December 10: The Government of Japan has decided to provide grant assistance of Rs 10 million for the construction of a turmeric processing centre in Pyuthan…
December 10: The Government of Japan has decided to provide grant assistance of Rs 10 million for the construction of a turmeric processing centre in Pyuthan…
December 10: The Supreme Court has issued an interim order asking the concerned bodies to not implement the letter written by the general secretary of parliament secretariat, which had stated that the impeachment motion against suspended Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JB Rana was rendered…
December 9: Bhuvan Nagarkoti won the Surya Nepal Kathmandu Open, the first event under the Surya Nepal Golf Tour 2022-23, at the par-68 Royal Nepal Golf Club on…
December 9: The production of citrus fruits such as oranges and lemons has increased but the farmers are struggling to find a market for the…
December 9: Seven years after conducting a study that recommended construction of flyovers in the Kathmandu valley for the management of traffic, the government is finally starting to build a flyover at Gwarko of…
December 9: The price of gold has crossed the mark of Rs 100,000 per tola (11.66 grams) on Friday.…
December 9: A report prepared by Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has pointed out the need of financial access for the economic development of Province-1.…
December 9: Water supply from Melamchi river is to resume in the Kathmandu Valley from today (December…
December 8: Farmers of Nawalparasi are attracted towards mustard farming due to the high price it fetches.…
December 8: Buddha Air, one of the leading airliners of Nepal, is all set to start flight along the Kathmandu-Surkhet route with ATR-72…
December 8: Lionel Messi's hopes of winning an elusive World Cup will come up against the tactical scheming of veteran coach Louis van Gaal as Argentina face the Netherlands in Friday’s quarter-final at Lusail, Reuters…
December 8: The Bagmati Province government has tightened the noose for cooperatives to disburse loan in the real estate…
December 8: Experts said that it has become a mounting challenge to supply adequate pure drinking water, energy and food to the growing population of the…
December 7: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has assured the private sector to take the initiative in solving the problems seen in the economy.…
December 7: Production of paddy and millet has declined in Myagdi this year.…
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The project will help in setting up the processing centre for the production, processing, and commercialization of turmeric, the Embassy of Japan said in a press statement. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">“Currently, more turmeric is imported than is produced domestically. Local turmeric farmers are not able to earn much profit due to the lack of domestic work centres to commercialize the product. The project was planned to improve this situation and generate income for farmers,” the statement added. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Volunteer Nepal National Group has been working to improve the livelihoods of farmers. According to the statement, the project will be jointly managed by Pyuthan Municipality Ward 8, local farmers, and the Volunteer Nepal National Group. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Embassy of Japan believes that this project will improve the environment for production of turmeric and also enhance the livelihoods of the local farmers in Pyuthan district. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">“We hope that this agricultural assistance will enhance the friendship between the peoples of Japan and Nepal now and for future generations,” the statement further said. </span></span></span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-10', 'modified' => '2022-12-10', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16235', 'image' => '20221210101603_turmeric-root-and-powder.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-10 10:15:23', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16493', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'SC Tells Concerned Bodies not to Implement Parliament Secretariat’s Letter', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 10: The Supreme Court has issued an interim order asking the concerned bodies to not implement the letter written by the general secretary of parliament secretariat, which had stated that the impeachment motion against suspended Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JB Rana was rendered ineffective. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">December 10: The Supreme Court has issued an interim order asking the concerned bodies to not implement the letter written by the general secretary of parliament secretariat, which had stated that the impeachment motion against suspended Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JB Rana was rendered ineffective. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">A constitutional bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Hari Krishna Karki, senior Justice Bishwambhar Prasad Shrestha and justices Ishwar Prasad Khatiwada, Dr Anand Mohan Bhattarai and Anil Kumar Sinha on Friday issued the interim order following a preliminary hearing on a writ petition filed against the letter on Friday. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"The writ petition has raised significant constitutional and legal questions. The petition has also argued that the general secretary of parliament secretariat, Dr Bharat Raj Gautam, issued the letter going beyond his authority," the interim order read, adding, "The parliament’s general secretary exercising the authority bestowed to House of Representatives by the constitution has become a matter of serious concern. So, it is not logical from the viewpoint of balance of check to implement the letter immediately.” </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Until the SC completes hearing on writ petition, the letter that the parliament's general secretary issued must not be enforced, the constitutional bench added. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Chairman of the Supreme Court Bar, Purna Man Shakya, Vice Chair Mukunda Prasad Poudel, and Secretary Rishiram Ghimire, among others had filed the petition at SC, demanding the letter to be scrapped. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">In the writ petition, the petitioners argued that when Chief Justice Rana was suspended with the impeachment motion that questioned Rana's competence, behaviour and financial issues, merely a letter issued by the general secretary of the legislature parliament would not render the impeachment motion ineffective. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">On Wednesday, General Secretary Dr Gautam had written a letter to the concerned bodies, including the Supreme Court, informing that the impeachment motion against CJ Rana was invalidated. It created a ripple effect in the political circle of the country. -- RSS</span></span></span><br /> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-10', 'modified' => '2022-12-10', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16234', 'image' => '20221210093528_Supreme Court.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-10 09:34:07', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16492', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Bhuvan Nagarkoti Lifts Surya Nepal Kathmandu Open Golf Title', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 9: Bhuvan Nagarkoti won the Surya Nepal Kathmandu Open, the first event under the Surya Nepal Golf Tour 2022-23, at the par-68 Royal Nepal Golf Club on Friday.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">December 9: Bhuvan Nagarkoti won the Surya Nepal Kathmandu Open, the first event under the Surya Nepal Golf Tour 2022-23, at the par-68 Royal Nepal Golf Club on Friday.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Bhuvan carded four-under 64 to post the 72-hole total of 14-under 258 and recorded a nine-stroke victory over Dinesh Prajapati. Bhuvan claimed his 10th career title along with a cheque of Rs 116,000.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Dinesh produced the best card of the day carding six-under 62 for the score of five-under 267 and moved up to second. He earned 78,000. Nepal No 1 Sukra Bahadur Rai slipped to third after he played even-par 68 and received Rs 63,000. Leader of first two rounds, Rabi Khadka played a round of four-over 72 and finished fourth at three-over 275. He earned Rs 50,000. Ramesh Adhikari came fifth at five-over 277 after he played one-over 69 and received Rs 43,000.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Bhuvan, who went into the final round with a nine-shot lead, carded one-under 33 on the front nine and added three-under 31 on the back nine. He dropped a shot on the second hole and bounced back with birdies on the third and fifth holes. With no one pushing from behind, Bhuvan carded birdies on the 11th, 13th and 14th holes to cap a bogey-free back nine.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Second-placed Dinesh carded seven birdies and faced a bogey on the final round as he overtook Nepal No 1 pro Sukra in final standing. He carded two-under 32 on the front nine and shot four-under 30 on the back nine. He made birdies on the second, third and sixth holes before dropping a shot on the ninth. After taking the turn, Dinesh carded four birdies on the 10th, 11th, 13th and 14th holes.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">In Amateur section, Ajit BK won the title with the score of 17-over 289. Ajit played six-over 74 in the final round, but that was enough for him to register 22-stroke victory over Suresh Tamang. Suresh played four-over 72 for the total score of 311.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">A total of 36 golfers -- 31 pros and five amateurs -- took part in the season-opening event of the Surya Nepal Golf Tour 2022-23. The event carries a cash purse of Rs 670,000. Marketing Manager of Surya Nepal Pvt Ltd Keshav Pradhan and President of PGA Nepal Rabindra Man Shrestha handed over the prizes to the winners.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-09', 'modified' => '2022-12-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16233', 'image' => '20221209085132_1670580749549.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-09 20:51:03', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16489', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Farmers Struggle to Find Market for Citrus Fruits', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 9: The production of citrus fruits such as oranges and lemons has increased but the farmers are struggling to find a market for the produce.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">December 9: The production of citrus fruits such as oranges and lemons has increased but the farmers are struggling to find a market for the produce.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Farmers from various districts, including Rukum, Doti, Bajhang, and Bajura, have been complaining that the oranges produced by them are not getting any market. Looking at government data, it seems that the production of oranges is increasing every year. However, the market has not expanded in the same proportion.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">According to Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, in the last five years, the production of citrus fruits has been increasing along with the production area. In the fiscal year 2016/17, a total of 239,773 metric tons of citrus fruits were produced in 26,759 hectares of land. By the year 2020/21, the production area of the orange variety of fruits has increased by 5,429 hectares to 32,188 hectares, and the production has also increased by 71,415 metric tons to 311,188 metric tons.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">According to the government data, even though the production has increased, complaints are registered every year that the oranges produced by Nepali farmers are not able to find a market. This year also, the farmers of Doti, Rukum and other districts have complained that the oranges are not getting sold in the market.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Nawal Singh Budha, an orange farmer of Doti, has grown oranges on five ropanis of land. He said that despite the increase in production this year compared to last year, oranges could not find good markets. You can read and hear the news that oranges are sold for Rs 100 per kg in Kathmandu. However, it is difficult to sell oranges here even at Rs 40/50 per kilo. Due to the lack of cold storage, it is not possible to stock them for a long time and sell them after the price rises," he told New Business Age.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The agreement between the Government of Nepal and China to export oranges to China and expand the market of citrus fruit has yet to be implemented. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">An agreement to this effect was signed between the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development of Nepal and the Department of Agriculture of China about three years ago during the state visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping. However, the ministry said that this agreement has not been implemented yet </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Spokesperson of the ministry Prakash Kumar Sanjel said that the Chinese government had set a condition that the oranges exported to China should be free from diseases and insects, so there was a problem in implementing the agreement in the beginning. Currently, the Chinese government has adopted a somewhat flexible policy that the plant from which oranges are harvested must be free from disease and insects. But the export of oranges to China is yet to materialize.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-09', 'modified' => '2022-12-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16230', 'image' => '20221209030820_20190605051816_20190220125347_aaa.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-09 15:07:44', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16488', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Construction of Flyover at Gwarko to Kick off from Today', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 9: Seven years after conducting a study that recommended construction of flyovers in the Kathmandu valley for the management of traffic, the government is finally starting to build a flyover at Gwarko of Lalitpur.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">December 9: Seven years after conducting a study that recommended construction of flyovers in the Kathmandu valley for the management of traffic, the government is finally starting to build a flyover at Gwarko of Lalitpur.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport, the construction of the flyover will begin from Friday. The ministry said that the contract for the construction of the flyover has been awarded to a Nepali company. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Spokesperson of the ministry Shiva Prasad Nepal said that the construction work will be carried out in the night time so that the regular traffic will not be disturbed in the daytime.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The four-lane flyover is being built to ease the traffic congestion in the valley. The study conducted by the government had recommended to build three such flyovers. The flyover at Gwarko is being built on the first phase and then the other two will be built, according to the ministry. The other two flyovers will be built at Satdobato and Ekantakuna.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The Kathmandu-Tarai Fast Track and the Nagdhunga tunnel will also have flyovers.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The flyover is being built as per the recommendation of the Department of Roads to build underpasses and flyovers in the capital to manage the traffic jams. The DoR has issued a tender to build the flyover at Gwarko in July 2021. The flyover will be simple in nature, similar to a straight-forward bridge of 35 meters width. The total length of the flyover will be 455 meters. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The flyover will run parallel to the Ring Road while vehicles travelling between Patan’s Mangalbazar and Imadol will have travel underneath the flyover.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The ministry has allocated a budget of Rs 340 million for the construction of the flyover. </span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-09', 'modified' => '2022-12-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16229', 'image' => '20221209015125_20200925021204_1600988628.Clipboard13.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-09 13:50:49', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16487', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Price of Gold Crosses the Mark of Rs 100,000 per Tola ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 9: The price of gold has crossed the mark of Rs 100,000 per tola (11.66 grams) on Friday. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">December 9: The price of gold has crossed the mark of Rs 100,000 per tola (11.66 grams) on Friday. According to the Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers Association (FENEGOSIDA), the price of fine gold has been fixed at Rs 100,300 per tola on Friday after an increase of Rs 600 per tola compared to the previous trading day. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The precious yellow metal was traded at Rs 99,700 on Thursday. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Similarly, the federation has fixed the price of worked gold at Rs 99,800 per tola against Rs 99,200 on the previous trading day. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Also, the price of silver has been fixed at Rs 1,390 per tola after an increment of Rs 30 as compared to the previous trading day. </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-09', 'modified' => '2022-12-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16228', 'image' => '20221209011018_gold.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-09 13:09:46', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16486', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Financial Access in Province-1 Imperative: NRB Report', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 9: A report prepared by Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has pointed out the need of financial access for the economic development of Province-1. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">December 9: A report prepared by Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has pointed out the need of financial access for the economic development of Province-1. The study report of NRB showed that financial inclusion should be materialized by expanding financial access and awareness. The availability of financial tools are also imperative. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Among 14 districts in Province-1, only Jhapa, Morang and Sunsari district have adequate physical infrastructures, road transport and other facilities. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The facilities concentrated in three districts must be expanded, the report stated, adding balanced development of province is necessary. Bringing in adequate investment is essential irrespective of diverse geography, the report said. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Moreover, it pointed out the lack of well managed information and statistics on agriculture, industry, service and infrastructures at the data providing bodies and organizations. Another challenge is the formulation of implementable policy based on credible data and statistics. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">There are limited capacity and sources of internal investment, the report concluded. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-09', 'modified' => '2022-12-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16227', 'image' => '20221209120113_Nepal_Rastra_Bank2 2.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-09 12:00:28', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16485', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Water from Melamchi being Supplied in Kathmandu Valley from Today ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 9: Water supply from Melamchi river is to resume in the Kathmandu Valley from today (December 9).', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">December 9: Water supply from Melamchi river is to resume in the Kathmandu Valley from today (December 9). The water from the Melamchi river has been brought up to Sundarijal of Kathmandu and is being distributed in the federal capital from today, the state-owned national news agency RSS reported. The water was channelled via the tunnel aqueduct at Ambathan, the source of the Melamchi stream in Helambu Rural Municipality-1 in Sindhupalchok district, added RSS. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The water released into the tunnel reached the end point at Sundarijal, Gokarneshwar Municipality-1 on December 4. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"The tunnel was shut in June after a massive landslide that occurred in the Melamchi area damaged the tunnel at its source at Ambathan. The water that had been filled in the tunnel has been released into the Bagmati river to flush out the silt and debris in the tunnel," RSS quoted Ram Chandra Poudel, the engineer with the Melamchi Water Supply Project, as saying. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to him, only a small amount of water was channelled into the tunnel conduit in the beginning on a trial basis since the tunnel was closed for a long time. This water took a week to reach Sundarijal. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Project spokesperson Rajendra Panta said that 175 million litres of water from the Melamchi river would be released into the tunnel daily from today. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The project had first started distributing the water in Kathmandu on March 28 last year. However, the supply was disrupted following major floods and landslides in Sindhupalchowk on June 15. The headworks of the project were completely damaged, as the floods and landslides deposited dozens of feet high pebbles, sand, and mud at the headworks. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">RSS added that the water from Melamchi will be channelled into the tunnel and brought to Kathmandu only during winter because the reconstruction of the damaged headworks at Ambathan intake has not been completed yet. </span></span></span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-09', 'modified' => '2022-12-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16226', 'image' => '20221209110528_melamcbi.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-09 11:04:55', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16481', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Farmers Shift to Lucrative Mustard Farming in Nawalparasi', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 8: Farmers of Nawalparasi are attracted towards mustard farming due to the high price it fetches. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">December 8: Farmers of Nawalparasi are attracted towards mustard farming due to the high price it fetches. As the price of mustard has increased in the last few years, the number of farmers has also increased to benefit from the production and sale of this crop.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Mustard can be seen blooming across this district, which is considered to be a pocket area of mustard. Compared to other crops, farmers are attracted towards the cultivation of mustard because they can produce their own oil instead of using the oil bought from the market.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The area between Gaidakot Municipality of Nawalparasi (East of Bardghat Susta) to Vinayi Triveni Rural Municipality is considered as a pocket area for mustard farming. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Sita Gautam of Devchuli Municipality, who has been growing mustard seeds for years, said that she grows mustard seeds so that she can sell the produce in the market and consume the excess amount throughout the year. She also added that the demand for mustard has increased in the villages for the past two to three years and that the crop has improved after using chicken manure.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Kawasoti, Badhyavindu, Devchuli and Gaidakot municipalities of the district are considered to be the pocket areas for mustard farming. While farmers are being attracted towards mustard farming, the challenges and problems still persist. Farmers say that their main problem is unavailability of fertilizer on time.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Kalpana Bhandari, a farmer, said, “Nowadays, there is no need for us to look for a market to sell mustard, it can be sold from home easily. But the shortage of fertilizer at the time of plating is problematic.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Shankar Paudel, information officer of the district-based Agriculture Knowledge Center said that mustard is cultivated in 2,335 hectares of land in Nawalparasi. It is easy to grow mustard because the weather is conducive. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">In recent years, farmers have started getting good prices for mustard. At present, the price of mustard is up to Rs 11,000 per quintal in the village. Mustard gets ripe in 80 to 90 days after sowing. Farmers are attracted to mustard farming because of the quality of self-produced mustard oil and the fact that the wastage can also be used as fertilizer.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-08', 'modified' => '2022-12-08', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16223', 'image' => '20221208052938_KA_Bharatpur-IMG_1653.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-08 17:28:27', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16480', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Buddha Air to Fly ATR-72 along Kathmandu-Surkhet Route', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 8: Buddha Air, one of the leading airliners of Nepal, is all set to start flight along the Kathmandu-Surkhet route with ATR-72 aircraft.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">December 8: Buddha Air, one of the leading airliners of Nepal, is all set to start flight along the Kathmandu-Surkhet route with ATR-72 aircraft. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The airline company will kick off its flight with ATR-72 aircraft along the route from December 16. The minimum fare for this route is Rs 7,000. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The airline company had conducted test flight with the aircraft along the route a month ago. Buddha Air has been operating flights along the Kathmandu-Surkeht route with ATR-42 aircraft for the last five years. The company is now preparing to fly aircraft with 72 seats in the same route. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The airline company will conduct two flights a day along the route. The company will operate the Kathmandu-Surkhet flight at 10:00 am every day while the return flight from Surkeht is scheduled for 11:35 am. “We are preparing to operate flights with bigger aircraft keeping in view the increasing number of passengers and their convenience,” said a representative of Buddha Air. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">A press statement issued by the airlines says that operating flights through bigger aircraft will reduce the fare and operation costs. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The company has already announced to purchase two ATR-72 aircraft for the same route. Buddha Air has 14 ATR series aircraft. Of them, three are ATR 42 series while 11 are from ATR 72 series. The airline makes domestic flight to more than a dozen destinations regularly. </span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-08', 'modified' => '2022-12-08', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16222', 'image' => '20221208042248_20180425054539_ATR.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-08 16:22:09', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16477', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Messi's World Cup Chase takes Centre Stage in Quarterfinal Clash', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 8: Lionel Messi's hopes of winning an elusive World Cup will come up against the tactical scheming of veteran coach Louis van Gaal as Argentina face the Netherlands in Friday’s quarter-final at Lusail, Reuters reported.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">AGENCIES</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">December 8: Lionel Messi's hopes of winning an elusive World Cup will come up against the tactical scheming of veteran coach Louis van Gaal as Argentina face the Netherlands in Friday’s quarter-final at Lusail, Reuters reported.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Messi, 35, once again carries his nation's hopes on his shoulders as he looks to crown an extraordinary career that includes seven Ballon d'Or awards and multiple club titles, but only one Copa America to show for his efforts with Argentina, added the news agency.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">“Messi can expect little in the way of sympathy from the 71-year-old Van Gaal, who is determined to give the Dutch their first World Cup title after runners-up finishes in 1974, 1978 and 2010. The coach’s planning will largely focus on containing Messi and catching Argentina on the break, as Van Gaal thumbs his nose at his critics by playing a brand of football at odds with the usual attacking Dutch approach.”</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">According to Reuters, the tactical plan is key to his side’s hopes of winning on Friday as the Dutch look to take revenge for their semi-final defeat in 2014 when Argentina beat them in a shootout.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Van Gaal also pointed to a run of form that has seen the Dutch go 19 games without defeat since he returned to the hot seat for a third spell 15 months ago.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">This will be the sixth World Cup meeting between the Netherlands and Argentina, with only Brazil against Sweden (7) and Argentina against Germany (7) being played more often in the competition, according to Goal.com.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The sports news portal further said that the Netherlands have lost just one of their nine meetings with Argentina in all competitions (four wins and four draws), with that loss coming in the 1978 World Cup final. However, the most recent of those four draws did result in a penalty shootout defeat, in the last meeting between the sides in the 2014 World Cup semi-final.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The last two World Cup meetings between the Netherlands and Argentina finished 0-0, in the 2006 group stages and the 2014 semi-final (Argentina progressing on penalties).</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The clash between Argentina and the Netherlands will take place Friday night at 12:45 am (NST).</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-08', 'modified' => '2022-12-08', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16218', 'image' => '20221208010146_maxresdefault.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-08 13:01:09', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16476', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Bagmati Government Sets 25 Per Cent Limit For Cooperatives To Flow Credit In Real Estate', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 8: The Bagmati Province government has tightened the noose for cooperatives to disburse loan in the real estate sector.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">December 8: The Bagmati Province government has tightened the noose for cooperatives to disburse loan in the real estate sector. As per the new directives issued by the provincial government, cooperatives will be able to issue only 25 per cent of the total credit/loan in real estates. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The new provisions came into effect after the Ministry of Land Management, Cooperative and Poverty Alleviation implemented the Criteria and Provisions for Operation, Monitoring and Auditing of Cooperatives -2022 on Wednesday. The ministry implemented the new provisions stating that concentration of the loan in land and housing had increased the risk in cooperatives. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Nepal Rastra Bank has already set the limit for banks and financial institutions to disburse only 25 per cent of the total credit in housing and land. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">While extending loan against collateral for housing and land, the ministry has directed the cooperatives not provide loans more than 40 percent of the total valuation.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Earlier, issuing the Unified Directives in June-2022, the Federal Cooperative Department had issued directives to the cooperatives to classify the credit on the basis of sectors and disburse at least 51 per cent of the total credit in productive and income-generating enterprises. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The new cooperatives standards by the provincial government have banned cooperatives from investing in overdraft, operators’ private businesses, gold and silver collateral. Similarly, cooperatives will not be able to float loan without any collateral. They may disburse the credit to customers only after the latter have deposited their money regularly for at least three months. Cooperatives are barred from considering interest as principal amount. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">While floating the loan above Rs 1 million, they should have collateral’s valuation done by institutional valuators. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">As per the existing provisions, cooperatives are registered with local, province and federal levels in accordance with their working area. Out of 30,000 cooperatives operating across the country, twenty thousand cooperatives are under the provinces’ jurisdictions. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">With the country adopting the federal system, rights of cooperatives were transferred to the local and provincial levels. Implementation, however, has become ineffective. Bagmati Province’s Cooperative Registrar Balram Niraula said that lack of necessary laws and skilled manpower had made it hard for the management, regulation and monitoring of cooperatives despite their transfer to the local and provincial levels. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Out of the total cooperatives, 80 per cent are under local levels, 19 per cent under provinces and only 1 per cent under the federal government. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Failure on the part of local and province levels has led to the rise of malpractices in the cooperatives, said Niraula. He added that they were working to make the regulation and monitoring effective through new standards and criteria in Bagmati Province.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The new criteria and standards have envisioned province and district-level mechanisms to monitor cooperatives effectively. The province-level committee chaired by Province government secretary comprises Province Cooperative Development Board’s Vice-chair, Province Registrar, Province Cooperative Federation’s Chair, and representatives from National Cooperative Federation, National Cooperative Bank, among others, as members. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The committee will have ministry’s law officer as its member secretary. The committee has been assigned the rights to identify and monitor the cooperatives and prepare reports about them. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Likewise, new standards have envisioned a district-level monitoring and supervision committee. The committee has been delegated the responsibility to monitor and supervise the cooperatives and recommend to the province for necessary actions. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-08', 'modified' => '2022-12-08', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16217', 'image' => '20221208120753_Real estate.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-08 12:07:07', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16475', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Supply of Pure Drinking Water to Growing Population a Challenge: Experts', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 8: Experts said that it has become a mounting challenge to supply adequate pure drinking water, energy and food to the growing population of the country.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">December 8: Experts said that it has become a mounting challenge to supply adequate pure drinking water, energy and food to the growing population of the country. They made such remarks during a two-day workshop on water, energy and food nexus that concluded in Kathmandu on Wednesday.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">During the inauguration of the workshop, Secretary at the Ministry of Water Supply and Sanitation Maniram Gelal said that the demand for drinking water, energy and food has been increasing across the globe due to rapid urbanization and population growth. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">On the occasion, former minister Ganesh Shah suggested that the challenges surfaced in the sector could be averted by protecting sources of water, utilizing rain water and developing technology on water efficiency for higher yields of crops and placing renewable energy measures. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Likewise, former secretary Suman Prasad Sharma demanded serious interventions from concerned sides to reach out to the growing population with pure drinking water, adequate clean energy and nutrient-rich food. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Chairperson of Smart WASH Solutions Ramdeep Shah shared that the workshop was organized to learn the experiences of the advanced countries in addressing the issues of drinking water, clean energy and nourishing food in light of rising population. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">J W Lee of Asian Water Council and K-Water had delivered a presentation on how the Korea Water (K-Water) was working to address the challenges emerging in this sector. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Expert Dr Unahar Shin shed light on the inter-relationship between water, energy and food, urban water management, water leakage control and management style in congruent with sustainable development. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Prof Dr Bhim Shrestha of the Kathmandu University presented a paper on nexus between water, energy and food while Executive Director of Alternative Energy Promotion Centre (AEPC) Dr Madhusudan Adhikari presented a working paper on the contributions to drinking water, energy and food security through renewable energy technology in Nepal. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-08', 'modified' => '2022-12-08', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16216', 'image' => '20221208112046_Untitled.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-08 11:20:09', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16474', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'PM Commits to Take Initiative to Resolve the Economic Crisis', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 7: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has assured the private sector to take the initiative in solving the problems seen in the economy. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">December 7: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has assured the private sector to take the initiative in solving the problems seen in the economy. In a meeting with the Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI), the prime minister promised to invite everyone for discussion to resolve the current problems.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">FNCCI, which started a campaign to resolve the economic crisis, has been actively trying to meet top leaders of the political parties to resolve the economic problems. A delegation of FNCCI met Prime Minister Deuba in an attempt to find a way out. A press release issued by the FNCCI on Tuesday states that PM Deuba promised to resolve the issue by discussing it with the Ministry of Finance and the Nepal Rastra Bank along with the private sector.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">FNCCI has already met CPN (UML) chairman KP Sharma Oli and CPN (Maoist Center) chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal separately and sought for their help to seek a solution to the problems. FNCCI had asked them to protect the country's economy as it under grave risk.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">According to the statement of the federation, UML President Oli, in the meeting, admitted that the economy is in trouble, and he and his party were ready to work for a resolution. Chairman of the Maoist Center Dahal has also assured to take initiatives to solve the problem.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">FNCCI team has also met Finance Minister Janardan Sharma and Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Dilendra Prasad Badu. FNCCI has urged everyone to understand the sensitivity of the economy and also provide suggestions to solve the problem.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-07', 'modified' => '2022-12-07', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16215', 'image' => '20221207091118_20220616042445_ROS_KTM_6483441 (1).jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-07 21:10:14', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16473', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Production of Paddy, Millet Drops in Myagdi', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 7: Production of paddy and millet has declined in Myagdi this year. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt">December 7: Production of paddy and millet has declined in Myagdi this year. Compared to last year, the production of paddy and millet has dropped by 11.50 per cent and 6.87 per cent respectively in the district. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt">According to the Agriculture Knowledge Center, Myagdi, productivity of paddy and millet has shrunk by 0.3 and 0.1 ton per hectare respectively. Drought during the time of plantation and seed-bearing affected paddy and millet production, said Agriculture Knowledge Center Myagdi’s Chief Kiran Sigdel. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Sigdel said that delayed cultivation and shade from the increasing nearby forests had also led to the drop in production. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Myagdi had produced 13,480 tons of paddy and 3,490 tons of millet last year. This year, the paddy production stood at 11,929 tons while the millet production was 3,250 tons. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt">The agro center had conducted the study on the status of millet and paddy production using crop cutting methodology in various places of the district. As per the study, paddy production has declined from 3.4 tons to 3.1 tons per hectare while the productivity of millet has contracted to 1.27 tons per hectare from 1.28 tons. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Agriculture technicians had used crop cutting methodology in various parts to identify productivity of millet and paddy in the district. Paddy and millet are cultivated in 2,750 hectares and 3, 890 hectares of the land respectively in the district. </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-07', 'modified' => '2022-12-07', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16214', 'image' => '20221207063931_20201229023041_1609198819.Clipboard13.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-07 18:38:59', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ) ) $current_user = null $logged_in = falseinclude - APP/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp, line 60 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::_renderElement() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 1224 View::element() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 418 include - APP/View/Articles/index.ctp, line 157 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473 Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 968 Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 200 Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167 [main] - APP/webroot/index.php, line 117
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The project will help in setting up the processing centre for the production, processing, and commercialization of turmeric, the Embassy of Japan said in a press statement. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">“Currently, more turmeric is imported than is produced domestically. Local turmeric farmers are not able to earn much profit due to the lack of domestic work centres to commercialize the product. The project was planned to improve this situation and generate income for farmers,” the statement added. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Volunteer Nepal National Group has been working to improve the livelihoods of farmers. According to the statement, the project will be jointly managed by Pyuthan Municipality Ward 8, local farmers, and the Volunteer Nepal National Group. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Embassy of Japan believes that this project will improve the environment for production of turmeric and also enhance the livelihoods of the local farmers in Pyuthan district. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">“We hope that this agricultural assistance will enhance the friendship between the peoples of Japan and Nepal now and for future generations,” the statement further said. </span></span></span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-10', 'modified' => '2022-12-10', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16235', 'image' => '20221210101603_turmeric-root-and-powder.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-10 10:15:23', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16493', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'SC Tells Concerned Bodies not to Implement Parliament Secretariat’s Letter', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 10: The Supreme Court has issued an interim order asking the concerned bodies to not implement the letter written by the general secretary of parliament secretariat, which had stated that the impeachment motion against suspended Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JB Rana was rendered ineffective. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">December 10: The Supreme Court has issued an interim order asking the concerned bodies to not implement the letter written by the general secretary of parliament secretariat, which had stated that the impeachment motion against suspended Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JB Rana was rendered ineffective. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">A constitutional bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Hari Krishna Karki, senior Justice Bishwambhar Prasad Shrestha and justices Ishwar Prasad Khatiwada, Dr Anand Mohan Bhattarai and Anil Kumar Sinha on Friday issued the interim order following a preliminary hearing on a writ petition filed against the letter on Friday. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"The writ petition has raised significant constitutional and legal questions. The petition has also argued that the general secretary of parliament secretariat, Dr Bharat Raj Gautam, issued the letter going beyond his authority," the interim order read, adding, "The parliament’s general secretary exercising the authority bestowed to House of Representatives by the constitution has become a matter of serious concern. So, it is not logical from the viewpoint of balance of check to implement the letter immediately.” </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Until the SC completes hearing on writ petition, the letter that the parliament's general secretary issued must not be enforced, the constitutional bench added. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Chairman of the Supreme Court Bar, Purna Man Shakya, Vice Chair Mukunda Prasad Poudel, and Secretary Rishiram Ghimire, among others had filed the petition at SC, demanding the letter to be scrapped. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">In the writ petition, the petitioners argued that when Chief Justice Rana was suspended with the impeachment motion that questioned Rana's competence, behaviour and financial issues, merely a letter issued by the general secretary of the legislature parliament would not render the impeachment motion ineffective. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">On Wednesday, General Secretary Dr Gautam had written a letter to the concerned bodies, including the Supreme Court, informing that the impeachment motion against CJ Rana was invalidated. It created a ripple effect in the political circle of the country. -- RSS</span></span></span><br /> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-10', 'modified' => '2022-12-10', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16234', 'image' => '20221210093528_Supreme Court.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-10 09:34:07', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16492', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Bhuvan Nagarkoti Lifts Surya Nepal Kathmandu Open Golf Title', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 9: Bhuvan Nagarkoti won the Surya Nepal Kathmandu Open, the first event under the Surya Nepal Golf Tour 2022-23, at the par-68 Royal Nepal Golf Club on Friday.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">December 9: Bhuvan Nagarkoti won the Surya Nepal Kathmandu Open, the first event under the Surya Nepal Golf Tour 2022-23, at the par-68 Royal Nepal Golf Club on Friday.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Bhuvan carded four-under 64 to post the 72-hole total of 14-under 258 and recorded a nine-stroke victory over Dinesh Prajapati. Bhuvan claimed his 10th career title along with a cheque of Rs 116,000.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Dinesh produced the best card of the day carding six-under 62 for the score of five-under 267 and moved up to second. He earned 78,000. Nepal No 1 Sukra Bahadur Rai slipped to third after he played even-par 68 and received Rs 63,000. Leader of first two rounds, Rabi Khadka played a round of four-over 72 and finished fourth at three-over 275. He earned Rs 50,000. Ramesh Adhikari came fifth at five-over 277 after he played one-over 69 and received Rs 43,000.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Bhuvan, who went into the final round with a nine-shot lead, carded one-under 33 on the front nine and added three-under 31 on the back nine. He dropped a shot on the second hole and bounced back with birdies on the third and fifth holes. With no one pushing from behind, Bhuvan carded birdies on the 11th, 13th and 14th holes to cap a bogey-free back nine.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Second-placed Dinesh carded seven birdies and faced a bogey on the final round as he overtook Nepal No 1 pro Sukra in final standing. He carded two-under 32 on the front nine and shot four-under 30 on the back nine. He made birdies on the second, third and sixth holes before dropping a shot on the ninth. After taking the turn, Dinesh carded four birdies on the 10th, 11th, 13th and 14th holes.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">In Amateur section, Ajit BK won the title with the score of 17-over 289. Ajit played six-over 74 in the final round, but that was enough for him to register 22-stroke victory over Suresh Tamang. Suresh played four-over 72 for the total score of 311.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">A total of 36 golfers -- 31 pros and five amateurs -- took part in the season-opening event of the Surya Nepal Golf Tour 2022-23. The event carries a cash purse of Rs 670,000. Marketing Manager of Surya Nepal Pvt Ltd Keshav Pradhan and President of PGA Nepal Rabindra Man Shrestha handed over the prizes to the winners.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-09', 'modified' => '2022-12-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16233', 'image' => '20221209085132_1670580749549.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-09 20:51:03', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16489', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Farmers Struggle to Find Market for Citrus Fruits', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 9: The production of citrus fruits such as oranges and lemons has increased but the farmers are struggling to find a market for the produce.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">December 9: The production of citrus fruits such as oranges and lemons has increased but the farmers are struggling to find a market for the produce.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Farmers from various districts, including Rukum, Doti, Bajhang, and Bajura, have been complaining that the oranges produced by them are not getting any market. Looking at government data, it seems that the production of oranges is increasing every year. However, the market has not expanded in the same proportion.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">According to Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, in the last five years, the production of citrus fruits has been increasing along with the production area. In the fiscal year 2016/17, a total of 239,773 metric tons of citrus fruits were produced in 26,759 hectares of land. By the year 2020/21, the production area of the orange variety of fruits has increased by 5,429 hectares to 32,188 hectares, and the production has also increased by 71,415 metric tons to 311,188 metric tons.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">According to the government data, even though the production has increased, complaints are registered every year that the oranges produced by Nepali farmers are not able to find a market. This year also, the farmers of Doti, Rukum and other districts have complained that the oranges are not getting sold in the market.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Nawal Singh Budha, an orange farmer of Doti, has grown oranges on five ropanis of land. He said that despite the increase in production this year compared to last year, oranges could not find good markets. You can read and hear the news that oranges are sold for Rs 100 per kg in Kathmandu. However, it is difficult to sell oranges here even at Rs 40/50 per kilo. Due to the lack of cold storage, it is not possible to stock them for a long time and sell them after the price rises," he told New Business Age.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The agreement between the Government of Nepal and China to export oranges to China and expand the market of citrus fruit has yet to be implemented. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">An agreement to this effect was signed between the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development of Nepal and the Department of Agriculture of China about three years ago during the state visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping. However, the ministry said that this agreement has not been implemented yet </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Spokesperson of the ministry Prakash Kumar Sanjel said that the Chinese government had set a condition that the oranges exported to China should be free from diseases and insects, so there was a problem in implementing the agreement in the beginning. Currently, the Chinese government has adopted a somewhat flexible policy that the plant from which oranges are harvested must be free from disease and insects. But the export of oranges to China is yet to materialize.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-09', 'modified' => '2022-12-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16230', 'image' => '20221209030820_20190605051816_20190220125347_aaa.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-09 15:07:44', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16488', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Construction of Flyover at Gwarko to Kick off from Today', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 9: Seven years after conducting a study that recommended construction of flyovers in the Kathmandu valley for the management of traffic, the government is finally starting to build a flyover at Gwarko of Lalitpur.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">December 9: Seven years after conducting a study that recommended construction of flyovers in the Kathmandu valley for the management of traffic, the government is finally starting to build a flyover at Gwarko of Lalitpur.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport, the construction of the flyover will begin from Friday. The ministry said that the contract for the construction of the flyover has been awarded to a Nepali company. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Spokesperson of the ministry Shiva Prasad Nepal said that the construction work will be carried out in the night time so that the regular traffic will not be disturbed in the daytime.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The four-lane flyover is being built to ease the traffic congestion in the valley. The study conducted by the government had recommended to build three such flyovers. The flyover at Gwarko is being built on the first phase and then the other two will be built, according to the ministry. The other two flyovers will be built at Satdobato and Ekantakuna.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The Kathmandu-Tarai Fast Track and the Nagdhunga tunnel will also have flyovers.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The flyover is being built as per the recommendation of the Department of Roads to build underpasses and flyovers in the capital to manage the traffic jams. The DoR has issued a tender to build the flyover at Gwarko in July 2021. The flyover will be simple in nature, similar to a straight-forward bridge of 35 meters width. The total length of the flyover will be 455 meters. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The flyover will run parallel to the Ring Road while vehicles travelling between Patan’s Mangalbazar and Imadol will have travel underneath the flyover.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The ministry has allocated a budget of Rs 340 million for the construction of the flyover. </span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-09', 'modified' => '2022-12-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16229', 'image' => '20221209015125_20200925021204_1600988628.Clipboard13.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-09 13:50:49', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16487', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Price of Gold Crosses the Mark of Rs 100,000 per Tola ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 9: The price of gold has crossed the mark of Rs 100,000 per tola (11.66 grams) on Friday. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">December 9: The price of gold has crossed the mark of Rs 100,000 per tola (11.66 grams) on Friday. According to the Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers Association (FENEGOSIDA), the price of fine gold has been fixed at Rs 100,300 per tola on Friday after an increase of Rs 600 per tola compared to the previous trading day. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The precious yellow metal was traded at Rs 99,700 on Thursday. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Similarly, the federation has fixed the price of worked gold at Rs 99,800 per tola against Rs 99,200 on the previous trading day. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Also, the price of silver has been fixed at Rs 1,390 per tola after an increment of Rs 30 as compared to the previous trading day. </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-09', 'modified' => '2022-12-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16228', 'image' => '20221209011018_gold.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-09 13:09:46', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16486', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Financial Access in Province-1 Imperative: NRB Report', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 9: A report prepared by Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has pointed out the need of financial access for the economic development of Province-1. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">December 9: A report prepared by Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has pointed out the need of financial access for the economic development of Province-1. The study report of NRB showed that financial inclusion should be materialized by expanding financial access and awareness. The availability of financial tools are also imperative. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Among 14 districts in Province-1, only Jhapa, Morang and Sunsari district have adequate physical infrastructures, road transport and other facilities. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The facilities concentrated in three districts must be expanded, the report stated, adding balanced development of province is necessary. Bringing in adequate investment is essential irrespective of diverse geography, the report said. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Moreover, it pointed out the lack of well managed information and statistics on agriculture, industry, service and infrastructures at the data providing bodies and organizations. Another challenge is the formulation of implementable policy based on credible data and statistics. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">There are limited capacity and sources of internal investment, the report concluded. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-09', 'modified' => '2022-12-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16227', 'image' => '20221209120113_Nepal_Rastra_Bank2 2.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-09 12:00:28', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16485', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Water from Melamchi being Supplied in Kathmandu Valley from Today ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 9: Water supply from Melamchi river is to resume in the Kathmandu Valley from today (December 9).', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">December 9: Water supply from Melamchi river is to resume in the Kathmandu Valley from today (December 9). The water from the Melamchi river has been brought up to Sundarijal of Kathmandu and is being distributed in the federal capital from today, the state-owned national news agency RSS reported. The water was channelled via the tunnel aqueduct at Ambathan, the source of the Melamchi stream in Helambu Rural Municipality-1 in Sindhupalchok district, added RSS. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The water released into the tunnel reached the end point at Sundarijal, Gokarneshwar Municipality-1 on December 4. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"The tunnel was shut in June after a massive landslide that occurred in the Melamchi area damaged the tunnel at its source at Ambathan. The water that had been filled in the tunnel has been released into the Bagmati river to flush out the silt and debris in the tunnel," RSS quoted Ram Chandra Poudel, the engineer with the Melamchi Water Supply Project, as saying. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to him, only a small amount of water was channelled into the tunnel conduit in the beginning on a trial basis since the tunnel was closed for a long time. This water took a week to reach Sundarijal. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Project spokesperson Rajendra Panta said that 175 million litres of water from the Melamchi river would be released into the tunnel daily from today. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The project had first started distributing the water in Kathmandu on March 28 last year. However, the supply was disrupted following major floods and landslides in Sindhupalchowk on June 15. The headworks of the project were completely damaged, as the floods and landslides deposited dozens of feet high pebbles, sand, and mud at the headworks. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">RSS added that the water from Melamchi will be channelled into the tunnel and brought to Kathmandu only during winter because the reconstruction of the damaged headworks at Ambathan intake has not been completed yet. </span></span></span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-09', 'modified' => '2022-12-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16226', 'image' => '20221209110528_melamcbi.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-09 11:04:55', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16481', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Farmers Shift to Lucrative Mustard Farming in Nawalparasi', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 8: Farmers of Nawalparasi are attracted towards mustard farming due to the high price it fetches. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">December 8: Farmers of Nawalparasi are attracted towards mustard farming due to the high price it fetches. As the price of mustard has increased in the last few years, the number of farmers has also increased to benefit from the production and sale of this crop.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Mustard can be seen blooming across this district, which is considered to be a pocket area of mustard. Compared to other crops, farmers are attracted towards the cultivation of mustard because they can produce their own oil instead of using the oil bought from the market.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The area between Gaidakot Municipality of Nawalparasi (East of Bardghat Susta) to Vinayi Triveni Rural Municipality is considered as a pocket area for mustard farming. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Sita Gautam of Devchuli Municipality, who has been growing mustard seeds for years, said that she grows mustard seeds so that she can sell the produce in the market and consume the excess amount throughout the year. She also added that the demand for mustard has increased in the villages for the past two to three years and that the crop has improved after using chicken manure.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Kawasoti, Badhyavindu, Devchuli and Gaidakot municipalities of the district are considered to be the pocket areas for mustard farming. While farmers are being attracted towards mustard farming, the challenges and problems still persist. Farmers say that their main problem is unavailability of fertilizer on time.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Kalpana Bhandari, a farmer, said, “Nowadays, there is no need for us to look for a market to sell mustard, it can be sold from home easily. But the shortage of fertilizer at the time of plating is problematic.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Shankar Paudel, information officer of the district-based Agriculture Knowledge Center said that mustard is cultivated in 2,335 hectares of land in Nawalparasi. It is easy to grow mustard because the weather is conducive. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">In recent years, farmers have started getting good prices for mustard. At present, the price of mustard is up to Rs 11,000 per quintal in the village. Mustard gets ripe in 80 to 90 days after sowing. Farmers are attracted to mustard farming because of the quality of self-produced mustard oil and the fact that the wastage can also be used as fertilizer.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-08', 'modified' => '2022-12-08', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16223', 'image' => '20221208052938_KA_Bharatpur-IMG_1653.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-08 17:28:27', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16480', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Buddha Air to Fly ATR-72 along Kathmandu-Surkhet Route', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 8: Buddha Air, one of the leading airliners of Nepal, is all set to start flight along the Kathmandu-Surkhet route with ATR-72 aircraft.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">December 8: Buddha Air, one of the leading airliners of Nepal, is all set to start flight along the Kathmandu-Surkhet route with ATR-72 aircraft. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The airline company will kick off its flight with ATR-72 aircraft along the route from December 16. The minimum fare for this route is Rs 7,000. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The airline company had conducted test flight with the aircraft along the route a month ago. Buddha Air has been operating flights along the Kathmandu-Surkeht route with ATR-42 aircraft for the last five years. The company is now preparing to fly aircraft with 72 seats in the same route. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The airline company will conduct two flights a day along the route. The company will operate the Kathmandu-Surkhet flight at 10:00 am every day while the return flight from Surkeht is scheduled for 11:35 am. “We are preparing to operate flights with bigger aircraft keeping in view the increasing number of passengers and their convenience,” said a representative of Buddha Air. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">A press statement issued by the airlines says that operating flights through bigger aircraft will reduce the fare and operation costs. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The company has already announced to purchase two ATR-72 aircraft for the same route. Buddha Air has 14 ATR series aircraft. Of them, three are ATR 42 series while 11 are from ATR 72 series. The airline makes domestic flight to more than a dozen destinations regularly. </span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-08', 'modified' => '2022-12-08', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16222', 'image' => '20221208042248_20180425054539_ATR.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-08 16:22:09', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16477', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Messi's World Cup Chase takes Centre Stage in Quarterfinal Clash', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 8: Lionel Messi's hopes of winning an elusive World Cup will come up against the tactical scheming of veteran coach Louis van Gaal as Argentina face the Netherlands in Friday’s quarter-final at Lusail, Reuters reported.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">AGENCIES</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">December 8: Lionel Messi's hopes of winning an elusive World Cup will come up against the tactical scheming of veteran coach Louis van Gaal as Argentina face the Netherlands in Friday’s quarter-final at Lusail, Reuters reported.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Messi, 35, once again carries his nation's hopes on his shoulders as he looks to crown an extraordinary career that includes seven Ballon d'Or awards and multiple club titles, but only one Copa America to show for his efforts with Argentina, added the news agency.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">“Messi can expect little in the way of sympathy from the 71-year-old Van Gaal, who is determined to give the Dutch their first World Cup title after runners-up finishes in 1974, 1978 and 2010. The coach’s planning will largely focus on containing Messi and catching Argentina on the break, as Van Gaal thumbs his nose at his critics by playing a brand of football at odds with the usual attacking Dutch approach.”</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">According to Reuters, the tactical plan is key to his side’s hopes of winning on Friday as the Dutch look to take revenge for their semi-final defeat in 2014 when Argentina beat them in a shootout.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Van Gaal also pointed to a run of form that has seen the Dutch go 19 games without defeat since he returned to the hot seat for a third spell 15 months ago.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">This will be the sixth World Cup meeting between the Netherlands and Argentina, with only Brazil against Sweden (7) and Argentina against Germany (7) being played more often in the competition, according to Goal.com.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The sports news portal further said that the Netherlands have lost just one of their nine meetings with Argentina in all competitions (four wins and four draws), with that loss coming in the 1978 World Cup final. However, the most recent of those four draws did result in a penalty shootout defeat, in the last meeting between the sides in the 2014 World Cup semi-final.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The last two World Cup meetings between the Netherlands and Argentina finished 0-0, in the 2006 group stages and the 2014 semi-final (Argentina progressing on penalties).</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The clash between Argentina and the Netherlands will take place Friday night at 12:45 am (NST).</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-08', 'modified' => '2022-12-08', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16218', 'image' => '20221208010146_maxresdefault.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-08 13:01:09', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16476', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Bagmati Government Sets 25 Per Cent Limit For Cooperatives To Flow Credit In Real Estate', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 8: The Bagmati Province government has tightened the noose for cooperatives to disburse loan in the real estate sector.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">December 8: The Bagmati Province government has tightened the noose for cooperatives to disburse loan in the real estate sector. As per the new directives issued by the provincial government, cooperatives will be able to issue only 25 per cent of the total credit/loan in real estates. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The new provisions came into effect after the Ministry of Land Management, Cooperative and Poverty Alleviation implemented the Criteria and Provisions for Operation, Monitoring and Auditing of Cooperatives -2022 on Wednesday. The ministry implemented the new provisions stating that concentration of the loan in land and housing had increased the risk in cooperatives. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Nepal Rastra Bank has already set the limit for banks and financial institutions to disburse only 25 per cent of the total credit in housing and land. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">While extending loan against collateral for housing and land, the ministry has directed the cooperatives not provide loans more than 40 percent of the total valuation.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Earlier, issuing the Unified Directives in June-2022, the Federal Cooperative Department had issued directives to the cooperatives to classify the credit on the basis of sectors and disburse at least 51 per cent of the total credit in productive and income-generating enterprises. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The new cooperatives standards by the provincial government have banned cooperatives from investing in overdraft, operators’ private businesses, gold and silver collateral. Similarly, cooperatives will not be able to float loan without any collateral. They may disburse the credit to customers only after the latter have deposited their money regularly for at least three months. Cooperatives are barred from considering interest as principal amount. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">While floating the loan above Rs 1 million, they should have collateral’s valuation done by institutional valuators. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">As per the existing provisions, cooperatives are registered with local, province and federal levels in accordance with their working area. Out of 30,000 cooperatives operating across the country, twenty thousand cooperatives are under the provinces’ jurisdictions. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">With the country adopting the federal system, rights of cooperatives were transferred to the local and provincial levels. Implementation, however, has become ineffective. Bagmati Province’s Cooperative Registrar Balram Niraula said that lack of necessary laws and skilled manpower had made it hard for the management, regulation and monitoring of cooperatives despite their transfer to the local and provincial levels. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Out of the total cooperatives, 80 per cent are under local levels, 19 per cent under provinces and only 1 per cent under the federal government. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Failure on the part of local and province levels has led to the rise of malpractices in the cooperatives, said Niraula. He added that they were working to make the regulation and monitoring effective through new standards and criteria in Bagmati Province.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The new criteria and standards have envisioned province and district-level mechanisms to monitor cooperatives effectively. The province-level committee chaired by Province government secretary comprises Province Cooperative Development Board’s Vice-chair, Province Registrar, Province Cooperative Federation’s Chair, and representatives from National Cooperative Federation, National Cooperative Bank, among others, as members. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The committee will have ministry’s law officer as its member secretary. The committee has been assigned the rights to identify and monitor the cooperatives and prepare reports about them. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Likewise, new standards have envisioned a district-level monitoring and supervision committee. The committee has been delegated the responsibility to monitor and supervise the cooperatives and recommend to the province for necessary actions. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-08', 'modified' => '2022-12-08', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16217', 'image' => '20221208120753_Real estate.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-08 12:07:07', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16475', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Supply of Pure Drinking Water to Growing Population a Challenge: Experts', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 8: Experts said that it has become a mounting challenge to supply adequate pure drinking water, energy and food to the growing population of the country.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">December 8: Experts said that it has become a mounting challenge to supply adequate pure drinking water, energy and food to the growing population of the country. They made such remarks during a two-day workshop on water, energy and food nexus that concluded in Kathmandu on Wednesday.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">During the inauguration of the workshop, Secretary at the Ministry of Water Supply and Sanitation Maniram Gelal said that the demand for drinking water, energy and food has been increasing across the globe due to rapid urbanization and population growth. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">On the occasion, former minister Ganesh Shah suggested that the challenges surfaced in the sector could be averted by protecting sources of water, utilizing rain water and developing technology on water efficiency for higher yields of crops and placing renewable energy measures. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Likewise, former secretary Suman Prasad Sharma demanded serious interventions from concerned sides to reach out to the growing population with pure drinking water, adequate clean energy and nutrient-rich food. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Chairperson of Smart WASH Solutions Ramdeep Shah shared that the workshop was organized to learn the experiences of the advanced countries in addressing the issues of drinking water, clean energy and nourishing food in light of rising population. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">J W Lee of Asian Water Council and K-Water had delivered a presentation on how the Korea Water (K-Water) was working to address the challenges emerging in this sector. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Expert Dr Unahar Shin shed light on the inter-relationship between water, energy and food, urban water management, water leakage control and management style in congruent with sustainable development. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Prof Dr Bhim Shrestha of the Kathmandu University presented a paper on nexus between water, energy and food while Executive Director of Alternative Energy Promotion Centre (AEPC) Dr Madhusudan Adhikari presented a working paper on the contributions to drinking water, energy and food security through renewable energy technology in Nepal. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-08', 'modified' => '2022-12-08', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16216', 'image' => '20221208112046_Untitled.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-08 11:20:09', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16474', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'PM Commits to Take Initiative to Resolve the Economic Crisis', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 7: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has assured the private sector to take the initiative in solving the problems seen in the economy. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">December 7: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has assured the private sector to take the initiative in solving the problems seen in the economy. In a meeting with the Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI), the prime minister promised to invite everyone for discussion to resolve the current problems.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">FNCCI, which started a campaign to resolve the economic crisis, has been actively trying to meet top leaders of the political parties to resolve the economic problems. A delegation of FNCCI met Prime Minister Deuba in an attempt to find a way out. A press release issued by the FNCCI on Tuesday states that PM Deuba promised to resolve the issue by discussing it with the Ministry of Finance and the Nepal Rastra Bank along with the private sector.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">FNCCI has already met CPN (UML) chairman KP Sharma Oli and CPN (Maoist Center) chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal separately and sought for their help to seek a solution to the problems. FNCCI had asked them to protect the country's economy as it under grave risk.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">According to the statement of the federation, UML President Oli, in the meeting, admitted that the economy is in trouble, and he and his party were ready to work for a resolution. Chairman of the Maoist Center Dahal has also assured to take initiatives to solve the problem.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">FNCCI team has also met Finance Minister Janardan Sharma and Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Dilendra Prasad Badu. FNCCI has urged everyone to understand the sensitivity of the economy and also provide suggestions to solve the problem.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-07', 'modified' => '2022-12-07', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16215', 'image' => '20221207091118_20220616042445_ROS_KTM_6483441 (1).jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-07 21:10:14', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16473', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Production of Paddy, Millet Drops in Myagdi', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 7: Production of paddy and millet has declined in Myagdi this year. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt">December 7: Production of paddy and millet has declined in Myagdi this year. Compared to last year, the production of paddy and millet has dropped by 11.50 per cent and 6.87 per cent respectively in the district. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt">According to the Agriculture Knowledge Center, Myagdi, productivity of paddy and millet has shrunk by 0.3 and 0.1 ton per hectare respectively. Drought during the time of plantation and seed-bearing affected paddy and millet production, said Agriculture Knowledge Center Myagdi’s Chief Kiran Sigdel. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Sigdel said that delayed cultivation and shade from the increasing nearby forests had also led to the drop in production. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Myagdi had produced 13,480 tons of paddy and 3,490 tons of millet last year. This year, the paddy production stood at 11,929 tons while the millet production was 3,250 tons. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt">The agro center had conducted the study on the status of millet and paddy production using crop cutting methodology in various places of the district. As per the study, paddy production has declined from 3.4 tons to 3.1 tons per hectare while the productivity of millet has contracted to 1.27 tons per hectare from 1.28 tons. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Agriculture technicians had used crop cutting methodology in various parts to identify productivity of millet and paddy in the district. Paddy and millet are cultivated in 2,750 hectares and 3, 890 hectares of the land respectively in the district. </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-07', 'modified' => '2022-12-07', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16214', 'image' => '20221207063931_20201229023041_1609198819.Clipboard13.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-07 18:38:59', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ) ) $current_user = null $logged_in = falsesimplexml_load_file - [internal], line ?? include - APP/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp, line 60 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::_renderElement() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 1224 View::element() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 418 include - APP/View/Articles/index.ctp, line 157 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473 Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 968 Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 200 Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167 [main] - APP/webroot/index.php, line 117
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The project will help in setting up the processing centre for the production, processing, and commercialization of turmeric, the Embassy of Japan said in a press statement. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">“Currently, more turmeric is imported than is produced domestically. Local turmeric farmers are not able to earn much profit due to the lack of domestic work centres to commercialize the product. The project was planned to improve this situation and generate income for farmers,” the statement added. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Volunteer Nepal National Group has been working to improve the livelihoods of farmers. According to the statement, the project will be jointly managed by Pyuthan Municipality Ward 8, local farmers, and the Volunteer Nepal National Group. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Embassy of Japan believes that this project will improve the environment for production of turmeric and also enhance the livelihoods of the local farmers in Pyuthan district. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">“We hope that this agricultural assistance will enhance the friendship between the peoples of Japan and Nepal now and for future generations,” the statement further said. </span></span></span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-10', 'modified' => '2022-12-10', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16235', 'image' => '20221210101603_turmeric-root-and-powder.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-10 10:15:23', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16493', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'SC Tells Concerned Bodies not to Implement Parliament Secretariat’s Letter', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 10: The Supreme Court has issued an interim order asking the concerned bodies to not implement the letter written by the general secretary of parliament secretariat, which had stated that the impeachment motion against suspended Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JB Rana was rendered ineffective. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">December 10: The Supreme Court has issued an interim order asking the concerned bodies to not implement the letter written by the general secretary of parliament secretariat, which had stated that the impeachment motion against suspended Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JB Rana was rendered ineffective. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">A constitutional bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Hari Krishna Karki, senior Justice Bishwambhar Prasad Shrestha and justices Ishwar Prasad Khatiwada, Dr Anand Mohan Bhattarai and Anil Kumar Sinha on Friday issued the interim order following a preliminary hearing on a writ petition filed against the letter on Friday. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"The writ petition has raised significant constitutional and legal questions. The petition has also argued that the general secretary of parliament secretariat, Dr Bharat Raj Gautam, issued the letter going beyond his authority," the interim order read, adding, "The parliament’s general secretary exercising the authority bestowed to House of Representatives by the constitution has become a matter of serious concern. So, it is not logical from the viewpoint of balance of check to implement the letter immediately.” </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Until the SC completes hearing on writ petition, the letter that the parliament's general secretary issued must not be enforced, the constitutional bench added. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Chairman of the Supreme Court Bar, Purna Man Shakya, Vice Chair Mukunda Prasad Poudel, and Secretary Rishiram Ghimire, among others had filed the petition at SC, demanding the letter to be scrapped. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">In the writ petition, the petitioners argued that when Chief Justice Rana was suspended with the impeachment motion that questioned Rana's competence, behaviour and financial issues, merely a letter issued by the general secretary of the legislature parliament would not render the impeachment motion ineffective. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">On Wednesday, General Secretary Dr Gautam had written a letter to the concerned bodies, including the Supreme Court, informing that the impeachment motion against CJ Rana was invalidated. It created a ripple effect in the political circle of the country. -- RSS</span></span></span><br /> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-10', 'modified' => '2022-12-10', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16234', 'image' => '20221210093528_Supreme Court.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-10 09:34:07', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16492', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Bhuvan Nagarkoti Lifts Surya Nepal Kathmandu Open Golf Title', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 9: Bhuvan Nagarkoti won the Surya Nepal Kathmandu Open, the first event under the Surya Nepal Golf Tour 2022-23, at the par-68 Royal Nepal Golf Club on Friday.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">December 9: Bhuvan Nagarkoti won the Surya Nepal Kathmandu Open, the first event under the Surya Nepal Golf Tour 2022-23, at the par-68 Royal Nepal Golf Club on Friday.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Bhuvan carded four-under 64 to post the 72-hole total of 14-under 258 and recorded a nine-stroke victory over Dinesh Prajapati. Bhuvan claimed his 10th career title along with a cheque of Rs 116,000.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Dinesh produced the best card of the day carding six-under 62 for the score of five-under 267 and moved up to second. He earned 78,000. Nepal No 1 Sukra Bahadur Rai slipped to third after he played even-par 68 and received Rs 63,000. Leader of first two rounds, Rabi Khadka played a round of four-over 72 and finished fourth at three-over 275. He earned Rs 50,000. Ramesh Adhikari came fifth at five-over 277 after he played one-over 69 and received Rs 43,000.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Bhuvan, who went into the final round with a nine-shot lead, carded one-under 33 on the front nine and added three-under 31 on the back nine. He dropped a shot on the second hole and bounced back with birdies on the third and fifth holes. With no one pushing from behind, Bhuvan carded birdies on the 11th, 13th and 14th holes to cap a bogey-free back nine.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Second-placed Dinesh carded seven birdies and faced a bogey on the final round as he overtook Nepal No 1 pro Sukra in final standing. He carded two-under 32 on the front nine and shot four-under 30 on the back nine. He made birdies on the second, third and sixth holes before dropping a shot on the ninth. After taking the turn, Dinesh carded four birdies on the 10th, 11th, 13th and 14th holes.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">In Amateur section, Ajit BK won the title with the score of 17-over 289. Ajit played six-over 74 in the final round, but that was enough for him to register 22-stroke victory over Suresh Tamang. Suresh played four-over 72 for the total score of 311.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">A total of 36 golfers -- 31 pros and five amateurs -- took part in the season-opening event of the Surya Nepal Golf Tour 2022-23. The event carries a cash purse of Rs 670,000. Marketing Manager of Surya Nepal Pvt Ltd Keshav Pradhan and President of PGA Nepal Rabindra Man Shrestha handed over the prizes to the winners.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-09', 'modified' => '2022-12-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16233', 'image' => '20221209085132_1670580749549.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-09 20:51:03', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16489', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Farmers Struggle to Find Market for Citrus Fruits', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 9: The production of citrus fruits such as oranges and lemons has increased but the farmers are struggling to find a market for the produce.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">December 9: The production of citrus fruits such as oranges and lemons has increased but the farmers are struggling to find a market for the produce.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Farmers from various districts, including Rukum, Doti, Bajhang, and Bajura, have been complaining that the oranges produced by them are not getting any market. Looking at government data, it seems that the production of oranges is increasing every year. However, the market has not expanded in the same proportion.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">According to Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, in the last five years, the production of citrus fruits has been increasing along with the production area. In the fiscal year 2016/17, a total of 239,773 metric tons of citrus fruits were produced in 26,759 hectares of land. By the year 2020/21, the production area of the orange variety of fruits has increased by 5,429 hectares to 32,188 hectares, and the production has also increased by 71,415 metric tons to 311,188 metric tons.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">According to the government data, even though the production has increased, complaints are registered every year that the oranges produced by Nepali farmers are not able to find a market. This year also, the farmers of Doti, Rukum and other districts have complained that the oranges are not getting sold in the market.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Nawal Singh Budha, an orange farmer of Doti, has grown oranges on five ropanis of land. He said that despite the increase in production this year compared to last year, oranges could not find good markets. You can read and hear the news that oranges are sold for Rs 100 per kg in Kathmandu. However, it is difficult to sell oranges here even at Rs 40/50 per kilo. Due to the lack of cold storage, it is not possible to stock them for a long time and sell them after the price rises," he told New Business Age.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The agreement between the Government of Nepal and China to export oranges to China and expand the market of citrus fruit has yet to be implemented. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">An agreement to this effect was signed between the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development of Nepal and the Department of Agriculture of China about three years ago during the state visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping. However, the ministry said that this agreement has not been implemented yet </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Spokesperson of the ministry Prakash Kumar Sanjel said that the Chinese government had set a condition that the oranges exported to China should be free from diseases and insects, so there was a problem in implementing the agreement in the beginning. Currently, the Chinese government has adopted a somewhat flexible policy that the plant from which oranges are harvested must be free from disease and insects. But the export of oranges to China is yet to materialize.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-09', 'modified' => '2022-12-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16230', 'image' => '20221209030820_20190605051816_20190220125347_aaa.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-09 15:07:44', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16488', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Construction of Flyover at Gwarko to Kick off from Today', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 9: Seven years after conducting a study that recommended construction of flyovers in the Kathmandu valley for the management of traffic, the government is finally starting to build a flyover at Gwarko of Lalitpur.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">December 9: Seven years after conducting a study that recommended construction of flyovers in the Kathmandu valley for the management of traffic, the government is finally starting to build a flyover at Gwarko of Lalitpur.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport, the construction of the flyover will begin from Friday. The ministry said that the contract for the construction of the flyover has been awarded to a Nepali company. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Spokesperson of the ministry Shiva Prasad Nepal said that the construction work will be carried out in the night time so that the regular traffic will not be disturbed in the daytime.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The four-lane flyover is being built to ease the traffic congestion in the valley. The study conducted by the government had recommended to build three such flyovers. The flyover at Gwarko is being built on the first phase and then the other two will be built, according to the ministry. The other two flyovers will be built at Satdobato and Ekantakuna.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The Kathmandu-Tarai Fast Track and the Nagdhunga tunnel will also have flyovers.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The flyover is being built as per the recommendation of the Department of Roads to build underpasses and flyovers in the capital to manage the traffic jams. The DoR has issued a tender to build the flyover at Gwarko in July 2021. The flyover will be simple in nature, similar to a straight-forward bridge of 35 meters width. The total length of the flyover will be 455 meters. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The flyover will run parallel to the Ring Road while vehicles travelling between Patan’s Mangalbazar and Imadol will have travel underneath the flyover.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The ministry has allocated a budget of Rs 340 million for the construction of the flyover. </span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-09', 'modified' => '2022-12-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16229', 'image' => '20221209015125_20200925021204_1600988628.Clipboard13.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-09 13:50:49', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16487', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Price of Gold Crosses the Mark of Rs 100,000 per Tola ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 9: The price of gold has crossed the mark of Rs 100,000 per tola (11.66 grams) on Friday. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">December 9: The price of gold has crossed the mark of Rs 100,000 per tola (11.66 grams) on Friday. According to the Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers Association (FENEGOSIDA), the price of fine gold has been fixed at Rs 100,300 per tola on Friday after an increase of Rs 600 per tola compared to the previous trading day. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The precious yellow metal was traded at Rs 99,700 on Thursday. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Similarly, the federation has fixed the price of worked gold at Rs 99,800 per tola against Rs 99,200 on the previous trading day. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Also, the price of silver has been fixed at Rs 1,390 per tola after an increment of Rs 30 as compared to the previous trading day. </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-09', 'modified' => '2022-12-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16228', 'image' => '20221209011018_gold.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-09 13:09:46', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16486', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Financial Access in Province-1 Imperative: NRB Report', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 9: A report prepared by Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has pointed out the need of financial access for the economic development of Province-1. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">December 9: A report prepared by Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has pointed out the need of financial access for the economic development of Province-1. The study report of NRB showed that financial inclusion should be materialized by expanding financial access and awareness. The availability of financial tools are also imperative. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Among 14 districts in Province-1, only Jhapa, Morang and Sunsari district have adequate physical infrastructures, road transport and other facilities. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The facilities concentrated in three districts must be expanded, the report stated, adding balanced development of province is necessary. Bringing in adequate investment is essential irrespective of diverse geography, the report said. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Moreover, it pointed out the lack of well managed information and statistics on agriculture, industry, service and infrastructures at the data providing bodies and organizations. Another challenge is the formulation of implementable policy based on credible data and statistics. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">There are limited capacity and sources of internal investment, the report concluded. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-09', 'modified' => '2022-12-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16227', 'image' => '20221209120113_Nepal_Rastra_Bank2 2.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-09 12:00:28', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16485', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Water from Melamchi being Supplied in Kathmandu Valley from Today ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 9: Water supply from Melamchi river is to resume in the Kathmandu Valley from today (December 9).', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">December 9: Water supply from Melamchi river is to resume in the Kathmandu Valley from today (December 9). The water from the Melamchi river has been brought up to Sundarijal of Kathmandu and is being distributed in the federal capital from today, the state-owned national news agency RSS reported. The water was channelled via the tunnel aqueduct at Ambathan, the source of the Melamchi stream in Helambu Rural Municipality-1 in Sindhupalchok district, added RSS. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The water released into the tunnel reached the end point at Sundarijal, Gokarneshwar Municipality-1 on December 4. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"The tunnel was shut in June after a massive landslide that occurred in the Melamchi area damaged the tunnel at its source at Ambathan. The water that had been filled in the tunnel has been released into the Bagmati river to flush out the silt and debris in the tunnel," RSS quoted Ram Chandra Poudel, the engineer with the Melamchi Water Supply Project, as saying. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to him, only a small amount of water was channelled into the tunnel conduit in the beginning on a trial basis since the tunnel was closed for a long time. This water took a week to reach Sundarijal. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Project spokesperson Rajendra Panta said that 175 million litres of water from the Melamchi river would be released into the tunnel daily from today. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The project had first started distributing the water in Kathmandu on March 28 last year. However, the supply was disrupted following major floods and landslides in Sindhupalchowk on June 15. The headworks of the project were completely damaged, as the floods and landslides deposited dozens of feet high pebbles, sand, and mud at the headworks. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">RSS added that the water from Melamchi will be channelled into the tunnel and brought to Kathmandu only during winter because the reconstruction of the damaged headworks at Ambathan intake has not been completed yet. </span></span></span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-09', 'modified' => '2022-12-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16226', 'image' => '20221209110528_melamcbi.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-09 11:04:55', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16481', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Farmers Shift to Lucrative Mustard Farming in Nawalparasi', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 8: Farmers of Nawalparasi are attracted towards mustard farming due to the high price it fetches. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">December 8: Farmers of Nawalparasi are attracted towards mustard farming due to the high price it fetches. As the price of mustard has increased in the last few years, the number of farmers has also increased to benefit from the production and sale of this crop.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Mustard can be seen blooming across this district, which is considered to be a pocket area of mustard. Compared to other crops, farmers are attracted towards the cultivation of mustard because they can produce their own oil instead of using the oil bought from the market.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The area between Gaidakot Municipality of Nawalparasi (East of Bardghat Susta) to Vinayi Triveni Rural Municipality is considered as a pocket area for mustard farming. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Sita Gautam of Devchuli Municipality, who has been growing mustard seeds for years, said that she grows mustard seeds so that she can sell the produce in the market and consume the excess amount throughout the year. She also added that the demand for mustard has increased in the villages for the past two to three years and that the crop has improved after using chicken manure.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Kawasoti, Badhyavindu, Devchuli and Gaidakot municipalities of the district are considered to be the pocket areas for mustard farming. While farmers are being attracted towards mustard farming, the challenges and problems still persist. Farmers say that their main problem is unavailability of fertilizer on time.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Kalpana Bhandari, a farmer, said, “Nowadays, there is no need for us to look for a market to sell mustard, it can be sold from home easily. But the shortage of fertilizer at the time of plating is problematic.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Shankar Paudel, information officer of the district-based Agriculture Knowledge Center said that mustard is cultivated in 2,335 hectares of land in Nawalparasi. It is easy to grow mustard because the weather is conducive. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">In recent years, farmers have started getting good prices for mustard. At present, the price of mustard is up to Rs 11,000 per quintal in the village. Mustard gets ripe in 80 to 90 days after sowing. Farmers are attracted to mustard farming because of the quality of self-produced mustard oil and the fact that the wastage can also be used as fertilizer.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-08', 'modified' => '2022-12-08', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16223', 'image' => '20221208052938_KA_Bharatpur-IMG_1653.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-08 17:28:27', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16480', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Buddha Air to Fly ATR-72 along Kathmandu-Surkhet Route', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 8: Buddha Air, one of the leading airliners of Nepal, is all set to start flight along the Kathmandu-Surkhet route with ATR-72 aircraft.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">December 8: Buddha Air, one of the leading airliners of Nepal, is all set to start flight along the Kathmandu-Surkhet route with ATR-72 aircraft. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The airline company will kick off its flight with ATR-72 aircraft along the route from December 16. The minimum fare for this route is Rs 7,000. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The airline company had conducted test flight with the aircraft along the route a month ago. Buddha Air has been operating flights along the Kathmandu-Surkeht route with ATR-42 aircraft for the last five years. The company is now preparing to fly aircraft with 72 seats in the same route. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The airline company will conduct two flights a day along the route. The company will operate the Kathmandu-Surkhet flight at 10:00 am every day while the return flight from Surkeht is scheduled for 11:35 am. “We are preparing to operate flights with bigger aircraft keeping in view the increasing number of passengers and their convenience,” said a representative of Buddha Air. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">A press statement issued by the airlines says that operating flights through bigger aircraft will reduce the fare and operation costs. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The company has already announced to purchase two ATR-72 aircraft for the same route. Buddha Air has 14 ATR series aircraft. Of them, three are ATR 42 series while 11 are from ATR 72 series. The airline makes domestic flight to more than a dozen destinations regularly. </span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-08', 'modified' => '2022-12-08', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16222', 'image' => '20221208042248_20180425054539_ATR.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-08 16:22:09', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16477', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Messi's World Cup Chase takes Centre Stage in Quarterfinal Clash', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 8: Lionel Messi's hopes of winning an elusive World Cup will come up against the tactical scheming of veteran coach Louis van Gaal as Argentina face the Netherlands in Friday’s quarter-final at Lusail, Reuters reported.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">AGENCIES</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">December 8: Lionel Messi's hopes of winning an elusive World Cup will come up against the tactical scheming of veteran coach Louis van Gaal as Argentina face the Netherlands in Friday’s quarter-final at Lusail, Reuters reported.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Messi, 35, once again carries his nation's hopes on his shoulders as he looks to crown an extraordinary career that includes seven Ballon d'Or awards and multiple club titles, but only one Copa America to show for his efforts with Argentina, added the news agency.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">“Messi can expect little in the way of sympathy from the 71-year-old Van Gaal, who is determined to give the Dutch their first World Cup title after runners-up finishes in 1974, 1978 and 2010. The coach’s planning will largely focus on containing Messi and catching Argentina on the break, as Van Gaal thumbs his nose at his critics by playing a brand of football at odds with the usual attacking Dutch approach.”</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">According to Reuters, the tactical plan is key to his side’s hopes of winning on Friday as the Dutch look to take revenge for their semi-final defeat in 2014 when Argentina beat them in a shootout.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Van Gaal also pointed to a run of form that has seen the Dutch go 19 games without defeat since he returned to the hot seat for a third spell 15 months ago.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">This will be the sixth World Cup meeting between the Netherlands and Argentina, with only Brazil against Sweden (7) and Argentina against Germany (7) being played more often in the competition, according to Goal.com.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The sports news portal further said that the Netherlands have lost just one of their nine meetings with Argentina in all competitions (four wins and four draws), with that loss coming in the 1978 World Cup final. However, the most recent of those four draws did result in a penalty shootout defeat, in the last meeting between the sides in the 2014 World Cup semi-final.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The last two World Cup meetings between the Netherlands and Argentina finished 0-0, in the 2006 group stages and the 2014 semi-final (Argentina progressing on penalties).</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The clash between Argentina and the Netherlands will take place Friday night at 12:45 am (NST).</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-08', 'modified' => '2022-12-08', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16218', 'image' => '20221208010146_maxresdefault.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-08 13:01:09', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16476', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Bagmati Government Sets 25 Per Cent Limit For Cooperatives To Flow Credit In Real Estate', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 8: The Bagmati Province government has tightened the noose for cooperatives to disburse loan in the real estate sector.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">December 8: The Bagmati Province government has tightened the noose for cooperatives to disburse loan in the real estate sector. As per the new directives issued by the provincial government, cooperatives will be able to issue only 25 per cent of the total credit/loan in real estates. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The new provisions came into effect after the Ministry of Land Management, Cooperative and Poverty Alleviation implemented the Criteria and Provisions for Operation, Monitoring and Auditing of Cooperatives -2022 on Wednesday. The ministry implemented the new provisions stating that concentration of the loan in land and housing had increased the risk in cooperatives. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Nepal Rastra Bank has already set the limit for banks and financial institutions to disburse only 25 per cent of the total credit in housing and land. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">While extending loan against collateral for housing and land, the ministry has directed the cooperatives not provide loans more than 40 percent of the total valuation.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Earlier, issuing the Unified Directives in June-2022, the Federal Cooperative Department had issued directives to the cooperatives to classify the credit on the basis of sectors and disburse at least 51 per cent of the total credit in productive and income-generating enterprises. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The new cooperatives standards by the provincial government have banned cooperatives from investing in overdraft, operators’ private businesses, gold and silver collateral. Similarly, cooperatives will not be able to float loan without any collateral. They may disburse the credit to customers only after the latter have deposited their money regularly for at least three months. Cooperatives are barred from considering interest as principal amount. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">While floating the loan above Rs 1 million, they should have collateral’s valuation done by institutional valuators. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">As per the existing provisions, cooperatives are registered with local, province and federal levels in accordance with their working area. Out of 30,000 cooperatives operating across the country, twenty thousand cooperatives are under the provinces’ jurisdictions. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">With the country adopting the federal system, rights of cooperatives were transferred to the local and provincial levels. Implementation, however, has become ineffective. Bagmati Province’s Cooperative Registrar Balram Niraula said that lack of necessary laws and skilled manpower had made it hard for the management, regulation and monitoring of cooperatives despite their transfer to the local and provincial levels. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Out of the total cooperatives, 80 per cent are under local levels, 19 per cent under provinces and only 1 per cent under the federal government. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Failure on the part of local and province levels has led to the rise of malpractices in the cooperatives, said Niraula. He added that they were working to make the regulation and monitoring effective through new standards and criteria in Bagmati Province.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The new criteria and standards have envisioned province and district-level mechanisms to monitor cooperatives effectively. The province-level committee chaired by Province government secretary comprises Province Cooperative Development Board’s Vice-chair, Province Registrar, Province Cooperative Federation’s Chair, and representatives from National Cooperative Federation, National Cooperative Bank, among others, as members. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The committee will have ministry’s law officer as its member secretary. The committee has been assigned the rights to identify and monitor the cooperatives and prepare reports about them. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Likewise, new standards have envisioned a district-level monitoring and supervision committee. The committee has been delegated the responsibility to monitor and supervise the cooperatives and recommend to the province for necessary actions. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-08', 'modified' => '2022-12-08', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16217', 'image' => '20221208120753_Real estate.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-08 12:07:07', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16475', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Supply of Pure Drinking Water to Growing Population a Challenge: Experts', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 8: Experts said that it has become a mounting challenge to supply adequate pure drinking water, energy and food to the growing population of the country.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">December 8: Experts said that it has become a mounting challenge to supply adequate pure drinking water, energy and food to the growing population of the country. They made such remarks during a two-day workshop on water, energy and food nexus that concluded in Kathmandu on Wednesday.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">During the inauguration of the workshop, Secretary at the Ministry of Water Supply and Sanitation Maniram Gelal said that the demand for drinking water, energy and food has been increasing across the globe due to rapid urbanization and population growth. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">On the occasion, former minister Ganesh Shah suggested that the challenges surfaced in the sector could be averted by protecting sources of water, utilizing rain water and developing technology on water efficiency for higher yields of crops and placing renewable energy measures. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Likewise, former secretary Suman Prasad Sharma demanded serious interventions from concerned sides to reach out to the growing population with pure drinking water, adequate clean energy and nutrient-rich food. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Chairperson of Smart WASH Solutions Ramdeep Shah shared that the workshop was organized to learn the experiences of the advanced countries in addressing the issues of drinking water, clean energy and nourishing food in light of rising population. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">J W Lee of Asian Water Council and K-Water had delivered a presentation on how the Korea Water (K-Water) was working to address the challenges emerging in this sector. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Expert Dr Unahar Shin shed light on the inter-relationship between water, energy and food, urban water management, water leakage control and management style in congruent with sustainable development. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Prof Dr Bhim Shrestha of the Kathmandu University presented a paper on nexus between water, energy and food while Executive Director of Alternative Energy Promotion Centre (AEPC) Dr Madhusudan Adhikari presented a working paper on the contributions to drinking water, energy and food security through renewable energy technology in Nepal. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-08', 'modified' => '2022-12-08', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16216', 'image' => '20221208112046_Untitled.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-08 11:20:09', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16474', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'PM Commits to Take Initiative to Resolve the Economic Crisis', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 7: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has assured the private sector to take the initiative in solving the problems seen in the economy. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">December 7: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has assured the private sector to take the initiative in solving the problems seen in the economy. In a meeting with the Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI), the prime minister promised to invite everyone for discussion to resolve the current problems.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">FNCCI, which started a campaign to resolve the economic crisis, has been actively trying to meet top leaders of the political parties to resolve the economic problems. A delegation of FNCCI met Prime Minister Deuba in an attempt to find a way out. A press release issued by the FNCCI on Tuesday states that PM Deuba promised to resolve the issue by discussing it with the Ministry of Finance and the Nepal Rastra Bank along with the private sector.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">FNCCI has already met CPN (UML) chairman KP Sharma Oli and CPN (Maoist Center) chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal separately and sought for their help to seek a solution to the problems. FNCCI had asked them to protect the country's economy as it under grave risk.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">According to the statement of the federation, UML President Oli, in the meeting, admitted that the economy is in trouble, and he and his party were ready to work for a resolution. Chairman of the Maoist Center Dahal has also assured to take initiatives to solve the problem.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">FNCCI team has also met Finance Minister Janardan Sharma and Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Dilendra Prasad Badu. FNCCI has urged everyone to understand the sensitivity of the economy and also provide suggestions to solve the problem.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-07', 'modified' => '2022-12-07', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16215', 'image' => '20221207091118_20220616042445_ROS_KTM_6483441 (1).jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-07 21:10:14', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16473', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Production of Paddy, Millet Drops in Myagdi', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 7: Production of paddy and millet has declined in Myagdi this year. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt">December 7: Production of paddy and millet has declined in Myagdi this year. Compared to last year, the production of paddy and millet has dropped by 11.50 per cent and 6.87 per cent respectively in the district. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt">According to the Agriculture Knowledge Center, Myagdi, productivity of paddy and millet has shrunk by 0.3 and 0.1 ton per hectare respectively. Drought during the time of plantation and seed-bearing affected paddy and millet production, said Agriculture Knowledge Center Myagdi’s Chief Kiran Sigdel. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Sigdel said that delayed cultivation and shade from the increasing nearby forests had also led to the drop in production. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Myagdi had produced 13,480 tons of paddy and 3,490 tons of millet last year. This year, the paddy production stood at 11,929 tons while the millet production was 3,250 tons. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt">The agro center had conducted the study on the status of millet and paddy production using crop cutting methodology in various places of the district. As per the study, paddy production has declined from 3.4 tons to 3.1 tons per hectare while the productivity of millet has contracted to 1.27 tons per hectare from 1.28 tons. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Agriculture technicians had used crop cutting methodology in various parts to identify productivity of millet and paddy in the district. Paddy and millet are cultivated in 2,750 hectares and 3, 890 hectares of the land respectively in the district. </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-07', 'modified' => '2022-12-07', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16214', 'image' => '20221207063931_20201229023041_1609198819.Clipboard13.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-07 18:38:59', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ) ) $current_user = null $logged_in = false $xml = falseinclude - APP/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp, line 133 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::_renderElement() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 1224 View::element() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 418 include - APP/View/Articles/index.ctp, line 157 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473 Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 968 Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 200 Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167 [main] - APP/webroot/index.php, line 117
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The project will help in setting up the processing centre for the production, processing, and commercialization of turmeric, the Embassy of Japan said in a press statement. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">“Currently, more turmeric is imported than is produced domestically. Local turmeric farmers are not able to earn much profit due to the lack of domestic work centres to commercialize the product. The project was planned to improve this situation and generate income for farmers,” the statement added. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Volunteer Nepal National Group has been working to improve the livelihoods of farmers. According to the statement, the project will be jointly managed by Pyuthan Municipality Ward 8, local farmers, and the Volunteer Nepal National Group. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Embassy of Japan believes that this project will improve the environment for production of turmeric and also enhance the livelihoods of the local farmers in Pyuthan district. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">“We hope that this agricultural assistance will enhance the friendship between the peoples of Japan and Nepal now and for future generations,” the statement further said. </span></span></span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-10', 'modified' => '2022-12-10', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16235', 'image' => '20221210101603_turmeric-root-and-powder.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-10 10:15:23', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16493', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'SC Tells Concerned Bodies not to Implement Parliament Secretariat’s Letter', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 10: The Supreme Court has issued an interim order asking the concerned bodies to not implement the letter written by the general secretary of parliament secretariat, which had stated that the impeachment motion against suspended Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JB Rana was rendered ineffective. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">December 10: The Supreme Court has issued an interim order asking the concerned bodies to not implement the letter written by the general secretary of parliament secretariat, which had stated that the impeachment motion against suspended Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JB Rana was rendered ineffective. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">A constitutional bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Hari Krishna Karki, senior Justice Bishwambhar Prasad Shrestha and justices Ishwar Prasad Khatiwada, Dr Anand Mohan Bhattarai and Anil Kumar Sinha on Friday issued the interim order following a preliminary hearing on a writ petition filed against the letter on Friday. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"The writ petition has raised significant constitutional and legal questions. The petition has also argued that the general secretary of parliament secretariat, Dr Bharat Raj Gautam, issued the letter going beyond his authority," the interim order read, adding, "The parliament’s general secretary exercising the authority bestowed to House of Representatives by the constitution has become a matter of serious concern. So, it is not logical from the viewpoint of balance of check to implement the letter immediately.” </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Until the SC completes hearing on writ petition, the letter that the parliament's general secretary issued must not be enforced, the constitutional bench added. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Chairman of the Supreme Court Bar, Purna Man Shakya, Vice Chair Mukunda Prasad Poudel, and Secretary Rishiram Ghimire, among others had filed the petition at SC, demanding the letter to be scrapped. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">In the writ petition, the petitioners argued that when Chief Justice Rana was suspended with the impeachment motion that questioned Rana's competence, behaviour and financial issues, merely a letter issued by the general secretary of the legislature parliament would not render the impeachment motion ineffective. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">On Wednesday, General Secretary Dr Gautam had written a letter to the concerned bodies, including the Supreme Court, informing that the impeachment motion against CJ Rana was invalidated. It created a ripple effect in the political circle of the country. -- RSS</span></span></span><br /> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-10', 'modified' => '2022-12-10', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16234', 'image' => '20221210093528_Supreme Court.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-10 09:34:07', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16492', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Bhuvan Nagarkoti Lifts Surya Nepal Kathmandu Open Golf Title', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 9: Bhuvan Nagarkoti won the Surya Nepal Kathmandu Open, the first event under the Surya Nepal Golf Tour 2022-23, at the par-68 Royal Nepal Golf Club on Friday.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">December 9: Bhuvan Nagarkoti won the Surya Nepal Kathmandu Open, the first event under the Surya Nepal Golf Tour 2022-23, at the par-68 Royal Nepal Golf Club on Friday.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Bhuvan carded four-under 64 to post the 72-hole total of 14-under 258 and recorded a nine-stroke victory over Dinesh Prajapati. Bhuvan claimed his 10th career title along with a cheque of Rs 116,000.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Dinesh produced the best card of the day carding six-under 62 for the score of five-under 267 and moved up to second. He earned 78,000. Nepal No 1 Sukra Bahadur Rai slipped to third after he played even-par 68 and received Rs 63,000. Leader of first two rounds, Rabi Khadka played a round of four-over 72 and finished fourth at three-over 275. He earned Rs 50,000. Ramesh Adhikari came fifth at five-over 277 after he played one-over 69 and received Rs 43,000.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Bhuvan, who went into the final round with a nine-shot lead, carded one-under 33 on the front nine and added three-under 31 on the back nine. He dropped a shot on the second hole and bounced back with birdies on the third and fifth holes. With no one pushing from behind, Bhuvan carded birdies on the 11th, 13th and 14th holes to cap a bogey-free back nine.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Second-placed Dinesh carded seven birdies and faced a bogey on the final round as he overtook Nepal No 1 pro Sukra in final standing. He carded two-under 32 on the front nine and shot four-under 30 on the back nine. He made birdies on the second, third and sixth holes before dropping a shot on the ninth. After taking the turn, Dinesh carded four birdies on the 10th, 11th, 13th and 14th holes.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">In Amateur section, Ajit BK won the title with the score of 17-over 289. Ajit played six-over 74 in the final round, but that was enough for him to register 22-stroke victory over Suresh Tamang. Suresh played four-over 72 for the total score of 311.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">A total of 36 golfers -- 31 pros and five amateurs -- took part in the season-opening event of the Surya Nepal Golf Tour 2022-23. The event carries a cash purse of Rs 670,000. Marketing Manager of Surya Nepal Pvt Ltd Keshav Pradhan and President of PGA Nepal Rabindra Man Shrestha handed over the prizes to the winners.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-09', 'modified' => '2022-12-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16233', 'image' => '20221209085132_1670580749549.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-09 20:51:03', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16489', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Farmers Struggle to Find Market for Citrus Fruits', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 9: The production of citrus fruits such as oranges and lemons has increased but the farmers are struggling to find a market for the produce.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">December 9: The production of citrus fruits such as oranges and lemons has increased but the farmers are struggling to find a market for the produce.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Farmers from various districts, including Rukum, Doti, Bajhang, and Bajura, have been complaining that the oranges produced by them are not getting any market. Looking at government data, it seems that the production of oranges is increasing every year. However, the market has not expanded in the same proportion.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">According to Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, in the last five years, the production of citrus fruits has been increasing along with the production area. In the fiscal year 2016/17, a total of 239,773 metric tons of citrus fruits were produced in 26,759 hectares of land. By the year 2020/21, the production area of the orange variety of fruits has increased by 5,429 hectares to 32,188 hectares, and the production has also increased by 71,415 metric tons to 311,188 metric tons.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">According to the government data, even though the production has increased, complaints are registered every year that the oranges produced by Nepali farmers are not able to find a market. This year also, the farmers of Doti, Rukum and other districts have complained that the oranges are not getting sold in the market.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Nawal Singh Budha, an orange farmer of Doti, has grown oranges on five ropanis of land. He said that despite the increase in production this year compared to last year, oranges could not find good markets. You can read and hear the news that oranges are sold for Rs 100 per kg in Kathmandu. However, it is difficult to sell oranges here even at Rs 40/50 per kilo. Due to the lack of cold storage, it is not possible to stock them for a long time and sell them after the price rises," he told New Business Age.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The agreement between the Government of Nepal and China to export oranges to China and expand the market of citrus fruit has yet to be implemented. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">An agreement to this effect was signed between the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development of Nepal and the Department of Agriculture of China about three years ago during the state visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping. However, the ministry said that this agreement has not been implemented yet </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Spokesperson of the ministry Prakash Kumar Sanjel said that the Chinese government had set a condition that the oranges exported to China should be free from diseases and insects, so there was a problem in implementing the agreement in the beginning. Currently, the Chinese government has adopted a somewhat flexible policy that the plant from which oranges are harvested must be free from disease and insects. But the export of oranges to China is yet to materialize.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-09', 'modified' => '2022-12-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16230', 'image' => '20221209030820_20190605051816_20190220125347_aaa.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-09 15:07:44', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16488', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Construction of Flyover at Gwarko to Kick off from Today', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 9: Seven years after conducting a study that recommended construction of flyovers in the Kathmandu valley for the management of traffic, the government is finally starting to build a flyover at Gwarko of Lalitpur.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">December 9: Seven years after conducting a study that recommended construction of flyovers in the Kathmandu valley for the management of traffic, the government is finally starting to build a flyover at Gwarko of Lalitpur.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport, the construction of the flyover will begin from Friday. The ministry said that the contract for the construction of the flyover has been awarded to a Nepali company. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Spokesperson of the ministry Shiva Prasad Nepal said that the construction work will be carried out in the night time so that the regular traffic will not be disturbed in the daytime.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The four-lane flyover is being built to ease the traffic congestion in the valley. The study conducted by the government had recommended to build three such flyovers. The flyover at Gwarko is being built on the first phase and then the other two will be built, according to the ministry. The other two flyovers will be built at Satdobato and Ekantakuna.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The Kathmandu-Tarai Fast Track and the Nagdhunga tunnel will also have flyovers.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The flyover is being built as per the recommendation of the Department of Roads to build underpasses and flyovers in the capital to manage the traffic jams. The DoR has issued a tender to build the flyover at Gwarko in July 2021. The flyover will be simple in nature, similar to a straight-forward bridge of 35 meters width. The total length of the flyover will be 455 meters. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The flyover will run parallel to the Ring Road while vehicles travelling between Patan’s Mangalbazar and Imadol will have travel underneath the flyover.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The ministry has allocated a budget of Rs 340 million for the construction of the flyover. </span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-09', 'modified' => '2022-12-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16229', 'image' => '20221209015125_20200925021204_1600988628.Clipboard13.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-09 13:50:49', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16487', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Price of Gold Crosses the Mark of Rs 100,000 per Tola ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 9: The price of gold has crossed the mark of Rs 100,000 per tola (11.66 grams) on Friday. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">December 9: The price of gold has crossed the mark of Rs 100,000 per tola (11.66 grams) on Friday. According to the Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers Association (FENEGOSIDA), the price of fine gold has been fixed at Rs 100,300 per tola on Friday after an increase of Rs 600 per tola compared to the previous trading day. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The precious yellow metal was traded at Rs 99,700 on Thursday. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Similarly, the federation has fixed the price of worked gold at Rs 99,800 per tola against Rs 99,200 on the previous trading day. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Also, the price of silver has been fixed at Rs 1,390 per tola after an increment of Rs 30 as compared to the previous trading day. </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-09', 'modified' => '2022-12-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16228', 'image' => '20221209011018_gold.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-09 13:09:46', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16486', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Financial Access in Province-1 Imperative: NRB Report', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 9: A report prepared by Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has pointed out the need of financial access for the economic development of Province-1. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">December 9: A report prepared by Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has pointed out the need of financial access for the economic development of Province-1. The study report of NRB showed that financial inclusion should be materialized by expanding financial access and awareness. The availability of financial tools are also imperative. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Among 14 districts in Province-1, only Jhapa, Morang and Sunsari district have adequate physical infrastructures, road transport and other facilities. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The facilities concentrated in three districts must be expanded, the report stated, adding balanced development of province is necessary. Bringing in adequate investment is essential irrespective of diverse geography, the report said. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Moreover, it pointed out the lack of well managed information and statistics on agriculture, industry, service and infrastructures at the data providing bodies and organizations. Another challenge is the formulation of implementable policy based on credible data and statistics. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">There are limited capacity and sources of internal investment, the report concluded. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-09', 'modified' => '2022-12-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16227', 'image' => '20221209120113_Nepal_Rastra_Bank2 2.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-09 12:00:28', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16485', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Water from Melamchi being Supplied in Kathmandu Valley from Today ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 9: Water supply from Melamchi river is to resume in the Kathmandu Valley from today (December 9).', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">December 9: Water supply from Melamchi river is to resume in the Kathmandu Valley from today (December 9). The water from the Melamchi river has been brought up to Sundarijal of Kathmandu and is being distributed in the federal capital from today, the state-owned national news agency RSS reported. The water was channelled via the tunnel aqueduct at Ambathan, the source of the Melamchi stream in Helambu Rural Municipality-1 in Sindhupalchok district, added RSS. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The water released into the tunnel reached the end point at Sundarijal, Gokarneshwar Municipality-1 on December 4. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"The tunnel was shut in June after a massive landslide that occurred in the Melamchi area damaged the tunnel at its source at Ambathan. The water that had been filled in the tunnel has been released into the Bagmati river to flush out the silt and debris in the tunnel," RSS quoted Ram Chandra Poudel, the engineer with the Melamchi Water Supply Project, as saying. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to him, only a small amount of water was channelled into the tunnel conduit in the beginning on a trial basis since the tunnel was closed for a long time. This water took a week to reach Sundarijal. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Project spokesperson Rajendra Panta said that 175 million litres of water from the Melamchi river would be released into the tunnel daily from today. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The project had first started distributing the water in Kathmandu on March 28 last year. However, the supply was disrupted following major floods and landslides in Sindhupalchowk on June 15. The headworks of the project were completely damaged, as the floods and landslides deposited dozens of feet high pebbles, sand, and mud at the headworks. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">RSS added that the water from Melamchi will be channelled into the tunnel and brought to Kathmandu only during winter because the reconstruction of the damaged headworks at Ambathan intake has not been completed yet. </span></span></span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-09', 'modified' => '2022-12-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16226', 'image' => '20221209110528_melamcbi.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-09 11:04:55', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16481', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Farmers Shift to Lucrative Mustard Farming in Nawalparasi', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 8: Farmers of Nawalparasi are attracted towards mustard farming due to the high price it fetches. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">December 8: Farmers of Nawalparasi are attracted towards mustard farming due to the high price it fetches. As the price of mustard has increased in the last few years, the number of farmers has also increased to benefit from the production and sale of this crop.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Mustard can be seen blooming across this district, which is considered to be a pocket area of mustard. Compared to other crops, farmers are attracted towards the cultivation of mustard because they can produce their own oil instead of using the oil bought from the market.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The area between Gaidakot Municipality of Nawalparasi (East of Bardghat Susta) to Vinayi Triveni Rural Municipality is considered as a pocket area for mustard farming. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Sita Gautam of Devchuli Municipality, who has been growing mustard seeds for years, said that she grows mustard seeds so that she can sell the produce in the market and consume the excess amount throughout the year. She also added that the demand for mustard has increased in the villages for the past two to three years and that the crop has improved after using chicken manure.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Kawasoti, Badhyavindu, Devchuli and Gaidakot municipalities of the district are considered to be the pocket areas for mustard farming. While farmers are being attracted towards mustard farming, the challenges and problems still persist. Farmers say that their main problem is unavailability of fertilizer on time.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Kalpana Bhandari, a farmer, said, “Nowadays, there is no need for us to look for a market to sell mustard, it can be sold from home easily. But the shortage of fertilizer at the time of plating is problematic.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Shankar Paudel, information officer of the district-based Agriculture Knowledge Center said that mustard is cultivated in 2,335 hectares of land in Nawalparasi. It is easy to grow mustard because the weather is conducive. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">In recent years, farmers have started getting good prices for mustard. At present, the price of mustard is up to Rs 11,000 per quintal in the village. Mustard gets ripe in 80 to 90 days after sowing. Farmers are attracted to mustard farming because of the quality of self-produced mustard oil and the fact that the wastage can also be used as fertilizer.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-08', 'modified' => '2022-12-08', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16223', 'image' => '20221208052938_KA_Bharatpur-IMG_1653.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-08 17:28:27', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16480', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Buddha Air to Fly ATR-72 along Kathmandu-Surkhet Route', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 8: Buddha Air, one of the leading airliners of Nepal, is all set to start flight along the Kathmandu-Surkhet route with ATR-72 aircraft.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">December 8: Buddha Air, one of the leading airliners of Nepal, is all set to start flight along the Kathmandu-Surkhet route with ATR-72 aircraft. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The airline company will kick off its flight with ATR-72 aircraft along the route from December 16. The minimum fare for this route is Rs 7,000. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The airline company had conducted test flight with the aircraft along the route a month ago. Buddha Air has been operating flights along the Kathmandu-Surkeht route with ATR-42 aircraft for the last five years. The company is now preparing to fly aircraft with 72 seats in the same route. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The airline company will conduct two flights a day along the route. The company will operate the Kathmandu-Surkhet flight at 10:00 am every day while the return flight from Surkeht is scheduled for 11:35 am. “We are preparing to operate flights with bigger aircraft keeping in view the increasing number of passengers and their convenience,” said a representative of Buddha Air. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">A press statement issued by the airlines says that operating flights through bigger aircraft will reduce the fare and operation costs. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The company has already announced to purchase two ATR-72 aircraft for the same route. Buddha Air has 14 ATR series aircraft. Of them, three are ATR 42 series while 11 are from ATR 72 series. The airline makes domestic flight to more than a dozen destinations regularly. </span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-08', 'modified' => '2022-12-08', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16222', 'image' => '20221208042248_20180425054539_ATR.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-08 16:22:09', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16477', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Messi's World Cup Chase takes Centre Stage in Quarterfinal Clash', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 8: Lionel Messi's hopes of winning an elusive World Cup will come up against the tactical scheming of veteran coach Louis van Gaal as Argentina face the Netherlands in Friday’s quarter-final at Lusail, Reuters reported.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">AGENCIES</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">December 8: Lionel Messi's hopes of winning an elusive World Cup will come up against the tactical scheming of veteran coach Louis van Gaal as Argentina face the Netherlands in Friday’s quarter-final at Lusail, Reuters reported.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Messi, 35, once again carries his nation's hopes on his shoulders as he looks to crown an extraordinary career that includes seven Ballon d'Or awards and multiple club titles, but only one Copa America to show for his efforts with Argentina, added the news agency.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">“Messi can expect little in the way of sympathy from the 71-year-old Van Gaal, who is determined to give the Dutch their first World Cup title after runners-up finishes in 1974, 1978 and 2010. The coach’s planning will largely focus on containing Messi and catching Argentina on the break, as Van Gaal thumbs his nose at his critics by playing a brand of football at odds with the usual attacking Dutch approach.”</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">According to Reuters, the tactical plan is key to his side’s hopes of winning on Friday as the Dutch look to take revenge for their semi-final defeat in 2014 when Argentina beat them in a shootout.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Van Gaal also pointed to a run of form that has seen the Dutch go 19 games without defeat since he returned to the hot seat for a third spell 15 months ago.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">This will be the sixth World Cup meeting between the Netherlands and Argentina, with only Brazil against Sweden (7) and Argentina against Germany (7) being played more often in the competition, according to Goal.com.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The sports news portal further said that the Netherlands have lost just one of their nine meetings with Argentina in all competitions (four wins and four draws), with that loss coming in the 1978 World Cup final. However, the most recent of those four draws did result in a penalty shootout defeat, in the last meeting between the sides in the 2014 World Cup semi-final.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The last two World Cup meetings between the Netherlands and Argentina finished 0-0, in the 2006 group stages and the 2014 semi-final (Argentina progressing on penalties).</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The clash between Argentina and the Netherlands will take place Friday night at 12:45 am (NST).</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-08', 'modified' => '2022-12-08', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16218', 'image' => '20221208010146_maxresdefault.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-08 13:01:09', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16476', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Bagmati Government Sets 25 Per Cent Limit For Cooperatives To Flow Credit In Real Estate', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 8: The Bagmati Province government has tightened the noose for cooperatives to disburse loan in the real estate sector.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">December 8: The Bagmati Province government has tightened the noose for cooperatives to disburse loan in the real estate sector. As per the new directives issued by the provincial government, cooperatives will be able to issue only 25 per cent of the total credit/loan in real estates. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The new provisions came into effect after the Ministry of Land Management, Cooperative and Poverty Alleviation implemented the Criteria and Provisions for Operation, Monitoring and Auditing of Cooperatives -2022 on Wednesday. The ministry implemented the new provisions stating that concentration of the loan in land and housing had increased the risk in cooperatives. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Nepal Rastra Bank has already set the limit for banks and financial institutions to disburse only 25 per cent of the total credit in housing and land. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">While extending loan against collateral for housing and land, the ministry has directed the cooperatives not provide loans more than 40 percent of the total valuation.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Earlier, issuing the Unified Directives in June-2022, the Federal Cooperative Department had issued directives to the cooperatives to classify the credit on the basis of sectors and disburse at least 51 per cent of the total credit in productive and income-generating enterprises. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The new cooperatives standards by the provincial government have banned cooperatives from investing in overdraft, operators’ private businesses, gold and silver collateral. Similarly, cooperatives will not be able to float loan without any collateral. They may disburse the credit to customers only after the latter have deposited their money regularly for at least three months. Cooperatives are barred from considering interest as principal amount. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">While floating the loan above Rs 1 million, they should have collateral’s valuation done by institutional valuators. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">As per the existing provisions, cooperatives are registered with local, province and federal levels in accordance with their working area. Out of 30,000 cooperatives operating across the country, twenty thousand cooperatives are under the provinces’ jurisdictions. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">With the country adopting the federal system, rights of cooperatives were transferred to the local and provincial levels. Implementation, however, has become ineffective. Bagmati Province’s Cooperative Registrar Balram Niraula said that lack of necessary laws and skilled manpower had made it hard for the management, regulation and monitoring of cooperatives despite their transfer to the local and provincial levels. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Out of the total cooperatives, 80 per cent are under local levels, 19 per cent under provinces and only 1 per cent under the federal government. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Failure on the part of local and province levels has led to the rise of malpractices in the cooperatives, said Niraula. He added that they were working to make the regulation and monitoring effective through new standards and criteria in Bagmati Province.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The new criteria and standards have envisioned province and district-level mechanisms to monitor cooperatives effectively. The province-level committee chaired by Province government secretary comprises Province Cooperative Development Board’s Vice-chair, Province Registrar, Province Cooperative Federation’s Chair, and representatives from National Cooperative Federation, National Cooperative Bank, among others, as members. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The committee will have ministry’s law officer as its member secretary. The committee has been assigned the rights to identify and monitor the cooperatives and prepare reports about them. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Likewise, new standards have envisioned a district-level monitoring and supervision committee. The committee has been delegated the responsibility to monitor and supervise the cooperatives and recommend to the province for necessary actions. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-08', 'modified' => '2022-12-08', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16217', 'image' => '20221208120753_Real estate.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-08 12:07:07', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16475', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Supply of Pure Drinking Water to Growing Population a Challenge: Experts', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 8: Experts said that it has become a mounting challenge to supply adequate pure drinking water, energy and food to the growing population of the country.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">December 8: Experts said that it has become a mounting challenge to supply adequate pure drinking water, energy and food to the growing population of the country. They made such remarks during a two-day workshop on water, energy and food nexus that concluded in Kathmandu on Wednesday.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">During the inauguration of the workshop, Secretary at the Ministry of Water Supply and Sanitation Maniram Gelal said that the demand for drinking water, energy and food has been increasing across the globe due to rapid urbanization and population growth. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">On the occasion, former minister Ganesh Shah suggested that the challenges surfaced in the sector could be averted by protecting sources of water, utilizing rain water and developing technology on water efficiency for higher yields of crops and placing renewable energy measures. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Likewise, former secretary Suman Prasad Sharma demanded serious interventions from concerned sides to reach out to the growing population with pure drinking water, adequate clean energy and nutrient-rich food. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Chairperson of Smart WASH Solutions Ramdeep Shah shared that the workshop was organized to learn the experiences of the advanced countries in addressing the issues of drinking water, clean energy and nourishing food in light of rising population. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">J W Lee of Asian Water Council and K-Water had delivered a presentation on how the Korea Water (K-Water) was working to address the challenges emerging in this sector. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Expert Dr Unahar Shin shed light on the inter-relationship between water, energy and food, urban water management, water leakage control and management style in congruent with sustainable development. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Prof Dr Bhim Shrestha of the Kathmandu University presented a paper on nexus between water, energy and food while Executive Director of Alternative Energy Promotion Centre (AEPC) Dr Madhusudan Adhikari presented a working paper on the contributions to drinking water, energy and food security through renewable energy technology in Nepal. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-08', 'modified' => '2022-12-08', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16216', 'image' => '20221208112046_Untitled.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-08 11:20:09', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16474', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'PM Commits to Take Initiative to Resolve the Economic Crisis', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 7: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has assured the private sector to take the initiative in solving the problems seen in the economy. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">December 7: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has assured the private sector to take the initiative in solving the problems seen in the economy. In a meeting with the Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI), the prime minister promised to invite everyone for discussion to resolve the current problems.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">FNCCI, which started a campaign to resolve the economic crisis, has been actively trying to meet top leaders of the political parties to resolve the economic problems. A delegation of FNCCI met Prime Minister Deuba in an attempt to find a way out. A press release issued by the FNCCI on Tuesday states that PM Deuba promised to resolve the issue by discussing it with the Ministry of Finance and the Nepal Rastra Bank along with the private sector.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">FNCCI has already met CPN (UML) chairman KP Sharma Oli and CPN (Maoist Center) chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal separately and sought for their help to seek a solution to the problems. FNCCI had asked them to protect the country's economy as it under grave risk.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">According to the statement of the federation, UML President Oli, in the meeting, admitted that the economy is in trouble, and he and his party were ready to work for a resolution. Chairman of the Maoist Center Dahal has also assured to take initiatives to solve the problem.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">FNCCI team has also met Finance Minister Janardan Sharma and Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Dilendra Prasad Badu. FNCCI has urged everyone to understand the sensitivity of the economy and also provide suggestions to solve the problem.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-07', 'modified' => '2022-12-07', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16215', 'image' => '20221207091118_20220616042445_ROS_KTM_6483441 (1).jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-07 21:10:14', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16473', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Production of Paddy, Millet Drops in Myagdi', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 7: Production of paddy and millet has declined in Myagdi this year. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt">December 7: Production of paddy and millet has declined in Myagdi this year. Compared to last year, the production of paddy and millet has dropped by 11.50 per cent and 6.87 per cent respectively in the district. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt">According to the Agriculture Knowledge Center, Myagdi, productivity of paddy and millet has shrunk by 0.3 and 0.1 ton per hectare respectively. Drought during the time of plantation and seed-bearing affected paddy and millet production, said Agriculture Knowledge Center Myagdi’s Chief Kiran Sigdel. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Sigdel said that delayed cultivation and shade from the increasing nearby forests had also led to the drop in production. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Myagdi had produced 13,480 tons of paddy and 3,490 tons of millet last year. This year, the paddy production stood at 11,929 tons while the millet production was 3,250 tons. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt">The agro center had conducted the study on the status of millet and paddy production using crop cutting methodology in various places of the district. As per the study, paddy production has declined from 3.4 tons to 3.1 tons per hectare while the productivity of millet has contracted to 1.27 tons per hectare from 1.28 tons. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Agriculture technicians had used crop cutting methodology in various parts to identify productivity of millet and paddy in the district. 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