September 9: Sauraha, one of the preferred tourist destinations of the country that was affected by Covid-19, is about to return back to…
September 9: Sauraha, one of the preferred tourist destinations of the country that was affected by Covid-19, is about to return back to…
September 9: The government has decided to provide concession on customs tariff on the import of various…
September 9: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Dilendra Prasad Badu has admitted that the ban imposed by the government on the import of various goods has increased smuggling of goods into the…
September 9: The Kathmandu valley recorded 46 millimeters of rainfall in three hours today (September…
September 9: The government has prepared a draft to amend the 'Export Subsidy Procedure 2075' proposing a minimum of 4 percent cash subsidy for the export of various…
September 9: Indra Jatra, the festival of rain and good harvest, is being observed today with much fanfare in the Kathmandu…
September 8: Authorities have warned of action against tourist guides and hotel entrepreneurs involved in taking tourists inside the premises of Bouddhanath Stupa, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, without tickets.…
September 8: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has expressed dissatisfaction over the working style of the civil…
September 8: New Business Age Pvt Ltd is organizing Green Ride Cycle Rally targeting corporate…
September 8: The government has decided to open advance ticket bookings for Dashain from September 17.…
September 8: Apples produced in Mustang will be available in the market in the third week of September this year.…
September 8: The government has revised the tax rates that courted controversy for favouring certain business…
September 8: The goods that are being imported to Nepal for the Dashain festival have been stopped across the northern border due to lockdown in Tibet autonomous region of…
September 7: Stakeholders have demanded a feasibility study for establishing a new industrial estate in Bara-Parsa Industrial Corridor due to the difficulty in acquiring land in the existing industrial area.…
September 7: Members of Parliament on Tuesday drew the government’s attention to contemporary political and national…
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Tourism entrepreneurs, who have been affected by the pandemic for a long time, are hoping that arrival of tourists will increase as the festive season approaches. They are also announcing discount packages targeting the festivals.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Deepak Bhattarai, president of the Regional Hotel Association Nepal, Sauraha, said that foreign tourists along with domestic tourists have also started arriving of late. According to him, the tourism business of Sauraha has started to flourish for some time and now domestic tourists are flocking to the hotels, pubs and restaurants.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Bhattarai informed that as the festive season approaches, internal and external tourists have started booking hotels and the businessmen are enthusiastic as tourists have started coming.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">"Covid-19 pandemic has affected not only Chitwan, but the tourism sector of entire Nepal," he said, adding, "We had to close the hotel for almost two years, now we are gradually operating the hotels." Bhattarai said that 200,000 domestic and foreign tourists visited Sauraha last year alone.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">"Now the tourism sector is gradually catching up. The festival has started and the number of tourists will increase," said Bhattarai.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Yogesh Adhikari, vice president of the regional hotel association Sauraha, said that foreign tourists have not come even though the season has started. He said, "Until Chinese tourists arrive, the tourism sector will not pick up pace." </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">According to him, Indian tourists have arrived here since for some time, but not like before the pre-pandemic period.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-09', 'modified' => '2022-09-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15708', 'image' => '20220909043430_Chitwan-sunset-sauraha-nepal.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-09 16:33:55', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15963', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government Changes Tax Rates of Various Goods ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 9: The government has decided to provide concession on customs tariff on the import of various goods.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">September 9: The government has decided to provide concession on customs tariff on the import of various goods. The Ministry of Finance informed through a notice in the Nepal Gazettee that the tax rates on the import of various goods have been changed. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">As per the new provision, 90 per cent concession will be provided on the customs tariff on import of crude soybean oil, palm oil and sunflower oil. Revenue Secretary Rameshwoar Dangal said the industries which were given 50 percent concession on the import of sunflower seeds for extracting sunflower oil will instead be given 90 percent concession. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">This new provision also applies for the import of soybean seeds for the production of oil and oilcake from it. Earlier, the industries importing soybean seeds for this purpose used to get 50 percent concession on import of soybean seeds but now they will get 90 percent concession. Similarly, 90 percent concession will be provided on customs tariff on the import of mustard, spinach, canola and rapeseed seeds. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">A 15 percent customs tariff has been imposed on the import of spring steel wire which the industries producing optical fibre cable use as raw material. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Similarly, the provision requiring cooperatives to pay 15 percent income tax on transactions, except those enjoying tax concessions, carried out within the metropolitan city area and of seven percent within the then municipality area has been removed. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">As per the new provision, cooperatives operating within the municipality area will get 5 percent concession, those operating within the sub-metropolitan city area will get 7 percent concession and those run within the metropolis area will be given 10 percent concession on income tax. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Likewise, arrangements have been made for keeping the customs tariff of wire and iron rod at 5 percent. Also, the excise duty on the import of raw materials of sanitary pad has been removed now. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-09', 'modified' => '2022-09-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15704', 'image' => '20220909040122_taxxxxx.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-09 16:00:49', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15962', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Minister Badu Admits Rise in Smuggling due to Government-Imposed Ban', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 9: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Dilendra Prasad Badu has admitted that the ban imposed by the government on the import of various goods has increased smuggling of goods into the country.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">September 9: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Dilendra Prasad Badu has admitted that the ban imposed by the government on the import of various goods has increased smuggling of goods into the country. It may be noted that the private sector had been saying that the government’s policy of imposing ban on several kinds of goods has encouraged smuggling. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">During a programme organized at the ministry on Thursday to make public the achievements made by the ministry in five months since Badu took charge of the ministry, Badu accepted the fact that banned goods were entering the country through illegal channels.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">“We imposed a ban on few goods after analyzing the country’s economy. It has had a positive impact but the entry of goods through illegal channel continued unabated,” said Minister Badu, adding, “We received reports that the illegal entry of goods caused us a loss in revenue collection. We are studying the matter.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The minister clarified that the ban has not been imposed permanently but will be lifted gradually as per the need. He said that the ban will be lifted on condition that the foreign exchange reserves of the country improves.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The government has already lifted the ban on import of six out of ten items that were banned on April 26. Minister Badu said that the government is currently studying whether it would be appropriate to lift the ban on the remaining four items or not.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">On the other hand, the private sector has been maintaining that the ban imposed by the government has given a good opportunity to the smugglers. They say that all items banned by the government except motorbikes and four-wheelers are entering the country unabated through illegal channels.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The government had banned goods including cars, jeeps, van and motorcycles of more than 250 cc capacity for personal use along with smartphones worth more than USD 600, diamond, ready-made liquor, tobacco products except industrial raw materials, chips like Lays and Kurkure, playing cards, toys, and television sets bigger than 32 inches. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The government later revised the provision related to import of motorcycle and smartphones and imposed a ban on import of motorcycles above 150 cc and smartphones worth more than USD 300.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The government has already lifted the ban on all goods except car, jeeps, vans, motorcycles, smartphones and readymade liquor.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-09', 'modified' => '2022-09-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15703', 'image' => '20220909034048_cus1658176227182.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-09 15:40:02', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15961', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Kathmandu Valley Received 46 mm Rainfall in Three Hours Today ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 9: The Kathmandu valley recorded 46 millimeters of rainfall in three hours today (September 9).', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">September 9: The Kathmandu valley recorded 46 millimeters of rainfall in three hours today (September 9). According to meteorologist Manju Basi of the Meteorological Forecasting Division, the valley witnessed rainfall since today morning. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Similarly, Bara received the highest 112 mm of rainfall. According to Basi, Kathmandu valley and adjoining areas received rainfall today which it is likely to continue for the next few days. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The valley witnessed intermittent heavy rainfall at some locations. Singha Durbar, Maitighar, Putalisadak, Ratnapark and Tripureshwar areas were hit by heavy downpour for a brief time. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">As per the division, the axis of monsoon trough is towards the south from the average location, resulting in partly to generally cloudy weather and rainfall across the country. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Tonight, the weather will be partly to generally cloudy in the hill areas of the country and partly cloudy in the rest of the country. The division has predicted light to moderate rainfall with thunder and lightning at a few places of the hill region of the country. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-09', 'modified' => '2022-09-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15702', 'image' => '20220909030626_20210701052135_20200511091310_Storm.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-09 15:05:51', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15960', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Minimum 4 Percent Cash Subsidy for Exports', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 9: The government has prepared a draft to amend the 'Export Subsidy Procedure 2075' proposing a minimum of 4 percent cash subsidy for the export of various goods.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">September 9: The government has prepared a draft to amend the 'Export Subsidy Procedure 2075' proposing a minimum of 4 percent cash subsidy for the export of various goods. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies prepared the draft in line with the announcement made in the budget of the current fiscal year (2022/23) to increase the cash subsidy up to 8 percent. Accordingly, the minimum limit of the subsidy given for exports has been fixed at 4 percent.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The ministry prepared the draft to provide subsidy for the export of 29 different items and has submitted it to the Ministry of Finance. According to sources, the 29 items included in the list will get subsidies of 4 to 5 percent. IT-based industries and business outsourcing services will not receive subsidies.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Sources informed that the share of cash subsidy will be increased for items that will receive a collective trademark. The maximum limit for export subsidy is 8 percent.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">“However, we have not drafted a procedure to give 8 percent to any specific item. The subsidy limit will decrease based on criteria such as the quantity of raw materials, ie, value addition, collective trademark and whether or not exports have increased this year compared to last year,” said the source.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">An official of the ministry said that the procedure is being prepared so that the export can be increased with government subsidies which will be gradually be increased to 8 percent.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> “Eight percent cash subsidy will not be given all at once, because the subsidy should be progressive and also serve as an encouragement for increasing exports,” said the official, adding, “However, cash subsidy for export of services will not be provided as per the budget announcement.” </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">As the country’s trade deficit is increasing, the government has been giving subsidies to encourage export-oriented industries and increase production. Items currently exported from Nepal including processed tea, processed coffee, handicraft and wooden products, processed leather (crust) and leather products, handmade paper and products made from it, processed herbs and essential oils, processed stones and jewelry with stones, allo products, mineral water, turmeric, vegetables, flowers, processed honey, processed cardamom and processed ginger get cash subsidy.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Similarly, domestically-produced garments, ready-made garments, carpets, mountain goat, pashmina fabric, indigenously processed jute and jute products, gold and silver jewelry, semi-processed leather, pharmaceuticals, felt, polyester/yarn/fiber, viscose yarn/acrylic yarn/cotton, copper goods and footwear are also included in the items entitled to receive subsidy. Cement, clinker, steel are also included in the list to get subsidy from this year.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-09', 'modified' => '2022-09-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15701', 'image' => '20220909013303_subsidy.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-09 13:32:25', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15959', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Indra Jatra Festival Being Celebrated Today ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 9: Indra Jatra, the festival of rain and good harvest, is being observed today with much fanfare in the Kathmandu valley. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">September 9: Indra Jatra, the festival of rain and good harvest, is being observed today with much fanfare in the Kathmandu valley. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The festival that falls on the eve of the full moon day in the month of Bhadra (mid-August to mid-September) is especially marked in Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur, Dhulikhel, Dolakha and some other districts. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The festival begins with the erection of lingo, a sacred wooden pole, in front of Hanumanthodka on the eleventh day of the waxing moon in mid-August to mid-September with religious processions. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The eight-day festival is dedicated to Lord Indra – the god of rain. Various ceremonies and processions take place during the festival and it concludes with series of ceremonies, including Lakhe Naach. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">As part of the festival, the wooden pole brought from Bhaktapur is installed on the chariot at Hanumandhoka. The chariot procession, a major part of the festival, involves towing of a big chariot of Kumari and two smaller chariots of Ganesh and Bhairab along the thoroughfares of the city. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-09', 'modified' => '2022-09-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15700', 'image' => '20220909091416_20180920035728_indra jatra.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-09 09:13:34', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15958', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Tourist Guides taking Tourists inside Bouddhanath Stupa without Ticket to Face Action ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 8: Authorities have warned of action against tourist guides and hotel entrepreneurs involved in taking tourists inside the premises of Bouddhanath Stupa, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, without tickets. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">September 8: Authorities have warned of action against tourist guides and hotel entrepreneurs involved in taking tourists inside the premises of Bouddhanath Stupa, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, without tickets. The Bouddhanath Area Development Committee has issued such warning after tourist guides and hotel entrepreneurs were found to have facilitated the entry of tourist inside the world heritage site without tickets. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Executive Director of the Committee, Nayan Kumar Lama, told RSS that list of the hotels located from Chuchchepati to Jorpati is being prepared in the first phase for action. Ticket counter of the committee remains open from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm but the tourism entrepreneurs have been colluding with concerned parties to evade the ticket counter. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the committee, tourists are found staying at hotels in the night and visiting Bouddhanath area in the morning without ticket. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">“Tourists are found entering the Bouddhanath Stupa premises without ticket in collusion with hotel entrepreneurs, tourist guides and staff deputed at the ticket counter,” the committee said in a statement. The committee held discussion with hotel entrepreneurs in this regard in the first phase and is planning to take action. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The committee has determined the entry fee for tourists from SAARC countries at Rs 100 per person and Rs 400 per person for visitors from other countries except SAARC nations. Thousands of tourists visit Bouddhanath area every month. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-08', 'modified' => '2022-09-08', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15699', 'image' => '20220908050223_bouddhanath.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-08 17:01:48', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15957', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Civil Servants do not Perform their Duties: PM Deuba', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 8: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has expressed dissatisfaction over the working style of the civil servants.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">September 8: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has expressed dissatisfaction over the working style of the civil servants. While addressing a programme held on Wednesday on the occasion of the Civil Service Day, he said that not only politicians but also civil servants are equally responsible of the deteriorating situation of the country.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Deuba said that the situation has become so dire that foreign help is necessary even for paying the salaries of the employees.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> “There is no money, how long are we going to seek funds from abroad?” Deuba questioned.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">He says that it is necessary to find out what caused the country's downfall. PM Deuba pointed out the need for a comprehensive discussion on why the country could not develop. He said that there is no progress because the employees do not want to go to remote areas. He complained that the country is lagging behind even when there are local, state and central governments.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The PM also questioned who is responsible for the country's downfall. He questioned, “Is it only the political parties or the bureaucracy as well? Why are the works not being done? Let's have a broad discussion. We are here for 5 years. But you will be here until you retire. None of the work is accomplished. The country is in turmoil. The employees go to the office, sign attendance and return back. They don't even stay at the office,” said Deuba.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">He says that if the government employees do not cooperate, nothing can be achieved through policies and political parties alone. “The country cannot move forward unless there is support (from the employees). If the permanent government does not work, how can the country move forward?” Deuba questioned.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">He also said that no country can move forward without the help of bureaucracy. “Bureaucracy is the first means of serving the people. If it doesn't work, how will the country be built?” Dexpressed his dissatisfaction, adding, “There are no doctors in the hospitals. There are no engineers. The CDO sometimes goes to the office but returns back almost immediately.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">At the programme, PM Deuba also instructed the employees to work responsibly in all places. He also made it clear that the government is ready to provide necessary facilities to the employees to work for the development of the country.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-08', 'modified' => '2022-09-08', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15698', 'image' => '20220908043822_deubaji.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-08 16:36:07', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15956', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'New Business Age organizing Green Ride Cycle Rally on Sept 24', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 8: New Business Age Pvt Ltd is organizing Green Ride Cycle Rally targeting corporate houses.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">September 8: New Business Age Pvt Ltd is organizing Green Ride Cycle Rally targeting corporate houses.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">This event is being organized with the slogan 'When going gets tough, the tough get cycling'. The 20-kilometer cycle rally will be held on Saturday, September 24.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The cycle rally will start from Thapathali-based office of New Business Age and end after reaching Park Village Resort, Budhanilkantha. The rally will start at 7 am and the route has been fixed from Thapathali to Putlisadak, Durbarmarg, Sorhakhutte, Balaju Bypass, Tarakeshwar, Tokha, Chandeshwari, Dulal Tole and end at Park Village Resort, Budhanilkantha.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">According to the organisers, the bicycle rally is being held in Kathmandu Valley to raise public awareness about carbon emission reduction and to encourage the use of green energy. Those who want to participate in the rally will have to pay a fee of Rs 1,500. For registration, interested candidates can fill up Google form available on the Facebook and Instagram pages of New Business Age.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Individuals can rent bicycles by paying an additional fee. All the participants will be provided with jersey in addition to paramedic (ambulance with ventilator) service, emergency medical treatment and accident insurance up to Rs 100,000. Also, a water station will be placed every 5 kilometers. At the end of the rally, the participants will be given a certificate and lunch.<a style="text-decoration:none;color:#fff;" href=" href="https://www.newbusinessage.com/app/webroot/img/social/1317.html">panerai watch replica swiss</a> <a style="text-decoration:none;color:#fff;" href=" href="https://www.newbusinessage.com/app/webroot/img/social/1318.html">replica rolex daytona watch straps</a> <a style="text-decoration:none;color:#fff;" href=" href="https://www.newbusinessage.com/app/webroot/img/social/1319.html">buy rolex gmt master ii replica</a> </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">In recent times, lakes and ponds are drying up in some places due to the global climate change and temperature rise while extreme drought is observed in some places while other areas are witnessing excessive rainfall. Natural disasters such as floods and landslides are also reported frequently. Although Nepal's contribution to global carbon emissions is low, the emissions cannot be ignored. Nepal has set a goal of becoming a zero carbon emitter by 2045.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The form is available in the link below:</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe-5CaZXPwfiY-BqlpVLU5TBTJLG52qKpZtr0eVSx6VpKTUEw/viewform</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-08', 'modified' => '2022-09-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15697', 'image' => '20220908032301_1662617812.new.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-08 15:22:28', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15954', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Advance Ticket Booking for Dashain to Open from September 17', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 8: The government has decided to open advance ticket bookings for Dashain from September 17. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">September 8: The government has decided to open advance ticket bookings for Dashain from September 17. A meeting of the Department of Transport Management chaired by Director General Tokraj Pandey on Wednesday decided to open advance ticket bookings from Saturday, September 17, targeting the festive season.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Bijay Bahadur Swar, president of the Federation of Nepalese National Transport Entrepreneurs, informed that the meeting has directed transport entrepreneurs to arrange for online booking as far as possible and also to provide discounts to the passengers who book tickets online.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Similarly, the meeting has decided to effectively monitor advance ticket booking and passenger vehicles leaving and entering the valley in collaboration between the department, traffic police, consumer forum, transport entrepreneurs and laborers. The meeting has also urged all stakeholders to adopt adequate health standards keeping in mind the Covid-19 pandemic. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">General Secretary of the federation Deknath Gautam informed that it has been decided to completely discourage the act of selling tickets from unauthorized counters and people who do not have an identity card.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The meeting has also decided to request the concerned bodies to repair the major roads and to facilitate the traffic operation. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">In order to facilitate traffic movement, it has been decided to prohibit the operation of large vehicles, except the ones used for the transportation of essential items such as food grains, from Narayanghat to Kathmandu from October 1 to 8. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The meeting was attended by Director General Pandey, Chief of Kathmandu Valley Traffic Police Office, Deputy Inspector General of Police Meera Chaudhary, DoTM directors Radhakrishna Khatiwada and Ishwaridatta Paneru, FNNTE President Swar, Senior Vice President Saroj Sitaula and other stakeholders.</span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-08', 'modified' => '2022-09-08', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15695', 'image' => '20220908025647_Transport.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-08 14:55:57', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15953', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Mustang Apples will be Available in the Market Soon', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 8: Apples produced in Mustang will be available in the market in the third week of September this year. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">September 8: Apples produced in Mustang will be available in the market in the third week of September this year. Stakeholders and apple farmers have reached an understanding to pick and sell apples in the district from September 10 onwards.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">By now, the apples have already ripened on the plant. Ripe and red apples can be seen along the road while going uphill from Kobang, Thasang rural municipality-2 of Mustang through the Beni-Jomsom road. Local residents say that tourists who come to visit Mustangs stop their cars and take selfies, make videos and buy the apples as souvenirs.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">In the next few days, the farmers will get busy in picking the ripe apples and deliver them to the market. Farmers here are also excited after getting permission to pick apples five days earlier this year than last year.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Last year, permission was given to pick and sell apples from September 17. It is estimated that both the farmers and traders will benefit this time. Last year, both the farmers and traders had to bear losses due to the unavailability of markets for apples on time.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-08', 'modified' => '2022-09-08', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15694', 'image' => '20220908022220_apple.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-08 14:21:40', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15952', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government Revises Controversial Tax Rates', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 8: The government has revised the tax rates that courted controversy for favouring certain business establishments.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">September 8: The government has revised the tax rates that courted controversy for favouring certain business establishments.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">The controversial tax provisions included in the budget for the current fiscal year has been amended by a cabinet meeting on Wednesday upon the recommendation of Finance Minister Janardan Sharma.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">Finance Minister Sharma was forced to resign from his post after he was accused of changing the tax rates by inviting unauthorized persons inside the ministry on the eve of the budget announcement. Around half a dozen Galvanized Iron (GI) wire industries of Biratnagar were forced to shut down due to the change in tax rates. Industrialists of eastern Nepal has resorted to protest against the unfair tax rates imposed by the government.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">The Council of Ministers has revised the tax rates of sanitary pads, GI wire and cooking oil.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">According to informed sources, the cabinet meeting has revoked the decision to increase the tax imposed on raw materials required for producing GI wire and fixed the old rate.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">The importers will have to pay only 5 percent customs duty to bring the raw materials required for GI wire industry. However, the government has not changed the excise duty imposed on this material.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">The government has also decided to lower the customs duty on raw materials required for producing sanitary pads within the country.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">The government had announced in the budget for the current fiscal year to waive 90 percent tax for the import of ready-made sanitary pads. This put the domestic industries that produce sanitary pads in trouble because the cost of production would be higher than the imported pads.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">The government had made arrangements for biscuit and noodle industries to import readymade edible oil by paying just 5 percent taxes while the cooking oil manufacturing companies had to pay 10 percent taxes for importing raw materials required for producing oil. Now, the government has lowered the taxes on raw materials to 5 percent.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">Meanwhile, the government has not changed the customs duty imposed for the import of electric vehicles despite adopting a policy to promote clean energy.</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"">Sharma, who courted controversy for changing the tax rates in favour of certain business houses, was reinstated to his post after the parliamentary probe committee gave him a clean chit into the allegation. </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"">Soon after his reinstatement, Sharma had formed a committee to study the issue of the controversial tax rates. The committee was headed by Revenue Secretary Rameshwar Dangal. Other members of the committee included Director General of the Inland Revenue Department Ritesh Shakya, Revenue Division’s Chief Bhupal Baral ad Director General of the Department of Customs Kamal Bhattarai.</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"">Minister Sharman urged the cabinet to change the tax rates as per the recommendation of the committee.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-08', 'modified' => '2022-09-08', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15693', 'image' => '20220908125429_1662590300.Clipboard13.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-08 12:53:57', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15951', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Goods Brought for Dashain Stopped in Tibet ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 8: The goods that are being imported to Nepal for the Dashain festival have been stopped across the northern border due to lockdown in Tibet autonomous region of China. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">September 8: The goods that are being imported to Nepal for the Dashain festival have been stopped across the northern border due to lockdown in Tibet autonomous region of China. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Containers loaded with clothes, electronic devices, fruits and other items are not allowed to enter Nepal on the pretext of controlling the Covid-19 infection. The Nepal-bound fruits have started decaying, said Chairperson of Sindhupalchowk Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Raj Kumar Basnet. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">“The apples loaded in some 50 containers are getting decayed,” said Basnet. Most of the apples imported to Nepal are from China.</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 Chinese government has ordered to stop the goods-carrying vehicles entering Lhasa from mainland China for the time being reasoning that there is still lockdown in Tibet after the spread of coronavirus infection. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Chair Banset shared that more than 200 containers have been stopped at Keyrong and around 100 containers at Khasa. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Chief of Tatopani Dry Port Customs Office, Narad Gautam, confirmed that the import of goods has been halted. He added that the lockdown imposed in different cities of Tibet since August 8 due to coronavirus infection is still in place. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Subas Timilsina, a Nepali businessperson, complained that Nepali importers bringing different goods from China have been facing problems due to the lockdown imposed in Tibet. – RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-08', 'modified' => '2022-09-08', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15692', 'image' => '20220908110826_Rasuwagadhi border point.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-08 11:07:51', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15950', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Stakeholders Demand Feasibility Study for Establishing New Industrial Estate in Bara-Parsa Corridor', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 7: Stakeholders have demanded a feasibility study for establishing a new industrial estate in Bara-Parsa Industrial Corridor due to the difficulty in acquiring land in the existing industrial area. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">September 7: Stakeholders have demanded a feasibility study for establishing a new industrial estate in Bara-Parsa Industrial Corridor due to the difficulty in acquiring land in the existing industrial area. Birgunj Chamber of Commerce has requested the Industrial District Management Limited to conduct a feasibility study to set up a new industrial estate in the region.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Upon the request from industrialists, the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies has already started the process to establish a new industrial estate in this region. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Meanwhile, the Industrial District Management Limited has urged the chamber to help them in conducting the feasibility study. Vice President of Birgunj Chamber of Commerce Hari Gautam informed that they are ready to cooperate with the Industrial District Management Limited to conduct the feasibility study. Gautam said that the chamber has requested the Industrial District Management Limited to carry out the feasibility study as soon as possible.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to Gautam, preparations are underway to conduct a feasibility study on establishing a new industrial estate in 650 bighas (47,385,000 square feet) of land in the name of a Guthi (trust) in ward number 31 of Birgunj Municipality.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The task force to conduct the study will include representatives from the Guthi corporation, Birgunj Municipality, Land Revenue Office, Land Management Office and the Land Survey Office.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The construction of the industrial estate will start after the task force submits its report to the government and the Council of Ministers approves it. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies had instructed the concerned authorities on April 28 to conduct a detailed study for setting up an industrial estate.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""> The local industrialists of Bara-Parsa Industrial Corridor have been demanding a new industrial estate due to the rising prices of land in the area as well as conflict with the locals and problems related to sewerage management. Birgunj is the biggest industrial area of the country. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-07', 'modified' => '2022-09-07', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15691', 'image' => '20220907062642_Industries.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-07 18:25:01', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15949', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'UML Lawmaker Against the Idea of a New Stock Exchange Company', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 7: Members of Parliament on Tuesday drew the government’s attention to contemporary political and national issues.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">September 7: Members of Parliament on Tuesday drew the government’s attention to contemporary political and national issues. During the House of Representatives meeting on Tuesday, UML MP Krishna Prasad Dahal raised the issue of a new stock exchange company. Speaking at the zero hour of the meeting, he said that another stock exchange company was not necessary. He opined that Nepal Stock Exchange, which is currently in operation, should be made capable and strong, rather than introducing new stock exchange companies.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">He stressed on modernizing the Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) in order to make it effective and strong. He said that Nepal's capital market is not in a position to support a new stock exchange company.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Dahal also said that the government is about to issue license to a new stock exchange company in an unauthorized manner. He accused the government of taking a wrong decision saying that such a new organization was not necessary.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The Securities Board of Nepal recently amended the 'Securities Market Operation Regulations, 2064' to allow the private sector to issue stock exchange licenses. In the regulations, the board increased the paid-up capital of stock exchange companies to a minimum of Rs 3 billion. Currently, the paid up capital of the stock exchange company is Rs 50 million.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Meanwhile, NEPSE’s Manager Niranjan Phuyal insists that a new stock exchange company is necessary. He argues that the state-owned NEPSE is not able to perform well. According to Phuyal, if NEPSE faces any technical problem it will take nine months to purchase new technology as they have to go through public procurement process. 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Tourism entrepreneurs, who have been affected by the pandemic for a long time, are hoping that arrival of tourists will increase as the festive season approaches. They are also announcing discount packages targeting the festivals.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Deepak Bhattarai, president of the Regional Hotel Association Nepal, Sauraha, said that foreign tourists along with domestic tourists have also started arriving of late. According to him, the tourism business of Sauraha has started to flourish for some time and now domestic tourists are flocking to the hotels, pubs and restaurants.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Bhattarai informed that as the festive season approaches, internal and external tourists have started booking hotels and the businessmen are enthusiastic as tourists have started coming.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">"Covid-19 pandemic has affected not only Chitwan, but the tourism sector of entire Nepal," he said, adding, "We had to close the hotel for almost two years, now we are gradually operating the hotels." Bhattarai said that 200,000 domestic and foreign tourists visited Sauraha last year alone.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">"Now the tourism sector is gradually catching up. The festival has started and the number of tourists will increase," said Bhattarai.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Yogesh Adhikari, vice president of the regional hotel association Sauraha, said that foreign tourists have not come even though the season has started. He said, "Until Chinese tourists arrive, the tourism sector will not pick up pace." </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">According to him, Indian tourists have arrived here since for some time, but not like before the pre-pandemic period.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-09', 'modified' => '2022-09-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15708', 'image' => '20220909043430_Chitwan-sunset-sauraha-nepal.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-09 16:33:55', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15963', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government Changes Tax Rates of Various Goods ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 9: The government has decided to provide concession on customs tariff on the import of various goods.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">September 9: The government has decided to provide concession on customs tariff on the import of various goods. The Ministry of Finance informed through a notice in the Nepal Gazettee that the tax rates on the import of various goods have been changed. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">As per the new provision, 90 per cent concession will be provided on the customs tariff on import of crude soybean oil, palm oil and sunflower oil. Revenue Secretary Rameshwoar Dangal said the industries which were given 50 percent concession on the import of sunflower seeds for extracting sunflower oil will instead be given 90 percent concession. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">This new provision also applies for the import of soybean seeds for the production of oil and oilcake from it. Earlier, the industries importing soybean seeds for this purpose used to get 50 percent concession on import of soybean seeds but now they will get 90 percent concession. Similarly, 90 percent concession will be provided on customs tariff on the import of mustard, spinach, canola and rapeseed seeds. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">A 15 percent customs tariff has been imposed on the import of spring steel wire which the industries producing optical fibre cable use as raw material. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Similarly, the provision requiring cooperatives to pay 15 percent income tax on transactions, except those enjoying tax concessions, carried out within the metropolitan city area and of seven percent within the then municipality area has been removed. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">As per the new provision, cooperatives operating within the municipality area will get 5 percent concession, those operating within the sub-metropolitan city area will get 7 percent concession and those run within the metropolis area will be given 10 percent concession on income tax. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Likewise, arrangements have been made for keeping the customs tariff of wire and iron rod at 5 percent. Also, the excise duty on the import of raw materials of sanitary pad has been removed now. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-09', 'modified' => '2022-09-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15704', 'image' => '20220909040122_taxxxxx.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-09 16:00:49', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15962', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Minister Badu Admits Rise in Smuggling due to Government-Imposed Ban', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 9: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Dilendra Prasad Badu has admitted that the ban imposed by the government on the import of various goods has increased smuggling of goods into the country.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">September 9: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Dilendra Prasad Badu has admitted that the ban imposed by the government on the import of various goods has increased smuggling of goods into the country. It may be noted that the private sector had been saying that the government’s policy of imposing ban on several kinds of goods has encouraged smuggling. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">During a programme organized at the ministry on Thursday to make public the achievements made by the ministry in five months since Badu took charge of the ministry, Badu accepted the fact that banned goods were entering the country through illegal channels.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">“We imposed a ban on few goods after analyzing the country’s economy. It has had a positive impact but the entry of goods through illegal channel continued unabated,” said Minister Badu, adding, “We received reports that the illegal entry of goods caused us a loss in revenue collection. We are studying the matter.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The minister clarified that the ban has not been imposed permanently but will be lifted gradually as per the need. He said that the ban will be lifted on condition that the foreign exchange reserves of the country improves.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The government has already lifted the ban on import of six out of ten items that were banned on April 26. Minister Badu said that the government is currently studying whether it would be appropriate to lift the ban on the remaining four items or not.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">On the other hand, the private sector has been maintaining that the ban imposed by the government has given a good opportunity to the smugglers. They say that all items banned by the government except motorbikes and four-wheelers are entering the country unabated through illegal channels.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The government had banned goods including cars, jeeps, van and motorcycles of more than 250 cc capacity for personal use along with smartphones worth more than USD 600, diamond, ready-made liquor, tobacco products except industrial raw materials, chips like Lays and Kurkure, playing cards, toys, and television sets bigger than 32 inches. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The government later revised the provision related to import of motorcycle and smartphones and imposed a ban on import of motorcycles above 150 cc and smartphones worth more than USD 300.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The government has already lifted the ban on all goods except car, jeeps, vans, motorcycles, smartphones and readymade liquor.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-09', 'modified' => '2022-09-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15703', 'image' => '20220909034048_cus1658176227182.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-09 15:40:02', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15961', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Kathmandu Valley Received 46 mm Rainfall in Three Hours Today ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 9: The Kathmandu valley recorded 46 millimeters of rainfall in three hours today (September 9).', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">September 9: The Kathmandu valley recorded 46 millimeters of rainfall in three hours today (September 9). According to meteorologist Manju Basi of the Meteorological Forecasting Division, the valley witnessed rainfall since today morning. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Similarly, Bara received the highest 112 mm of rainfall. According to Basi, Kathmandu valley and adjoining areas received rainfall today which it is likely to continue for the next few days. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The valley witnessed intermittent heavy rainfall at some locations. Singha Durbar, Maitighar, Putalisadak, Ratnapark and Tripureshwar areas were hit by heavy downpour for a brief time. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">As per the division, the axis of monsoon trough is towards the south from the average location, resulting in partly to generally cloudy weather and rainfall across the country. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Tonight, the weather will be partly to generally cloudy in the hill areas of the country and partly cloudy in the rest of the country. The division has predicted light to moderate rainfall with thunder and lightning at a few places of the hill region of the country. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-09', 'modified' => '2022-09-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15702', 'image' => '20220909030626_20210701052135_20200511091310_Storm.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-09 15:05:51', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15960', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Minimum 4 Percent Cash Subsidy for Exports', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 9: The government has prepared a draft to amend the 'Export Subsidy Procedure 2075' proposing a minimum of 4 percent cash subsidy for the export of various goods.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">September 9: The government has prepared a draft to amend the 'Export Subsidy Procedure 2075' proposing a minimum of 4 percent cash subsidy for the export of various goods. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies prepared the draft in line with the announcement made in the budget of the current fiscal year (2022/23) to increase the cash subsidy up to 8 percent. Accordingly, the minimum limit of the subsidy given for exports has been fixed at 4 percent.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The ministry prepared the draft to provide subsidy for the export of 29 different items and has submitted it to the Ministry of Finance. According to sources, the 29 items included in the list will get subsidies of 4 to 5 percent. IT-based industries and business outsourcing services will not receive subsidies.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Sources informed that the share of cash subsidy will be increased for items that will receive a collective trademark. The maximum limit for export subsidy is 8 percent.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">“However, we have not drafted a procedure to give 8 percent to any specific item. The subsidy limit will decrease based on criteria such as the quantity of raw materials, ie, value addition, collective trademark and whether or not exports have increased this year compared to last year,” said the source.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">An official of the ministry said that the procedure is being prepared so that the export can be increased with government subsidies which will be gradually be increased to 8 percent.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> “Eight percent cash subsidy will not be given all at once, because the subsidy should be progressive and also serve as an encouragement for increasing exports,” said the official, adding, “However, cash subsidy for export of services will not be provided as per the budget announcement.” </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">As the country’s trade deficit is increasing, the government has been giving subsidies to encourage export-oriented industries and increase production. Items currently exported from Nepal including processed tea, processed coffee, handicraft and wooden products, processed leather (crust) and leather products, handmade paper and products made from it, processed herbs and essential oils, processed stones and jewelry with stones, allo products, mineral water, turmeric, vegetables, flowers, processed honey, processed cardamom and processed ginger get cash subsidy.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Similarly, domestically-produced garments, ready-made garments, carpets, mountain goat, pashmina fabric, indigenously processed jute and jute products, gold and silver jewelry, semi-processed leather, pharmaceuticals, felt, polyester/yarn/fiber, viscose yarn/acrylic yarn/cotton, copper goods and footwear are also included in the items entitled to receive subsidy. Cement, clinker, steel are also included in the list to get subsidy from this year.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-09', 'modified' => '2022-09-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15701', 'image' => '20220909013303_subsidy.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-09 13:32:25', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15959', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Indra Jatra Festival Being Celebrated Today ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 9: Indra Jatra, the festival of rain and good harvest, is being observed today with much fanfare in the Kathmandu valley. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">September 9: Indra Jatra, the festival of rain and good harvest, is being observed today with much fanfare in the Kathmandu valley. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The festival that falls on the eve of the full moon day in the month of Bhadra (mid-August to mid-September) is especially marked in Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur, Dhulikhel, Dolakha and some other districts. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The festival begins with the erection of lingo, a sacred wooden pole, in front of Hanumanthodka on the eleventh day of the waxing moon in mid-August to mid-September with religious processions. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The eight-day festival is dedicated to Lord Indra – the god of rain. Various ceremonies and processions take place during the festival and it concludes with series of ceremonies, including Lakhe Naach. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">As part of the festival, the wooden pole brought from Bhaktapur is installed on the chariot at Hanumandhoka. The chariot procession, a major part of the festival, involves towing of a big chariot of Kumari and two smaller chariots of Ganesh and Bhairab along the thoroughfares of the city. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-09', 'modified' => '2022-09-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15700', 'image' => '20220909091416_20180920035728_indra jatra.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-09 09:13:34', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15958', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Tourist Guides taking Tourists inside Bouddhanath Stupa without Ticket to Face Action ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 8: Authorities have warned of action against tourist guides and hotel entrepreneurs involved in taking tourists inside the premises of Bouddhanath Stupa, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, without tickets. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">September 8: Authorities have warned of action against tourist guides and hotel entrepreneurs involved in taking tourists inside the premises of Bouddhanath Stupa, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, without tickets. The Bouddhanath Area Development Committee has issued such warning after tourist guides and hotel entrepreneurs were found to have facilitated the entry of tourist inside the world heritage site without tickets. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Executive Director of the Committee, Nayan Kumar Lama, told RSS that list of the hotels located from Chuchchepati to Jorpati is being prepared in the first phase for action. Ticket counter of the committee remains open from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm but the tourism entrepreneurs have been colluding with concerned parties to evade the ticket counter. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the committee, tourists are found staying at hotels in the night and visiting Bouddhanath area in the morning without ticket. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">“Tourists are found entering the Bouddhanath Stupa premises without ticket in collusion with hotel entrepreneurs, tourist guides and staff deputed at the ticket counter,” the committee said in a statement. The committee held discussion with hotel entrepreneurs in this regard in the first phase and is planning to take action. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The committee has determined the entry fee for tourists from SAARC countries at Rs 100 per person and Rs 400 per person for visitors from other countries except SAARC nations. Thousands of tourists visit Bouddhanath area every month. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-08', 'modified' => '2022-09-08', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15699', 'image' => '20220908050223_bouddhanath.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-08 17:01:48', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15957', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Civil Servants do not Perform their Duties: PM Deuba', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 8: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has expressed dissatisfaction over the working style of the civil servants.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">September 8: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has expressed dissatisfaction over the working style of the civil servants. While addressing a programme held on Wednesday on the occasion of the Civil Service Day, he said that not only politicians but also civil servants are equally responsible of the deteriorating situation of the country.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Deuba said that the situation has become so dire that foreign help is necessary even for paying the salaries of the employees.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> “There is no money, how long are we going to seek funds from abroad?” Deuba questioned.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">He says that it is necessary to find out what caused the country's downfall. PM Deuba pointed out the need for a comprehensive discussion on why the country could not develop. He said that there is no progress because the employees do not want to go to remote areas. He complained that the country is lagging behind even when there are local, state and central governments.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The PM also questioned who is responsible for the country's downfall. He questioned, “Is it only the political parties or the bureaucracy as well? Why are the works not being done? Let's have a broad discussion. We are here for 5 years. But you will be here until you retire. None of the work is accomplished. The country is in turmoil. The employees go to the office, sign attendance and return back. They don't even stay at the office,” said Deuba.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">He says that if the government employees do not cooperate, nothing can be achieved through policies and political parties alone. “The country cannot move forward unless there is support (from the employees). If the permanent government does not work, how can the country move forward?” Deuba questioned.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">He also said that no country can move forward without the help of bureaucracy. “Bureaucracy is the first means of serving the people. If it doesn't work, how will the country be built?” Dexpressed his dissatisfaction, adding, “There are no doctors in the hospitals. There are no engineers. The CDO sometimes goes to the office but returns back almost immediately.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">At the programme, PM Deuba also instructed the employees to work responsibly in all places. He also made it clear that the government is ready to provide necessary facilities to the employees to work for the development of the country.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-08', 'modified' => '2022-09-08', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15698', 'image' => '20220908043822_deubaji.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-08 16:36:07', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15956', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'New Business Age organizing Green Ride Cycle Rally on Sept 24', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 8: New Business Age Pvt Ltd is organizing Green Ride Cycle Rally targeting corporate houses.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">September 8: New Business Age Pvt Ltd is organizing Green Ride Cycle Rally targeting corporate houses.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">This event is being organized with the slogan 'When going gets tough, the tough get cycling'. The 20-kilometer cycle rally will be held on Saturday, September 24.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The cycle rally will start from Thapathali-based office of New Business Age and end after reaching Park Village Resort, Budhanilkantha. The rally will start at 7 am and the route has been fixed from Thapathali to Putlisadak, Durbarmarg, Sorhakhutte, Balaju Bypass, Tarakeshwar, Tokha, Chandeshwari, Dulal Tole and end at Park Village Resort, Budhanilkantha.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">According to the organisers, the bicycle rally is being held in Kathmandu Valley to raise public awareness about carbon emission reduction and to encourage the use of green energy. Those who want to participate in the rally will have to pay a fee of Rs 1,500. For registration, interested candidates can fill up Google form available on the Facebook and Instagram pages of New Business Age.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Individuals can rent bicycles by paying an additional fee. All the participants will be provided with jersey in addition to paramedic (ambulance with ventilator) service, emergency medical treatment and accident insurance up to Rs 100,000. Also, a water station will be placed every 5 kilometers. 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Although Nepal's contribution to global carbon emissions is low, the emissions cannot be ignored. Nepal has set a goal of becoming a zero carbon emitter by 2045.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The form is available in the link below:</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe-5CaZXPwfiY-BqlpVLU5TBTJLG52qKpZtr0eVSx6VpKTUEw/viewform</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-08', 'modified' => '2022-09-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15697', 'image' => '20220908032301_1662617812.new.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-08 15:22:28', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15954', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Advance Ticket Booking for Dashain to Open from September 17', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 8: The government has decided to open advance ticket bookings for Dashain from September 17. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">September 8: The government has decided to open advance ticket bookings for Dashain from September 17. A meeting of the Department of Transport Management chaired by Director General Tokraj Pandey on Wednesday decided to open advance ticket bookings from Saturday, September 17, targeting the festive season.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Bijay Bahadur Swar, president of the Federation of Nepalese National Transport Entrepreneurs, informed that the meeting has directed transport entrepreneurs to arrange for online booking as far as possible and also to provide discounts to the passengers who book tickets online.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Similarly, the meeting has decided to effectively monitor advance ticket booking and passenger vehicles leaving and entering the valley in collaboration between the department, traffic police, consumer forum, transport entrepreneurs and laborers. The meeting has also urged all stakeholders to adopt adequate health standards keeping in mind the Covid-19 pandemic. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">General Secretary of the federation Deknath Gautam informed that it has been decided to completely discourage the act of selling tickets from unauthorized counters and people who do not have an identity card.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The meeting has also decided to request the concerned bodies to repair the major roads and to facilitate the traffic operation. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">In order to facilitate traffic movement, it has been decided to prohibit the operation of large vehicles, except the ones used for the transportation of essential items such as food grains, from Narayanghat to Kathmandu from October 1 to 8. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The meeting was attended by Director General Pandey, Chief of Kathmandu Valley Traffic Police Office, Deputy Inspector General of Police Meera Chaudhary, DoTM directors Radhakrishna Khatiwada and Ishwaridatta Paneru, FNNTE President Swar, Senior Vice President Saroj Sitaula and other stakeholders.</span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-08', 'modified' => '2022-09-08', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15695', 'image' => '20220908025647_Transport.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-08 14:55:57', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15953', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Mustang Apples will be Available in the Market Soon', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 8: Apples produced in Mustang will be available in the market in the third week of September this year. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">September 8: Apples produced in Mustang will be available in the market in the third week of September this year. Stakeholders and apple farmers have reached an understanding to pick and sell apples in the district from September 10 onwards.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">By now, the apples have already ripened on the plant. Ripe and red apples can be seen along the road while going uphill from Kobang, Thasang rural municipality-2 of Mustang through the Beni-Jomsom road. Local residents say that tourists who come to visit Mustangs stop their cars and take selfies, make videos and buy the apples as souvenirs.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">In the next few days, the farmers will get busy in picking the ripe apples and deliver them to the market. Farmers here are also excited after getting permission to pick apples five days earlier this year than last year.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Last year, permission was given to pick and sell apples from September 17. It is estimated that both the farmers and traders will benefit this time. Last year, both the farmers and traders had to bear losses due to the unavailability of markets for apples on time.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-08', 'modified' => '2022-09-08', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15694', 'image' => '20220908022220_apple.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-08 14:21:40', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15952', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government Revises Controversial Tax Rates', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 8: The government has revised the tax rates that courted controversy for favouring certain business establishments.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">September 8: The government has revised the tax rates that courted controversy for favouring certain business establishments.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">The controversial tax provisions included in the budget for the current fiscal year has been amended by a cabinet meeting on Wednesday upon the recommendation of Finance Minister Janardan Sharma.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">Finance Minister Sharma was forced to resign from his post after he was accused of changing the tax rates by inviting unauthorized persons inside the ministry on the eve of the budget announcement. Around half a dozen Galvanized Iron (GI) wire industries of Biratnagar were forced to shut down due to the change in tax rates. Industrialists of eastern Nepal has resorted to protest against the unfair tax rates imposed by the government.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">The Council of Ministers has revised the tax rates of sanitary pads, GI wire and cooking oil.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">According to informed sources, the cabinet meeting has revoked the decision to increase the tax imposed on raw materials required for producing GI wire and fixed the old rate.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">The importers will have to pay only 5 percent customs duty to bring the raw materials required for GI wire industry. However, the government has not changed the excise duty imposed on this material.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">The government has also decided to lower the customs duty on raw materials required for producing sanitary pads within the country.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">The government had announced in the budget for the current fiscal year to waive 90 percent tax for the import of ready-made sanitary pads. This put the domestic industries that produce sanitary pads in trouble because the cost of production would be higher than the imported pads.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">The government had made arrangements for biscuit and noodle industries to import readymade edible oil by paying just 5 percent taxes while the cooking oil manufacturing companies had to pay 10 percent taxes for importing raw materials required for producing oil. Now, the government has lowered the taxes on raw materials to 5 percent.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">Meanwhile, the government has not changed the customs duty imposed for the import of electric vehicles despite adopting a policy to promote clean energy.</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"">Sharma, who courted controversy for changing the tax rates in favour of certain business houses, was reinstated to his post after the parliamentary probe committee gave him a clean chit into the allegation. </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"">Soon after his reinstatement, Sharma had formed a committee to study the issue of the controversial tax rates. The committee was headed by Revenue Secretary Rameshwar Dangal. Other members of the committee included Director General of the Inland Revenue Department Ritesh Shakya, Revenue Division’s Chief Bhupal Baral ad Director General of the Department of Customs Kamal Bhattarai.</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"">Minister Sharman urged the cabinet to change the tax rates as per the recommendation of the committee.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-08', 'modified' => '2022-09-08', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15693', 'image' => '20220908125429_1662590300.Clipboard13.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-08 12:53:57', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15951', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Goods Brought for Dashain Stopped in Tibet ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 8: The goods that are being imported to Nepal for the Dashain festival have been stopped across the northern border due to lockdown in Tibet autonomous region of China. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">September 8: The goods that are being imported to Nepal for the Dashain festival have been stopped across the northern border due to lockdown in Tibet autonomous region of China. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Containers loaded with clothes, electronic devices, fruits and other items are not allowed to enter Nepal on the pretext of controlling the Covid-19 infection. The Nepal-bound fruits have started decaying, said Chairperson of Sindhupalchowk Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Raj Kumar Basnet. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">“The apples loaded in some 50 containers are getting decayed,” said Basnet. Most of the apples imported to Nepal are from China.</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 Chinese government has ordered to stop the goods-carrying vehicles entering Lhasa from mainland China for the time being reasoning that there is still lockdown in Tibet after the spread of coronavirus infection. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Chair Banset shared that more than 200 containers have been stopped at Keyrong and around 100 containers at Khasa. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Chief of Tatopani Dry Port Customs Office, Narad Gautam, confirmed that the import of goods has been halted. He added that the lockdown imposed in different cities of Tibet since August 8 due to coronavirus infection is still in place. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Subas Timilsina, a Nepali businessperson, complained that Nepali importers bringing different goods from China have been facing problems due to the lockdown imposed in Tibet. – RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-08', 'modified' => '2022-09-08', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15692', 'image' => '20220908110826_Rasuwagadhi border point.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-08 11:07:51', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15950', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Stakeholders Demand Feasibility Study for Establishing New Industrial Estate in Bara-Parsa Corridor', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 7: Stakeholders have demanded a feasibility study for establishing a new industrial estate in Bara-Parsa Industrial Corridor due to the difficulty in acquiring land in the existing industrial area. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">September 7: Stakeholders have demanded a feasibility study for establishing a new industrial estate in Bara-Parsa Industrial Corridor due to the difficulty in acquiring land in the existing industrial area. Birgunj Chamber of Commerce has requested the Industrial District Management Limited to conduct a feasibility study to set up a new industrial estate in the region.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Upon the request from industrialists, the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies has already started the process to establish a new industrial estate in this region. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Meanwhile, the Industrial District Management Limited has urged the chamber to help them in conducting the feasibility study. Vice President of Birgunj Chamber of Commerce Hari Gautam informed that they are ready to cooperate with the Industrial District Management Limited to conduct the feasibility study. Gautam said that the chamber has requested the Industrial District Management Limited to carry out the feasibility study as soon as possible.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to Gautam, preparations are underway to conduct a feasibility study on establishing a new industrial estate in 650 bighas (47,385,000 square feet) of land in the name of a Guthi (trust) in ward number 31 of Birgunj Municipality.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The task force to conduct the study will include representatives from the Guthi corporation, Birgunj Municipality, Land Revenue Office, Land Management Office and the Land Survey Office.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The construction of the industrial estate will start after the task force submits its report to the government and the Council of Ministers approves it. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies had instructed the concerned authorities on April 28 to conduct a detailed study for setting up an industrial estate.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""> The local industrialists of Bara-Parsa Industrial Corridor have been demanding a new industrial estate due to the rising prices of land in the area as well as conflict with the locals and problems related to sewerage management. Birgunj is the biggest industrial area of the country. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-07', 'modified' => '2022-09-07', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15691', 'image' => '20220907062642_Industries.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-07 18:25:01', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15949', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'UML Lawmaker Against the Idea of a New Stock Exchange Company', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 7: Members of Parliament on Tuesday drew the government’s attention to contemporary political and national issues.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">September 7: Members of Parliament on Tuesday drew the government’s attention to contemporary political and national issues. During the House of Representatives meeting on Tuesday, UML MP Krishna Prasad Dahal raised the issue of a new stock exchange company. Speaking at the zero hour of the meeting, he said that another stock exchange company was not necessary. He opined that Nepal Stock Exchange, which is currently in operation, should be made capable and strong, rather than introducing new stock exchange companies.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">He stressed on modernizing the Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) in order to make it effective and strong. He said that Nepal's capital market is not in a position to support a new stock exchange company.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Dahal also said that the government is about to issue license to a new stock exchange company in an unauthorized manner. He accused the government of taking a wrong decision saying that such a new organization was not necessary.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The Securities Board of Nepal recently amended the 'Securities Market Operation Regulations, 2064' to allow the private sector to issue stock exchange licenses. In the regulations, the board increased the paid-up capital of stock exchange companies to a minimum of Rs 3 billion. Currently, the paid up capital of the stock exchange company is Rs 50 million.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Meanwhile, NEPSE’s Manager Niranjan Phuyal insists that a new stock exchange company is necessary. He argues that the state-owned NEPSE is not able to perform well. According to Phuyal, if NEPSE faces any technical problem it will take nine months to purchase new technology as they have to go through public procurement process. 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Tourism entrepreneurs, who have been affected by the pandemic for a long time, are hoping that arrival of tourists will increase as the festive season approaches. They are also announcing discount packages targeting the festivals.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Deepak Bhattarai, president of the Regional Hotel Association Nepal, Sauraha, said that foreign tourists along with domestic tourists have also started arriving of late. According to him, the tourism business of Sauraha has started to flourish for some time and now domestic tourists are flocking to the hotels, pubs and restaurants.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Bhattarai informed that as the festive season approaches, internal and external tourists have started booking hotels and the businessmen are enthusiastic as tourists have started coming.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">"Covid-19 pandemic has affected not only Chitwan, but the tourism sector of entire Nepal," he said, adding, "We had to close the hotel for almost two years, now we are gradually operating the hotels." Bhattarai said that 200,000 domestic and foreign tourists visited Sauraha last year alone.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">"Now the tourism sector is gradually catching up. The festival has started and the number of tourists will increase," said Bhattarai.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Yogesh Adhikari, vice president of the regional hotel association Sauraha, said that foreign tourists have not come even though the season has started. He said, "Until Chinese tourists arrive, the tourism sector will not pick up pace." </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">According to him, Indian tourists have arrived here since for some time, but not like before the pre-pandemic period.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-09', 'modified' => '2022-09-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15708', 'image' => '20220909043430_Chitwan-sunset-sauraha-nepal.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-09 16:33:55', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15963', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government Changes Tax Rates of Various Goods ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 9: The government has decided to provide concession on customs tariff on the import of various goods.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">September 9: The government has decided to provide concession on customs tariff on the import of various goods. The Ministry of Finance informed through a notice in the Nepal Gazettee that the tax rates on the import of various goods have been changed. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">As per the new provision, 90 per cent concession will be provided on the customs tariff on import of crude soybean oil, palm oil and sunflower oil. Revenue Secretary Rameshwoar Dangal said the industries which were given 50 percent concession on the import of sunflower seeds for extracting sunflower oil will instead be given 90 percent concession. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">This new provision also applies for the import of soybean seeds for the production of oil and oilcake from it. Earlier, the industries importing soybean seeds for this purpose used to get 50 percent concession on import of soybean seeds but now they will get 90 percent concession. Similarly, 90 percent concession will be provided on customs tariff on the import of mustard, spinach, canola and rapeseed seeds. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">A 15 percent customs tariff has been imposed on the import of spring steel wire which the industries producing optical fibre cable use as raw material. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Similarly, the provision requiring cooperatives to pay 15 percent income tax on transactions, except those enjoying tax concessions, carried out within the metropolitan city area and of seven percent within the then municipality area has been removed. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">As per the new provision, cooperatives operating within the municipality area will get 5 percent concession, those operating within the sub-metropolitan city area will get 7 percent concession and those run within the metropolis area will be given 10 percent concession on income tax. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Likewise, arrangements have been made for keeping the customs tariff of wire and iron rod at 5 percent. Also, the excise duty on the import of raw materials of sanitary pad has been removed now. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-09', 'modified' => '2022-09-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15704', 'image' => '20220909040122_taxxxxx.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-09 16:00:49', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15962', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Minister Badu Admits Rise in Smuggling due to Government-Imposed Ban', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 9: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Dilendra Prasad Badu has admitted that the ban imposed by the government on the import of various goods has increased smuggling of goods into the country.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">September 9: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Dilendra Prasad Badu has admitted that the ban imposed by the government on the import of various goods has increased smuggling of goods into the country. It may be noted that the private sector had been saying that the government’s policy of imposing ban on several kinds of goods has encouraged smuggling. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">During a programme organized at the ministry on Thursday to make public the achievements made by the ministry in five months since Badu took charge of the ministry, Badu accepted the fact that banned goods were entering the country through illegal channels.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">“We imposed a ban on few goods after analyzing the country’s economy. It has had a positive impact but the entry of goods through illegal channel continued unabated,” said Minister Badu, adding, “We received reports that the illegal entry of goods caused us a loss in revenue collection. We are studying the matter.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The minister clarified that the ban has not been imposed permanently but will be lifted gradually as per the need. He said that the ban will be lifted on condition that the foreign exchange reserves of the country improves.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The government has already lifted the ban on import of six out of ten items that were banned on April 26. Minister Badu said that the government is currently studying whether it would be appropriate to lift the ban on the remaining four items or not.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">On the other hand, the private sector has been maintaining that the ban imposed by the government has given a good opportunity to the smugglers. They say that all items banned by the government except motorbikes and four-wheelers are entering the country unabated through illegal channels.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The government had banned goods including cars, jeeps, van and motorcycles of more than 250 cc capacity for personal use along with smartphones worth more than USD 600, diamond, ready-made liquor, tobacco products except industrial raw materials, chips like Lays and Kurkure, playing cards, toys, and television sets bigger than 32 inches. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The government later revised the provision related to import of motorcycle and smartphones and imposed a ban on import of motorcycles above 150 cc and smartphones worth more than USD 300.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The government has already lifted the ban on all goods except car, jeeps, vans, motorcycles, smartphones and readymade liquor.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-09', 'modified' => '2022-09-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15703', 'image' => '20220909034048_cus1658176227182.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-09 15:40:02', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15961', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Kathmandu Valley Received 46 mm Rainfall in Three Hours Today ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 9: The Kathmandu valley recorded 46 millimeters of rainfall in three hours today (September 9).', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">September 9: The Kathmandu valley recorded 46 millimeters of rainfall in three hours today (September 9). According to meteorologist Manju Basi of the Meteorological Forecasting Division, the valley witnessed rainfall since today morning. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Similarly, Bara received the highest 112 mm of rainfall. According to Basi, Kathmandu valley and adjoining areas received rainfall today which it is likely to continue for the next few days. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The valley witnessed intermittent heavy rainfall at some locations. Singha Durbar, Maitighar, Putalisadak, Ratnapark and Tripureshwar areas were hit by heavy downpour for a brief time. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">As per the division, the axis of monsoon trough is towards the south from the average location, resulting in partly to generally cloudy weather and rainfall across the country. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Tonight, the weather will be partly to generally cloudy in the hill areas of the country and partly cloudy in the rest of the country. The division has predicted light to moderate rainfall with thunder and lightning at a few places of the hill region of the country. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-09', 'modified' => '2022-09-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15702', 'image' => '20220909030626_20210701052135_20200511091310_Storm.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-09 15:05:51', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15960', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Minimum 4 Percent Cash Subsidy for Exports', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 9: The government has prepared a draft to amend the 'Export Subsidy Procedure 2075' proposing a minimum of 4 percent cash subsidy for the export of various goods.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">September 9: The government has prepared a draft to amend the 'Export Subsidy Procedure 2075' proposing a minimum of 4 percent cash subsidy for the export of various goods. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies prepared the draft in line with the announcement made in the budget of the current fiscal year (2022/23) to increase the cash subsidy up to 8 percent. Accordingly, the minimum limit of the subsidy given for exports has been fixed at 4 percent.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The ministry prepared the draft to provide subsidy for the export of 29 different items and has submitted it to the Ministry of Finance. According to sources, the 29 items included in the list will get subsidies of 4 to 5 percent. IT-based industries and business outsourcing services will not receive subsidies.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Sources informed that the share of cash subsidy will be increased for items that will receive a collective trademark. The maximum limit for export subsidy is 8 percent.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">“However, we have not drafted a procedure to give 8 percent to any specific item. The subsidy limit will decrease based on criteria such as the quantity of raw materials, ie, value addition, collective trademark and whether or not exports have increased this year compared to last year,” said the source.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">An official of the ministry said that the procedure is being prepared so that the export can be increased with government subsidies which will be gradually be increased to 8 percent.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> “Eight percent cash subsidy will not be given all at once, because the subsidy should be progressive and also serve as an encouragement for increasing exports,” said the official, adding, “However, cash subsidy for export of services will not be provided as per the budget announcement.” </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">As the country’s trade deficit is increasing, the government has been giving subsidies to encourage export-oriented industries and increase production. Items currently exported from Nepal including processed tea, processed coffee, handicraft and wooden products, processed leather (crust) and leather products, handmade paper and products made from it, processed herbs and essential oils, processed stones and jewelry with stones, allo products, mineral water, turmeric, vegetables, flowers, processed honey, processed cardamom and processed ginger get cash subsidy.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Similarly, domestically-produced garments, ready-made garments, carpets, mountain goat, pashmina fabric, indigenously processed jute and jute products, gold and silver jewelry, semi-processed leather, pharmaceuticals, felt, polyester/yarn/fiber, viscose yarn/acrylic yarn/cotton, copper goods and footwear are also included in the items entitled to receive subsidy. Cement, clinker, steel are also included in the list to get subsidy from this year.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-09', 'modified' => '2022-09-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15701', 'image' => '20220909013303_subsidy.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-09 13:32:25', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15959', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Indra Jatra Festival Being Celebrated Today ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 9: Indra Jatra, the festival of rain and good harvest, is being observed today with much fanfare in the Kathmandu valley. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">September 9: Indra Jatra, the festival of rain and good harvest, is being observed today with much fanfare in the Kathmandu valley. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The festival that falls on the eve of the full moon day in the month of Bhadra (mid-August to mid-September) is especially marked in Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur, Dhulikhel, Dolakha and some other districts. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The festival begins with the erection of lingo, a sacred wooden pole, in front of Hanumanthodka on the eleventh day of the waxing moon in mid-August to mid-September with religious processions. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The eight-day festival is dedicated to Lord Indra – the god of rain. Various ceremonies and processions take place during the festival and it concludes with series of ceremonies, including Lakhe Naach. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">As part of the festival, the wooden pole brought from Bhaktapur is installed on the chariot at Hanumandhoka. The chariot procession, a major part of the festival, involves towing of a big chariot of Kumari and two smaller chariots of Ganesh and Bhairab along the thoroughfares of the city. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-09', 'modified' => '2022-09-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15700', 'image' => '20220909091416_20180920035728_indra jatra.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-09 09:13:34', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15958', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Tourist Guides taking Tourists inside Bouddhanath Stupa without Ticket to Face Action ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 8: Authorities have warned of action against tourist guides and hotel entrepreneurs involved in taking tourists inside the premises of Bouddhanath Stupa, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, without tickets. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">September 8: Authorities have warned of action against tourist guides and hotel entrepreneurs involved in taking tourists inside the premises of Bouddhanath Stupa, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, without tickets. The Bouddhanath Area Development Committee has issued such warning after tourist guides and hotel entrepreneurs were found to have facilitated the entry of tourist inside the world heritage site without tickets. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Executive Director of the Committee, Nayan Kumar Lama, told RSS that list of the hotels located from Chuchchepati to Jorpati is being prepared in the first phase for action. Ticket counter of the committee remains open from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm but the tourism entrepreneurs have been colluding with concerned parties to evade the ticket counter. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the committee, tourists are found staying at hotels in the night and visiting Bouddhanath area in the morning without ticket. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">“Tourists are found entering the Bouddhanath Stupa premises without ticket in collusion with hotel entrepreneurs, tourist guides and staff deputed at the ticket counter,” the committee said in a statement. The committee held discussion with hotel entrepreneurs in this regard in the first phase and is planning to take action. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The committee has determined the entry fee for tourists from SAARC countries at Rs 100 per person and Rs 400 per person for visitors from other countries except SAARC nations. Thousands of tourists visit Bouddhanath area every month. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-08', 'modified' => '2022-09-08', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15699', 'image' => '20220908050223_bouddhanath.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-08 17:01:48', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15957', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Civil Servants do not Perform their Duties: PM Deuba', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 8: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has expressed dissatisfaction over the working style of the civil servants.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">September 8: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has expressed dissatisfaction over the working style of the civil servants. While addressing a programme held on Wednesday on the occasion of the Civil Service Day, he said that not only politicians but also civil servants are equally responsible of the deteriorating situation of the country.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Deuba said that the situation has become so dire that foreign help is necessary even for paying the salaries of the employees.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> “There is no money, how long are we going to seek funds from abroad?” Deuba questioned.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">He says that it is necessary to find out what caused the country's downfall. PM Deuba pointed out the need for a comprehensive discussion on why the country could not develop. He said that there is no progress because the employees do not want to go to remote areas. He complained that the country is lagging behind even when there are local, state and central governments.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The PM also questioned who is responsible for the country's downfall. He questioned, “Is it only the political parties or the bureaucracy as well? Why are the works not being done? Let's have a broad discussion. We are here for 5 years. But you will be here until you retire. None of the work is accomplished. The country is in turmoil. The employees go to the office, sign attendance and return back. They don't even stay at the office,” said Deuba.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">He says that if the government employees do not cooperate, nothing can be achieved through policies and political parties alone. “The country cannot move forward unless there is support (from the employees). If the permanent government does not work, how can the country move forward?” Deuba questioned.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">He also said that no country can move forward without the help of bureaucracy. “Bureaucracy is the first means of serving the people. If it doesn't work, how will the country be built?” Dexpressed his dissatisfaction, adding, “There are no doctors in the hospitals. There are no engineers. The CDO sometimes goes to the office but returns back almost immediately.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">At the programme, PM Deuba also instructed the employees to work responsibly in all places. He also made it clear that the government is ready to provide necessary facilities to the employees to work for the development of the country.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-08', 'modified' => '2022-09-08', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15698', 'image' => '20220908043822_deubaji.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-08 16:36:07', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15956', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'New Business Age organizing Green Ride Cycle Rally on Sept 24', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 8: New Business Age Pvt Ltd is organizing Green Ride Cycle Rally targeting corporate houses.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">September 8: New Business Age Pvt Ltd is organizing Green Ride Cycle Rally targeting corporate houses.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">This event is being organized with the slogan 'When going gets tough, the tough get cycling'. The 20-kilometer cycle rally will be held on Saturday, September 24.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The cycle rally will start from Thapathali-based office of New Business Age and end after reaching Park Village Resort, Budhanilkantha. The rally will start at 7 am and the route has been fixed from Thapathali to Putlisadak, Durbarmarg, Sorhakhutte, Balaju Bypass, Tarakeshwar, Tokha, Chandeshwari, Dulal Tole and end at Park Village Resort, Budhanilkantha.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">According to the organisers, the bicycle rally is being held in Kathmandu Valley to raise public awareness about carbon emission reduction and to encourage the use of green energy. Those who want to participate in the rally will have to pay a fee of Rs 1,500. For registration, interested candidates can fill up Google form available on the Facebook and Instagram pages of New Business Age.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Individuals can rent bicycles by paying an additional fee. All the participants will be provided with jersey in addition to paramedic (ambulance with ventilator) service, emergency medical treatment and accident insurance up to Rs 100,000. Also, a water station will be placed every 5 kilometers. At the end of the rally, the participants will be given a certificate and lunch.<a style="text-decoration:none;color:#fff;" href=" href="https://www.newbusinessage.com/app/webroot/img/social/1317.html">panerai watch replica swiss</a> <a style="text-decoration:none;color:#fff;" href=" href="https://www.newbusinessage.com/app/webroot/img/social/1318.html">replica rolex daytona watch straps</a> <a style="text-decoration:none;color:#fff;" href=" href="https://www.newbusinessage.com/app/webroot/img/social/1319.html">buy rolex gmt master ii replica</a> </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">In recent times, lakes and ponds are drying up in some places due to the global climate change and temperature rise while extreme drought is observed in some places while other areas are witnessing excessive rainfall. Natural disasters such as floods and landslides are also reported frequently. Although Nepal's contribution to global carbon emissions is low, the emissions cannot be ignored. Nepal has set a goal of becoming a zero carbon emitter by 2045.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The form is available in the link below:</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe-5CaZXPwfiY-BqlpVLU5TBTJLG52qKpZtr0eVSx6VpKTUEw/viewform</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-08', 'modified' => '2022-09-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15697', 'image' => '20220908032301_1662617812.new.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-08 15:22:28', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15954', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Advance Ticket Booking for Dashain to Open from September 17', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 8: The government has decided to open advance ticket bookings for Dashain from September 17. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">September 8: The government has decided to open advance ticket bookings for Dashain from September 17. A meeting of the Department of Transport Management chaired by Director General Tokraj Pandey on Wednesday decided to open advance ticket bookings from Saturday, September 17, targeting the festive season.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Bijay Bahadur Swar, president of the Federation of Nepalese National Transport Entrepreneurs, informed that the meeting has directed transport entrepreneurs to arrange for online booking as far as possible and also to provide discounts to the passengers who book tickets online.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Similarly, the meeting has decided to effectively monitor advance ticket booking and passenger vehicles leaving and entering the valley in collaboration between the department, traffic police, consumer forum, transport entrepreneurs and laborers. The meeting has also urged all stakeholders to adopt adequate health standards keeping in mind the Covid-19 pandemic. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">General Secretary of the federation Deknath Gautam informed that it has been decided to completely discourage the act of selling tickets from unauthorized counters and people who do not have an identity card.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The meeting has also decided to request the concerned bodies to repair the major roads and to facilitate the traffic operation. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">In order to facilitate traffic movement, it has been decided to prohibit the operation of large vehicles, except the ones used for the transportation of essential items such as food grains, from Narayanghat to Kathmandu from October 1 to 8. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The meeting was attended by Director General Pandey, Chief of Kathmandu Valley Traffic Police Office, Deputy Inspector General of Police Meera Chaudhary, DoTM directors Radhakrishna Khatiwada and Ishwaridatta Paneru, FNNTE President Swar, Senior Vice President Saroj Sitaula and other stakeholders.</span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-08', 'modified' => '2022-09-08', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15695', 'image' => '20220908025647_Transport.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-08 14:55:57', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15953', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Mustang Apples will be Available in the Market Soon', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 8: Apples produced in Mustang will be available in the market in the third week of September this year. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">September 8: Apples produced in Mustang will be available in the market in the third week of September this year. Stakeholders and apple farmers have reached an understanding to pick and sell apples in the district from September 10 onwards.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">By now, the apples have already ripened on the plant. Ripe and red apples can be seen along the road while going uphill from Kobang, Thasang rural municipality-2 of Mustang through the Beni-Jomsom road. Local residents say that tourists who come to visit Mustangs stop their cars and take selfies, make videos and buy the apples as souvenirs.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">In the next few days, the farmers will get busy in picking the ripe apples and deliver them to the market. Farmers here are also excited after getting permission to pick apples five days earlier this year than last year.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Last year, permission was given to pick and sell apples from September 17. It is estimated that both the farmers and traders will benefit this time. Last year, both the farmers and traders had to bear losses due to the unavailability of markets for apples on time.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-08', 'modified' => '2022-09-08', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15694', 'image' => '20220908022220_apple.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-08 14:21:40', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15952', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government Revises Controversial Tax Rates', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 8: The government has revised the tax rates that courted controversy for favouring certain business establishments.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">September 8: The government has revised the tax rates that courted controversy for favouring certain business establishments.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">The controversial tax provisions included in the budget for the current fiscal year has been amended by a cabinet meeting on Wednesday upon the recommendation of Finance Minister Janardan Sharma.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">Finance Minister Sharma was forced to resign from his post after he was accused of changing the tax rates by inviting unauthorized persons inside the ministry on the eve of the budget announcement. Around half a dozen Galvanized Iron (GI) wire industries of Biratnagar were forced to shut down due to the change in tax rates. Industrialists of eastern Nepal has resorted to protest against the unfair tax rates imposed by the government.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">The Council of Ministers has revised the tax rates of sanitary pads, GI wire and cooking oil.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">According to informed sources, the cabinet meeting has revoked the decision to increase the tax imposed on raw materials required for producing GI wire and fixed the old rate.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">The importers will have to pay only 5 percent customs duty to bring the raw materials required for GI wire industry. However, the government has not changed the excise duty imposed on this material.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">The government has also decided to lower the customs duty on raw materials required for producing sanitary pads within the country.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">The government had announced in the budget for the current fiscal year to waive 90 percent tax for the import of ready-made sanitary pads. This put the domestic industries that produce sanitary pads in trouble because the cost of production would be higher than the imported pads.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">The government had made arrangements for biscuit and noodle industries to import readymade edible oil by paying just 5 percent taxes while the cooking oil manufacturing companies had to pay 10 percent taxes for importing raw materials required for producing oil. Now, the government has lowered the taxes on raw materials to 5 percent.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">Meanwhile, the government has not changed the customs duty imposed for the import of electric vehicles despite adopting a policy to promote clean energy.</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"">Sharma, who courted controversy for changing the tax rates in favour of certain business houses, was reinstated to his post after the parliamentary probe committee gave him a clean chit into the allegation. </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"">Soon after his reinstatement, Sharma had formed a committee to study the issue of the controversial tax rates. The committee was headed by Revenue Secretary Rameshwar Dangal. Other members of the committee included Director General of the Inland Revenue Department Ritesh Shakya, Revenue Division’s Chief Bhupal Baral ad Director General of the Department of Customs Kamal Bhattarai.</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"">Minister Sharman urged the cabinet to change the tax rates as per the recommendation of the committee.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-08', 'modified' => '2022-09-08', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15693', 'image' => '20220908125429_1662590300.Clipboard13.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-08 12:53:57', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15951', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Goods Brought for Dashain Stopped in Tibet ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 8: The goods that are being imported to Nepal for the Dashain festival have been stopped across the northern border due to lockdown in Tibet autonomous region of China. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">September 8: The goods that are being imported to Nepal for the Dashain festival have been stopped across the northern border due to lockdown in Tibet autonomous region of China. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Containers loaded with clothes, electronic devices, fruits and other items are not allowed to enter Nepal on the pretext of controlling the Covid-19 infection. The Nepal-bound fruits have started decaying, said Chairperson of Sindhupalchowk Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Raj Kumar Basnet. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">“The apples loaded in some 50 containers are getting decayed,” said Basnet. Most of the apples imported to Nepal are from China.</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 Chinese government has ordered to stop the goods-carrying vehicles entering Lhasa from mainland China for the time being reasoning that there is still lockdown in Tibet after the spread of coronavirus infection. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Chair Banset shared that more than 200 containers have been stopped at Keyrong and around 100 containers at Khasa. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Chief of Tatopani Dry Port Customs Office, Narad Gautam, confirmed that the import of goods has been halted. He added that the lockdown imposed in different cities of Tibet since August 8 due to coronavirus infection is still in place. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Subas Timilsina, a Nepali businessperson, complained that Nepali importers bringing different goods from China have been facing problems due to the lockdown imposed in Tibet. – RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-08', 'modified' => '2022-09-08', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15692', 'image' => '20220908110826_Rasuwagadhi border point.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-08 11:07:51', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15950', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Stakeholders Demand Feasibility Study for Establishing New Industrial Estate in Bara-Parsa Corridor', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 7: Stakeholders have demanded a feasibility study for establishing a new industrial estate in Bara-Parsa Industrial Corridor due to the difficulty in acquiring land in the existing industrial area. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">September 7: Stakeholders have demanded a feasibility study for establishing a new industrial estate in Bara-Parsa Industrial Corridor due to the difficulty in acquiring land in the existing industrial area. Birgunj Chamber of Commerce has requested the Industrial District Management Limited to conduct a feasibility study to set up a new industrial estate in the region.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Upon the request from industrialists, the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies has already started the process to establish a new industrial estate in this region. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Meanwhile, the Industrial District Management Limited has urged the chamber to help them in conducting the feasibility study. Vice President of Birgunj Chamber of Commerce Hari Gautam informed that they are ready to cooperate with the Industrial District Management Limited to conduct the feasibility study. Gautam said that the chamber has requested the Industrial District Management Limited to carry out the feasibility study as soon as possible.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to Gautam, preparations are underway to conduct a feasibility study on establishing a new industrial estate in 650 bighas (47,385,000 square feet) of land in the name of a Guthi (trust) in ward number 31 of Birgunj Municipality.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The task force to conduct the study will include representatives from the Guthi corporation, Birgunj Municipality, Land Revenue Office, Land Management Office and the Land Survey Office.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The construction of the industrial estate will start after the task force submits its report to the government and the Council of Ministers approves it. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies had instructed the concerned authorities on April 28 to conduct a detailed study for setting up an industrial estate.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""> The local industrialists of Bara-Parsa Industrial Corridor have been demanding a new industrial estate due to the rising prices of land in the area as well as conflict with the locals and problems related to sewerage management. Birgunj is the biggest industrial area of the country. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-07', 'modified' => '2022-09-07', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15691', 'image' => '20220907062642_Industries.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-07 18:25:01', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15949', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'UML Lawmaker Against the Idea of a New Stock Exchange Company', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 7: Members of Parliament on Tuesday drew the government’s attention to contemporary political and national issues.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">September 7: Members of Parliament on Tuesday drew the government’s attention to contemporary political and national issues. During the House of Representatives meeting on Tuesday, UML MP Krishna Prasad Dahal raised the issue of a new stock exchange company. Speaking at the zero hour of the meeting, he said that another stock exchange company was not necessary. He opined that Nepal Stock Exchange, which is currently in operation, should be made capable and strong, rather than introducing new stock exchange companies.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">He stressed on modernizing the Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) in order to make it effective and strong. He said that Nepal's capital market is not in a position to support a new stock exchange company.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Dahal also said that the government is about to issue license to a new stock exchange company in an unauthorized manner. He accused the government of taking a wrong decision saying that such a new organization was not necessary.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The Securities Board of Nepal recently amended the 'Securities Market Operation Regulations, 2064' to allow the private sector to issue stock exchange licenses. In the regulations, the board increased the paid-up capital of stock exchange companies to a minimum of Rs 3 billion. Currently, the paid up capital of the stock exchange company is Rs 50 million.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Meanwhile, NEPSE’s Manager Niranjan Phuyal insists that a new stock exchange company is necessary. He argues that the state-owned NEPSE is not able to perform well. According to Phuyal, if NEPSE faces any technical problem it will take nine months to purchase new technology as they have to go through public procurement process. 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Tourism entrepreneurs, who have been affected by the pandemic for a long time, are hoping that arrival of tourists will increase as the festive season approaches. They are also announcing discount packages targeting the festivals.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Deepak Bhattarai, president of the Regional Hotel Association Nepal, Sauraha, said that foreign tourists along with domestic tourists have also started arriving of late. According to him, the tourism business of Sauraha has started to flourish for some time and now domestic tourists are flocking to the hotels, pubs and restaurants.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Bhattarai informed that as the festive season approaches, internal and external tourists have started booking hotels and the businessmen are enthusiastic as tourists have started coming.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">"Covid-19 pandemic has affected not only Chitwan, but the tourism sector of entire Nepal," he said, adding, "We had to close the hotel for almost two years, now we are gradually operating the hotels." Bhattarai said that 200,000 domestic and foreign tourists visited Sauraha last year alone.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">"Now the tourism sector is gradually catching up. The festival has started and the number of tourists will increase," said Bhattarai.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Yogesh Adhikari, vice president of the regional hotel association Sauraha, said that foreign tourists have not come even though the season has started. He said, "Until Chinese tourists arrive, the tourism sector will not pick up pace." </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">According to him, Indian tourists have arrived here since for some time, but not like before the pre-pandemic period.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-09', 'modified' => '2022-09-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15708', 'image' => '20220909043430_Chitwan-sunset-sauraha-nepal.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-09 16:33:55', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15963', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government Changes Tax Rates of Various Goods ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 9: The government has decided to provide concession on customs tariff on the import of various goods.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">September 9: The government has decided to provide concession on customs tariff on the import of various goods. The Ministry of Finance informed through a notice in the Nepal Gazettee that the tax rates on the import of various goods have been changed. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">As per the new provision, 90 per cent concession will be provided on the customs tariff on import of crude soybean oil, palm oil and sunflower oil. Revenue Secretary Rameshwoar Dangal said the industries which were given 50 percent concession on the import of sunflower seeds for extracting sunflower oil will instead be given 90 percent concession. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">This new provision also applies for the import of soybean seeds for the production of oil and oilcake from it. Earlier, the industries importing soybean seeds for this purpose used to get 50 percent concession on import of soybean seeds but now they will get 90 percent concession. Similarly, 90 percent concession will be provided on customs tariff on the import of mustard, spinach, canola and rapeseed seeds. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">A 15 percent customs tariff has been imposed on the import of spring steel wire which the industries producing optical fibre cable use as raw material. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Similarly, the provision requiring cooperatives to pay 15 percent income tax on transactions, except those enjoying tax concessions, carried out within the metropolitan city area and of seven percent within the then municipality area has been removed. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">As per the new provision, cooperatives operating within the municipality area will get 5 percent concession, those operating within the sub-metropolitan city area will get 7 percent concession and those run within the metropolis area will be given 10 percent concession on income tax. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Likewise, arrangements have been made for keeping the customs tariff of wire and iron rod at 5 percent. Also, the excise duty on the import of raw materials of sanitary pad has been removed now. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-09', 'modified' => '2022-09-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15704', 'image' => '20220909040122_taxxxxx.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-09 16:00:49', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15962', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Minister Badu Admits Rise in Smuggling due to Government-Imposed Ban', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 9: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Dilendra Prasad Badu has admitted that the ban imposed by the government on the import of various goods has increased smuggling of goods into the country.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">September 9: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Dilendra Prasad Badu has admitted that the ban imposed by the government on the import of various goods has increased smuggling of goods into the country. It may be noted that the private sector had been saying that the government’s policy of imposing ban on several kinds of goods has encouraged smuggling. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">During a programme organized at the ministry on Thursday to make public the achievements made by the ministry in five months since Badu took charge of the ministry, Badu accepted the fact that banned goods were entering the country through illegal channels.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">“We imposed a ban on few goods after analyzing the country’s economy. It has had a positive impact but the entry of goods through illegal channel continued unabated,” said Minister Badu, adding, “We received reports that the illegal entry of goods caused us a loss in revenue collection. We are studying the matter.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The minister clarified that the ban has not been imposed permanently but will be lifted gradually as per the need. He said that the ban will be lifted on condition that the foreign exchange reserves of the country improves.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The government has already lifted the ban on import of six out of ten items that were banned on April 26. Minister Badu said that the government is currently studying whether it would be appropriate to lift the ban on the remaining four items or not.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">On the other hand, the private sector has been maintaining that the ban imposed by the government has given a good opportunity to the smugglers. They say that all items banned by the government except motorbikes and four-wheelers are entering the country unabated through illegal channels.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The government had banned goods including cars, jeeps, van and motorcycles of more than 250 cc capacity for personal use along with smartphones worth more than USD 600, diamond, ready-made liquor, tobacco products except industrial raw materials, chips like Lays and Kurkure, playing cards, toys, and television sets bigger than 32 inches. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The government later revised the provision related to import of motorcycle and smartphones and imposed a ban on import of motorcycles above 150 cc and smartphones worth more than USD 300.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The government has already lifted the ban on all goods except car, jeeps, vans, motorcycles, smartphones and readymade liquor.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-09', 'modified' => '2022-09-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15703', 'image' => '20220909034048_cus1658176227182.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-09 15:40:02', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15961', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Kathmandu Valley Received 46 mm Rainfall in Three Hours Today ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 9: The Kathmandu valley recorded 46 millimeters of rainfall in three hours today (September 9).', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">September 9: The Kathmandu valley recorded 46 millimeters of rainfall in three hours today (September 9). According to meteorologist Manju Basi of the Meteorological Forecasting Division, the valley witnessed rainfall since today morning. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Similarly, Bara received the highest 112 mm of rainfall. According to Basi, Kathmandu valley and adjoining areas received rainfall today which it is likely to continue for the next few days. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The valley witnessed intermittent heavy rainfall at some locations. Singha Durbar, Maitighar, Putalisadak, Ratnapark and Tripureshwar areas were hit by heavy downpour for a brief time. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">As per the division, the axis of monsoon trough is towards the south from the average location, resulting in partly to generally cloudy weather and rainfall across the country. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Tonight, the weather will be partly to generally cloudy in the hill areas of the country and partly cloudy in the rest of the country. The division has predicted light to moderate rainfall with thunder and lightning at a few places of the hill region of the country. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-09', 'modified' => '2022-09-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15702', 'image' => '20220909030626_20210701052135_20200511091310_Storm.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-09 15:05:51', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15960', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Minimum 4 Percent Cash Subsidy for Exports', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 9: The government has prepared a draft to amend the 'Export Subsidy Procedure 2075' proposing a minimum of 4 percent cash subsidy for the export of various goods.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">September 9: The government has prepared a draft to amend the 'Export Subsidy Procedure 2075' proposing a minimum of 4 percent cash subsidy for the export of various goods. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies prepared the draft in line with the announcement made in the budget of the current fiscal year (2022/23) to increase the cash subsidy up to 8 percent. Accordingly, the minimum limit of the subsidy given for exports has been fixed at 4 percent.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The ministry prepared the draft to provide subsidy for the export of 29 different items and has submitted it to the Ministry of Finance. According to sources, the 29 items included in the list will get subsidies of 4 to 5 percent. IT-based industries and business outsourcing services will not receive subsidies.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Sources informed that the share of cash subsidy will be increased for items that will receive a collective trademark. The maximum limit for export subsidy is 8 percent.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">“However, we have not drafted a procedure to give 8 percent to any specific item. The subsidy limit will decrease based on criteria such as the quantity of raw materials, ie, value addition, collective trademark and whether or not exports have increased this year compared to last year,” said the source.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">An official of the ministry said that the procedure is being prepared so that the export can be increased with government subsidies which will be gradually be increased to 8 percent.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> “Eight percent cash subsidy will not be given all at once, because the subsidy should be progressive and also serve as an encouragement for increasing exports,” said the official, adding, “However, cash subsidy for export of services will not be provided as per the budget announcement.” </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">As the country’s trade deficit is increasing, the government has been giving subsidies to encourage export-oriented industries and increase production. Items currently exported from Nepal including processed tea, processed coffee, handicraft and wooden products, processed leather (crust) and leather products, handmade paper and products made from it, processed herbs and essential oils, processed stones and jewelry with stones, allo products, mineral water, turmeric, vegetables, flowers, processed honey, processed cardamom and processed ginger get cash subsidy.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Similarly, domestically-produced garments, ready-made garments, carpets, mountain goat, pashmina fabric, indigenously processed jute and jute products, gold and silver jewelry, semi-processed leather, pharmaceuticals, felt, polyester/yarn/fiber, viscose yarn/acrylic yarn/cotton, copper goods and footwear are also included in the items entitled to receive subsidy. Cement, clinker, steel are also included in the list to get subsidy from this year.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-09', 'modified' => '2022-09-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15701', 'image' => '20220909013303_subsidy.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-09 13:32:25', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15959', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Indra Jatra Festival Being Celebrated Today ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 9: Indra Jatra, the festival of rain and good harvest, is being observed today with much fanfare in the Kathmandu valley. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">September 9: Indra Jatra, the festival of rain and good harvest, is being observed today with much fanfare in the Kathmandu valley. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The festival that falls on the eve of the full moon day in the month of Bhadra (mid-August to mid-September) is especially marked in Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur, Dhulikhel, Dolakha and some other districts. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The festival begins with the erection of lingo, a sacred wooden pole, in front of Hanumanthodka on the eleventh day of the waxing moon in mid-August to mid-September with religious processions. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The eight-day festival is dedicated to Lord Indra – the god of rain. Various ceremonies and processions take place during the festival and it concludes with series of ceremonies, including Lakhe Naach. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">As part of the festival, the wooden pole brought from Bhaktapur is installed on the chariot at Hanumandhoka. The chariot procession, a major part of the festival, involves towing of a big chariot of Kumari and two smaller chariots of Ganesh and Bhairab along the thoroughfares of the city. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-09', 'modified' => '2022-09-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15700', 'image' => '20220909091416_20180920035728_indra jatra.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-09 09:13:34', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15958', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Tourist Guides taking Tourists inside Bouddhanath Stupa without Ticket to Face Action ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 8: Authorities have warned of action against tourist guides and hotel entrepreneurs involved in taking tourists inside the premises of Bouddhanath Stupa, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, without tickets. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">September 8: Authorities have warned of action against tourist guides and hotel entrepreneurs involved in taking tourists inside the premises of Bouddhanath Stupa, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, without tickets. The Bouddhanath Area Development Committee has issued such warning after tourist guides and hotel entrepreneurs were found to have facilitated the entry of tourist inside the world heritage site without tickets. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Executive Director of the Committee, Nayan Kumar Lama, told RSS that list of the hotels located from Chuchchepati to Jorpati is being prepared in the first phase for action. Ticket counter of the committee remains open from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm but the tourism entrepreneurs have been colluding with concerned parties to evade the ticket counter. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the committee, tourists are found staying at hotels in the night and visiting Bouddhanath area in the morning without ticket. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">“Tourists are found entering the Bouddhanath Stupa premises without ticket in collusion with hotel entrepreneurs, tourist guides and staff deputed at the ticket counter,” the committee said in a statement. The committee held discussion with hotel entrepreneurs in this regard in the first phase and is planning to take action. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The committee has determined the entry fee for tourists from SAARC countries at Rs 100 per person and Rs 400 per person for visitors from other countries except SAARC nations. Thousands of tourists visit Bouddhanath area every month. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-08', 'modified' => '2022-09-08', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15699', 'image' => '20220908050223_bouddhanath.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-08 17:01:48', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15957', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Civil Servants do not Perform their Duties: PM Deuba', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 8: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has expressed dissatisfaction over the working style of the civil servants.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">September 8: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has expressed dissatisfaction over the working style of the civil servants. While addressing a programme held on Wednesday on the occasion of the Civil Service Day, he said that not only politicians but also civil servants are equally responsible of the deteriorating situation of the country.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Deuba said that the situation has become so dire that foreign help is necessary even for paying the salaries of the employees.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> “There is no money, how long are we going to seek funds from abroad?” Deuba questioned.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">He says that it is necessary to find out what caused the country's downfall. PM Deuba pointed out the need for a comprehensive discussion on why the country could not develop. He said that there is no progress because the employees do not want to go to remote areas. He complained that the country is lagging behind even when there are local, state and central governments.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The PM also questioned who is responsible for the country's downfall. He questioned, “Is it only the political parties or the bureaucracy as well? Why are the works not being done? Let's have a broad discussion. We are here for 5 years. But you will be here until you retire. None of the work is accomplished. The country is in turmoil. The employees go to the office, sign attendance and return back. They don't even stay at the office,” said Deuba.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">He says that if the government employees do not cooperate, nothing can be achieved through policies and political parties alone. “The country cannot move forward unless there is support (from the employees). If the permanent government does not work, how can the country move forward?” Deuba questioned.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">He also said that no country can move forward without the help of bureaucracy. “Bureaucracy is the first means of serving the people. If it doesn't work, how will the country be built?” Dexpressed his dissatisfaction, adding, “There are no doctors in the hospitals. There are no engineers. The CDO sometimes goes to the office but returns back almost immediately.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">At the programme, PM Deuba also instructed the employees to work responsibly in all places. He also made it clear that the government is ready to provide necessary facilities to the employees to work for the development of the country.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-08', 'modified' => '2022-09-08', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15698', 'image' => '20220908043822_deubaji.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-08 16:36:07', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15956', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'New Business Age organizing Green Ride Cycle Rally on Sept 24', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 8: New Business Age Pvt Ltd is organizing Green Ride Cycle Rally targeting corporate houses.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">September 8: New Business Age Pvt Ltd is organizing Green Ride Cycle Rally targeting corporate houses.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">This event is being organized with the slogan 'When going gets tough, the tough get cycling'. The 20-kilometer cycle rally will be held on Saturday, September 24.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The cycle rally will start from Thapathali-based office of New Business Age and end after reaching Park Village Resort, Budhanilkantha. The rally will start at 7 am and the route has been fixed from Thapathali to Putlisadak, Durbarmarg, Sorhakhutte, Balaju Bypass, Tarakeshwar, Tokha, Chandeshwari, Dulal Tole and end at Park Village Resort, Budhanilkantha.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">According to the organisers, the bicycle rally is being held in Kathmandu Valley to raise public awareness about carbon emission reduction and to encourage the use of green energy. Those who want to participate in the rally will have to pay a fee of Rs 1,500. For registration, interested candidates can fill up Google form available on the Facebook and Instagram pages of New Business Age.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Individuals can rent bicycles by paying an additional fee. All the participants will be provided with jersey in addition to paramedic (ambulance with ventilator) service, emergency medical treatment and accident insurance up to Rs 100,000. Also, a water station will be placed every 5 kilometers. At the end of the rally, the participants will be given a certificate and lunch.<a style="text-decoration:none;color:#fff;" href=" href="https://www.newbusinessage.com/app/webroot/img/social/1317.html">panerai watch replica swiss</a> <a style="text-decoration:none;color:#fff;" href=" href="https://www.newbusinessage.com/app/webroot/img/social/1318.html">replica rolex daytona watch straps</a> <a style="text-decoration:none;color:#fff;" href=" href="https://www.newbusinessage.com/app/webroot/img/social/1319.html">buy rolex gmt master ii replica</a> </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">In recent times, lakes and ponds are drying up in some places due to the global climate change and temperature rise while extreme drought is observed in some places while other areas are witnessing excessive rainfall. Natural disasters such as floods and landslides are also reported frequently. Although Nepal's contribution to global carbon emissions is low, the emissions cannot be ignored. Nepal has set a goal of becoming a zero carbon emitter by 2045.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The form is available in the link below:</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe-5CaZXPwfiY-BqlpVLU5TBTJLG52qKpZtr0eVSx6VpKTUEw/viewform</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-08', 'modified' => '2022-09-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15697', 'image' => '20220908032301_1662617812.new.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-08 15:22:28', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15954', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Advance Ticket Booking for Dashain to Open from September 17', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 8: The government has decided to open advance ticket bookings for Dashain from September 17. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">September 8: The government has decided to open advance ticket bookings for Dashain from September 17. A meeting of the Department of Transport Management chaired by Director General Tokraj Pandey on Wednesday decided to open advance ticket bookings from Saturday, September 17, targeting the festive season.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Bijay Bahadur Swar, president of the Federation of Nepalese National Transport Entrepreneurs, informed that the meeting has directed transport entrepreneurs to arrange for online booking as far as possible and also to provide discounts to the passengers who book tickets online.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Similarly, the meeting has decided to effectively monitor advance ticket booking and passenger vehicles leaving and entering the valley in collaboration between the department, traffic police, consumer forum, transport entrepreneurs and laborers. The meeting has also urged all stakeholders to adopt adequate health standards keeping in mind the Covid-19 pandemic. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">General Secretary of the federation Deknath Gautam informed that it has been decided to completely discourage the act of selling tickets from unauthorized counters and people who do not have an identity card.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The meeting has also decided to request the concerned bodies to repair the major roads and to facilitate the traffic operation. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">In order to facilitate traffic movement, it has been decided to prohibit the operation of large vehicles, except the ones used for the transportation of essential items such as food grains, from Narayanghat to Kathmandu from October 1 to 8. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The meeting was attended by Director General Pandey, Chief of Kathmandu Valley Traffic Police Office, Deputy Inspector General of Police Meera Chaudhary, DoTM directors Radhakrishna Khatiwada and Ishwaridatta Paneru, FNNTE President Swar, Senior Vice President Saroj Sitaula and other stakeholders.</span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-08', 'modified' => '2022-09-08', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15695', 'image' => '20220908025647_Transport.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-08 14:55:57', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15953', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Mustang Apples will be Available in the Market Soon', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 8: Apples produced in Mustang will be available in the market in the third week of September this year. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">September 8: Apples produced in Mustang will be available in the market in the third week of September this year. Stakeholders and apple farmers have reached an understanding to pick and sell apples in the district from September 10 onwards.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">By now, the apples have already ripened on the plant. Ripe and red apples can be seen along the road while going uphill from Kobang, Thasang rural municipality-2 of Mustang through the Beni-Jomsom road. Local residents say that tourists who come to visit Mustangs stop their cars and take selfies, make videos and buy the apples as souvenirs.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">In the next few days, the farmers will get busy in picking the ripe apples and deliver them to the market. Farmers here are also excited after getting permission to pick apples five days earlier this year than last year.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Last year, permission was given to pick and sell apples from September 17. It is estimated that both the farmers and traders will benefit this time. Last year, both the farmers and traders had to bear losses due to the unavailability of markets for apples on time.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-08', 'modified' => '2022-09-08', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15694', 'image' => '20220908022220_apple.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-08 14:21:40', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15952', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government Revises Controversial Tax Rates', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 8: The government has revised the tax rates that courted controversy for favouring certain business establishments.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">September 8: The government has revised the tax rates that courted controversy for favouring certain business establishments.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">The controversial tax provisions included in the budget for the current fiscal year has been amended by a cabinet meeting on Wednesday upon the recommendation of Finance Minister Janardan Sharma.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">Finance Minister Sharma was forced to resign from his post after he was accused of changing the tax rates by inviting unauthorized persons inside the ministry on the eve of the budget announcement. Around half a dozen Galvanized Iron (GI) wire industries of Biratnagar were forced to shut down due to the change in tax rates. Industrialists of eastern Nepal has resorted to protest against the unfair tax rates imposed by the government.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">The Council of Ministers has revised the tax rates of sanitary pads, GI wire and cooking oil.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">According to informed sources, the cabinet meeting has revoked the decision to increase the tax imposed on raw materials required for producing GI wire and fixed the old rate.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">The importers will have to pay only 5 percent customs duty to bring the raw materials required for GI wire industry. However, the government has not changed the excise duty imposed on this material.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">The government has also decided to lower the customs duty on raw materials required for producing sanitary pads within the country.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">The government had announced in the budget for the current fiscal year to waive 90 percent tax for the import of ready-made sanitary pads. This put the domestic industries that produce sanitary pads in trouble because the cost of production would be higher than the imported pads.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">The government had made arrangements for biscuit and noodle industries to import readymade edible oil by paying just 5 percent taxes while the cooking oil manufacturing companies had to pay 10 percent taxes for importing raw materials required for producing oil. Now, the government has lowered the taxes on raw materials to 5 percent.</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:"Nirmala UI","sans-serif"">Meanwhile, the government has not changed the customs duty imposed for the import of electric vehicles despite adopting a policy to promote clean energy.</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"">Sharma, who courted controversy for changing the tax rates in favour of certain business houses, was reinstated to his post after the parliamentary probe committee gave him a clean chit into the allegation. </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"">Soon after his reinstatement, Sharma had formed a committee to study the issue of the controversial tax rates. The committee was headed by Revenue Secretary Rameshwar Dangal. Other members of the committee included Director General of the Inland Revenue Department Ritesh Shakya, Revenue Division’s Chief Bhupal Baral ad Director General of the Department of Customs Kamal Bhattarai.</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"">Minister Sharman urged the cabinet to change the tax rates as per the recommendation of the committee.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-08', 'modified' => '2022-09-08', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15693', 'image' => '20220908125429_1662590300.Clipboard13.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-08 12:53:57', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15951', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Goods Brought for Dashain Stopped in Tibet ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 8: The goods that are being imported to Nepal for the Dashain festival have been stopped across the northern border due to lockdown in Tibet autonomous region of China. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">September 8: The goods that are being imported to Nepal for the Dashain festival have been stopped across the northern border due to lockdown in Tibet autonomous region of China. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Containers loaded with clothes, electronic devices, fruits and other items are not allowed to enter Nepal on the pretext of controlling the Covid-19 infection. The Nepal-bound fruits have started decaying, said Chairperson of Sindhupalchowk Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Raj Kumar Basnet. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">“The apples loaded in some 50 containers are getting decayed,” said Basnet. Most of the apples imported to Nepal are from China.</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 Chinese government has ordered to stop the goods-carrying vehicles entering Lhasa from mainland China for the time being reasoning that there is still lockdown in Tibet after the spread of coronavirus infection. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Chair Banset shared that more than 200 containers have been stopped at Keyrong and around 100 containers at Khasa. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Chief of Tatopani Dry Port Customs Office, Narad Gautam, confirmed that the import of goods has been halted. He added that the lockdown imposed in different cities of Tibet since August 8 due to coronavirus infection is still in place. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Subas Timilsina, a Nepali businessperson, complained that Nepali importers bringing different goods from China have been facing problems due to the lockdown imposed in Tibet. – RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-08', 'modified' => '2022-09-08', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15692', 'image' => '20220908110826_Rasuwagadhi border point.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-08 11:07:51', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15950', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Stakeholders Demand Feasibility Study for Establishing New Industrial Estate in Bara-Parsa Corridor', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 7: Stakeholders have demanded a feasibility study for establishing a new industrial estate in Bara-Parsa Industrial Corridor due to the difficulty in acquiring land in the existing industrial area. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">September 7: Stakeholders have demanded a feasibility study for establishing a new industrial estate in Bara-Parsa Industrial Corridor due to the difficulty in acquiring land in the existing industrial area. Birgunj Chamber of Commerce has requested the Industrial District Management Limited to conduct a feasibility study to set up a new industrial estate in the region.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Upon the request from industrialists, the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies has already started the process to establish a new industrial estate in this region. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Meanwhile, the Industrial District Management Limited has urged the chamber to help them in conducting the feasibility study. Vice President of Birgunj Chamber of Commerce Hari Gautam informed that they are ready to cooperate with the Industrial District Management Limited to conduct the feasibility study. Gautam said that the chamber has requested the Industrial District Management Limited to carry out the feasibility study as soon as possible.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">According to Gautam, preparations are underway to conduct a feasibility study on establishing a new industrial estate in 650 bighas (47,385,000 square feet) of land in the name of a Guthi (trust) in ward number 31 of Birgunj Municipality.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The task force to conduct the study will include representatives from the Guthi corporation, Birgunj Municipality, Land Revenue Office, Land Management Office and the Land Survey Office.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The construction of the industrial estate will start after the task force submits its report to the government and the Council of Ministers approves it. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies had instructed the concerned authorities on April 28 to conduct a detailed study for setting up an industrial estate.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""> The local industrialists of Bara-Parsa Industrial Corridor have been demanding a new industrial estate due to the rising prices of land in the area as well as conflict with the locals and problems related to sewerage management. Birgunj is the biggest industrial area of the country. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-07', 'modified' => '2022-09-07', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15691', 'image' => '20220907062642_Industries.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-07 18:25:01', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15949', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'UML Lawmaker Against the Idea of a New Stock Exchange Company', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'September 7: Members of Parliament on Tuesday drew the government’s attention to contemporary political and national issues.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">September 7: Members of Parliament on Tuesday drew the government’s attention to contemporary political and national issues. During the House of Representatives meeting on Tuesday, UML MP Krishna Prasad Dahal raised the issue of a new stock exchange company. Speaking at the zero hour of the meeting, he said that another stock exchange company was not necessary. He opined that Nepal Stock Exchange, which is currently in operation, should be made capable and strong, rather than introducing new stock exchange companies.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">He stressed on modernizing the Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) in order to make it effective and strong. He said that Nepal's capital market is not in a position to support a new stock exchange company.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Dahal also said that the government is about to issue license to a new stock exchange company in an unauthorized manner. He accused the government of taking a wrong decision saying that such a new organization was not necessary.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The Securities Board of Nepal recently amended the 'Securities Market Operation Regulations, 2064' to allow the private sector to issue stock exchange licenses. In the regulations, the board increased the paid-up capital of stock exchange companies to a minimum of Rs 3 billion. Currently, the paid up capital of the stock exchange company is Rs 50 million.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Meanwhile, NEPSE’s Manager Niranjan Phuyal insists that a new stock exchange company is necessary. He argues that the state-owned NEPSE is not able to perform well. According to Phuyal, if NEPSE faces any technical problem it will take nine months to purchase new technology as they have to go through public procurement process. Therefore, Phuyal says there is a need of another stock exchange company to make the stock market competitive.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-09-07', 'modified' => '2022-09-07', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15690', 'image' => '20220907055411_share.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-09-07 17:53:23', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ) ) $current_user = null $logged_in = false $xml = falsesimplexml_load_file - [internal], line ?? include - APP/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp, line 133 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::_renderElement() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 1224 View::element() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 418 include - APP/View/Articles/index.ctp, line 157 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473 Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 968 Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 200 Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167 [main] - APP/webroot/index.php, line 117
| Currency | Unit |
Buy | Sell |
| U.S. Dollar | 1 | 121.23 | 121.83 |
| European Euro | 1 | 131.65 | 132.31 |
| UK Pound Sterling | 1 | 142.47 | 143.18 |
| Swiss Franc | 1 | 124.29 | 124.90 |
| Australian Dollar | 1 | 71.69 | 72.05 |
| Canadian Dollar | 1 | 83.90 | 84.32 |
| Japanese Yen | 10 | 10.94 | 11.00 |
| Chinese Yuan | 1 | 17.17 | 17.26 |
| Saudi Arabian Riyal | 1 | 32.27 | 32.43 |
| UAE Dirham | 1 | 33.01 | 33.17 |
| Malaysian Ringgit | 1 | 27.36 | 27.50 |
| South Korean Won | 100 | 9.77 | 9.82 |
Update: 2020-03-25 | Source: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB)
| Fine Gold | 1 tola | 77000.00 |
| Tejabi Gold | 1 tola | 76700.00 |
| Silver | 1 tola | 720.00 |
Update : 2020-03-25
Source: Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers' Association
| Petrol | 1 Liter | 106.00 |
| Diesel | 1 Liter | 95.00 |
| Kerosene | 1 Liter | 95.00 |
| LP Gas | 1 Cylinder | 1375.00 |
Update : 2020-03-25
