were the second leading cause of death among men aged 15&ndash;49-years.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">A recent World Bank Group study of road safety investment in South Asia revealed a crisis that has been exacerbated by the rapid growth in vehicle ownership and diversity of motorized and non-motorized traffic of varying sizes and speeds, without adequate protection for the most vulnerable.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It is clear that as vehicle ownership grows in Nepal, road crashes will continue to steadily climb&mdash;unless urgently required measures are implemented, the World Bank further said.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Nepal has a National Road Safety Strategy and Road Safety Action Plan based on the five pillars of the United Nations Global Plan for the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011&ndash; 2020: road safety management; safer roads and mobility; safer vehicles; safer road users; and post-crash response.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">However, only limited progress has been made on addressing these pillars and consequently Nepal is facing serious road safety challenges. Improving road safety in Nepal is vital to national health, well-being, and economic growth.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">As evidenced in analytical work undertaken by the WBG with funding from Bloomberg Philanthropies, sharply reducing the number of crash fatalities and injuries over time would enable countries like Nepal to achieve substantial increases in economic growth and national income, while simultaneously achieving large population welfare gains. This underscores the economic losses associated with inaction.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">However, the report says governance challenges impede the mobilization of a systemic, targeted, and sustained road safety program in Nepal. Agencies responsible for road safety are inadequately empowered and resourced.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Crash data and network safety performance data weaknesses undermine lead agency capacity to develop a results-focused strategy and ensure its adequate coordination, legislative support, funding and resource allocation, promotion, monitoring and evaluation, and related research and development.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The World Bank suggests a number of measures to be taken for reducing road fatalities. Initiatives taken must be systematic, at scale and properly sequenced, with institutional capacity being strengthened, to ensure successful delivery, the report furthers states.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Robust vehicle and driver licensing systems will need to be established and accessible by law enforcement agencies and regulatory authorities before the full power of safety compliance regimes can be exercised.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Infrastructure safety design skills and tools will require strengthening to ensure the protection of all road users. Scaled-up road safety investment will contribute to the accumulation of human capital in Nepal, which in turn will contribute to sustainable and inclusive economic growth and overall country wealth.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It will also contribute to the achievement of other sustainable mobility goals concerning improved transport productivity, universal accessibility, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and reduced local air and noise pollution.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It will take long-term commitment and sustained vision from the Government of Nepal for this investment to be effective and bring road safety performance under control on a sustainable basis, the report concluded.</span></span></p>

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			'summary' => 'February 23: The government has revised its target of revenue collection during the mid-term review of current fiscal year’s budget.  ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">February 23: The government has revised its target of revenue collection during the mid-term review of current fiscal year&rsquo;s budget. &nbsp;The government has adopted strict measures to curb revenue leakage after realizing that it is unlikely to meet the revised target as well.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The government has a daunting task of collecting Rs 600 billion in the next five months as per the revised target.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Finance Minister Yuba Raj Khatiwada has instructed all departments under his ministry to adopt strict measures to meet the revised target. &nbsp;He also called a meeting of high-ranking officials from ministries of finance, home affairs and Prime Minister&rsquo;s Office during Democracy Day last week and gave strict orders to meet the target.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The finance minister presented himself in an aggressive manner, according to officials who attended the first meeting after the mid-term review. During the meeting, Khatiwada reportedly issued stern instructions to the government authorities to collect all the dues and control tax evasion.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The finance minister also instructed the authorities to increase patrolling to curb smuggling and make proper arrangement of logistics and manpower for such patrol teams. He also directed them to keep vigilance at sensitive border entry points in order to intercept illegal entry of goods.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The government had set a target to collect revenue of Rs 1112 billion for the current fiscal year 2019/20. However, in the mid-term review, the government revised the target and set a new goal of collecting Rs 1056 billion. In the first six months of the current fiscal year, the government was able to collect only Rs 456 billion revenue. Now it faces an uphill battle to collect Rs 600 billion in the remaining five months.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The government has claimed that the decline in revenue collection is a result of a drop in import in the current fiscal year. If the government is to meet its revised target, it has to collect Rs 1004 billion from customs offices alone.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">&ldquo;The obstruction in export of palm oil has been removed. This has opened way for import of unprocessed palm oil. So, we are hopeful of meeting the revised target,&rdquo; said a highly-placed customs official requesting anonymity.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The government intends to collect Rs 169 billion from Value Added Tax (VAT) in the next five months. &nbsp;The government has already collected Rs 126 billion so far this year from VAT.</span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'NAC to Halt its Flights to Osaka',
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			'summary' => 'February 23: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) is preparing to halt its flights to Osaka starting from February 27.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-family:&quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">February 23: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) is preparing to halt its flights to Osaka starting from February 27.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-family:&quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Officials at the state-run airline company said that they decided to stop the flights to Osaka after getting permission to operate direct flights to Narita, which has better prospects for the company than Osaka.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-family:&quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">The cash-strapped airline, which had re-launched its flights to Osaka since August 29, was struggling to find passengers along the route. Authorities believe there would be no such problems for flights to Narita as large number of Nepalis live in this area making the flights economically more viable.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">NAC recently announced that it is ready to operate direct flights to Narita of Japan from March 2. The flag carrier of Nepal confirmed in a statement on February 10 that it will operate three flights a week to Narita.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The state-run airlines will operate flights on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays using the newly-purchased wide-body Airbus, the statement added.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The one-way fare to Narita has been set at Rs 37,000 for the time being to promote the new route. Likewise, the round-trip fare is Rs 73,000. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">NAC believes that the flights to Narita will facilitate people travelling to Tokyo and nearby areas while the passengers will not have to go through transit anymore with the launch of direct flights.&nbsp; </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">NAC believes Narita has better prospects for Nepal than Osaka from commercial point of view. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">NAC had been operating flights to Osaka from 1994 till 2007, after which it stopped the flights citing lack of aircraft. NAC re-launched its flights to Osaka last year after purchasing two wide-body aircraft of Airbus.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Back in the 90s and 2000s, NAC used to operate flights to Osaka via Shanghai. </span></span></p>

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			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">November 12: Ncell Private Limited has handed over prizes to 14 point of sales (PoS) retailers of Kathmandu and Lalitpur as a part of its ongoing campaign &lsquo;Ncell Super Seller&rsquo;. The retailers on Monday received prizes including gold, laptop, mountain bike and washing machine.&nbsp; </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">According to the company, seven retailers Rijan Dairy (Buspark), Om Sai Ram Communication (Manamaiju), Sharp Solution (Kalanki), TRL Electronic Shop (Nayabazaar), MK Store (Satungal), DR Vision Centre (Thamel, Pipalbot) and Shree Pashupati Enterprises (Nayabazaar) each won 1 tola of 24 carat gold.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Likewise, four retailers Rana Store (Milan Tole), NBT Mobile Marmat Centre (Jorpati), Raj International Traders (Samakhusi) and Biki Electronics (Imadole) have won mountain bike, Ncell said in a statement.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Similarly, New Kankai Store (New Baneshwor) and Saraswati Khadya Store (Bhaisepati) each have bagged laptop. Damodar Frame Pasal (Balaju) meanwhile received a washing machine.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The prizes were handed over to the first 14 retailers jointly by Andy Chong, CEO of Ncell and celebrities like Sandeep Lamichhane, Priyanka Karki and Shiva Pariyar.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Ncell said it will continue to hand over prizes to eligible PoS retailers across the country under this scheme.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">&nbsp;&lsquo;Ncell Super Seller&rsquo; campaign is in place from March 15 for a period of 10 months. For participation in this campaign, retailers will have to earn a defined points by accumulating points from every purchase of recharge cards and sales of SIM cards and Virtual Fund Transfer (VFT).</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Under this scheme, retailers can choose to be in one among the four groups defined as Platinum, Gold, Silver or Bronze to participate and win attractive prizes like car, Europe tour package and iPhone X as bumper prizes.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Apart from the bumper prizes, retailers achieving the defined points can get an opportunity to win prizes including bike, scooter, 55 inch smart TV, air conditioner, iPad, electric treadmill, washing machine, and laptop among others.</span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Kumari Bank Supports Shree Kamal Aadharbhut School',
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			'summary' => 'November 12: Kumari Bank Limited has provided scholarships to the underprivileged students of Kamalpokhari-based Shree Kamal Aadharbhut School in Kathmandu. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Preeti"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">November 12: Kumari Bank Limited has provided scholarships to the underprivileged students of Kamalpokhari-based Shree Kamal Aadharbhut School in Kathmandu. The bank said in a statement that it also provided 5 sets of computer to the school amid a recent function.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Preeti"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to the bank, the activity was intended to facilitate the students attain quality education. During the function, the bank also provided scholarship to Tulsi Ram Chand, an outstanding student of grade IX, upon the request of both the school and the student himself.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Preeti"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The bank&rsquo;s Deputy Chief Executive Officer Rajib Giri handed over the computers and cheque to the school&rsquo;s Principal Man Bahadur Khadka. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Preeti"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Under its corporate social responsibility, Kumari Bank has pledged to bring &ldquo;better and more impactful contributions&rdquo; to the society in the days ahead.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Preeti"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The bank has been providing its services through a network of 112 branch branches, 100 ATMs, 17 branchless banking units and three extension counters across the country.</span></span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Everest Bank’s Customers to get 30 % Discount at Tranquility Spa',
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			'summary' => 'November 12: Everest Bank Limited has tied up with Tranquility Spa for providing discount to the bank’s customers.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">November 12: Everest Bank Limited has tied up with Tranquility Spa for providing discount to the bank&rsquo;s customers. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">As per the agreement, the bank&rsquo;s customers will get discount of 30 percent on total bill amount at various outlets of the spa. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The bank&rsquo;s customers will get the discount upon showing their ATM or credit card. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Everest Bank said in a statement that it has always focused on customers&rsquo; benefit and satisfaction with its theme &lsquo;Service with Smile&rsquo;.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The bank currently has a customer base of over 1 million. The bank further said it has been providing banking services through a network of 94 branches, 28 revenue collection counters and 122 ATMs across the country.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">&nbsp;</span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Number of Tourists Increases by 8 percent so far this Year',
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			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">November 12: The number of tourists visiting Nepal increased nominally by 8 percent in the first 10 months of the current fiscal year 2019/20.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Altogether 975,557 tourists visited Nepal between January and October this year, according to data provided by Nepal Tourism Board.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">During the corresponding period of last fiscal year, 903,539 tourists had visited Nepal.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">According to Nepal Tourism Board, the 10 major countries from where tourists arrive in Nepal include India, China, USA, Sri Lanka, UK, Thailand, Germany, Australia, South Korea and France.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Around 169,000 Indian tourists visited Nepal during the review period this year. Likewise, the number of visitors from China was 134,000.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The government has set an ambitious target of welcoming 2 million tourists for the Visit Nepal 2020 campaign. &nbsp;Stakeholders are keenly watching the number of tourists in the current FY. During last year, around 1,172,000 tourists had arrived in Nepal.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Nepal Tourism Board said that the arrival of tourists from the SAARC region has increased by 4.2 percent. Likewise, the number of tourists from other Asian countries increased by 11.1 percent while the number of visitors from Europe was up by 0.3 percent. Tourists from USA and Oceania increased by 5.4 percent each while those from rest of the world increased by 24 percent.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">However, the arrival of tourists from Bangladesh and Pakistan under the SAARC region dropped by 9.6 and 8.7 percent respectively.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Although the number of visitors this year has been lower than expected, officials of the Visit Nepal 2020 secretariat believe that the promotional campaigns this year will have positive impact in the coming year.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Member Secretary of the VNY 2020 Secretariat Rajan Poudel said that although they are running out of time, they are hopeful that the promotional activities undertaken so far will help them meet the target of bringing in 2 million tourists in 2020.</span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Court Grants Permission to Arrest Padma Jyoti',
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			'summary' => 'November 12: Following the arrest of industrialist Roop Jyoti in a fraud case, Kathmandu District Court has also ordered the arrest of Padma Jyoti, chairman of Jyoti Group, in connection to the same case.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">November 12: Following the arrest of industrialist Roop Jyoti in a fraud case, Kathmandu District Court has also ordered the arrest of Padma Jyoti, chairman of Jyoti Group, in connection to the same case.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The district court on Monday granted permission to the Metropolitan Police Range, Teku to arrest the chairman of Jyoti Group.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Registrar at the district court Anand Shrestha said that the court issued the arrest warrant as per the request of the police.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Police said that they sought permission from the court to arrest Chairman Jyoti for further investigation into the case.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Padma Jyoti is the former president of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FNCCI).</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">&ldquo;Police had demanded Padma Jyoti&rsquo;s arrest for further investigation,&rdquo; said Registrar Shrestha. &ldquo;The court granted permission to the police to arrest him,&rdquo; confirmed Shrestha.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">However, DSP Hobindra Bogati at the police range declined to comment.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">&ldquo;We are currently investigation charges against Roop Jyoti,&rdquo; said DSP Bogati.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Police had arrested former state minister Jyoti and his daughter from Tribhuvan International Airport on Thursday while they were returning home from Singapore.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Jyoti has been accused of cheating Rs 13.6 million rupees in a land transaction case filed by Bigendra Krishna Malla. The district court had ordered his arrest about one year ago but Jyoti moved the Supreme Court. The apex court had issued an interim order not to arrest Jyoti. But the police finally arrested him after the Supreme Court last week vacated the interim order.</span></span></span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Nepal’s Dependence on Imported Fruits and Vegetables Growing',
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			'summary' => 'November 11: Nepal’s dependence on imported fruits and vegetables has been increasing in the recent days.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">November 11: Nepal&rsquo;s dependence on imported fruits and vegetables has been increasing in the recent days. This is evident from the fact that the country imported fruits and vegetables worth Rs 14 billion in the first three months of the current fiscal year 2019/20.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">According to the data provided by the Department of Customs, this figure is 20 percent more than the import during last fiscal year.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The country had imported fruits and vegetables worth Rs 11.80 billion during the first three months of last fiscal year2018/19. The import figures stood &nbsp;at Rs 8.96 billion in FY 2017/18, according to the department.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">During the review period, Nepal imported potatoes worth Rs 1.92 billion, onion worth Rs 1.72 billion, ginger worth Rs 900 million and tomatoes of Rs 120 million. Likewise, other major imports included apples (Rs 1.88 billion), grapes (Rs 690 million), mangoes (Rs 310 million), bananas (Rs 290 million) and coconut (Rs 160 million).</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">On the other hand, the export of fruits and vegetables from Nepal has decreased instead. Nepal exported fruits and vegetables worth Rs 490 million only during the review period.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The department informed that Nepal imports fruits and vegetables mainly from China, India and Bangladesh. Besides, Nepal also brings in such products from Thailand, Namibia, the Netherlands, Indonesia, South Korea among others.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Meanwhile, experts said that the grants and subsidies provided by the government to the farmers have proved to be ineffective. Former Secretary Puroshattam Ojha said that the pesticide residue tests have also not been able to stop the massive import of fruits and vegetables from abroad.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Dr Posh Raj Pandey, chairman of South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics and Environment (SAWTEE), said that the rise in import of fruits and vegetables at a time when more and more youths have shown interest in farming clearly indicates that Nepal has become heavily dependent on these edible products.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">He suggested the government to increase productivity of fruits and vegetables that suit the soil of Nepal to reduce dependence on foreign countries for such products.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Economic Survey of 2018/19 mentions that the total production of fruits and vegetables in Nepal is 53,28,000 metric tons. The production of fruits had increased by 14.16 percent last year compared to the previous year while the vegetable production increased by 1.86 percent.</span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Government Increases Customs Duty on Import of Gold',
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			'summary' => 'November 11: The government has increased customs duty on gold to discourage “smuggling” of the precious yellow metal. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">November 11: The government has increased customs duty on gold to discourage &ldquo;smuggling&rdquo; of the precious yellow metal. The government has increased the customs duty for gold imported for trade from Rs 5000 per 10 gram to Rs 6500.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Likewise, gold imported for personal use will be charged Rs 7500 per 10 grams, Rs 800 up from the earlier rate of Rs 6200. The same new rate will be applied for import of gold up to 50 grams.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Joint Secretary Dhani Ram Sharma, chief of the Revenue Management Department under the Ministry of Finance, said that the customs duty has been increased to discourage smuggling of gold.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Sharma said that Nepal is used as a transit point to smuggle gold to India when there is fluctuation in price of gold in India.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">He further said that the government decided to raise the tariff on gold to make it on par with the customs duty imposed by India.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Dealers of gold and silver had also been demanding increase of customs duty stating that gold and silver were being smuggled to India taking advantage of the tariff difference.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The difference in price of gold in Nepal and India appeared after the Indian government increased tax on import of gold by two percent some time ago.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Former president of the Federation of Nepal Gold Silver Dealers Association, Tej Ratna Shakya, said that the latest decision of the government will discourage smuggling of gold to India.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The increase in customs duty has also impacted the price of gold in the local market. The price has been increased by Rs 1100 per tola (11 grams approx).</span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'OPPO to Launch 5G Smartphone by End of 2019',
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			'summary' => 'November 11: Chinese smartphone brand OPPO has unveiled its plan to launch a dual-mode 5G smartphone by the end of this year. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:等线,serif">November 11: Chinese smartphone brand OPPO has unveiled its plan to launch a dual-mode 5G smartphone by the end of this year. Henry Tang, OPPO&rsquo;s Chief 5G scientist, at the Qualcomm 5G Summit 2019 in Barcelona, said the new device will be powered by Qualcomm&rsquo;s dual-mode 5G mobile platform and will support both standalone (SA) and non-standalone (NSA) networks.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:等线,serif">Representing OPPO at the 5G Summit alongside executives and Research and Development principals from a host of world-leading technology companies, Tang shared his insights on the current state of 5G and the future products, applications and cutting-edge experiences set to be enabled by the next-generation of connectivity. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:等线,serif">The company said in a statement that Tang expressed his conviction that 5G smartphones are on the verge of mass adoption, with OPPO rapidly realizing new market opportunities thanks to the strong competitive advantages of its 5G technologies and products globally.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:等线,serif">&ldquo;The unrelenting efforts from OPPO and other industry peers have paved the way for the rapid adoption of 5G, with users in select countries and regions already becoming early adopters of OPPO&rsquo;s 5G smartphones,&rdquo; said Tang. &ldquo;We hope our next-generation dual-mode 5G offerings will deliver a superior experience to more consumers in more markets globally, making 5G readily available to a wider consumer base worldwide.&rdquo;</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:等线,serif">In May 2019, OPPO partnered with Swisscom, Switzerland&rsquo;s leading telecom company, to officially launch OPPO Reno 5G in the Swiss market, making it the first 5G handset to be commercially available in Europe. Tang said that OPPO is now actively working with more than a dozen global operators to accelerate the commercialization of 5G worldwide. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:等线,serif">As a pioneer and advocate of 5G device development, OPPO said it has built extensive expertise in standardization, software and other technical aspects related to 5G technologies. &nbsp;</span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Samsung Launches Galaxy A20s in Market',
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			'summary' => 'November 11: Samsung has announced the launch of its new smartphone - Galaxy A20s in the market. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">November 11: Samsung has announced the launch of its new smartphone - Galaxy A20s in the market. According to the company, Galaxy A20s comes with enhanced innovations and is made for those who want to capture and share their experiences instantaneously. </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:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">As the newest addition to the Galaxy A family, Galaxy A20s is packed with triple rear cameras, 15W fast charging system and a striking design to elevate the smartphone experience of young millennials and Gen Z.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">The company said in a statement that Galaxy A20s comes with a stunning 6.5-inch HD+ Infinity-V Display providing an enriching visual experience to users. </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:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">It is powered by 4000mAh battery with 15W fast charging that allows uninterrupted streaming and gaming experience. Galaxy A20s also sports Dolby Atmos surround sound technology.</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:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Galaxy A20s comes with great cameras to enable Gen Z take brilliant pictures. The triple camera of the Galaxy A20s comprises of 13MP primary rear camera with F1.8 aperture, 8MP Ultra-Wide lens and a 5MP depth camera to capture beautiful shots. In addition, Galaxy A20s sports an 8MP front camera that produces brighter and clearer selfies.</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:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Galaxy A20s is an ultimate multitasker owing to Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 Octa-core processor, enabling users to easily juggle with multiple apps, the statement added. This device sports a sleek 8mm stunning design with a mirror-like finish and comes in three trendy colours &ndash; green, blue and black. Galaxy A20s is available in 3GB RAM + 32GB internal storage and 4GB RAM + 64GB internal storage variants and also sports a rear fingerprint scanner.</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:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Galaxy A20s is priced at Rs 20,690 for 3GB+32GB variant and Rs 23,990 for 4GB+64GB variant. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

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			'title' => 'Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank signs Pact with SB Solution to Automate Internal Loan Process',
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			'summary' => 'November  11: Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank has signed an agreement with SB Solutions Pvt Ltd to automate and digitized its internal loan process through Loan Management System Software.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">November &nbsp;11: Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank has signed an agreement with SB Solutions Pvt Ltd to automate and digitized its internal loan process through Loan Management System Software.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Raghunath Koirala, head of GSD at Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank, and Bipul Dhakal, chairman of SB Solutions, signed the agreement on behalf of their respective organizations amid a recent function.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">With the introduction of the Loan Management System, the bank said it will able to automate and digitized its internal&nbsp; loan and approval process of loan files. This will be beneficial to help in approval of loan and analysis of the details of customer loan files in effective manner. &nbsp;</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The bank said in a statement that it will soon introduce the online loan eligibility service which will benefit the customers and clients to avail the online loan eligibility check and apply for any loan product through online portal offered by Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank.</span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'CareerPrep Fellowship Organises My Skills My Future Symposium',
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			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">November 11: CareerPrep Fellowship, a preparatory school for future professionals to analyse job market, organised the fifth edition of My Skill My Future Symposium on Friday.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Speaking at the programme, speakers representing different business houses underscored the importance of self-learning and self-confidence to grow in one&rsquo;s career.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Shweta Bagla, head of Growth Department at OYO Nepal, shared her experience and professional knowledge stressing the need of being updated about contemporary issues. Besides, she shared the importance of respecting opposing views in one&rsquo;s profession.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">CEO of Nabil Bank Anil Keshary Shah reminded the students attending in the event about the importance of self-learning even after their graduation. He emphasized on learning from one&rsquo;s weakness.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Riken Maharjan, CEO of RB Diamond Jewellers underscored the importance of listening to others and understanding about other organizations as well. Likewise, Pramod Poudel, academic director at Sunway International Business School stressed on proper communication to convey one&rsquo;s idea to others in professional career.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Students from different educational institutions including Softwarica College, King&rsquo;s College etc had participated in the programme supported by OYO, Pathao, iflix, RB Diamond Jeweller, Prabhu Bank among others.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">CareerPep Fellowship has been organizing the programme since 2017 in every four months.</span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Nepal has Good Prospects of Selling Diary Products to Bangladesh',
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			'summary' => 'February 23: Bangladesh imported dairy products worth US$ 370.24 million (Rs 42.45 billion) in 2018, according to ITC Trademap.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">February 23: Bangladesh imported dairy products worth US$ 370.24 million (Rs 42.45 billion) in 2018, according to ITC Trademap.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Ninety five percent of the imported dairy products were powder milk. Bangladesh imported 59 percent of powder milk from New Zealand. Nepal can supply dairy products to Bangladesh to meet its demand worth Rs 42 billion if the eastern hills of the country are developed into dairy farms with assurance of export facility. For this, the government needs to encourage dairy farmers, provide them with grant and waive tax for a certain period. The government must also give quality assurance and then sign B2B and G2G agreements with Bangladesh.</span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Nepal Needs to Invest US$ 879 Million to Reduce Road Fatalities by Half: World Bank',
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			'summary' => 'February 23: The government is focused on road expansion drive but has paid very little attention towards road safety. It has been found that the government has invested too little for road safety measures.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">February 23: The government is focused on road expansion drive but has paid very little attention towards road safety. It has been found that the government has invested too little for road safety measures. The World Bank has stressed on the need to invest heavily on road safety measures to reduce road accident deaths by 50 percent.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The World Bank said in a recently published report that poor road safety performance in Nepal is a symptom of underinvestment in targeted initiatives.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It is estimated that Nepal will require an additional investment of US$ 879 million over the coming decade, if it is to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal 3.6 target of a 50 percent reduction in national road crash fatalities, the World Bank said in a report published on February 20.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">According to the report, road crash deaths and injuries in Nepal have been on a sharp upward trajectory since the early 2000s. In fiscal year 2017&ndash; 18, a total of 2,541 road deaths were officially reported in Nepal, which is equivalent to a fatality rate of 8.59 per 100,000 population.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">In the same period, 4,144 serious injuries and several minor injury victims were also officially reported. However, according to World Health Organization data the estimated fatality rate in 2016 was 15.9 per 100,000 population, which is nearly double the official estimate.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">&nbsp;In 2016, vulnerable road users (pedestrians, cyclists, and motorcyclists) accounted for around 72 percent of all road fatality victims, among the highest levels in the region, with pedestrians accounting for half of these.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">According to the World Bank, road deaths have a disproportionate impact on the young, working age population. About 40 percent of people killed on Nepal&rsquo;s roads in 2017 &ndash;18 were less than 26 years old. In 2016, transport injuries were the second leading cause of death among men aged 15&ndash;49-years.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">A recent World Bank Group study of road safety investment in South Asia revealed a crisis that has been exacerbated by the rapid growth in vehicle ownership and diversity of motorized and non-motorized traffic of varying sizes and speeds, without adequate protection for the most vulnerable.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It is clear that as vehicle ownership grows in Nepal, road crashes will continue to steadily climb&mdash;unless urgently required measures are implemented, the World Bank further said.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Nepal has a National Road Safety Strategy and Road Safety Action Plan based on the five pillars of the United Nations Global Plan for the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011&ndash; 2020: road safety management; safer roads and mobility; safer vehicles; safer road users; and post-crash response.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">However, only limited progress has been made on addressing these pillars and consequently Nepal is facing serious road safety challenges. Improving road safety in Nepal is vital to national health, well-being, and economic growth.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">As evidenced in analytical work undertaken by the WBG with funding from Bloomberg Philanthropies, sharply reducing the number of crash fatalities and injuries over time would enable countries like Nepal to achieve substantial increases in economic growth and national income, while simultaneously achieving large population welfare gains. This underscores the economic losses associated with inaction.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">However, the report says governance challenges impede the mobilization of a systemic, targeted, and sustained road safety program in Nepal. Agencies responsible for road safety are inadequately empowered and resourced.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Crash data and network safety performance data weaknesses undermine lead agency capacity to develop a results-focused strategy and ensure its adequate coordination, legislative support, funding and resource allocation, promotion, monitoring and evaluation, and related research and development.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The World Bank suggests a number of measures to be taken for reducing road fatalities. Initiatives taken must be systematic, at scale and properly sequenced, with institutional capacity being strengthened, to ensure successful delivery, the report furthers states.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Robust vehicle and driver licensing systems will need to be established and accessible by law enforcement agencies and regulatory authorities before the full power of safety compliance regimes can be exercised.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Infrastructure safety design skills and tools will require strengthening to ensure the protection of all road users. Scaled-up road safety investment will contribute to the accumulation of human capital in Nepal, which in turn will contribute to sustainable and inclusive economic growth and overall country wealth.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It will also contribute to the achievement of other sustainable mobility goals concerning improved transport productivity, universal accessibility, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and reduced local air and noise pollution.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It will take long-term commitment and sustained vision from the Government of Nepal for this investment to be effective and bring road safety performance under control on a sustainable basis, the report concluded.</span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Government Faces Uphill Battle to Meet the Revised Target of Revenue Collection',
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			'summary' => 'February 23: The government has revised its target of revenue collection during the mid-term review of current fiscal year’s budget.  ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">February 23: The government has revised its target of revenue collection during the mid-term review of current fiscal year&rsquo;s budget. &nbsp;The government has adopted strict measures to curb revenue leakage after realizing that it is unlikely to meet the revised target as well.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The government has a daunting task of collecting Rs 600 billion in the next five months as per the revised target.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Finance Minister Yuba Raj Khatiwada has instructed all departments under his ministry to adopt strict measures to meet the revised target. &nbsp;He also called a meeting of high-ranking officials from ministries of finance, home affairs and Prime Minister&rsquo;s Office during Democracy Day last week and gave strict orders to meet the target.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The finance minister presented himself in an aggressive manner, according to officials who attended the first meeting after the mid-term review. During the meeting, Khatiwada reportedly issued stern instructions to the government authorities to collect all the dues and control tax evasion.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The finance minister also instructed the authorities to increase patrolling to curb smuggling and make proper arrangement of logistics and manpower for such patrol teams. He also directed them to keep vigilance at sensitive border entry points in order to intercept illegal entry of goods.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The government had set a target to collect revenue of Rs 1112 billion for the current fiscal year 2019/20. However, in the mid-term review, the government revised the target and set a new goal of collecting Rs 1056 billion. In the first six months of the current fiscal year, the government was able to collect only Rs 456 billion revenue. Now it faces an uphill battle to collect Rs 600 billion in the remaining five months.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The government has claimed that the decline in revenue collection is a result of a drop in import in the current fiscal year. If the government is to meet its revised target, it has to collect Rs 1004 billion from customs offices alone.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">&ldquo;The obstruction in export of palm oil has been removed. This has opened way for import of unprocessed palm oil. So, we are hopeful of meeting the revised target,&rdquo; said a highly-placed customs official requesting anonymity.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The government intends to collect Rs 169 billion from Value Added Tax (VAT) in the next five months. &nbsp;The government has already collected Rs 126 billion so far this year from VAT.</span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'NAC to Halt its Flights to Osaka',
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			'summary' => 'February 23: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) is preparing to halt its flights to Osaka starting from February 27.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-family:&quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">February 23: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) is preparing to halt its flights to Osaka starting from February 27.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-family:&quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Officials at the state-run airline company said that they decided to stop the flights to Osaka after getting permission to operate direct flights to Narita, which has better prospects for the company than Osaka.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-family:&quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">The cash-strapped airline, which had re-launched its flights to Osaka since August 29, was struggling to find passengers along the route. Authorities believe there would be no such problems for flights to Narita as large number of Nepalis live in this area making the flights economically more viable.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">NAC recently announced that it is ready to operate direct flights to Narita of Japan from March 2. The flag carrier of Nepal confirmed in a statement on February 10 that it will operate three flights a week to Narita.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The state-run airlines will operate flights on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays using the newly-purchased wide-body Airbus, the statement added.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The one-way fare to Narita has been set at Rs 37,000 for the time being to promote the new route. Likewise, the round-trip fare is Rs 73,000. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">NAC believes that the flights to Narita will facilitate people travelling to Tokyo and nearby areas while the passengers will not have to go through transit anymore with the launch of direct flights.&nbsp; </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">NAC believes Narita has better prospects for Nepal than Osaka from commercial point of view. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">NAC had been operating flights to Osaka from 1994 till 2007, after which it stopped the flights citing lack of aircraft. NAC re-launched its flights to Osaka last year after purchasing two wide-body aircraft of Airbus.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Back in the 90s and 2000s, NAC used to operate flights to Osaka via Shanghai. </span></span></p>

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			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">November 12: Ncell Private Limited has handed over prizes to 14 point of sales (PoS) retailers of Kathmandu and Lalitpur as a part of its ongoing campaign &lsquo;Ncell Super Seller&rsquo;. The retailers on Monday received prizes including gold, laptop, mountain bike and washing machine.&nbsp; </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">According to the company, seven retailers Rijan Dairy (Buspark), Om Sai Ram Communication (Manamaiju), Sharp Solution (Kalanki), TRL Electronic Shop (Nayabazaar), MK Store (Satungal), DR Vision Centre (Thamel, Pipalbot) and Shree Pashupati Enterprises (Nayabazaar) each won 1 tola of 24 carat gold.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Likewise, four retailers Rana Store (Milan Tole), NBT Mobile Marmat Centre (Jorpati), Raj International Traders (Samakhusi) and Biki Electronics (Imadole) have won mountain bike, Ncell said in a statement.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Similarly, New Kankai Store (New Baneshwor) and Saraswati Khadya Store (Bhaisepati) each have bagged laptop. Damodar Frame Pasal (Balaju) meanwhile received a washing machine.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The prizes were handed over to the first 14 retailers jointly by Andy Chong, CEO of Ncell and celebrities like Sandeep Lamichhane, Priyanka Karki and Shiva Pariyar.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Ncell said it will continue to hand over prizes to eligible PoS retailers across the country under this scheme.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">&nbsp;&lsquo;Ncell Super Seller&rsquo; campaign is in place from March 15 for a period of 10 months. For participation in this campaign, retailers will have to earn a defined points by accumulating points from every purchase of recharge cards and sales of SIM cards and Virtual Fund Transfer (VFT).</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Under this scheme, retailers can choose to be in one among the four groups defined as Platinum, Gold, Silver or Bronze to participate and win attractive prizes like car, Europe tour package and iPhone X as bumper prizes.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Apart from the bumper prizes, retailers achieving the defined points can get an opportunity to win prizes including bike, scooter, 55 inch smart TV, air conditioner, iPad, electric treadmill, washing machine, and laptop among others.</span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Kumari Bank Supports Shree Kamal Aadharbhut School',
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			'summary' => 'November 12: Kumari Bank Limited has provided scholarships to the underprivileged students of Kamalpokhari-based Shree Kamal Aadharbhut School in Kathmandu. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Preeti"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">November 12: Kumari Bank Limited has provided scholarships to the underprivileged students of Kamalpokhari-based Shree Kamal Aadharbhut School in Kathmandu. The bank said in a statement that it also provided 5 sets of computer to the school amid a recent function.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Preeti"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to the bank, the activity was intended to facilitate the students attain quality education. During the function, the bank also provided scholarship to Tulsi Ram Chand, an outstanding student of grade IX, upon the request of both the school and the student himself.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Preeti"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The bank&rsquo;s Deputy Chief Executive Officer Rajib Giri handed over the computers and cheque to the school&rsquo;s Principal Man Bahadur Khadka. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Preeti"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Under its corporate social responsibility, Kumari Bank has pledged to bring &ldquo;better and more impactful contributions&rdquo; to the society in the days ahead.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Preeti"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The bank has been providing its services through a network of 112 branch branches, 100 ATMs, 17 branchless banking units and three extension counters across the country.</span></span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Everest Bank’s Customers to get 30 % Discount at Tranquility Spa',
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			'summary' => 'November 12: Everest Bank Limited has tied up with Tranquility Spa for providing discount to the bank’s customers.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">November 12: Everest Bank Limited has tied up with Tranquility Spa for providing discount to the bank&rsquo;s customers. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">As per the agreement, the bank&rsquo;s customers will get discount of 30 percent on total bill amount at various outlets of the spa. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The bank&rsquo;s customers will get the discount upon showing their ATM or credit card. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Everest Bank said in a statement that it has always focused on customers&rsquo; benefit and satisfaction with its theme &lsquo;Service with Smile&rsquo;.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The bank currently has a customer base of over 1 million. The bank further said it has been providing banking services through a network of 94 branches, 28 revenue collection counters and 122 ATMs across the country.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">&nbsp;</span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Number of Tourists Increases by 8 percent so far this Year',
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			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">November 12: The number of tourists visiting Nepal increased nominally by 8 percent in the first 10 months of the current fiscal year 2019/20.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Altogether 975,557 tourists visited Nepal between January and October this year, according to data provided by Nepal Tourism Board.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">During the corresponding period of last fiscal year, 903,539 tourists had visited Nepal.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">According to Nepal Tourism Board, the 10 major countries from where tourists arrive in Nepal include India, China, USA, Sri Lanka, UK, Thailand, Germany, Australia, South Korea and France.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Around 169,000 Indian tourists visited Nepal during the review period this year. Likewise, the number of visitors from China was 134,000.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The government has set an ambitious target of welcoming 2 million tourists for the Visit Nepal 2020 campaign. &nbsp;Stakeholders are keenly watching the number of tourists in the current FY. During last year, around 1,172,000 tourists had arrived in Nepal.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Nepal Tourism Board said that the arrival of tourists from the SAARC region has increased by 4.2 percent. Likewise, the number of tourists from other Asian countries increased by 11.1 percent while the number of visitors from Europe was up by 0.3 percent. Tourists from USA and Oceania increased by 5.4 percent each while those from rest of the world increased by 24 percent.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">However, the arrival of tourists from Bangladesh and Pakistan under the SAARC region dropped by 9.6 and 8.7 percent respectively.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Although the number of visitors this year has been lower than expected, officials of the Visit Nepal 2020 secretariat believe that the promotional campaigns this year will have positive impact in the coming year.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Member Secretary of the VNY 2020 Secretariat Rajan Poudel said that although they are running out of time, they are hopeful that the promotional activities undertaken so far will help them meet the target of bringing in 2 million tourists in 2020.</span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Court Grants Permission to Arrest Padma Jyoti',
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			'summary' => 'November 12: Following the arrest of industrialist Roop Jyoti in a fraud case, Kathmandu District Court has also ordered the arrest of Padma Jyoti, chairman of Jyoti Group, in connection to the same case.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">November 12: Following the arrest of industrialist Roop Jyoti in a fraud case, Kathmandu District Court has also ordered the arrest of Padma Jyoti, chairman of Jyoti Group, in connection to the same case.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The district court on Monday granted permission to the Metropolitan Police Range, Teku to arrest the chairman of Jyoti Group.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Registrar at the district court Anand Shrestha said that the court issued the arrest warrant as per the request of the police.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Police said that they sought permission from the court to arrest Chairman Jyoti for further investigation into the case.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Padma Jyoti is the former president of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FNCCI).</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">&ldquo;Police had demanded Padma Jyoti&rsquo;s arrest for further investigation,&rdquo; said Registrar Shrestha. &ldquo;The court granted permission to the police to arrest him,&rdquo; confirmed Shrestha.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">However, DSP Hobindra Bogati at the police range declined to comment.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">&ldquo;We are currently investigation charges against Roop Jyoti,&rdquo; said DSP Bogati.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Police had arrested former state minister Jyoti and his daughter from Tribhuvan International Airport on Thursday while they were returning home from Singapore.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Jyoti has been accused of cheating Rs 13.6 million rupees in a land transaction case filed by Bigendra Krishna Malla. The district court had ordered his arrest about one year ago but Jyoti moved the Supreme Court. The apex court had issued an interim order not to arrest Jyoti. But the police finally arrested him after the Supreme Court last week vacated the interim order.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Nepal’s Dependence on Imported Fruits and Vegetables Growing',
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			'summary' => 'November 11: Nepal’s dependence on imported fruits and vegetables has been increasing in the recent days.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">November 11: Nepal&rsquo;s dependence on imported fruits and vegetables has been increasing in the recent days. This is evident from the fact that the country imported fruits and vegetables worth Rs 14 billion in the first three months of the current fiscal year 2019/20.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">According to the data provided by the Department of Customs, this figure is 20 percent more than the import during last fiscal year.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The country had imported fruits and vegetables worth Rs 11.80 billion during the first three months of last fiscal year2018/19. The import figures stood &nbsp;at Rs 8.96 billion in FY 2017/18, according to the department.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">During the review period, Nepal imported potatoes worth Rs 1.92 billion, onion worth Rs 1.72 billion, ginger worth Rs 900 million and tomatoes of Rs 120 million. Likewise, other major imports included apples (Rs 1.88 billion), grapes (Rs 690 million), mangoes (Rs 310 million), bananas (Rs 290 million) and coconut (Rs 160 million).</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">On the other hand, the export of fruits and vegetables from Nepal has decreased instead. Nepal exported fruits and vegetables worth Rs 490 million only during the review period.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The department informed that Nepal imports fruits and vegetables mainly from China, India and Bangladesh. Besides, Nepal also brings in such products from Thailand, Namibia, the Netherlands, Indonesia, South Korea among others.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Meanwhile, experts said that the grants and subsidies provided by the government to the farmers have proved to be ineffective. Former Secretary Puroshattam Ojha said that the pesticide residue tests have also not been able to stop the massive import of fruits and vegetables from abroad.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Dr Posh Raj Pandey, chairman of South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics and Environment (SAWTEE), said that the rise in import of fruits and vegetables at a time when more and more youths have shown interest in farming clearly indicates that Nepal has become heavily dependent on these edible products.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">He suggested the government to increase productivity of fruits and vegetables that suit the soil of Nepal to reduce dependence on foreign countries for such products.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Economic Survey of 2018/19 mentions that the total production of fruits and vegetables in Nepal is 53,28,000 metric tons. The production of fruits had increased by 14.16 percent last year compared to the previous year while the vegetable production increased by 1.86 percent.</span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Government Increases Customs Duty on Import of Gold',
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			'summary' => 'November 11: The government has increased customs duty on gold to discourage “smuggling” of the precious yellow metal. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">November 11: The government has increased customs duty on gold to discourage &ldquo;smuggling&rdquo; of the precious yellow metal. The government has increased the customs duty for gold imported for trade from Rs 5000 per 10 gram to Rs 6500.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Likewise, gold imported for personal use will be charged Rs 7500 per 10 grams, Rs 800 up from the earlier rate of Rs 6200. The same new rate will be applied for import of gold up to 50 grams.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Joint Secretary Dhani Ram Sharma, chief of the Revenue Management Department under the Ministry of Finance, said that the customs duty has been increased to discourage smuggling of gold.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Sharma said that Nepal is used as a transit point to smuggle gold to India when there is fluctuation in price of gold in India.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">He further said that the government decided to raise the tariff on gold to make it on par with the customs duty imposed by India.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Dealers of gold and silver had also been demanding increase of customs duty stating that gold and silver were being smuggled to India taking advantage of the tariff difference.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The difference in price of gold in Nepal and India appeared after the Indian government increased tax on import of gold by two percent some time ago.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Former president of the Federation of Nepal Gold Silver Dealers Association, Tej Ratna Shakya, said that the latest decision of the government will discourage smuggling of gold to India.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The increase in customs duty has also impacted the price of gold in the local market. The price has been increased by Rs 1100 per tola (11 grams approx).</span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'OPPO to Launch 5G Smartphone by End of 2019',
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			'summary' => 'November 11: Chinese smartphone brand OPPO has unveiled its plan to launch a dual-mode 5G smartphone by the end of this year. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:等线,serif">November 11: Chinese smartphone brand OPPO has unveiled its plan to launch a dual-mode 5G smartphone by the end of this year. Henry Tang, OPPO&rsquo;s Chief 5G scientist, at the Qualcomm 5G Summit 2019 in Barcelona, said the new device will be powered by Qualcomm&rsquo;s dual-mode 5G mobile platform and will support both standalone (SA) and non-standalone (NSA) networks.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:等线,serif">Representing OPPO at the 5G Summit alongside executives and Research and Development principals from a host of world-leading technology companies, Tang shared his insights on the current state of 5G and the future products, applications and cutting-edge experiences set to be enabled by the next-generation of connectivity. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:等线,serif">The company said in a statement that Tang expressed his conviction that 5G smartphones are on the verge of mass adoption, with OPPO rapidly realizing new market opportunities thanks to the strong competitive advantages of its 5G technologies and products globally.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:等线,serif">&ldquo;The unrelenting efforts from OPPO and other industry peers have paved the way for the rapid adoption of 5G, with users in select countries and regions already becoming early adopters of OPPO&rsquo;s 5G smartphones,&rdquo; said Tang. &ldquo;We hope our next-generation dual-mode 5G offerings will deliver a superior experience to more consumers in more markets globally, making 5G readily available to a wider consumer base worldwide.&rdquo;</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:等线,serif">In May 2019, OPPO partnered with Swisscom, Switzerland&rsquo;s leading telecom company, to officially launch OPPO Reno 5G in the Swiss market, making it the first 5G handset to be commercially available in Europe. Tang said that OPPO is now actively working with more than a dozen global operators to accelerate the commercialization of 5G worldwide. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:等线,serif">As a pioneer and advocate of 5G device development, OPPO said it has built extensive expertise in standardization, software and other technical aspects related to 5G technologies. &nbsp;</span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Samsung Launches Galaxy A20s in Market',
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">As the newest addition to the Galaxy A family, Galaxy A20s is packed with triple rear cameras, 15W fast charging system and a striking design to elevate the smartphone experience of young millennials and Gen Z.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">The company said in a statement that Galaxy A20s comes with a stunning 6.5-inch HD+ Infinity-V Display providing an enriching visual experience to users. </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:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">It is powered by 4000mAh battery with 15W fast charging that allows uninterrupted streaming and gaming experience. Galaxy A20s also sports Dolby Atmos surround sound technology.</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:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Galaxy A20s comes with great cameras to enable Gen Z take brilliant pictures. The triple camera of the Galaxy A20s comprises of 13MP primary rear camera with F1.8 aperture, 8MP Ultra-Wide lens and a 5MP depth camera to capture beautiful shots. In addition, Galaxy A20s sports an 8MP front camera that produces brighter and clearer selfies.</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:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Galaxy A20s is an ultimate multitasker owing to Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 Octa-core processor, enabling users to easily juggle with multiple apps, the statement added. This device sports a sleek 8mm stunning design with a mirror-like finish and comes in three trendy colours &ndash; green, blue and black. Galaxy A20s is available in 3GB RAM + 32GB internal storage and 4GB RAM + 64GB internal storage variants and also sports a rear fingerprint scanner.</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:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Galaxy A20s is priced at Rs 20,690 for 3GB+32GB variant and Rs 23,990 for 4GB+64GB variant. </span></span></span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank signs Pact with SB Solution to Automate Internal Loan Process',
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			'summary' => 'November  11: Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank has signed an agreement with SB Solutions Pvt Ltd to automate and digitized its internal loan process through Loan Management System Software.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">November &nbsp;11: Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank has signed an agreement with SB Solutions Pvt Ltd to automate and digitized its internal loan process through Loan Management System Software.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Raghunath Koirala, head of GSD at Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank, and Bipul Dhakal, chairman of SB Solutions, signed the agreement on behalf of their respective organizations amid a recent function.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">With the introduction of the Loan Management System, the bank said it will able to automate and digitized its internal&nbsp; loan and approval process of loan files. This will be beneficial to help in approval of loan and analysis of the details of customer loan files in effective manner. &nbsp;</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The bank said in a statement that it will soon introduce the online loan eligibility service which will benefit the customers and clients to avail the online loan eligibility check and apply for any loan product through online portal offered by Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank.</span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'CareerPrep Fellowship Organises My Skills My Future Symposium',
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			'summary' => 'November 11: CareerPrep Fellowship, a preparatory school for future professionals to analyse job market, organised the fifth edition of My Skill My Future Symposium on Friday.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">November 11: CareerPrep Fellowship, a preparatory school for future professionals to analyse job market, organised the fifth edition of My Skill My Future Symposium on Friday.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Speaking at the programme, speakers representing different business houses underscored the importance of self-learning and self-confidence to grow in one&rsquo;s career.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Shweta Bagla, head of Growth Department at OYO Nepal, shared her experience and professional knowledge stressing the need of being updated about contemporary issues. Besides, she shared the importance of respecting opposing views in one&rsquo;s profession.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">CEO of Nabil Bank Anil Keshary Shah reminded the students attending in the event about the importance of self-learning even after their graduation. He emphasized on learning from one&rsquo;s weakness.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Riken Maharjan, CEO of RB Diamond Jewellers underscored the importance of listening to others and understanding about other organizations as well. Likewise, Pramod Poudel, academic director at Sunway International Business School stressed on proper communication to convey one&rsquo;s idea to others in professional career.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Students from different educational institutions including Softwarica College, King&rsquo;s College etc had participated in the programme supported by OYO, Pathao, iflix, RB Diamond Jeweller, Prabhu Bank among others.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">CareerPep Fellowship has been organizing the programme since 2017 in every four months.</span></span></p>
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			'summary' => 'February 23: Bangladesh imported dairy products worth US$ 370.24 million (Rs 42.45 billion) in 2018, according to ITC Trademap.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">February 23: Bangladesh imported dairy products worth US$ 370.24 million (Rs 42.45 billion) in 2018, according to ITC Trademap.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Ninety five percent of the imported dairy products were powder milk. Bangladesh imported 59 percent of powder milk from New Zealand. Nepal can supply dairy products to Bangladesh to meet its demand worth Rs 42 billion if the eastern hills of the country are developed into dairy farms with assurance of export facility. For this, the government needs to encourage dairy farmers, provide them with grant and waive tax for a certain period. The government must also give quality assurance and then sign B2B and G2G agreements with Bangladesh.</span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Nepal Needs to Invest US$ 879 Million to Reduce Road Fatalities by Half: World Bank',
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			'summary' => 'February 23: The government is focused on road expansion drive but has paid very little attention towards road safety. It has been found that the government has invested too little for road safety measures.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">February 23: The government is focused on road expansion drive but has paid very little attention towards road safety. It has been found that the government has invested too little for road safety measures. The World Bank has stressed on the need to invest heavily on road safety measures to reduce road accident deaths by 50 percent.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The World Bank said in a recently published report that poor road safety performance in Nepal is a symptom of underinvestment in targeted initiatives.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It is estimated that Nepal will require an additional investment of US$ 879 million over the coming decade, if it is to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal 3.6 target of a 50 percent reduction in national road crash fatalities, the World Bank said in a report published on February 20.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">According to the report, road crash deaths and injuries in Nepal have been on a sharp upward trajectory since the early 2000s. In fiscal year 2017&ndash; 18, a total of 2,541 road deaths were officially reported in Nepal, which is equivalent to a fatality rate of 8.59 per 100,000 population.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">In the same period, 4,144 serious injuries and several minor injury victims were also officially reported. However, according to World Health Organization data the estimated fatality rate in 2016 was 15.9 per 100,000 population, which is nearly double the official estimate.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">&nbsp;In 2016, vulnerable road users (pedestrians, cyclists, and motorcyclists) accounted for around 72 percent of all road fatality victims, among the highest levels in the region, with pedestrians accounting for half of these.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">According to the World Bank, road deaths have a disproportionate impact on the young, working age population. About 40 percent of people killed on Nepal&rsquo;s roads in 2017 &ndash;18 were less than 26 years old. In 2016, transport injuries were the second leading cause of death among men aged 15&ndash;49-years.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">A recent World Bank Group study of road safety investment in South Asia revealed a crisis that has been exacerbated by the rapid growth in vehicle ownership and diversity of motorized and non-motorized traffic of varying sizes and speeds, without adequate protection for the most vulnerable.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It is clear that as vehicle ownership grows in Nepal, road crashes will continue to steadily climb&mdash;unless urgently required measures are implemented, the World Bank further said.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Nepal has a National Road Safety Strategy and Road Safety Action Plan based on the five pillars of the United Nations Global Plan for the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011&ndash; 2020: road safety management; safer roads and mobility; safer vehicles; safer road users; and post-crash response.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">However, only limited progress has been made on addressing these pillars and consequently Nepal is facing serious road safety challenges. Improving road safety in Nepal is vital to national health, well-being, and economic growth.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">As evidenced in analytical work undertaken by the WBG with funding from Bloomberg Philanthropies, sharply reducing the number of crash fatalities and injuries over time would enable countries like Nepal to achieve substantial increases in economic growth and national income, while simultaneously achieving large population welfare gains. This underscores the economic losses associated with inaction.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">However, the report says governance challenges impede the mobilization of a systemic, targeted, and sustained road safety program in Nepal. Agencies responsible for road safety are inadequately empowered and resourced.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Crash data and network safety performance data weaknesses undermine lead agency capacity to develop a results-focused strategy and ensure its adequate coordination, legislative support, funding and resource allocation, promotion, monitoring and evaluation, and related research and development.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The World Bank suggests a number of measures to be taken for reducing road fatalities. Initiatives taken must be systematic, at scale and properly sequenced, with institutional capacity being strengthened, to ensure successful delivery, the report furthers states.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Robust vehicle and driver licensing systems will need to be established and accessible by law enforcement agencies and regulatory authorities before the full power of safety compliance regimes can be exercised.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Infrastructure safety design skills and tools will require strengthening to ensure the protection of all road users. Scaled-up road safety investment will contribute to the accumulation of human capital in Nepal, which in turn will contribute to sustainable and inclusive economic growth and overall country wealth.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It will also contribute to the achievement of other sustainable mobility goals concerning improved transport productivity, universal accessibility, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and reduced local air and noise pollution.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It will take long-term commitment and sustained vision from the Government of Nepal for this investment to be effective and bring road safety performance under control on a sustainable basis, the report concluded.</span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Government Faces Uphill Battle to Meet the Revised Target of Revenue Collection',
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			'summary' => 'February 23: The government has revised its target of revenue collection during the mid-term review of current fiscal year’s budget.  ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">February 23: The government has revised its target of revenue collection during the mid-term review of current fiscal year&rsquo;s budget. &nbsp;The government has adopted strict measures to curb revenue leakage after realizing that it is unlikely to meet the revised target as well.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The government has a daunting task of collecting Rs 600 billion in the next five months as per the revised target.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Finance Minister Yuba Raj Khatiwada has instructed all departments under his ministry to adopt strict measures to meet the revised target. &nbsp;He also called a meeting of high-ranking officials from ministries of finance, home affairs and Prime Minister&rsquo;s Office during Democracy Day last week and gave strict orders to meet the target.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The finance minister presented himself in an aggressive manner, according to officials who attended the first meeting after the mid-term review. During the meeting, Khatiwada reportedly issued stern instructions to the government authorities to collect all the dues and control tax evasion.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The finance minister also instructed the authorities to increase patrolling to curb smuggling and make proper arrangement of logistics and manpower for such patrol teams. He also directed them to keep vigilance at sensitive border entry points in order to intercept illegal entry of goods.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The government had set a target to collect revenue of Rs 1112 billion for the current fiscal year 2019/20. However, in the mid-term review, the government revised the target and set a new goal of collecting Rs 1056 billion. In the first six months of the current fiscal year, the government was able to collect only Rs 456 billion revenue. Now it faces an uphill battle to collect Rs 600 billion in the remaining five months.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The government has claimed that the decline in revenue collection is a result of a drop in import in the current fiscal year. If the government is to meet its revised target, it has to collect Rs 1004 billion from customs offices alone.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">&ldquo;The obstruction in export of palm oil has been removed. This has opened way for import of unprocessed palm oil. So, we are hopeful of meeting the revised target,&rdquo; said a highly-placed customs official requesting anonymity.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The government intends to collect Rs 169 billion from Value Added Tax (VAT) in the next five months. &nbsp;The government has already collected Rs 126 billion so far this year from VAT.</span></span></p>

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			'summary' => 'February 23: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) is preparing to halt its flights to Osaka starting from February 27.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-family:&quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">February 23: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) is preparing to halt its flights to Osaka starting from February 27.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-family:&quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Officials at the state-run airline company said that they decided to stop the flights to Osaka after getting permission to operate direct flights to Narita, which has better prospects for the company than Osaka.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-family:&quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">The cash-strapped airline, which had re-launched its flights to Osaka since August 29, was struggling to find passengers along the route. Authorities believe there would be no such problems for flights to Narita as large number of Nepalis live in this area making the flights economically more viable.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">NAC recently announced that it is ready to operate direct flights to Narita of Japan from March 2. The flag carrier of Nepal confirmed in a statement on February 10 that it will operate three flights a week to Narita.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The state-run airlines will operate flights on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays using the newly-purchased wide-body Airbus, the statement added.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The one-way fare to Narita has been set at Rs 37,000 for the time being to promote the new route. Likewise, the round-trip fare is Rs 73,000. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">NAC believes that the flights to Narita will facilitate people travelling to Tokyo and nearby areas while the passengers will not have to go through transit anymore with the launch of direct flights.&nbsp; </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">NAC believes Narita has better prospects for Nepal than Osaka from commercial point of view. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">NAC had been operating flights to Osaka from 1994 till 2007, after which it stopped the flights citing lack of aircraft. NAC re-launched its flights to Osaka last year after purchasing two wide-body aircraft of Airbus.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Back in the 90s and 2000s, NAC used to operate flights to Osaka via Shanghai. </span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Ncell Hands over Prizes to first 14 Super Sellers',
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			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">November 12: Ncell Private Limited has handed over prizes to 14 point of sales (PoS) retailers of Kathmandu and Lalitpur as a part of its ongoing campaign &lsquo;Ncell Super Seller&rsquo;. The retailers on Monday received prizes including gold, laptop, mountain bike and washing machine.&nbsp; </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">According to the company, seven retailers Rijan Dairy (Buspark), Om Sai Ram Communication (Manamaiju), Sharp Solution (Kalanki), TRL Electronic Shop (Nayabazaar), MK Store (Satungal), DR Vision Centre (Thamel, Pipalbot) and Shree Pashupati Enterprises (Nayabazaar) each won 1 tola of 24 carat gold.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Likewise, four retailers Rana Store (Milan Tole), NBT Mobile Marmat Centre (Jorpati), Raj International Traders (Samakhusi) and Biki Electronics (Imadole) have won mountain bike, Ncell said in a statement.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Similarly, New Kankai Store (New Baneshwor) and Saraswati Khadya Store (Bhaisepati) each have bagged laptop. Damodar Frame Pasal (Balaju) meanwhile received a washing machine.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The prizes were handed over to the first 14 retailers jointly by Andy Chong, CEO of Ncell and celebrities like Sandeep Lamichhane, Priyanka Karki and Shiva Pariyar.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Ncell said it will continue to hand over prizes to eligible PoS retailers across the country under this scheme.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">&nbsp;&lsquo;Ncell Super Seller&rsquo; campaign is in place from March 15 for a period of 10 months. For participation in this campaign, retailers will have to earn a defined points by accumulating points from every purchase of recharge cards and sales of SIM cards and Virtual Fund Transfer (VFT).</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Under this scheme, retailers can choose to be in one among the four groups defined as Platinum, Gold, Silver or Bronze to participate and win attractive prizes like car, Europe tour package and iPhone X as bumper prizes.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Apart from the bumper prizes, retailers achieving the defined points can get an opportunity to win prizes including bike, scooter, 55 inch smart TV, air conditioner, iPad, electric treadmill, washing machine, and laptop among others.</span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Kumari Bank Supports Shree Kamal Aadharbhut School',
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			'summary' => 'November 12: Kumari Bank Limited has provided scholarships to the underprivileged students of Kamalpokhari-based Shree Kamal Aadharbhut School in Kathmandu. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Preeti"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">November 12: Kumari Bank Limited has provided scholarships to the underprivileged students of Kamalpokhari-based Shree Kamal Aadharbhut School in Kathmandu. The bank said in a statement that it also provided 5 sets of computer to the school amid a recent function.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Preeti"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to the bank, the activity was intended to facilitate the students attain quality education. During the function, the bank also provided scholarship to Tulsi Ram Chand, an outstanding student of grade IX, upon the request of both the school and the student himself.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Preeti"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The bank&rsquo;s Deputy Chief Executive Officer Rajib Giri handed over the computers and cheque to the school&rsquo;s Principal Man Bahadur Khadka. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Preeti"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Under its corporate social responsibility, Kumari Bank has pledged to bring &ldquo;better and more impactful contributions&rdquo; to the society in the days ahead.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Preeti"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The bank has been providing its services through a network of 112 branch branches, 100 ATMs, 17 branchless banking units and three extension counters across the country.</span></span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Everest Bank’s Customers to get 30 % Discount at Tranquility Spa',
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			'summary' => 'November 12: Everest Bank Limited has tied up with Tranquility Spa for providing discount to the bank’s customers.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">November 12: Everest Bank Limited has tied up with Tranquility Spa for providing discount to the bank&rsquo;s customers. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">As per the agreement, the bank&rsquo;s customers will get discount of 30 percent on total bill amount at various outlets of the spa. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The bank&rsquo;s customers will get the discount upon showing their ATM or credit card. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Everest Bank said in a statement that it has always focused on customers&rsquo; benefit and satisfaction with its theme &lsquo;Service with Smile&rsquo;.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The bank currently has a customer base of over 1 million. The bank further said it has been providing banking services through a network of 94 branches, 28 revenue collection counters and 122 ATMs across the country.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">&nbsp;</span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Number of Tourists Increases by 8 percent so far this Year',
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			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">November 12: The number of tourists visiting Nepal increased nominally by 8 percent in the first 10 months of the current fiscal year 2019/20.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Altogether 975,557 tourists visited Nepal between January and October this year, according to data provided by Nepal Tourism Board.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">During the corresponding period of last fiscal year, 903,539 tourists had visited Nepal.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">According to Nepal Tourism Board, the 10 major countries from where tourists arrive in Nepal include India, China, USA, Sri Lanka, UK, Thailand, Germany, Australia, South Korea and France.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Around 169,000 Indian tourists visited Nepal during the review period this year. Likewise, the number of visitors from China was 134,000.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The government has set an ambitious target of welcoming 2 million tourists for the Visit Nepal 2020 campaign. &nbsp;Stakeholders are keenly watching the number of tourists in the current FY. During last year, around 1,172,000 tourists had arrived in Nepal.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Nepal Tourism Board said that the arrival of tourists from the SAARC region has increased by 4.2 percent. Likewise, the number of tourists from other Asian countries increased by 11.1 percent while the number of visitors from Europe was up by 0.3 percent. Tourists from USA and Oceania increased by 5.4 percent each while those from rest of the world increased by 24 percent.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">However, the arrival of tourists from Bangladesh and Pakistan under the SAARC region dropped by 9.6 and 8.7 percent respectively.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Although the number of visitors this year has been lower than expected, officials of the Visit Nepal 2020 secretariat believe that the promotional campaigns this year will have positive impact in the coming year.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Member Secretary of the VNY 2020 Secretariat Rajan Poudel said that although they are running out of time, they are hopeful that the promotional activities undertaken so far will help them meet the target of bringing in 2 million tourists in 2020.</span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Court Grants Permission to Arrest Padma Jyoti',
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			'summary' => 'November 12: Following the arrest of industrialist Roop Jyoti in a fraud case, Kathmandu District Court has also ordered the arrest of Padma Jyoti, chairman of Jyoti Group, in connection to the same case.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">November 12: Following the arrest of industrialist Roop Jyoti in a fraud case, Kathmandu District Court has also ordered the arrest of Padma Jyoti, chairman of Jyoti Group, in connection to the same case.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The district court on Monday granted permission to the Metropolitan Police Range, Teku to arrest the chairman of Jyoti Group.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Registrar at the district court Anand Shrestha said that the court issued the arrest warrant as per the request of the police.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Police said that they sought permission from the court to arrest Chairman Jyoti for further investigation into the case.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Padma Jyoti is the former president of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FNCCI).</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">&ldquo;Police had demanded Padma Jyoti&rsquo;s arrest for further investigation,&rdquo; said Registrar Shrestha. &ldquo;The court granted permission to the police to arrest him,&rdquo; confirmed Shrestha.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">However, DSP Hobindra Bogati at the police range declined to comment.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">&ldquo;We are currently investigation charges against Roop Jyoti,&rdquo; said DSP Bogati.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Police had arrested former state minister Jyoti and his daughter from Tribhuvan International Airport on Thursday while they were returning home from Singapore.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Jyoti has been accused of cheating Rs 13.6 million rupees in a land transaction case filed by Bigendra Krishna Malla. The district court had ordered his arrest about one year ago but Jyoti moved the Supreme Court. The apex court had issued an interim order not to arrest Jyoti. But the police finally arrested him after the Supreme Court last week vacated the interim order.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Nepal’s Dependence on Imported Fruits and Vegetables Growing',
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			'summary' => 'November 11: Nepal’s dependence on imported fruits and vegetables has been increasing in the recent days.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">November 11: Nepal&rsquo;s dependence on imported fruits and vegetables has been increasing in the recent days. This is evident from the fact that the country imported fruits and vegetables worth Rs 14 billion in the first three months of the current fiscal year 2019/20.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">According to the data provided by the Department of Customs, this figure is 20 percent more than the import during last fiscal year.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The country had imported fruits and vegetables worth Rs 11.80 billion during the first three months of last fiscal year2018/19. The import figures stood &nbsp;at Rs 8.96 billion in FY 2017/18, according to the department.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">During the review period, Nepal imported potatoes worth Rs 1.92 billion, onion worth Rs 1.72 billion, ginger worth Rs 900 million and tomatoes of Rs 120 million. Likewise, other major imports included apples (Rs 1.88 billion), grapes (Rs 690 million), mangoes (Rs 310 million), bananas (Rs 290 million) and coconut (Rs 160 million).</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">On the other hand, the export of fruits and vegetables from Nepal has decreased instead. Nepal exported fruits and vegetables worth Rs 490 million only during the review period.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The department informed that Nepal imports fruits and vegetables mainly from China, India and Bangladesh. Besides, Nepal also brings in such products from Thailand, Namibia, the Netherlands, Indonesia, South Korea among others.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Meanwhile, experts said that the grants and subsidies provided by the government to the farmers have proved to be ineffective. Former Secretary Puroshattam Ojha said that the pesticide residue tests have also not been able to stop the massive import of fruits and vegetables from abroad.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Dr Posh Raj Pandey, chairman of South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics and Environment (SAWTEE), said that the rise in import of fruits and vegetables at a time when more and more youths have shown interest in farming clearly indicates that Nepal has become heavily dependent on these edible products.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">He suggested the government to increase productivity of fruits and vegetables that suit the soil of Nepal to reduce dependence on foreign countries for such products.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Economic Survey of 2018/19 mentions that the total production of fruits and vegetables in Nepal is 53,28,000 metric tons. The production of fruits had increased by 14.16 percent last year compared to the previous year while the vegetable production increased by 1.86 percent.</span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Government Increases Customs Duty on Import of Gold',
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			'summary' => 'November 11: The government has increased customs duty on gold to discourage “smuggling” of the precious yellow metal. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">November 11: The government has increased customs duty on gold to discourage &ldquo;smuggling&rdquo; of the precious yellow metal. The government has increased the customs duty for gold imported for trade from Rs 5000 per 10 gram to Rs 6500.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Likewise, gold imported for personal use will be charged Rs 7500 per 10 grams, Rs 800 up from the earlier rate of Rs 6200. The same new rate will be applied for import of gold up to 50 grams.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Joint Secretary Dhani Ram Sharma, chief of the Revenue Management Department under the Ministry of Finance, said that the customs duty has been increased to discourage smuggling of gold.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Sharma said that Nepal is used as a transit point to smuggle gold to India when there is fluctuation in price of gold in India.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">He further said that the government decided to raise the tariff on gold to make it on par with the customs duty imposed by India.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Dealers of gold and silver had also been demanding increase of customs duty stating that gold and silver were being smuggled to India taking advantage of the tariff difference.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The difference in price of gold in Nepal and India appeared after the Indian government increased tax on import of gold by two percent some time ago.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Former president of the Federation of Nepal Gold Silver Dealers Association, Tej Ratna Shakya, said that the latest decision of the government will discourage smuggling of gold to India.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The increase in customs duty has also impacted the price of gold in the local market. The price has been increased by Rs 1100 per tola (11 grams approx).</span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'summary' => 'November 11: Chinese smartphone brand OPPO has unveiled its plan to launch a dual-mode 5G smartphone by the end of this year. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:等线,serif">November 11: Chinese smartphone brand OPPO has unveiled its plan to launch a dual-mode 5G smartphone by the end of this year. Henry Tang, OPPO&rsquo;s Chief 5G scientist, at the Qualcomm 5G Summit 2019 in Barcelona, said the new device will be powered by Qualcomm&rsquo;s dual-mode 5G mobile platform and will support both standalone (SA) and non-standalone (NSA) networks.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:等线,serif">Representing OPPO at the 5G Summit alongside executives and Research and Development principals from a host of world-leading technology companies, Tang shared his insights on the current state of 5G and the future products, applications and cutting-edge experiences set to be enabled by the next-generation of connectivity. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:等线,serif">The company said in a statement that Tang expressed his conviction that 5G smartphones are on the verge of mass adoption, with OPPO rapidly realizing new market opportunities thanks to the strong competitive advantages of its 5G technologies and products globally.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:等线,serif">&ldquo;The unrelenting efforts from OPPO and other industry peers have paved the way for the rapid adoption of 5G, with users in select countries and regions already becoming early adopters of OPPO&rsquo;s 5G smartphones,&rdquo; said Tang. &ldquo;We hope our next-generation dual-mode 5G offerings will deliver a superior experience to more consumers in more markets globally, making 5G readily available to a wider consumer base worldwide.&rdquo;</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:等线,serif">In May 2019, OPPO partnered with Swisscom, Switzerland&rsquo;s leading telecom company, to officially launch OPPO Reno 5G in the Swiss market, making it the first 5G handset to be commercially available in Europe. Tang said that OPPO is now actively working with more than a dozen global operators to accelerate the commercialization of 5G worldwide. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:等线,serif">As a pioneer and advocate of 5G device development, OPPO said it has built extensive expertise in standardization, software and other technical aspects related to 5G technologies. &nbsp;</span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Samsung Launches Galaxy A20s in Market',
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			'summary' => 'November 11: Samsung has announced the launch of its new smartphone - Galaxy A20s in the market. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">November 11: Samsung has announced the launch of its new smartphone - Galaxy A20s in the market. According to the company, Galaxy A20s comes with enhanced innovations and is made for those who want to capture and share their experiences instantaneously. </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:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">As the newest addition to the Galaxy A family, Galaxy A20s is packed with triple rear cameras, 15W fast charging system and a striking design to elevate the smartphone experience of young millennials and Gen Z.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">The company said in a statement that Galaxy A20s comes with a stunning 6.5-inch HD+ Infinity-V Display providing an enriching visual experience to users. </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:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">It is powered by 4000mAh battery with 15W fast charging that allows uninterrupted streaming and gaming experience. Galaxy A20s also sports Dolby Atmos surround sound technology.</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:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Galaxy A20s comes with great cameras to enable Gen Z take brilliant pictures. The triple camera of the Galaxy A20s comprises of 13MP primary rear camera with F1.8 aperture, 8MP Ultra-Wide lens and a 5MP depth camera to capture beautiful shots. In addition, Galaxy A20s sports an 8MP front camera that produces brighter and clearer selfies.</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:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Galaxy A20s is an ultimate multitasker owing to Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 Octa-core processor, enabling users to easily juggle with multiple apps, the statement added. This device sports a sleek 8mm stunning design with a mirror-like finish and comes in three trendy colours &ndash; green, blue and black. Galaxy A20s is available in 3GB RAM + 32GB internal storage and 4GB RAM + 64GB internal storage variants and also sports a rear fingerprint scanner.</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:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Galaxy A20s is priced at Rs 20,690 for 3GB+32GB variant and Rs 23,990 for 4GB+64GB variant. </span></span></span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank signs Pact with SB Solution to Automate Internal Loan Process',
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			'summary' => 'November  11: Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank has signed an agreement with SB Solutions Pvt Ltd to automate and digitized its internal loan process through Loan Management System Software.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">November &nbsp;11: Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank has signed an agreement with SB Solutions Pvt Ltd to automate and digitized its internal loan process through Loan Management System Software.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Raghunath Koirala, head of GSD at Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank, and Bipul Dhakal, chairman of SB Solutions, signed the agreement on behalf of their respective organizations amid a recent function.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">With the introduction of the Loan Management System, the bank said it will able to automate and digitized its internal&nbsp; loan and approval process of loan files. This will be beneficial to help in approval of loan and analysis of the details of customer loan files in effective manner. &nbsp;</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The bank said in a statement that it will soon introduce the online loan eligibility service which will benefit the customers and clients to avail the online loan eligibility check and apply for any loan product through online portal offered by Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank.</span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'CareerPrep Fellowship Organises My Skills My Future Symposium',
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			'summary' => 'November 11: CareerPrep Fellowship, a preparatory school for future professionals to analyse job market, organised the fifth edition of My Skill My Future Symposium on Friday.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">November 11: CareerPrep Fellowship, a preparatory school for future professionals to analyse job market, organised the fifth edition of My Skill My Future Symposium on Friday.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Speaking at the programme, speakers representing different business houses underscored the importance of self-learning and self-confidence to grow in one&rsquo;s career.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Shweta Bagla, head of Growth Department at OYO Nepal, shared her experience and professional knowledge stressing the need of being updated about contemporary issues. Besides, she shared the importance of respecting opposing views in one&rsquo;s profession.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">CEO of Nabil Bank Anil Keshary Shah reminded the students attending in the event about the importance of self-learning even after their graduation. He emphasized on learning from one&rsquo;s weakness.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Riken Maharjan, CEO of RB Diamond Jewellers underscored the importance of listening to others and understanding about other organizations as well. Likewise, Pramod Poudel, academic director at Sunway International Business School stressed on proper communication to convey one&rsquo;s idea to others in professional career.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Students from different educational institutions including Softwarica College, King&rsquo;s College etc had participated in the programme supported by OYO, Pathao, iflix, RB Diamond Jeweller, Prabhu Bank among others.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">CareerPep Fellowship has been organizing the programme since 2017 in every four months.</span></span></p>
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