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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh conveyed this to his Bhutanese counterpart Tshering Tobgay when they met on 4th March, Tuesday on the sidelines of the 3rd BIMSTEC Summit in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. </div> <div> </div> <div> The approved amount of Rs 1,765 crore would be released in April after the completion of internal procedures within the Government of India, according to a press release from Bhutan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Singh also conveyed Indian government's approval of the draft Intergovernmental Agreement between Bhutan and India concerning the development of Joint Venture Hydropower Projects. Under the draft agreement - expected to be signed soon - four projects have been identified: the Kholongchhu project (600 MW), the Wangchhu (570 MW), the Chamkharchhu (770 MW) and Bunakha (180 MW). Work on the Kholongchhu project can start as soon as the Intergovernmental Joint Venture is signed between the two countries, the release said. (The Economic Times)</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-10', 'modified' => '2014-03-24', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'India has approved Rs 1,765 crore as the interim cost escalation for Bhutan's Punatshangchu I hydropower project. 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I often crank the volume up, at the risk of hearing loss, so that I could hear my favorite podcasts over loud subways and honking cars. I was excited to see noise-cancelling technology in Sony’s new Xperia Z2 smartphone. I’ve resisted investing in pricey noise-cancelling sets because I’m prone to lose or break them. If it’s going to be built into a phone, perhaps I can use that instead of my iPod. Alas, I find the new feature to be more promise than practical, based on the brief time I had with the phone at this week’s Mobile World Congress wireless show in Barcelona, Spain.</div> <div> </div> <div> But first, I’ll go through other features that may appeal to some people. </div> <div> </div> <div> The phone is due to come out in March. Sony hasn’t announced a price, though its phones typically sell for $500 to $600 in the US without subsidies or a contract.Sony’s smartphones are distinctive in being waterproof. It’s not something I’ve felt that I’ve needed, but you might find it useful if you work as a lifeguard or live near a beach.</div> <div> </div> <div> That’s even better than the 16 megapixels in Samsung’s new Galaxy S5. But lens quality and the focus mechanism are also important. I didn’t get to try out the Z2’s camera, but it’s the same one in the Xperia Z1s, which I’ve had mixed results with. It’s impressive that the phone can capture video with four times the details as full high-definition video. </div> <div> </div> <div> But 4K displays are still expensive, so you won’t appreciate the extra sharpness for a while. It’s more for people who want to take quality video now for the day 4K becomes more common.</div> <div> </div> <div> Now, back to the noise. The phone analyzes ambient noise and produces a countering signal. In simple terms, if the noise is a 7, the phone subtracts 7 to bring it to zero. If the noise is a 5, the phone subtracts 5.</div> <div> </div> <div> Unfortunately, it requires special in-ear headphones, which Sony is selling for 60 euros ($82). A sensor in the earpiece detects the noise, so the phone knows what countering signal to send. This approach keeps the headphones smaller and cheaper than typical noise-cancelling headphones. Noise cancellation is optimized for the office, for planes and for buses or trains. You choose one in the settings. I tried the headphones surrounded by simulated train and plane noise. The technology works, but it doesn’t filter out the external noise completely. It also requires me to press the earpiece deep into my ears to notice a difference.</div> <div> </div> <div> Sony tells me the earpiece covers come in three sizes, so a larger one might have helped. I look forward to testing the feature more thoroughly. For now, I’ll keep my iPod. (AP)</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-11', 'modified' => '2014-03-12', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'I typically have headphones on when I’m home in New York, whether it’s during a jog or a commute. I often crank the volume up, at the risk of hearing loss, so that I could hear my favorite podcasts over loud subways and honking cars. I was excited to see noise-cancelling technology in Sony’s new Xperia Z2 smartphone. I’ve resisted investing in pricey noise-cancelling sets because I’m prone to lose or break them. If it’s going to be built into a phone, perhaps I can use that instead of my iPod. Alas, I find the new feature to be more promise than practical, based on the brief time I had with the phone at this week’s Mobile World Congress wireless show in Barcelona, Spain.', 'sortorder' => '2601', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2759', 'article_category_id' => '212', 'title' => 'Micromax Canvas Knight Launched At INR 19,999', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/b2(1).jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; width: 122px; height: 250px;" />Indian handset firm Micromax has launched its first octa-core processor powered smartphone, Canvas Knight, at a price of Rs 19,999. The dual-sim phone sports a 5-inch full-HD(1080 X 1920p) IPS display made by Sharp. The Canvas Knight is powered by a 2GHz MediaTek octa-core processor, ARM Mali450 graphics and 2GB RAM. It sports a 16MP rear camera that comes with OmniVision's CameraChip sensor and the M8 Largan Lens. It's worth pointing out that the Gionee Elife E7 features a similar camera module. The phone has an 8MP front-facing camera. It comes with 32GB internal storage and runs Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. The phone doesn't feature a microSD card slot. </div> <div> </div> <div> Canvas Knight A350 also comes with a Yamaha Amplifier for enhanced audio output and a 2350mAh battery. In terms of connectivity, the phone supports Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi and 3G. It comes with several pre-loaded apps including Hike, Spuul, Opera, M! Live, M! Security, M! Vault, Real Steel, Where is my water, Where is my perry, Getit, BBM, True caller and Kingsoft Office. The phone will be available in 3 colour variants - Black, White and Gold and Black and Gold, and will be sold exclusively via the company's official online webstore. Other Mediatek octa-core processor powered phones available in the Indian market include Intex Aqua Octa and WickedLeak Wammy Passion X. <em>(The Times of India)</em></div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-11', 'modified' => '2014-03-11', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Indian handset firm Micromax has launched its first octa-core processor powered smartphone, Canvas Knight, at a price of Rs 19,999. The dual-sim phone sports a 5-inch full-HD(1080 X 1920p) IPS display made by Sharp.', 'sortorder' => '2600', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2737', 'article_category_id' => '139', 'title' => 'Nepal And The World News In Brief (10 - 16 March 2014)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Newsweek Relaunches Print Edition</strong></span></div> <div> Current affairs magazine Newsweek has relaunched its print edition. The move comes just months after the US magazine was bought by digital news company IBT Media. Newsweek discontinued its print edition in December 2012 after 80 years, amid falling advertising revenues as readers moved towards online publications. However, the new owners say they have worked out a business model that does not rely heavily on ad revenue.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Japan Decides Bitcoin is not a Currency</strong></span></div> <div> Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s cabinet said on Friday that bitcoin, the world’s most well-known form of virtual money, is not a currency, but would be taxable. Tokyo defined bitcoin as a product that is not handled by banks and securities houses. It also added that consumption tax would be levied on purchases of the virtual currency and income tax would be imposed on profits from its sale. The decision came a week after the collapse of the Tokyo-based Mt Gox, one of the largest exchanges for the virtual currency. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Chinese Solar Company in Landmark Default</strong></span></div> <div> The Chinese Solar panel maker Shanghai Chaori Solar Energy Science & Technology has defaulted on interest payments owed on its bond, say media reports quoting the firm.It is the first Chinese firm ever to default on its onshore corporate bonds. On Tuesday, the firm warned it would be unable to make a 89.8 million yuan ($14.6m) interest payment on a one billion yuan bond issued in 2012.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Eurostar Passenger Figures Topped 10 mn</strong></span></div> <div> British Cross-channel train operator Eurostar says it carried more than 10 million passengers last year for the first time, as the economic recovery lifted demand for business travel. Revenues from ticket sales rose 7 per cent to £857m in 2013, while operating profit was up 4 per cent to £54m. Passenger numbers hit 10.1 million - the first time Eurostar has broken the 10 million mark since it began in 1994. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>US Manufacturing Activity Picks Up</strong></span></div> <div> US manufacturing activity expanded at a faster-than-expected rate in February. The Institute for Supply Management’s (ISM) manufacturing index rose to 53.2 from 51.3 in January. A reading above 50 indicates expansion. </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-10', 'modified' => '2014-03-11', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Current affairs magazine Newsweek has relaunched its print edition. The move comes just months after the US magazine was bought by digital news company IBT Media. Newsweek discontinued its print edition in December 2012 after 80 years, amid falling advertising revenues as readers moved towards online publications. However, the new owners say they have worked out a business model that does not rely heavily on ad revenue.', 'sortorder' => '2599', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2757', 'article_category_id' => '201', 'title' => 'Summer Style Statement For Women', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Angila Sharma</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> The summer season is on the onset and with this changing season the selection of suitable office wear for women becomes little more cumbersome. With the swing in the temperature, the question of how to tackle the growing heat certainly becomes tricky. The confusion regarding our attire even accelerates if the office environment demands more strict dress codes, restricting our choices to only own formal pieces of clothing.</div> <div> </div> <div> Nevertheless this confusion can be tackled as summer is the season where you have plenty of choices in clothing. We can play with ranges of colours in summer. We can contrast our clothing and look presentable and stunning at office hours. There is variety of choices from head to toe which may help one to look spectacular at office during summer.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong><img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/l2(1).jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; width: 80px; height: 198px;" />Playing with Colours</strong></span></div> <div> In terms of clothes, choose something that is light in colour like cream or khaki. Also own many white clothes because white will give a refreshing look and will help you look smart and classy during office time. Select fabrics such as silk or linen. A light coloured shirt dress will look amazing in office. Similarly, you can pair up a black pencil skirt with stylish navy blue blouse or other printed shirts. You can opt for simple tailored dresses and wear it with light ornaments. Transparent shirts are highly in fashion so pair up vibrant and colourful transparent shirts with simple cotton pants. Polka dotted dresses are also something which can give you a vigorous look.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong><img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/l3(1).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;height: 119px; width: 100px;" />Shoes selection</strong></span></div> <div> Among all the fashion wears, most of the women have shoe obsession. But obsession at times may create fashion blunder. Therefore, in order to avoid fashion disasters perfect combination of shoes and clothes is a must. Select shoe colours that match your outfit instead of colours that compete with your clothes. If you are wearing bright dress wear simple black heels. Black heels are perfect combination to any kind of clothing. Wear brown and black leather shoes as it will give more conservative look. Incorporate colourful heels only if you have less strict office dress code. Summer is the time to flaunt your sandals and espadrilles so wear them to work. Wear low heel sandal instead of high heels as it will give you more comfort.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong><img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/l4(1).jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;width: 100px; height: 131px;" />Flaunt varieties of bags </strong></span></div> <div> Accessories are greatest commodity for professionals. Amid all women’s accessories, a handbag is most important. Handbags are useful to stuff everything such as hand-written notes, an iPad, and snacks etc. Handbags are useful as well as fashionably appealing. There are multiple bags which can be useful for office hours such as messenger bag, tote, satchel and briefcases. If you’re preparing for a productive day at the office, always pick up a tote to keep things in order. Totes are sufficient enough to fit everything and at same time are sleek and stylish. Outer pockets in tote bags are useful for keeping everyday items like your phone, pen and lipstick. If you are searching for a perfect handbag to fit in your laptop or files then go for satchel. A briefcase is also perfect choice for formal meeting and it also gives you more vintage and professional look.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-11', 'modified' => '2014-03-11', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'The summer season is on the onset and with this changing season the selection of suitable office wear for women becomes little more cumbersome. With the swing in the temperature, the question of how to tackle the growing heat certainly becomes tricky. The confusion regarding our attire even accelerates if the office environment demands more strict dress codes, restricting our choices to only own formal pieces of clothing.', 'sortorder' => '2598', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2749', 'article_category_id' => '152', 'title' => 'Problems Of Nepali Garment', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> There are several causes for the poor performance of garment export from Nepal now a day. The main obstacles in the development of Nepal’s foreign trade with other countries are included as follows</div> <div> </div> <div> The main problem of garment sector is lack of raw materials and skilled and efficient manpower. The garment industry required variety of inputs. Materials for the garments and skilled manpower for designing, cutting, pattern making and stitching garments are the most important ones among them. But unit today none of these inputs have been in ample supply within the country</div> <div> </div> <div> Readymade garments industry basically has to depend on different required materials such as fabrics, threads, zippers, buttons, and labels and so on. Everything from the fabrics to the threads, sewing machine and needles has to be imported from another country. The locally produced fabrics and do not meet the standard required for the production so that the testing or production is also not as good in quality as compare to another countries</div> <div> </div> <div> Skilled manpower as labor inputs in another crucial factor for the development of garment industry and this also had to be imported from the neighboring country India till now</div> <div> </div> <div> Another problem of garment industry in the product and readymade garment industry’s export market has not been diversified equally. The exporters have not been able to tap the market potential other then the USA. Over 90% of the garments exports go to the USA. This is not good for Nepalese garment industry, because if this market is lost the whole industry would collapse. Thus it is necessary to explore new market for future prospective. Till now most of the garment producers depends upon Indian agent for their market abroad. So the producers should also develop direct contact with the prospective buyers. Nepalese producers must actively channels and low cost suppliers if they seek to penetrate new market</div> <div> </div> <div> Nepal’s position as exporter of readymade garments could be questionable of strict quality control system, are not measured and implemented. In Nepal garmentsmanufacturing methodological and procedures are mostly based on traditional system i.e. the time to go for production of high quality and should be the more appropriate for this industry.</div> <div> </div> <div> The main problem of Nepalese garment industry in phasing out of Multi Fiber Agreement (MFA) in taxable and clothing trade as agreed upon the GATT policy. Within ten years the GATT accord intends to fully phase out the bilateral agreement on these products which has been facility developing nations. The gradual phasing out of the MFA accord will make export quota, like the US has been allocating to exporting nations, will be meaningless. This means preferential treatment through quotas would be terminated and non discriminations quill come in to force globally. This intends to give equal opportunities to all exporting nations resulting in higher degree of competition on the world trade. In such a situation it could be much more difficult for Nepal to grab world market as it does no posses any particular input which gives comparative advantages. Thus, from all the above mentioned problems of garments any one can conclude that the garment industry in facing one of the worst crisis night at the moment. The government and the entrepreneurs should work out the strategy, short term as well as long term strategies for sustaining and development of garment industry. </div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <em>(Agencies )</em></div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-10', 'modified' => '2014-03-11', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'There are several causes for the poor performance of garment export from Nepal now a day. The main obstacles in the development of Nepal’s foreign trade with other countries are included as follows', 'sortorder' => '2597', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2756', 'article_category_id' => '213', 'title' => 'Business Briefs (10-16 March 2014)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <strong>Bajaj LED Lantern in Market</strong></div> <div> Bajaj has introduced a LED lantern in the market. The lantern uses 24 LEDs, and spreads light in 360 degrees because of its cylindrical design. According to the company, the lantern gives a battery backup of eight hours. Other features of the lantern include a battery of 2200 mAh, glowing switch and built in over and under charge protection among others. The lantern comes with a six-month manufacturer warranty. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Jagdamba Announces Winner of ‘Salaam Idea Contest’</strong></div> <div> Jagdamba Steels Pvt Ltd has announced the winner of its ‘Salaam Idea Contest’. The contest started on 6th January and ran through the official Facebook page of Jagdamba Steel. According to the company, there was enthusiastic participation in the contest with 31 entries. From among the entries, Dipu Shrestha was successful in generating maximum number of likes as vote and was declared the winner. The winner received a new Mahindra Rodeo Rz Scooter from Jagdamba Steels. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Ncell Provides Balance Transfer Service</strong></div> <div> Ncell has launched a new service under which Ncell prepaid subscribers can transfer their main balance to another prepaid numbers. The balance transfer service allows Ncell prepaid subscribers to transfer Rs 10 to Rs 200 at a time to other prepaid users. They can make such transfer for as much as three times a day. For the service, the subscriber will be charged Re 1 (excluding taxes) per transfer. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Dish Home’s ‘Apthyaro ma Udharo’ </strong></div> <div> Dish Home has introduced a new scheme titled ‘Apthyaro ma Udharo’ for emergency credit recharge. Through this scheme, Dish Home customers can extend their service for three days if TV signal is disconnected due to inadequate balance. To get this recharge credit, customers need to type credit cas id/account no (for eg credit 71900000000) and send an SMS to 2500. The process requires no extra payment expect for the credit itself, which would be reduced from the balance when the customers recharges the next time. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>LG Offers 10 years Warranty</strong></div> <div> LG Electronics is now offering its customers the world’s first 10 Year Warranty on its refrigerators and washing machines. The 10 Year Warranty is applicable for Linear Compressor refrigerators (all multi door refrigerators) and entire range of Front Loading Washing Machines. </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-10', 'modified' => '2014-03-10', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Bajaj has introduced a LED lantern in the market. The lantern uses 24 LEDs, and spreads light in 360 degrees because of its cylindrical design. According to the company, the lantern gives a battery backup of eight hours. Other features of the lantern include a battery of 2200 mAh, glowing switch and built in over and under charge protection among others. The lantern comes with a six-month manufacturer warranty.', 'sortorder' => '2596', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2755', 'article_category_id' => '199', 'title' => 'Tech Briefs (10-16 March 2014)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Soon, Shape-Shifting Smartphone Inspired by Rubik’s Puzzle</strong></span></div> <div> Scientists are developing gen-next smartphones that can be quickly transformed into the shape of an armband, a phone or a tablet to suit your needs. Researchers at Hasselt University iMinds in Belgium have developed a prototype phone called the ‘Paddle’, a single gadget that can be deformed physically into different shapes. The phone is inspired by Rubik’s Magic Puzzle, a device that consists eight square tiles that can be flipped and unfolded to form a variety of shapes. (Agency)</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Google Promises Fix for Battery Bug on Nexus 5</strong></span></div> <div> Facing unexplained battery drain on Nexus 5? You are not alone. Many Nexus 5 users have complained on Googles upport forums that they are facing unexplained battery drain when they use apps related to camera. A Google executive confirmed the bug. The executive said that it was related to the Qualcomm chip which is used for camera functions in the phone. He promised the company will fix it with the next software update. (The Economic Times)</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>New Tool to Prevent Smartphone Malware</strong></span></div> <div> Researchers have developed a new tool to detect and contain malware that attempts root exploits in Android devices to give hackers unfettered control of a user’s smartphone. The tool named Practical Root Exploit Containment (PREC) developed by North Carolina State University researchers improves on previous techniques by targeting code written in the C programming language - which is often used to create root exploit malware, whereas the bulk of Android applications are written in Java. (Agency)</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-10', 'modified' => '2014-03-10', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Scientists are developing gen-next smartphones that can be quickly transformed into the shape of an armband, a phone or a tablet to suit your needs. Researchers at Hasselt University iMinds in Belgium have developed a prototype phone called the ‘Paddle’, a single gadget that can be deformed physically into different shapes. The phone is inspired by Rubik’s Magic Puzzle, a device that consists eight square tiles that can be flipped and unfolded to form a variety of shapes. (Agency)', 'sortorder' => '2595', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2754', 'article_category_id' => '99', 'title' => 'Tourism Briefs (10-16 March 2014)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <strong>Bangkok Airways Starts Offering iPad Minis</strong></div> <div> Bangkok Airways has started offering its passengers in-flight entertainment for the first time, with the roll out of onboard iPad minis. Effective this week, the Thai airline will start offering the small tablets to its ‘Blue Ribbon’ business class passengers. These devices will come equipped with a range of content including new-release Hollywood movies, TV programmes, music and games. “Delivering an outstanding passenger experience is at the heart of our ethos at Bangkok Airways,” said Puttipong Prasarttong-Osoth, Bangkok Airways’ president. “We wanted to go an extra mile to ensure that our business class travellers’ flying experience is more pleasurable and enjoyable.” The iPad minis will be offered free-of-charge to all business class passengers, initially on the Bangkok-Maldives, Koh Samui-Hong Kong and Koh Samui-Singapore routes. <em>(Traveldailymedia.com)</em></div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>National Geographic Launches World Legacy Awards in Collaboration with ITB Berlin </strong></div> <div> The World Legacy Awards were launched at ITB Berlin in a groundbreaking collaboration between two giants in the world of travel. With a mission of “inspiring people to care about the planet,” the National Geographic Society reaches more than 500 million people worldwide each month through its magazines, television, books, radio, maps, exhibitions, expeditions and online, tablet and social media platforms. ITB Berlin is the largest travel gathering on the planet, attended annually by nearly 200,000 delegates. The World Legacy Awards will showcase the leading travel and tourism companies, organizations and destinations - ranging from airlines to eco-lodges and from cities to countries - that are driving the global transformation of the travel industry based upon sustainable tourism principles and practices. (Traveldailynews.com) </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Boeing 787 Dreamliners Jets Shows Hairline Cracks On the Wings</strong></div> <div> Boeing has disclosed that some of the planes about 40 of 787 Dreamliners had hairline cracks on the wings of the jets which are still in the production stage. The aerospace company is inspecting the 40 planes. It will take a week to address the issue and the company spokesperson said that the company is confident that the problem does not exist for any planes currently in service. Test flights are being conducted on the planes in question. The manufacturing process may be responsible for the cracks, Boeing (BA, Fortune 500). The date of delivery is likely to get delayed. Also the added cost on repair and possible minor increase in the weight of the plane will naturally put Boeing at a greater disadvantage, felt industry experts. Boeing, based in Chicago, said it immediately notified customers of potential delays. It said none of the jets affected by the problem have been delivered. Boeing shares fell 54 cents, or 0.4 percent, to $128.00 in after-hours trading. (Travelandtourworld.com)</div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Germany Set To Welcome 80 Million Global Travellers By 2020</strong></div> <div> 80 million overnights booked by foreign visitors in 2020 – this is the goal of the German National Tourism Board (DZT), which in 2013 saw figures close in on this target. At 71.9 million visitors, a new record was set. 75 per cent came from European countries, of whom the majority were Dutch, followed by the Swiss. In his speech, Klaus Laepple, president of DZT, struck a political note: “Germany’s tourism industry can only flourish if Germany’s neighbours are economically stable. If your heart beats for tourism then I urge you to vote in the European elections.” Speaking on Wednesday at ITB Berlin, Petra Hedorfer, head of the board of DZT, noted that the UK, Russia and Switzerland had recorded the highest growth rates. Germany was also the favourite holiday of the Swiss. For the last four years Germany had been the second most popular destination, behind Spain and ahead of France. (Travelandtourworld.com)</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-10', 'modified' => '2014-03-10', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Bangkok Airways has started offering its passengers in-flight entertainment for the first time, with the roll out of onboard iPad minis. Effective this week, the Thai airline will start offering the small tablets to its ‘Blue Ribbon’ business class passengers.', 'sortorder' => '2594', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2753', 'article_category_id' => '99', 'title' => 'Adhikari Wins Surya Nepal NPGA Match Play', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> Ramesh Adhikari defeated Deepak Thapa Magar to win the Surya Nepal NPGA Match Play, the seventh event under the Surya Nepal Golf Tour 2013-14 played at Royal Nepal Golf Club on Thursday. Adhikari registered a 2 and 1 victory in the all-RNGC final that was played over 36 holes. This is second career title for Adhikari. He had won the maiden career title at the Ghana Shyam Open in 2011 at the Army Club. With the title, Adhikari received Rs 50,000 while Deepak Thapa Magar earned Rs 30,000.</div> <div> </div> <div> Adhikari was 4-up after the first nine holes, while Deepak cut down the lead to two after the completion of 18 holes. Adhikari extended that to 3-up after 27 holes and completed the victory on the 35th hole. Earlier, Shiva Ram Shrestha of RNGC defeated third-seeded Sanjay Lama of Tribhuvan Army Officers Golf Club 3 and 2 in the third place match. Shiva Ram pocketed 22,000, while Sanjay got Rs 18,000. </div> <div> </div> <div> Four losing quarter finalists Deepak Acharya, Dhana Thapa, Ramesh Nagarkoti and Toran Bikram Shahi earned Rs 10,000 each, while eight pros who lost in the first round, Sachin Bhattarai, Surya Prasad Sharma, Pashupati Sharma, Ram Thapa, Umesh Nagarkoti, CB Bhandari, Mani Rai and Rabi Khadka got Rs 5,000 each.</div> <div> </div> <div> President of Nepal Professional Golfers Association Rabindra Man Shrestha, Brand Manager of Surya Nepal Pvt Ltd Keshav Pradhan and Advisor of Nepal PGA Ghana Shyam Thapa handed over the prizes to the winners.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-10', 'modified' => '2014-03-10', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Ramesh Adhikari defeated Deepak Thapa Magar to win the Surya Nepal NPGA Match Play, the seventh event under the Surya Nepal Golf Tour 2013-14 played at Royal Nepal Golf Club on Thursday. Adhikari registered a 2 and 1 victory in the all-RNGC final that was played over 36 holes. This is second career title for Adhikari. He had won the maiden career title at the Ghana Shyam Open in 2011 at the Army Club. With the title, Adhikari received Rs 50,000 while Deepak Thapa Magar earned Rs 30,000.', 'sortorder' => '2593', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2752', 'article_category_id' => '99', 'title' => 'Etihad Announces 2013 Financial Results', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> Etihad Airways has announced its financial results for 2013 with net profit up by 48 per cent to USD 62 million on revenues up 27 per cent to USD 6.1 billion. The airline also saw earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) up by 22 per cent to USD 208 million and earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, amortisation and rentals (EBITDAR) up 30 per cent to USD 979 million, a margin of 16 per cent of total revenues. This marked the third successive year of net profitability in the airline’s tenth year of operation.</div> <div> </div> <div> “This is another important step forward in our journey as a growing, commercially successful business. We have hit every financial target for each of the last seven years, bringing sustainable profitability to a business which has grown from just US$300 million in revenues in 2005 to more than US$6 billion today,” said James Hogan, President and Chief Executive Officer of Etihad Airways.</div> <div> </div> <div> The result showed revenue increase by 27 per cent to USD 6.1 billion (USD 4.8 billion in 2012) on passenger numbers up 12 per cent to 11.5 million (10.3 million).</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-10', 'modified' => '2014-03-10', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Etihad Airways has announced its financial results for 2013 with net profit up by 48 per cent to USD 62 million on revenues up 27 per cent to USD 6.1 billion. The airline also saw earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) up by 22 per cent to USD 208 million and earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, amortisation and rentals (EBITDAR) up 30 per cent to USD 979 million, a margin of 16 per cent of total revenues. This marked the third successive year of net profitability in the airline’s tenth year of operation.', 'sortorder' => '2592', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2751', 'article_category_id' => '99', 'title' => 'Qatar Adds Flights To Johannesburg', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> Qatar Airways is enhancing its operations to South Africa by increasing weekly frequencies to Johannesburg and by deploying new Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft from 1st May. Three flights per week will be added to the current daily schedule to Johannesburg, bringing the total frequency on the route to 10 services each week. According to a statement from the airline, the new services will significantly improve connections to destinations across Qatar Airways’ global network, and will particularly offer business and leisure passengers excellent daily connections to popular routes in the Far East such as Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo and Manila.</div> <div> </div> <div> To coincide with the start of the additional services, Qatar Airways will also be introducing the state-of-the art Boeing 787 Dreamliner on all services to South Africa. This aircraft will offer passengers an enhanced travel experience with unparalleled levels of service and comfort, and will be enjoyed by all passengers flying with Qatar Airways from Cape Town and Johannesburg as well as from Mozambique’s capital city, Maputo, further says the statement. </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-10', 'modified' => '2014-03-10', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Qatar Airways is enhancing its operations to South Africa by increasing weekly frequencies to Johannesburg and by deploying new Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft from 1st May. 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According to Rena Sharma, Marketing and Public Relations Manager at Soaltee, the new technology used will provide excellent internet services to its guests. Hotel guests will be able to use four concurrent devices at the same time, and the new installations will also be beneficial for conducting high profile MICE events.</div> <div> </div> <div> These modern features are not only available in guest rooms and banquet halls, but also across all the indoor and outdoor public areas of the hotel. Guests can use higher bandwidth anywhere without any signal disturbance and also upgrade the bandwidth as required for their business needs without any delay. The network for each guest is virtually separate and protected from malicious activities and virus attacks by other users. Guests will be allowed to purchase internet connectivity directly from the Wi-Fi network. All the IHG Reward Club members have free access to this service as per InterContinental Hotel Group brand standard. </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-10', 'modified' => '2014-03-10', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Soaltee Crowne Plaza has recently installed modern internet equipments in its premises. The newly installed equipments include outdoor and indoor Wi-Fi access points, switches and servers for enabling consistent connectivity and wide network coverage along with multimedia support.', 'sortorder' => '2590', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2748', 'article_category_id' => '108', 'title' => 'Money Matters News In Brief (10-16 March 2014)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>NIC ASIA’s 16th AGM Held</strong></span></div> <div> NIC Asia Bank held its 16th Annual General Meeting in Biratnagar on 28th February. This is the first AGM held after the commencement of the operation as NIC ASIA Bank, formed through the merger of former NIC Bank and Bank of Asia. The AGM has approved the issue of cash dividend of Rs 20 per share for the year 2012/2013. Dividend will be distributed from 4th March 2014. For the fiscal year, the Bank’s deposit reached Rs 39.91 billion, lending to Rs 31.55 billion and posted a net profit of Rs 642 million. Jagadish Prasad Agrawal, Trilok Chandra Agrawal, Tulsiram Agrawal, Lokmanya Golcha and Ramchandra Sanghai were elected from the promoters shareholders group in the AGM. Similarly, Rajendra Prasad Aryal, Birendra Kumar Sanghai and Binod Kumar Pyakurel were elected unanimously for another term from public shareholders group as directors.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Everest Bank’s 73rd ATM at Machhapokhari</strong></span></div> <div> Everest Bank Limited has installed a new ATM at Machhapokhari. With this, the network of the Bank has now reached to 73 ATMs along with 50 branches, five Extension Counters and 22 Revenue Collection Counters. The ATM was inaugurated by Chief Executive Officer of the Bank AK Ahluwalia. The inaugural function was also attended by other dignitaries including brand ambassador of the Bank Sadichha Shrestha. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Nepal SBI Bank Launches Indian Railway Ticket Booking Utility </strong></span></div> <div> Nepal SBI Bank Ltd has started online ticket booking services for Indian trains for its customers. The service was started by Indian ambassador to Nepal Ranjit Rae on 28th February amid a ceremony. Deputy Governor Maha Prasad Adhikari participated in the ceremony as the special guest. According to a press statement from the Bank, the online ticket services provided through its online portal is the first of its kind in Nepal and is expected to benefit Nepalis who visit India for various proposes. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Kumari Bank’s ATM at Balkhu </strong></span></div> <div> Kumari Bank Limited has installed a new ATM at Balkhu on 5th March, 2014. The Bank has been providing modern banking services to its customers through 28 branches, two extension counters and 39 ATM locations throughout the country. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Apex Development Bank Gets New CEO</strong></div> <div> Gobind Prasad Upadhyay has been appointed as the new CEO of Apex Development Bank. A recent meeting of Board of Directors of the Bank made the decision. Upadhyaya has been associated with various banks and financial institutions for the past 14 years. Prior to joining Apex Development Bank, he was the CEO of Jyoti Bikash Bank. </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-10', 'modified' => '2014-03-10', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'NIC Asia Bank held its 16th Annual General Meeting in Biratnagar on 28th February. 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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh conveyed this to his Bhutanese counterpart Tshering Tobgay when they met on 4th March, Tuesday on the sidelines of the 3rd BIMSTEC Summit in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. </div> <div> </div> <div> The approved amount of Rs 1,765 crore would be released in April after the completion of internal procedures within the Government of India, according to a press release from Bhutan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Singh also conveyed Indian government's approval of the draft Intergovernmental Agreement between Bhutan and India concerning the development of Joint Venture Hydropower Projects. Under the draft agreement - expected to be signed soon - four projects have been identified: the Kholongchhu project (600 MW), the Wangchhu (570 MW), the Chamkharchhu (770 MW) and Bunakha (180 MW). Work on the Kholongchhu project can start as soon as the Intergovernmental Joint Venture is signed between the two countries, the release said. (The Economic Times)</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-10', 'modified' => '2014-03-24', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'India has approved Rs 1,765 crore as the interim cost escalation for Bhutan's Punatshangchu I hydropower project. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh conveyed this to his Bhutanese counterpart Tshering Tobgay when they met on 4th March, Tuesday on the sidelines of the 3rd BIMSTEC Summit in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar.', 'sortorder' => '2602', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2758', 'article_category_id' => '212', 'title' => 'AP Review: Sony Xperia Z2', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Anick Jesdanun, AP Technology Writer </strong></div> <div> </div> <div> <img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/b1(1).jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;width: 300px; height: 437px;" />I typically have headphones on when I’m home in New York, whether it’s during a jog or a commute. I often crank the volume up, at the risk of hearing loss, so that I could hear my favorite podcasts over loud subways and honking cars. I was excited to see noise-cancelling technology in Sony’s new Xperia Z2 smartphone. I’ve resisted investing in pricey noise-cancelling sets because I’m prone to lose or break them. If it’s going to be built into a phone, perhaps I can use that instead of my iPod. Alas, I find the new feature to be more promise than practical, based on the brief time I had with the phone at this week’s Mobile World Congress wireless show in Barcelona, Spain.</div> <div> </div> <div> But first, I’ll go through other features that may appeal to some people. </div> <div> </div> <div> The phone is due to come out in March. Sony hasn’t announced a price, though its phones typically sell for $500 to $600 in the US without subsidies or a contract.Sony’s smartphones are distinctive in being waterproof. It’s not something I’ve felt that I’ve needed, but you might find it useful if you work as a lifeguard or live near a beach.</div> <div> </div> <div> That’s even better than the 16 megapixels in Samsung’s new Galaxy S5. But lens quality and the focus mechanism are also important. I didn’t get to try out the Z2’s camera, but it’s the same one in the Xperia Z1s, which I’ve had mixed results with. It’s impressive that the phone can capture video with four times the details as full high-definition video. </div> <div> </div> <div> But 4K displays are still expensive, so you won’t appreciate the extra sharpness for a while. It’s more for people who want to take quality video now for the day 4K becomes more common.</div> <div> </div> <div> Now, back to the noise. The phone analyzes ambient noise and produces a countering signal. In simple terms, if the noise is a 7, the phone subtracts 7 to bring it to zero. If the noise is a 5, the phone subtracts 5.</div> <div> </div> <div> Unfortunately, it requires special in-ear headphones, which Sony is selling for 60 euros ($82). A sensor in the earpiece detects the noise, so the phone knows what countering signal to send. This approach keeps the headphones smaller and cheaper than typical noise-cancelling headphones. Noise cancellation is optimized for the office, for planes and for buses or trains. You choose one in the settings. I tried the headphones surrounded by simulated train and plane noise. The technology works, but it doesn’t filter out the external noise completely. It also requires me to press the earpiece deep into my ears to notice a difference.</div> <div> </div> <div> Sony tells me the earpiece covers come in three sizes, so a larger one might have helped. I look forward to testing the feature more thoroughly. For now, I’ll keep my iPod. (AP)</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-11', 'modified' => '2014-03-12', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'I typically have headphones on when I’m home in New York, whether it’s during a jog or a commute. I often crank the volume up, at the risk of hearing loss, so that I could hear my favorite podcasts over loud subways and honking cars. I was excited to see noise-cancelling technology in Sony’s new Xperia Z2 smartphone. I’ve resisted investing in pricey noise-cancelling sets because I’m prone to lose or break them. If it’s going to be built into a phone, perhaps I can use that instead of my iPod. Alas, I find the new feature to be more promise than practical, based on the brief time I had with the phone at this week’s Mobile World Congress wireless show in Barcelona, Spain.', 'sortorder' => '2601', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2759', 'article_category_id' => '212', 'title' => 'Micromax Canvas Knight Launched At INR 19,999', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/b2(1).jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; width: 122px; height: 250px;" />Indian handset firm Micromax has launched its first octa-core processor powered smartphone, Canvas Knight, at a price of Rs 19,999. The dual-sim phone sports a 5-inch full-HD(1080 X 1920p) IPS display made by Sharp. The Canvas Knight is powered by a 2GHz MediaTek octa-core processor, ARM Mali450 graphics and 2GB RAM. It sports a 16MP rear camera that comes with OmniVision's CameraChip sensor and the M8 Largan Lens. It's worth pointing out that the Gionee Elife E7 features a similar camera module. The phone has an 8MP front-facing camera. It comes with 32GB internal storage and runs Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. The phone doesn't feature a microSD card slot. </div> <div> </div> <div> Canvas Knight A350 also comes with a Yamaha Amplifier for enhanced audio output and a 2350mAh battery. In terms of connectivity, the phone supports Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi and 3G. It comes with several pre-loaded apps including Hike, Spuul, Opera, M! Live, M! Security, M! Vault, Real Steel, Where is my water, Where is my perry, Getit, BBM, True caller and Kingsoft Office. The phone will be available in 3 colour variants - Black, White and Gold and Black and Gold, and will be sold exclusively via the company's official online webstore. Other Mediatek octa-core processor powered phones available in the Indian market include Intex Aqua Octa and WickedLeak Wammy Passion X. <em>(The Times of India)</em></div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-11', 'modified' => '2014-03-11', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Indian handset firm Micromax has launched its first octa-core processor powered smartphone, Canvas Knight, at a price of Rs 19,999. The dual-sim phone sports a 5-inch full-HD(1080 X 1920p) IPS display made by Sharp.', 'sortorder' => '2600', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2737', 'article_category_id' => '139', 'title' => 'Nepal And The World News In Brief (10 - 16 March 2014)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Newsweek Relaunches Print Edition</strong></span></div> <div> Current affairs magazine Newsweek has relaunched its print edition. The move comes just months after the US magazine was bought by digital news company IBT Media. Newsweek discontinued its print edition in December 2012 after 80 years, amid falling advertising revenues as readers moved towards online publications. However, the new owners say they have worked out a business model that does not rely heavily on ad revenue.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Japan Decides Bitcoin is not a Currency</strong></span></div> <div> Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s cabinet said on Friday that bitcoin, the world’s most well-known form of virtual money, is not a currency, but would be taxable. Tokyo defined bitcoin as a product that is not handled by banks and securities houses. It also added that consumption tax would be levied on purchases of the virtual currency and income tax would be imposed on profits from its sale. The decision came a week after the collapse of the Tokyo-based Mt Gox, one of the largest exchanges for the virtual currency. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Chinese Solar Company in Landmark Default</strong></span></div> <div> The Chinese Solar panel maker Shanghai Chaori Solar Energy Science & Technology has defaulted on interest payments owed on its bond, say media reports quoting the firm.It is the first Chinese firm ever to default on its onshore corporate bonds. On Tuesday, the firm warned it would be unable to make a 89.8 million yuan ($14.6m) interest payment on a one billion yuan bond issued in 2012.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Eurostar Passenger Figures Topped 10 mn</strong></span></div> <div> British Cross-channel train operator Eurostar says it carried more than 10 million passengers last year for the first time, as the economic recovery lifted demand for business travel. Revenues from ticket sales rose 7 per cent to £857m in 2013, while operating profit was up 4 per cent to £54m. Passenger numbers hit 10.1 million - the first time Eurostar has broken the 10 million mark since it began in 1994. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>US Manufacturing Activity Picks Up</strong></span></div> <div> US manufacturing activity expanded at a faster-than-expected rate in February. The Institute for Supply Management’s (ISM) manufacturing index rose to 53.2 from 51.3 in January. A reading above 50 indicates expansion. </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-10', 'modified' => '2014-03-11', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Current affairs magazine Newsweek has relaunched its print edition. The move comes just months after the US magazine was bought by digital news company IBT Media. Newsweek discontinued its print edition in December 2012 after 80 years, amid falling advertising revenues as readers moved towards online publications. However, the new owners say they have worked out a business model that does not rely heavily on ad revenue.', 'sortorder' => '2599', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2757', 'article_category_id' => '201', 'title' => 'Summer Style Statement For Women', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Angila Sharma</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> The summer season is on the onset and with this changing season the selection of suitable office wear for women becomes little more cumbersome. With the swing in the temperature, the question of how to tackle the growing heat certainly becomes tricky. The confusion regarding our attire even accelerates if the office environment demands more strict dress codes, restricting our choices to only own formal pieces of clothing.</div> <div> </div> <div> Nevertheless this confusion can be tackled as summer is the season where you have plenty of choices in clothing. We can play with ranges of colours in summer. We can contrast our clothing and look presentable and stunning at office hours. There is variety of choices from head to toe which may help one to look spectacular at office during summer.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong><img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/l2(1).jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; width: 80px; height: 198px;" />Playing with Colours</strong></span></div> <div> In terms of clothes, choose something that is light in colour like cream or khaki. Also own many white clothes because white will give a refreshing look and will help you look smart and classy during office time. Select fabrics such as silk or linen. A light coloured shirt dress will look amazing in office. Similarly, you can pair up a black pencil skirt with stylish navy blue blouse or other printed shirts. You can opt for simple tailored dresses and wear it with light ornaments. Transparent shirts are highly in fashion so pair up vibrant and colourful transparent shirts with simple cotton pants. Polka dotted dresses are also something which can give you a vigorous look.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong><img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/l3(1).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;height: 119px; width: 100px;" />Shoes selection</strong></span></div> <div> Among all the fashion wears, most of the women have shoe obsession. But obsession at times may create fashion blunder. Therefore, in order to avoid fashion disasters perfect combination of shoes and clothes is a must. Select shoe colours that match your outfit instead of colours that compete with your clothes. If you are wearing bright dress wear simple black heels. Black heels are perfect combination to any kind of clothing. Wear brown and black leather shoes as it will give more conservative look. Incorporate colourful heels only if you have less strict office dress code. Summer is the time to flaunt your sandals and espadrilles so wear them to work. Wear low heel sandal instead of high heels as it will give you more comfort.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong><img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/l4(1).jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;width: 100px; height: 131px;" />Flaunt varieties of bags </strong></span></div> <div> Accessories are greatest commodity for professionals. Amid all women’s accessories, a handbag is most important. Handbags are useful to stuff everything such as hand-written notes, an iPad, and snacks etc. Handbags are useful as well as fashionably appealing. There are multiple bags which can be useful for office hours such as messenger bag, tote, satchel and briefcases. If you’re preparing for a productive day at the office, always pick up a tote to keep things in order. Totes are sufficient enough to fit everything and at same time are sleek and stylish. Outer pockets in tote bags are useful for keeping everyday items like your phone, pen and lipstick. If you are searching for a perfect handbag to fit in your laptop or files then go for satchel. A briefcase is also perfect choice for formal meeting and it also gives you more vintage and professional look.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-11', 'modified' => '2014-03-11', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'The summer season is on the onset and with this changing season the selection of suitable office wear for women becomes little more cumbersome. With the swing in the temperature, the question of how to tackle the growing heat certainly becomes tricky. The confusion regarding our attire even accelerates if the office environment demands more strict dress codes, restricting our choices to only own formal pieces of clothing.', 'sortorder' => '2598', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2749', 'article_category_id' => '152', 'title' => 'Problems Of Nepali Garment', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> There are several causes for the poor performance of garment export from Nepal now a day. The main obstacles in the development of Nepal’s foreign trade with other countries are included as follows</div> <div> </div> <div> The main problem of garment sector is lack of raw materials and skilled and efficient manpower. The garment industry required variety of inputs. Materials for the garments and skilled manpower for designing, cutting, pattern making and stitching garments are the most important ones among them. But unit today none of these inputs have been in ample supply within the country</div> <div> </div> <div> Readymade garments industry basically has to depend on different required materials such as fabrics, threads, zippers, buttons, and labels and so on. Everything from the fabrics to the threads, sewing machine and needles has to be imported from another country. The locally produced fabrics and do not meet the standard required for the production so that the testing or production is also not as good in quality as compare to another countries</div> <div> </div> <div> Skilled manpower as labor inputs in another crucial factor for the development of garment industry and this also had to be imported from the neighboring country India till now</div> <div> </div> <div> Another problem of garment industry in the product and readymade garment industry’s export market has not been diversified equally. The exporters have not been able to tap the market potential other then the USA. Over 90% of the garments exports go to the USA. This is not good for Nepalese garment industry, because if this market is lost the whole industry would collapse. Thus it is necessary to explore new market for future prospective. Till now most of the garment producers depends upon Indian agent for their market abroad. So the producers should also develop direct contact with the prospective buyers. Nepalese producers must actively channels and low cost suppliers if they seek to penetrate new market</div> <div> </div> <div> Nepal’s position as exporter of readymade garments could be questionable of strict quality control system, are not measured and implemented. In Nepal garmentsmanufacturing methodological and procedures are mostly based on traditional system i.e. the time to go for production of high quality and should be the more appropriate for this industry.</div> <div> </div> <div> The main problem of Nepalese garment industry in phasing out of Multi Fiber Agreement (MFA) in taxable and clothing trade as agreed upon the GATT policy. Within ten years the GATT accord intends to fully phase out the bilateral agreement on these products which has been facility developing nations. The gradual phasing out of the MFA accord will make export quota, like the US has been allocating to exporting nations, will be meaningless. This means preferential treatment through quotas would be terminated and non discriminations quill come in to force globally. This intends to give equal opportunities to all exporting nations resulting in higher degree of competition on the world trade. In such a situation it could be much more difficult for Nepal to grab world market as it does no posses any particular input which gives comparative advantages. Thus, from all the above mentioned problems of garments any one can conclude that the garment industry in facing one of the worst crisis night at the moment. The government and the entrepreneurs should work out the strategy, short term as well as long term strategies for sustaining and development of garment industry. </div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <em>(Agencies )</em></div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-10', 'modified' => '2014-03-11', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'There are several causes for the poor performance of garment export from Nepal now a day. The main obstacles in the development of Nepal’s foreign trade with other countries are included as follows', 'sortorder' => '2597', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2756', 'article_category_id' => '213', 'title' => 'Business Briefs (10-16 March 2014)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <strong>Bajaj LED Lantern in Market</strong></div> <div> Bajaj has introduced a LED lantern in the market. The lantern uses 24 LEDs, and spreads light in 360 degrees because of its cylindrical design. According to the company, the lantern gives a battery backup of eight hours. Other features of the lantern include a battery of 2200 mAh, glowing switch and built in over and under charge protection among others. The lantern comes with a six-month manufacturer warranty. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Jagdamba Announces Winner of ‘Salaam Idea Contest’</strong></div> <div> Jagdamba Steels Pvt Ltd has announced the winner of its ‘Salaam Idea Contest’. The contest started on 6th January and ran through the official Facebook page of Jagdamba Steel. According to the company, there was enthusiastic participation in the contest with 31 entries. From among the entries, Dipu Shrestha was successful in generating maximum number of likes as vote and was declared the winner. The winner received a new Mahindra Rodeo Rz Scooter from Jagdamba Steels. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Ncell Provides Balance Transfer Service</strong></div> <div> Ncell has launched a new service under which Ncell prepaid subscribers can transfer their main balance to another prepaid numbers. The balance transfer service allows Ncell prepaid subscribers to transfer Rs 10 to Rs 200 at a time to other prepaid users. They can make such transfer for as much as three times a day. For the service, the subscriber will be charged Re 1 (excluding taxes) per transfer. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Dish Home’s ‘Apthyaro ma Udharo’ </strong></div> <div> Dish Home has introduced a new scheme titled ‘Apthyaro ma Udharo’ for emergency credit recharge. Through this scheme, Dish Home customers can extend their service for three days if TV signal is disconnected due to inadequate balance. To get this recharge credit, customers need to type credit cas id/account no (for eg credit 71900000000) and send an SMS to 2500. The process requires no extra payment expect for the credit itself, which would be reduced from the balance when the customers recharges the next time. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>LG Offers 10 years Warranty</strong></div> <div> LG Electronics is now offering its customers the world’s first 10 Year Warranty on its refrigerators and washing machines. The 10 Year Warranty is applicable for Linear Compressor refrigerators (all multi door refrigerators) and entire range of Front Loading Washing Machines. </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-10', 'modified' => '2014-03-10', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Bajaj has introduced a LED lantern in the market. The lantern uses 24 LEDs, and spreads light in 360 degrees because of its cylindrical design. According to the company, the lantern gives a battery backup of eight hours. Other features of the lantern include a battery of 2200 mAh, glowing switch and built in over and under charge protection among others. The lantern comes with a six-month manufacturer warranty.', 'sortorder' => '2596', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2755', 'article_category_id' => '199', 'title' => 'Tech Briefs (10-16 March 2014)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Soon, Shape-Shifting Smartphone Inspired by Rubik’s Puzzle</strong></span></div> <div> Scientists are developing gen-next smartphones that can be quickly transformed into the shape of an armband, a phone or a tablet to suit your needs. Researchers at Hasselt University iMinds in Belgium have developed a prototype phone called the ‘Paddle’, a single gadget that can be deformed physically into different shapes. The phone is inspired by Rubik’s Magic Puzzle, a device that consists eight square tiles that can be flipped and unfolded to form a variety of shapes. (Agency)</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Google Promises Fix for Battery Bug on Nexus 5</strong></span></div> <div> Facing unexplained battery drain on Nexus 5? You are not alone. Many Nexus 5 users have complained on Googles upport forums that they are facing unexplained battery drain when they use apps related to camera. A Google executive confirmed the bug. The executive said that it was related to the Qualcomm chip which is used for camera functions in the phone. He promised the company will fix it with the next software update. (The Economic Times)</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>New Tool to Prevent Smartphone Malware</strong></span></div> <div> Researchers have developed a new tool to detect and contain malware that attempts root exploits in Android devices to give hackers unfettered control of a user’s smartphone. The tool named Practical Root Exploit Containment (PREC) developed by North Carolina State University researchers improves on previous techniques by targeting code written in the C programming language - which is often used to create root exploit malware, whereas the bulk of Android applications are written in Java. (Agency)</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-10', 'modified' => '2014-03-10', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Scientists are developing gen-next smartphones that can be quickly transformed into the shape of an armband, a phone or a tablet to suit your needs. Researchers at Hasselt University iMinds in Belgium have developed a prototype phone called the ‘Paddle’, a single gadget that can be deformed physically into different shapes. The phone is inspired by Rubik’s Magic Puzzle, a device that consists eight square tiles that can be flipped and unfolded to form a variety of shapes. (Agency)', 'sortorder' => '2595', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2754', 'article_category_id' => '99', 'title' => 'Tourism Briefs (10-16 March 2014)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <strong>Bangkok Airways Starts Offering iPad Minis</strong></div> <div> Bangkok Airways has started offering its passengers in-flight entertainment for the first time, with the roll out of onboard iPad minis. Effective this week, the Thai airline will start offering the small tablets to its ‘Blue Ribbon’ business class passengers. These devices will come equipped with a range of content including new-release Hollywood movies, TV programmes, music and games. “Delivering an outstanding passenger experience is at the heart of our ethos at Bangkok Airways,” said Puttipong Prasarttong-Osoth, Bangkok Airways’ president. “We wanted to go an extra mile to ensure that our business class travellers’ flying experience is more pleasurable and enjoyable.” The iPad minis will be offered free-of-charge to all business class passengers, initially on the Bangkok-Maldives, Koh Samui-Hong Kong and Koh Samui-Singapore routes. <em>(Traveldailymedia.com)</em></div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>National Geographic Launches World Legacy Awards in Collaboration with ITB Berlin </strong></div> <div> The World Legacy Awards were launched at ITB Berlin in a groundbreaking collaboration between two giants in the world of travel. With a mission of “inspiring people to care about the planet,” the National Geographic Society reaches more than 500 million people worldwide each month through its magazines, television, books, radio, maps, exhibitions, expeditions and online, tablet and social media platforms. ITB Berlin is the largest travel gathering on the planet, attended annually by nearly 200,000 delegates. The World Legacy Awards will showcase the leading travel and tourism companies, organizations and destinations - ranging from airlines to eco-lodges and from cities to countries - that are driving the global transformation of the travel industry based upon sustainable tourism principles and practices. (Traveldailynews.com) </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Boeing 787 Dreamliners Jets Shows Hairline Cracks On the Wings</strong></div> <div> Boeing has disclosed that some of the planes about 40 of 787 Dreamliners had hairline cracks on the wings of the jets which are still in the production stage. The aerospace company is inspecting the 40 planes. It will take a week to address the issue and the company spokesperson said that the company is confident that the problem does not exist for any planes currently in service. Test flights are being conducted on the planes in question. The manufacturing process may be responsible for the cracks, Boeing (BA, Fortune 500). The date of delivery is likely to get delayed. Also the added cost on repair and possible minor increase in the weight of the plane will naturally put Boeing at a greater disadvantage, felt industry experts. Boeing, based in Chicago, said it immediately notified customers of potential delays. It said none of the jets affected by the problem have been delivered. Boeing shares fell 54 cents, or 0.4 percent, to $128.00 in after-hours trading. (Travelandtourworld.com)</div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Germany Set To Welcome 80 Million Global Travellers By 2020</strong></div> <div> 80 million overnights booked by foreign visitors in 2020 – this is the goal of the German National Tourism Board (DZT), which in 2013 saw figures close in on this target. At 71.9 million visitors, a new record was set. 75 per cent came from European countries, of whom the majority were Dutch, followed by the Swiss. In his speech, Klaus Laepple, president of DZT, struck a political note: “Germany’s tourism industry can only flourish if Germany’s neighbours are economically stable. If your heart beats for tourism then I urge you to vote in the European elections.” Speaking on Wednesday at ITB Berlin, Petra Hedorfer, head of the board of DZT, noted that the UK, Russia and Switzerland had recorded the highest growth rates. Germany was also the favourite holiday of the Swiss. For the last four years Germany had been the second most popular destination, behind Spain and ahead of France. (Travelandtourworld.com)</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-10', 'modified' => '2014-03-10', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Bangkok Airways has started offering its passengers in-flight entertainment for the first time, with the roll out of onboard iPad minis. Effective this week, the Thai airline will start offering the small tablets to its ‘Blue Ribbon’ business class passengers.', 'sortorder' => '2594', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2753', 'article_category_id' => '99', 'title' => 'Adhikari Wins Surya Nepal NPGA Match Play', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> Ramesh Adhikari defeated Deepak Thapa Magar to win the Surya Nepal NPGA Match Play, the seventh event under the Surya Nepal Golf Tour 2013-14 played at Royal Nepal Golf Club on Thursday. Adhikari registered a 2 and 1 victory in the all-RNGC final that was played over 36 holes. This is second career title for Adhikari. He had won the maiden career title at the Ghana Shyam Open in 2011 at the Army Club. With the title, Adhikari received Rs 50,000 while Deepak Thapa Magar earned Rs 30,000.</div> <div> </div> <div> Adhikari was 4-up after the first nine holes, while Deepak cut down the lead to two after the completion of 18 holes. Adhikari extended that to 3-up after 27 holes and completed the victory on the 35th hole. Earlier, Shiva Ram Shrestha of RNGC defeated third-seeded Sanjay Lama of Tribhuvan Army Officers Golf Club 3 and 2 in the third place match. Shiva Ram pocketed 22,000, while Sanjay got Rs 18,000. </div> <div> </div> <div> Four losing quarter finalists Deepak Acharya, Dhana Thapa, Ramesh Nagarkoti and Toran Bikram Shahi earned Rs 10,000 each, while eight pros who lost in the first round, Sachin Bhattarai, Surya Prasad Sharma, Pashupati Sharma, Ram Thapa, Umesh Nagarkoti, CB Bhandari, Mani Rai and Rabi Khadka got Rs 5,000 each.</div> <div> </div> <div> President of Nepal Professional Golfers Association Rabindra Man Shrestha, Brand Manager of Surya Nepal Pvt Ltd Keshav Pradhan and Advisor of Nepal PGA Ghana Shyam Thapa handed over the prizes to the winners.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-10', 'modified' => '2014-03-10', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Ramesh Adhikari defeated Deepak Thapa Magar to win the Surya Nepal NPGA Match Play, the seventh event under the Surya Nepal Golf Tour 2013-14 played at Royal Nepal Golf Club on Thursday. Adhikari registered a 2 and 1 victory in the all-RNGC final that was played over 36 holes. This is second career title for Adhikari. He had won the maiden career title at the Ghana Shyam Open in 2011 at the Army Club. With the title, Adhikari received Rs 50,000 while Deepak Thapa Magar earned Rs 30,000.', 'sortorder' => '2593', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2752', 'article_category_id' => '99', 'title' => 'Etihad Announces 2013 Financial Results', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> Etihad Airways has announced its financial results for 2013 with net profit up by 48 per cent to USD 62 million on revenues up 27 per cent to USD 6.1 billion. The airline also saw earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) up by 22 per cent to USD 208 million and earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, amortisation and rentals (EBITDAR) up 30 per cent to USD 979 million, a margin of 16 per cent of total revenues. This marked the third successive year of net profitability in the airline’s tenth year of operation.</div> <div> </div> <div> “This is another important step forward in our journey as a growing, commercially successful business. We have hit every financial target for each of the last seven years, bringing sustainable profitability to a business which has grown from just US$300 million in revenues in 2005 to more than US$6 billion today,” said James Hogan, President and Chief Executive Officer of Etihad Airways.</div> <div> </div> <div> The result showed revenue increase by 27 per cent to USD 6.1 billion (USD 4.8 billion in 2012) on passenger numbers up 12 per cent to 11.5 million (10.3 million).</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-10', 'modified' => '2014-03-10', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Etihad Airways has announced its financial results for 2013 with net profit up by 48 per cent to USD 62 million on revenues up 27 per cent to USD 6.1 billion. The airline also saw earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) up by 22 per cent to USD 208 million and earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, amortisation and rentals (EBITDAR) up 30 per cent to USD 979 million, a margin of 16 per cent of total revenues. This marked the third successive year of net profitability in the airline’s tenth year of operation.', 'sortorder' => '2592', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2751', 'article_category_id' => '99', 'title' => 'Qatar Adds Flights To Johannesburg', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> Qatar Airways is enhancing its operations to South Africa by increasing weekly frequencies to Johannesburg and by deploying new Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft from 1st May. Three flights per week will be added to the current daily schedule to Johannesburg, bringing the total frequency on the route to 10 services each week. According to a statement from the airline, the new services will significantly improve connections to destinations across Qatar Airways’ global network, and will particularly offer business and leisure passengers excellent daily connections to popular routes in the Far East such as Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo and Manila.</div> <div> </div> <div> To coincide with the start of the additional services, Qatar Airways will also be introducing the state-of-the art Boeing 787 Dreamliner on all services to South Africa. This aircraft will offer passengers an enhanced travel experience with unparalleled levels of service and comfort, and will be enjoyed by all passengers flying with Qatar Airways from Cape Town and Johannesburg as well as from Mozambique’s capital city, Maputo, further says the statement. </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-10', 'modified' => '2014-03-10', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Qatar Airways is enhancing its operations to South Africa by increasing weekly frequencies to Johannesburg and by deploying new Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft from 1st May. Three flights per week will be added to the current daily schedule to Johannesburg, bringing the total frequency on the route to 10 services each week.', 'sortorder' => '2591', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2750', 'article_category_id' => '99', 'title' => 'Soaltee Installs Latest Internet Technology', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <img alt="Soaltee Crowne Plaza" src="/userfiles/images/t1.jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; width: 250px; height: 179px;" />Soaltee Crowne Plaza has recently installed modern internet equipments in its premises. The newly installed equipments include outdoor and indoor Wi-Fi access points, switches and servers for enabling consistent connectivity and wide network coverage along with multimedia support. According to Rena Sharma, Marketing and Public Relations Manager at Soaltee, the new technology used will provide excellent internet services to its guests. Hotel guests will be able to use four concurrent devices at the same time, and the new installations will also be beneficial for conducting high profile MICE events.</div> <div> </div> <div> These modern features are not only available in guest rooms and banquet halls, but also across all the indoor and outdoor public areas of the hotel. Guests can use higher bandwidth anywhere without any signal disturbance and also upgrade the bandwidth as required for their business needs without any delay. The network for each guest is virtually separate and protected from malicious activities and virus attacks by other users. Guests will be allowed to purchase internet connectivity directly from the Wi-Fi network. All the IHG Reward Club members have free access to this service as per InterContinental Hotel Group brand standard. </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-10', 'modified' => '2014-03-10', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Soaltee Crowne Plaza has recently installed modern internet equipments in its premises. The newly installed equipments include outdoor and indoor Wi-Fi access points, switches and servers for enabling consistent connectivity and wide network coverage along with multimedia support.', 'sortorder' => '2590', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2748', 'article_category_id' => '108', 'title' => 'Money Matters News In Brief (10-16 March 2014)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>NIC ASIA’s 16th AGM Held</strong></span></div> <div> NIC Asia Bank held its 16th Annual General Meeting in Biratnagar on 28th February. This is the first AGM held after the commencement of the operation as NIC ASIA Bank, formed through the merger of former NIC Bank and Bank of Asia. The AGM has approved the issue of cash dividend of Rs 20 per share for the year 2012/2013. Dividend will be distributed from 4th March 2014. For the fiscal year, the Bank’s deposit reached Rs 39.91 billion, lending to Rs 31.55 billion and posted a net profit of Rs 642 million. Jagadish Prasad Agrawal, Trilok Chandra Agrawal, Tulsiram Agrawal, Lokmanya Golcha and Ramchandra Sanghai were elected from the promoters shareholders group in the AGM. Similarly, Rajendra Prasad Aryal, Birendra Kumar Sanghai and Binod Kumar Pyakurel were elected unanimously for another term from public shareholders group as directors.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Everest Bank’s 73rd ATM at Machhapokhari</strong></span></div> <div> Everest Bank Limited has installed a new ATM at Machhapokhari. With this, the network of the Bank has now reached to 73 ATMs along with 50 branches, five Extension Counters and 22 Revenue Collection Counters. The ATM was inaugurated by Chief Executive Officer of the Bank AK Ahluwalia. The inaugural function was also attended by other dignitaries including brand ambassador of the Bank Sadichha Shrestha. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Nepal SBI Bank Launches Indian Railway Ticket Booking Utility </strong></span></div> <div> Nepal SBI Bank Ltd has started online ticket booking services for Indian trains for its customers. The service was started by Indian ambassador to Nepal Ranjit Rae on 28th February amid a ceremony. Deputy Governor Maha Prasad Adhikari participated in the ceremony as the special guest. According to a press statement from the Bank, the online ticket services provided through its online portal is the first of its kind in Nepal and is expected to benefit Nepalis who visit India for various proposes. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Kumari Bank’s ATM at Balkhu </strong></span></div> <div> Kumari Bank Limited has installed a new ATM at Balkhu on 5th March, 2014. The Bank has been providing modern banking services to its customers through 28 branches, two extension counters and 39 ATM locations throughout the country. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Apex Development Bank Gets New CEO</strong></div> <div> Gobind Prasad Upadhyay has been appointed as the new CEO of Apex Development Bank. A recent meeting of Board of Directors of the Bank made the decision. Upadhyaya has been associated with various banks and financial institutions for the past 14 years. Prior to joining Apex Development Bank, he was the CEO of Jyoti Bikash Bank. </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-10', 'modified' => '2014-03-10', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'NIC Asia Bank held its 16th Annual General Meeting in Biratnagar on 28th February. 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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh conveyed this to his Bhutanese counterpart Tshering Tobgay when they met on 4th March, Tuesday on the sidelines of the 3rd BIMSTEC Summit in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. </div> <div> </div> <div> The approved amount of Rs 1,765 crore would be released in April after the completion of internal procedures within the Government of India, according to a press release from Bhutan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Singh also conveyed Indian government's approval of the draft Intergovernmental Agreement between Bhutan and India concerning the development of Joint Venture Hydropower Projects. Under the draft agreement - expected to be signed soon - four projects have been identified: the Kholongchhu project (600 MW), the Wangchhu (570 MW), the Chamkharchhu (770 MW) and Bunakha (180 MW). Work on the Kholongchhu project can start as soon as the Intergovernmental Joint Venture is signed between the two countries, the release said. (The Economic Times)</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-10', 'modified' => '2014-03-24', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'India has approved Rs 1,765 crore as the interim cost escalation for Bhutan's Punatshangchu I hydropower project. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh conveyed this to his Bhutanese counterpart Tshering Tobgay when they met on 4th March, Tuesday on the sidelines of the 3rd BIMSTEC Summit in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar.', 'sortorder' => '2602', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2758', 'article_category_id' => '212', 'title' => 'AP Review: Sony Xperia Z2', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Anick Jesdanun, AP Technology Writer </strong></div> <div> </div> <div> <img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/b1(1).jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;width: 300px; height: 437px;" />I typically have headphones on when I’m home in New York, whether it’s during a jog or a commute. I often crank the volume up, at the risk of hearing loss, so that I could hear my favorite podcasts over loud subways and honking cars. I was excited to see noise-cancelling technology in Sony’s new Xperia Z2 smartphone. I’ve resisted investing in pricey noise-cancelling sets because I’m prone to lose or break them. If it’s going to be built into a phone, perhaps I can use that instead of my iPod. Alas, I find the new feature to be more promise than practical, based on the brief time I had with the phone at this week’s Mobile World Congress wireless show in Barcelona, Spain.</div> <div> </div> <div> But first, I’ll go through other features that may appeal to some people. </div> <div> </div> <div> The phone is due to come out in March. Sony hasn’t announced a price, though its phones typically sell for $500 to $600 in the US without subsidies or a contract.Sony’s smartphones are distinctive in being waterproof. It’s not something I’ve felt that I’ve needed, but you might find it useful if you work as a lifeguard or live near a beach.</div> <div> </div> <div> That’s even better than the 16 megapixels in Samsung’s new Galaxy S5. But lens quality and the focus mechanism are also important. I didn’t get to try out the Z2’s camera, but it’s the same one in the Xperia Z1s, which I’ve had mixed results with. It’s impressive that the phone can capture video with four times the details as full high-definition video. </div> <div> </div> <div> But 4K displays are still expensive, so you won’t appreciate the extra sharpness for a while. It’s more for people who want to take quality video now for the day 4K becomes more common.</div> <div> </div> <div> Now, back to the noise. The phone analyzes ambient noise and produces a countering signal. In simple terms, if the noise is a 7, the phone subtracts 7 to bring it to zero. If the noise is a 5, the phone subtracts 5.</div> <div> </div> <div> Unfortunately, it requires special in-ear headphones, which Sony is selling for 60 euros ($82). A sensor in the earpiece detects the noise, so the phone knows what countering signal to send. This approach keeps the headphones smaller and cheaper than typical noise-cancelling headphones. Noise cancellation is optimized for the office, for planes and for buses or trains. You choose one in the settings. I tried the headphones surrounded by simulated train and plane noise. The technology works, but it doesn’t filter out the external noise completely. It also requires me to press the earpiece deep into my ears to notice a difference.</div> <div> </div> <div> Sony tells me the earpiece covers come in three sizes, so a larger one might have helped. I look forward to testing the feature more thoroughly. For now, I’ll keep my iPod. (AP)</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-11', 'modified' => '2014-03-12', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'I typically have headphones on when I’m home in New York, whether it’s during a jog or a commute. I often crank the volume up, at the risk of hearing loss, so that I could hear my favorite podcasts over loud subways and honking cars. I was excited to see noise-cancelling technology in Sony’s new Xperia Z2 smartphone. I’ve resisted investing in pricey noise-cancelling sets because I’m prone to lose or break them. If it’s going to be built into a phone, perhaps I can use that instead of my iPod. Alas, I find the new feature to be more promise than practical, based on the brief time I had with the phone at this week’s Mobile World Congress wireless show in Barcelona, Spain.', 'sortorder' => '2601', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2759', 'article_category_id' => '212', 'title' => 'Micromax Canvas Knight Launched At INR 19,999', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/b2(1).jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; width: 122px; height: 250px;" />Indian handset firm Micromax has launched its first octa-core processor powered smartphone, Canvas Knight, at a price of Rs 19,999. The dual-sim phone sports a 5-inch full-HD(1080 X 1920p) IPS display made by Sharp. The Canvas Knight is powered by a 2GHz MediaTek octa-core processor, ARM Mali450 graphics and 2GB RAM. It sports a 16MP rear camera that comes with OmniVision's CameraChip sensor and the M8 Largan Lens. It's worth pointing out that the Gionee Elife E7 features a similar camera module. The phone has an 8MP front-facing camera. It comes with 32GB internal storage and runs Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. The phone doesn't feature a microSD card slot. </div> <div> </div> <div> Canvas Knight A350 also comes with a Yamaha Amplifier for enhanced audio output and a 2350mAh battery. In terms of connectivity, the phone supports Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi and 3G. It comes with several pre-loaded apps including Hike, Spuul, Opera, M! Live, M! Security, M! Vault, Real Steel, Where is my water, Where is my perry, Getit, BBM, True caller and Kingsoft Office. The phone will be available in 3 colour variants - Black, White and Gold and Black and Gold, and will be sold exclusively via the company's official online webstore. Other Mediatek octa-core processor powered phones available in the Indian market include Intex Aqua Octa and WickedLeak Wammy Passion X. <em>(The Times of India)</em></div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-11', 'modified' => '2014-03-11', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Indian handset firm Micromax has launched its first octa-core processor powered smartphone, Canvas Knight, at a price of Rs 19,999. The dual-sim phone sports a 5-inch full-HD(1080 X 1920p) IPS display made by Sharp.', 'sortorder' => '2600', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2737', 'article_category_id' => '139', 'title' => 'Nepal And The World News In Brief (10 - 16 March 2014)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Newsweek Relaunches Print Edition</strong></span></div> <div> Current affairs magazine Newsweek has relaunched its print edition. The move comes just months after the US magazine was bought by digital news company IBT Media. Newsweek discontinued its print edition in December 2012 after 80 years, amid falling advertising revenues as readers moved towards online publications. However, the new owners say they have worked out a business model that does not rely heavily on ad revenue.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Japan Decides Bitcoin is not a Currency</strong></span></div> <div> Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s cabinet said on Friday that bitcoin, the world’s most well-known form of virtual money, is not a currency, but would be taxable. Tokyo defined bitcoin as a product that is not handled by banks and securities houses. It also added that consumption tax would be levied on purchases of the virtual currency and income tax would be imposed on profits from its sale. The decision came a week after the collapse of the Tokyo-based Mt Gox, one of the largest exchanges for the virtual currency. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Chinese Solar Company in Landmark Default</strong></span></div> <div> The Chinese Solar panel maker Shanghai Chaori Solar Energy Science & Technology has defaulted on interest payments owed on its bond, say media reports quoting the firm.It is the first Chinese firm ever to default on its onshore corporate bonds. On Tuesday, the firm warned it would be unable to make a 89.8 million yuan ($14.6m) interest payment on a one billion yuan bond issued in 2012.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Eurostar Passenger Figures Topped 10 mn</strong></span></div> <div> British Cross-channel train operator Eurostar says it carried more than 10 million passengers last year for the first time, as the economic recovery lifted demand for business travel. Revenues from ticket sales rose 7 per cent to £857m in 2013, while operating profit was up 4 per cent to £54m. Passenger numbers hit 10.1 million - the first time Eurostar has broken the 10 million mark since it began in 1994. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>US Manufacturing Activity Picks Up</strong></span></div> <div> US manufacturing activity expanded at a faster-than-expected rate in February. The Institute for Supply Management’s (ISM) manufacturing index rose to 53.2 from 51.3 in January. A reading above 50 indicates expansion. </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-10', 'modified' => '2014-03-11', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Current affairs magazine Newsweek has relaunched its print edition. The move comes just months after the US magazine was bought by digital news company IBT Media. Newsweek discontinued its print edition in December 2012 after 80 years, amid falling advertising revenues as readers moved towards online publications. However, the new owners say they have worked out a business model that does not rely heavily on ad revenue.', 'sortorder' => '2599', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2757', 'article_category_id' => '201', 'title' => 'Summer Style Statement For Women', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Angila Sharma</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> The summer season is on the onset and with this changing season the selection of suitable office wear for women becomes little more cumbersome. With the swing in the temperature, the question of how to tackle the growing heat certainly becomes tricky. The confusion regarding our attire even accelerates if the office environment demands more strict dress codes, restricting our choices to only own formal pieces of clothing.</div> <div> </div> <div> Nevertheless this confusion can be tackled as summer is the season where you have plenty of choices in clothing. We can play with ranges of colours in summer. We can contrast our clothing and look presentable and stunning at office hours. There is variety of choices from head to toe which may help one to look spectacular at office during summer.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong><img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/l2(1).jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; width: 80px; height: 198px;" />Playing with Colours</strong></span></div> <div> In terms of clothes, choose something that is light in colour like cream or khaki. Also own many white clothes because white will give a refreshing look and will help you look smart and classy during office time. Select fabrics such as silk or linen. A light coloured shirt dress will look amazing in office. Similarly, you can pair up a black pencil skirt with stylish navy blue blouse or other printed shirts. You can opt for simple tailored dresses and wear it with light ornaments. Transparent shirts are highly in fashion so pair up vibrant and colourful transparent shirts with simple cotton pants. Polka dotted dresses are also something which can give you a vigorous look.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong><img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/l3(1).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;height: 119px; width: 100px;" />Shoes selection</strong></span></div> <div> Among all the fashion wears, most of the women have shoe obsession. But obsession at times may create fashion blunder. Therefore, in order to avoid fashion disasters perfect combination of shoes and clothes is a must. Select shoe colours that match your outfit instead of colours that compete with your clothes. If you are wearing bright dress wear simple black heels. Black heels are perfect combination to any kind of clothing. Wear brown and black leather shoes as it will give more conservative look. Incorporate colourful heels only if you have less strict office dress code. Summer is the time to flaunt your sandals and espadrilles so wear them to work. Wear low heel sandal instead of high heels as it will give you more comfort.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong><img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/l4(1).jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;width: 100px; height: 131px;" />Flaunt varieties of bags </strong></span></div> <div> Accessories are greatest commodity for professionals. Amid all women’s accessories, a handbag is most important. Handbags are useful to stuff everything such as hand-written notes, an iPad, and snacks etc. Handbags are useful as well as fashionably appealing. There are multiple bags which can be useful for office hours such as messenger bag, tote, satchel and briefcases. If you’re preparing for a productive day at the office, always pick up a tote to keep things in order. Totes are sufficient enough to fit everything and at same time are sleek and stylish. Outer pockets in tote bags are useful for keeping everyday items like your phone, pen and lipstick. If you are searching for a perfect handbag to fit in your laptop or files then go for satchel. A briefcase is also perfect choice for formal meeting and it also gives you more vintage and professional look.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-11', 'modified' => '2014-03-11', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'The summer season is on the onset and with this changing season the selection of suitable office wear for women becomes little more cumbersome. With the swing in the temperature, the question of how to tackle the growing heat certainly becomes tricky. The confusion regarding our attire even accelerates if the office environment demands more strict dress codes, restricting our choices to only own formal pieces of clothing.', 'sortorder' => '2598', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2749', 'article_category_id' => '152', 'title' => 'Problems Of Nepali Garment', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> There are several causes for the poor performance of garment export from Nepal now a day. The main obstacles in the development of Nepal’s foreign trade with other countries are included as follows</div> <div> </div> <div> The main problem of garment sector is lack of raw materials and skilled and efficient manpower. The garment industry required variety of inputs. Materials for the garments and skilled manpower for designing, cutting, pattern making and stitching garments are the most important ones among them. But unit today none of these inputs have been in ample supply within the country</div> <div> </div> <div> Readymade garments industry basically has to depend on different required materials such as fabrics, threads, zippers, buttons, and labels and so on. Everything from the fabrics to the threads, sewing machine and needles has to be imported from another country. The locally produced fabrics and do not meet the standard required for the production so that the testing or production is also not as good in quality as compare to another countries</div> <div> </div> <div> Skilled manpower as labor inputs in another crucial factor for the development of garment industry and this also had to be imported from the neighboring country India till now</div> <div> </div> <div> Another problem of garment industry in the product and readymade garment industry’s export market has not been diversified equally. The exporters have not been able to tap the market potential other then the USA. Over 90% of the garments exports go to the USA. This is not good for Nepalese garment industry, because if this market is lost the whole industry would collapse. Thus it is necessary to explore new market for future prospective. Till now most of the garment producers depends upon Indian agent for their market abroad. So the producers should also develop direct contact with the prospective buyers. Nepalese producers must actively channels and low cost suppliers if they seek to penetrate new market</div> <div> </div> <div> Nepal’s position as exporter of readymade garments could be questionable of strict quality control system, are not measured and implemented. In Nepal garmentsmanufacturing methodological and procedures are mostly based on traditional system i.e. the time to go for production of high quality and should be the more appropriate for this industry.</div> <div> </div> <div> The main problem of Nepalese garment industry in phasing out of Multi Fiber Agreement (MFA) in taxable and clothing trade as agreed upon the GATT policy. Within ten years the GATT accord intends to fully phase out the bilateral agreement on these products which has been facility developing nations. The gradual phasing out of the MFA accord will make export quota, like the US has been allocating to exporting nations, will be meaningless. This means preferential treatment through quotas would be terminated and non discriminations quill come in to force globally. This intends to give equal opportunities to all exporting nations resulting in higher degree of competition on the world trade. In such a situation it could be much more difficult for Nepal to grab world market as it does no posses any particular input which gives comparative advantages. Thus, from all the above mentioned problems of garments any one can conclude that the garment industry in facing one of the worst crisis night at the moment. The government and the entrepreneurs should work out the strategy, short term as well as long term strategies for sustaining and development of garment industry. </div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <em>(Agencies )</em></div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-10', 'modified' => '2014-03-11', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'There are several causes for the poor performance of garment export from Nepal now a day. The main obstacles in the development of Nepal’s foreign trade with other countries are included as follows', 'sortorder' => '2597', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2756', 'article_category_id' => '213', 'title' => 'Business Briefs (10-16 March 2014)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <strong>Bajaj LED Lantern in Market</strong></div> <div> Bajaj has introduced a LED lantern in the market. The lantern uses 24 LEDs, and spreads light in 360 degrees because of its cylindrical design. According to the company, the lantern gives a battery backup of eight hours. Other features of the lantern include a battery of 2200 mAh, glowing switch and built in over and under charge protection among others. The lantern comes with a six-month manufacturer warranty. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Jagdamba Announces Winner of ‘Salaam Idea Contest’</strong></div> <div> Jagdamba Steels Pvt Ltd has announced the winner of its ‘Salaam Idea Contest’. The contest started on 6th January and ran through the official Facebook page of Jagdamba Steel. According to the company, there was enthusiastic participation in the contest with 31 entries. From among the entries, Dipu Shrestha was successful in generating maximum number of likes as vote and was declared the winner. The winner received a new Mahindra Rodeo Rz Scooter from Jagdamba Steels. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Ncell Provides Balance Transfer Service</strong></div> <div> Ncell has launched a new service under which Ncell prepaid subscribers can transfer their main balance to another prepaid numbers. The balance transfer service allows Ncell prepaid subscribers to transfer Rs 10 to Rs 200 at a time to other prepaid users. They can make such transfer for as much as three times a day. For the service, the subscriber will be charged Re 1 (excluding taxes) per transfer. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Dish Home’s ‘Apthyaro ma Udharo’ </strong></div> <div> Dish Home has introduced a new scheme titled ‘Apthyaro ma Udharo’ for emergency credit recharge. Through this scheme, Dish Home customers can extend their service for three days if TV signal is disconnected due to inadequate balance. To get this recharge credit, customers need to type credit cas id/account no (for eg credit 71900000000) and send an SMS to 2500. The process requires no extra payment expect for the credit itself, which would be reduced from the balance when the customers recharges the next time. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>LG Offers 10 years Warranty</strong></div> <div> LG Electronics is now offering its customers the world’s first 10 Year Warranty on its refrigerators and washing machines. The 10 Year Warranty is applicable for Linear Compressor refrigerators (all multi door refrigerators) and entire range of Front Loading Washing Machines. </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-10', 'modified' => '2014-03-10', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Bajaj has introduced a LED lantern in the market. The lantern uses 24 LEDs, and spreads light in 360 degrees because of its cylindrical design. According to the company, the lantern gives a battery backup of eight hours. Other features of the lantern include a battery of 2200 mAh, glowing switch and built in over and under charge protection among others. The lantern comes with a six-month manufacturer warranty.', 'sortorder' => '2596', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2755', 'article_category_id' => '199', 'title' => 'Tech Briefs (10-16 March 2014)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Soon, Shape-Shifting Smartphone Inspired by Rubik’s Puzzle</strong></span></div> <div> Scientists are developing gen-next smartphones that can be quickly transformed into the shape of an armband, a phone or a tablet to suit your needs. Researchers at Hasselt University iMinds in Belgium have developed a prototype phone called the ‘Paddle’, a single gadget that can be deformed physically into different shapes. The phone is inspired by Rubik’s Magic Puzzle, a device that consists eight square tiles that can be flipped and unfolded to form a variety of shapes. (Agency)</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Google Promises Fix for Battery Bug on Nexus 5</strong></span></div> <div> Facing unexplained battery drain on Nexus 5? You are not alone. Many Nexus 5 users have complained on Googles upport forums that they are facing unexplained battery drain when they use apps related to camera. A Google executive confirmed the bug. The executive said that it was related to the Qualcomm chip which is used for camera functions in the phone. He promised the company will fix it with the next software update. (The Economic Times)</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>New Tool to Prevent Smartphone Malware</strong></span></div> <div> Researchers have developed a new tool to detect and contain malware that attempts root exploits in Android devices to give hackers unfettered control of a user’s smartphone. The tool named Practical Root Exploit Containment (PREC) developed by North Carolina State University researchers improves on previous techniques by targeting code written in the C programming language - which is often used to create root exploit malware, whereas the bulk of Android applications are written in Java. (Agency)</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-10', 'modified' => '2014-03-10', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Scientists are developing gen-next smartphones that can be quickly transformed into the shape of an armband, a phone or a tablet to suit your needs. Researchers at Hasselt University iMinds in Belgium have developed a prototype phone called the ‘Paddle’, a single gadget that can be deformed physically into different shapes. The phone is inspired by Rubik’s Magic Puzzle, a device that consists eight square tiles that can be flipped and unfolded to form a variety of shapes. (Agency)', 'sortorder' => '2595', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2754', 'article_category_id' => '99', 'title' => 'Tourism Briefs (10-16 March 2014)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <strong>Bangkok Airways Starts Offering iPad Minis</strong></div> <div> Bangkok Airways has started offering its passengers in-flight entertainment for the first time, with the roll out of onboard iPad minis. Effective this week, the Thai airline will start offering the small tablets to its ‘Blue Ribbon’ business class passengers. These devices will come equipped with a range of content including new-release Hollywood movies, TV programmes, music and games. “Delivering an outstanding passenger experience is at the heart of our ethos at Bangkok Airways,” said Puttipong Prasarttong-Osoth, Bangkok Airways’ president. “We wanted to go an extra mile to ensure that our business class travellers’ flying experience is more pleasurable and enjoyable.” The iPad minis will be offered free-of-charge to all business class passengers, initially on the Bangkok-Maldives, Koh Samui-Hong Kong and Koh Samui-Singapore routes. <em>(Traveldailymedia.com)</em></div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>National Geographic Launches World Legacy Awards in Collaboration with ITB Berlin </strong></div> <div> The World Legacy Awards were launched at ITB Berlin in a groundbreaking collaboration between two giants in the world of travel. With a mission of “inspiring people to care about the planet,” the National Geographic Society reaches more than 500 million people worldwide each month through its magazines, television, books, radio, maps, exhibitions, expeditions and online, tablet and social media platforms. ITB Berlin is the largest travel gathering on the planet, attended annually by nearly 200,000 delegates. The World Legacy Awards will showcase the leading travel and tourism companies, organizations and destinations - ranging from airlines to eco-lodges and from cities to countries - that are driving the global transformation of the travel industry based upon sustainable tourism principles and practices. (Traveldailynews.com) </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Boeing 787 Dreamliners Jets Shows Hairline Cracks On the Wings</strong></div> <div> Boeing has disclosed that some of the planes about 40 of 787 Dreamliners had hairline cracks on the wings of the jets which are still in the production stage. The aerospace company is inspecting the 40 planes. It will take a week to address the issue and the company spokesperson said that the company is confident that the problem does not exist for any planes currently in service. Test flights are being conducted on the planes in question. The manufacturing process may be responsible for the cracks, Boeing (BA, Fortune 500). The date of delivery is likely to get delayed. Also the added cost on repair and possible minor increase in the weight of the plane will naturally put Boeing at a greater disadvantage, felt industry experts. Boeing, based in Chicago, said it immediately notified customers of potential delays. It said none of the jets affected by the problem have been delivered. Boeing shares fell 54 cents, or 0.4 percent, to $128.00 in after-hours trading. (Travelandtourworld.com)</div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Germany Set To Welcome 80 Million Global Travellers By 2020</strong></div> <div> 80 million overnights booked by foreign visitors in 2020 – this is the goal of the German National Tourism Board (DZT), which in 2013 saw figures close in on this target. At 71.9 million visitors, a new record was set. 75 per cent came from European countries, of whom the majority were Dutch, followed by the Swiss. In his speech, Klaus Laepple, president of DZT, struck a political note: “Germany’s tourism industry can only flourish if Germany’s neighbours are economically stable. If your heart beats for tourism then I urge you to vote in the European elections.” Speaking on Wednesday at ITB Berlin, Petra Hedorfer, head of the board of DZT, noted that the UK, Russia and Switzerland had recorded the highest growth rates. Germany was also the favourite holiday of the Swiss. For the last four years Germany had been the second most popular destination, behind Spain and ahead of France. (Travelandtourworld.com)</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-10', 'modified' => '2014-03-10', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Bangkok Airways has started offering its passengers in-flight entertainment for the first time, with the roll out of onboard iPad minis. Effective this week, the Thai airline will start offering the small tablets to its ‘Blue Ribbon’ business class passengers.', 'sortorder' => '2594', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2753', 'article_category_id' => '99', 'title' => 'Adhikari Wins Surya Nepal NPGA Match Play', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> Ramesh Adhikari defeated Deepak Thapa Magar to win the Surya Nepal NPGA Match Play, the seventh event under the Surya Nepal Golf Tour 2013-14 played at Royal Nepal Golf Club on Thursday. Adhikari registered a 2 and 1 victory in the all-RNGC final that was played over 36 holes. This is second career title for Adhikari. He had won the maiden career title at the Ghana Shyam Open in 2011 at the Army Club. With the title, Adhikari received Rs 50,000 while Deepak Thapa Magar earned Rs 30,000.</div> <div> </div> <div> Adhikari was 4-up after the first nine holes, while Deepak cut down the lead to two after the completion of 18 holes. Adhikari extended that to 3-up after 27 holes and completed the victory on the 35th hole. Earlier, Shiva Ram Shrestha of RNGC defeated third-seeded Sanjay Lama of Tribhuvan Army Officers Golf Club 3 and 2 in the third place match. Shiva Ram pocketed 22,000, while Sanjay got Rs 18,000. </div> <div> </div> <div> Four losing quarter finalists Deepak Acharya, Dhana Thapa, Ramesh Nagarkoti and Toran Bikram Shahi earned Rs 10,000 each, while eight pros who lost in the first round, Sachin Bhattarai, Surya Prasad Sharma, Pashupati Sharma, Ram Thapa, Umesh Nagarkoti, CB Bhandari, Mani Rai and Rabi Khadka got Rs 5,000 each.</div> <div> </div> <div> President of Nepal Professional Golfers Association Rabindra Man Shrestha, Brand Manager of Surya Nepal Pvt Ltd Keshav Pradhan and Advisor of Nepal PGA Ghana Shyam Thapa handed over the prizes to the winners.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-10', 'modified' => '2014-03-10', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Ramesh Adhikari defeated Deepak Thapa Magar to win the Surya Nepal NPGA Match Play, the seventh event under the Surya Nepal Golf Tour 2013-14 played at Royal Nepal Golf Club on Thursday. Adhikari registered a 2 and 1 victory in the all-RNGC final that was played over 36 holes. This is second career title for Adhikari. He had won the maiden career title at the Ghana Shyam Open in 2011 at the Army Club. With the title, Adhikari received Rs 50,000 while Deepak Thapa Magar earned Rs 30,000.', 'sortorder' => '2593', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2752', 'article_category_id' => '99', 'title' => 'Etihad Announces 2013 Financial Results', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> Etihad Airways has announced its financial results for 2013 with net profit up by 48 per cent to USD 62 million on revenues up 27 per cent to USD 6.1 billion. The airline also saw earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) up by 22 per cent to USD 208 million and earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, amortisation and rentals (EBITDAR) up 30 per cent to USD 979 million, a margin of 16 per cent of total revenues. This marked the third successive year of net profitability in the airline’s tenth year of operation.</div> <div> </div> <div> “This is another important step forward in our journey as a growing, commercially successful business. We have hit every financial target for each of the last seven years, bringing sustainable profitability to a business which has grown from just US$300 million in revenues in 2005 to more than US$6 billion today,” said James Hogan, President and Chief Executive Officer of Etihad Airways.</div> <div> </div> <div> The result showed revenue increase by 27 per cent to USD 6.1 billion (USD 4.8 billion in 2012) on passenger numbers up 12 per cent to 11.5 million (10.3 million).</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-10', 'modified' => '2014-03-10', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Etihad Airways has announced its financial results for 2013 with net profit up by 48 per cent to USD 62 million on revenues up 27 per cent to USD 6.1 billion. The airline also saw earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) up by 22 per cent to USD 208 million and earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, amortisation and rentals (EBITDAR) up 30 per cent to USD 979 million, a margin of 16 per cent of total revenues. This marked the third successive year of net profitability in the airline’s tenth year of operation.', 'sortorder' => '2592', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2751', 'article_category_id' => '99', 'title' => 'Qatar Adds Flights To Johannesburg', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> Qatar Airways is enhancing its operations to South Africa by increasing weekly frequencies to Johannesburg and by deploying new Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft from 1st May. Three flights per week will be added to the current daily schedule to Johannesburg, bringing the total frequency on the route to 10 services each week. According to a statement from the airline, the new services will significantly improve connections to destinations across Qatar Airways’ global network, and will particularly offer business and leisure passengers excellent daily connections to popular routes in the Far East such as Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo and Manila.</div> <div> </div> <div> To coincide with the start of the additional services, Qatar Airways will also be introducing the state-of-the art Boeing 787 Dreamliner on all services to South Africa. This aircraft will offer passengers an enhanced travel experience with unparalleled levels of service and comfort, and will be enjoyed by all passengers flying with Qatar Airways from Cape Town and Johannesburg as well as from Mozambique’s capital city, Maputo, further says the statement. </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-10', 'modified' => '2014-03-10', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Qatar Airways is enhancing its operations to South Africa by increasing weekly frequencies to Johannesburg and by deploying new Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft from 1st May. Three flights per week will be added to the current daily schedule to Johannesburg, bringing the total frequency on the route to 10 services each week.', 'sortorder' => '2591', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2750', 'article_category_id' => '99', 'title' => 'Soaltee Installs Latest Internet Technology', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <img alt="Soaltee Crowne Plaza" src="/userfiles/images/t1.jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; width: 250px; height: 179px;" />Soaltee Crowne Plaza has recently installed modern internet equipments in its premises. The newly installed equipments include outdoor and indoor Wi-Fi access points, switches and servers for enabling consistent connectivity and wide network coverage along with multimedia support. According to Rena Sharma, Marketing and Public Relations Manager at Soaltee, the new technology used will provide excellent internet services to its guests. Hotel guests will be able to use four concurrent devices at the same time, and the new installations will also be beneficial for conducting high profile MICE events.</div> <div> </div> <div> These modern features are not only available in guest rooms and banquet halls, but also across all the indoor and outdoor public areas of the hotel. Guests can use higher bandwidth anywhere without any signal disturbance and also upgrade the bandwidth as required for their business needs without any delay. The network for each guest is virtually separate and protected from malicious activities and virus attacks by other users. Guests will be allowed to purchase internet connectivity directly from the Wi-Fi network. All the IHG Reward Club members have free access to this service as per InterContinental Hotel Group brand standard. </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-10', 'modified' => '2014-03-10', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Soaltee Crowne Plaza has recently installed modern internet equipments in its premises. The newly installed equipments include outdoor and indoor Wi-Fi access points, switches and servers for enabling consistent connectivity and wide network coverage along with multimedia support.', 'sortorder' => '2590', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2748', 'article_category_id' => '108', 'title' => 'Money Matters News In Brief (10-16 March 2014)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>NIC ASIA’s 16th AGM Held</strong></span></div> <div> NIC Asia Bank held its 16th Annual General Meeting in Biratnagar on 28th February. This is the first AGM held after the commencement of the operation as NIC ASIA Bank, formed through the merger of former NIC Bank and Bank of Asia. The AGM has approved the issue of cash dividend of Rs 20 per share for the year 2012/2013. Dividend will be distributed from 4th March 2014. For the fiscal year, the Bank’s deposit reached Rs 39.91 billion, lending to Rs 31.55 billion and posted a net profit of Rs 642 million. Jagadish Prasad Agrawal, Trilok Chandra Agrawal, Tulsiram Agrawal, Lokmanya Golcha and Ramchandra Sanghai were elected from the promoters shareholders group in the AGM. Similarly, Rajendra Prasad Aryal, Birendra Kumar Sanghai and Binod Kumar Pyakurel were elected unanimously for another term from public shareholders group as directors.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Everest Bank’s 73rd ATM at Machhapokhari</strong></span></div> <div> Everest Bank Limited has installed a new ATM at Machhapokhari. With this, the network of the Bank has now reached to 73 ATMs along with 50 branches, five Extension Counters and 22 Revenue Collection Counters. The ATM was inaugurated by Chief Executive Officer of the Bank AK Ahluwalia. The inaugural function was also attended by other dignitaries including brand ambassador of the Bank Sadichha Shrestha. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Nepal SBI Bank Launches Indian Railway Ticket Booking Utility </strong></span></div> <div> Nepal SBI Bank Ltd has started online ticket booking services for Indian trains for its customers. The service was started by Indian ambassador to Nepal Ranjit Rae on 28th February amid a ceremony. Deputy Governor Maha Prasad Adhikari participated in the ceremony as the special guest. According to a press statement from the Bank, the online ticket services provided through its online portal is the first of its kind in Nepal and is expected to benefit Nepalis who visit India for various proposes. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Kumari Bank’s ATM at Balkhu </strong></span></div> <div> Kumari Bank Limited has installed a new ATM at Balkhu on 5th March, 2014. The Bank has been providing modern banking services to its customers through 28 branches, two extension counters and 39 ATM locations throughout the country. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Apex Development Bank Gets New CEO</strong></div> <div> Gobind Prasad Upadhyay has been appointed as the new CEO of Apex Development Bank. A recent meeting of Board of Directors of the Bank made the decision. Upadhyaya has been associated with various banks and financial institutions for the past 14 years. Prior to joining Apex Development Bank, he was the CEO of Jyoti Bikash Bank. </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-10', 'modified' => '2014-03-10', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'NIC Asia Bank held its 16th Annual General Meeting in Biratnagar on 28th February. 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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh conveyed this to his Bhutanese counterpart Tshering Tobgay when they met on 4th March, Tuesday on the sidelines of the 3rd BIMSTEC Summit in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. </div> <div> </div> <div> The approved amount of Rs 1,765 crore would be released in April after the completion of internal procedures within the Government of India, according to a press release from Bhutan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Singh also conveyed Indian government's approval of the draft Intergovernmental Agreement between Bhutan and India concerning the development of Joint Venture Hydropower Projects. Under the draft agreement - expected to be signed soon - four projects have been identified: the Kholongchhu project (600 MW), the Wangchhu (570 MW), the Chamkharchhu (770 MW) and Bunakha (180 MW). Work on the Kholongchhu project can start as soon as the Intergovernmental Joint Venture is signed between the two countries, the release said. (The Economic Times)</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-10', 'modified' => '2014-03-24', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'India has approved Rs 1,765 crore as the interim cost escalation for Bhutan's Punatshangchu I hydropower project. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh conveyed this to his Bhutanese counterpart Tshering Tobgay when they met on 4th March, Tuesday on the sidelines of the 3rd BIMSTEC Summit in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar.', 'sortorder' => '2602', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2758', 'article_category_id' => '212', 'title' => 'AP Review: Sony Xperia Z2', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Anick Jesdanun, AP Technology Writer </strong></div> <div> </div> <div> <img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/b1(1).jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;width: 300px; height: 437px;" />I typically have headphones on when I’m home in New York, whether it’s during a jog or a commute. I often crank the volume up, at the risk of hearing loss, so that I could hear my favorite podcasts over loud subways and honking cars. I was excited to see noise-cancelling technology in Sony’s new Xperia Z2 smartphone. I’ve resisted investing in pricey noise-cancelling sets because I’m prone to lose or break them. If it’s going to be built into a phone, perhaps I can use that instead of my iPod. Alas, I find the new feature to be more promise than practical, based on the brief time I had with the phone at this week’s Mobile World Congress wireless show in Barcelona, Spain.</div> <div> </div> <div> But first, I’ll go through other features that may appeal to some people. </div> <div> </div> <div> The phone is due to come out in March. Sony hasn’t announced a price, though its phones typically sell for $500 to $600 in the US without subsidies or a contract.Sony’s smartphones are distinctive in being waterproof. It’s not something I’ve felt that I’ve needed, but you might find it useful if you work as a lifeguard or live near a beach.</div> <div> </div> <div> That’s even better than the 16 megapixels in Samsung’s new Galaxy S5. But lens quality and the focus mechanism are also important. I didn’t get to try out the Z2’s camera, but it’s the same one in the Xperia Z1s, which I’ve had mixed results with. It’s impressive that the phone can capture video with four times the details as full high-definition video. </div> <div> </div> <div> But 4K displays are still expensive, so you won’t appreciate the extra sharpness for a while. It’s more for people who want to take quality video now for the day 4K becomes more common.</div> <div> </div> <div> Now, back to the noise. The phone analyzes ambient noise and produces a countering signal. In simple terms, if the noise is a 7, the phone subtracts 7 to bring it to zero. If the noise is a 5, the phone subtracts 5.</div> <div> </div> <div> Unfortunately, it requires special in-ear headphones, which Sony is selling for 60 euros ($82). A sensor in the earpiece detects the noise, so the phone knows what countering signal to send. This approach keeps the headphones smaller and cheaper than typical noise-cancelling headphones. Noise cancellation is optimized for the office, for planes and for buses or trains. You choose one in the settings. I tried the headphones surrounded by simulated train and plane noise. The technology works, but it doesn’t filter out the external noise completely. It also requires me to press the earpiece deep into my ears to notice a difference.</div> <div> </div> <div> Sony tells me the earpiece covers come in three sizes, so a larger one might have helped. I look forward to testing the feature more thoroughly. For now, I’ll keep my iPod. (AP)</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-11', 'modified' => '2014-03-12', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'I typically have headphones on when I’m home in New York, whether it’s during a jog or a commute. I often crank the volume up, at the risk of hearing loss, so that I could hear my favorite podcasts over loud subways and honking cars. I was excited to see noise-cancelling technology in Sony’s new Xperia Z2 smartphone. I’ve resisted investing in pricey noise-cancelling sets because I’m prone to lose or break them. If it’s going to be built into a phone, perhaps I can use that instead of my iPod. Alas, I find the new feature to be more promise than practical, based on the brief time I had with the phone at this week’s Mobile World Congress wireless show in Barcelona, Spain.', 'sortorder' => '2601', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2759', 'article_category_id' => '212', 'title' => 'Micromax Canvas Knight Launched At INR 19,999', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/b2(1).jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; width: 122px; height: 250px;" />Indian handset firm Micromax has launched its first octa-core processor powered smartphone, Canvas Knight, at a price of Rs 19,999. The dual-sim phone sports a 5-inch full-HD(1080 X 1920p) IPS display made by Sharp. The Canvas Knight is powered by a 2GHz MediaTek octa-core processor, ARM Mali450 graphics and 2GB RAM. It sports a 16MP rear camera that comes with OmniVision's CameraChip sensor and the M8 Largan Lens. It's worth pointing out that the Gionee Elife E7 features a similar camera module. The phone has an 8MP front-facing camera. It comes with 32GB internal storage and runs Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. The phone doesn't feature a microSD card slot. </div> <div> </div> <div> Canvas Knight A350 also comes with a Yamaha Amplifier for enhanced audio output and a 2350mAh battery. In terms of connectivity, the phone supports Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi and 3G. It comes with several pre-loaded apps including Hike, Spuul, Opera, M! Live, M! Security, M! Vault, Real Steel, Where is my water, Where is my perry, Getit, BBM, True caller and Kingsoft Office. The phone will be available in 3 colour variants - Black, White and Gold and Black and Gold, and will be sold exclusively via the company's official online webstore. Other Mediatek octa-core processor powered phones available in the Indian market include Intex Aqua Octa and WickedLeak Wammy Passion X. <em>(The Times of India)</em></div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-11', 'modified' => '2014-03-11', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Indian handset firm Micromax has launched its first octa-core processor powered smartphone, Canvas Knight, at a price of Rs 19,999. The dual-sim phone sports a 5-inch full-HD(1080 X 1920p) IPS display made by Sharp.', 'sortorder' => '2600', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2737', 'article_category_id' => '139', 'title' => 'Nepal And The World News In Brief (10 - 16 March 2014)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Newsweek Relaunches Print Edition</strong></span></div> <div> Current affairs magazine Newsweek has relaunched its print edition. The move comes just months after the US magazine was bought by digital news company IBT Media. Newsweek discontinued its print edition in December 2012 after 80 years, amid falling advertising revenues as readers moved towards online publications. However, the new owners say they have worked out a business model that does not rely heavily on ad revenue.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Japan Decides Bitcoin is not a Currency</strong></span></div> <div> Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s cabinet said on Friday that bitcoin, the world’s most well-known form of virtual money, is not a currency, but would be taxable. Tokyo defined bitcoin as a product that is not handled by banks and securities houses. It also added that consumption tax would be levied on purchases of the virtual currency and income tax would be imposed on profits from its sale. The decision came a week after the collapse of the Tokyo-based Mt Gox, one of the largest exchanges for the virtual currency. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Chinese Solar Company in Landmark Default</strong></span></div> <div> The Chinese Solar panel maker Shanghai Chaori Solar Energy Science & Technology has defaulted on interest payments owed on its bond, say media reports quoting the firm.It is the first Chinese firm ever to default on its onshore corporate bonds. On Tuesday, the firm warned it would be unable to make a 89.8 million yuan ($14.6m) interest payment on a one billion yuan bond issued in 2012.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Eurostar Passenger Figures Topped 10 mn</strong></span></div> <div> British Cross-channel train operator Eurostar says it carried more than 10 million passengers last year for the first time, as the economic recovery lifted demand for business travel. Revenues from ticket sales rose 7 per cent to £857m in 2013, while operating profit was up 4 per cent to £54m. Passenger numbers hit 10.1 million - the first time Eurostar has broken the 10 million mark since it began in 1994. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>US Manufacturing Activity Picks Up</strong></span></div> <div> US manufacturing activity expanded at a faster-than-expected rate in February. The Institute for Supply Management’s (ISM) manufacturing index rose to 53.2 from 51.3 in January. A reading above 50 indicates expansion. </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-10', 'modified' => '2014-03-11', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Current affairs magazine Newsweek has relaunched its print edition. The move comes just months after the US magazine was bought by digital news company IBT Media. Newsweek discontinued its print edition in December 2012 after 80 years, amid falling advertising revenues as readers moved towards online publications. However, the new owners say they have worked out a business model that does not rely heavily on ad revenue.', 'sortorder' => '2599', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2757', 'article_category_id' => '201', 'title' => 'Summer Style Statement For Women', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Angila Sharma</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> The summer season is on the onset and with this changing season the selection of suitable office wear for women becomes little more cumbersome. With the swing in the temperature, the question of how to tackle the growing heat certainly becomes tricky. The confusion regarding our attire even accelerates if the office environment demands more strict dress codes, restricting our choices to only own formal pieces of clothing.</div> <div> </div> <div> Nevertheless this confusion can be tackled as summer is the season where you have plenty of choices in clothing. We can play with ranges of colours in summer. We can contrast our clothing and look presentable and stunning at office hours. There is variety of choices from head to toe which may help one to look spectacular at office during summer.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong><img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/l2(1).jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; width: 80px; height: 198px;" />Playing with Colours</strong></span></div> <div> In terms of clothes, choose something that is light in colour like cream or khaki. Also own many white clothes because white will give a refreshing look and will help you look smart and classy during office time. Select fabrics such as silk or linen. A light coloured shirt dress will look amazing in office. Similarly, you can pair up a black pencil skirt with stylish navy blue blouse or other printed shirts. You can opt for simple tailored dresses and wear it with light ornaments. Transparent shirts are highly in fashion so pair up vibrant and colourful transparent shirts with simple cotton pants. Polka dotted dresses are also something which can give you a vigorous look.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong><img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/l3(1).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;height: 119px; width: 100px;" />Shoes selection</strong></span></div> <div> Among all the fashion wears, most of the women have shoe obsession. But obsession at times may create fashion blunder. Therefore, in order to avoid fashion disasters perfect combination of shoes and clothes is a must. Select shoe colours that match your outfit instead of colours that compete with your clothes. If you are wearing bright dress wear simple black heels. Black heels are perfect combination to any kind of clothing. Wear brown and black leather shoes as it will give more conservative look. Incorporate colourful heels only if you have less strict office dress code. Summer is the time to flaunt your sandals and espadrilles so wear them to work. Wear low heel sandal instead of high heels as it will give you more comfort.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong><img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/l4(1).jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;width: 100px; height: 131px;" />Flaunt varieties of bags </strong></span></div> <div> Accessories are greatest commodity for professionals. Amid all women’s accessories, a handbag is most important. Handbags are useful to stuff everything such as hand-written notes, an iPad, and snacks etc. Handbags are useful as well as fashionably appealing. There are multiple bags which can be useful for office hours such as messenger bag, tote, satchel and briefcases. If you’re preparing for a productive day at the office, always pick up a tote to keep things in order. Totes are sufficient enough to fit everything and at same time are sleek and stylish. Outer pockets in tote bags are useful for keeping everyday items like your phone, pen and lipstick. If you are searching for a perfect handbag to fit in your laptop or files then go for satchel. A briefcase is also perfect choice for formal meeting and it also gives you more vintage and professional look.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-11', 'modified' => '2014-03-11', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'The summer season is on the onset and with this changing season the selection of suitable office wear for women becomes little more cumbersome. With the swing in the temperature, the question of how to tackle the growing heat certainly becomes tricky. The confusion regarding our attire even accelerates if the office environment demands more strict dress codes, restricting our choices to only own formal pieces of clothing.', 'sortorder' => '2598', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2749', 'article_category_id' => '152', 'title' => 'Problems Of Nepali Garment', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> There are several causes for the poor performance of garment export from Nepal now a day. The main obstacles in the development of Nepal’s foreign trade with other countries are included as follows</div> <div> </div> <div> The main problem of garment sector is lack of raw materials and skilled and efficient manpower. The garment industry required variety of inputs. Materials for the garments and skilled manpower for designing, cutting, pattern making and stitching garments are the most important ones among them. But unit today none of these inputs have been in ample supply within the country</div> <div> </div> <div> Readymade garments industry basically has to depend on different required materials such as fabrics, threads, zippers, buttons, and labels and so on. Everything from the fabrics to the threads, sewing machine and needles has to be imported from another country. The locally produced fabrics and do not meet the standard required for the production so that the testing or production is also not as good in quality as compare to another countries</div> <div> </div> <div> Skilled manpower as labor inputs in another crucial factor for the development of garment industry and this also had to be imported from the neighboring country India till now</div> <div> </div> <div> Another problem of garment industry in the product and readymade garment industry’s export market has not been diversified equally. The exporters have not been able to tap the market potential other then the USA. Over 90% of the garments exports go to the USA. This is not good for Nepalese garment industry, because if this market is lost the whole industry would collapse. Thus it is necessary to explore new market for future prospective. Till now most of the garment producers depends upon Indian agent for their market abroad. So the producers should also develop direct contact with the prospective buyers. Nepalese producers must actively channels and low cost suppliers if they seek to penetrate new market</div> <div> </div> <div> Nepal’s position as exporter of readymade garments could be questionable of strict quality control system, are not measured and implemented. In Nepal garmentsmanufacturing methodological and procedures are mostly based on traditional system i.e. the time to go for production of high quality and should be the more appropriate for this industry.</div> <div> </div> <div> The main problem of Nepalese garment industry in phasing out of Multi Fiber Agreement (MFA) in taxable and clothing trade as agreed upon the GATT policy. Within ten years the GATT accord intends to fully phase out the bilateral agreement on these products which has been facility developing nations. The gradual phasing out of the MFA accord will make export quota, like the US has been allocating to exporting nations, will be meaningless. This means preferential treatment through quotas would be terminated and non discriminations quill come in to force globally. This intends to give equal opportunities to all exporting nations resulting in higher degree of competition on the world trade. In such a situation it could be much more difficult for Nepal to grab world market as it does no posses any particular input which gives comparative advantages. Thus, from all the above mentioned problems of garments any one can conclude that the garment industry in facing one of the worst crisis night at the moment. The government and the entrepreneurs should work out the strategy, short term as well as long term strategies for sustaining and development of garment industry. </div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <em>(Agencies )</em></div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-10', 'modified' => '2014-03-11', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'There are several causes for the poor performance of garment export from Nepal now a day. The main obstacles in the development of Nepal’s foreign trade with other countries are included as follows', 'sortorder' => '2597', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2756', 'article_category_id' => '213', 'title' => 'Business Briefs (10-16 March 2014)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <strong>Bajaj LED Lantern in Market</strong></div> <div> Bajaj has introduced a LED lantern in the market. The lantern uses 24 LEDs, and spreads light in 360 degrees because of its cylindrical design. According to the company, the lantern gives a battery backup of eight hours. Other features of the lantern include a battery of 2200 mAh, glowing switch and built in over and under charge protection among others. The lantern comes with a six-month manufacturer warranty. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Jagdamba Announces Winner of ‘Salaam Idea Contest’</strong></div> <div> Jagdamba Steels Pvt Ltd has announced the winner of its ‘Salaam Idea Contest’. The contest started on 6th January and ran through the official Facebook page of Jagdamba Steel. According to the company, there was enthusiastic participation in the contest with 31 entries. From among the entries, Dipu Shrestha was successful in generating maximum number of likes as vote and was declared the winner. The winner received a new Mahindra Rodeo Rz Scooter from Jagdamba Steels. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Ncell Provides Balance Transfer Service</strong></div> <div> Ncell has launched a new service under which Ncell prepaid subscribers can transfer their main balance to another prepaid numbers. The balance transfer service allows Ncell prepaid subscribers to transfer Rs 10 to Rs 200 at a time to other prepaid users. They can make such transfer for as much as three times a day. For the service, the subscriber will be charged Re 1 (excluding taxes) per transfer. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Dish Home’s ‘Apthyaro ma Udharo’ </strong></div> <div> Dish Home has introduced a new scheme titled ‘Apthyaro ma Udharo’ for emergency credit recharge. Through this scheme, Dish Home customers can extend their service for three days if TV signal is disconnected due to inadequate balance. To get this recharge credit, customers need to type credit cas id/account no (for eg credit 71900000000) and send an SMS to 2500. The process requires no extra payment expect for the credit itself, which would be reduced from the balance when the customers recharges the next time. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>LG Offers 10 years Warranty</strong></div> <div> LG Electronics is now offering its customers the world’s first 10 Year Warranty on its refrigerators and washing machines. The 10 Year Warranty is applicable for Linear Compressor refrigerators (all multi door refrigerators) and entire range of Front Loading Washing Machines. </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-10', 'modified' => '2014-03-10', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Bajaj has introduced a LED lantern in the market. The lantern uses 24 LEDs, and spreads light in 360 degrees because of its cylindrical design. According to the company, the lantern gives a battery backup of eight hours. Other features of the lantern include a battery of 2200 mAh, glowing switch and built in over and under charge protection among others. The lantern comes with a six-month manufacturer warranty.', 'sortorder' => '2596', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2755', 'article_category_id' => '199', 'title' => 'Tech Briefs (10-16 March 2014)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Soon, Shape-Shifting Smartphone Inspired by Rubik’s Puzzle</strong></span></div> <div> Scientists are developing gen-next smartphones that can be quickly transformed into the shape of an armband, a phone or a tablet to suit your needs. Researchers at Hasselt University iMinds in Belgium have developed a prototype phone called the ‘Paddle’, a single gadget that can be deformed physically into different shapes. The phone is inspired by Rubik’s Magic Puzzle, a device that consists eight square tiles that can be flipped and unfolded to form a variety of shapes. (Agency)</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Google Promises Fix for Battery Bug on Nexus 5</strong></span></div> <div> Facing unexplained battery drain on Nexus 5? You are not alone. Many Nexus 5 users have complained on Googles upport forums that they are facing unexplained battery drain when they use apps related to camera. A Google executive confirmed the bug. The executive said that it was related to the Qualcomm chip which is used for camera functions in the phone. He promised the company will fix it with the next software update. (The Economic Times)</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>New Tool to Prevent Smartphone Malware</strong></span></div> <div> Researchers have developed a new tool to detect and contain malware that attempts root exploits in Android devices to give hackers unfettered control of a user’s smartphone. The tool named Practical Root Exploit Containment (PREC) developed by North Carolina State University researchers improves on previous techniques by targeting code written in the C programming language - which is often used to create root exploit malware, whereas the bulk of Android applications are written in Java. (Agency)</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-10', 'modified' => '2014-03-10', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Scientists are developing gen-next smartphones that can be quickly transformed into the shape of an armband, a phone or a tablet to suit your needs. Researchers at Hasselt University iMinds in Belgium have developed a prototype phone called the ‘Paddle’, a single gadget that can be deformed physically into different shapes. The phone is inspired by Rubik’s Magic Puzzle, a device that consists eight square tiles that can be flipped and unfolded to form a variety of shapes. (Agency)', 'sortorder' => '2595', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2754', 'article_category_id' => '99', 'title' => 'Tourism Briefs (10-16 March 2014)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <strong>Bangkok Airways Starts Offering iPad Minis</strong></div> <div> Bangkok Airways has started offering its passengers in-flight entertainment for the first time, with the roll out of onboard iPad minis. Effective this week, the Thai airline will start offering the small tablets to its ‘Blue Ribbon’ business class passengers. These devices will come equipped with a range of content including new-release Hollywood movies, TV programmes, music and games. “Delivering an outstanding passenger experience is at the heart of our ethos at Bangkok Airways,” said Puttipong Prasarttong-Osoth, Bangkok Airways’ president. “We wanted to go an extra mile to ensure that our business class travellers’ flying experience is more pleasurable and enjoyable.” The iPad minis will be offered free-of-charge to all business class passengers, initially on the Bangkok-Maldives, Koh Samui-Hong Kong and Koh Samui-Singapore routes. <em>(Traveldailymedia.com)</em></div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>National Geographic Launches World Legacy Awards in Collaboration with ITB Berlin </strong></div> <div> The World Legacy Awards were launched at ITB Berlin in a groundbreaking collaboration between two giants in the world of travel. With a mission of “inspiring people to care about the planet,” the National Geographic Society reaches more than 500 million people worldwide each month through its magazines, television, books, radio, maps, exhibitions, expeditions and online, tablet and social media platforms. ITB Berlin is the largest travel gathering on the planet, attended annually by nearly 200,000 delegates. The World Legacy Awards will showcase the leading travel and tourism companies, organizations and destinations - ranging from airlines to eco-lodges and from cities to countries - that are driving the global transformation of the travel industry based upon sustainable tourism principles and practices. (Traveldailynews.com) </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Boeing 787 Dreamliners Jets Shows Hairline Cracks On the Wings</strong></div> <div> Boeing has disclosed that some of the planes about 40 of 787 Dreamliners had hairline cracks on the wings of the jets which are still in the production stage. The aerospace company is inspecting the 40 planes. It will take a week to address the issue and the company spokesperson said that the company is confident that the problem does not exist for any planes currently in service. Test flights are being conducted on the planes in question. The manufacturing process may be responsible for the cracks, Boeing (BA, Fortune 500). The date of delivery is likely to get delayed. Also the added cost on repair and possible minor increase in the weight of the plane will naturally put Boeing at a greater disadvantage, felt industry experts. Boeing, based in Chicago, said it immediately notified customers of potential delays. It said none of the jets affected by the problem have been delivered. Boeing shares fell 54 cents, or 0.4 percent, to $128.00 in after-hours trading. (Travelandtourworld.com)</div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Germany Set To Welcome 80 Million Global Travellers By 2020</strong></div> <div> 80 million overnights booked by foreign visitors in 2020 – this is the goal of the German National Tourism Board (DZT), which in 2013 saw figures close in on this target. At 71.9 million visitors, a new record was set. 75 per cent came from European countries, of whom the majority were Dutch, followed by the Swiss. In his speech, Klaus Laepple, president of DZT, struck a political note: “Germany’s tourism industry can only flourish if Germany’s neighbours are economically stable. If your heart beats for tourism then I urge you to vote in the European elections.” Speaking on Wednesday at ITB Berlin, Petra Hedorfer, head of the board of DZT, noted that the UK, Russia and Switzerland had recorded the highest growth rates. Germany was also the favourite holiday of the Swiss. For the last four years Germany had been the second most popular destination, behind Spain and ahead of France. (Travelandtourworld.com)</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-10', 'modified' => '2014-03-10', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Bangkok Airways has started offering its passengers in-flight entertainment for the first time, with the roll out of onboard iPad minis. Effective this week, the Thai airline will start offering the small tablets to its ‘Blue Ribbon’ business class passengers.', 'sortorder' => '2594', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2753', 'article_category_id' => '99', 'title' => 'Adhikari Wins Surya Nepal NPGA Match Play', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> Ramesh Adhikari defeated Deepak Thapa Magar to win the Surya Nepal NPGA Match Play, the seventh event under the Surya Nepal Golf Tour 2013-14 played at Royal Nepal Golf Club on Thursday. Adhikari registered a 2 and 1 victory in the all-RNGC final that was played over 36 holes. This is second career title for Adhikari. He had won the maiden career title at the Ghana Shyam Open in 2011 at the Army Club. With the title, Adhikari received Rs 50,000 while Deepak Thapa Magar earned Rs 30,000.</div> <div> </div> <div> Adhikari was 4-up after the first nine holes, while Deepak cut down the lead to two after the completion of 18 holes. Adhikari extended that to 3-up after 27 holes and completed the victory on the 35th hole. Earlier, Shiva Ram Shrestha of RNGC defeated third-seeded Sanjay Lama of Tribhuvan Army Officers Golf Club 3 and 2 in the third place match. Shiva Ram pocketed 22,000, while Sanjay got Rs 18,000. </div> <div> </div> <div> Four losing quarter finalists Deepak Acharya, Dhana Thapa, Ramesh Nagarkoti and Toran Bikram Shahi earned Rs 10,000 each, while eight pros who lost in the first round, Sachin Bhattarai, Surya Prasad Sharma, Pashupati Sharma, Ram Thapa, Umesh Nagarkoti, CB Bhandari, Mani Rai and Rabi Khadka got Rs 5,000 each.</div> <div> </div> <div> President of Nepal Professional Golfers Association Rabindra Man Shrestha, Brand Manager of Surya Nepal Pvt Ltd Keshav Pradhan and Advisor of Nepal PGA Ghana Shyam Thapa handed over the prizes to the winners.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-10', 'modified' => '2014-03-10', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Ramesh Adhikari defeated Deepak Thapa Magar to win the Surya Nepal NPGA Match Play, the seventh event under the Surya Nepal Golf Tour 2013-14 played at Royal Nepal Golf Club on Thursday. Adhikari registered a 2 and 1 victory in the all-RNGC final that was played over 36 holes. This is second career title for Adhikari. He had won the maiden career title at the Ghana Shyam Open in 2011 at the Army Club. With the title, Adhikari received Rs 50,000 while Deepak Thapa Magar earned Rs 30,000.', 'sortorder' => '2593', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2752', 'article_category_id' => '99', 'title' => 'Etihad Announces 2013 Financial Results', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> Etihad Airways has announced its financial results for 2013 with net profit up by 48 per cent to USD 62 million on revenues up 27 per cent to USD 6.1 billion. The airline also saw earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) up by 22 per cent to USD 208 million and earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, amortisation and rentals (EBITDAR) up 30 per cent to USD 979 million, a margin of 16 per cent of total revenues. This marked the third successive year of net profitability in the airline’s tenth year of operation.</div> <div> </div> <div> “This is another important step forward in our journey as a growing, commercially successful business. We have hit every financial target for each of the last seven years, bringing sustainable profitability to a business which has grown from just US$300 million in revenues in 2005 to more than US$6 billion today,” said James Hogan, President and Chief Executive Officer of Etihad Airways.</div> <div> </div> <div> The result showed revenue increase by 27 per cent to USD 6.1 billion (USD 4.8 billion in 2012) on passenger numbers up 12 per cent to 11.5 million (10.3 million).</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-10', 'modified' => '2014-03-10', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Etihad Airways has announced its financial results for 2013 with net profit up by 48 per cent to USD 62 million on revenues up 27 per cent to USD 6.1 billion. The airline also saw earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) up by 22 per cent to USD 208 million and earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, amortisation and rentals (EBITDAR) up 30 per cent to USD 979 million, a margin of 16 per cent of total revenues. This marked the third successive year of net profitability in the airline’s tenth year of operation.', 'sortorder' => '2592', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2751', 'article_category_id' => '99', 'title' => 'Qatar Adds Flights To Johannesburg', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> Qatar Airways is enhancing its operations to South Africa by increasing weekly frequencies to Johannesburg and by deploying new Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft from 1st May. Three flights per week will be added to the current daily schedule to Johannesburg, bringing the total frequency on the route to 10 services each week. According to a statement from the airline, the new services will significantly improve connections to destinations across Qatar Airways’ global network, and will particularly offer business and leisure passengers excellent daily connections to popular routes in the Far East such as Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo and Manila.</div> <div> </div> <div> To coincide with the start of the additional services, Qatar Airways will also be introducing the state-of-the art Boeing 787 Dreamliner on all services to South Africa. This aircraft will offer passengers an enhanced travel experience with unparalleled levels of service and comfort, and will be enjoyed by all passengers flying with Qatar Airways from Cape Town and Johannesburg as well as from Mozambique’s capital city, Maputo, further says the statement. </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-10', 'modified' => '2014-03-10', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Qatar Airways is enhancing its operations to South Africa by increasing weekly frequencies to Johannesburg and by deploying new Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft from 1st May. Three flights per week will be added to the current daily schedule to Johannesburg, bringing the total frequency on the route to 10 services each week.', 'sortorder' => '2591', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2750', 'article_category_id' => '99', 'title' => 'Soaltee Installs Latest Internet Technology', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <img alt="Soaltee Crowne Plaza" src="/userfiles/images/t1.jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; width: 250px; height: 179px;" />Soaltee Crowne Plaza has recently installed modern internet equipments in its premises. The newly installed equipments include outdoor and indoor Wi-Fi access points, switches and servers for enabling consistent connectivity and wide network coverage along with multimedia support. According to Rena Sharma, Marketing and Public Relations Manager at Soaltee, the new technology used will provide excellent internet services to its guests. Hotel guests will be able to use four concurrent devices at the same time, and the new installations will also be beneficial for conducting high profile MICE events.</div> <div> </div> <div> These modern features are not only available in guest rooms and banquet halls, but also across all the indoor and outdoor public areas of the hotel. Guests can use higher bandwidth anywhere without any signal disturbance and also upgrade the bandwidth as required for their business needs without any delay. The network for each guest is virtually separate and protected from malicious activities and virus attacks by other users. Guests will be allowed to purchase internet connectivity directly from the Wi-Fi network. All the IHG Reward Club members have free access to this service as per InterContinental Hotel Group brand standard. </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-10', 'modified' => '2014-03-10', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Soaltee Crowne Plaza has recently installed modern internet equipments in its premises. The newly installed equipments include outdoor and indoor Wi-Fi access points, switches and servers for enabling consistent connectivity and wide network coverage along with multimedia support.', 'sortorder' => '2590', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2748', 'article_category_id' => '108', 'title' => 'Money Matters News In Brief (10-16 March 2014)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>NIC ASIA’s 16th AGM Held</strong></span></div> <div> NIC Asia Bank held its 16th Annual General Meeting in Biratnagar on 28th February. This is the first AGM held after the commencement of the operation as NIC ASIA Bank, formed through the merger of former NIC Bank and Bank of Asia. The AGM has approved the issue of cash dividend of Rs 20 per share for the year 2012/2013. Dividend will be distributed from 4th March 2014. For the fiscal year, the Bank’s deposit reached Rs 39.91 billion, lending to Rs 31.55 billion and posted a net profit of Rs 642 million. Jagadish Prasad Agrawal, Trilok Chandra Agrawal, Tulsiram Agrawal, Lokmanya Golcha and Ramchandra Sanghai were elected from the promoters shareholders group in the AGM. Similarly, Rajendra Prasad Aryal, Birendra Kumar Sanghai and Binod Kumar Pyakurel were elected unanimously for another term from public shareholders group as directors.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Everest Bank’s 73rd ATM at Machhapokhari</strong></span></div> <div> Everest Bank Limited has installed a new ATM at Machhapokhari. With this, the network of the Bank has now reached to 73 ATMs along with 50 branches, five Extension Counters and 22 Revenue Collection Counters. The ATM was inaugurated by Chief Executive Officer of the Bank AK Ahluwalia. The inaugural function was also attended by other dignitaries including brand ambassador of the Bank Sadichha Shrestha. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Nepal SBI Bank Launches Indian Railway Ticket Booking Utility </strong></span></div> <div> Nepal SBI Bank Ltd has started online ticket booking services for Indian trains for its customers. The service was started by Indian ambassador to Nepal Ranjit Rae on 28th February amid a ceremony. Deputy Governor Maha Prasad Adhikari participated in the ceremony as the special guest. According to a press statement from the Bank, the online ticket services provided through its online portal is the first of its kind in Nepal and is expected to benefit Nepalis who visit India for various proposes. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Kumari Bank’s ATM at Balkhu </strong></span></div> <div> Kumari Bank Limited has installed a new ATM at Balkhu on 5th March, 2014. The Bank has been providing modern banking services to its customers through 28 branches, two extension counters and 39 ATM locations throughout the country. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Apex Development Bank Gets New CEO</strong></div> <div> Gobind Prasad Upadhyay has been appointed as the new CEO of Apex Development Bank. A recent meeting of Board of Directors of the Bank made the decision. Upadhyaya has been associated with various banks and financial institutions for the past 14 years. Prior to joining Apex Development Bank, he was the CEO of Jyoti Bikash Bank. </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-10', 'modified' => '2014-03-10', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'NIC Asia Bank held its 16th Annual General Meeting in Biratnagar on 28th February. 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Knock knock.”</div> <div> </div> <div> Employee: “Who’s there?”</div> <div> </div> <div> Boss: “Not you anymore.” <strong> -ML</strong></div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-10', 'modified' => '2014-03-11', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Boss: “I’ve decided to use humor in the office. Experts say humor eases tension, which is important in times when the work force is being trimmed. 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| Currency | Unit |
Buy | Sell |
| U.S. Dollar | 1 | 121.23 | 121.83 |
| European Euro | 1 | 131.65 | 132.31 |
| UK Pound Sterling | 1 | 142.47 | 143.18 |
| Swiss Franc | 1 | 124.29 | 124.90 |
| Australian Dollar | 1 | 71.69 | 72.05 |
| Canadian Dollar | 1 | 83.90 | 84.32 |
| Japanese Yen | 10 | 10.94 | 11.00 |
| Chinese Yuan | 1 | 17.17 | 17.26 |
| Saudi Arabian Riyal | 1 | 32.27 | 32.43 |
| UAE Dirham | 1 | 33.01 | 33.17 |
| Malaysian Ringgit | 1 | 27.36 | 27.50 |
| South Korean Won | 100 | 9.77 | 9.82 |
Update: 2020-03-25 | Source: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB)
| Fine Gold | 1 tola | 77000.00 |
| Tejabi Gold | 1 tola | 76700.00 |
| Silver | 1 tola | 720.00 |
Update : 2020-03-25
Source: Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers' Association
| Petrol | 1 Liter | 106.00 |
| Diesel | 1 Liter | 95.00 |
| Kerosene | 1 Liter | 95.00 |
| LP Gas | 1 Cylinder | 1375.00 |
Update : 2020-03-25
