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These additional new trains will ply on busy routes, while the railways will also explore the possibility of running semi-high speed trains between 160-200kmph to Chandigarh and Agra. The premium train to Mumbai, to handle the extra rush during Christmas and New Year, had fetched increased earnings of about 48% as compared to Mumbai Rajdhani. The fares for this train were charged under dynamic fare mechanism scheme much like airlines. “Such dynamic pricing was widely appreciated by users and media and gave increased earnings of about 48% as compared to Rajdhani services on the same sector. We are considering operation of this scheme on a larger scale,” Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge said in his Interim Budget speech 2014-15. The 17 premium trains will run from different parts of the country, which are considered high density routes. (Traveldailymedia.com)</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>China Plans Longest Undersea Tunnel</strong></span></div> <div> <img alt="Longest Undersea Tunnel" src="/userfiles/images/tb2.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 150px; height: 106px;" />China is planning to build the world’s longest underwater tunnel, according to state media reports. The China Daily reported officials with the Chinese Academy of Engineering as saying that blueprints for the project have already been drawn up and will now be submitted to the central government for approval. The plan is to create a 123 km tunnel under the Bohai Sea, connecting Yantai in Shandong province with Dalian in Liaoning province. If approved, work could start as early as next year, with completion scheduled for 2026. But the project won’t come cheap; the record-breaking tunnel is expected to cost up to USD 36 billion to build. This would mark a significant reduction from the current 1,400 km drive or eight-hour ferry ride, and would provide a major new gateway to China’s northeast. The 123km new tunnel would surpass the combined length of the two longest underwater transport tunnels currently in existence – Japan’s Seikan Tunnel and the Channel Tunnel between the UK and France. (Traveldailymedia.com)</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Saudi to Invest USD 30.9 Billion in Tourism over Next Decade </strong></span></div> <div> <img alt="Mena" src="/userfiles/images/tb3.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 150px; height: 74px;" />The Saudi government is investing heavily in its tourism sector, principally to provide employment opportunities for Saudi graduates. According to a 2013 MENA tourism and hospitality report by research consultancy Aranca, investment in the travel and tourism sector is expected to increase at a CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) of 4% to SAR 30.9 billion over a ten year period from 2013 to 23. The number of tourists visiting KSA is estimated to increase at a CAGR of 2% to 21.3 million over the period 2013 – 2023. Revenues will total SAR 60.9 billion by 2023 – due to an increase in the number of Hajj and Umrah tourists and growth of international shopping centres. To cope with the increasing number of visitors, the Saudi government has outlined a plan to invest more than US$ 30 billion in its airports by 2020, including US$ 10 billion in private investment for the sector. (Traveldailynews.com)</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Tourism Ties between Greece and China to Be Strengthened</strong></span></div> <div> Greece and China will launch a task force to strengthen the tourism ties between the two countries; it was decided on 17th February in Athens during a meeting between Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni and the new Chinese Ambassador to Athens Zou Xiaoli. During the meeting, it was agreed to organize a Greek-Chinese Symposium on tourism issues in Athens this year with representatives of the tourism sector from both countries. The visa requirements of Chinese citizens wanting to travel to Greece were discussed. The Greek tourism minister referred to actions launched by Greece to simplify the entry procedures for citizens from third countries. (Travelandtourworld.com)</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-25', 'modified' => '2014-03-03', '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 Indian Railways has decided to run 17 more premium AC-special trains between Delhi and Mumbai. 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Incorporated directly into a cell phonehousing, the nanogenerator could harvest and convert vibration energy from a surface, such as the passenger seat of a moving vehicle, into power for the phone. Xudong Wang, an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, researcher Yanchao Mao and collaborators from Sun Yat-sen University in China, and the University of Minnesota Duluth developed the device, a mesoporous piezoelectric nanogenerator that takes advantage of a common piezoelectric polymer material called polyvinylidene fluoride, or PVDF. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>New App may Help You Fix Abusive Boyfriend</strong></span></div> <div> Good news for victims ofdating violence or an abusive relationship! Researchers have developed a new smartphone app that warns young women of a dangerous partner by helping them examine their relationships and potential behavioural red flags. In an effort to connect more young women with safety information, researchers developed the “One Love My Plan” smartphone application, an interactive tool that helps college-age women in abusive relationships clarify their priorities and customise personal safety plans. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Facebook Buys WhatsApp for $19bn</strong></span></div> <div> Facebook has bought messaging app WhatsApp in a deal worth a total of $19bn in cash and shares. It is the social networking giant’s biggest acquisition to date.WhatsApp has over 450 million monthly users and is popular with people looking to avoid text messaging charges. In a statement announcing the deal, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg described WhatsApp’s services as “incredibly valuable”. WhatsApp allows users to send messages over internet connections, avoiding text messaging fees. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>World’s Most Powerful Terahertz Laser Chip Developed</strong></span></div> <div> British researchers have built the world’s most powerful terahertz laser chip, an advance that may enable improved security scanning and medical imaging. Researchers from the University of Leeds claimed to have exceeded a 1 Watt output power from a quantum cascade terahertz laser. The new record more than doubles landmarks set by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and subsequently by a team from Vienna last year. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>New System Tells How Far Your Email has Travelled</strong></span></div> <div> A new system that uses GPS technology to calculate the number of miles an email has travelled before reaching an inbox has been developed. The system known as Email Miles, uses Global Positioning System (GPS) technology and internet tracking to determine where a message was sent and where it was received. It then calculates the total distance between the two and displays it on the screen alongside a map. Inventor Jonah Brucker-Cohen, a design lecturer, said he hoped that it would remind people how quickly they can communicate in a digital world, ‘The Times’ reported. The system also shows how indirect the route of many emails can be. </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-25', 'modified' => '2014-03-02', '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 have developed a new device that can charge your smartphoneon the go - without the need for an electrical cord. 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The campaign showcases premium Turkish brands including Istikbal Furniture, Suvari Menswear, Rodimood, Colins, Yards casual wear, Aygaz Gas Heaters, Papia, Familia, Teno paper products and Arbella pasta among others. Discounts of up to 40 are offered on the products during the campaign. Buyers also get a chance to win gift vouchers as well as door prizes upon entrance.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Micromax Launches Three New Models </strong></span></div> <div> Micromax has launched three new models of mobiles named Micromax X501, Micromax A47 and Micromax A37 in the market. Micromax A47 runs on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean and is powered by a 1.3 GHz dual core processor. Micromax A37 comes with Android 4.2 Jellybean, has a 3.5 inch screen and is powered by a 1 Ghz processor. Similarly, Micromax X501 is a handset with 4 inch capacitive touchscreen. It supports Bluetooth and has features like FM radio, music player, video player and expandable memory up to 8 GB.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Fanta Extends Partnership with Miss Nepal Pageant</strong></span></div> <div> Fanta has extended its partnership with the Miss Nepal Pageant for three more years. Now, Fanta will continue its partnership with the pageant till 2016. Fanta will also continue to provide consumers with the opportunity to vote for the most fun and cheerful contestant of Miss Nepal 2014, and she will be titles Fanta Miss Bubbly. Moreover, the winner, first runner up, second runner up and Fanta Miss Bubbly will feature in Fanta promotions and activations in 2014.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo Launched</strong></span></div> <div> International Marketing Services (IMS), the authorized distributor of Samsung Mobiles in Nepal have introduced Samsung Galaxy Grand Neon the Galaxy series. Powered with 1.2 GHz quad core processor and 1 GB RAM Grand Neo runs on Android 4.2.2 Jellybean Operating System. The phone has a screen of 5 inches, and sports a 5 megapixel primary camera and a VGA secondary camera. The phone supports dual SIM and has an internal storage of 8 GB that can be externally expanded to 64 GB. Grand Neo is priced at Rs 29,500, and customers will be provided with 300MB data for three months (900MB).</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-25', 'modified' => '2014-03-02', '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' => 'Akhil Trading Concern (P) Ltd and Mediterranean Link Holdings (P) Ltd have jointly started a promotional campaign ‘Grand Turkish Bazaar’ for selected Turkish brands. The promotion began from 21st February and will last till 1st March at three stores in United World Trade Centre, Tripureswor.', 'sortorder' => '2525', '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' => '2679', 'article_category_id' => '99', 'title' => 'Qatar Airways Launches Instagram Contest', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> Qatar Airways has recently launched its first international Instagram contest titled ‘#destigram’. The contest highlights the airlines expanding network, and encourages visitors to share a photo of one of the eight new destinations announced by the airline. These destinations include Dubai, Sharjah, Philadelphia, Larnaca, Istanbul, Edinburgh, Miami, and Dallas/Fort Worth.</div> <div> </div> <div> Visitors have to share their photos taken from any of these eight cities or regions. Users then add the hashtags #Destigram and a hashtag for the corresponding city/airport code. Entrants are also encouraged to tell the world something great about their photo. This multi-platform contest is hosted on the airline’s social media sites www.instagram.com/qatarairways, www.twitter.com/qatarairways, and at www.facebook.com/qatarairways.</div> <div> </div> <div> There are 10 prizes for the participants including four flight tickets and 1.6 million Qatar Airways Privilege Club Qmiles. Other prizes include eight lucky-draw prizes of 200,000 Qatar Airways Privilege Club Qmiles each, which are valid on all 13 Oneworld airlines worldwide. In addition, the two best photos based on a combination of public votes and a third party voting panel of judges will receive tickets. The two winners will receive a pair of Qatar Airways Business Class or Economy Class flights on the airline’s maiden voyage to or from one of the eight featured destinations. Winners of the contest will be announced on 3rd March 2014.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-25', 'modified' => '2014-02-25', '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 has recently launched its first international Instagram contest titled ‘#destigram’. The contest highlights the airlines expanding network, and encourages visitors to share a photo of one of the eight new destinations announced by the airline. These destinations include Dubai, Sharjah, Philadelphia, Larnaca, Istanbul, Edinburgh, Miami, and Dallas/Fort Worth.', 'sortorder' => '2524', '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' => '2680', 'article_category_id' => '99', 'title' => 'Turkish Airline Debuts First Locally Produced Aircraft Seat', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> Turkish Airlines has partnered in an initiative to build aircraft seats in Turkey itself. In line with the objective of 'one hundred percent Turkish aircraft production' envisioned for the airline’s centennial in 2023, Turkish Airlines, Turkish Technic and Assan Hanil, have partnered to create Turkish Seat Industries (TSI). It is a five million dollar project to design and build the first locally produced airline seat.</div> <div> </div> <div> The first aircraft equipped with the new seats is a Turkish Airlines B737-800 and it was unveiled at a presentation hosted by Turkish Airlines. "TSI's basic vision is to deliver the best solutions in terms of comfort, aesthetics, safety and logistics in the aircraft passenger seat industry. This partnership has now produced its first result," said Turkish Airlines Chairman Hamdi Topçu.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-25', 'modified' => '2014-02-25', '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' => 'Turkish Airlines has partnered in an initiative to build aircraft seats in Turkey itself. In line with the objective of 'one hundred percent Turkish aircraft production' envisioned for the airline’s centennial in 2023, Turkish Airlines, Turkish Technic and Assan Hanil, have partnered to create Turkish Seat Industries (TSI). It is a five million dollar project to design and build the first locally produced airline seat.', 'sortorder' => '2523', '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' => '2678', 'article_category_id' => '99', 'title' => 'Oman Air Sees Increased In-Flight Connectivity Usage In 2013', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> The number of passengers using in-flight connectivity on Oman Air’s Onair-equipped Airbus A330s has increased dramatically in the past year, as has the volume of data exchanged. The airline has seven A330s fitted with both Mobile OnAir and Internet OnAir. From 2012 to 2013, the number of Oman Air’s passengers logging on to the OnAir networks increased by 45 per cent and 85 per cent more data was used. </div> <div> </div> <div> According to a press statement, Oman Air has worked on increasing usage by implementing a series of new marketing initiatives. These have included a promotion allowing passengers to use Frequent Flyer miles to purchase Wi-Fi codes, as well as offering free vouchers to First and Business class passengers in three or four different periods throughout the year. The airline has also included a promotional advertising campaign and a clip about Mobile OnAir before every film.</div> <div> </div> <div> OnAir predicts that Oman Air will see a doubling of Wi-Fi usage in 2014. The usage figures show that when passengers know about the service, there is a great demand for it. It also shows that OnAir connectivity can meet both customer expectations and increasing demand, says the statement.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-25', 'modified' => '2014-02-25', '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 number of passengers using in-flight connectivity on Oman Air’s Onair-equipped Airbus A330s has increased dramatically in the past year, as has the volume of data exchanged. The airline has seven A330s fitted with both Mobile OnAir and Internet OnAir. From 2012 to 2013, the number of Oman Air’s passengers logging on to the OnAir networks increased by 45 per cent and 85 per cent more data was used.', 'sortorder' => '2522', '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' => '2675', 'article_category_id' => '110', 'title' => 'Top Ten Losers ( 17 - 23 February 2014)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-25', 'modified' => '2014-02-25', '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' => 'Top Ten Losers', 'sortorder' => '2521', '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' => '2677', 'article_category_id' => '109', 'title' => 'Technical Analysis Of Nepse (17 - 23 February 2014)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Market Trend</strong></span></div> <div> Nepse continued its bullish rally last week gaining 19.57 points or 2.44% over the four trading periods. The majority of the gains came from the last two trading days (Tuesday and Thursday) where the market rallied by 18.94 points. The substantial rise in Nepse over the past few trading days has caused it to move past its strong resistance level of 806.82 points indicating a strong bullish scenario for the stock market. Nepse is currently well above its 5-year high with numerous stocks becoming very expensive. If political climate remains fairly positive along with good financial results from companies, the market may see further upside in the days to come. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>RSI</strong></span></div> <div> RSI is a form of leading indicator that is believed to be most effective during periods of sideways movement. Such indicators may create numerous buy and sell signals that are useful when the market is not clearly trending upwards or downwards. On February 03, 2014, the RSI indicator settled lower at 51.37. Since then, RSI has been gradually creeping upwards. This has caused RSI to move back into the overbought zone. By the end of the last Thursday, the RSI stood at 73.30 levels.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>MACD</strong></span></div> <div> The MACD indicator, which has been witnessing a declining trend since the third week of January 2014, finally crossed above the signal line on Tuesday. When a MACD line crosses above the signal line, it is considered to be a positive sign and indicates a time to buy. The MACD line and Signal line increased from 10.60 and 10.80 points in the previous week to 12.87 and 11.35 points respectively. This suggests that the near term moving average is moving upward with a greater momentum while the longer term moving average is gradually shaping upwards. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>On Balance Volume (OBV)</strong></span></div> <div> OBV is a momentum indicator that relates volume to the current price of index or security. During January 19 to February 13 2014, the OBV indicator formed a resistance level in terms of volume of shares traded. In the past week, the indicator moved past its resistance level signaling a positive.</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Market Summary</strong></div> <div> <strong>(16 February to 20, 2014)</strong></div> <div> <strong>Close: 822.67</strong></div> <div> <strong>High: 822.67</strong></div> <div> <strong>Weekly Change: 19.57 points (2.44%)</strong></div> <div> <strong>Daily Average Turnover: NPR 278.29 Million</strong></div> <div> <strong>Total Weekly Turnover: NPR 1.11 Billion</strong></div> <div> <strong>Immediate Support: 806.82</strong></div> <div> <strong>Immediate Resistance: 847.86</strong></div> <div> <strong>RSI: 73.30</strong></div> <div> <strong>MACD Line: 12.87</strong></div> <div> <strong>Signal Line: 11.35</strong></div> <div> </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-25', 'modified' => '2014-02-25', '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' => 'Market Trend Nepse continued its bullish rally last week gaining 19.57 points or 2.44% over the four trading periods. The majority of the gains came from the last two trading days (Tuesday and Thursday) where the market rallied by 18.94 points.', 'sortorder' => '2520', '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' => '2676', 'article_category_id' => '108', 'title' => 'Money Matters News In Brief (24 February - 2 March 2014)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Everest Bank Renews Contract with Sadichha Shrestha </strong></span></div> <div> <img alt="Sadichha Shrestha" src="/userfiles/images/mm.jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;width: 200px; height: 105px;" />Everest Bank has renewed its contract with Sadichha Shrestha to continue her as its Brand Ambassador for further one year. Shrestha, former Miss Nepal has been promoting products and services of the Bank by featuring in advertisements as well as representing the Bank in different forums since last year. In a program held at the Bank’s head office, CEO AK Ahluwalia and Sadichha Shrestha exchanged the agreement. “Everest Bank is an established brand and is looked upon as a very strong Bank. Now, to make it a household name, Sadichha will continue to play an active role and we are quite hopeful in her ability to do so,” said Ahluwalia in the function. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>NMB Bank Opens Branch in Putalisadak</strong></span></div> <div> <img alt="NMB Bank" src="/userfiles/images/mm1(1).jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;width: 200px; height: 65px;" />NMB Bank Ltd has opened a new branch in Putalisadak, making the total number of branches operating in the country 26. The new branch is a relocation of the Bank’s previous branch at Durbar Marg.. Presently, the Bank is providing its services through its branches, 30 ATMs and other alternative delivery channels in different parts of the country. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Civil Bank Starts Branchless Banking</strong></span></div> <div> <img alt="Civil Bank Starts Branchless Banking" src="/userfiles/images/mm2(1).jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;width: 200px; height: 132px;" />Civil Bank has started its Branchless Banking service from Tharpu VDC of Panchthar district. The service was jointly inaugurated by the CEO of the Bank Kishore Maharjan and DSP Deep Shamsher Rana. “For justifying and moving forward towards fulfilling our mission of becoming every Nepali’s banking partner by extending all types of banking services, we have launched this service targeting farmers residing in villages to big businesses in cities,” said Maharjan. Through this new service, customers will be able to avail facilities like secure fund withdrawal, fund deposit, fund transfer from one account to another, mobile phone recharge, ATM cards, remittance facility, MobilemaiNagad facility, SMS alert, checking of account balance and printing of statements among others. The Bank also informed that its employees have been assigned to the area for arranging micro credit in a simplified manner to interested customers for running Small and Medium Enterprises as well as Agro-businesses. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Siddhartha Bank opens 42nd Branch in Birtamod</strong></span></div> <div> <img alt="Siddhartha Bank " src="/userfiles/images/mm3(1).jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;width: 200px; height: 49px;" />Siddhartha Bank has inaugurated its 42nd branch at Birtamod, Jhapa on February 16. The branch was jointly inaugurated by the Chief District Officer of Jhapa Ekmani Nepal and Bank’s Director Poonam Chand Agrawal. According to a statement from the Bank, it will be providing a wide array of banking products and services along with ATM facility from the branch.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-25', 'modified' => '2014-02-25', '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' => 'Everest Bank has renewed its contract with Sadichha Shrestha to continue her as its Brand Ambassador for further one year. Shrestha, former Miss Nepal has been promoting products and services of the Bank by featuring in advertisements as well as representing the Bank in different forums since last year.', 'sortorder' => '2519', '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' => '2673', 'article_category_id' => '113', 'title' => 'US Dollar Exchange Rate At Local Market (17 - 23 February 2014)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-25', 'modified' => '2014-02-25', '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' => 'US Dollar Exchange Rate At Local Market', 'sortorder' => '2518', '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' => '2672', 'article_category_id' => '112', 'title' => 'Weekly Gold And Silver Price (17 - 23 February 2014)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-25', 'modified' => '2014-02-25', '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' => 'Weekly Gold And Silver Price', 'sortorder' => '2517', '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' => '2674', 'article_category_id' => '111', 'title' => 'Top Ten Gainers ( 17 - 23 February 2014)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-25', 'modified' => '2014-02-25', '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' => 'Top Ten Gainers', 'sortorder' => '2516', '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' => '2671', 'article_category_id' => '154', 'title' => 'Learning Curve News In Brief (24 February - 2 March 2014)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>HSEB Publishes Grade 11 (XI) Supplementary Results</strong></span></div> <div> Higher Secondary Education Board (HSEB), Sanothimi published the result of supplementary exam of grade XI on Tuesday, February 18th. Out of 52,462 students 41,515 (79.14 %) have passed the examination. The exams of 36 students were dismissed for cheating during the exams. Similarly, HSEB cancelled the results of all the examinees of JanJagriti Higher Secondary School, Salleri, Solukhumbu (Center no. 093). </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>PU Publishes Results</strong></span></div> <div> Purbanchal University (PU), office of the examination management, Biratnagar published the results of various semesters/ years. The results of the program and semesters which has been published are: B.Sc.Biotech - I & III Semesters, BTech.Biotech -I & III Semesters and M.Sc.Meat/Dairy Tech- I Semester.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>British Council to hold Edu Fair</strong></span></div> <div> British Council is organising ‘Education UK Exhibition’ from 25th -28th February, 2014 from 11:00 to 17:00 hours at the Everest Hotel, Kathmandu and Hotel Pokhara Grande, Pokhara. The programme will be comprised of seminars / presentations by representatives from the British Council, British High Commission and UK institutions. The exhibition has aimed to promote UK education and increase the understanding of the UK’s expertise in education. The event will be focused on complete guidance about the career opportunities that are available enabling prospective students to make the right career/education choice.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>SLC Exam Centres Fixed</strong></span></div> <div> The Ministry of Education, Office of the Controller of Examinations (OCE) has fixed 1,836 exam centres throughout the country for the School Leaving Certificate (SLC) examinations scheduled for March 20 to 28, 2014. Fifty centres had to be added this year on the number of exam centres last year as the home centres have been done away with across the country from this year. The number of exam centres last year was 1,786.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>CTEVT Publishes the Results of Special Scholarship</strong></span></div> <div> Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training (CTEVT) has published the results of special scholarships on 22nd of February for the Dalit, Muslim and Madhesi students of Rupandehi and Sunsari district and endangered nationalities of all over Nepal. CTEVT provides scholarships to study PCL Nursing, General Medicine, and other diploma programs and TSLC programs.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Planning department of Pokhara University Padlocked</strong></span></div> <div> The Nepal Students Union (NSU) has padlocked the planning department of Pokhara University. Students padlocked the department after Nepal Health Professionals Council (NHPC) denied approval and recognition to students of Nobel Academy who are reading in BPH and BMLT. The Nobel academy was allowed to admit 40 students in Bachelor in Public Health (BPH) Programme and 25 students Bachelor in Medical Laboratory Technician (BMLT). However, it had increased the number of students for both of the programme without approval of the council.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>PU Liaison Office Padlocked</strong></span></div> <div> Liaison office of the Purbanchal University (PU) has been padlocked by the CPN-Maoist aligned All Nepal National Independent Students Union- Revolutionary (ANNISU-R) for an indefinite period from Tuesday, 18th February. The student organisation padlocked the office stating that examination results have been delayed for 18 months, dispute between the vice-chancellor and registrar has not been resolved and that the question papers were leaked.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-24', 'modified' => '2014-02-25', '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' => 'Higher Secondary Education Board (HSEB), Sanothimi published the result of supplementary exam of grade XI on Tuesday, February 18th. Out of 52,462 students 41,515 (79.14 %) have passed the examination. The exams of 36 students were dismissed for cheating during the exams. Similarly, HSEB cancelled the results of all the examinees of JanJagriti Higher Secondary School, Salleri, Solukhumbu (Center no. 093).', 'sortorder' => '2515', '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' => '2669', 'article_category_id' => '140', 'title' => 'Nepal Political Economic News In Brief (24 February - 2 March 2014)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>‘New CA will own up past agreements’ </strong></span></div> <div> <img alt="Subash Chandra Nembang" src="/userfiles/images/nb(1).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;height: 121px; width: 110px;" />Newly appointed chairperson of the Constituent Assembly (CA), Subash Chandra Nembang has expressed commitment to take necessary initiative to ensure that the new CA took ownership of the agreements reached by the erstwhile CA. “The previous CA has forged agreements on various issues and topics. Our responsibility is to own up those agreements and expedite the constitution drafting process,” he told journalists after assuming his office at the Parliament Secretariat in Singha Durbar few hours after taking oath of office from President Dr Ram Baran Yadav on February 18. Nembang was elected the CA chairperson unopposed by the 571-member CA on February 17. Nembang will also serve as the Speaker in Parliament. Vice President Parmananda Jha, Prime Minister Sushil Koirala, Acting Chief Justice Damodar Prasad Sharma, Minister Ram Sharan Mahat, heads of constitutional bodies, secretaries, heads of security bodies, among others, were present at the swearing-in ceremony. Nembang held the same post in the previous CA as well. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>PM Hopeful of New Constitution Within a Year</strong></span></div> <div> <img alt=" Sushil Koirala" src="/userfiles/images/nb1.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 110px; height: 118px;" />Prime Minister Sushil Koirala has said that the government is committed to creating an atmosphere for promulgating a new constitution within a year. Stating that consensus among all political parties is needed to achieve the target of new constitution on time, Koirala said his government would strive for the same. Addressing the main celebrations organized on the occasion of 64th National Democracy Day on Falgun 7 (Feb 19), PM Koirala argued that commitments to civil rights and democratic norms and values will create a basis of mutual trust among the political parties. “I am hopeful of the promulgation of a new constitution within a year on the basis of political consensus,” he added. It is inevitable to make the citizens empowered, educated, conscious, aware and prosperous for stability and institutional development of democracy, the Prime Minister said, adding that the country could be taken on the path of prosperity through economic, social and educational development. </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>UP Chief Minister Visits Nepal</strong></span></div> <div> <img alt="Akhilesh Yadav " src="/userfiles/images/nb2.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 100px; height: 110px;" />Uttar Pradesh (UP) Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav arrived in Kathmandu on February 16 on a two-day official visit to Nepal. The chief executive of the bordering Indian state was accompanied by a delegation, including his uncle and Public Works Department Minister of Shivpal Singh Yadav. During his stay, he held meetings with President Dr Ram Baran Yadav and Prime Minister Sushil Koirala. He also held discussions with Nepali officials and ministers on border issues.</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Dr Nepal Appointed PM’s Economic Advisor</strong></span></div> <div> <img alt="Dr Chiranjibi Nepal" src="/userfiles/images/nb3.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 110px; height: 123px;" />Prime Minister Sushil Koirala has appointed economist Dr Chiranjibi Nepal as his economic advisor on February 19. Before being appointed the PM’s economic advisor, Dr Nepal who is a proponent of free market economy was working as the chief economic advisor to the Ministry of Finance. Dr Nepal, who is the general secretary of Nepal Economic Association, an economists’ guild, has already served as the chief advisor to the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) and Nepal Chamber of Commerce. Dr Nepal has his PhD on the relation of labour and economy and has been in the teaching profession for the past 28 years. 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These additional new trains will ply on busy routes, while the railways will also explore the possibility of running semi-high speed trains between 160-200kmph to Chandigarh and Agra. The premium train to Mumbai, to handle the extra rush during Christmas and New Year, had fetched increased earnings of about 48% as compared to Mumbai Rajdhani. The fares for this train were charged under dynamic fare mechanism scheme much like airlines. “Such dynamic pricing was widely appreciated by users and media and gave increased earnings of about 48% as compared to Rajdhani services on the same sector. We are considering operation of this scheme on a larger scale,” Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge said in his Interim Budget speech 2014-15. The 17 premium trains will run from different parts of the country, which are considered high density routes. (Traveldailymedia.com)</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>China Plans Longest Undersea Tunnel</strong></span></div> <div> <img alt="Longest Undersea Tunnel" src="/userfiles/images/tb2.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 150px; height: 106px;" />China is planning to build the world’s longest underwater tunnel, according to state media reports. The China Daily reported officials with the Chinese Academy of Engineering as saying that blueprints for the project have already been drawn up and will now be submitted to the central government for approval. The plan is to create a 123 km tunnel under the Bohai Sea, connecting Yantai in Shandong province with Dalian in Liaoning province. If approved, work could start as early as next year, with completion scheduled for 2026. But the project won’t come cheap; the record-breaking tunnel is expected to cost up to USD 36 billion to build. This would mark a significant reduction from the current 1,400 km drive or eight-hour ferry ride, and would provide a major new gateway to China’s northeast. The 123km new tunnel would surpass the combined length of the two longest underwater transport tunnels currently in existence – Japan’s Seikan Tunnel and the Channel Tunnel between the UK and France. (Traveldailymedia.com)</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Saudi to Invest USD 30.9 Billion in Tourism over Next Decade </strong></span></div> <div> <img alt="Mena" src="/userfiles/images/tb3.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 150px; height: 74px;" />The Saudi government is investing heavily in its tourism sector, principally to provide employment opportunities for Saudi graduates. According to a 2013 MENA tourism and hospitality report by research consultancy Aranca, investment in the travel and tourism sector is expected to increase at a CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) of 4% to SAR 30.9 billion over a ten year period from 2013 to 23. The number of tourists visiting KSA is estimated to increase at a CAGR of 2% to 21.3 million over the period 2013 – 2023. Revenues will total SAR 60.9 billion by 2023 – due to an increase in the number of Hajj and Umrah tourists and growth of international shopping centres. To cope with the increasing number of visitors, the Saudi government has outlined a plan to invest more than US$ 30 billion in its airports by 2020, including US$ 10 billion in private investment for the sector. (Traveldailynews.com)</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Tourism Ties between Greece and China to Be Strengthened</strong></span></div> <div> Greece and China will launch a task force to strengthen the tourism ties between the two countries; it was decided on 17th February in Athens during a meeting between Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni and the new Chinese Ambassador to Athens Zou Xiaoli. During the meeting, it was agreed to organize a Greek-Chinese Symposium on tourism issues in Athens this year with representatives of the tourism sector from both countries. The visa requirements of Chinese citizens wanting to travel to Greece were discussed. The Greek tourism minister referred to actions launched by Greece to simplify the entry procedures for citizens from third countries. 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Incorporated directly into a cell phonehousing, the nanogenerator could harvest and convert vibration energy from a surface, such as the passenger seat of a moving vehicle, into power for the phone. Xudong Wang, an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, researcher Yanchao Mao and collaborators from Sun Yat-sen University in China, and the University of Minnesota Duluth developed the device, a mesoporous piezoelectric nanogenerator that takes advantage of a common piezoelectric polymer material called polyvinylidene fluoride, or PVDF. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>New App may Help You Fix Abusive Boyfriend</strong></span></div> <div> Good news for victims ofdating violence or an abusive relationship! Researchers have developed a new smartphone app that warns young women of a dangerous partner by helping them examine their relationships and potential behavioural red flags. In an effort to connect more young women with safety information, researchers developed the “One Love My Plan” smartphone application, an interactive tool that helps college-age women in abusive relationships clarify their priorities and customise personal safety plans. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Facebook Buys WhatsApp for $19bn</strong></span></div> <div> Facebook has bought messaging app WhatsApp in a deal worth a total of $19bn in cash and shares. It is the social networking giant’s biggest acquisition to date.WhatsApp has over 450 million monthly users and is popular with people looking to avoid text messaging charges. In a statement announcing the deal, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg described WhatsApp’s services as “incredibly valuable”. WhatsApp allows users to send messages over internet connections, avoiding text messaging fees. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>World’s Most Powerful Terahertz Laser Chip Developed</strong></span></div> <div> British researchers have built the world’s most powerful terahertz laser chip, an advance that may enable improved security scanning and medical imaging. Researchers from the University of Leeds claimed to have exceeded a 1 Watt output power from a quantum cascade terahertz laser. The new record more than doubles landmarks set by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and subsequently by a team from Vienna last year. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>New System Tells How Far Your Email has Travelled</strong></span></div> <div> A new system that uses GPS technology to calculate the number of miles an email has travelled before reaching an inbox has been developed. The system known as Email Miles, uses Global Positioning System (GPS) technology and internet tracking to determine where a message was sent and where it was received. It then calculates the total distance between the two and displays it on the screen alongside a map. Inventor Jonah Brucker-Cohen, a design lecturer, said he hoped that it would remind people how quickly they can communicate in a digital world, ‘The Times’ reported. The system also shows how indirect the route of many emails can be. </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-25', 'modified' => '2014-03-02', '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 have developed a new device that can charge your smartphoneon the go - without the need for an electrical cord. 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The campaign showcases premium Turkish brands including Istikbal Furniture, Suvari Menswear, Rodimood, Colins, Yards casual wear, Aygaz Gas Heaters, Papia, Familia, Teno paper products and Arbella pasta among others. Discounts of up to 40 are offered on the products during the campaign. Buyers also get a chance to win gift vouchers as well as door prizes upon entrance.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Micromax Launches Three New Models </strong></span></div> <div> Micromax has launched three new models of mobiles named Micromax X501, Micromax A47 and Micromax A37 in the market. Micromax A47 runs on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean and is powered by a 1.3 GHz dual core processor. Micromax A37 comes with Android 4.2 Jellybean, has a 3.5 inch screen and is powered by a 1 Ghz processor. Similarly, Micromax X501 is a handset with 4 inch capacitive touchscreen. It supports Bluetooth and has features like FM radio, music player, video player and expandable memory up to 8 GB.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Fanta Extends Partnership with Miss Nepal Pageant</strong></span></div> <div> Fanta has extended its partnership with the Miss Nepal Pageant for three more years. Now, Fanta will continue its partnership with the pageant till 2016. Fanta will also continue to provide consumers with the opportunity to vote for the most fun and cheerful contestant of Miss Nepal 2014, and she will be titles Fanta Miss Bubbly. Moreover, the winner, first runner up, second runner up and Fanta Miss Bubbly will feature in Fanta promotions and activations in 2014.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo Launched</strong></span></div> <div> International Marketing Services (IMS), the authorized distributor of Samsung Mobiles in Nepal have introduced Samsung Galaxy Grand Neon the Galaxy series. Powered with 1.2 GHz quad core processor and 1 GB RAM Grand Neo runs on Android 4.2.2 Jellybean Operating System. The phone has a screen of 5 inches, and sports a 5 megapixel primary camera and a VGA secondary camera. The phone supports dual SIM and has an internal storage of 8 GB that can be externally expanded to 64 GB. Grand Neo is priced at Rs 29,500, and customers will be provided with 300MB data for three months (900MB).</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-25', 'modified' => '2014-03-02', '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' => 'Akhil Trading Concern (P) Ltd and Mediterranean Link Holdings (P) Ltd have jointly started a promotional campaign ‘Grand Turkish Bazaar’ for selected Turkish brands. The promotion began from 21st February and will last till 1st March at three stores in United World Trade Centre, Tripureswor.', 'sortorder' => '2525', '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' => '2679', 'article_category_id' => '99', 'title' => 'Qatar Airways Launches Instagram Contest', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> Qatar Airways has recently launched its first international Instagram contest titled ‘#destigram’. The contest highlights the airlines expanding network, and encourages visitors to share a photo of one of the eight new destinations announced by the airline. These destinations include Dubai, Sharjah, Philadelphia, Larnaca, Istanbul, Edinburgh, Miami, and Dallas/Fort Worth.</div> <div> </div> <div> Visitors have to share their photos taken from any of these eight cities or regions. Users then add the hashtags #Destigram and a hashtag for the corresponding city/airport code. Entrants are also encouraged to tell the world something great about their photo. This multi-platform contest is hosted on the airline’s social media sites www.instagram.com/qatarairways, www.twitter.com/qatarairways, and at www.facebook.com/qatarairways.</div> <div> </div> <div> There are 10 prizes for the participants including four flight tickets and 1.6 million Qatar Airways Privilege Club Qmiles. Other prizes include eight lucky-draw prizes of 200,000 Qatar Airways Privilege Club Qmiles each, which are valid on all 13 Oneworld airlines worldwide. In addition, the two best photos based on a combination of public votes and a third party voting panel of judges will receive tickets. The two winners will receive a pair of Qatar Airways Business Class or Economy Class flights on the airline’s maiden voyage to or from one of the eight featured destinations. Winners of the contest will be announced on 3rd March 2014.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-25', 'modified' => '2014-02-25', '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 has recently launched its first international Instagram contest titled ‘#destigram’. The contest highlights the airlines expanding network, and encourages visitors to share a photo of one of the eight new destinations announced by the airline. These destinations include Dubai, Sharjah, Philadelphia, Larnaca, Istanbul, Edinburgh, Miami, and Dallas/Fort Worth.', 'sortorder' => '2524', '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' => '2680', 'article_category_id' => '99', 'title' => 'Turkish Airline Debuts First Locally Produced Aircraft Seat', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> Turkish Airlines has partnered in an initiative to build aircraft seats in Turkey itself. In line with the objective of 'one hundred percent Turkish aircraft production' envisioned for the airline’s centennial in 2023, Turkish Airlines, Turkish Technic and Assan Hanil, have partnered to create Turkish Seat Industries (TSI). It is a five million dollar project to design and build the first locally produced airline seat.</div> <div> </div> <div> The first aircraft equipped with the new seats is a Turkish Airlines B737-800 and it was unveiled at a presentation hosted by Turkish Airlines. "TSI's basic vision is to deliver the best solutions in terms of comfort, aesthetics, safety and logistics in the aircraft passenger seat industry. This partnership has now produced its first result," said Turkish Airlines Chairman Hamdi Topçu.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-25', 'modified' => '2014-02-25', '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' => 'Turkish Airlines has partnered in an initiative to build aircraft seats in Turkey itself. In line with the objective of 'one hundred percent Turkish aircraft production' envisioned for the airline’s centennial in 2023, Turkish Airlines, Turkish Technic and Assan Hanil, have partnered to create Turkish Seat Industries (TSI). It is a five million dollar project to design and build the first locally produced airline seat.', 'sortorder' => '2523', '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' => '2678', 'article_category_id' => '99', 'title' => 'Oman Air Sees Increased In-Flight Connectivity Usage In 2013', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> The number of passengers using in-flight connectivity on Oman Air’s Onair-equipped Airbus A330s has increased dramatically in the past year, as has the volume of data exchanged. The airline has seven A330s fitted with both Mobile OnAir and Internet OnAir. From 2012 to 2013, the number of Oman Air’s passengers logging on to the OnAir networks increased by 45 per cent and 85 per cent more data was used. </div> <div> </div> <div> According to a press statement, Oman Air has worked on increasing usage by implementing a series of new marketing initiatives. These have included a promotion allowing passengers to use Frequent Flyer miles to purchase Wi-Fi codes, as well as offering free vouchers to First and Business class passengers in three or four different periods throughout the year. The airline has also included a promotional advertising campaign and a clip about Mobile OnAir before every film.</div> <div> </div> <div> OnAir predicts that Oman Air will see a doubling of Wi-Fi usage in 2014. The usage figures show that when passengers know about the service, there is a great demand for it. It also shows that OnAir connectivity can meet both customer expectations and increasing demand, says the statement.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-25', 'modified' => '2014-02-25', '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 number of passengers using in-flight connectivity on Oman Air’s Onair-equipped Airbus A330s has increased dramatically in the past year, as has the volume of data exchanged. The airline has seven A330s fitted with both Mobile OnAir and Internet OnAir. From 2012 to 2013, the number of Oman Air’s passengers logging on to the OnAir networks increased by 45 per cent and 85 per cent more data was used.', 'sortorder' => '2522', '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' => '2675', 'article_category_id' => '110', 'title' => 'Top Ten Losers ( 17 - 23 February 2014)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-25', 'modified' => '2014-02-25', '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' => 'Top Ten Losers', 'sortorder' => '2521', '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' => '2677', 'article_category_id' => '109', 'title' => 'Technical Analysis Of Nepse (17 - 23 February 2014)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Market Trend</strong></span></div> <div> Nepse continued its bullish rally last week gaining 19.57 points or 2.44% over the four trading periods. The majority of the gains came from the last two trading days (Tuesday and Thursday) where the market rallied by 18.94 points. The substantial rise in Nepse over the past few trading days has caused it to move past its strong resistance level of 806.82 points indicating a strong bullish scenario for the stock market. Nepse is currently well above its 5-year high with numerous stocks becoming very expensive. If political climate remains fairly positive along with good financial results from companies, the market may see further upside in the days to come. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>RSI</strong></span></div> <div> RSI is a form of leading indicator that is believed to be most effective during periods of sideways movement. Such indicators may create numerous buy and sell signals that are useful when the market is not clearly trending upwards or downwards. On February 03, 2014, the RSI indicator settled lower at 51.37. Since then, RSI has been gradually creeping upwards. This has caused RSI to move back into the overbought zone. By the end of the last Thursday, the RSI stood at 73.30 levels.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>MACD</strong></span></div> <div> The MACD indicator, which has been witnessing a declining trend since the third week of January 2014, finally crossed above the signal line on Tuesday. When a MACD line crosses above the signal line, it is considered to be a positive sign and indicates a time to buy. The MACD line and Signal line increased from 10.60 and 10.80 points in the previous week to 12.87 and 11.35 points respectively. This suggests that the near term moving average is moving upward with a greater momentum while the longer term moving average is gradually shaping upwards. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>On Balance Volume (OBV)</strong></span></div> <div> OBV is a momentum indicator that relates volume to the current price of index or security. During January 19 to February 13 2014, the OBV indicator formed a resistance level in terms of volume of shares traded. In the past week, the indicator moved past its resistance level signaling a positive.</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Market Summary</strong></div> <div> <strong>(16 February to 20, 2014)</strong></div> <div> <strong>Close: 822.67</strong></div> <div> <strong>High: 822.67</strong></div> <div> <strong>Weekly Change: 19.57 points (2.44%)</strong></div> <div> <strong>Daily Average Turnover: NPR 278.29 Million</strong></div> <div> <strong>Total Weekly Turnover: NPR 1.11 Billion</strong></div> <div> <strong>Immediate Support: 806.82</strong></div> <div> <strong>Immediate Resistance: 847.86</strong></div> <div> <strong>RSI: 73.30</strong></div> <div> <strong>MACD Line: 12.87</strong></div> <div> <strong>Signal Line: 11.35</strong></div> <div> </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-25', 'modified' => '2014-02-25', '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' => 'Market Trend Nepse continued its bullish rally last week gaining 19.57 points or 2.44% over the four trading periods. The majority of the gains came from the last two trading days (Tuesday and Thursday) where the market rallied by 18.94 points.', 'sortorder' => '2520', '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' => '2676', 'article_category_id' => '108', 'title' => 'Money Matters News In Brief (24 February - 2 March 2014)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Everest Bank Renews Contract with Sadichha Shrestha </strong></span></div> <div> <img alt="Sadichha Shrestha" src="/userfiles/images/mm.jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;width: 200px; height: 105px;" />Everest Bank has renewed its contract with Sadichha Shrestha to continue her as its Brand Ambassador for further one year. Shrestha, former Miss Nepal has been promoting products and services of the Bank by featuring in advertisements as well as representing the Bank in different forums since last year. In a program held at the Bank’s head office, CEO AK Ahluwalia and Sadichha Shrestha exchanged the agreement. “Everest Bank is an established brand and is looked upon as a very strong Bank. Now, to make it a household name, Sadichha will continue to play an active role and we are quite hopeful in her ability to do so,” said Ahluwalia in the function. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>NMB Bank Opens Branch in Putalisadak</strong></span></div> <div> <img alt="NMB Bank" src="/userfiles/images/mm1(1).jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;width: 200px; height: 65px;" />NMB Bank Ltd has opened a new branch in Putalisadak, making the total number of branches operating in the country 26. The new branch is a relocation of the Bank’s previous branch at Durbar Marg.. Presently, the Bank is providing its services through its branches, 30 ATMs and other alternative delivery channels in different parts of the country. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Civil Bank Starts Branchless Banking</strong></span></div> <div> <img alt="Civil Bank Starts Branchless Banking" src="/userfiles/images/mm2(1).jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;width: 200px; height: 132px;" />Civil Bank has started its Branchless Banking service from Tharpu VDC of Panchthar district. The service was jointly inaugurated by the CEO of the Bank Kishore Maharjan and DSP Deep Shamsher Rana. “For justifying and moving forward towards fulfilling our mission of becoming every Nepali’s banking partner by extending all types of banking services, we have launched this service targeting farmers residing in villages to big businesses in cities,” said Maharjan. Through this new service, customers will be able to avail facilities like secure fund withdrawal, fund deposit, fund transfer from one account to another, mobile phone recharge, ATM cards, remittance facility, MobilemaiNagad facility, SMS alert, checking of account balance and printing of statements among others. The Bank also informed that its employees have been assigned to the area for arranging micro credit in a simplified manner to interested customers for running Small and Medium Enterprises as well as Agro-businesses. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Siddhartha Bank opens 42nd Branch in Birtamod</strong></span></div> <div> <img alt="Siddhartha Bank " src="/userfiles/images/mm3(1).jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;width: 200px; height: 49px;" />Siddhartha Bank has inaugurated its 42nd branch at Birtamod, Jhapa on February 16. The branch was jointly inaugurated by the Chief District Officer of Jhapa Ekmani Nepal and Bank’s Director Poonam Chand Agrawal. According to a statement from the Bank, it will be providing a wide array of banking products and services along with ATM facility from the branch.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-25', 'modified' => '2014-02-25', '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' => 'Everest Bank has renewed its contract with Sadichha Shrestha to continue her as its Brand Ambassador for further one year. Shrestha, former Miss Nepal has been promoting products and services of the Bank by featuring in advertisements as well as representing the Bank in different forums since last year.', 'sortorder' => '2519', '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' => '2673', 'article_category_id' => '113', 'title' => 'US Dollar Exchange Rate At Local Market (17 - 23 February 2014)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-25', 'modified' => '2014-02-25', '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' => 'US Dollar Exchange Rate At Local Market', 'sortorder' => '2518', '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' => '2672', 'article_category_id' => '112', 'title' => 'Weekly Gold And Silver Price (17 - 23 February 2014)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-25', 'modified' => '2014-02-25', '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' => 'Weekly Gold And Silver Price', 'sortorder' => '2517', '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' => '2674', 'article_category_id' => '111', 'title' => 'Top Ten Gainers ( 17 - 23 February 2014)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-25', 'modified' => '2014-02-25', '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' => 'Top Ten Gainers', 'sortorder' => '2516', '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' => '2671', 'article_category_id' => '154', 'title' => 'Learning Curve News In Brief (24 February - 2 March 2014)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>HSEB Publishes Grade 11 (XI) Supplementary Results</strong></span></div> <div> Higher Secondary Education Board (HSEB), Sanothimi published the result of supplementary exam of grade XI on Tuesday, February 18th. Out of 52,462 students 41,515 (79.14 %) have passed the examination. The exams of 36 students were dismissed for cheating during the exams. Similarly, HSEB cancelled the results of all the examinees of JanJagriti Higher Secondary School, Salleri, Solukhumbu (Center no. 093). </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>PU Publishes Results</strong></span></div> <div> Purbanchal University (PU), office of the examination management, Biratnagar published the results of various semesters/ years. The results of the program and semesters which has been published are: B.Sc.Biotech - I & III Semesters, BTech.Biotech -I & III Semesters and M.Sc.Meat/Dairy Tech- I Semester.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>British Council to hold Edu Fair</strong></span></div> <div> British Council is organising ‘Education UK Exhibition’ from 25th -28th February, 2014 from 11:00 to 17:00 hours at the Everest Hotel, Kathmandu and Hotel Pokhara Grande, Pokhara. The programme will be comprised of seminars / presentations by representatives from the British Council, British High Commission and UK institutions. The exhibition has aimed to promote UK education and increase the understanding of the UK’s expertise in education. The event will be focused on complete guidance about the career opportunities that are available enabling prospective students to make the right career/education choice.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>SLC Exam Centres Fixed</strong></span></div> <div> The Ministry of Education, Office of the Controller of Examinations (OCE) has fixed 1,836 exam centres throughout the country for the School Leaving Certificate (SLC) examinations scheduled for March 20 to 28, 2014. Fifty centres had to be added this year on the number of exam centres last year as the home centres have been done away with across the country from this year. The number of exam centres last year was 1,786.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>CTEVT Publishes the Results of Special Scholarship</strong></span></div> <div> Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training (CTEVT) has published the results of special scholarships on 22nd of February for the Dalit, Muslim and Madhesi students of Rupandehi and Sunsari district and endangered nationalities of all over Nepal. CTEVT provides scholarships to study PCL Nursing, General Medicine, and other diploma programs and TSLC programs.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Planning department of Pokhara University Padlocked</strong></span></div> <div> The Nepal Students Union (NSU) has padlocked the planning department of Pokhara University. Students padlocked the department after Nepal Health Professionals Council (NHPC) denied approval and recognition to students of Nobel Academy who are reading in BPH and BMLT. The Nobel academy was allowed to admit 40 students in Bachelor in Public Health (BPH) Programme and 25 students Bachelor in Medical Laboratory Technician (BMLT). However, it had increased the number of students for both of the programme without approval of the council.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>PU Liaison Office Padlocked</strong></span></div> <div> Liaison office of the Purbanchal University (PU) has been padlocked by the CPN-Maoist aligned All Nepal National Independent Students Union- Revolutionary (ANNISU-R) for an indefinite period from Tuesday, 18th February. The student organisation padlocked the office stating that examination results have been delayed for 18 months, dispute between the vice-chancellor and registrar has not been resolved and that the question papers were leaked.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-24', 'modified' => '2014-02-25', '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' => 'Higher Secondary Education Board (HSEB), Sanothimi published the result of supplementary exam of grade XI on Tuesday, February 18th. Out of 52,462 students 41,515 (79.14 %) have passed the examination. The exams of 36 students were dismissed for cheating during the exams. Similarly, HSEB cancelled the results of all the examinees of JanJagriti Higher Secondary School, Salleri, Solukhumbu (Center no. 093).', 'sortorder' => '2515', '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' => '2669', 'article_category_id' => '140', 'title' => 'Nepal Political Economic News In Brief (24 February - 2 March 2014)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>‘New CA will own up past agreements’ </strong></span></div> <div> <img alt="Subash Chandra Nembang" src="/userfiles/images/nb(1).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;height: 121px; width: 110px;" />Newly appointed chairperson of the Constituent Assembly (CA), Subash Chandra Nembang has expressed commitment to take necessary initiative to ensure that the new CA took ownership of the agreements reached by the erstwhile CA. “The previous CA has forged agreements on various issues and topics. Our responsibility is to own up those agreements and expedite the constitution drafting process,” he told journalists after assuming his office at the Parliament Secretariat in Singha Durbar few hours after taking oath of office from President Dr Ram Baran Yadav on February 18. Nembang was elected the CA chairperson unopposed by the 571-member CA on February 17. Nembang will also serve as the Speaker in Parliament. Vice President Parmananda Jha, Prime Minister Sushil Koirala, Acting Chief Justice Damodar Prasad Sharma, Minister Ram Sharan Mahat, heads of constitutional bodies, secretaries, heads of security bodies, among others, were present at the swearing-in ceremony. Nembang held the same post in the previous CA as well. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>PM Hopeful of New Constitution Within a Year</strong></span></div> <div> <img alt=" Sushil Koirala" src="/userfiles/images/nb1.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 110px; height: 118px;" />Prime Minister Sushil Koirala has said that the government is committed to creating an atmosphere for promulgating a new constitution within a year. Stating that consensus among all political parties is needed to achieve the target of new constitution on time, Koirala said his government would strive for the same. Addressing the main celebrations organized on the occasion of 64th National Democracy Day on Falgun 7 (Feb 19), PM Koirala argued that commitments to civil rights and democratic norms and values will create a basis of mutual trust among the political parties. “I am hopeful of the promulgation of a new constitution within a year on the basis of political consensus,” he added. It is inevitable to make the citizens empowered, educated, conscious, aware and prosperous for stability and institutional development of democracy, the Prime Minister said, adding that the country could be taken on the path of prosperity through economic, social and educational development. </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>UP Chief Minister Visits Nepal</strong></span></div> <div> <img alt="Akhilesh Yadav " src="/userfiles/images/nb2.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 100px; height: 110px;" />Uttar Pradesh (UP) Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav arrived in Kathmandu on February 16 on a two-day official visit to Nepal. The chief executive of the bordering Indian state was accompanied by a delegation, including his uncle and Public Works Department Minister of Shivpal Singh Yadav. During his stay, he held meetings with President Dr Ram Baran Yadav and Prime Minister Sushil Koirala. He also held discussions with Nepali officials and ministers on border issues.</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Dr Nepal Appointed PM’s Economic Advisor</strong></span></div> <div> <img alt="Dr Chiranjibi Nepal" src="/userfiles/images/nb3.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 110px; height: 123px;" />Prime Minister Sushil Koirala has appointed economist Dr Chiranjibi Nepal as his economic advisor on February 19. Before being appointed the PM’s economic advisor, Dr Nepal who is a proponent of free market economy was working as the chief economic advisor to the Ministry of Finance. Dr Nepal, who is the general secretary of Nepal Economic Association, an economists’ guild, has already served as the chief advisor to the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) and Nepal Chamber of Commerce. Dr Nepal has his PhD on the relation of labour and economy and has been in the teaching profession for the past 28 years. He served as the executive chairman of the Securities Board of Nepal (SEBON) from 2007 to 2009. </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-24', 'modified' => '2014-02-25', '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' => 'Newly appointed chairperson of the Constituent Assembly (CA), Subash Chandra Nembang has expressed commitment to take necessary initiative to ensure that the new CA took ownership of the agreements reached by the erstwhile CA.', 'sortorder' => '2514', '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) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2670', 'article_category_id' => '86', 'title' => 'Salesman’s Woes', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> Patient: “Doctor, you have to help me stop talking to myself.”</div> <div> </div> <div> Doctor: “Why is that?”</div> <div> </div> <div> Patient: “I’m a salesman and I keep selling myself things I don’t want.” <strong>-ML</strong></div> <div> </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-24', 'modified' => '2014-02-25', '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' => 'Patient: “Doctor, you have to help me stop talking to myself.”', 'sortorder' => '2513', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ) ) $current_user = null $logged_in = falsesimplexml_load_file - [internal], line ?? include - APP/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp, line 60 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::_renderElement() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 1224 View::element() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 418 include - APP/View/Articles/index.ctp, line 157 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473 Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 968 Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 200 Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167 [main] - APP/webroot/index.php, line 117
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These additional new trains will ply on busy routes, while the railways will also explore the possibility of running semi-high speed trains between 160-200kmph to Chandigarh and Agra. The premium train to Mumbai, to handle the extra rush during Christmas and New Year, had fetched increased earnings of about 48% as compared to Mumbai Rajdhani. The fares for this train were charged under dynamic fare mechanism scheme much like airlines. “Such dynamic pricing was widely appreciated by users and media and gave increased earnings of about 48% as compared to Rajdhani services on the same sector. We are considering operation of this scheme on a larger scale,” Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge said in his Interim Budget speech 2014-15. The 17 premium trains will run from different parts of the country, which are considered high density routes. (Traveldailymedia.com)</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>China Plans Longest Undersea Tunnel</strong></span></div> <div> <img alt="Longest Undersea Tunnel" src="/userfiles/images/tb2.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 150px; height: 106px;" />China is planning to build the world’s longest underwater tunnel, according to state media reports. The China Daily reported officials with the Chinese Academy of Engineering as saying that blueprints for the project have already been drawn up and will now be submitted to the central government for approval. The plan is to create a 123 km tunnel under the Bohai Sea, connecting Yantai in Shandong province with Dalian in Liaoning province. If approved, work could start as early as next year, with completion scheduled for 2026. But the project won’t come cheap; the record-breaking tunnel is expected to cost up to USD 36 billion to build. This would mark a significant reduction from the current 1,400 km drive or eight-hour ferry ride, and would provide a major new gateway to China’s northeast. The 123km new tunnel would surpass the combined length of the two longest underwater transport tunnels currently in existence – Japan’s Seikan Tunnel and the Channel Tunnel between the UK and France. (Traveldailymedia.com)</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Saudi to Invest USD 30.9 Billion in Tourism over Next Decade </strong></span></div> <div> <img alt="Mena" src="/userfiles/images/tb3.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 150px; height: 74px;" />The Saudi government is investing heavily in its tourism sector, principally to provide employment opportunities for Saudi graduates. According to a 2013 MENA tourism and hospitality report by research consultancy Aranca, investment in the travel and tourism sector is expected to increase at a CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) of 4% to SAR 30.9 billion over a ten year period from 2013 to 23. The number of tourists visiting KSA is estimated to increase at a CAGR of 2% to 21.3 million over the period 2013 – 2023. Revenues will total SAR 60.9 billion by 2023 – due to an increase in the number of Hajj and Umrah tourists and growth of international shopping centres. To cope with the increasing number of visitors, the Saudi government has outlined a plan to invest more than US$ 30 billion in its airports by 2020, including US$ 10 billion in private investment for the sector. (Traveldailynews.com)</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Tourism Ties between Greece and China to Be Strengthened</strong></span></div> <div> Greece and China will launch a task force to strengthen the tourism ties between the two countries; it was decided on 17th February in Athens during a meeting between Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni and the new Chinese Ambassador to Athens Zou Xiaoli. During the meeting, it was agreed to organize a Greek-Chinese Symposium on tourism issues in Athens this year with representatives of the tourism sector from both countries. The visa requirements of Chinese citizens wanting to travel to Greece were discussed. The Greek tourism minister referred to actions launched by Greece to simplify the entry procedures for citizens from third countries. (Travelandtourworld.com)</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-25', 'modified' => '2014-03-03', '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 Indian Railways has decided to run 17 more premium AC-special trains between Delhi and Mumbai. 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Incorporated directly into a cell phonehousing, the nanogenerator could harvest and convert vibration energy from a surface, such as the passenger seat of a moving vehicle, into power for the phone. Xudong Wang, an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, researcher Yanchao Mao and collaborators from Sun Yat-sen University in China, and the University of Minnesota Duluth developed the device, a mesoporous piezoelectric nanogenerator that takes advantage of a common piezoelectric polymer material called polyvinylidene fluoride, or PVDF. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>New App may Help You Fix Abusive Boyfriend</strong></span></div> <div> Good news for victims ofdating violence or an abusive relationship! Researchers have developed a new smartphone app that warns young women of a dangerous partner by helping them examine their relationships and potential behavioural red flags. In an effort to connect more young women with safety information, researchers developed the “One Love My Plan” smartphone application, an interactive tool that helps college-age women in abusive relationships clarify their priorities and customise personal safety plans. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Facebook Buys WhatsApp for $19bn</strong></span></div> <div> Facebook has bought messaging app WhatsApp in a deal worth a total of $19bn in cash and shares. It is the social networking giant’s biggest acquisition to date.WhatsApp has over 450 million monthly users and is popular with people looking to avoid text messaging charges. In a statement announcing the deal, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg described WhatsApp’s services as “incredibly valuable”. WhatsApp allows users to send messages over internet connections, avoiding text messaging fees. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>World’s Most Powerful Terahertz Laser Chip Developed</strong></span></div> <div> British researchers have built the world’s most powerful terahertz laser chip, an advance that may enable improved security scanning and medical imaging. Researchers from the University of Leeds claimed to have exceeded a 1 Watt output power from a quantum cascade terahertz laser. The new record more than doubles landmarks set by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and subsequently by a team from Vienna last year. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>New System Tells How Far Your Email has Travelled</strong></span></div> <div> A new system that uses GPS technology to calculate the number of miles an email has travelled before reaching an inbox has been developed. The system known as Email Miles, uses Global Positioning System (GPS) technology and internet tracking to determine where a message was sent and where it was received. It then calculates the total distance between the two and displays it on the screen alongside a map. Inventor Jonah Brucker-Cohen, a design lecturer, said he hoped that it would remind people how quickly they can communicate in a digital world, ‘The Times’ reported. The system also shows how indirect the route of many emails can be. </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-25', 'modified' => '2014-03-02', '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 have developed a new device that can charge your smartphoneon the go - without the need for an electrical cord. 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The campaign showcases premium Turkish brands including Istikbal Furniture, Suvari Menswear, Rodimood, Colins, Yards casual wear, Aygaz Gas Heaters, Papia, Familia, Teno paper products and Arbella pasta among others. Discounts of up to 40 are offered on the products during the campaign. Buyers also get a chance to win gift vouchers as well as door prizes upon entrance.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Micromax Launches Three New Models </strong></span></div> <div> Micromax has launched three new models of mobiles named Micromax X501, Micromax A47 and Micromax A37 in the market. Micromax A47 runs on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean and is powered by a 1.3 GHz dual core processor. Micromax A37 comes with Android 4.2 Jellybean, has a 3.5 inch screen and is powered by a 1 Ghz processor. Similarly, Micromax X501 is a handset with 4 inch capacitive touchscreen. It supports Bluetooth and has features like FM radio, music player, video player and expandable memory up to 8 GB.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Fanta Extends Partnership with Miss Nepal Pageant</strong></span></div> <div> Fanta has extended its partnership with the Miss Nepal Pageant for three more years. Now, Fanta will continue its partnership with the pageant till 2016. Fanta will also continue to provide consumers with the opportunity to vote for the most fun and cheerful contestant of Miss Nepal 2014, and she will be titles Fanta Miss Bubbly. Moreover, the winner, first runner up, second runner up and Fanta Miss Bubbly will feature in Fanta promotions and activations in 2014.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo Launched</strong></span></div> <div> International Marketing Services (IMS), the authorized distributor of Samsung Mobiles in Nepal have introduced Samsung Galaxy Grand Neon the Galaxy series. Powered with 1.2 GHz quad core processor and 1 GB RAM Grand Neo runs on Android 4.2.2 Jellybean Operating System. The phone has a screen of 5 inches, and sports a 5 megapixel primary camera and a VGA secondary camera. The phone supports dual SIM and has an internal storage of 8 GB that can be externally expanded to 64 GB. Grand Neo is priced at Rs 29,500, and customers will be provided with 300MB data for three months (900MB).</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-25', 'modified' => '2014-03-02', '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' => 'Akhil Trading Concern (P) Ltd and Mediterranean Link Holdings (P) Ltd have jointly started a promotional campaign ‘Grand Turkish Bazaar’ for selected Turkish brands. The promotion began from 21st February and will last till 1st March at three stores in United World Trade Centre, Tripureswor.', 'sortorder' => '2525', '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' => '2679', 'article_category_id' => '99', 'title' => 'Qatar Airways Launches Instagram Contest', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> Qatar Airways has recently launched its first international Instagram contest titled ‘#destigram’. The contest highlights the airlines expanding network, and encourages visitors to share a photo of one of the eight new destinations announced by the airline. These destinations include Dubai, Sharjah, Philadelphia, Larnaca, Istanbul, Edinburgh, Miami, and Dallas/Fort Worth.</div> <div> </div> <div> Visitors have to share their photos taken from any of these eight cities or regions. Users then add the hashtags #Destigram and a hashtag for the corresponding city/airport code. Entrants are also encouraged to tell the world something great about their photo. This multi-platform contest is hosted on the airline’s social media sites www.instagram.com/qatarairways, www.twitter.com/qatarairways, and at www.facebook.com/qatarairways.</div> <div> </div> <div> There are 10 prizes for the participants including four flight tickets and 1.6 million Qatar Airways Privilege Club Qmiles. Other prizes include eight lucky-draw prizes of 200,000 Qatar Airways Privilege Club Qmiles each, which are valid on all 13 Oneworld airlines worldwide. In addition, the two best photos based on a combination of public votes and a third party voting panel of judges will receive tickets. The two winners will receive a pair of Qatar Airways Business Class or Economy Class flights on the airline’s maiden voyage to or from one of the eight featured destinations. Winners of the contest will be announced on 3rd March 2014.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-25', 'modified' => '2014-02-25', '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 has recently launched its first international Instagram contest titled ‘#destigram’. The contest highlights the airlines expanding network, and encourages visitors to share a photo of one of the eight new destinations announced by the airline. These destinations include Dubai, Sharjah, Philadelphia, Larnaca, Istanbul, Edinburgh, Miami, and Dallas/Fort Worth.', 'sortorder' => '2524', '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' => '2680', 'article_category_id' => '99', 'title' => 'Turkish Airline Debuts First Locally Produced Aircraft Seat', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> Turkish Airlines has partnered in an initiative to build aircraft seats in Turkey itself. In line with the objective of 'one hundred percent Turkish aircraft production' envisioned for the airline’s centennial in 2023, Turkish Airlines, Turkish Technic and Assan Hanil, have partnered to create Turkish Seat Industries (TSI). It is a five million dollar project to design and build the first locally produced airline seat.</div> <div> </div> <div> The first aircraft equipped with the new seats is a Turkish Airlines B737-800 and it was unveiled at a presentation hosted by Turkish Airlines. "TSI's basic vision is to deliver the best solutions in terms of comfort, aesthetics, safety and logistics in the aircraft passenger seat industry. This partnership has now produced its first result," said Turkish Airlines Chairman Hamdi Topçu.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-25', 'modified' => '2014-02-25', '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' => 'Turkish Airlines has partnered in an initiative to build aircraft seats in Turkey itself. In line with the objective of 'one hundred percent Turkish aircraft production' envisioned for the airline’s centennial in 2023, Turkish Airlines, Turkish Technic and Assan Hanil, have partnered to create Turkish Seat Industries (TSI). It is a five million dollar project to design and build the first locally produced airline seat.', 'sortorder' => '2523', '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' => '2678', 'article_category_id' => '99', 'title' => 'Oman Air Sees Increased In-Flight Connectivity Usage In 2013', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> The number of passengers using in-flight connectivity on Oman Air’s Onair-equipped Airbus A330s has increased dramatically in the past year, as has the volume of data exchanged. The airline has seven A330s fitted with both Mobile OnAir and Internet OnAir. From 2012 to 2013, the number of Oman Air’s passengers logging on to the OnAir networks increased by 45 per cent and 85 per cent more data was used. </div> <div> </div> <div> According to a press statement, Oman Air has worked on increasing usage by implementing a series of new marketing initiatives. These have included a promotion allowing passengers to use Frequent Flyer miles to purchase Wi-Fi codes, as well as offering free vouchers to First and Business class passengers in three or four different periods throughout the year. The airline has also included a promotional advertising campaign and a clip about Mobile OnAir before every film.</div> <div> </div> <div> OnAir predicts that Oman Air will see a doubling of Wi-Fi usage in 2014. The usage figures show that when passengers know about the service, there is a great demand for it. It also shows that OnAir connectivity can meet both customer expectations and increasing demand, says the statement.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-25', 'modified' => '2014-02-25', '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 number of passengers using in-flight connectivity on Oman Air’s Onair-equipped Airbus A330s has increased dramatically in the past year, as has the volume of data exchanged. The airline has seven A330s fitted with both Mobile OnAir and Internet OnAir. From 2012 to 2013, the number of Oman Air’s passengers logging on to the OnAir networks increased by 45 per cent and 85 per cent more data was used.', 'sortorder' => '2522', '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' => '2675', 'article_category_id' => '110', 'title' => 'Top Ten Losers ( 17 - 23 February 2014)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-25', 'modified' => '2014-02-25', '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' => 'Top Ten Losers', 'sortorder' => '2521', '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' => '2677', 'article_category_id' => '109', 'title' => 'Technical Analysis Of Nepse (17 - 23 February 2014)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Market Trend</strong></span></div> <div> Nepse continued its bullish rally last week gaining 19.57 points or 2.44% over the four trading periods. The majority of the gains came from the last two trading days (Tuesday and Thursday) where the market rallied by 18.94 points. The substantial rise in Nepse over the past few trading days has caused it to move past its strong resistance level of 806.82 points indicating a strong bullish scenario for the stock market. Nepse is currently well above its 5-year high with numerous stocks becoming very expensive. If political climate remains fairly positive along with good financial results from companies, the market may see further upside in the days to come. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>RSI</strong></span></div> <div> RSI is a form of leading indicator that is believed to be most effective during periods of sideways movement. Such indicators may create numerous buy and sell signals that are useful when the market is not clearly trending upwards or downwards. On February 03, 2014, the RSI indicator settled lower at 51.37. Since then, RSI has been gradually creeping upwards. This has caused RSI to move back into the overbought zone. By the end of the last Thursday, the RSI stood at 73.30 levels.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>MACD</strong></span></div> <div> The MACD indicator, which has been witnessing a declining trend since the third week of January 2014, finally crossed above the signal line on Tuesday. When a MACD line crosses above the signal line, it is considered to be a positive sign and indicates a time to buy. The MACD line and Signal line increased from 10.60 and 10.80 points in the previous week to 12.87 and 11.35 points respectively. This suggests that the near term moving average is moving upward with a greater momentum while the longer term moving average is gradually shaping upwards. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>On Balance Volume (OBV)</strong></span></div> <div> OBV is a momentum indicator that relates volume to the current price of index or security. During January 19 to February 13 2014, the OBV indicator formed a resistance level in terms of volume of shares traded. In the past week, the indicator moved past its resistance level signaling a positive.</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Market Summary</strong></div> <div> <strong>(16 February to 20, 2014)</strong></div> <div> <strong>Close: 822.67</strong></div> <div> <strong>High: 822.67</strong></div> <div> <strong>Weekly Change: 19.57 points (2.44%)</strong></div> <div> <strong>Daily Average Turnover: NPR 278.29 Million</strong></div> <div> <strong>Total Weekly Turnover: NPR 1.11 Billion</strong></div> <div> <strong>Immediate Support: 806.82</strong></div> <div> <strong>Immediate Resistance: 847.86</strong></div> <div> <strong>RSI: 73.30</strong></div> <div> <strong>MACD Line: 12.87</strong></div> <div> <strong>Signal Line: 11.35</strong></div> <div> </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-25', 'modified' => '2014-02-25', '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' => 'Market Trend Nepse continued its bullish rally last week gaining 19.57 points or 2.44% over the four trading periods. The majority of the gains came from the last two trading days (Tuesday and Thursday) where the market rallied by 18.94 points.', 'sortorder' => '2520', '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' => '2676', 'article_category_id' => '108', 'title' => 'Money Matters News In Brief (24 February - 2 March 2014)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Everest Bank Renews Contract with Sadichha Shrestha </strong></span></div> <div> <img alt="Sadichha Shrestha" src="/userfiles/images/mm.jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;width: 200px; height: 105px;" />Everest Bank has renewed its contract with Sadichha Shrestha to continue her as its Brand Ambassador for further one year. Shrestha, former Miss Nepal has been promoting products and services of the Bank by featuring in advertisements as well as representing the Bank in different forums since last year. In a program held at the Bank’s head office, CEO AK Ahluwalia and Sadichha Shrestha exchanged the agreement. “Everest Bank is an established brand and is looked upon as a very strong Bank. Now, to make it a household name, Sadichha will continue to play an active role and we are quite hopeful in her ability to do so,” said Ahluwalia in the function. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>NMB Bank Opens Branch in Putalisadak</strong></span></div> <div> <img alt="NMB Bank" src="/userfiles/images/mm1(1).jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;width: 200px; height: 65px;" />NMB Bank Ltd has opened a new branch in Putalisadak, making the total number of branches operating in the country 26. The new branch is a relocation of the Bank’s previous branch at Durbar Marg.. Presently, the Bank is providing its services through its branches, 30 ATMs and other alternative delivery channels in different parts of the country. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Civil Bank Starts Branchless Banking</strong></span></div> <div> <img alt="Civil Bank Starts Branchless Banking" src="/userfiles/images/mm2(1).jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;width: 200px; height: 132px;" />Civil Bank has started its Branchless Banking service from Tharpu VDC of Panchthar district. The service was jointly inaugurated by the CEO of the Bank Kishore Maharjan and DSP Deep Shamsher Rana. “For justifying and moving forward towards fulfilling our mission of becoming every Nepali’s banking partner by extending all types of banking services, we have launched this service targeting farmers residing in villages to big businesses in cities,” said Maharjan. Through this new service, customers will be able to avail facilities like secure fund withdrawal, fund deposit, fund transfer from one account to another, mobile phone recharge, ATM cards, remittance facility, MobilemaiNagad facility, SMS alert, checking of account balance and printing of statements among others. The Bank also informed that its employees have been assigned to the area for arranging micro credit in a simplified manner to interested customers for running Small and Medium Enterprises as well as Agro-businesses. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Siddhartha Bank opens 42nd Branch in Birtamod</strong></span></div> <div> <img alt="Siddhartha Bank " src="/userfiles/images/mm3(1).jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;width: 200px; height: 49px;" />Siddhartha Bank has inaugurated its 42nd branch at Birtamod, Jhapa on February 16. The branch was jointly inaugurated by the Chief District Officer of Jhapa Ekmani Nepal and Bank’s Director Poonam Chand Agrawal. According to a statement from the Bank, it will be providing a wide array of banking products and services along with ATM facility from the branch.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-25', 'modified' => '2014-02-25', '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' => 'Everest Bank has renewed its contract with Sadichha Shrestha to continue her as its Brand Ambassador for further one year. 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Out of 52,462 students 41,515 (79.14 %) have passed the examination. The exams of 36 students were dismissed for cheating during the exams. Similarly, HSEB cancelled the results of all the examinees of JanJagriti Higher Secondary School, Salleri, Solukhumbu (Center no. 093). </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>PU Publishes Results</strong></span></div> <div> Purbanchal University (PU), office of the examination management, Biratnagar published the results of various semesters/ years. The results of the program and semesters which has been published are: B.Sc.Biotech - I & III Semesters, BTech.Biotech -I & III Semesters and M.Sc.Meat/Dairy Tech- I Semester.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>British Council to hold Edu Fair</strong></span></div> <div> British Council is organising ‘Education UK Exhibition’ from 25th -28th February, 2014 from 11:00 to 17:00 hours at the Everest Hotel, Kathmandu and Hotel Pokhara Grande, Pokhara. The programme will be comprised of seminars / presentations by representatives from the British Council, British High Commission and UK institutions. The exhibition has aimed to promote UK education and increase the understanding of the UK’s expertise in education. The event will be focused on complete guidance about the career opportunities that are available enabling prospective students to make the right career/education choice.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>SLC Exam Centres Fixed</strong></span></div> <div> The Ministry of Education, Office of the Controller of Examinations (OCE) has fixed 1,836 exam centres throughout the country for the School Leaving Certificate (SLC) examinations scheduled for March 20 to 28, 2014. Fifty centres had to be added this year on the number of exam centres last year as the home centres have been done away with across the country from this year. The number of exam centres last year was 1,786.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>CTEVT Publishes the Results of Special Scholarship</strong></span></div> <div> Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training (CTEVT) has published the results of special scholarships on 22nd of February for the Dalit, Muslim and Madhesi students of Rupandehi and Sunsari district and endangered nationalities of all over Nepal. CTEVT provides scholarships to study PCL Nursing, General Medicine, and other diploma programs and TSLC programs.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Planning department of Pokhara University Padlocked</strong></span></div> <div> The Nepal Students Union (NSU) has padlocked the planning department of Pokhara University. Students padlocked the department after Nepal Health Professionals Council (NHPC) denied approval and recognition to students of Nobel Academy who are reading in BPH and BMLT. The Nobel academy was allowed to admit 40 students in Bachelor in Public Health (BPH) Programme and 25 students Bachelor in Medical Laboratory Technician (BMLT). However, it had increased the number of students for both of the programme without approval of the council.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>PU Liaison Office Padlocked</strong></span></div> <div> Liaison office of the Purbanchal University (PU) has been padlocked by the CPN-Maoist aligned All Nepal National Independent Students Union- Revolutionary (ANNISU-R) for an indefinite period from Tuesday, 18th February. The student organisation padlocked the office stating that examination results have been delayed for 18 months, dispute between the vice-chancellor and registrar has not been resolved and that the question papers were leaked.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-24', 'modified' => '2014-02-25', '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' => 'Higher Secondary Education Board (HSEB), Sanothimi published the result of supplementary exam of grade XI on Tuesday, February 18th. Out of 52,462 students 41,515 (79.14 %) have passed the examination. The exams of 36 students were dismissed for cheating during the exams. Similarly, HSEB cancelled the results of all the examinees of JanJagriti Higher Secondary School, Salleri, Solukhumbu (Center no. 093).', 'sortorder' => '2515', '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' => '2669', 'article_category_id' => '140', 'title' => 'Nepal Political Economic News In Brief (24 February - 2 March 2014)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>‘New CA will own up past agreements’ </strong></span></div> <div> <img alt="Subash Chandra Nembang" src="/userfiles/images/nb(1).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;height: 121px; width: 110px;" />Newly appointed chairperson of the Constituent Assembly (CA), Subash Chandra Nembang has expressed commitment to take necessary initiative to ensure that the new CA took ownership of the agreements reached by the erstwhile CA. “The previous CA has forged agreements on various issues and topics. Our responsibility is to own up those agreements and expedite the constitution drafting process,” he told journalists after assuming his office at the Parliament Secretariat in Singha Durbar few hours after taking oath of office from President Dr Ram Baran Yadav on February 18. Nembang was elected the CA chairperson unopposed by the 571-member CA on February 17. Nembang will also serve as the Speaker in Parliament. Vice President Parmananda Jha, Prime Minister Sushil Koirala, Acting Chief Justice Damodar Prasad Sharma, Minister Ram Sharan Mahat, heads of constitutional bodies, secretaries, heads of security bodies, among others, were present at the swearing-in ceremony. Nembang held the same post in the previous CA as well. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>PM Hopeful of New Constitution Within a Year</strong></span></div> <div> <img alt=" Sushil Koirala" src="/userfiles/images/nb1.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 110px; height: 118px;" />Prime Minister Sushil Koirala has said that the government is committed to creating an atmosphere for promulgating a new constitution within a year. Stating that consensus among all political parties is needed to achieve the target of new constitution on time, Koirala said his government would strive for the same. Addressing the main celebrations organized on the occasion of 64th National Democracy Day on Falgun 7 (Feb 19), PM Koirala argued that commitments to civil rights and democratic norms and values will create a basis of mutual trust among the political parties. “I am hopeful of the promulgation of a new constitution within a year on the basis of political consensus,” he added. It is inevitable to make the citizens empowered, educated, conscious, aware and prosperous for stability and institutional development of democracy, the Prime Minister said, adding that the country could be taken on the path of prosperity through economic, social and educational development. </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>UP Chief Minister Visits Nepal</strong></span></div> <div> <img alt="Akhilesh Yadav " src="/userfiles/images/nb2.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 100px; height: 110px;" />Uttar Pradesh (UP) Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav arrived in Kathmandu on February 16 on a two-day official visit to Nepal. The chief executive of the bordering Indian state was accompanied by a delegation, including his uncle and Public Works Department Minister of Shivpal Singh Yadav. During his stay, he held meetings with President Dr Ram Baran Yadav and Prime Minister Sushil Koirala. He also held discussions with Nepali officials and ministers on border issues.</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Dr Nepal Appointed PM’s Economic Advisor</strong></span></div> <div> <img alt="Dr Chiranjibi Nepal" src="/userfiles/images/nb3.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 110px; height: 123px;" />Prime Minister Sushil Koirala has appointed economist Dr Chiranjibi Nepal as his economic advisor on February 19. Before being appointed the PM’s economic advisor, Dr Nepal who is a proponent of free market economy was working as the chief economic advisor to the Ministry of Finance. Dr Nepal, who is the general secretary of Nepal Economic Association, an economists’ guild, has already served as the chief advisor to the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) and Nepal Chamber of Commerce. Dr Nepal has his PhD on the relation of labour and economy and has been in the teaching profession for the past 28 years. 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These additional new trains will ply on busy routes, while the railways will also explore the possibility of running semi-high speed trains between 160-200kmph to Chandigarh and Agra. The premium train to Mumbai, to handle the extra rush during Christmas and New Year, had fetched increased earnings of about 48% as compared to Mumbai Rajdhani. The fares for this train were charged under dynamic fare mechanism scheme much like airlines. “Such dynamic pricing was widely appreciated by users and media and gave increased earnings of about 48% as compared to Rajdhani services on the same sector. We are considering operation of this scheme on a larger scale,” Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge said in his Interim Budget speech 2014-15. The 17 premium trains will run from different parts of the country, which are considered high density routes. (Traveldailymedia.com)</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>China Plans Longest Undersea Tunnel</strong></span></div> <div> <img alt="Longest Undersea Tunnel" src="/userfiles/images/tb2.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 150px; height: 106px;" />China is planning to build the world’s longest underwater tunnel, according to state media reports. The China Daily reported officials with the Chinese Academy of Engineering as saying that blueprints for the project have already been drawn up and will now be submitted to the central government for approval. The plan is to create a 123 km tunnel under the Bohai Sea, connecting Yantai in Shandong province with Dalian in Liaoning province. If approved, work could start as early as next year, with completion scheduled for 2026. But the project won’t come cheap; the record-breaking tunnel is expected to cost up to USD 36 billion to build. This would mark a significant reduction from the current 1,400 km drive or eight-hour ferry ride, and would provide a major new gateway to China’s northeast. The 123km new tunnel would surpass the combined length of the two longest underwater transport tunnels currently in existence – Japan’s Seikan Tunnel and the Channel Tunnel between the UK and France. (Traveldailymedia.com)</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Saudi to Invest USD 30.9 Billion in Tourism over Next Decade </strong></span></div> <div> <img alt="Mena" src="/userfiles/images/tb3.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 150px; height: 74px;" />The Saudi government is investing heavily in its tourism sector, principally to provide employment opportunities for Saudi graduates. According to a 2013 MENA tourism and hospitality report by research consultancy Aranca, investment in the travel and tourism sector is expected to increase at a CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) of 4% to SAR 30.9 billion over a ten year period from 2013 to 23. The number of tourists visiting KSA is estimated to increase at a CAGR of 2% to 21.3 million over the period 2013 – 2023. Revenues will total SAR 60.9 billion by 2023 – due to an increase in the number of Hajj and Umrah tourists and growth of international shopping centres. To cope with the increasing number of visitors, the Saudi government has outlined a plan to invest more than US$ 30 billion in its airports by 2020, including US$ 10 billion in private investment for the sector. (Traveldailynews.com)</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Tourism Ties between Greece and China to Be Strengthened</strong></span></div> <div> Greece and China will launch a task force to strengthen the tourism ties between the two countries; it was decided on 17th February in Athens during a meeting between Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni and the new Chinese Ambassador to Athens Zou Xiaoli. During the meeting, it was agreed to organize a Greek-Chinese Symposium on tourism issues in Athens this year with representatives of the tourism sector from both countries. The visa requirements of Chinese citizens wanting to travel to Greece were discussed. The Greek tourism minister referred to actions launched by Greece to simplify the entry procedures for citizens from third countries. (Travelandtourworld.com)</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-25', 'modified' => '2014-03-03', '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 Indian Railways has decided to run 17 more premium AC-special trains between Delhi and Mumbai. These additional new trains will ply on busy routes, while the railways will also explore the possibility of running semi-high speed trains between 160-200kmph to Chandigarh and Agra.', 'sortorder' => '2527', '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' => '2683', 'article_category_id' => '199', 'title' => 'Tech Briefs (24 February - 2 March 2014)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Soon, Self-charging Personal Electronics</strong></span></div> <div> Scientists have developed a new device that can charge your smartphoneon the go - without the need for an electrical cord. Incorporated directly into a cell phonehousing, the nanogenerator could harvest and convert vibration energy from a surface, such as the passenger seat of a moving vehicle, into power for the phone. Xudong Wang, an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, researcher Yanchao Mao and collaborators from Sun Yat-sen University in China, and the University of Minnesota Duluth developed the device, a mesoporous piezoelectric nanogenerator that takes advantage of a common piezoelectric polymer material called polyvinylidene fluoride, or PVDF. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>New App may Help You Fix Abusive Boyfriend</strong></span></div> <div> Good news for victims ofdating violence or an abusive relationship! Researchers have developed a new smartphone app that warns young women of a dangerous partner by helping them examine their relationships and potential behavioural red flags. In an effort to connect more young women with safety information, researchers developed the “One Love My Plan” smartphone application, an interactive tool that helps college-age women in abusive relationships clarify their priorities and customise personal safety plans. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Facebook Buys WhatsApp for $19bn</strong></span></div> <div> Facebook has bought messaging app WhatsApp in a deal worth a total of $19bn in cash and shares. It is the social networking giant’s biggest acquisition to date.WhatsApp has over 450 million monthly users and is popular with people looking to avoid text messaging charges. In a statement announcing the deal, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg described WhatsApp’s services as “incredibly valuable”. WhatsApp allows users to send messages over internet connections, avoiding text messaging fees. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>World’s Most Powerful Terahertz Laser Chip Developed</strong></span></div> <div> British researchers have built the world’s most powerful terahertz laser chip, an advance that may enable improved security scanning and medical imaging. Researchers from the University of Leeds claimed to have exceeded a 1 Watt output power from a quantum cascade terahertz laser. The new record more than doubles landmarks set by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and subsequently by a team from Vienna last year. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>New System Tells How Far Your Email has Travelled</strong></span></div> <div> A new system that uses GPS technology to calculate the number of miles an email has travelled before reaching an inbox has been developed. The system known as Email Miles, uses Global Positioning System (GPS) technology and internet tracking to determine where a message was sent and where it was received. It then calculates the total distance between the two and displays it on the screen alongside a map. Inventor Jonah Brucker-Cohen, a design lecturer, said he hoped that it would remind people how quickly they can communicate in a digital world, ‘The Times’ reported. The system also shows how indirect the route of many emails can be. </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-25', 'modified' => '2014-03-02', '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 have developed a new device that can charge your smartphoneon the go - without the need for an electrical cord. Incorporated directly into a cell phonehousing, the nanogenerator could harvest and convert vibration energy from a surface, such as the passenger seat of a moving vehicle, into power for the phone.', 'sortorder' => '2526', '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' => '2684', 'article_category_id' => '213', 'title' => 'Business Briefs ( 24 February - 2 March 2014)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Grand Turkish Bazaar in Kathmandu</strong></span></div> <div> Akhil Trading Concern (P) Ltd and Mediterranean Link Holdings (P) Ltd have jointly started a promotional campaign ‘Grand Turkish Bazaar’ for selected Turkish brands. The promotion began from 21st February and will last till 1st March at three stores in United World Trade Centre, Tripureswor. The campaign showcases premium Turkish brands including Istikbal Furniture, Suvari Menswear, Rodimood, Colins, Yards casual wear, Aygaz Gas Heaters, Papia, Familia, Teno paper products and Arbella pasta among others. Discounts of up to 40 are offered on the products during the campaign. Buyers also get a chance to win gift vouchers as well as door prizes upon entrance.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Micromax Launches Three New Models </strong></span></div> <div> Micromax has launched three new models of mobiles named Micromax X501, Micromax A47 and Micromax A37 in the market. Micromax A47 runs on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean and is powered by a 1.3 GHz dual core processor. Micromax A37 comes with Android 4.2 Jellybean, has a 3.5 inch screen and is powered by a 1 Ghz processor. Similarly, Micromax X501 is a handset with 4 inch capacitive touchscreen. It supports Bluetooth and has features like FM radio, music player, video player and expandable memory up to 8 GB.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Fanta Extends Partnership with Miss Nepal Pageant</strong></span></div> <div> Fanta has extended its partnership with the Miss Nepal Pageant for three more years. Now, Fanta will continue its partnership with the pageant till 2016. Fanta will also continue to provide consumers with the opportunity to vote for the most fun and cheerful contestant of Miss Nepal 2014, and she will be titles Fanta Miss Bubbly. Moreover, the winner, first runner up, second runner up and Fanta Miss Bubbly will feature in Fanta promotions and activations in 2014.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo Launched</strong></span></div> <div> International Marketing Services (IMS), the authorized distributor of Samsung Mobiles in Nepal have introduced Samsung Galaxy Grand Neon the Galaxy series. Powered with 1.2 GHz quad core processor and 1 GB RAM Grand Neo runs on Android 4.2.2 Jellybean Operating System. The phone has a screen of 5 inches, and sports a 5 megapixel primary camera and a VGA secondary camera. The phone supports dual SIM and has an internal storage of 8 GB that can be externally expanded to 64 GB. Grand Neo is priced at Rs 29,500, and customers will be provided with 300MB data for three months (900MB).</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-25', 'modified' => '2014-03-02', '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' => 'Akhil Trading Concern (P) Ltd and Mediterranean Link Holdings (P) Ltd have jointly started a promotional campaign ‘Grand Turkish Bazaar’ for selected Turkish brands. The promotion began from 21st February and will last till 1st March at three stores in United World Trade Centre, Tripureswor.', 'sortorder' => '2525', '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' => '2679', 'article_category_id' => '99', 'title' => 'Qatar Airways Launches Instagram Contest', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> Qatar Airways has recently launched its first international Instagram contest titled ‘#destigram’. The contest highlights the airlines expanding network, and encourages visitors to share a photo of one of the eight new destinations announced by the airline. These destinations include Dubai, Sharjah, Philadelphia, Larnaca, Istanbul, Edinburgh, Miami, and Dallas/Fort Worth.</div> <div> </div> <div> Visitors have to share their photos taken from any of these eight cities or regions. Users then add the hashtags #Destigram and a hashtag for the corresponding city/airport code. Entrants are also encouraged to tell the world something great about their photo. This multi-platform contest is hosted on the airline’s social media sites www.instagram.com/qatarairways, www.twitter.com/qatarairways, and at www.facebook.com/qatarairways.</div> <div> </div> <div> There are 10 prizes for the participants including four flight tickets and 1.6 million Qatar Airways Privilege Club Qmiles. Other prizes include eight lucky-draw prizes of 200,000 Qatar Airways Privilege Club Qmiles each, which are valid on all 13 Oneworld airlines worldwide. In addition, the two best photos based on a combination of public votes and a third party voting panel of judges will receive tickets. The two winners will receive a pair of Qatar Airways Business Class or Economy Class flights on the airline’s maiden voyage to or from one of the eight featured destinations. Winners of the contest will be announced on 3rd March 2014.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-25', 'modified' => '2014-02-25', '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 has recently launched its first international Instagram contest titled ‘#destigram’. The contest highlights the airlines expanding network, and encourages visitors to share a photo of one of the eight new destinations announced by the airline. These destinations include Dubai, Sharjah, Philadelphia, Larnaca, Istanbul, Edinburgh, Miami, and Dallas/Fort Worth.', 'sortorder' => '2524', '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' => '2680', 'article_category_id' => '99', 'title' => 'Turkish Airline Debuts First Locally Produced Aircraft Seat', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> Turkish Airlines has partnered in an initiative to build aircraft seats in Turkey itself. In line with the objective of 'one hundred percent Turkish aircraft production' envisioned for the airline’s centennial in 2023, Turkish Airlines, Turkish Technic and Assan Hanil, have partnered to create Turkish Seat Industries (TSI). It is a five million dollar project to design and build the first locally produced airline seat.</div> <div> </div> <div> The first aircraft equipped with the new seats is a Turkish Airlines B737-800 and it was unveiled at a presentation hosted by Turkish Airlines. "TSI's basic vision is to deliver the best solutions in terms of comfort, aesthetics, safety and logistics in the aircraft passenger seat industry. This partnership has now produced its first result," said Turkish Airlines Chairman Hamdi Topçu.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-25', 'modified' => '2014-02-25', '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' => 'Turkish Airlines has partnered in an initiative to build aircraft seats in Turkey itself. In line with the objective of 'one hundred percent Turkish aircraft production' envisioned for the airline’s centennial in 2023, Turkish Airlines, Turkish Technic and Assan Hanil, have partnered to create Turkish Seat Industries (TSI). It is a five million dollar project to design and build the first locally produced airline seat.', 'sortorder' => '2523', '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' => '2678', 'article_category_id' => '99', 'title' => 'Oman Air Sees Increased In-Flight Connectivity Usage In 2013', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> The number of passengers using in-flight connectivity on Oman Air’s Onair-equipped Airbus A330s has increased dramatically in the past year, as has the volume of data exchanged. The airline has seven A330s fitted with both Mobile OnAir and Internet OnAir. From 2012 to 2013, the number of Oman Air’s passengers logging on to the OnAir networks increased by 45 per cent and 85 per cent more data was used. </div> <div> </div> <div> According to a press statement, Oman Air has worked on increasing usage by implementing a series of new marketing initiatives. These have included a promotion allowing passengers to use Frequent Flyer miles to purchase Wi-Fi codes, as well as offering free vouchers to First and Business class passengers in three or four different periods throughout the year. The airline has also included a promotional advertising campaign and a clip about Mobile OnAir before every film.</div> <div> </div> <div> OnAir predicts that Oman Air will see a doubling of Wi-Fi usage in 2014. The usage figures show that when passengers know about the service, there is a great demand for it. It also shows that OnAir connectivity can meet both customer expectations and increasing demand, says the statement.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-25', 'modified' => '2014-02-25', '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 number of passengers using in-flight connectivity on Oman Air’s Onair-equipped Airbus A330s has increased dramatically in the past year, as has the volume of data exchanged. The airline has seven A330s fitted with both Mobile OnAir and Internet OnAir. From 2012 to 2013, the number of Oman Air’s passengers logging on to the OnAir networks increased by 45 per cent and 85 per cent more data was used.', 'sortorder' => '2522', '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' => '2675', 'article_category_id' => '110', 'title' => 'Top Ten Losers ( 17 - 23 February 2014)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-25', 'modified' => '2014-02-25', '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' => 'Top Ten Losers', 'sortorder' => '2521', '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' => '2677', 'article_category_id' => '109', 'title' => 'Technical Analysis Of Nepse (17 - 23 February 2014)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Market Trend</strong></span></div> <div> Nepse continued its bullish rally last week gaining 19.57 points or 2.44% over the four trading periods. The majority of the gains came from the last two trading days (Tuesday and Thursday) where the market rallied by 18.94 points. The substantial rise in Nepse over the past few trading days has caused it to move past its strong resistance level of 806.82 points indicating a strong bullish scenario for the stock market. Nepse is currently well above its 5-year high with numerous stocks becoming very expensive. If political climate remains fairly positive along with good financial results from companies, the market may see further upside in the days to come. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>RSI</strong></span></div> <div> RSI is a form of leading indicator that is believed to be most effective during periods of sideways movement. Such indicators may create numerous buy and sell signals that are useful when the market is not clearly trending upwards or downwards. On February 03, 2014, the RSI indicator settled lower at 51.37. Since then, RSI has been gradually creeping upwards. This has caused RSI to move back into the overbought zone. By the end of the last Thursday, the RSI stood at 73.30 levels.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>MACD</strong></span></div> <div> The MACD indicator, which has been witnessing a declining trend since the third week of January 2014, finally crossed above the signal line on Tuesday. When a MACD line crosses above the signal line, it is considered to be a positive sign and indicates a time to buy. The MACD line and Signal line increased from 10.60 and 10.80 points in the previous week to 12.87 and 11.35 points respectively. This suggests that the near term moving average is moving upward with a greater momentum while the longer term moving average is gradually shaping upwards. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>On Balance Volume (OBV)</strong></span></div> <div> OBV is a momentum indicator that relates volume to the current price of index or security. During January 19 to February 13 2014, the OBV indicator formed a resistance level in terms of volume of shares traded. In the past week, the indicator moved past its resistance level signaling a positive.</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Market Summary</strong></div> <div> <strong>(16 February to 20, 2014)</strong></div> <div> <strong>Close: 822.67</strong></div> <div> <strong>High: 822.67</strong></div> <div> <strong>Weekly Change: 19.57 points (2.44%)</strong></div> <div> <strong>Daily Average Turnover: NPR 278.29 Million</strong></div> <div> <strong>Total Weekly Turnover: NPR 1.11 Billion</strong></div> <div> <strong>Immediate Support: 806.82</strong></div> <div> <strong>Immediate Resistance: 847.86</strong></div> <div> <strong>RSI: 73.30</strong></div> <div> <strong>MACD Line: 12.87</strong></div> <div> <strong>Signal Line: 11.35</strong></div> <div> </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-25', 'modified' => '2014-02-25', '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' => 'Market Trend Nepse continued its bullish rally last week gaining 19.57 points or 2.44% over the four trading periods. The majority of the gains came from the last two trading days (Tuesday and Thursday) where the market rallied by 18.94 points.', 'sortorder' => '2520', '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' => '2676', 'article_category_id' => '108', 'title' => 'Money Matters News In Brief (24 February - 2 March 2014)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Everest Bank Renews Contract with Sadichha Shrestha </strong></span></div> <div> <img alt="Sadichha Shrestha" src="/userfiles/images/mm.jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;width: 200px; height: 105px;" />Everest Bank has renewed its contract with Sadichha Shrestha to continue her as its Brand Ambassador for further one year. Shrestha, former Miss Nepal has been promoting products and services of the Bank by featuring in advertisements as well as representing the Bank in different forums since last year. In a program held at the Bank’s head office, CEO AK Ahluwalia and Sadichha Shrestha exchanged the agreement. “Everest Bank is an established brand and is looked upon as a very strong Bank. Now, to make it a household name, Sadichha will continue to play an active role and we are quite hopeful in her ability to do so,” said Ahluwalia in the function. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>NMB Bank Opens Branch in Putalisadak</strong></span></div> <div> <img alt="NMB Bank" src="/userfiles/images/mm1(1).jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;width: 200px; height: 65px;" />NMB Bank Ltd has opened a new branch in Putalisadak, making the total number of branches operating in the country 26. The new branch is a relocation of the Bank’s previous branch at Durbar Marg.. Presently, the Bank is providing its services through its branches, 30 ATMs and other alternative delivery channels in different parts of the country. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Civil Bank Starts Branchless Banking</strong></span></div> <div> <img alt="Civil Bank Starts Branchless Banking" src="/userfiles/images/mm2(1).jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;width: 200px; height: 132px;" />Civil Bank has started its Branchless Banking service from Tharpu VDC of Panchthar district. The service was jointly inaugurated by the CEO of the Bank Kishore Maharjan and DSP Deep Shamsher Rana. “For justifying and moving forward towards fulfilling our mission of becoming every Nepali’s banking partner by extending all types of banking services, we have launched this service targeting farmers residing in villages to big businesses in cities,” said Maharjan. Through this new service, customers will be able to avail facilities like secure fund withdrawal, fund deposit, fund transfer from one account to another, mobile phone recharge, ATM cards, remittance facility, MobilemaiNagad facility, SMS alert, checking of account balance and printing of statements among others. The Bank also informed that its employees have been assigned to the area for arranging micro credit in a simplified manner to interested customers for running Small and Medium Enterprises as well as Agro-businesses. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Siddhartha Bank opens 42nd Branch in Birtamod</strong></span></div> <div> <img alt="Siddhartha Bank " src="/userfiles/images/mm3(1).jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;width: 200px; height: 49px;" />Siddhartha Bank has inaugurated its 42nd branch at Birtamod, Jhapa on February 16. The branch was jointly inaugurated by the Chief District Officer of Jhapa Ekmani Nepal and Bank’s Director Poonam Chand Agrawal. According to a statement from the Bank, it will be providing a wide array of banking products and services along with ATM facility from the branch.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-25', 'modified' => '2014-02-25', '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' => 'Everest Bank has renewed its contract with Sadichha Shrestha to continue her as its Brand Ambassador for further one year. Shrestha, former Miss Nepal has been promoting products and services of the Bank by featuring in advertisements as well as representing the Bank in different forums since last year.', 'sortorder' => '2519', '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' => '2673', 'article_category_id' => '113', 'title' => 'US Dollar Exchange Rate At Local Market (17 - 23 February 2014)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-25', 'modified' => '2014-02-25', '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' => 'US Dollar Exchange Rate At Local Market', 'sortorder' => '2518', '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' => '2672', 'article_category_id' => '112', 'title' => 'Weekly Gold And Silver Price (17 - 23 February 2014)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-25', 'modified' => '2014-02-25', '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' => 'Weekly Gold And Silver Price', 'sortorder' => '2517', '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' => '2674', 'article_category_id' => '111', 'title' => 'Top Ten Gainers ( 17 - 23 February 2014)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-25', 'modified' => '2014-02-25', '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' => 'Top Ten Gainers', 'sortorder' => '2516', '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' => '2671', 'article_category_id' => '154', 'title' => 'Learning Curve News In Brief (24 February - 2 March 2014)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>HSEB Publishes Grade 11 (XI) Supplementary Results</strong></span></div> <div> Higher Secondary Education Board (HSEB), Sanothimi published the result of supplementary exam of grade XI on Tuesday, February 18th. Out of 52,462 students 41,515 (79.14 %) have passed the examination. The exams of 36 students were dismissed for cheating during the exams. Similarly, HSEB cancelled the results of all the examinees of JanJagriti Higher Secondary School, Salleri, Solukhumbu (Center no. 093). </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>PU Publishes Results</strong></span></div> <div> Purbanchal University (PU), office of the examination management, Biratnagar published the results of various semesters/ years. The results of the program and semesters which has been published are: B.Sc.Biotech - I & III Semesters, BTech.Biotech -I & III Semesters and M.Sc.Meat/Dairy Tech- I Semester.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>British Council to hold Edu Fair</strong></span></div> <div> British Council is organising ‘Education UK Exhibition’ from 25th -28th February, 2014 from 11:00 to 17:00 hours at the Everest Hotel, Kathmandu and Hotel Pokhara Grande, Pokhara. The programme will be comprised of seminars / presentations by representatives from the British Council, British High Commission and UK institutions. The exhibition has aimed to promote UK education and increase the understanding of the UK’s expertise in education. The event will be focused on complete guidance about the career opportunities that are available enabling prospective students to make the right career/education choice.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>SLC Exam Centres Fixed</strong></span></div> <div> The Ministry of Education, Office of the Controller of Examinations (OCE) has fixed 1,836 exam centres throughout the country for the School Leaving Certificate (SLC) examinations scheduled for March 20 to 28, 2014. Fifty centres had to be added this year on the number of exam centres last year as the home centres have been done away with across the country from this year. The number of exam centres last year was 1,786.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>CTEVT Publishes the Results of Special Scholarship</strong></span></div> <div> Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training (CTEVT) has published the results of special scholarships on 22nd of February for the Dalit, Muslim and Madhesi students of Rupandehi and Sunsari district and endangered nationalities of all over Nepal. CTEVT provides scholarships to study PCL Nursing, General Medicine, and other diploma programs and TSLC programs.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Planning department of Pokhara University Padlocked</strong></span></div> <div> The Nepal Students Union (NSU) has padlocked the planning department of Pokhara University. Students padlocked the department after Nepal Health Professionals Council (NHPC) denied approval and recognition to students of Nobel Academy who are reading in BPH and BMLT. The Nobel academy was allowed to admit 40 students in Bachelor in Public Health (BPH) Programme and 25 students Bachelor in Medical Laboratory Technician (BMLT). However, it had increased the number of students for both of the programme without approval of the council.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>PU Liaison Office Padlocked</strong></span></div> <div> Liaison office of the Purbanchal University (PU) has been padlocked by the CPN-Maoist aligned All Nepal National Independent Students Union- Revolutionary (ANNISU-R) for an indefinite period from Tuesday, 18th February. The student organisation padlocked the office stating that examination results have been delayed for 18 months, dispute between the vice-chancellor and registrar has not been resolved and that the question papers were leaked.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-24', 'modified' => '2014-02-25', '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' => 'Higher Secondary Education Board (HSEB), Sanothimi published the result of supplementary exam of grade XI on Tuesday, February 18th. Out of 52,462 students 41,515 (79.14 %) have passed the examination. The exams of 36 students were dismissed for cheating during the exams. Similarly, HSEB cancelled the results of all the examinees of JanJagriti Higher Secondary School, Salleri, Solukhumbu (Center no. 093).', 'sortorder' => '2515', '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' => '2669', 'article_category_id' => '140', 'title' => 'Nepal Political Economic News In Brief (24 February - 2 March 2014)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>‘New CA will own up past agreements’ </strong></span></div> <div> <img alt="Subash Chandra Nembang" src="/userfiles/images/nb(1).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;height: 121px; width: 110px;" />Newly appointed chairperson of the Constituent Assembly (CA), Subash Chandra Nembang has expressed commitment to take necessary initiative to ensure that the new CA took ownership of the agreements reached by the erstwhile CA. “The previous CA has forged agreements on various issues and topics. Our responsibility is to own up those agreements and expedite the constitution drafting process,” he told journalists after assuming his office at the Parliament Secretariat in Singha Durbar few hours after taking oath of office from President Dr Ram Baran Yadav on February 18. Nembang was elected the CA chairperson unopposed by the 571-member CA on February 17. Nembang will also serve as the Speaker in Parliament. Vice President Parmananda Jha, Prime Minister Sushil Koirala, Acting Chief Justice Damodar Prasad Sharma, Minister Ram Sharan Mahat, heads of constitutional bodies, secretaries, heads of security bodies, among others, were present at the swearing-in ceremony. Nembang held the same post in the previous CA as well. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>PM Hopeful of New Constitution Within a Year</strong></span></div> <div> <img alt=" Sushil Koirala" src="/userfiles/images/nb1.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 110px; height: 118px;" />Prime Minister Sushil Koirala has said that the government is committed to creating an atmosphere for promulgating a new constitution within a year. Stating that consensus among all political parties is needed to achieve the target of new constitution on time, Koirala said his government would strive for the same. Addressing the main celebrations organized on the occasion of 64th National Democracy Day on Falgun 7 (Feb 19), PM Koirala argued that commitments to civil rights and democratic norms and values will create a basis of mutual trust among the political parties. “I am hopeful of the promulgation of a new constitution within a year on the basis of political consensus,” he added. It is inevitable to make the citizens empowered, educated, conscious, aware and prosperous for stability and institutional development of democracy, the Prime Minister said, adding that the country could be taken on the path of prosperity through economic, social and educational development. </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>UP Chief Minister Visits Nepal</strong></span></div> <div> <img alt="Akhilesh Yadav " src="/userfiles/images/nb2.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 100px; height: 110px;" />Uttar Pradesh (UP) Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav arrived in Kathmandu on February 16 on a two-day official visit to Nepal. The chief executive of the bordering Indian state was accompanied by a delegation, including his uncle and Public Works Department Minister of Shivpal Singh Yadav. During his stay, he held meetings with President Dr Ram Baran Yadav and Prime Minister Sushil Koirala. He also held discussions with Nepali officials and ministers on border issues.</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Dr Nepal Appointed PM’s Economic Advisor</strong></span></div> <div> <img alt="Dr Chiranjibi Nepal" src="/userfiles/images/nb3.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 110px; height: 123px;" />Prime Minister Sushil Koirala has appointed economist Dr Chiranjibi Nepal as his economic advisor on February 19. Before being appointed the PM’s economic advisor, Dr Nepal who is a proponent of free market economy was working as the chief economic advisor to the Ministry of Finance. Dr Nepal, who is the general secretary of Nepal Economic Association, an economists’ guild, has already served as the chief advisor to the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) and Nepal Chamber of Commerce. Dr Nepal has his PhD on the relation of labour and economy and has been in the teaching profession for the past 28 years. 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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
