November 27: A total of 16,341micro, cottage and small industries have been registered in Nepal in the first three months of the current fiscal…
November 27: A total of 16,341micro, cottage and small industries have been registered in Nepal in the first three months of the current fiscal…
November 27: The Office of Problematic Cooperative Management Committee (OPCMC) has issued a fresh notice to the depositors of Oriental Cooperative, which has been declared problematic by the government, to update the amounts embezzled by the…
November 27: The number of companies listed with the Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) has reached 242 as of mid-October 2022.…
November 27: The Nepali Congress is in the top position in the vote count tally of the election to the members of the House of Representatives (HoR) and provincial assemblies (PA) elections held on November…
November 27: Lionel Messi kept his dream of winning his first World Cup alive by scoring the opening goal in Saturday's 2-0 victory over Mexico in World Cup Group…
November 27: France’s star striker Kylian Mbappe displayed a superb individual performance with two second-half goals to make sure the defending champions France becomes the first side to reach the last 16 of the World…
Nov 26: The Election Commission has said it has counted more than 7.6 million votes under the proportional election category.…
November 26: The Election Commission has published the final results of the voting held in 118 constituencies out of 165 in the House of Representatives under the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) electoral system.…
November 26: Brazil’s star striker Neymar has been ruled out of the next two World Cup games after sustaining ligament damage in his right ankle, the BBC reported citing Brazil’s team…
November 26: Counting of votes cast under the Proportional Representation (PR) system during the election to the members of the House of Representatives and provincial assemblies is underway.…
ovember 25: The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supply has said that it is making necessary preparations to draft a 10-year industrial…
November 25: The government seems hardly interested to purchase paddy grown by the farmers with hard work throughout the year.…
November 25: Nepal’s foreign trade declined by 20 percent in the first four months of the current fiscal year (FY 2022/23).…
November 25: Vote counting under the election to the member of the House of Representatives (HoR) and provincial assemblies is in…
November 25: Kicked out by his club Manchester United, suspended by the Football Association and deemed over the hill by many, Cristiano Ronaldo answered critics in the best possible fashion with another record-breaking display during the World Cup on…
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Those industries have been registered at the micro, cottage and small industries offices across the country and are expected to provide employment to 50,211 people.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies revealed this data during a programme organized on the occasion of the 8th Industry Day in Kathmandu on Friday. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Similarly, 86 industries have been registered with the Department of Industries during this period and are expected to provide employment to 5,935 people. On the occasion, Chief Secretary of the Government of Nepal, Shankar Das Bairagi, and the Secretary at the Ministry of Industries, Commerce and Supplies Toya Narayan Gyawali also released the industrial bulletin.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">According to the ministry, the government has launched the Small Enterprise Development Programme with the aim of creating employment opportunities at the local levels. Under the programme, 51,428 new small entrepreneurs were created in the last fiscal year. Similarly, Gyawali said that the government has been supporting the programme under the "Make in Nepal" campaign in collaboration with the private sector. He said that a MoU has been signed with the FNCCI to implement the arrangements in the budget. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Director General of the Department of Industry Ram Chandra Tiwari said that improvements in policy, legal, institutional, procedural and technological aspects have been done to facilitate the industrial sector.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">He expressed that only by creating an industry-friendly environment, the traditional agricultural system can be transformed into entrepreneurship, and only through that, a sustainable and independent economy can be developed. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Similarly, Shekhar Golchha, the president of the Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, stressed that the government should provide subsidies to industries in Nepal for value addition, job creation and export. Saying that the economy is in a lot of crisis now, he stated that both the government and the private sector should be involved in creating an environment for the industry to sort out the problems.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Vishnu Kumar Agarwal, president of the Confederation of Nepalese Industries (CNI), suggested that the government should bring a clear industrial policy to open new industries and prevent the displacement of old ones. He said that it is very difficult to start an industry at present due to the exorbitant prices of land. According to him, the CNI has launched various campaigns and plans by giving priority to domestic production and exports. He said that it is also necessary for the government to support and cooperate in these activities of the private sector. 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', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">November 27: The Office of the Problematic Cooperative Management Committee (OPCMC) has issued a fresh notice to the depositors of Oriental Cooperative, which has been declared problematic by the government, to update the amounts embezzled by the cooperative. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Issuing a public notice on Friday, OPCMC has urged the depositors to update the office within 15 days regarding the money they are entitled to receive from the cooperative. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The OPCMC has already collected the details of the amount embezzled by the cooperative. However, OPCMC Member Secretary Keshav Prasad Poudel said that the government body decided to seek details again to update the claims made by the depositors after the cooperative was declared problematic for the second time.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">“We have already collected the details. We are seeking the details from the depositors for the second time just to cross-check whether they match with the details submitted earlier,” Poudel told New Business Age.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Poudel informed that the victims can update the claims through the OPCMC website.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to the Problematic Cooperative Management Committee’s Office, Oriental Cooperative Ltd had amassed savings of over Rs 10 billion through its nine branches across the country and misappropriated the deposits. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The cooperative was first declared problematic on November 6, 2017 after it went bankrupt. According to the committee chief Keshab Prasad Poudel, 7,646 members approached the committee office demanding its intervention to get back their deposits. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The cooperative also faced a case at the Supreme Court for the ‘misappropriation’ of the deposits. Responding to the case, the apex court on February 23, 2020 ordered the cooperative to address the issue. But the implementation of the court verdict is still awaited. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Assessing that the cooperative is not serious towards addressing the issue, the Ministry of Cooperatives on September 23, 2022 declared it ‘problematic’ for the second time. Following the declaration, former chair of the cooperative Sudhir Basnet has been arrested. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">During his inquiry, Basnet revealed his association with ‘Kohinoor Hill Saving and Credit Co-operative Limited’, ‘Consumer Savings and Credit Cooperative Ltd’, and the ‘Vegas Savings and Credit Cooperative Ltd’ which have also been identified as ‘problematic’ by the government. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">So far, Oriental Cooperative is found to have collected the deposits by establishing its branches in Nepalgunj, Pokhara, Dang, Surkhet, Kathmandu, Biratnagar, Itahari, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The government has declared 12 cooperatives as ‘problematic’. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-27', 'modified' => '2022-11-27', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16134', 'image' => '20221127020026_cooperative problematic.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-27 13:59:42', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16392', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Number of Companies Listed with NEPSE Reaches 242 in mid-October ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 27: The number of companies listed with the Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) has reached 242 as of mid-October 2022. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 27: The number of companies listed with the Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) has reached 242 as of mid-October 2022. This is stated in the latest report of Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) on the Current Macroeconomic and Financial Situation of Nepal. The report is based on three months’ data ending mid-October, 2022/23. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The companies listed with the NEPSE include 146 Banks and Financial Institutions (BFIs) and insurance companies, 59 hydropower companies, 19 manufacturing and processing industries, six investment companies, five hotels, four trading companies and three others. The number of companies listed with NEPSE was 222 in mid-October 2021. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The share of BFIs and insurance companies in stock market capitalization is 68.6 percent, the NRB report said. Such a share for hydropower companies is 10.5 percent, investment companies 6.4 percent, manufacturing and processing industries 4.4 percent, hotels 1.7 percent, trading companies 0.4 percent and the share of other companies is 8.1 percent. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The paid-up value of 6.82 billion shares listed with NEPSE stood at Rs 672.69 billion in mid-October 2022. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Securities worth Rs 80.78 billion were listed with NEPSE during the three months of FY 2022/23. Such securities comprise government bonds worth Rs 35 billion, debenture worth Rs 25.44 billion, bonus shares worth Rs 9.29 billion, ordinary shares worth Rs 6.57 billion, mutual fund worth Rs 3.27 billion and rights shares worth Rs 1.21 billion. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Securities Board of Nepal approved the total public issuance of securities worth Rs 9.39 billion which includes debenture worth Rs 4.24 billion, mutual fund worth Rs 3.15 billion, ordinary shares worth Rs 1.05 billion and rights shares worth Rs. 954 million in the review period. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-27', 'modified' => '2022-11-27', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16133', 'image' => '20221127011839_NEPSE-FI.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-27 13:18:05', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16391', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'NC Leads Vote-Count under FPTP Category, Secures 52 HoR Seats so Far', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 27: The Nepali Congress is in the top position in the vote count tally of the election to the members of the House of Representatives (HoR) and provincial assemblies (PA) elections held on November 20. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 27: The Nepali Congress is in the top position in the vote count tally of the election to the members of the House of Representatives (HoR) and provincial assemblies (PA) elections held on November 20. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the Election Commission, the results of the vote counting of 155 out of the 165 electoral constituencies under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) category have been announced by 7 am today (Sunday). </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Nepali Congress tops the vote-count, securing 52 seats, followed by the CPN (UML) with 41 seats, the CPN (Maoist Centre) 17 seats, the CPN (Unified Socialist) 10 seats, the Rastriya Swatantra Party and the Rastriya Prajatantra Party seven seats each, the Janata Samajbadi Party five seats, the Lokatantrik Samajbadi Party four seats, the Nagarik Unmukti Party three seats and independent candidates winning five seats under the FPTP category of the HoR election so far. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Nepal Workers and Peasants Party, the Janamat Party and the Rastriya Janamorcha have each won one HoR seat under the FPTP category. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Election Commission stated that the vote count results of 10 electoral constituencies are still awaited. The delay in announcing the results in these constituencies is because of the delayed vote counting in some constituencies while the vote count in some constituencies have not started yet.</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"">There has been delay in counting of votes in Bajura where re-voting was held on Saturday. So far, the results of Dolakha-1, Syangja-2, Sunsari-1, 3 and 4, Bajura, Ilam-1, Udayapur-1 and Ramechhap constituencies is awaited. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The vote counting is in progress in seven constituencies. Nepali Congress is leading the vote-count tally in four, the UML in two and the Rastriya Swatantra Party in one out of these. The vote counting has not yet started in Dolakha, Syangja-2 and Bajura. -- RSS </span><br /> </span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-27', 'modified' => '2022-11-27', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16132', 'image' => '20221127122927_NCC.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-27 12:28:53', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16389', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Messi Magic Keeps Argentina's World Cup Dream Alive ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 27: Lionel Messi kept his dream of winning his first World Cup alive by scoring the opening goal in Saturday's 2-0 victory over Mexico in World Cup Group C.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">AGENCIES</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">November 27: Lionel Messi kept his dream of winning his first World Cup alive by scoring the opening goal in Saturday's 2-0 victory over Mexico in World Cup Group C.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The Argentine, competing in his fifth World Cup at age 35, has won every other major title in his career but has failed to lift the coveted trophy despite making the final in 2014, Reuters reported.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Meanwhile, the BBC reported that Argentina knew defeat would effectively end their World Cup following the embarrassing loss to Saudi Arabia in the opener. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">“Messi knew this would mean the major honour that has eluded his grasp in a glittering career would be forever out of reach.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Messi was, once again, shouldering the burden of Argentina's expectations - and once again he delivered by pulling out a piece of trademark magic when they needed it most to change the course of an attritional game, and perhaps even change the course of his team's World Cup in the process, added the BBC.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to Reuters, Messi’s 64th minute strike that was followed by substitute Enzo Fernandez's sublime effort three minutes from time, reignited their hopes of advancing past the group stage after their shock 2-1 loss to Saudi Arabia in their opener.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Messi, who equalled Diego Maradona's Argentina record of 21 matches and eight goals at the World Cup, was nowhere to be seen for more than an hour before picking up an Angel Di Maria pass, finding just enough space and rifling in from 20 metres, added the news agency.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Substitute Fernandez made sure of the victory when he curled a superb shot into the top corner.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Argentina, with just three points from two matches, can guarantee progress with a win over Poland in their final group-stage match on Wednesday.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-27', 'modified' => '2022-11-27', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16131', 'image' => '20221127110047_Lionel-Messi-celeb-Argentina-vs-Mexico.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-27 10:59:46', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16390', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Mbappe Double Sends France into World Cup Last-16', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 27: France’s star striker Kylian Mbappe displayed a superb individual performance with two second-half goals to make sure the defending champions France becomes the first side to reach the last 16 of the World Cup.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">AGENCIES</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">November 27: France’s star striker Kylian Mbappe displayed a superb individual performance with two second-half goals to make sure the defending champions France becomes the first side to reach the last 16 of the World Cup.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">According to media reports, the two-time champions France beat Denmark 2-1 in their Group D clash at the 974 Stadium on Saturday riding on goals of the 2018 World Cup hero Mbappe.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Mbappe's goals sent France top the group on six points, three ahead of Australia, who beat Tunisia 1-0 earlier in the day, with the Danes and the Tunisians both on one point, Reuters reported.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">France take on Tunisia and Denmark meet Socceroos in the final group-stage round on Wednesday, with the Danes needing a win to advance.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-27', 'modified' => '2022-11-27', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16130', 'image' => '20221127111112_Kylian-Mbappe-4.jpeg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-27 11:10:31', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16388', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => '7.6 million Votes Counted under Proportional Representation Category ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Nov 26: The Election Commission has said it has counted more than 7.6 million votes under the proportional election category. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Nov 26: The Election Commission has said it has counted more than 7.6 million votes under the proportional election category. The figure is the latest update of votes received by 47 political parties published by the EC on Saturday evening. </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"">There is a constitutional provision to elect a total of 110 members to the House of Representatives via the proportional electoral system. As per the vote count, the CPN UML is ahead with 2.8 million votes followed by the Nepali Congress with 2.1 million votes. Similarly, the CPN Maoist has been able to secure third position with 891,000 votes. The fourth party in proportional representation is the Rastriya Swatantra Party which has collected 854,000 votes. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Similarly, Rastriya Prajatantra Party has so far received 458,000 votes, followed by Janata Samajbadi Party (248,000 votes), CPN-Unified Socialist (193,000 votes), Janamat Party (178,000 votes), Nagarik Unmukti Party (175,000 votes), Loktantrik Samajbadi Party 104,000 votes), Nepal Workers and Peasants Party 68,000 votes). </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Nationalist People's Party is last in the ranking with 1,159 votes under the proportional election system. The vote turnout in the election to the House of Representatives and Province Assembly was 61 percent. There are more than 17.9 million voters registered for the election. For the first-past-the-post election, there were 2,412 candidates while for the proportional election, there are 2,199 candidates in the final closed list. (RSS) </span></span></span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-27', 'modified' => '2022-11-27', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16129', 'image' => '20221127103037_20221124112330_KN_Damauli-image_6483441.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-27 10:29:55', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16387', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'NC leading FPTP Seats in HoR ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 26: The Election Commission has published the final results of the voting held in 118 constituencies out of 165 in the House of Representatives under the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) electoral system. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 26: The Election Commission has published the final results of the voting held in 118 constituencies out of 165 in the House of Representatives under the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) electoral system. By the time this news report was prepared, the Nepali Congress (NC) was leading the FPTP polls securing 39 HoR seats. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The CPN (UML) is trailing behind the NC with 32 seats while the CPN (Maoist Centre) is in the third position with 13 seats in parliament, according to the latest update provided by the Election Commission. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Likewise, the CPN (Unified Socialist) has so far won seven seats, followed by Rastriya Swatantra Party, Janata Samajwadi Party and Rastriya Prajatantra Party with five seats each. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Lokatantrik Samajwadi Party has secured four seats in parliament, while Rastriya Janamorcha Party and Nepal Workers and Peasants Party have won one seats each. Meanwhile, five independent candidates have been elected as members of the HoR under FPTP, the Election Commission said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Counting of votes for HoR under FPTP system is yet to begin in one constituency each in Dolakha, Syangja and Bajura district. </span><br /> <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">NC leads FPTP seats in Province Assembly </span></strong><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Nepali Congress is also leading in Province Assembly election under FPTP. The NC is leading in four provinces, CPN (UML) is trailing in two and CPN (Maoist Centre) in one. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The NC remains ahead in Bagmati Province, Gandaki Province, Lumbini Province and Karnali Province while the CPN (UML) in leading in Province 1 and Madhesh Province. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">CPN (Maoist Centre) is leading in Sudurpaschim Province, the EC added. </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"">So far, the NC has won 81 Provincial Assembly seats, followed by CPN-UML (67) and CPN Maoist Centre (37). (With inputs from RSS)</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-26', 'modified' => '2022-11-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16128', 'image' => '20221126055006_SB_SURUNGGA_BISWAPRAKAS.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-26 17:49:20', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16386', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Neymar to Miss next Two World Cup Matches of Brazil with Ankle Injury', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 26: Brazil’s star striker Neymar has been ruled out of the next two World Cup games after sustaining ligament damage in his right ankle, the BBC reported citing Brazil’s team doctor.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">AGENCIES<br /> November 26: Brazil’s star striker Neymar has been ruled out of the next two World Cup games after sustaining ligament damage in his right ankle, the BBC reported citing Brazil’s team doctor.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to AFP, the Paris Saint-Germain star suffered ligament damage in the 2-0 victory against Serbia on Thursday when he collided with Nikola Milenkovic.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The 30-year-old forward was replaced in 80th minute after a heavy tackle by Milenkovic.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to the BBC, he described the injury as "one of the hardest moments of my career".</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">"Nothing in my life came easy and I've always had to work for my dreams and goals," Neymar wrote on Instagram. "I have never wished anyone anything bad and always helped who needed. I'm injured, yes it's not nice, it will hurt but I'm sure I will have the chance to come back because I'll do everything possible to help my country, my team-mates and myself."</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Neymar's career has been peppered by injuries which have impacted on his previous two World Cups, added AFP.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to the French news agency, he suffered a fractured bone in his back in the quarter-final win over Colombia in 2014, meaning he was sidelined when the hosts were thrashed 7-1 by Germany in the semi-finals.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">“Four years later he raced to recover from injury in time for the tournament in Russia, but Brazil never hit the expected heights before losing to Belgium in the last eight.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Brazil face Switzerland in their second Group G game on Monday (16:00 GMT), before playing Cameroon next Friday (19:00 BST).</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-26', 'modified' => '2022-11-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16127', 'image' => '20221126042406_Neymar-2048x1474.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-26 16:23:41', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16385', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'UML, NC, Rastriya Swatantra Among Top Three in PR Vote Count', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 26: Counting of votes cast under the Proportional Representation (PR) system during the election to the members of the House of Representatives and provincial assemblies is underway. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 26: Counting of votes cast under the Proportional Representation (PR) system during the election to the members of the House of Representatives and provincial assemblies is underway. The voting was held on November 20. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the vote count update made available by the Election Commission on Saturday morning, the CPN (UML) is leading the PR tally under the House of Representatives. The party has received 1,809,417 votes so far. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Similarly, the Nepali Congress is in the second position with 1,744,069 votes followed by Rastriya Swatantra Party with 787,747 votes. Likewise, the CPN (Maoist Centre) has secured 767,306 votes while Rastriya Prajatantra Party has obtained 403,079 votes so far. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Janata Samahbadi Party Nepal has secured 216,943 votes, followed by CPN-Unified Socialist (164,856 votes), Nagarik Unmukti Party (156,582 votes), and Janamat Party (148,404 votes), according to the EC. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-26', 'modified' => '2022-11-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16126', 'image' => '20221126030520_20221123050626_20220805085711_Election_Commission.2e16d0ba.fill-650x500.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-26 15:04:44', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16384', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government Preparing a 10-year Industrial Policy', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'ovember 25: The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supply has said that it is making necessary preparations to draft a 10-year industrial policy.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">November 25: The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supply has said that it is making necessary preparations to draft a 10-year industrial policy. The ministry informed that industrialization is necessary for economic stability and that it is working on making an industrial policy for the next decade.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Commerce Secretary, Dr Toynarayan Gyawali, made such announcement on the eve of the Industry Day.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The government is celebrating the eighth Industry Day today (Friday) with the theme 'Industrial Investment and Infrastructure: A Strong Foundation for Prosperity'.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Similarly, Dr Gyawali said that the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies facilitates the industrialists and the construction of industrial infrastructure while plans are underway to support the industries. He said that the ministry is committed to solving the problems of the industry and business sectors. On that occasion, Gyawali also said that the government is positive to give concessions to the members who join the 'Make in Nepal, Swadeshi' campaign launched by the Confederation of Nepalese Industries (CNI).</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Director General of the Department of Industries, Ramchandra Tiwari, said that the CNI has moved forward after intensive study for the development of the industrial sector and said that the government expects similar efforts from the private sector. He thinks that industrial development can be achieved by working together with the private sector. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Bishnu Kumar Agarwal, president of CNI, requested concessions for the members involved in the 'Make in Nepal, Swadeshi' campaign. He pointed out the need for concessions by giving the example of the 'Make In' campaign being conducted under the leadership of the government in India, Australia and other countries. The 'Make in Nepal, Swadeshi' campaign is being conducted under the initiative of the CNI.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The government has also mentioned that it will support this campaign through the budget. Agarwal said that by giving concessions to the products associated with the campaign, the consumption and export of domestic products will be encouraged. He also emphasized that the Ministry of Industry should become a 'focal ministry' for industrialists.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-25', 'modified' => '2022-11-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16125', 'image' => '20221125010527_Industrial-Policy.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-25 13:04:39', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16383', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government Shows Lack of Interest to Purchase Paddy from Farmers', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 25: The government seems hardly interested to purchase paddy grown by the farmers with hard work throughout the year. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">November 25: The government seems hardly interested to purchase paddy grown by the farmers with hard work throughout the year. The government is showing no signs of buying paddy from the farmers even three weeks after fixing the minimum support price. Due to the government’s indifference, farmers across the country are forced to sell paddy at throw-away prices.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The state-owned Food Management and Trading Company Limited has been entrusted with the responsibility of purchasing rice at minimum support price from 10 districts that produce abundance of rice. Most of the farmers of Kailali, Kanchanpur, Bardia, Banke, Rupandehi, Janakpur, Jhapa and other districts, where the organization always buys paddy, have already sold 50 percent of their paddy at a low price of Rs 1,000 per quintal even before the support price was set. The income earned by the farmers by selling paddy to the businessmen is one third of the support price fixed by the government later.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Farmers, who were hoping to sell the remaining rice at the right price after the government set the support price, were disappointed when the company entrusted to purchase paddy did not make any arrangements to buy the produce. The company, which failed to start the procurement process at the right time, pretended that it has not received any instructions for the of paddy.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Agni Aryal, coordinator of Rajapur Paddy Superzone, says that since the government does not buy rice at the support price, the traders and middlemen take advantage of it. Traders buy paddy from farmers at throw-away prices and produce rice from it and sell it at a high price. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Sharmila Neupane Subedi, information officer of the Food Management and Trading Company Limited said that the procurement process was delayed because of the elections. According to her, the government fixed the support price right before the election and since the employees of the company also had to be deployed for the election, the purchase of paddy did not begin. Although she said that the procurement work will start soon, she could not tell the exact date. She says that the process has been halted because they have not yet received instructions from the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies for the purchase of paddy.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Urmila KC, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies on the other hand claims that the ministry has already sent a letter to the FMTCL on November 2 with instructions to purchase the paddy. She said, “We have already corresponded from here, but we do not know why the company delayed the purchase.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">This year, the government has arranged a budget of Rs 33 million to purchase about 300,000 metric tons of paddy at the minimum support price through agricultural cooperatives. The Food Management Company has also set aside Rs 98.91 million to buy 30,200 metric tons of rice.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-25', 'modified' => '2022-11-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16124', 'image' => '20221125125626_paddyyyy.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-25 12:55:43', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16382', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Nepal’s Foreign Trade Declines by 20 Percent', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 25: Nepal’s foreign trade declined by 20 percent in the first four months of the current fiscal year (FY 2022/23). ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">November 25: Nepal’s foreign trade declined by 20 percent in the first four months of the current fiscal year (FY 2022/23). As a result, the country’s trade deficit also declined by 16 percent. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The decline in trade deficit amid devaluation of the Nepalese currency, Russia-Ukraine war and rising prices of petroleum products in the international market is considered to be a positive sign for the Nepalese economy. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">However, it is a warning sign to the government’s revenue which chiefly relies on imports. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Experts believe that the foreign trade of Nepal declined in the review period due to various factors including the Covid-19 pandemic, global inflation due to Russia-Ukraine war, decline in banks’ credit flow for imports and the policy adopted by the government to discourage imports to ease the pressure on foreign exchange reserves.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">According to the data released by the Department of Customs, the volume of Nepal’s foreign trade in the review period stood at Rs 587.46 billion against Rs 732.41 billion in the corresponding period of last fiscal year.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">During this period, the country’s imports dropped by Rs 117.60 billion (18.08 percent) to Rs 532.69 billion. The drop in the country’s imports was due to the government’s policy to discourage imports.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Citing a pressure on declining foreign currency reserves, the government had imposed restrictions on imports of luxury goods in April. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The country’s exports also dropped by 33.30 percent in the review period.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The country exported goods worth Rs 54.77 billion in the first four months of the current fiscal year. The figure was Rs 82.12 billion during the corresponding period of last fiscal year.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Due to the decline in trade deficit, the Balance of Payments recorded a surplus after a gap of 14 months.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-25', 'modified' => '2022-11-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16123', 'image' => '20221125120845_Trade.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-25 12:07:40', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16379', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'UML, NC get over 800,000 Votes under Proportional Representation Category ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 25: Vote counting under the election to the member of the House of Representatives (HoR) and provincial assemblies is in progress.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 25: Vote counting under the election to the member of the House of Representatives (HoR) and provincial assemblies is in progress. According to the Election Commission, the CPN (UML) is leading the vote-count tally towards the Proportional Representation (PR) election system as per the vote-count until 6 am today (November 25). The UML has been leading the PR vote tally since the beginning of the vote counting. The left-wing party has secured 894,409 votes so far. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Nepali Congress has garnered 857,621 votes while the Rastriya Swatantra Party has obtained 432,575 votes and is in third position in terms of the number of votes towards the PR election system so far. </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 CPN (Maoist Centre), which is in the fourth position in the votes tally, has collected 402,499 votes and the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) is in the fifth position with 233,375. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Similarly, the Janata Samajbadi Party has secured 112,579 votes, followed by the Janamat Party (67,614 votes), the Nagarik Unmukti Party (62,547 votes), the CPN (Unified Socialist) (61,704 votes) and Nepal Workers and Peasants Party (56,183 votes) votes till now. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Likewise, the Lokatantrik Samajbadi Party Nepal has obtained 51,200 votes, the Hamro Nepali Party 29,423 votes, the Rastriya Janamorcha 21,814 votes and the Mongol National Organisation 17,186 votes. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The CPN (ML), the Rastriya Janamukti Party, the Nepal Sanghiya Samajbadi Party, the Sanghiya Lokatantrik Rastriya Manch, the Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal, among other parties, each has garnered less than 10,000 votes towards the PR system so far. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-25', 'modified' => '2022-11-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16122', 'image' => '20221125104058_JBS_Pokhara-IMG_20221124_124546.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-25 10:40:10', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16380', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Ronaldo Proves ‘Ringmaster’ yet Again', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 25: Kicked out by his club Manchester United, suspended by the Football Association and deemed over the hill by many, Cristiano Ronaldo answered critics in the best possible fashion with another record-breaking display during the World Cup on Thursday.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">November 25: Kicked out by his club Manchester United, suspended by the Football Association and deemed over the hill by many, Cristiano Ronaldo answered critics in the best possible fashion with another record-breaking display during the World Cup on Thursday.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Two days after Manchester United abruptly ended his second stint at Old Trafford following his criticism of the club, Ronaldo took out his frustration on Ghana as Portugal opened their World Cup campaign with a nervy 3-2 victory, Reuters reported.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The five-time Ballon d'Or winner showed that at 37 he retains the magical knack of delivering when it matters, added Reuters.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to the news agency, Ronaldo went into the match already holding the world record for international goals and he took his total to 118 in the 65th minute with a penalty that made him the first player ever to score in five editions of the men's World Cup.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Meanwhile, the BBC reported that the goal and result will be a welcome distraction from the off-field issues that has clouded Ronaldo's build-up to the tournament.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The frontman, who had earlier missed two big chances and had a goal ruled out, saw his big moment come in the second half, added the BBC. With Southampton defender Mohammed Salisu in close attendance, Ronaldo hit the deck and the American referee pointed to the spot, which he stepped up to convert with aplomb.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">“It is easy to talk about Ronaldo in terms of statistics alone, with so many milestones chalked up. But to watch him on Thursday, especially after a week in which he was ditched by United and sanctioned by England's FA for breaking a young Everton fan's phone, was to appreciate exactly what marks him out as many people's greatest of all time,” wrote Reuters.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Remarkably, Ronaldo has now scored in all 10 major tournaments in which he has appeared for Portugal, a run beginning when he was a fresh-faced youngster at Euro 2004, the news agency further reported.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Importantly for Portugal's chances of going deep in Qatar, it was not just the Ronaldo show as his team mates, especially in the second half, took more responsibility. After Ghana surprisingly levelled, it was Joao Felix who restored Portugal's lead with a deft finish and then a sublime run and pass by Bruno Fernandes set up substitute Rafael Leao. But the night, one again, belonged to CR7, Reuters concluded in its news report.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-25', 'modified' => '2022-11-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16121', 'image' => '20221125111639_ron.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-25 11:16:03', '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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Those industries have been registered at the micro, cottage and small industries offices across the country and are expected to provide employment to 50,211 people.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies revealed this data during a programme organized on the occasion of the 8th Industry Day in Kathmandu on Friday. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Similarly, 86 industries have been registered with the Department of Industries during this period and are expected to provide employment to 5,935 people. On the occasion, Chief Secretary of the Government of Nepal, Shankar Das Bairagi, and the Secretary at the Ministry of Industries, Commerce and Supplies Toya Narayan Gyawali also released the industrial bulletin.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">According to the ministry, the government has launched the Small Enterprise Development Programme with the aim of creating employment opportunities at the local levels. Under the programme, 51,428 new small entrepreneurs were created in the last fiscal year. Similarly, Gyawali said that the government has been supporting the programme under the "Make in Nepal" campaign in collaboration with the private sector. He said that a MoU has been signed with the FNCCI to implement the arrangements in the budget. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Director General of the Department of Industry Ram Chandra Tiwari said that improvements in policy, legal, institutional, procedural and technological aspects have been done to facilitate the industrial sector.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">He expressed that only by creating an industry-friendly environment, the traditional agricultural system can be transformed into entrepreneurship, and only through that, a sustainable and independent economy can be developed. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Similarly, Shekhar Golchha, the president of the Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, stressed that the government should provide subsidies to industries in Nepal for value addition, job creation and export. Saying that the economy is in a lot of crisis now, he stated that both the government and the private sector should be involved in creating an environment for the industry to sort out the problems.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Vishnu Kumar Agarwal, president of the Confederation of Nepalese Industries (CNI), suggested that the government should bring a clear industrial policy to open new industries and prevent the displacement of old ones. He said that it is very difficult to start an industry at present due to the exorbitant prices of land. According to him, the CNI has launched various campaigns and plans by giving priority to domestic production and exports. He said that it is also necessary for the government to support and cooperate in these activities of the private sector. He also stressed on the need to do homework on cost reduction issues as the production cost of industries is high.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-27', 'modified' => '2022-11-27', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16135', 'image' => '20221127053353_20220526052559_service_1543560160.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-27 17:33:18', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16393', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'OPCMC Urges Victims of Oriental Cooperative to Resubmit their Claims', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 27: The Office of Problematic Cooperative Management Committee (OPCMC) has issued a fresh notice to the depositors of Oriental Cooperative, which has been declared problematic by the government, to update the amounts embezzled by the cooperative. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">November 27: The Office of the Problematic Cooperative Management Committee (OPCMC) has issued a fresh notice to the depositors of Oriental Cooperative, which has been declared problematic by the government, to update the amounts embezzled by the cooperative. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Issuing a public notice on Friday, OPCMC has urged the depositors to update the office within 15 days regarding the money they are entitled to receive from the cooperative. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The OPCMC has already collected the details of the amount embezzled by the cooperative. However, OPCMC Member Secretary Keshav Prasad Poudel said that the government body decided to seek details again to update the claims made by the depositors after the cooperative was declared problematic for the second time.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">“We have already collected the details. We are seeking the details from the depositors for the second time just to cross-check whether they match with the details submitted earlier,” Poudel told New Business Age.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Poudel informed that the victims can update the claims through the OPCMC website.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to the Problematic Cooperative Management Committee’s Office, Oriental Cooperative Ltd had amassed savings of over Rs 10 billion through its nine branches across the country and misappropriated the deposits. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The cooperative was first declared problematic on November 6, 2017 after it went bankrupt. According to the committee chief Keshab Prasad Poudel, 7,646 members approached the committee office demanding its intervention to get back their deposits. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The cooperative also faced a case at the Supreme Court for the ‘misappropriation’ of the deposits. Responding to the case, the apex court on February 23, 2020 ordered the cooperative to address the issue. But the implementation of the court verdict is still awaited. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Assessing that the cooperative is not serious towards addressing the issue, the Ministry of Cooperatives on September 23, 2022 declared it ‘problematic’ for the second time. Following the declaration, former chair of the cooperative Sudhir Basnet has been arrested. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">During his inquiry, Basnet revealed his association with ‘Kohinoor Hill Saving and Credit Co-operative Limited’, ‘Consumer Savings and Credit Cooperative Ltd’, and the ‘Vegas Savings and Credit Cooperative Ltd’ which have also been identified as ‘problematic’ by the government. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">So far, Oriental Cooperative is found to have collected the deposits by establishing its branches in Nepalgunj, Pokhara, Dang, Surkhet, Kathmandu, Biratnagar, Itahari, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The government has declared 12 cooperatives as ‘problematic’. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-27', 'modified' => '2022-11-27', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16134', 'image' => '20221127020026_cooperative problematic.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-27 13:59:42', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16392', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Number of Companies Listed with NEPSE Reaches 242 in mid-October ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 27: The number of companies listed with the Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) has reached 242 as of mid-October 2022. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 27: The number of companies listed with the Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) has reached 242 as of mid-October 2022. This is stated in the latest report of Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) on the Current Macroeconomic and Financial Situation of Nepal. The report is based on three months’ data ending mid-October, 2022/23. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The companies listed with the NEPSE include 146 Banks and Financial Institutions (BFIs) and insurance companies, 59 hydropower companies, 19 manufacturing and processing industries, six investment companies, five hotels, four trading companies and three others. The number of companies listed with NEPSE was 222 in mid-October 2021. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The share of BFIs and insurance companies in stock market capitalization is 68.6 percent, the NRB report said. Such a share for hydropower companies is 10.5 percent, investment companies 6.4 percent, manufacturing and processing industries 4.4 percent, hotels 1.7 percent, trading companies 0.4 percent and the share of other companies is 8.1 percent. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The paid-up value of 6.82 billion shares listed with NEPSE stood at Rs 672.69 billion in mid-October 2022. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Securities worth Rs 80.78 billion were listed with NEPSE during the three months of FY 2022/23. Such securities comprise government bonds worth Rs 35 billion, debenture worth Rs 25.44 billion, bonus shares worth Rs 9.29 billion, ordinary shares worth Rs 6.57 billion, mutual fund worth Rs 3.27 billion and rights shares worth Rs 1.21 billion. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Securities Board of Nepal approved the total public issuance of securities worth Rs 9.39 billion which includes debenture worth Rs 4.24 billion, mutual fund worth Rs 3.15 billion, ordinary shares worth Rs 1.05 billion and rights shares worth Rs. 954 million in the review period. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-27', 'modified' => '2022-11-27', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16133', 'image' => '20221127011839_NEPSE-FI.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-27 13:18:05', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16391', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'NC Leads Vote-Count under FPTP Category, Secures 52 HoR Seats so Far', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 27: The Nepali Congress is in the top position in the vote count tally of the election to the members of the House of Representatives (HoR) and provincial assemblies (PA) elections held on November 20. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 27: The Nepali Congress is in the top position in the vote count tally of the election to the members of the House of Representatives (HoR) and provincial assemblies (PA) elections held on November 20. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the Election Commission, the results of the vote counting of 155 out of the 165 electoral constituencies under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) category have been announced by 7 am today (Sunday). </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Nepali Congress tops the vote-count, securing 52 seats, followed by the CPN (UML) with 41 seats, the CPN (Maoist Centre) 17 seats, the CPN (Unified Socialist) 10 seats, the Rastriya Swatantra Party and the Rastriya Prajatantra Party seven seats each, the Janata Samajbadi Party five seats, the Lokatantrik Samajbadi Party four seats, the Nagarik Unmukti Party three seats and independent candidates winning five seats under the FPTP category of the HoR election so far. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Nepal Workers and Peasants Party, the Janamat Party and the Rastriya Janamorcha have each won one HoR seat under the FPTP category. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Election Commission stated that the vote count results of 10 electoral constituencies are still awaited. The delay in announcing the results in these constituencies is because of the delayed vote counting in some constituencies while the vote count in some constituencies have not started yet.</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"">There has been delay in counting of votes in Bajura where re-voting was held on Saturday. So far, the results of Dolakha-1, Syangja-2, Sunsari-1, 3 and 4, Bajura, Ilam-1, Udayapur-1 and Ramechhap constituencies is awaited. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The vote counting is in progress in seven constituencies. Nepali Congress is leading the vote-count tally in four, the UML in two and the Rastriya Swatantra Party in one out of these. The vote counting has not yet started in Dolakha, Syangja-2 and Bajura. -- RSS </span><br /> </span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-27', 'modified' => '2022-11-27', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16132', 'image' => '20221127122927_NCC.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-27 12:28:53', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16389', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Messi Magic Keeps Argentina's World Cup Dream Alive ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 27: Lionel Messi kept his dream of winning his first World Cup alive by scoring the opening goal in Saturday's 2-0 victory over Mexico in World Cup Group C.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">AGENCIES</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">November 27: Lionel Messi kept his dream of winning his first World Cup alive by scoring the opening goal in Saturday's 2-0 victory over Mexico in World Cup Group C.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The Argentine, competing in his fifth World Cup at age 35, has won every other major title in his career but has failed to lift the coveted trophy despite making the final in 2014, Reuters reported.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Meanwhile, the BBC reported that Argentina knew defeat would effectively end their World Cup following the embarrassing loss to Saudi Arabia in the opener. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">“Messi knew this would mean the major honour that has eluded his grasp in a glittering career would be forever out of reach.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Messi was, once again, shouldering the burden of Argentina's expectations - and once again he delivered by pulling out a piece of trademark magic when they needed it most to change the course of an attritional game, and perhaps even change the course of his team's World Cup in the process, added the BBC.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to Reuters, Messi’s 64th minute strike that was followed by substitute Enzo Fernandez's sublime effort three minutes from time, reignited their hopes of advancing past the group stage after their shock 2-1 loss to Saudi Arabia in their opener.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Messi, who equalled Diego Maradona's Argentina record of 21 matches and eight goals at the World Cup, was nowhere to be seen for more than an hour before picking up an Angel Di Maria pass, finding just enough space and rifling in from 20 metres, added the news agency.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Substitute Fernandez made sure of the victory when he curled a superb shot into the top corner.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Argentina, with just three points from two matches, can guarantee progress with a win over Poland in their final group-stage match on Wednesday.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-27', 'modified' => '2022-11-27', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16131', 'image' => '20221127110047_Lionel-Messi-celeb-Argentina-vs-Mexico.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-27 10:59:46', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16390', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Mbappe Double Sends France into World Cup Last-16', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 27: France’s star striker Kylian Mbappe displayed a superb individual performance with two second-half goals to make sure the defending champions France becomes the first side to reach the last 16 of the World Cup.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">AGENCIES</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">November 27: France’s star striker Kylian Mbappe displayed a superb individual performance with two second-half goals to make sure the defending champions France becomes the first side to reach the last 16 of the World Cup.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">According to media reports, the two-time champions France beat Denmark 2-1 in their Group D clash at the 974 Stadium on Saturday riding on goals of the 2018 World Cup hero Mbappe.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Mbappe's goals sent France top the group on six points, three ahead of Australia, who beat Tunisia 1-0 earlier in the day, with the Danes and the Tunisians both on one point, Reuters reported.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">France take on Tunisia and Denmark meet Socceroos in the final group-stage round on Wednesday, with the Danes needing a win to advance.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-27', 'modified' => '2022-11-27', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16130', 'image' => '20221127111112_Kylian-Mbappe-4.jpeg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-27 11:10:31', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16388', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => '7.6 million Votes Counted under Proportional Representation Category ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Nov 26: The Election Commission has said it has counted more than 7.6 million votes under the proportional election category. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Nov 26: The Election Commission has said it has counted more than 7.6 million votes under the proportional election category. The figure is the latest update of votes received by 47 political parties published by the EC on Saturday evening. </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"">There is a constitutional provision to elect a total of 110 members to the House of Representatives via the proportional electoral system. As per the vote count, the CPN UML is ahead with 2.8 million votes followed by the Nepali Congress with 2.1 million votes. Similarly, the CPN Maoist has been able to secure third position with 891,000 votes. The fourth party in proportional representation is the Rastriya Swatantra Party which has collected 854,000 votes. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Similarly, Rastriya Prajatantra Party has so far received 458,000 votes, followed by Janata Samajbadi Party (248,000 votes), CPN-Unified Socialist (193,000 votes), Janamat Party (178,000 votes), Nagarik Unmukti Party (175,000 votes), Loktantrik Samajbadi Party 104,000 votes), Nepal Workers and Peasants Party 68,000 votes). </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Nationalist People's Party is last in the ranking with 1,159 votes under the proportional election system. The vote turnout in the election to the House of Representatives and Province Assembly was 61 percent. There are more than 17.9 million voters registered for the election. For the first-past-the-post election, there were 2,412 candidates while for the proportional election, there are 2,199 candidates in the final closed list. (RSS) </span></span></span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-27', 'modified' => '2022-11-27', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16129', 'image' => '20221127103037_20221124112330_KN_Damauli-image_6483441.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-27 10:29:55', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16387', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'NC leading FPTP Seats in HoR ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 26: The Election Commission has published the final results of the voting held in 118 constituencies out of 165 in the House of Representatives under the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) electoral system. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 26: The Election Commission has published the final results of the voting held in 118 constituencies out of 165 in the House of Representatives under the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) electoral system. By the time this news report was prepared, the Nepali Congress (NC) was leading the FPTP polls securing 39 HoR seats. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The CPN (UML) is trailing behind the NC with 32 seats while the CPN (Maoist Centre) is in the third position with 13 seats in parliament, according to the latest update provided by the Election Commission. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Likewise, the CPN (Unified Socialist) has so far won seven seats, followed by Rastriya Swatantra Party, Janata Samajwadi Party and Rastriya Prajatantra Party with five seats each. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Lokatantrik Samajwadi Party has secured four seats in parliament, while Rastriya Janamorcha Party and Nepal Workers and Peasants Party have won one seats each. Meanwhile, five independent candidates have been elected as members of the HoR under FPTP, the Election Commission said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Counting of votes for HoR under FPTP system is yet to begin in one constituency each in Dolakha, Syangja and Bajura district. </span><br /> <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">NC leads FPTP seats in Province Assembly </span></strong><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Nepali Congress is also leading in Province Assembly election under FPTP. The NC is leading in four provinces, CPN (UML) is trailing in two and CPN (Maoist Centre) in one. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The NC remains ahead in Bagmati Province, Gandaki Province, Lumbini Province and Karnali Province while the CPN (UML) in leading in Province 1 and Madhesh Province. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">CPN (Maoist Centre) is leading in Sudurpaschim Province, the EC added. </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"">So far, the NC has won 81 Provincial Assembly seats, followed by CPN-UML (67) and CPN Maoist Centre (37). (With inputs from RSS)</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-26', 'modified' => '2022-11-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16128', 'image' => '20221126055006_SB_SURUNGGA_BISWAPRAKAS.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-26 17:49:20', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16386', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Neymar to Miss next Two World Cup Matches of Brazil with Ankle Injury', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 26: Brazil’s star striker Neymar has been ruled out of the next two World Cup games after sustaining ligament damage in his right ankle, the BBC reported citing Brazil’s team doctor.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">AGENCIES<br /> November 26: Brazil’s star striker Neymar has been ruled out of the next two World Cup games after sustaining ligament damage in his right ankle, the BBC reported citing Brazil’s team doctor.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to AFP, the Paris Saint-Germain star suffered ligament damage in the 2-0 victory against Serbia on Thursday when he collided with Nikola Milenkovic.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The 30-year-old forward was replaced in 80th minute after a heavy tackle by Milenkovic.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to the BBC, he described the injury as "one of the hardest moments of my career".</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">"Nothing in my life came easy and I've always had to work for my dreams and goals," Neymar wrote on Instagram. "I have never wished anyone anything bad and always helped who needed. I'm injured, yes it's not nice, it will hurt but I'm sure I will have the chance to come back because I'll do everything possible to help my country, my team-mates and myself."</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Neymar's career has been peppered by injuries which have impacted on his previous two World Cups, added AFP.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to the French news agency, he suffered a fractured bone in his back in the quarter-final win over Colombia in 2014, meaning he was sidelined when the hosts were thrashed 7-1 by Germany in the semi-finals.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">“Four years later he raced to recover from injury in time for the tournament in Russia, but Brazil never hit the expected heights before losing to Belgium in the last eight.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Brazil face Switzerland in their second Group G game on Monday (16:00 GMT), before playing Cameroon next Friday (19:00 BST).</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-26', 'modified' => '2022-11-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16127', 'image' => '20221126042406_Neymar-2048x1474.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-26 16:23:41', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16385', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'UML, NC, Rastriya Swatantra Among Top Three in PR Vote Count', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 26: Counting of votes cast under the Proportional Representation (PR) system during the election to the members of the House of Representatives and provincial assemblies is underway. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 26: Counting of votes cast under the Proportional Representation (PR) system during the election to the members of the House of Representatives and provincial assemblies is underway. The voting was held on November 20. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the vote count update made available by the Election Commission on Saturday morning, the CPN (UML) is leading the PR tally under the House of Representatives. The party has received 1,809,417 votes so far. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Similarly, the Nepali Congress is in the second position with 1,744,069 votes followed by Rastriya Swatantra Party with 787,747 votes. Likewise, the CPN (Maoist Centre) has secured 767,306 votes while Rastriya Prajatantra Party has obtained 403,079 votes so far. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Janata Samahbadi Party Nepal has secured 216,943 votes, followed by CPN-Unified Socialist (164,856 votes), Nagarik Unmukti Party (156,582 votes), and Janamat Party (148,404 votes), according to the EC. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-26', 'modified' => '2022-11-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16126', 'image' => '20221126030520_20221123050626_20220805085711_Election_Commission.2e16d0ba.fill-650x500.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-26 15:04:44', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16384', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government Preparing a 10-year Industrial Policy', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'ovember 25: The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supply has said that it is making necessary preparations to draft a 10-year industrial policy.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">November 25: The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supply has said that it is making necessary preparations to draft a 10-year industrial policy. The ministry informed that industrialization is necessary for economic stability and that it is working on making an industrial policy for the next decade.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Commerce Secretary, Dr Toynarayan Gyawali, made such announcement on the eve of the Industry Day.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The government is celebrating the eighth Industry Day today (Friday) with the theme 'Industrial Investment and Infrastructure: A Strong Foundation for Prosperity'.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Similarly, Dr Gyawali said that the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies facilitates the industrialists and the construction of industrial infrastructure while plans are underway to support the industries. He said that the ministry is committed to solving the problems of the industry and business sectors. On that occasion, Gyawali also said that the government is positive to give concessions to the members who join the 'Make in Nepal, Swadeshi' campaign launched by the Confederation of Nepalese Industries (CNI).</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Director General of the Department of Industries, Ramchandra Tiwari, said that the CNI has moved forward after intensive study for the development of the industrial sector and said that the government expects similar efforts from the private sector. He thinks that industrial development can be achieved by working together with the private sector. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Bishnu Kumar Agarwal, president of CNI, requested concessions for the members involved in the 'Make in Nepal, Swadeshi' campaign. He pointed out the need for concessions by giving the example of the 'Make In' campaign being conducted under the leadership of the government in India, Australia and other countries. The 'Make in Nepal, Swadeshi' campaign is being conducted under the initiative of the CNI.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The government has also mentioned that it will support this campaign through the budget. Agarwal said that by giving concessions to the products associated with the campaign, the consumption and export of domestic products will be encouraged. He also emphasized that the Ministry of Industry should become a 'focal ministry' for industrialists.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-25', 'modified' => '2022-11-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16125', 'image' => '20221125010527_Industrial-Policy.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-25 13:04:39', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16383', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government Shows Lack of Interest to Purchase Paddy from Farmers', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 25: The government seems hardly interested to purchase paddy grown by the farmers with hard work throughout the year. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">November 25: The government seems hardly interested to purchase paddy grown by the farmers with hard work throughout the year. The government is showing no signs of buying paddy from the farmers even three weeks after fixing the minimum support price. Due to the government’s indifference, farmers across the country are forced to sell paddy at throw-away prices.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The state-owned Food Management and Trading Company Limited has been entrusted with the responsibility of purchasing rice at minimum support price from 10 districts that produce abundance of rice. Most of the farmers of Kailali, Kanchanpur, Bardia, Banke, Rupandehi, Janakpur, Jhapa and other districts, where the organization always buys paddy, have already sold 50 percent of their paddy at a low price of Rs 1,000 per quintal even before the support price was set. The income earned by the farmers by selling paddy to the businessmen is one third of the support price fixed by the government later.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Farmers, who were hoping to sell the remaining rice at the right price after the government set the support price, were disappointed when the company entrusted to purchase paddy did not make any arrangements to buy the produce. The company, which failed to start the procurement process at the right time, pretended that it has not received any instructions for the of paddy.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Agni Aryal, coordinator of Rajapur Paddy Superzone, says that since the government does not buy rice at the support price, the traders and middlemen take advantage of it. Traders buy paddy from farmers at throw-away prices and produce rice from it and sell it at a high price. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Sharmila Neupane Subedi, information officer of the Food Management and Trading Company Limited said that the procurement process was delayed because of the elections. According to her, the government fixed the support price right before the election and since the employees of the company also had to be deployed for the election, the purchase of paddy did not begin. Although she said that the procurement work will start soon, she could not tell the exact date. She says that the process has been halted because they have not yet received instructions from the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies for the purchase of paddy.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Urmila KC, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies on the other hand claims that the ministry has already sent a letter to the FMTCL on November 2 with instructions to purchase the paddy. She said, “We have already corresponded from here, but we do not know why the company delayed the purchase.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">This year, the government has arranged a budget of Rs 33 million to purchase about 300,000 metric tons of paddy at the minimum support price through agricultural cooperatives. The Food Management Company has also set aside Rs 98.91 million to buy 30,200 metric tons of rice.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-25', 'modified' => '2022-11-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16124', 'image' => '20221125125626_paddyyyy.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-25 12:55:43', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16382', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Nepal’s Foreign Trade Declines by 20 Percent', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 25: Nepal’s foreign trade declined by 20 percent in the first four months of the current fiscal year (FY 2022/23). ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">November 25: Nepal’s foreign trade declined by 20 percent in the first four months of the current fiscal year (FY 2022/23). As a result, the country’s trade deficit also declined by 16 percent. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The decline in trade deficit amid devaluation of the Nepalese currency, Russia-Ukraine war and rising prices of petroleum products in the international market is considered to be a positive sign for the Nepalese economy. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">However, it is a warning sign to the government’s revenue which chiefly relies on imports. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Experts believe that the foreign trade of Nepal declined in the review period due to various factors including the Covid-19 pandemic, global inflation due to Russia-Ukraine war, decline in banks’ credit flow for imports and the policy adopted by the government to discourage imports to ease the pressure on foreign exchange reserves.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">According to the data released by the Department of Customs, the volume of Nepal’s foreign trade in the review period stood at Rs 587.46 billion against Rs 732.41 billion in the corresponding period of last fiscal year.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">During this period, the country’s imports dropped by Rs 117.60 billion (18.08 percent) to Rs 532.69 billion. The drop in the country’s imports was due to the government’s policy to discourage imports.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Citing a pressure on declining foreign currency reserves, the government had imposed restrictions on imports of luxury goods in April. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The country’s exports also dropped by 33.30 percent in the review period.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The country exported goods worth Rs 54.77 billion in the first four months of the current fiscal year. The figure was Rs 82.12 billion during the corresponding period of last fiscal year.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Due to the decline in trade deficit, the Balance of Payments recorded a surplus after a gap of 14 months.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-25', 'modified' => '2022-11-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16123', 'image' => '20221125120845_Trade.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-25 12:07:40', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16379', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'UML, NC get over 800,000 Votes under Proportional Representation Category ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 25: Vote counting under the election to the member of the House of Representatives (HoR) and provincial assemblies is in progress.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 25: Vote counting under the election to the member of the House of Representatives (HoR) and provincial assemblies is in progress. According to the Election Commission, the CPN (UML) is leading the vote-count tally towards the Proportional Representation (PR) election system as per the vote-count until 6 am today (November 25). The UML has been leading the PR vote tally since the beginning of the vote counting. The left-wing party has secured 894,409 votes so far. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Nepali Congress has garnered 857,621 votes while the Rastriya Swatantra Party has obtained 432,575 votes and is in third position in terms of the number of votes towards the PR election system so far. </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 CPN (Maoist Centre), which is in the fourth position in the votes tally, has collected 402,499 votes and the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) is in the fifth position with 233,375. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Similarly, the Janata Samajbadi Party has secured 112,579 votes, followed by the Janamat Party (67,614 votes), the Nagarik Unmukti Party (62,547 votes), the CPN (Unified Socialist) (61,704 votes) and Nepal Workers and Peasants Party (56,183 votes) votes till now. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Likewise, the Lokatantrik Samajbadi Party Nepal has obtained 51,200 votes, the Hamro Nepali Party 29,423 votes, the Rastriya Janamorcha 21,814 votes and the Mongol National Organisation 17,186 votes. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The CPN (ML), the Rastriya Janamukti Party, the Nepal Sanghiya Samajbadi Party, the Sanghiya Lokatantrik Rastriya Manch, the Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal, among other parties, each has garnered less than 10,000 votes towards the PR system so far. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-25', 'modified' => '2022-11-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16122', 'image' => '20221125104058_JBS_Pokhara-IMG_20221124_124546.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-25 10:40:10', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16380', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Ronaldo Proves ‘Ringmaster’ yet Again', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 25: Kicked out by his club Manchester United, suspended by the Football Association and deemed over the hill by many, Cristiano Ronaldo answered critics in the best possible fashion with another record-breaking display during the World Cup on Thursday.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">November 25: Kicked out by his club Manchester United, suspended by the Football Association and deemed over the hill by many, Cristiano Ronaldo answered critics in the best possible fashion with another record-breaking display during the World Cup on Thursday.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Two days after Manchester United abruptly ended his second stint at Old Trafford following his criticism of the club, Ronaldo took out his frustration on Ghana as Portugal opened their World Cup campaign with a nervy 3-2 victory, Reuters reported.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The five-time Ballon d'Or winner showed that at 37 he retains the magical knack of delivering when it matters, added Reuters.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to the news agency, Ronaldo went into the match already holding the world record for international goals and he took his total to 118 in the 65th minute with a penalty that made him the first player ever to score in five editions of the men's World Cup.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Meanwhile, the BBC reported that the goal and result will be a welcome distraction from the off-field issues that has clouded Ronaldo's build-up to the tournament.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The frontman, who had earlier missed two big chances and had a goal ruled out, saw his big moment come in the second half, added the BBC. With Southampton defender Mohammed Salisu in close attendance, Ronaldo hit the deck and the American referee pointed to the spot, which he stepped up to convert with aplomb.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">“It is easy to talk about Ronaldo in terms of statistics alone, with so many milestones chalked up. But to watch him on Thursday, especially after a week in which he was ditched by United and sanctioned by England's FA for breaking a young Everton fan's phone, was to appreciate exactly what marks him out as many people's greatest of all time,” wrote Reuters.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Remarkably, Ronaldo has now scored in all 10 major tournaments in which he has appeared for Portugal, a run beginning when he was a fresh-faced youngster at Euro 2004, the news agency further reported.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Importantly for Portugal's chances of going deep in Qatar, it was not just the Ronaldo show as his team mates, especially in the second half, took more responsibility. After Ghana surprisingly levelled, it was Joao Felix who restored Portugal's lead with a deft finish and then a sublime run and pass by Bruno Fernandes set up substitute Rafael Leao. But the night, one again, belonged to CR7, Reuters concluded in its news report.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-25', 'modified' => '2022-11-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16121', 'image' => '20221125111639_ron.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-25 11:16:03', '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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Those industries have been registered at the micro, cottage and small industries offices across the country and are expected to provide employment to 50,211 people.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies revealed this data during a programme organized on the occasion of the 8th Industry Day in Kathmandu on Friday. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Similarly, 86 industries have been registered with the Department of Industries during this period and are expected to provide employment to 5,935 people. On the occasion, Chief Secretary of the Government of Nepal, Shankar Das Bairagi, and the Secretary at the Ministry of Industries, Commerce and Supplies Toya Narayan Gyawali also released the industrial bulletin.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">According to the ministry, the government has launched the Small Enterprise Development Programme with the aim of creating employment opportunities at the local levels. Under the programme, 51,428 new small entrepreneurs were created in the last fiscal year. Similarly, Gyawali said that the government has been supporting the programme under the "Make in Nepal" campaign in collaboration with the private sector. He said that a MoU has been signed with the FNCCI to implement the arrangements in the budget. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Director General of the Department of Industry Ram Chandra Tiwari said that improvements in policy, legal, institutional, procedural and technological aspects have been done to facilitate the industrial sector.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">He expressed that only by creating an industry-friendly environment, the traditional agricultural system can be transformed into entrepreneurship, and only through that, a sustainable and independent economy can be developed. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Similarly, Shekhar Golchha, the president of the Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, stressed that the government should provide subsidies to industries in Nepal for value addition, job creation and export. Saying that the economy is in a lot of crisis now, he stated that both the government and the private sector should be involved in creating an environment for the industry to sort out the problems.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Vishnu Kumar Agarwal, president of the Confederation of Nepalese Industries (CNI), suggested that the government should bring a clear industrial policy to open new industries and prevent the displacement of old ones. He said that it is very difficult to start an industry at present due to the exorbitant prices of land. According to him, the CNI has launched various campaigns and plans by giving priority to domestic production and exports. He said that it is also necessary for the government to support and cooperate in these activities of the private sector. He also stressed on the need to do homework on cost reduction issues as the production cost of industries is high.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-27', 'modified' => '2022-11-27', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16135', 'image' => '20221127053353_20220526052559_service_1543560160.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-27 17:33:18', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16393', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'OPCMC Urges Victims of Oriental Cooperative to Resubmit their Claims', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 27: The Office of Problematic Cooperative Management Committee (OPCMC) has issued a fresh notice to the depositors of Oriental Cooperative, which has been declared problematic by the government, to update the amounts embezzled by the cooperative. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">November 27: The Office of the Problematic Cooperative Management Committee (OPCMC) has issued a fresh notice to the depositors of Oriental Cooperative, which has been declared problematic by the government, to update the amounts embezzled by the cooperative. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Issuing a public notice on Friday, OPCMC has urged the depositors to update the office within 15 days regarding the money they are entitled to receive from the cooperative. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The OPCMC has already collected the details of the amount embezzled by the cooperative. However, OPCMC Member Secretary Keshav Prasad Poudel said that the government body decided to seek details again to update the claims made by the depositors after the cooperative was declared problematic for the second time.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">“We have already collected the details. We are seeking the details from the depositors for the second time just to cross-check whether they match with the details submitted earlier,” Poudel told New Business Age.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Poudel informed that the victims can update the claims through the OPCMC website.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to the Problematic Cooperative Management Committee’s Office, Oriental Cooperative Ltd had amassed savings of over Rs 10 billion through its nine branches across the country and misappropriated the deposits. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The cooperative was first declared problematic on November 6, 2017 after it went bankrupt. According to the committee chief Keshab Prasad Poudel, 7,646 members approached the committee office demanding its intervention to get back their deposits. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The cooperative also faced a case at the Supreme Court for the ‘misappropriation’ of the deposits. Responding to the case, the apex court on February 23, 2020 ordered the cooperative to address the issue. But the implementation of the court verdict is still awaited. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Assessing that the cooperative is not serious towards addressing the issue, the Ministry of Cooperatives on September 23, 2022 declared it ‘problematic’ for the second time. Following the declaration, former chair of the cooperative Sudhir Basnet has been arrested. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">During his inquiry, Basnet revealed his association with ‘Kohinoor Hill Saving and Credit Co-operative Limited’, ‘Consumer Savings and Credit Cooperative Ltd’, and the ‘Vegas Savings and Credit Cooperative Ltd’ which have also been identified as ‘problematic’ by the government. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">So far, Oriental Cooperative is found to have collected the deposits by establishing its branches in Nepalgunj, Pokhara, Dang, Surkhet, Kathmandu, Biratnagar, Itahari, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The government has declared 12 cooperatives as ‘problematic’. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-27', 'modified' => '2022-11-27', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16134', 'image' => '20221127020026_cooperative problematic.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-27 13:59:42', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16392', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Number of Companies Listed with NEPSE Reaches 242 in mid-October ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 27: The number of companies listed with the Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) has reached 242 as of mid-October 2022. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 27: The number of companies listed with the Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) has reached 242 as of mid-October 2022. This is stated in the latest report of Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) on the Current Macroeconomic and Financial Situation of Nepal. The report is based on three months’ data ending mid-October, 2022/23. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The companies listed with the NEPSE include 146 Banks and Financial Institutions (BFIs) and insurance companies, 59 hydropower companies, 19 manufacturing and processing industries, six investment companies, five hotels, four trading companies and three others. The number of companies listed with NEPSE was 222 in mid-October 2021. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The share of BFIs and insurance companies in stock market capitalization is 68.6 percent, the NRB report said. Such a share for hydropower companies is 10.5 percent, investment companies 6.4 percent, manufacturing and processing industries 4.4 percent, hotels 1.7 percent, trading companies 0.4 percent and the share of other companies is 8.1 percent. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The paid-up value of 6.82 billion shares listed with NEPSE stood at Rs 672.69 billion in mid-October 2022. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Securities worth Rs 80.78 billion were listed with NEPSE during the three months of FY 2022/23. Such securities comprise government bonds worth Rs 35 billion, debenture worth Rs 25.44 billion, bonus shares worth Rs 9.29 billion, ordinary shares worth Rs 6.57 billion, mutual fund worth Rs 3.27 billion and rights shares worth Rs 1.21 billion. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Securities Board of Nepal approved the total public issuance of securities worth Rs 9.39 billion which includes debenture worth Rs 4.24 billion, mutual fund worth Rs 3.15 billion, ordinary shares worth Rs 1.05 billion and rights shares worth Rs. 954 million in the review period. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-27', 'modified' => '2022-11-27', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16133', 'image' => '20221127011839_NEPSE-FI.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-27 13:18:05', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16391', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'NC Leads Vote-Count under FPTP Category, Secures 52 HoR Seats so Far', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 27: The Nepali Congress is in the top position in the vote count tally of the election to the members of the House of Representatives (HoR) and provincial assemblies (PA) elections held on November 20. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 27: The Nepali Congress is in the top position in the vote count tally of the election to the members of the House of Representatives (HoR) and provincial assemblies (PA) elections held on November 20. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the Election Commission, the results of the vote counting of 155 out of the 165 electoral constituencies under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) category have been announced by 7 am today (Sunday). </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Nepali Congress tops the vote-count, securing 52 seats, followed by the CPN (UML) with 41 seats, the CPN (Maoist Centre) 17 seats, the CPN (Unified Socialist) 10 seats, the Rastriya Swatantra Party and the Rastriya Prajatantra Party seven seats each, the Janata Samajbadi Party five seats, the Lokatantrik Samajbadi Party four seats, the Nagarik Unmukti Party three seats and independent candidates winning five seats under the FPTP category of the HoR election so far. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Nepal Workers and Peasants Party, the Janamat Party and the Rastriya Janamorcha have each won one HoR seat under the FPTP category. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Election Commission stated that the vote count results of 10 electoral constituencies are still awaited. The delay in announcing the results in these constituencies is because of the delayed vote counting in some constituencies while the vote count in some constituencies have not started yet.</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"">There has been delay in counting of votes in Bajura where re-voting was held on Saturday. So far, the results of Dolakha-1, Syangja-2, Sunsari-1, 3 and 4, Bajura, Ilam-1, Udayapur-1 and Ramechhap constituencies is awaited. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The vote counting is in progress in seven constituencies. Nepali Congress is leading the vote-count tally in four, the UML in two and the Rastriya Swatantra Party in one out of these. The vote counting has not yet started in Dolakha, Syangja-2 and Bajura. -- RSS </span><br /> </span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-27', 'modified' => '2022-11-27', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16132', 'image' => '20221127122927_NCC.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-27 12:28:53', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16389', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Messi Magic Keeps Argentina's World Cup Dream Alive ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 27: Lionel Messi kept his dream of winning his first World Cup alive by scoring the opening goal in Saturday's 2-0 victory over Mexico in World Cup Group C.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">AGENCIES</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">November 27: Lionel Messi kept his dream of winning his first World Cup alive by scoring the opening goal in Saturday's 2-0 victory over Mexico in World Cup Group C.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The Argentine, competing in his fifth World Cup at age 35, has won every other major title in his career but has failed to lift the coveted trophy despite making the final in 2014, Reuters reported.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Meanwhile, the BBC reported that Argentina knew defeat would effectively end their World Cup following the embarrassing loss to Saudi Arabia in the opener. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">“Messi knew this would mean the major honour that has eluded his grasp in a glittering career would be forever out of reach.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Messi was, once again, shouldering the burden of Argentina's expectations - and once again he delivered by pulling out a piece of trademark magic when they needed it most to change the course of an attritional game, and perhaps even change the course of his team's World Cup in the process, added the BBC.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to Reuters, Messi’s 64th minute strike that was followed by substitute Enzo Fernandez's sublime effort three minutes from time, reignited their hopes of advancing past the group stage after their shock 2-1 loss to Saudi Arabia in their opener.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Messi, who equalled Diego Maradona's Argentina record of 21 matches and eight goals at the World Cup, was nowhere to be seen for more than an hour before picking up an Angel Di Maria pass, finding just enough space and rifling in from 20 metres, added the news agency.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Substitute Fernandez made sure of the victory when he curled a superb shot into the top corner.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Argentina, with just three points from two matches, can guarantee progress with a win over Poland in their final group-stage match on Wednesday.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-27', 'modified' => '2022-11-27', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16131', 'image' => '20221127110047_Lionel-Messi-celeb-Argentina-vs-Mexico.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-27 10:59:46', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16390', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Mbappe Double Sends France into World Cup Last-16', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 27: France’s star striker Kylian Mbappe displayed a superb individual performance with two second-half goals to make sure the defending champions France becomes the first side to reach the last 16 of the World Cup.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">AGENCIES</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">November 27: France’s star striker Kylian Mbappe displayed a superb individual performance with two second-half goals to make sure the defending champions France becomes the first side to reach the last 16 of the World Cup.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">According to media reports, the two-time champions France beat Denmark 2-1 in their Group D clash at the 974 Stadium on Saturday riding on goals of the 2018 World Cup hero Mbappe.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Mbappe's goals sent France top the group on six points, three ahead of Australia, who beat Tunisia 1-0 earlier in the day, with the Danes and the Tunisians both on one point, Reuters reported.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">France take on Tunisia and Denmark meet Socceroos in the final group-stage round on Wednesday, with the Danes needing a win to advance.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-27', 'modified' => '2022-11-27', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16130', 'image' => '20221127111112_Kylian-Mbappe-4.jpeg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-27 11:10:31', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16388', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => '7.6 million Votes Counted under Proportional Representation Category ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Nov 26: The Election Commission has said it has counted more than 7.6 million votes under the proportional election category. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Nov 26: The Election Commission has said it has counted more than 7.6 million votes under the proportional election category. The figure is the latest update of votes received by 47 political parties published by the EC on Saturday evening. </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"">There is a constitutional provision to elect a total of 110 members to the House of Representatives via the proportional electoral system. As per the vote count, the CPN UML is ahead with 2.8 million votes followed by the Nepali Congress with 2.1 million votes. Similarly, the CPN Maoist has been able to secure third position with 891,000 votes. The fourth party in proportional representation is the Rastriya Swatantra Party which has collected 854,000 votes. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Similarly, Rastriya Prajatantra Party has so far received 458,000 votes, followed by Janata Samajbadi Party (248,000 votes), CPN-Unified Socialist (193,000 votes), Janamat Party (178,000 votes), Nagarik Unmukti Party (175,000 votes), Loktantrik Samajbadi Party 104,000 votes), Nepal Workers and Peasants Party 68,000 votes). </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Nationalist People's Party is last in the ranking with 1,159 votes under the proportional election system. The vote turnout in the election to the House of Representatives and Province Assembly was 61 percent. There are more than 17.9 million voters registered for the election. For the first-past-the-post election, there were 2,412 candidates while for the proportional election, there are 2,199 candidates in the final closed list. (RSS) </span></span></span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-27', 'modified' => '2022-11-27', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16129', 'image' => '20221127103037_20221124112330_KN_Damauli-image_6483441.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-27 10:29:55', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16387', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'NC leading FPTP Seats in HoR ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 26: The Election Commission has published the final results of the voting held in 118 constituencies out of 165 in the House of Representatives under the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) electoral system. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 26: The Election Commission has published the final results of the voting held in 118 constituencies out of 165 in the House of Representatives under the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) electoral system. By the time this news report was prepared, the Nepali Congress (NC) was leading the FPTP polls securing 39 HoR seats. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The CPN (UML) is trailing behind the NC with 32 seats while the CPN (Maoist Centre) is in the third position with 13 seats in parliament, according to the latest update provided by the Election Commission. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Likewise, the CPN (Unified Socialist) has so far won seven seats, followed by Rastriya Swatantra Party, Janata Samajwadi Party and Rastriya Prajatantra Party with five seats each. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Lokatantrik Samajwadi Party has secured four seats in parliament, while Rastriya Janamorcha Party and Nepal Workers and Peasants Party have won one seats each. Meanwhile, five independent candidates have been elected as members of the HoR under FPTP, the Election Commission said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Counting of votes for HoR under FPTP system is yet to begin in one constituency each in Dolakha, Syangja and Bajura district. </span><br /> <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">NC leads FPTP seats in Province Assembly </span></strong><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Nepali Congress is also leading in Province Assembly election under FPTP. The NC is leading in four provinces, CPN (UML) is trailing in two and CPN (Maoist Centre) in one. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The NC remains ahead in Bagmati Province, Gandaki Province, Lumbini Province and Karnali Province while the CPN (UML) in leading in Province 1 and Madhesh Province. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">CPN (Maoist Centre) is leading in Sudurpaschim Province, the EC added. </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"">So far, the NC has won 81 Provincial Assembly seats, followed by CPN-UML (67) and CPN Maoist Centre (37). (With inputs from RSS)</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-26', 'modified' => '2022-11-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16128', 'image' => '20221126055006_SB_SURUNGGA_BISWAPRAKAS.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-26 17:49:20', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16386', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Neymar to Miss next Two World Cup Matches of Brazil with Ankle Injury', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 26: Brazil’s star striker Neymar has been ruled out of the next two World Cup games after sustaining ligament damage in his right ankle, the BBC reported citing Brazil’s team doctor.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">AGENCIES<br /> November 26: Brazil’s star striker Neymar has been ruled out of the next two World Cup games after sustaining ligament damage in his right ankle, the BBC reported citing Brazil’s team doctor.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to AFP, the Paris Saint-Germain star suffered ligament damage in the 2-0 victory against Serbia on Thursday when he collided with Nikola Milenkovic.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The 30-year-old forward was replaced in 80th minute after a heavy tackle by Milenkovic.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to the BBC, he described the injury as "one of the hardest moments of my career".</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">"Nothing in my life came easy and I've always had to work for my dreams and goals," Neymar wrote on Instagram. "I have never wished anyone anything bad and always helped who needed. I'm injured, yes it's not nice, it will hurt but I'm sure I will have the chance to come back because I'll do everything possible to help my country, my team-mates and myself."</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Neymar's career has been peppered by injuries which have impacted on his previous two World Cups, added AFP.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to the French news agency, he suffered a fractured bone in his back in the quarter-final win over Colombia in 2014, meaning he was sidelined when the hosts were thrashed 7-1 by Germany in the semi-finals.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">“Four years later he raced to recover from injury in time for the tournament in Russia, but Brazil never hit the expected heights before losing to Belgium in the last eight.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Brazil face Switzerland in their second Group G game on Monday (16:00 GMT), before playing Cameroon next Friday (19:00 BST).</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-26', 'modified' => '2022-11-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16127', 'image' => '20221126042406_Neymar-2048x1474.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-26 16:23:41', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16385', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'UML, NC, Rastriya Swatantra Among Top Three in PR Vote Count', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 26: Counting of votes cast under the Proportional Representation (PR) system during the election to the members of the House of Representatives and provincial assemblies is underway. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 26: Counting of votes cast under the Proportional Representation (PR) system during the election to the members of the House of Representatives and provincial assemblies is underway. The voting was held on November 20. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the vote count update made available by the Election Commission on Saturday morning, the CPN (UML) is leading the PR tally under the House of Representatives. The party has received 1,809,417 votes so far. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Similarly, the Nepali Congress is in the second position with 1,744,069 votes followed by Rastriya Swatantra Party with 787,747 votes. Likewise, the CPN (Maoist Centre) has secured 767,306 votes while Rastriya Prajatantra Party has obtained 403,079 votes so far. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Janata Samahbadi Party Nepal has secured 216,943 votes, followed by CPN-Unified Socialist (164,856 votes), Nagarik Unmukti Party (156,582 votes), and Janamat Party (148,404 votes), according to the EC. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-26', 'modified' => '2022-11-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16126', 'image' => '20221126030520_20221123050626_20220805085711_Election_Commission.2e16d0ba.fill-650x500.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-26 15:04:44', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16384', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government Preparing a 10-year Industrial Policy', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'ovember 25: The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supply has said that it is making necessary preparations to draft a 10-year industrial policy.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">November 25: The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supply has said that it is making necessary preparations to draft a 10-year industrial policy. The ministry informed that industrialization is necessary for economic stability and that it is working on making an industrial policy for the next decade.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Commerce Secretary, Dr Toynarayan Gyawali, made such announcement on the eve of the Industry Day.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The government is celebrating the eighth Industry Day today (Friday) with the theme 'Industrial Investment and Infrastructure: A Strong Foundation for Prosperity'.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Similarly, Dr Gyawali said that the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies facilitates the industrialists and the construction of industrial infrastructure while plans are underway to support the industries. He said that the ministry is committed to solving the problems of the industry and business sectors. On that occasion, Gyawali also said that the government is positive to give concessions to the members who join the 'Make in Nepal, Swadeshi' campaign launched by the Confederation of Nepalese Industries (CNI).</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Director General of the Department of Industries, Ramchandra Tiwari, said that the CNI has moved forward after intensive study for the development of the industrial sector and said that the government expects similar efforts from the private sector. He thinks that industrial development can be achieved by working together with the private sector. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Bishnu Kumar Agarwal, president of CNI, requested concessions for the members involved in the 'Make in Nepal, Swadeshi' campaign. He pointed out the need for concessions by giving the example of the 'Make In' campaign being conducted under the leadership of the government in India, Australia and other countries. The 'Make in Nepal, Swadeshi' campaign is being conducted under the initiative of the CNI.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The government has also mentioned that it will support this campaign through the budget. Agarwal said that by giving concessions to the products associated with the campaign, the consumption and export of domestic products will be encouraged. He also emphasized that the Ministry of Industry should become a 'focal ministry' for industrialists.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-25', 'modified' => '2022-11-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16125', 'image' => '20221125010527_Industrial-Policy.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-25 13:04:39', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16383', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government Shows Lack of Interest to Purchase Paddy from Farmers', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 25: The government seems hardly interested to purchase paddy grown by the farmers with hard work throughout the year. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">November 25: The government seems hardly interested to purchase paddy grown by the farmers with hard work throughout the year. The government is showing no signs of buying paddy from the farmers even three weeks after fixing the minimum support price. Due to the government’s indifference, farmers across the country are forced to sell paddy at throw-away prices.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The state-owned Food Management and Trading Company Limited has been entrusted with the responsibility of purchasing rice at minimum support price from 10 districts that produce abundance of rice. Most of the farmers of Kailali, Kanchanpur, Bardia, Banke, Rupandehi, Janakpur, Jhapa and other districts, where the organization always buys paddy, have already sold 50 percent of their paddy at a low price of Rs 1,000 per quintal even before the support price was set. The income earned by the farmers by selling paddy to the businessmen is one third of the support price fixed by the government later.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Farmers, who were hoping to sell the remaining rice at the right price after the government set the support price, were disappointed when the company entrusted to purchase paddy did not make any arrangements to buy the produce. The company, which failed to start the procurement process at the right time, pretended that it has not received any instructions for the of paddy.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Agni Aryal, coordinator of Rajapur Paddy Superzone, says that since the government does not buy rice at the support price, the traders and middlemen take advantage of it. Traders buy paddy from farmers at throw-away prices and produce rice from it and sell it at a high price. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Sharmila Neupane Subedi, information officer of the Food Management and Trading Company Limited said that the procurement process was delayed because of the elections. According to her, the government fixed the support price right before the election and since the employees of the company also had to be deployed for the election, the purchase of paddy did not begin. Although she said that the procurement work will start soon, she could not tell the exact date. She says that the process has been halted because they have not yet received instructions from the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies for the purchase of paddy.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Urmila KC, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies on the other hand claims that the ministry has already sent a letter to the FMTCL on November 2 with instructions to purchase the paddy. She said, “We have already corresponded from here, but we do not know why the company delayed the purchase.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">This year, the government has arranged a budget of Rs 33 million to purchase about 300,000 metric tons of paddy at the minimum support price through agricultural cooperatives. The Food Management Company has also set aside Rs 98.91 million to buy 30,200 metric tons of rice.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-25', 'modified' => '2022-11-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16124', 'image' => '20221125125626_paddyyyy.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-25 12:55:43', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16382', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Nepal’s Foreign Trade Declines by 20 Percent', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 25: Nepal’s foreign trade declined by 20 percent in the first four months of the current fiscal year (FY 2022/23). ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">November 25: Nepal’s foreign trade declined by 20 percent in the first four months of the current fiscal year (FY 2022/23). As a result, the country’s trade deficit also declined by 16 percent. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The decline in trade deficit amid devaluation of the Nepalese currency, Russia-Ukraine war and rising prices of petroleum products in the international market is considered to be a positive sign for the Nepalese economy. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">However, it is a warning sign to the government’s revenue which chiefly relies on imports. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Experts believe that the foreign trade of Nepal declined in the review period due to various factors including the Covid-19 pandemic, global inflation due to Russia-Ukraine war, decline in banks’ credit flow for imports and the policy adopted by the government to discourage imports to ease the pressure on foreign exchange reserves.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">According to the data released by the Department of Customs, the volume of Nepal’s foreign trade in the review period stood at Rs 587.46 billion against Rs 732.41 billion in the corresponding period of last fiscal year.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">During this period, the country’s imports dropped by Rs 117.60 billion (18.08 percent) to Rs 532.69 billion. The drop in the country’s imports was due to the government’s policy to discourage imports.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Citing a pressure on declining foreign currency reserves, the government had imposed restrictions on imports of luxury goods in April. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The country’s exports also dropped by 33.30 percent in the review period.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The country exported goods worth Rs 54.77 billion in the first four months of the current fiscal year. The figure was Rs 82.12 billion during the corresponding period of last fiscal year.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Due to the decline in trade deficit, the Balance of Payments recorded a surplus after a gap of 14 months.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-25', 'modified' => '2022-11-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16123', 'image' => '20221125120845_Trade.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-25 12:07:40', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16379', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'UML, NC get over 800,000 Votes under Proportional Representation Category ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 25: Vote counting under the election to the member of the House of Representatives (HoR) and provincial assemblies is in progress.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 25: Vote counting under the election to the member of the House of Representatives (HoR) and provincial assemblies is in progress. According to the Election Commission, the CPN (UML) is leading the vote-count tally towards the Proportional Representation (PR) election system as per the vote-count until 6 am today (November 25). The UML has been leading the PR vote tally since the beginning of the vote counting. The left-wing party has secured 894,409 votes so far. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Nepali Congress has garnered 857,621 votes while the Rastriya Swatantra Party has obtained 432,575 votes and is in third position in terms of the number of votes towards the PR election system so far. </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 CPN (Maoist Centre), which is in the fourth position in the votes tally, has collected 402,499 votes and the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) is in the fifth position with 233,375. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Similarly, the Janata Samajbadi Party has secured 112,579 votes, followed by the Janamat Party (67,614 votes), the Nagarik Unmukti Party (62,547 votes), the CPN (Unified Socialist) (61,704 votes) and Nepal Workers and Peasants Party (56,183 votes) votes till now. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Likewise, the Lokatantrik Samajbadi Party Nepal has obtained 51,200 votes, the Hamro Nepali Party 29,423 votes, the Rastriya Janamorcha 21,814 votes and the Mongol National Organisation 17,186 votes. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The CPN (ML), the Rastriya Janamukti Party, the Nepal Sanghiya Samajbadi Party, the Sanghiya Lokatantrik Rastriya Manch, the Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal, among other parties, each has garnered less than 10,000 votes towards the PR system so far. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-25', 'modified' => '2022-11-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16122', 'image' => '20221125104058_JBS_Pokhara-IMG_20221124_124546.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-25 10:40:10', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16380', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Ronaldo Proves ‘Ringmaster’ yet Again', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 25: Kicked out by his club Manchester United, suspended by the Football Association and deemed over the hill by many, Cristiano Ronaldo answered critics in the best possible fashion with another record-breaking display during the World Cup on Thursday.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">November 25: Kicked out by his club Manchester United, suspended by the Football Association and deemed over the hill by many, Cristiano Ronaldo answered critics in the best possible fashion with another record-breaking display during the World Cup on Thursday.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Two days after Manchester United abruptly ended his second stint at Old Trafford following his criticism of the club, Ronaldo took out his frustration on Ghana as Portugal opened their World Cup campaign with a nervy 3-2 victory, Reuters reported.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The five-time Ballon d'Or winner showed that at 37 he retains the magical knack of delivering when it matters, added Reuters.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to the news agency, Ronaldo went into the match already holding the world record for international goals and he took his total to 118 in the 65th minute with a penalty that made him the first player ever to score in five editions of the men's World Cup.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Meanwhile, the BBC reported that the goal and result will be a welcome distraction from the off-field issues that has clouded Ronaldo's build-up to the tournament.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The frontman, who had earlier missed two big chances and had a goal ruled out, saw his big moment come in the second half, added the BBC. With Southampton defender Mohammed Salisu in close attendance, Ronaldo hit the deck and the American referee pointed to the spot, which he stepped up to convert with aplomb.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">“It is easy to talk about Ronaldo in terms of statistics alone, with so many milestones chalked up. But to watch him on Thursday, especially after a week in which he was ditched by United and sanctioned by England's FA for breaking a young Everton fan's phone, was to appreciate exactly what marks him out as many people's greatest of all time,” wrote Reuters.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Remarkably, Ronaldo has now scored in all 10 major tournaments in which he has appeared for Portugal, a run beginning when he was a fresh-faced youngster at Euro 2004, the news agency further reported.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Importantly for Portugal's chances of going deep in Qatar, it was not just the Ronaldo show as his team mates, especially in the second half, took more responsibility. After Ghana surprisingly levelled, it was Joao Felix who restored Portugal's lead with a deft finish and then a sublime run and pass by Bruno Fernandes set up substitute Rafael Leao. 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Those industries have been registered at the micro, cottage and small industries offices across the country and are expected to provide employment to 50,211 people.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies revealed this data during a programme organized on the occasion of the 8th Industry Day in Kathmandu on Friday. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Similarly, 86 industries have been registered with the Department of Industries during this period and are expected to provide employment to 5,935 people. On the occasion, Chief Secretary of the Government of Nepal, Shankar Das Bairagi, and the Secretary at the Ministry of Industries, Commerce and Supplies Toya Narayan Gyawali also released the industrial bulletin.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">According to the ministry, the government has launched the Small Enterprise Development Programme with the aim of creating employment opportunities at the local levels. Under the programme, 51,428 new small entrepreneurs were created in the last fiscal year. Similarly, Gyawali said that the government has been supporting the programme under the "Make in Nepal" campaign in collaboration with the private sector. He said that a MoU has been signed with the FNCCI to implement the arrangements in the budget. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Director General of the Department of Industry Ram Chandra Tiwari said that improvements in policy, legal, institutional, procedural and technological aspects have been done to facilitate the industrial sector.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">He expressed that only by creating an industry-friendly environment, the traditional agricultural system can be transformed into entrepreneurship, and only through that, a sustainable and independent economy can be developed. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Similarly, Shekhar Golchha, the president of the Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, stressed that the government should provide subsidies to industries in Nepal for value addition, job creation and export. Saying that the economy is in a lot of crisis now, he stated that both the government and the private sector should be involved in creating an environment for the industry to sort out the problems.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Vishnu Kumar Agarwal, president of the Confederation of Nepalese Industries (CNI), suggested that the government should bring a clear industrial policy to open new industries and prevent the displacement of old ones. He said that it is very difficult to start an industry at present due to the exorbitant prices of land. According to him, the CNI has launched various campaigns and plans by giving priority to domestic production and exports. He said that it is also necessary for the government to support and cooperate in these activities of the private sector. He also stressed on the need to do homework on cost reduction issues as the production cost of industries is high.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-27', 'modified' => '2022-11-27', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16135', 'image' => '20221127053353_20220526052559_service_1543560160.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-27 17:33:18', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16393', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'OPCMC Urges Victims of Oriental Cooperative to Resubmit their Claims', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 27: The Office of Problematic Cooperative Management Committee (OPCMC) has issued a fresh notice to the depositors of Oriental Cooperative, which has been declared problematic by the government, to update the amounts embezzled by the cooperative. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">November 27: The Office of the Problematic Cooperative Management Committee (OPCMC) has issued a fresh notice to the depositors of Oriental Cooperative, which has been declared problematic by the government, to update the amounts embezzled by the cooperative. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Issuing a public notice on Friday, OPCMC has urged the depositors to update the office within 15 days regarding the money they are entitled to receive from the cooperative. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The OPCMC has already collected the details of the amount embezzled by the cooperative. However, OPCMC Member Secretary Keshav Prasad Poudel said that the government body decided to seek details again to update the claims made by the depositors after the cooperative was declared problematic for the second time.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">“We have already collected the details. We are seeking the details from the depositors for the second time just to cross-check whether they match with the details submitted earlier,” Poudel told New Business Age.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Poudel informed that the victims can update the claims through the OPCMC website.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to the Problematic Cooperative Management Committee’s Office, Oriental Cooperative Ltd had amassed savings of over Rs 10 billion through its nine branches across the country and misappropriated the deposits. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The cooperative was first declared problematic on November 6, 2017 after it went bankrupt. According to the committee chief Keshab Prasad Poudel, 7,646 members approached the committee office demanding its intervention to get back their deposits. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The cooperative also faced a case at the Supreme Court for the ‘misappropriation’ of the deposits. Responding to the case, the apex court on February 23, 2020 ordered the cooperative to address the issue. But the implementation of the court verdict is still awaited. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Assessing that the cooperative is not serious towards addressing the issue, the Ministry of Cooperatives on September 23, 2022 declared it ‘problematic’ for the second time. Following the declaration, former chair of the cooperative Sudhir Basnet has been arrested. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">During his inquiry, Basnet revealed his association with ‘Kohinoor Hill Saving and Credit Co-operative Limited’, ‘Consumer Savings and Credit Cooperative Ltd’, and the ‘Vegas Savings and Credit Cooperative Ltd’ which have also been identified as ‘problematic’ by the government. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">So far, Oriental Cooperative is found to have collected the deposits by establishing its branches in Nepalgunj, Pokhara, Dang, Surkhet, Kathmandu, Biratnagar, Itahari, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The government has declared 12 cooperatives as ‘problematic’. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-27', 'modified' => '2022-11-27', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16134', 'image' => '20221127020026_cooperative problematic.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-27 13:59:42', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16392', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Number of Companies Listed with NEPSE Reaches 242 in mid-October ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 27: The number of companies listed with the Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) has reached 242 as of mid-October 2022. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 27: The number of companies listed with the Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) has reached 242 as of mid-October 2022. This is stated in the latest report of Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) on the Current Macroeconomic and Financial Situation of Nepal. The report is based on three months’ data ending mid-October, 2022/23. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The companies listed with the NEPSE include 146 Banks and Financial Institutions (BFIs) and insurance companies, 59 hydropower companies, 19 manufacturing and processing industries, six investment companies, five hotels, four trading companies and three others. The number of companies listed with NEPSE was 222 in mid-October 2021. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The share of BFIs and insurance companies in stock market capitalization is 68.6 percent, the NRB report said. Such a share for hydropower companies is 10.5 percent, investment companies 6.4 percent, manufacturing and processing industries 4.4 percent, hotels 1.7 percent, trading companies 0.4 percent and the share of other companies is 8.1 percent. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The paid-up value of 6.82 billion shares listed with NEPSE stood at Rs 672.69 billion in mid-October 2022. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Securities worth Rs 80.78 billion were listed with NEPSE during the three months of FY 2022/23. Such securities comprise government bonds worth Rs 35 billion, debenture worth Rs 25.44 billion, bonus shares worth Rs 9.29 billion, ordinary shares worth Rs 6.57 billion, mutual fund worth Rs 3.27 billion and rights shares worth Rs 1.21 billion. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Securities Board of Nepal approved the total public issuance of securities worth Rs 9.39 billion which includes debenture worth Rs 4.24 billion, mutual fund worth Rs 3.15 billion, ordinary shares worth Rs 1.05 billion and rights shares worth Rs. 954 million in the review period. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-27', 'modified' => '2022-11-27', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16133', 'image' => '20221127011839_NEPSE-FI.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-27 13:18:05', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16391', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'NC Leads Vote-Count under FPTP Category, Secures 52 HoR Seats so Far', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 27: The Nepali Congress is in the top position in the vote count tally of the election to the members of the House of Representatives (HoR) and provincial assemblies (PA) elections held on November 20. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 27: The Nepali Congress is in the top position in the vote count tally of the election to the members of the House of Representatives (HoR) and provincial assemblies (PA) elections held on November 20. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the Election Commission, the results of the vote counting of 155 out of the 165 electoral constituencies under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) category have been announced by 7 am today (Sunday). </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Nepali Congress tops the vote-count, securing 52 seats, followed by the CPN (UML) with 41 seats, the CPN (Maoist Centre) 17 seats, the CPN (Unified Socialist) 10 seats, the Rastriya Swatantra Party and the Rastriya Prajatantra Party seven seats each, the Janata Samajbadi Party five seats, the Lokatantrik Samajbadi Party four seats, the Nagarik Unmukti Party three seats and independent candidates winning five seats under the FPTP category of the HoR election so far. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Nepal Workers and Peasants Party, the Janamat Party and the Rastriya Janamorcha have each won one HoR seat under the FPTP category. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Election Commission stated that the vote count results of 10 electoral constituencies are still awaited. The delay in announcing the results in these constituencies is because of the delayed vote counting in some constituencies while the vote count in some constituencies have not started yet.</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"">There has been delay in counting of votes in Bajura where re-voting was held on Saturday. So far, the results of Dolakha-1, Syangja-2, Sunsari-1, 3 and 4, Bajura, Ilam-1, Udayapur-1 and Ramechhap constituencies is awaited. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The vote counting is in progress in seven constituencies. Nepali Congress is leading the vote-count tally in four, the UML in two and the Rastriya Swatantra Party in one out of these. The vote counting has not yet started in Dolakha, Syangja-2 and Bajura. -- RSS </span><br /> </span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-27', 'modified' => '2022-11-27', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16132', 'image' => '20221127122927_NCC.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-27 12:28:53', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16389', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Messi Magic Keeps Argentina's World Cup Dream Alive ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 27: Lionel Messi kept his dream of winning his first World Cup alive by scoring the opening goal in Saturday's 2-0 victory over Mexico in World Cup Group C.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">AGENCIES</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">November 27: Lionel Messi kept his dream of winning his first World Cup alive by scoring the opening goal in Saturday's 2-0 victory over Mexico in World Cup Group C.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The Argentine, competing in his fifth World Cup at age 35, has won every other major title in his career but has failed to lift the coveted trophy despite making the final in 2014, Reuters reported.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Meanwhile, the BBC reported that Argentina knew defeat would effectively end their World Cup following the embarrassing loss to Saudi Arabia in the opener. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">“Messi knew this would mean the major honour that has eluded his grasp in a glittering career would be forever out of reach.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Messi was, once again, shouldering the burden of Argentina's expectations - and once again he delivered by pulling out a piece of trademark magic when they needed it most to change the course of an attritional game, and perhaps even change the course of his team's World Cup in the process, added the BBC.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to Reuters, Messi’s 64th minute strike that was followed by substitute Enzo Fernandez's sublime effort three minutes from time, reignited their hopes of advancing past the group stage after their shock 2-1 loss to Saudi Arabia in their opener.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Messi, who equalled Diego Maradona's Argentina record of 21 matches and eight goals at the World Cup, was nowhere to be seen for more than an hour before picking up an Angel Di Maria pass, finding just enough space and rifling in from 20 metres, added the news agency.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Substitute Fernandez made sure of the victory when he curled a superb shot into the top corner.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Argentina, with just three points from two matches, can guarantee progress with a win over Poland in their final group-stage match on Wednesday.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-27', 'modified' => '2022-11-27', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16131', 'image' => '20221127110047_Lionel-Messi-celeb-Argentina-vs-Mexico.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-27 10:59:46', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16390', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Mbappe Double Sends France into World Cup Last-16', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 27: France’s star striker Kylian Mbappe displayed a superb individual performance with two second-half goals to make sure the defending champions France becomes the first side to reach the last 16 of the World Cup.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">AGENCIES</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">November 27: France’s star striker Kylian Mbappe displayed a superb individual performance with two second-half goals to make sure the defending champions France becomes the first side to reach the last 16 of the World Cup.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">According to media reports, the two-time champions France beat Denmark 2-1 in their Group D clash at the 974 Stadium on Saturday riding on goals of the 2018 World Cup hero Mbappe.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Mbappe's goals sent France top the group on six points, three ahead of Australia, who beat Tunisia 1-0 earlier in the day, with the Danes and the Tunisians both on one point, Reuters reported.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">France take on Tunisia and Denmark meet Socceroos in the final group-stage round on Wednesday, with the Danes needing a win to advance.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-27', 'modified' => '2022-11-27', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16130', 'image' => '20221127111112_Kylian-Mbappe-4.jpeg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-27 11:10:31', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16388', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => '7.6 million Votes Counted under Proportional Representation Category ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Nov 26: The Election Commission has said it has counted more than 7.6 million votes under the proportional election category. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Nov 26: The Election Commission has said it has counted more than 7.6 million votes under the proportional election category. The figure is the latest update of votes received by 47 political parties published by the EC on Saturday evening. </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"">There is a constitutional provision to elect a total of 110 members to the House of Representatives via the proportional electoral system. As per the vote count, the CPN UML is ahead with 2.8 million votes followed by the Nepali Congress with 2.1 million votes. Similarly, the CPN Maoist has been able to secure third position with 891,000 votes. The fourth party in proportional representation is the Rastriya Swatantra Party which has collected 854,000 votes. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Similarly, Rastriya Prajatantra Party has so far received 458,000 votes, followed by Janata Samajbadi Party (248,000 votes), CPN-Unified Socialist (193,000 votes), Janamat Party (178,000 votes), Nagarik Unmukti Party (175,000 votes), Loktantrik Samajbadi Party 104,000 votes), Nepal Workers and Peasants Party 68,000 votes). </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Nationalist People's Party is last in the ranking with 1,159 votes under the proportional election system. The vote turnout in the election to the House of Representatives and Province Assembly was 61 percent. There are more than 17.9 million voters registered for the election. For the first-past-the-post election, there were 2,412 candidates while for the proportional election, there are 2,199 candidates in the final closed list. (RSS) </span></span></span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-27', 'modified' => '2022-11-27', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16129', 'image' => '20221127103037_20221124112330_KN_Damauli-image_6483441.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-27 10:29:55', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16387', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'NC leading FPTP Seats in HoR ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 26: The Election Commission has published the final results of the voting held in 118 constituencies out of 165 in the House of Representatives under the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) electoral system. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 26: The Election Commission has published the final results of the voting held in 118 constituencies out of 165 in the House of Representatives under the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) electoral system. By the time this news report was prepared, the Nepali Congress (NC) was leading the FPTP polls securing 39 HoR seats. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The CPN (UML) is trailing behind the NC with 32 seats while the CPN (Maoist Centre) is in the third position with 13 seats in parliament, according to the latest update provided by the Election Commission. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Likewise, the CPN (Unified Socialist) has so far won seven seats, followed by Rastriya Swatantra Party, Janata Samajwadi Party and Rastriya Prajatantra Party with five seats each. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Lokatantrik Samajwadi Party has secured four seats in parliament, while Rastriya Janamorcha Party and Nepal Workers and Peasants Party have won one seats each. Meanwhile, five independent candidates have been elected as members of the HoR under FPTP, the Election Commission said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Counting of votes for HoR under FPTP system is yet to begin in one constituency each in Dolakha, Syangja and Bajura district. </span><br /> <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">NC leads FPTP seats in Province Assembly </span></strong><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Nepali Congress is also leading in Province Assembly election under FPTP. The NC is leading in four provinces, CPN (UML) is trailing in two and CPN (Maoist Centre) in one. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The NC remains ahead in Bagmati Province, Gandaki Province, Lumbini Province and Karnali Province while the CPN (UML) in leading in Province 1 and Madhesh Province. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">CPN (Maoist Centre) is leading in Sudurpaschim Province, the EC added. </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"">So far, the NC has won 81 Provincial Assembly seats, followed by CPN-UML (67) and CPN Maoist Centre (37). (With inputs from RSS)</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-26', 'modified' => '2022-11-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16128', 'image' => '20221126055006_SB_SURUNGGA_BISWAPRAKAS.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-26 17:49:20', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16386', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Neymar to Miss next Two World Cup Matches of Brazil with Ankle Injury', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 26: Brazil’s star striker Neymar has been ruled out of the next two World Cup games after sustaining ligament damage in his right ankle, the BBC reported citing Brazil’s team doctor.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">AGENCIES<br /> November 26: Brazil’s star striker Neymar has been ruled out of the next two World Cup games after sustaining ligament damage in his right ankle, the BBC reported citing Brazil’s team doctor.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to AFP, the Paris Saint-Germain star suffered ligament damage in the 2-0 victory against Serbia on Thursday when he collided with Nikola Milenkovic.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The 30-year-old forward was replaced in 80th minute after a heavy tackle by Milenkovic.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to the BBC, he described the injury as "one of the hardest moments of my career".</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">"Nothing in my life came easy and I've always had to work for my dreams and goals," Neymar wrote on Instagram. "I have never wished anyone anything bad and always helped who needed. I'm injured, yes it's not nice, it will hurt but I'm sure I will have the chance to come back because I'll do everything possible to help my country, my team-mates and myself."</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Neymar's career has been peppered by injuries which have impacted on his previous two World Cups, added AFP.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to the French news agency, he suffered a fractured bone in his back in the quarter-final win over Colombia in 2014, meaning he was sidelined when the hosts were thrashed 7-1 by Germany in the semi-finals.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">“Four years later he raced to recover from injury in time for the tournament in Russia, but Brazil never hit the expected heights before losing to Belgium in the last eight.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Brazil face Switzerland in their second Group G game on Monday (16:00 GMT), before playing Cameroon next Friday (19:00 BST).</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-26', 'modified' => '2022-11-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16127', 'image' => '20221126042406_Neymar-2048x1474.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-26 16:23:41', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16385', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'UML, NC, Rastriya Swatantra Among Top Three in PR Vote Count', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 26: Counting of votes cast under the Proportional Representation (PR) system during the election to the members of the House of Representatives and provincial assemblies is underway. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 26: Counting of votes cast under the Proportional Representation (PR) system during the election to the members of the House of Representatives and provincial assemblies is underway. The voting was held on November 20. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the vote count update made available by the Election Commission on Saturday morning, the CPN (UML) is leading the PR tally under the House of Representatives. The party has received 1,809,417 votes so far. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Similarly, the Nepali Congress is in the second position with 1,744,069 votes followed by Rastriya Swatantra Party with 787,747 votes. Likewise, the CPN (Maoist Centre) has secured 767,306 votes while Rastriya Prajatantra Party has obtained 403,079 votes so far. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Janata Samahbadi Party Nepal has secured 216,943 votes, followed by CPN-Unified Socialist (164,856 votes), Nagarik Unmukti Party (156,582 votes), and Janamat Party (148,404 votes), according to the EC. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-26', 'modified' => '2022-11-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16126', 'image' => '20221126030520_20221123050626_20220805085711_Election_Commission.2e16d0ba.fill-650x500.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-26 15:04:44', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16384', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government Preparing a 10-year Industrial Policy', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'ovember 25: The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supply has said that it is making necessary preparations to draft a 10-year industrial policy.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">November 25: The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supply has said that it is making necessary preparations to draft a 10-year industrial policy. The ministry informed that industrialization is necessary for economic stability and that it is working on making an industrial policy for the next decade.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Commerce Secretary, Dr Toynarayan Gyawali, made such announcement on the eve of the Industry Day.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The government is celebrating the eighth Industry Day today (Friday) with the theme 'Industrial Investment and Infrastructure: A Strong Foundation for Prosperity'.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Similarly, Dr Gyawali said that the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies facilitates the industrialists and the construction of industrial infrastructure while plans are underway to support the industries. He said that the ministry is committed to solving the problems of the industry and business sectors. On that occasion, Gyawali also said that the government is positive to give concessions to the members who join the 'Make in Nepal, Swadeshi' campaign launched by the Confederation of Nepalese Industries (CNI).</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Director General of the Department of Industries, Ramchandra Tiwari, said that the CNI has moved forward after intensive study for the development of the industrial sector and said that the government expects similar efforts from the private sector. He thinks that industrial development can be achieved by working together with the private sector. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Bishnu Kumar Agarwal, president of CNI, requested concessions for the members involved in the 'Make in Nepal, Swadeshi' campaign. He pointed out the need for concessions by giving the example of the 'Make In' campaign being conducted under the leadership of the government in India, Australia and other countries. The 'Make in Nepal, Swadeshi' campaign is being conducted under the initiative of the CNI.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The government has also mentioned that it will support this campaign through the budget. Agarwal said that by giving concessions to the products associated with the campaign, the consumption and export of domestic products will be encouraged. He also emphasized that the Ministry of Industry should become a 'focal ministry' for industrialists.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-25', 'modified' => '2022-11-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16125', 'image' => '20221125010527_Industrial-Policy.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-25 13:04:39', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16383', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government Shows Lack of Interest to Purchase Paddy from Farmers', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 25: The government seems hardly interested to purchase paddy grown by the farmers with hard work throughout the year. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">November 25: The government seems hardly interested to purchase paddy grown by the farmers with hard work throughout the year. The government is showing no signs of buying paddy from the farmers even three weeks after fixing the minimum support price. Due to the government’s indifference, farmers across the country are forced to sell paddy at throw-away prices.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The state-owned Food Management and Trading Company Limited has been entrusted with the responsibility of purchasing rice at minimum support price from 10 districts that produce abundance of rice. Most of the farmers of Kailali, Kanchanpur, Bardia, Banke, Rupandehi, Janakpur, Jhapa and other districts, where the organization always buys paddy, have already sold 50 percent of their paddy at a low price of Rs 1,000 per quintal even before the support price was set. The income earned by the farmers by selling paddy to the businessmen is one third of the support price fixed by the government later.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Farmers, who were hoping to sell the remaining rice at the right price after the government set the support price, were disappointed when the company entrusted to purchase paddy did not make any arrangements to buy the produce. The company, which failed to start the procurement process at the right time, pretended that it has not received any instructions for the of paddy.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Agni Aryal, coordinator of Rajapur Paddy Superzone, says that since the government does not buy rice at the support price, the traders and middlemen take advantage of it. Traders buy paddy from farmers at throw-away prices and produce rice from it and sell it at a high price. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Sharmila Neupane Subedi, information officer of the Food Management and Trading Company Limited said that the procurement process was delayed because of the elections. According to her, the government fixed the support price right before the election and since the employees of the company also had to be deployed for the election, the purchase of paddy did not begin. Although she said that the procurement work will start soon, she could not tell the exact date. She says that the process has been halted because they have not yet received instructions from the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies for the purchase of paddy.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Urmila KC, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies on the other hand claims that the ministry has already sent a letter to the FMTCL on November 2 with instructions to purchase the paddy. She said, “We have already corresponded from here, but we do not know why the company delayed the purchase.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">This year, the government has arranged a budget of Rs 33 million to purchase about 300,000 metric tons of paddy at the minimum support price through agricultural cooperatives. The Food Management Company has also set aside Rs 98.91 million to buy 30,200 metric tons of rice.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-25', 'modified' => '2022-11-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16124', 'image' => '20221125125626_paddyyyy.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-25 12:55:43', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16382', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Nepal’s Foreign Trade Declines by 20 Percent', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 25: Nepal’s foreign trade declined by 20 percent in the first four months of the current fiscal year (FY 2022/23). ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">November 25: Nepal’s foreign trade declined by 20 percent in the first four months of the current fiscal year (FY 2022/23). As a result, the country’s trade deficit also declined by 16 percent. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The decline in trade deficit amid devaluation of the Nepalese currency, Russia-Ukraine war and rising prices of petroleum products in the international market is considered to be a positive sign for the Nepalese economy. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">However, it is a warning sign to the government’s revenue which chiefly relies on imports. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Experts believe that the foreign trade of Nepal declined in the review period due to various factors including the Covid-19 pandemic, global inflation due to Russia-Ukraine war, decline in banks’ credit flow for imports and the policy adopted by the government to discourage imports to ease the pressure on foreign exchange reserves.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">According to the data released by the Department of Customs, the volume of Nepal’s foreign trade in the review period stood at Rs 587.46 billion against Rs 732.41 billion in the corresponding period of last fiscal year.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">During this period, the country’s imports dropped by Rs 117.60 billion (18.08 percent) to Rs 532.69 billion. The drop in the country’s imports was due to the government’s policy to discourage imports.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Citing a pressure on declining foreign currency reserves, the government had imposed restrictions on imports of luxury goods in April. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The country’s exports also dropped by 33.30 percent in the review period.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The country exported goods worth Rs 54.77 billion in the first four months of the current fiscal year. The figure was Rs 82.12 billion during the corresponding period of last fiscal year.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Due to the decline in trade deficit, the Balance of Payments recorded a surplus after a gap of 14 months.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-25', 'modified' => '2022-11-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16123', 'image' => '20221125120845_Trade.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-25 12:07:40', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16379', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'UML, NC get over 800,000 Votes under Proportional Representation Category ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 25: Vote counting under the election to the member of the House of Representatives (HoR) and provincial assemblies is in progress.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">November 25: Vote counting under the election to the member of the House of Representatives (HoR) and provincial assemblies is in progress. According to the Election Commission, the CPN (UML) is leading the vote-count tally towards the Proportional Representation (PR) election system as per the vote-count until 6 am today (November 25). The UML has been leading the PR vote tally since the beginning of the vote counting. The left-wing party has secured 894,409 votes so far. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Nepali Congress has garnered 857,621 votes while the Rastriya Swatantra Party has obtained 432,575 votes and is in third position in terms of the number of votes towards the PR election system so far. </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 CPN (Maoist Centre), which is in the fourth position in the votes tally, has collected 402,499 votes and the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) is in the fifth position with 233,375. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Similarly, the Janata Samajbadi Party has secured 112,579 votes, followed by the Janamat Party (67,614 votes), the Nagarik Unmukti Party (62,547 votes), the CPN (Unified Socialist) (61,704 votes) and Nepal Workers and Peasants Party (56,183 votes) votes till now. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Likewise, the Lokatantrik Samajbadi Party Nepal has obtained 51,200 votes, the Hamro Nepali Party 29,423 votes, the Rastriya Janamorcha 21,814 votes and the Mongol National Organisation 17,186 votes. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The CPN (ML), the Rastriya Janamukti Party, the Nepal Sanghiya Samajbadi Party, the Sanghiya Lokatantrik Rastriya Manch, the Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal, among other parties, each has garnered less than 10,000 votes towards the PR system so far. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-11-25', 'modified' => '2022-11-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16122', 'image' => '20221125104058_JBS_Pokhara-IMG_20221124_124546.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-11-25 10:40:10', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16380', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Ronaldo Proves ‘Ringmaster’ yet Again', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'November 25: Kicked out by his club Manchester United, suspended by the Football Association and deemed over the hill by many, Cristiano Ronaldo answered critics in the best possible fashion with another record-breaking display during the World Cup on Thursday.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">November 25: Kicked out by his club Manchester United, suspended by the Football Association and deemed over the hill by many, Cristiano Ronaldo answered critics in the best possible fashion with another record-breaking display during the World Cup on Thursday.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Two days after Manchester United abruptly ended his second stint at Old Trafford following his criticism of the club, Ronaldo took out his frustration on Ghana as Portugal opened their World Cup campaign with a nervy 3-2 victory, Reuters reported.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The five-time Ballon d'Or winner showed that at 37 he retains the magical knack of delivering when it matters, added Reuters.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to the news agency, Ronaldo went into the match already holding the world record for international goals and he took his total to 118 in the 65th minute with a penalty that made him the first player ever to score in five editions of the men's World Cup.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Meanwhile, the BBC reported that the goal and result will be a welcome distraction from the off-field issues that has clouded Ronaldo's build-up to the tournament.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The frontman, who had earlier missed two big chances and had a goal ruled out, saw his big moment come in the second half, added the BBC. With Southampton defender Mohammed Salisu in close attendance, Ronaldo hit the deck and the American referee pointed to the spot, which he stepped up to convert with aplomb.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">“It is easy to talk about Ronaldo in terms of statistics alone, with so many milestones chalked up. But to watch him on Thursday, especially after a week in which he was ditched by United and sanctioned by England's FA for breaking a young Everton fan's phone, was to appreciate exactly what marks him out as many people's greatest of all time,” wrote Reuters.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Remarkably, Ronaldo has now scored in all 10 major tournaments in which he has appeared for Portugal, a run beginning when he was a fresh-faced youngster at Euro 2004, the news agency further reported.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Importantly for Portugal's chances of going deep in Qatar, it was not just the Ronaldo show as his team mates, especially in the second half, took more responsibility. After Ghana surprisingly levelled, it was Joao Felix who restored Portugal's lead with a deft finish and then a sublime run and pass by Bruno Fernandes set up substitute Rafael Leao. 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| Currency | Unit |
Buy | Sell |
| U.S. Dollar | 1 | 121.23 | 121.83 |
| European Euro | 1 | 131.65 | 132.31 |
| UK Pound Sterling | 1 | 142.47 | 143.18 |
| Swiss Franc | 1 | 124.29 | 124.90 |
| Australian Dollar | 1 | 71.69 | 72.05 |
| Canadian Dollar | 1 | 83.90 | 84.32 |
| Japanese Yen | 10 | 10.94 | 11.00 |
| Chinese Yuan | 1 | 17.17 | 17.26 |
| Saudi Arabian Riyal | 1 | 32.27 | 32.43 |
| UAE Dirham | 1 | 33.01 | 33.17 |
| Malaysian Ringgit | 1 | 27.36 | 27.50 |
| South Korean Won | 100 | 9.77 | 9.82 |
Update: 2020-03-25 | Source: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB)
| Fine Gold | 1 tola | 77000.00 |
| Tejabi Gold | 1 tola | 76700.00 |
| Silver | 1 tola | 720.00 |
Update : 2020-03-25
Source: Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers' Association
| Petrol | 1 Liter | 106.00 |
| Diesel | 1 Liter | 95.00 |
| Kerosene | 1 Liter | 95.00 |
| LP Gas | 1 Cylinder | 1375.00 |
Update : 2020-03-25
