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The Sweet Rewards of Power

By Madan Lamsal

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	<span style="font-size: 15px;">Yamaha two-wheelers are popular among Nepali bike riders. The company recently launched two of its products, Ray Z and Yamaha Ray scooters, in international market including Nepal. Popularity of its products has been increasing and the company considers Nepal as an important market.&nbsp;<strong>Jun Nakata</strong>, Sales and Marketing Director of the India Yamaha Motor &nbsp;spoke to&nbsp;<strong>Sagar Ghimire</strong>&nbsp;of New Business Age during his recent business trip to Nepal.&nbsp;<strong>Excerpts:&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>What is the purpose of your visit to Nepal?</strong></span></div>
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	Since Nepal is a very good market for Yamaha, I am here to hold face to face intense discussions on our future business plans, with partners, to explore further market prospects for Yamaha. My meeting with partners here, so far, has dwelt on strategies to expanding our market here amid existing stiff competition.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>How is Yamaha&rsquo;s market here?</strong></span></div>
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	Total demand for Yamaha in Nepal is increasing. This year only it increased by 25 per cent. Thus, Nepal is a big market for us and we cannot ignore this country. The scooter segment here is growing tremendously and we see a lot of potential in this segment.</div>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>What are the recent Yamaha products introduced in Nepal?</strong></span></div>
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	We introduced Yamaha Ray scooter here last April. Back in September, we had introduced Ray Z scooter also. These are our two new products launched here in Nepal. Our target customers for these scooters are youngsters.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>What challenges is the company facing now in Nepal?</strong></span></div>
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	Currently we are focused on Nepal&rsquo;s scooter market and our main competition in this segment is Honda. In the motorbike segment, we have been competing with Bajaj. Competition is the main challenge we are facing.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>What are your strategies to tackle this competition?</strong></span></div>
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	Providing customer satisfaction is our main strategy. &nbsp;Every year we continue investing in innovating our products by improving their performance and design. Apart from that, we are in a constant touch with our customers through our partners and assess their comments and complaints. Awareness is an important factor in marketing. So, we are looking forward to create awareness among customers about the strength and features of Yamaha scooters. Yamaha brand scooters are equally popular in Asian, European and American markets. &nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>What similarities and differences do you find in Nepali and Indian customers in terms of choice, demand and satisfaction?</strong></span></div>
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	Basically Nepalis and Indians are very close in terms of choice, demand and satisfaction. I came from Yamaha India Motors. We take care of the Indian domestic market. Our strategy in India focuses on improving customer satisfaction. It&rsquo;s the same concept and strategy here in Nepal too. We provide good service, excellent showrooms and attractive products.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Why would youngsters, your targeted customers for two-wheelers, choose Yamaha?&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
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	Yamaha two wheelers are stylish, sporty and innovative. We always provide attractive products to our young customers. &nbsp;Though some customers prefer cheap price, we believe in providing quality, performance and style at reasonable price. We believe that quality counts over price.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Do you have any schemes or promotional plan for your products?</strong></span></div>
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	Generally, promotional plans and exhibition are rolled out during special occasion. Just like Yamaha Scooter Exchange Mahamela was organised last October to offer best automotive services to potential visitors and customers. We provided opportunity to customers for exchanging old bikes and scooters with Yamaha Ray Scooter at reasonable prices. It was a good platform for customers to exchange their old two-wheelers and get a new one. We even provided on-the-spot finance services to those in need. We would like to continue organizing these kinds of events in the future also.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Yamaha in India has given special emphasis to its female customers by appointing more female staffs at customer care contact points and introducing female customer care programme. Can we expect similar programme also here in Nepal?</strong></span></div>
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	We have got similar programmes here in Nepal too. We have appointed actress Namrata Shrestha as our brand ambassador. We have made it mandatory for our big dealers to have at least one female representative in workshop to deal with female customers. We have appointed more lady staffs at our showrooms also. &nbsp;We are going to introduce safety driving lessons for the young ladies soon. We are also thinking about launching programmes to provide scooter riding lessons to ladies.</div>',
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	<strong>--By Ashok Poudel</strong></div>
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	Tribhuvan University (TU) has worked out all the details of its post graduate program in &ldquo;International Relation and Diplomacy (IRD).&rdquo; Central Department of International Relation and Diplomacy, under the Faculty of Humanities and situated within the University campus premise, will launch this course from the coming academic session, Khadga K.C., Program Co-ordinator and Associate Professor, informed.&nbsp;</div>
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	Curriculum for this 4-semester program has been developed said KC while informing that that the course comprises of analytical academic discourse, seminars and workshops on current international relationship status of Nepal, and steps needed to strengthen its existing foreign policy and diplomacy.&nbsp;</div>
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	Course syllabus adheres to international standards and practice and has been launched after much research and homework, KC., added.</div>
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	Though similar courses have been in practice across the world, TU had not been able to launch them so far due to various constraints.&nbsp;</div>
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	The course will be moderated by senior faculty members affiliated to political science department of the TU, visiting faculty members from foreign universities and incumbent and former diplomats.&nbsp;</div>
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	IRD course is getting recognition globally as international relations are given much priority by most of the countries across the world. And it is even more important for a least developed country like Nepal to extend and maintain its bilateral relation with its neighbouring and other world countries. K. C. said that the discipline aims to produce capable and efficient IRD professionals to meet the nation&rsquo;s growing need.&nbsp;</div>
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	Elaborating on the scope of the programme, K.C. said that the IRD programme is market friendly with global demand for IRD professionals.&nbsp;</div>
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	IRD graduates will have academic benefit over others for while vying for employment with foreign ministry and other formal and informal organizations specializing in foreign relations. Along with that K.C., said that the course is suitable for the students who want to pursue their career further in fields like media reporting, foreign service, corporate sector, and national security affairs.</div>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>&nbsp;Eligibility</strong></span></div>
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	Students who have completed Bachelor&rsquo;s degree with at least second division or 2.0 CGPA in any discipline recognized by Tribhuvan University are elligble to appy for the course. Prospective student with better linguistic, analytic capacity will be preferred over other students during the admission, K.C., added.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Fee Structure</strong></span></div>
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	According to K.C. the University is not financially aiding the department currently. He said that department is managing financial resources for the course on its own. &ldquo;Thus fee structure is costlier than other courses of the university.&rdquo; Total tuition fee for all the four semesters is set at Rs 1 lakhs and 50 thousand.&nbsp;</div>
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		<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>What issues are included within the course?</strong></span></div>
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		The syllabus is developed tuning both practical and theoretical subjects. Students will be learning art of negotiation, methods of treaty making and agreement, of diplomatic protocols, public diplomacy, administration of managing foreign missions, promotion of cultural diplomacy, the job of work-attach&eacute;, diplomatic correspondence. They will also be taken for practical field visits to the ministries of the government which is associated with foreign matters.</div>
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		<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>What made you feel the necessity of this course in Nepal? And what is the scope of the programme?</strong></span></div>
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		International Relations as a discipline has been in practice worldwide since long. However, it is new in Nepal. Least developed countries like Nepal needs to expand its international relations even more. The discipline will generate the man power with new vision and skills for the same. Similarly, scope of this subject is not limited within domestic market. Graduates of the programme are sellable in international market too and can utilise their skills in various international organizations.</div>
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		<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>As it is a new discipline in Nepal, do you have adequate resources to train the students?</strong></span></div>
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		We have good networks with government institutions. Similarly, we also have quite good number of skilled people in political science and other related faculties. &nbsp;Graduates in the same subjects will also be facilitating during the course. We will primarily be tapping available resources and manpower. We will also invite experts and career diplomats for cooperation. Guests&rsquo; lecturers from friendly countries also will be invited for assistance.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Arunachal Pradesh Taps Religious Segment</strong></span></div>
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	Aruanchal Pradesh is looking at positioning itself as a religious destination in India. &ldquo;While the world famous Tawang Monastery attracts tourists in the state&rsquo;s western part, Buddhist town Mechuka in the north and the Golden Pagoda including famous pilgrimage Parsuram Kund in the east have been the cynosure of all eyes,&rdquo; Nabam Tuki, Chief Minister of the state said. Several infrastructure projects in this part of the state coming up, including the Trans-Arunachal Highway and railway connectivity to Tezu, the headquarters of Lohit district, besides close proximity to the airport in Assam&rsquo;s Dibrugarh district, Religious Tourism would thrive. While appealing to the people not to leave any stone unturned in preserving the uniqueness of the Golden Pagoda, Tuki said with the arrival of the relics, the place had turned into a holy land of Lord Buddha. (Traveldailymedia.com)</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Taiwan Eyes Eight Million Visitors</strong></span></div>
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	Taiwan could welcome eight million visitors this year, after the country revealed that it has already reached its target of 7.7m international arrivals. Reported by the China News Agency (CNA), the Taiwan Tourism Bureau revealed on Sunday that it has now exceeded its full-year target, and will offer 88 gifts to the year&rsquo;s eight millionth arrival, should the landmark figure be reached before the end of 2013. Taiwan&rsquo;s tourism growth in recent has been considerable, with the country adding approximately one million more visitors every year from 2008 to 2012. This has largely been driven by the relaxing of rules governing cross-Strait tourism between Taiwan and China. Arrivals from China are expected to reach almost 2.8m in 2013, accounting for approximately 35% of total arrivals. Taiwan&rsquo;s second largest source market, Japan, is expected to contribute 1.4m arrivals this year, with Hong Kong and Macau providing 1.1m visitors. (Traveldailymedia.com)</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Tourism, the Shining Light of UK Economy in 2014</strong></span></div>
<div>
	As a record-breaking year for British tourism draws to a close, VisitBritain predicts new tourism heights will be reached in 2014. The national tourism agency&#39;s forecast of an increase of nearly 2% in overseas visitor numbers will result in record-breaking visitor spend of around &pound; 21.5 billion, representing growth of 4.2 % in nominal terms. Additionally, the agency predicts that the volume of visits will return to pre-global financial crisis record levels of 2008, with 32.6 million arrivals in 2014. Britain has experienced significant tourism gains this year and is on course to attain the highest recorded spend by international visitors. Latest figures show that in the first ten months of 2013 the number of visits from overseas was 6% up on the same period of 2012, while visitor spending was up by 12% in nominal terms. &nbsp;(Traveldailynews.com)</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Single Hottest Travel Trend is European River Cruising &nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Travel Leaders Group unveiled the 2014 results of its authoritative annual Travel Trends Survey. Based on the findings, the single, hottest destination trend in travel is European river cruising &ndash; having landed in the Top 5 international destinations for the first time ever (it ranked 21st just three years ago). The overall top domestic and international destinations for the coming year are Las Vegas and Caribbean cruises, respectively. This year&#39;s survey results also reveal that 85.7% of agents indicate that 2014 bookings are on par or greater than this time one year ago and 94% of those surveyed state client spending will be the same or higher in the coming year. This survey, based on actual booking data, was conducted by Travel Leaders Group from November 11 - December 14, 2013. (Traveldailynews.com)</div>',
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	<strong>--By Achyut Wagle</strong></div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The final results of the both parts, first-past-the-post and proportional representation of the Constituent Assembly (CA)-II elections held on November 19, 2013 are now out. The fortunate part was that the polls could take place, barring some exceptions, in relative peaceful and largely fairly manner. The high-pitched verbal intimidations of poll-opposing parties, led by CPN-Maoist (Baidya) to disrupt the polls, for all practical purposes, turned out to be a hoax. The interim election government headed by the incumbent Chief Justice Khil Raj Regmi and Election Commission deserve appreciation for the effort they had put to make the polls a success, on the scheduled date. Mohan Baidya and his brigade of 33-party also deserve their due share of applause for not resorting to extreme violence which, given their strength, could have made the elections impossible. The support of international community for the elections was not in any way less important. A good silver-lining is that, Nepal slowly seems entering into an era of peaceful politics, for the groups like Baidya have too started to understand the importance of the less destructive politics.</div>
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	Nepal&rsquo;s agenda of peace is far larger than the constitution itself. Lasting peace and a functional constitution in many contexts could be a &lsquo;chicken and egg&rsquo; story, but in our case, peace in the sense of non-violent politics, based on polls and opinions, has been the prerequisite to create a meaningful ambience and debate to begin to write a constitution; and ultimately to functionalise it. The entire objective of holding the second CA elections was in fact centered on Nepal&rsquo;s desire to transit from conflict to a constitutional era.</div>
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	But, what about the prospect of ending this conflict? It is the most excruciating of all questions and the answer is not yet emphatically affirmative. The only path to ending conflict is to respect the popular political mandate expressed through these ballots by all political forces of the country. And, the culture of such respect comes only out of unflinching faith on democracy and adherence to its true norms. This unfortunately, has long been one big black-hole in Nepali politics. The politics here is dominated by the &lsquo;opportunistic democrats&rsquo; in the guise of the left forces of all names and hues and the some regressive rightists. As long as they can exploit legitimate constitutional means they would utilise that and, the moment their constitutional might is in the receiving end, they, particularly the communists, would immediately resort to violent tactics to capitulate the State authority. The newly emerged regional forces are no different.</div>
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	These features have become real bottlenecks to Nepal&rsquo;s democracy and peaceful politics. In addition to it, there is a cognizable force led by Maoist-Baidya which had ab initio boycotted this election process, thus posses extra challenge to the very functionality of the new CA. The forces now badly defeated in polls are also in all likelihood to resort to alternative course of violence to make their existence felt. The respect for popular mandate would be the first victim and ensured peace therefore could still be a mirage for a long time to come.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Regardless of that gloomy side of the picture, these elections have given clear mandate to write a pluralistic, democratic constitution. The people have put Nepali Congress on the lead closely followed by the CPN-UML with the duo jointly constituting almost two-thirds of the 601-member CA. The Congress as the oldest democratic force of the country and the UML by now transformed into liberal left force with faith on ballots than bullets have substantially increased the hopes of institutionalizing democracy, polity of plurality and patience for peaceful policy through the new constitution.</div>
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<div>
	These elections pushed CPN-United Maoists into the third from the first position in the last CA. People were apparently deeply apprehensive about their agenda of &lsquo;ethnicity and caste-based federalism&rsquo; which might easily boil down to ethnic tensions and violence. The rise of staunchly pro-monarchist RPP-Nepal as the fourth force in the CA, is in fact an additional retort to the Maoist agenda of &lsquo;secularism&rsquo; in place of the Hindu state and ethnicity-based federalism at the cost of national integrity. The forces in the last CA with all potentially divisive voices have been virtually obliterated.</div>
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<div>
	The people&rsquo;s vote to every party has a very clear message - well balanced and well defined. This in aggregate gives idea about the kind of constitution people are looking for. The near two-thirds majority jointly to the Congress and UML means that the constitution should unambiguously be democratic in its essence. On federalism, people upheld the &lsquo;capability based federalism with the state ensuring multiple identity&rsquo;. &nbsp;The relegation of UCPN (Maoists) to the third position is still an opportunity to transform itself into a credible democratic force that doesn&rsquo;t believe in provoking religious and communal sentiments to have its political ends met. People didn&rsquo;t prefer the concept of all-powerful president proposed by the UCPN (Maoists) but have favoured to the idea of ceremonial president with elected prime minister with all executive powers as was proposed by the Congress and the UML to the voters.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Even if the RPP-Nepal chooses to interpret its resurgence to the fourth force as people&rsquo;s increasing faith on monarchy, it is reading the wrong message. It is in fact a wish of a considerable number of &lsquo;cow-worshiping&rsquo; Hindu voters to retain the identity of Nepal as &lsquo;some sort of&rsquo; Hindu state. It is a clear serendipity that the party&rsquo;s election emblem happens to be the &lsquo;holy&rsquo; cow, which reaped an intrinsic symbolic advantage.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The regional parties, mainly from Madhesh, putatively with a separatist overture are largely sidelined by no other than the Madheshi voters. But, again, they still jointly could have been the forth force. The factionalism and petty interests in them have taken the toll on them. Therefore, their strength must not be underestimated.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Putting all these aspects together, the future shape of the constitution becomes clear. &nbsp;Nepal will be a republic with a ceremonial president and elected executive prime minister. The federalism must not be based on single-ethnic identity alone but first on capability and them multiple identity. The division of provinces cannot be like the one of &lsquo;one-Madhesh-one-province&rsquo; as those manifestoes are clearly rejected. People want some form of religious &lsquo;Hindu identity&rsquo; than being unconditionally secular state.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	But, all these mandates could translate into constitutional provisions only if the constitution drafting process is not trampled by sheer non-respect to the popular mandate. Its ominous signs are already at the doorsteps. The UCPN (Maoist) along with other forces failing to fare as expected in elections are alleging &lsquo;structural rigging&rsquo; of the polls and threatening to boycott the CA process. &nbsp;Such politics of violence and blackmailing is not only likely to jeopardise the whole prospect of a truly democratic constitution but also distort and disturb the entire process.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The onus of taking the entire process to ensure a democratic yet implementable constitution unquestionably lies on the shoulders of the Congress and the UML. They have the strength and the mandate and international support. But the danger is, their priority and efforts might just be limited to grab or share the state power and constitution writing might be pushed to shadow again, like in the past.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The rampant tri-forked factionalism in these both parties could pose a real stumbling block to the smooth sail of the process. The CPN-UML President Jhala Nath Khanal has already proposed that the two parties should lead the government on turnkey basis. But in both parties it is going to be a herculean task to select their prime ministerial candidate at first. Each of them has at least three front runners for the job. In Congress, the Party President Shushil Koirala, Senior Leader Sher Bahadur Deuba and Party Vice-president Ram Chandra Poudel are vying for, actually dying for, the post. Similarly, in UML, President Khanal, Senior Leader Madhav Kumar Nepal and powerful faction leader KP Oli have claim with their own logic of respective suitability. The natural democratic way out could be electing a parliamentary party leader in them and assigning the responsibility, but it is surely not going to be this simple; as even the defeated ones would continue to move their pawns for a checkmate.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	If the practice of premiership on turnkey is adopted between the Congress and the UML, why not even smaller parties got proportionate duration of time to head the government according to their strength? At least, they will not fall short of claiming it. All this means is, entire exercise might just be concentrated in making and unmaking of the government. The politics of consensus, no doubt, is imperative to make constitution writing a reality, but the need of consensus shouldn&rsquo;t be a tool to blackmail power, against the popular mandate.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Needless to say, this CA election has not been very instrumental to put the potential political conflict at the backburner for it excluded some potentially violent forces from the election process itself. The new political equation is more likely to give space to new form of frictions. In view of massive international financing to make Nepal &lsquo;secular&rsquo; and ethnic boiling pot and voters&rsquo; clear mandate against it, this is going to be a real source of conflict afresh. When Congress leads the process and the RRP-Nepal led by Kamal Thapa becomes a balancing force, it might repeat the infamous &lsquo;horse-trading&rsquo; episode of 1996.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<em>(The writer is former editor of Aarthik Abhiyan National Daily.)</em></div>',
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			'description' => 'The final results of the both parts, first-past-the-post and proportional representation of the Constituent Assembly (CA)-II elections held on November 19, 2013 are now out. The fortunate part was that the polls could take place, barring some exceptions, in relative peaceful and largely fairly manner.',
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Color X-22 in market</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Colors Mobile has introduced X-factor X-22 Wave Series mobile in the market. According to the company, the handset comes with a super fast file transferring system. The phone runs on Android 4.2.2 operating system and is powered by a 1 GHz dual core processor. Other features of the phone include 3.5&rdquo; HVGA touchscreen, 1200 mAh battery, 3.2 MP rear camera and a front Camera along with flashlight option.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Asian Paints Announces Top 50 Winners</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Asian Paints Nepal has announced top 50 finalists of its &lsquo;Dream Home Contest&rsquo; campaign. After 4 months of Facebook contest, the semi-finalists were selected on the basis of highest voted photographs in the Dream Home Contest App. These houses will be visited by a team of architects from the Society of Nepalese Architect (SONA). The jury members will select top 10 finalists after the visits. These top 10 houses will be visited by celebrity judges Karishma Manandhar, Nima Rumba and Rabi Dongol to decide the winners.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Johnnie Walker&rsquo;s Black List Party</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Johnnie Walker is going to organize first Johnnie Walker Black List Party in Kathmandu on 25th January 2014 to celebrate the success of its &lsquo;Join the Pact&rsquo; campaign in Nepal. The exclusive invitee-only event will be held at Hyatt Regency hotel. Attendees can indulge in Johnnie Walker&rsquo;s signature bold flavours while being entertained by performances from superstar international DJs, dancers and performance artists, says a statement. &nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Hyundai Grand awarded &lsquo;Indian Car of the Year 2014&rsquo;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Hyundai Grand has won the Indian Car of the Year (ICOTY) award for 2014. Grand i10 earned the India&rsquo;s highest automotive award where it competed with other major automobile companies. Hyundai has sold over 35,000 Grand i10 across India in the 90 days of after launching September 2013. Grand has been designed at Hyundai European design centre in Germany using Hyundai&rsquo;s &lsquo;Fluidic Design&rsquo; theme.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>VG Suzuki&rsquo;s Showroom in Birgunj</strong></span></div>
<div>
	VG Suzuki has opened its new showroom in Birgunj. The showroom will have on display Suzuki&rsquo;s three motorcycle and two scooter models. To celebrate the inauguration of the showroom, customers are offered a discount of Rs 10,000 on all the motorcycles and scooters. There is also a bumper prize of a Suzuki car and three LED TVs.</div>',
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			'title' => 'A Determined Banker',
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			'content' => '<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>--By Angila Sharma</strong></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Jasoda Sainju, CEO of H&amp;B Development Bank, is a person who believes in simple living and high thinking. She describes herself as a simple person leading her life in a simple manner that is limited to her office and her home.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Sainju is very gentle and a soft-spoken person. She has no hobby in particular. However, she loves watching news on TV. Apart from that, she is a family person and dedicates most of her time to her family.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	She finds no trouble in managing her daily life that swings between her home and officer. &ldquo;To balance work and home, one must not mingle office work with household matter and vice-versa,&rdquo; Sainju opines. As a person who considers her family to be her biggest strength, she always tries to spend some extra time with her family.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Sainju has love for long holidays and loves exploring new places whenever she manages to go on holidays. She is a spontaneous person and so, believes that holiday become fun when it is planned randomly. Sainju has explored many places of Nepal for her official work. However, due to her busy schedule, she has not been able to visit many places outside Nepal. Her last holiday destination was Malaysia, one and half years ago. She believes that every vacation holds good memories with it. Though busy schedules have not given her to opportunity to go on vacations recently, she has desires to visit new places if she ever has free time.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Sainju, like every other woman, loves shopping. However, that does not mean that she likes to wander from shop to shop to buy a single good. She shops very fast and is not very choosy with items.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	In her youth, she used to play Table Tennis and recollects that she was very good at it. Nowadays considering time constraints she has given it up. Though she loves reading biographies, nowadays she has been not able to allocate time for it as well. She is not active in social networking sites also.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Despite being in a respectable position and having many responsibilities, Sainju strives to do something good for the society. She is a peace loving person and wants everyone around her to be at peace.</div>',
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			'description' => 'Jasoda Sainju, CEO of H&B Development Bank, is a person who believes in simple living and high thinking. She describes herself as a simple person leading her life in a simple manner that is limited to her office and her home.',
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			'title' => 'Boots Dominate Ladies Footwear Market',
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			'content' => '<div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		<strong>--By Rashika Pokharel</strong></div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		Along with woolen and other warm clothes, the chilling temperature has paved the way for the boots to rein the fashion market and presently they are most demanded footwear products in the ladies footwear sections of any store. Besides coming in eye catchy and adorable designs, boots have come in demand for the comfort and warmth they provide. They are the best option when it comes to protect well-cared-for feet from the harsh cold of winter and the dusty Kathmandu roads. There are various designs of boots such as the knee length boots, the ankle boots and the thigh high boots, for the ladies to flaunt.</div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		&ldquo;Boots are the most demanded footwear this season. This winter majority of our customers have been demanding them. The demand is higher compared to the previous year,&rdquo; says Ashok Maharjan, owner of Tick-Tac-Toe at the People&rsquo;s Plaza.Informing that his store deals in varieties of brand, he said that Timberland boots have been the most popular among the store&rsquo;s customer.&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		Every woman has the desire of being fashionable and stylish while being comfortable and warm in winter. A perfect pair of stylish branded boots provides the best of style and warmth. Clothes and make-up say a lot about a woman, and a personality-matching pair of boots can enhance her overall appearance and femininity. So when women have so much to adore their wardrobe, why deprive self from owning a classy pair of trendy boots.&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		Boots represent the vigor and the teen spirit. &ldquo;Boots these days have become fetish among teenage girls. Major of our teenage customers look for boots,&rdquo; opines Kumar Thapa, owner of Shreedhara Collection. Along with that, Thapa said that short boots have thrown long boots out of fashion.&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		With the surge in demand, boots are doing remarkable business in Kathmandu. Considering the limelight these products have received from the customers, every shop has been trying to put up special selection of boots available at a varied range of prices. &ldquo;We offer every type of boots such as casual boots, party boots and fancy boots at a price range between Rs. 2,000 to Rs. 9,000,&rdquo; says Rajeev Verma, Manager at Bentley, Durbarmarg.&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		Boots sold in the capital&rsquo;s shoe market are imported. Most of these boots are imported from countries like Bangkok, Korea and China.As mercury in the capital continues to dive, boot sales have remained pretty good. Tick-Tac-Toe&rsquo;s Maharjan said that at times they receive 50 to 60 boot customers on a single day. And considering the boot craze among the ladies, the boot business promises to remain in business for some time now.</div>
</div>
<p>
	<img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/cf1%20(Copy)(2).jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 244px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" /></p>',
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Microsoft Launches New Safety App for Windows Phone Users</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Technology giant Microsoft launched a new application &#39;Guardian&#39; with safety features, exclusively for Windows Phone users. Guardian enables users to switch on a &#39;track me&#39; feature in the app that lets friends and family track them in real-time using Microsoft Windows Azure cloud services and Bing Map, the company said in a release. Guardian users can call for help through an &#39;SOS&#39; alert button and also connect to security agencies, police and hospitals easily via this app in times of crisis, it added. It took more than six months for a team of Microsoft employees in India to develop the safety app in the Microsoft Garage, the company said. Microsoft Garage is a global employee innovation initiative that gives Microsoft employees an outlet to explore ideas.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>AMD Unveils Graphics Processor for Apple&rsquo;s Mac Pro</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Chipmaker AMD announced a dual AMD FirePro professional graphics solutions (GPUs) to boost the performance levels of the Apple&#39;s Mac Pro workstation. AMD&rsquo;s FirePro D300, D500 and D700 professional GPUs offer exceptional compute power and reliability for creativity and productivity in a wide range of applications, the firm said in a release. These new AMD FirePro GPUs are built on the strength of AMD&rsquo;s award-winning Graphics Core Next GPU design &mdash; an architecture conceived from the ground up to intelligently managing rendering and compute workloads. The dual AMD FirePro GPU options for Mac Pro feature up to 6GB of VRAM and up to 2048 stream processors per GPU, matched with top configurations capable of up to 7 teraflops of computing power.</div>',
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			'title' => 'Khadka Wins Surya Nepal Eastern Open',
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			'content' => '<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Rabi Khadka has won the Surya Nepal Eastern open, the fifth event under the Surya Nepal Golf Tour 2013-14 played at the par-70 Nirvana Country Club Health and Golf Resort in Dharan on Saturday. Khadka carded even-par 70 for a total score of three-over 283, that gave him two-stroke win over Umesh Nagarkoti. Khadka began the day with two-stroke cushion played one-over 36 that included birdies on the second and sixth holes against bogeys on the first, fifth and seventh holes. On the back nine, he shot birdies on the 10th and 16th holes before facing a bogey on the 17th hole. Khadka lifted his eighth major title along with a cheque of Rs 95,000.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Nagarkoti also played a round of 70, while local pro Suman Rai finished third at 287 after he shot two-over 72. Nagarkoti won Rs 60,000 and Rai was awarded Rs 44,000. Nagarkoti took the turn at two-over 37 before carding two-under 33 on the back nine with the help of five birdies, three bogeys and a double bogey. Likewise, Rai shot two birdies against four bogeys.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Mani Rai and Dhana Thapa shared the fourth position at 289 points. Deepak Thapa Magar came sixth with the score of 291, one ahead of Tham Bahadur Rai. Likewise, Ramesh Adhikari and Surya Prasad Sharma shared the eighth position at 293, while Ram Thapa and Sanjay Lama were tied for 10th at 15-over 295. Second-round leader Deo Raj Pakhrin of Dharan slipped to 12th position at 296 after he shot nine-over 79.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;A total of 46 players including 28 pros, six local golfers and 18 amateurs participated in the tournament organised by Nepal PGA under the sponsorship of Surya Nepal Pvt Ltd. Out of the total cash purse of Rs 514,250, all the 22 pros received their share of cash prizes. &nbsp;</div>',
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			'description' => 'Rabi Khadka has won the Surya Nepal Eastern open, the fifth event under the Surya Nepal Golf Tour 2013-14 played at the par-70 Nirvana Country Club Health and Golf Resort in Dharan on Saturday. Khadka carded even-par 70 for a total score of three-over 283, that gave him two-stroke win over Umesh Nagarkoti. Khadka began the day with two-stroke cushion played one-over 36 that included birdies on the second and sixth holes against bogeys on the first, fifth and seventh holes.',
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			'title' => 'Top Ten Losers (23 - 29 December 2013)',
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			'description' => 'Top Ten Losers',
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			'title' => 'Fewer Tourists In November',
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			'content' => '<div>
	The figures released by the Immigration Office, Tribhuvan International Airport reveal that visitor arrivals in the month of November 2013 by air, have decreased by 7.01 per cent , compared to the same month last year. A total of 55,245 international visitors arrived in Nepal in the month of November which is less by 4,166 tourists over November 2012. In November 2012, a total of 59,411 tourists visited Nepal by air.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Nepal observed a sustained growth in international tourist arrivals since June 2009 but suffered a decline in the second half of 2013. &nbsp;&ldquo;Experts suggest that&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	the decrease in arrivals in November might be due to the inconsistent air fare to and from Nepal to major gateways and coinciding with the Constituent Assembly election in Nepal on the 19th of November 2013,&rdquo; says a statement from Nepal Tourism Board. &nbsp;&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp; In November 2013, the number of Nepali arrivals from Tribhuwan International Airport declined by 27 per cent compared to the same month last year. A total of 52,970 Nepalis arrived in Nepal in November 2013, whereas this figure was 72,735 in November 2012. &nbsp;It is expected that the forthcoming year in tourism is going to improve as Nepal is heading towards stability.</div>',
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			'description' => 'The figures released by the Immigration Office, Tribhuvan International Airport reveal that visitor arrivals in the month of November 2013 by air, have decreased by 7.01 per cent , compared to the same month last year. A total of 55,245 international visitors arrived in Nepal in the month of November which is less by 4,166 tourists over November 2012. In November 2012, a total of 59,411 tourists visited Nepal by air.',
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			'title' => 'Where Will You Go For The New Year Bash?',
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	<strong>--By TC Correspondent</strong></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:16px;">As New Year is on the brink of arrival, almost all the hotels and restaurants in Kathmandu are organizing grand parties to bid farewell to 2013. Here is a list of few fabulous New Year Eve parties in town where you can eat, drink and be merry while welcoming 2014.&nbsp;</span></div>
<div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Hotel Annapurna</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="Hotel Annapurna" src="/userfiles/images/1%20(Copy)(2).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;
width: 200px; height: 140px;" />Hotel Annapurna&rsquo;s New Year Eve Party &lsquo;Infinity Night 2013&rsquo; will be held at Poolside Garden of the Hotel from 7 PM to 1 AM. The Party will have live performances by Nima Rumba and Kshitiza Shakya. There will also be Sufi music and Bollywood dances by a dance troop among other attractions. Unlimited Food serving five International Cuisines and premium drinks from Chivas Regal, Glenlivet, Absolut, Jacob&rsquo;s Creek and Carlsberg are the culinary delights for the evening. Single will have to pay Rs 8,000 and couples Rs 13,500 for the party. At Rs 10,000 plus taxes, the Hotel is providing overnight stay for a couple which includes Champagne Breakfast at The Coffee Shop on 1st January 2014. &nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Hotel Soaltee Crowne Plaza&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="Hotel Soaltee Crowne Plaza " src="/userfiles/images/2%20(Copy)(2).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;
width: 200px; height: 130px;" />Soaltee Crowne Plaza is organizing one of the biggest New Year&rsquo;s Eve Party at its Megha Malhar Hall with a musical Broadway titled &lsquo;You are simply the Best&rsquo;. The programme will feature various international music and dance performances, along with DJs and an exquisite cuisine. An eight-member dance troupe&rsquo;s modern contemporary and Bollywood dances are the main attraction of the event. Also, there will be live performances by renowned Nepali band Abhaya &amp; The Steam Injuns, and Torsha Sarkar, famous female play back singer of Bollywood. The programme starts 8 PM onwards, and tickets at priced at Rs 8999 for single and Rs 15999 for a couple. The price includes free flow of drinks, snack and dinner. The Hotel will also be giving away Door Prizes of Intercontinental Hotel Stay Voucher, two way airline tickets to international destination of Qatar Airways, complimentary dinner coupons and stay vouchers at other 5 star hotels in Kathmandu. Alfresco Restaurant at Soaltee is offering a 4-course meal at Rs 2000 plus taxes per person. &nbsp;&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Hotel Radisson</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="Hotel Radisson" src="/userfiles/images/3%20(Copy)(1).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;
width: 200px; height: 143px;" />Hotel Radisson is organizing various events in its cafes and restaurants on 31st December. &nbsp;Euphoria R-XIV is the name of the happening party at Hotel Nepa-Dhuku hall and Waterfall Garden of the Hotel. The prigramme will have dance and DJ sessions from 7 PM onwards along with a lavish buffet dinner. Guests can enjoy unlimited refill of whiskey, vodka, beer, wine and coke in the party. The Hotel is charging Rs 5555 for single and Rs 9999 for a couple.&nbsp;</div>
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	Also, there is a Buffet Dinner at The Fun Caf&eacute; at Rs 3000 plus taxes per person. It includes a complimentary drink, and starts from 6:30 pm onwards. A 5-course meal awaits you at the Olive Garden of the Hotel. It will cost you Rs 3500 plus taxes for veg menu and Rs 4000 plus taxes for non-veg menu. Price includes a complementary drink. Finally, The Corner Bar will be rocking with Trance, Techno and House music. A drink is complimentary with entry fee of Rs 999. &nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>The Everest Hotel</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="The Everest Hotel" src="/userfiles/images/4%20(Copy)(2).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;
width: 200px; height: 146px;" />The Grande Ballroom of the Hotel will be hosting an Eve Party from 8:30 PM to midnight. The programme will have live performances by Sabin Rai and the Electrix Band, dance performances and DJ sessions among other musical events. The tickets are priced at Rs 7,500 per person and Rs 14,000 for a couple. The ticket includes dinner and free flow of Carlsberg, Invenio wines, Red Bull and Pepsi. The Far Pavillion rooftop restaurant of the Hotel is also organizing an Eve Party with live ghazals, muzra and a lavish buffet dinner at Rs 2,200 per person. &nbsp;&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Hotel Shangri-La</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="Hotel Shangri-La" src="/userfiles/images/5%20(Copy)(2).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;
width: 200px; height: 148px;" />Hotel Shangri-La&rsquo;s Eve Party will have live performance by Mukti and Revival as its main attraction. There will also be DJ sessions and other musical programmes. Valet Parking is available for the event, and taxi service is also offered at fixed price. Moreover, there will be a gala dinner and door prizes as well. Shambhala Garden Cafe of the Hotel will host New Year&rsquo;s Day Bubbly Brunch at Rs 1499 plus taxes per person on 1st January 2014.</div>',
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong>--By Suraksha Adhikari&nbsp;</strong></div>
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	The value and importance of bees and honey have increased these days and beekeeping has became an entrepreneurial enterprise that has drawn many farmers towards it. Demand for honey has been increasing in Nepal and corresponding to it, its production is also rapidly increasing. Commercial beekeeping is becoming a reliable source of income-generation for some Nepali farmers.&nbsp;</div>
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	&ldquo;In the beginning of this business, one can earn Rs 5,000 per year. This income goes on increasing in the later years,&rdquo; said Raju Khatiwada, Proprieter of Namaste Mount Everest Honey Pvt Ltd. &nbsp;Khatiwada has been earning Rs 800,000 annually from 200 beehives. &ldquo;Initial cost of a hive is Rs 5,000 to 6,000. People may think this as low income, but as years pass by, the profit keeps increasing,&rdquo; Khatiwada added. Apart from buying beehives, which is a capital expenditure, other running expenditures are nominal and in the second year of the business, Khatiwada said that a profit of around Rs 15,000 could be gained.</div>
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	However, for commercial beekeeping, an entrepreneur needs to make initial investment of around Rs 400,000, according to Ganesh Basnet, President of Center of Nepal Bee-Keeping Cooperatives Association said. He explained, &ldquo;Commercial beekeeping should be started with at least 40 &ndash; 50 hives, as beehives have to be taken to different places for grazing and transportation expenses are the same whether you have 20 hives or 30 or 50.&rdquo; &rdquo;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Profit Generation</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Beekeeping business promises double profit to its entrepreneur within two years of starting the business. Nepal has favourable climate for bee keeping from Hilly to Terai region. Lately, commercial bee keeping is being done in the districts like Chitwan, Nawalparasi, Kaski, Palpa, Parbat, Kailali, Jumla, Sarlahi, Makwanpur, Jhapa, Sunsari, Morang, Surkhet, Kavre, Dang and Pyuthan. Bees are an important part of pollination. While they collect honey, they also play this important role of a pollinator that helps in the reproduction of plants and ultimately in maintaining ecological balance.&nbsp;</div>
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	Estimates claim that Nepal has around 140,000 to 160,000 hives. Among them around 35,000 hives are Melifera and rest belong to the Serena species, according to Dharma Raj Shrestha, President of Center for Bee Keeping Association Nepal. Entrepreneurs claim that comparatively, Melifera breed is capable of producing more amount of honey in short span of time. Other honeybee species found in Nepal are Himalayan bee, Kathyauri and Ghar Mauri.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Demand Exceeding Production</strong></span></div>
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	Honey entrepreneurs in Nepal have not been able to cater to the increasing demand of honey. Shrestha said Nepali market&rsquo;s annual demand for honey is around four million kg. But government statistics show that only 1.6 million kg of honey is being produced annually in Nepal. Cooperatives have been playing crucial role in the development of the honey industry. &ldquo;Around Rs 1.4 billion has already been invested in the bee keeping business conducted under cooperatives,&rdquo; Basnet said.&nbsp;</div>
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	The commercial bee keeping in Nepal started from 2051 B.S. with the initiation of late King Birendra following his visit to Europe. According to &nbsp;Basnet among total honey produced in Nepal almost half amount is contributed by cooperatives.</div>
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	&ldquo;Demand for honey from educated families who understand the importance of honey is increasing,&rdquo; Basnet said adding that demand for honey from companies producing Ayurvedic medicines has also been increasing.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Lack of Laboratory&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
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	Nepal is rich in biodiversity, our bees feed on the nectar of flowers and fruits that are not available in many parts of the world but producers are finding it remarkably difficult to meet international standards. There is lack of proper laboratory for the verification of the quality of produced honey. Department of Food Technology and Quality Control (DFTQC) has been testing the quality of honey but honey verified by this department can&rsquo;t be exported in international market as its certificate is still not accepted by many importing countries, said the entrepreneurs.&nbsp;</div>
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	They said, &ldquo;The honey produced in Nepalis organic and its demand can highly increase in Nepal if the verification problem is sorted out.&rdquo; Shrestha said, &ldquo;Nepal government is not showing concern for promoting this business.&rdquo; He complains that various government institutions have been approving the distribution of honey without proper investigating its quality and adds that reasons like this have been rendering beekeeping business unsustainable.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Problems and Challenges</strong></span></div>
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	Honey producers have realized that they have the potential of creating lucrative niche markets overseas through branding Nepali honey as &lsquo;organic honey&rsquo;, &lsquo;Himalayan honey&rsquo; and &lsquo;honey from the highlands&rsquo; but have been hindered in doing so due to existing set backs in the sector. Entrepreneurs claim beekeeping is yet to establish itself a commercial profession. Lack of proper technical knowledge in prospective beekeepers is another factor that has hindered the business from flourishing in Nepal. Inability to develop new species of honeybees and lack of a government regulatory body in the form of Honey Development Board, has been hindering the sector from flourishing. Presently the sector has been coordinated by cooperatives and establishment of a regulatory body is thought to be a crucial factor for giving it headway.&nbsp;</div>
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	&ldquo;Though the government has introduced the &nbsp;policy of &lsquo;Bee-keeping for Livelihood&rsquo;, it is not enough for the commercial expansion of this business,&rdquo; Shrestha said.&ldquo;Commercial beekeeping can be conceptualized as prosperous business sector for the promotion and development of this sector,&rdquo; he added. He claimed that lack of proper policy facilitating commercial beekeeping has hindered honey exports to potential international market.&nbsp;</div>
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	<img alt="BeeKeeping" src="/userfiles/images/fck1%20(Copy).jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 361px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" /></div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Steps to be taken</strong></span></div>
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	The most important initiative to establish the honey industry is to make beekeeping entrepreneurial. Though production capacity is steadily growing, there is a need for establishing a consulting mechanism and to prepare an action that would ensure that prospective beekeepers can easily access latest technology and resources for expanding their business.&nbsp;</div>
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	Providing training on beekeeping and production of hives, tools and providing consultation services on the safety of bees, honey production, storage, processing would attract youths for getting involved in this sector and get self-employed.</div>',
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	<strong style="font-size: 16px;">Health</strong></div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong><img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/fc1%20(Copy)(3).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;
width: 250px; height: 161px;" />1. Relieve Hangovers</strong></span></div>
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	&nbsp;Had a little too much fun last night? A few tablespoons of honey, which is packed with fructose, will help speed up your body&rsquo;s metabolism of alcohol.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>2. Heal Wounds, Cuts, Scrapes &amp; Burns&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
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	Don&rsquo;t reach for the Neosporin the next time you cut or burn yourself &mdash; simply apply honey to the affected area. Honey works as a natural antiseptic.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>3. Soothe Sore Throats and Coughs&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
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	Combine honey with the juice of one lemon and drink. It works like a wonder!</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>4. Remove Parasites&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Hopefully you&rsquo;ll never have to use this trick, but if you do, combine equal parts honey, vinegar and water and drink. The combination of these three ingredients is the perfect parasite killer.</div>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Beauty</strong></span></div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong><img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/fc2%20(Copy).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;
width: 250px; height: 198px;" />5. Moisturize Dry Skin&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Honey is a fantastic moisturizer, especially on dry patches, like your elbows or hands &mdash; even your lips! Rub onto your dry, patchy skin and let it sit for about 30 minutes before washing off. Honey also makes a great lip balm!</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>6. Condition Damaged Hair</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Honey is a great natural conditioner. You can simply add a teaspoon of the stuff to your regular shampoo to smooth your damaged locks. You can also combine it with olive oil for a deeper conditioning. Let it soak for 20 minutes with your hair wrapped in a towel before shampooing as usual.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>7. Have an Amazing Bath</strong></span></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;Relax your body and soak your skin in a soothing bath. Add 2 tablespoons of honey to 1 cup of hot water and let it dissolve for about 10 minutes. Add 2 or 3 drops of lavender essential oil and add it to your bath.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>8. Remove Acne</strong></span></div>
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	&nbsp;Stubborn acne can really go away from a small daily dab of honey. Place a band-aid over the pimple, and take it off 30 minutes later.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>9. Give Yourself a Facial</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Combine 2 teaspoons of milk with 2 tablespoons of honey. Cover your face with the mixture and let it sit for 10 minutes before washing off.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Food</strong></span></div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong><img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/fc3%20(Copy).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;
width: 250px; height: 168px;" />10. Boost Your Energy</strong></span></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;Quit turning to coffee for your daily energy boost! Replace your cup of Joe with a cup of tea. Mix in a tablespoon or so of honey.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>11. Substitute Honey for Sugar in Baking&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	For every cup of sugar a recipe calls for, replace it with 3/4 cup of honey. For best results, add 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda and reduce another liquid in your recipe by 1/4 cup. Also, reduce the oven temperature by 25 degrees.</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>National Insurance to Complete Four Decades in Nepal</strong></span></div>
<div>
	National Insurance Company is completing four decades of its operations in Nepal on 1st January 2014. The company will be having a month long nationwide celebration in the month of January. The celebrations will start with cake cutting celebrations in head office in Kathmandu and also in all branch offices in Nepal. The company will be distributing blankets, torches and sports item to various institutions including deaf and dumb children as a part of its CSR activities. It will also conduct one day exclusive session for its women employees which will cover areas of health, stress and communication skills among others. &nbsp;On 5th January, the company is organizing a free health check up and blood donation camp. &nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>NIBL&rsquo;s 27th AGM Held</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Nepal Investment Bank Limited (NIBL)&rsquo;s 27th Annual General Meeting was held on 26th December. The Net Profit of the Bank has grown by 84.3 per cent to reach Rs 1.91 billion against previous year&rsquo;s figure of Rs 1.03 billion. The AGM has decided to distribute 25 per cent cash dividend and 10 per cent stock dividend to the existing shareholders. &nbsp;The Bank has increased its deposits by 9.5 per cent, reaching Rs 62.42 billion against last year&rsquo;s Rs 57.01 billion. Similarly, total lending of the bank also grew by 11.2 per cent reaching Rs 47.70 billion.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Nabil Invest Relocates Offices</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Nabil Investment Banking Ltd (Nabil Invest), a Subsidiary Company of Nabil Bank Ltd and a Securities Businessperson (Merchant Banker) has shifted its Chabahil and Anamnagar Offices to Central Plaza at Narayanchaur, Naxal. The new office will provide services like issue management, underwriting, registrar to shares, trusteeship services, depository participant in a central depository service (CDS), portfolio management services (PMS), fund management and depository of Nabil Mutual Fund and corporate advisory services. On this occasion, Nabil Invest is providing 50 per cent discount on the annual management fee on limited PMS products.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Mega Bank Supports Aama Ghar</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Mega bank has provided Rs 700,000 to Aama Ghar, a philanthropic initiative undertaken by social worker Dil Shova Shrestha. On a programme held on 23rd December, CEO of Mega Bank Anil Keshary Shah handed over the cheque to Shrestha. Shah said that he felt delighted in supporting philanthropic initiatives like &lsquo;Aama Ghar&rsquo;. He also encouraged the private sector to take initiative in supporting the deprived and destitute people.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Sanima&rsquo;s Conducts Blood Donation&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Sanima Bank conducted a blood donation program at its head office in Naxal on the occasion of its 10th year of operation. Under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), the Bank has conducted various activities to mark its 10 years of operation. In the current fiscal year, the Bank has approved Rs 6.3 million for CSR activities. The approved amount is 2.07 per cent of net profit of last fiscal year.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Siddhartha Bank&rsquo;s Blood Donation Program</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Siddhartha Bank&rsquo;s Birgunj Branch organized a blood donation program on 25th December On the occasion of the Bank&rsquo;s 11th Anniversary. 160 donors participated in the program organized at the branch premises.</div>',
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	<span style="font-size: 15px;">Yamaha two-wheelers are popular among Nepali bike riders. The company recently launched two of its products, Ray Z and Yamaha Ray scooters, in international market including Nepal. Popularity of its products has been increasing and the company considers Nepal as an important market.&nbsp;<strong>Jun Nakata</strong>, Sales and Marketing Director of the India Yamaha Motor &nbsp;spoke to&nbsp;<strong>Sagar Ghimire</strong>&nbsp;of New Business Age during his recent business trip to Nepal.&nbsp;<strong>Excerpts:&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>What is the purpose of your visit to Nepal?</strong></span></div>
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	Since Nepal is a very good market for Yamaha, I am here to hold face to face intense discussions on our future business plans, with partners, to explore further market prospects for Yamaha. My meeting with partners here, so far, has dwelt on strategies to expanding our market here amid existing stiff competition.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>How is Yamaha&rsquo;s market here?</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Total demand for Yamaha in Nepal is increasing. This year only it increased by 25 per cent. Thus, Nepal is a big market for us and we cannot ignore this country. The scooter segment here is growing tremendously and we see a lot of potential in this segment.</div>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>What are the recent Yamaha products introduced in Nepal?</strong></span></div>
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	We introduced Yamaha Ray scooter here last April. Back in September, we had introduced Ray Z scooter also. These are our two new products launched here in Nepal. Our target customers for these scooters are youngsters.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>What challenges is the company facing now in Nepal?</strong></span></div>
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	Currently we are focused on Nepal&rsquo;s scooter market and our main competition in this segment is Honda. In the motorbike segment, we have been competing with Bajaj. Competition is the main challenge we are facing.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>What are your strategies to tackle this competition?</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Providing customer satisfaction is our main strategy. &nbsp;Every year we continue investing in innovating our products by improving their performance and design. Apart from that, we are in a constant touch with our customers through our partners and assess their comments and complaints. Awareness is an important factor in marketing. So, we are looking forward to create awareness among customers about the strength and features of Yamaha scooters. Yamaha brand scooters are equally popular in Asian, European and American markets. &nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>What similarities and differences do you find in Nepali and Indian customers in terms of choice, demand and satisfaction?</strong></span></div>
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	Basically Nepalis and Indians are very close in terms of choice, demand and satisfaction. I came from Yamaha India Motors. We take care of the Indian domestic market. Our strategy in India focuses on improving customer satisfaction. It&rsquo;s the same concept and strategy here in Nepal too. We provide good service, excellent showrooms and attractive products.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Why would youngsters, your targeted customers for two-wheelers, choose Yamaha?&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Yamaha two wheelers are stylish, sporty and innovative. We always provide attractive products to our young customers. &nbsp;Though some customers prefer cheap price, we believe in providing quality, performance and style at reasonable price. We believe that quality counts over price.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Do you have any schemes or promotional plan for your products?</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Generally, promotional plans and exhibition are rolled out during special occasion. Just like Yamaha Scooter Exchange Mahamela was organised last October to offer best automotive services to potential visitors and customers. We provided opportunity to customers for exchanging old bikes and scooters with Yamaha Ray Scooter at reasonable prices. It was a good platform for customers to exchange their old two-wheelers and get a new one. We even provided on-the-spot finance services to those in need. We would like to continue organizing these kinds of events in the future also.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Yamaha in India has given special emphasis to its female customers by appointing more female staffs at customer care contact points and introducing female customer care programme. Can we expect similar programme also here in Nepal?</strong></span></div>
<div>
	We have got similar programmes here in Nepal too. We have appointed actress Namrata Shrestha as our brand ambassador. We have made it mandatory for our big dealers to have at least one female representative in workshop to deal with female customers. We have appointed more lady staffs at our showrooms also. &nbsp;We are going to introduce safety driving lessons for the young ladies soon. We are also thinking about launching programmes to provide scooter riding lessons to ladies.</div>',
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			'title' => 'International Relations And Diplomacy Courses In TU',
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	<strong>--By Ashok Poudel</strong></div>
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<div>
	Tribhuvan University (TU) has worked out all the details of its post graduate program in &ldquo;International Relation and Diplomacy (IRD).&rdquo; Central Department of International Relation and Diplomacy, under the Faculty of Humanities and situated within the University campus premise, will launch this course from the coming academic session, Khadga K.C., Program Co-ordinator and Associate Professor, informed.&nbsp;</div>
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	Curriculum for this 4-semester program has been developed said KC while informing that that the course comprises of analytical academic discourse, seminars and workshops on current international relationship status of Nepal, and steps needed to strengthen its existing foreign policy and diplomacy.&nbsp;</div>
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	Course syllabus adheres to international standards and practice and has been launched after much research and homework, KC., added.</div>
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	Though similar courses have been in practice across the world, TU had not been able to launch them so far due to various constraints.&nbsp;</div>
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<div>
	The course will be moderated by senior faculty members affiliated to political science department of the TU, visiting faculty members from foreign universities and incumbent and former diplomats.&nbsp;</div>
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	IRD course is getting recognition globally as international relations are given much priority by most of the countries across the world. And it is even more important for a least developed country like Nepal to extend and maintain its bilateral relation with its neighbouring and other world countries. K. C. said that the discipline aims to produce capable and efficient IRD professionals to meet the nation&rsquo;s growing need.&nbsp;</div>
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	Elaborating on the scope of the programme, K.C. said that the IRD programme is market friendly with global demand for IRD professionals.&nbsp;</div>
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	IRD graduates will have academic benefit over others for while vying for employment with foreign ministry and other formal and informal organizations specializing in foreign relations. Along with that K.C., said that the course is suitable for the students who want to pursue their career further in fields like media reporting, foreign service, corporate sector, and national security affairs.</div>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>&nbsp;Eligibility</strong></span></div>
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	Students who have completed Bachelor&rsquo;s degree with at least second division or 2.0 CGPA in any discipline recognized by Tribhuvan University are elligble to appy for the course. Prospective student with better linguistic, analytic capacity will be preferred over other students during the admission, K.C., added.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Fee Structure</strong></span></div>
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	According to K.C. the University is not financially aiding the department currently. He said that department is managing financial resources for the course on its own. &ldquo;Thus fee structure is costlier than other courses of the university.&rdquo; Total tuition fee for all the four semesters is set at Rs 1 lakhs and 50 thousand.&nbsp;</div>
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		<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>What issues are included within the course?</strong></span></div>
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		The syllabus is developed tuning both practical and theoretical subjects. Students will be learning art of negotiation, methods of treaty making and agreement, of diplomatic protocols, public diplomacy, administration of managing foreign missions, promotion of cultural diplomacy, the job of work-attach&eacute;, diplomatic correspondence. They will also be taken for practical field visits to the ministries of the government which is associated with foreign matters.</div>
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		<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>What made you feel the necessity of this course in Nepal? And what is the scope of the programme?</strong></span></div>
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		International Relations as a discipline has been in practice worldwide since long. However, it is new in Nepal. Least developed countries like Nepal needs to expand its international relations even more. The discipline will generate the man power with new vision and skills for the same. Similarly, scope of this subject is not limited within domestic market. Graduates of the programme are sellable in international market too and can utilise their skills in various international organizations.</div>
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		<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>As it is a new discipline in Nepal, do you have adequate resources to train the students?</strong></span></div>
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		We have good networks with government institutions. Similarly, we also have quite good number of skilled people in political science and other related faculties. &nbsp;Graduates in the same subjects will also be facilitating during the course. We will primarily be tapping available resources and manpower. We will also invite experts and career diplomats for cooperation. Guests&rsquo; lecturers from friendly countries also will be invited for assistance.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Arunachal Pradesh Taps Religious Segment</strong></span></div>
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	Aruanchal Pradesh is looking at positioning itself as a religious destination in India. &ldquo;While the world famous Tawang Monastery attracts tourists in the state&rsquo;s western part, Buddhist town Mechuka in the north and the Golden Pagoda including famous pilgrimage Parsuram Kund in the east have been the cynosure of all eyes,&rdquo; Nabam Tuki, Chief Minister of the state said. Several infrastructure projects in this part of the state coming up, including the Trans-Arunachal Highway and railway connectivity to Tezu, the headquarters of Lohit district, besides close proximity to the airport in Assam&rsquo;s Dibrugarh district, Religious Tourism would thrive. While appealing to the people not to leave any stone unturned in preserving the uniqueness of the Golden Pagoda, Tuki said with the arrival of the relics, the place had turned into a holy land of Lord Buddha. (Traveldailymedia.com)</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Taiwan Eyes Eight Million Visitors</strong></span></div>
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	Taiwan could welcome eight million visitors this year, after the country revealed that it has already reached its target of 7.7m international arrivals. Reported by the China News Agency (CNA), the Taiwan Tourism Bureau revealed on Sunday that it has now exceeded its full-year target, and will offer 88 gifts to the year&rsquo;s eight millionth arrival, should the landmark figure be reached before the end of 2013. Taiwan&rsquo;s tourism growth in recent has been considerable, with the country adding approximately one million more visitors every year from 2008 to 2012. This has largely been driven by the relaxing of rules governing cross-Strait tourism between Taiwan and China. Arrivals from China are expected to reach almost 2.8m in 2013, accounting for approximately 35% of total arrivals. Taiwan&rsquo;s second largest source market, Japan, is expected to contribute 1.4m arrivals this year, with Hong Kong and Macau providing 1.1m visitors. (Traveldailymedia.com)</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Tourism, the Shining Light of UK Economy in 2014</strong></span></div>
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	As a record-breaking year for British tourism draws to a close, VisitBritain predicts new tourism heights will be reached in 2014. The national tourism agency&#39;s forecast of an increase of nearly 2% in overseas visitor numbers will result in record-breaking visitor spend of around &pound; 21.5 billion, representing growth of 4.2 % in nominal terms. Additionally, the agency predicts that the volume of visits will return to pre-global financial crisis record levels of 2008, with 32.6 million arrivals in 2014. Britain has experienced significant tourism gains this year and is on course to attain the highest recorded spend by international visitors. Latest figures show that in the first ten months of 2013 the number of visits from overseas was 6% up on the same period of 2012, while visitor spending was up by 12% in nominal terms. &nbsp;(Traveldailynews.com)</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Single Hottest Travel Trend is European River Cruising &nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Travel Leaders Group unveiled the 2014 results of its authoritative annual Travel Trends Survey. Based on the findings, the single, hottest destination trend in travel is European river cruising &ndash; having landed in the Top 5 international destinations for the first time ever (it ranked 21st just three years ago). The overall top domestic and international destinations for the coming year are Las Vegas and Caribbean cruises, respectively. This year&#39;s survey results also reveal that 85.7% of agents indicate that 2014 bookings are on par or greater than this time one year ago and 94% of those surveyed state client spending will be the same or higher in the coming year. This survey, based on actual booking data, was conducted by Travel Leaders Group from November 11 - December 14, 2013. (Traveldailynews.com)</div>',
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	<strong>--By Achyut Wagle</strong></div>
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	The final results of the both parts, first-past-the-post and proportional representation of the Constituent Assembly (CA)-II elections held on November 19, 2013 are now out. The fortunate part was that the polls could take place, barring some exceptions, in relative peaceful and largely fairly manner. The high-pitched verbal intimidations of poll-opposing parties, led by CPN-Maoist (Baidya) to disrupt the polls, for all practical purposes, turned out to be a hoax. The interim election government headed by the incumbent Chief Justice Khil Raj Regmi and Election Commission deserve appreciation for the effort they had put to make the polls a success, on the scheduled date. Mohan Baidya and his brigade of 33-party also deserve their due share of applause for not resorting to extreme violence which, given their strength, could have made the elections impossible. The support of international community for the elections was not in any way less important. A good silver-lining is that, Nepal slowly seems entering into an era of peaceful politics, for the groups like Baidya have too started to understand the importance of the less destructive politics.</div>
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	Nepal&rsquo;s agenda of peace is far larger than the constitution itself. Lasting peace and a functional constitution in many contexts could be a &lsquo;chicken and egg&rsquo; story, but in our case, peace in the sense of non-violent politics, based on polls and opinions, has been the prerequisite to create a meaningful ambience and debate to begin to write a constitution; and ultimately to functionalise it. The entire objective of holding the second CA elections was in fact centered on Nepal&rsquo;s desire to transit from conflict to a constitutional era.</div>
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	But, what about the prospect of ending this conflict? It is the most excruciating of all questions and the answer is not yet emphatically affirmative. The only path to ending conflict is to respect the popular political mandate expressed through these ballots by all political forces of the country. And, the culture of such respect comes only out of unflinching faith on democracy and adherence to its true norms. This unfortunately, has long been one big black-hole in Nepali politics. The politics here is dominated by the &lsquo;opportunistic democrats&rsquo; in the guise of the left forces of all names and hues and the some regressive rightists. As long as they can exploit legitimate constitutional means they would utilise that and, the moment their constitutional might is in the receiving end, they, particularly the communists, would immediately resort to violent tactics to capitulate the State authority. The newly emerged regional forces are no different.</div>
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	These features have become real bottlenecks to Nepal&rsquo;s democracy and peaceful politics. In addition to it, there is a cognizable force led by Maoist-Baidya which had ab initio boycotted this election process, thus posses extra challenge to the very functionality of the new CA. The forces now badly defeated in polls are also in all likelihood to resort to alternative course of violence to make their existence felt. The respect for popular mandate would be the first victim and ensured peace therefore could still be a mirage for a long time to come.</div>
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<div>
	Regardless of that gloomy side of the picture, these elections have given clear mandate to write a pluralistic, democratic constitution. The people have put Nepali Congress on the lead closely followed by the CPN-UML with the duo jointly constituting almost two-thirds of the 601-member CA. The Congress as the oldest democratic force of the country and the UML by now transformed into liberal left force with faith on ballots than bullets have substantially increased the hopes of institutionalizing democracy, polity of plurality and patience for peaceful policy through the new constitution.</div>
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<div>
	These elections pushed CPN-United Maoists into the third from the first position in the last CA. People were apparently deeply apprehensive about their agenda of &lsquo;ethnicity and caste-based federalism&rsquo; which might easily boil down to ethnic tensions and violence. The rise of staunchly pro-monarchist RPP-Nepal as the fourth force in the CA, is in fact an additional retort to the Maoist agenda of &lsquo;secularism&rsquo; in place of the Hindu state and ethnicity-based federalism at the cost of national integrity. The forces in the last CA with all potentially divisive voices have been virtually obliterated.</div>
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<div>
	The people&rsquo;s vote to every party has a very clear message - well balanced and well defined. This in aggregate gives idea about the kind of constitution people are looking for. The near two-thirds majority jointly to the Congress and UML means that the constitution should unambiguously be democratic in its essence. On federalism, people upheld the &lsquo;capability based federalism with the state ensuring multiple identity&rsquo;. &nbsp;The relegation of UCPN (Maoists) to the third position is still an opportunity to transform itself into a credible democratic force that doesn&rsquo;t believe in provoking religious and communal sentiments to have its political ends met. People didn&rsquo;t prefer the concept of all-powerful president proposed by the UCPN (Maoists) but have favoured to the idea of ceremonial president with elected prime minister with all executive powers as was proposed by the Congress and the UML to the voters.</div>
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	Even if the RPP-Nepal chooses to interpret its resurgence to the fourth force as people&rsquo;s increasing faith on monarchy, it is reading the wrong message. It is in fact a wish of a considerable number of &lsquo;cow-worshiping&rsquo; Hindu voters to retain the identity of Nepal as &lsquo;some sort of&rsquo; Hindu state. It is a clear serendipity that the party&rsquo;s election emblem happens to be the &lsquo;holy&rsquo; cow, which reaped an intrinsic symbolic advantage.</div>
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<div>
	The regional parties, mainly from Madhesh, putatively with a separatist overture are largely sidelined by no other than the Madheshi voters. But, again, they still jointly could have been the forth force. The factionalism and petty interests in them have taken the toll on them. Therefore, their strength must not be underestimated.</div>
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<div>
	Putting all these aspects together, the future shape of the constitution becomes clear. &nbsp;Nepal will be a republic with a ceremonial president and elected executive prime minister. The federalism must not be based on single-ethnic identity alone but first on capability and them multiple identity. The division of provinces cannot be like the one of &lsquo;one-Madhesh-one-province&rsquo; as those manifestoes are clearly rejected. People want some form of religious &lsquo;Hindu identity&rsquo; than being unconditionally secular state.</div>
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<div>
	But, all these mandates could translate into constitutional provisions only if the constitution drafting process is not trampled by sheer non-respect to the popular mandate. Its ominous signs are already at the doorsteps. The UCPN (Maoist) along with other forces failing to fare as expected in elections are alleging &lsquo;structural rigging&rsquo; of the polls and threatening to boycott the CA process. &nbsp;Such politics of violence and blackmailing is not only likely to jeopardise the whole prospect of a truly democratic constitution but also distort and disturb the entire process.</div>
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<div>
	The onus of taking the entire process to ensure a democratic yet implementable constitution unquestionably lies on the shoulders of the Congress and the UML. They have the strength and the mandate and international support. But the danger is, their priority and efforts might just be limited to grab or share the state power and constitution writing might be pushed to shadow again, like in the past.&nbsp;</div>
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<div>
	The rampant tri-forked factionalism in these both parties could pose a real stumbling block to the smooth sail of the process. The CPN-UML President Jhala Nath Khanal has already proposed that the two parties should lead the government on turnkey basis. But in both parties it is going to be a herculean task to select their prime ministerial candidate at first. Each of them has at least three front runners for the job. In Congress, the Party President Shushil Koirala, Senior Leader Sher Bahadur Deuba and Party Vice-president Ram Chandra Poudel are vying for, actually dying for, the post. Similarly, in UML, President Khanal, Senior Leader Madhav Kumar Nepal and powerful faction leader KP Oli have claim with their own logic of respective suitability. The natural democratic way out could be electing a parliamentary party leader in them and assigning the responsibility, but it is surely not going to be this simple; as even the defeated ones would continue to move their pawns for a checkmate.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	If the practice of premiership on turnkey is adopted between the Congress and the UML, why not even smaller parties got proportionate duration of time to head the government according to their strength? At least, they will not fall short of claiming it. All this means is, entire exercise might just be concentrated in making and unmaking of the government. The politics of consensus, no doubt, is imperative to make constitution writing a reality, but the need of consensus shouldn&rsquo;t be a tool to blackmail power, against the popular mandate.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Needless to say, this CA election has not been very instrumental to put the potential political conflict at the backburner for it excluded some potentially violent forces from the election process itself. The new political equation is more likely to give space to new form of frictions. In view of massive international financing to make Nepal &lsquo;secular&rsquo; and ethnic boiling pot and voters&rsquo; clear mandate against it, this is going to be a real source of conflict afresh. When Congress leads the process and the RRP-Nepal led by Kamal Thapa becomes a balancing force, it might repeat the infamous &lsquo;horse-trading&rsquo; episode of 1996.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<em>(The writer is former editor of Aarthik Abhiyan National Daily.)</em></div>',
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			'description' => 'The final results of the both parts, first-past-the-post and proportional representation of the Constituent Assembly (CA)-II elections held on November 19, 2013 are now out. The fortunate part was that the polls could take place, barring some exceptions, in relative peaceful and largely fairly manner.',
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			'article_category_id' => '150',
			'title' => 'Business Briefs (30 December 2013 - 5 January 2014)',
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Color X-22 in market</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Colors Mobile has introduced X-factor X-22 Wave Series mobile in the market. According to the company, the handset comes with a super fast file transferring system. The phone runs on Android 4.2.2 operating system and is powered by a 1 GHz dual core processor. Other features of the phone include 3.5&rdquo; HVGA touchscreen, 1200 mAh battery, 3.2 MP rear camera and a front Camera along with flashlight option.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Asian Paints Announces Top 50 Winners</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Asian Paints Nepal has announced top 50 finalists of its &lsquo;Dream Home Contest&rsquo; campaign. After 4 months of Facebook contest, the semi-finalists were selected on the basis of highest voted photographs in the Dream Home Contest App. These houses will be visited by a team of architects from the Society of Nepalese Architect (SONA). The jury members will select top 10 finalists after the visits. These top 10 houses will be visited by celebrity judges Karishma Manandhar, Nima Rumba and Rabi Dongol to decide the winners.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Johnnie Walker&rsquo;s Black List Party</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Johnnie Walker is going to organize first Johnnie Walker Black List Party in Kathmandu on 25th January 2014 to celebrate the success of its &lsquo;Join the Pact&rsquo; campaign in Nepal. The exclusive invitee-only event will be held at Hyatt Regency hotel. Attendees can indulge in Johnnie Walker&rsquo;s signature bold flavours while being entertained by performances from superstar international DJs, dancers and performance artists, says a statement. &nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Hyundai Grand awarded &lsquo;Indian Car of the Year 2014&rsquo;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Hyundai Grand has won the Indian Car of the Year (ICOTY) award for 2014. Grand i10 earned the India&rsquo;s highest automotive award where it competed with other major automobile companies. Hyundai has sold over 35,000 Grand i10 across India in the 90 days of after launching September 2013. Grand has been designed at Hyundai European design centre in Germany using Hyundai&rsquo;s &lsquo;Fluidic Design&rsquo; theme.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>VG Suzuki&rsquo;s Showroom in Birgunj</strong></span></div>
<div>
	VG Suzuki has opened its new showroom in Birgunj. The showroom will have on display Suzuki&rsquo;s three motorcycle and two scooter models. To celebrate the inauguration of the showroom, customers are offered a discount of Rs 10,000 on all the motorcycles and scooters. There is also a bumper prize of a Suzuki car and three LED TVs.</div>',
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			'title' => 'A Determined Banker',
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			'content' => '<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>--By Angila Sharma</strong></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Jasoda Sainju, CEO of H&amp;B Development Bank, is a person who believes in simple living and high thinking. She describes herself as a simple person leading her life in a simple manner that is limited to her office and her home.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Sainju is very gentle and a soft-spoken person. She has no hobby in particular. However, she loves watching news on TV. Apart from that, she is a family person and dedicates most of her time to her family.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	She finds no trouble in managing her daily life that swings between her home and officer. &ldquo;To balance work and home, one must not mingle office work with household matter and vice-versa,&rdquo; Sainju opines. As a person who considers her family to be her biggest strength, she always tries to spend some extra time with her family.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Sainju has love for long holidays and loves exploring new places whenever she manages to go on holidays. She is a spontaneous person and so, believes that holiday become fun when it is planned randomly. Sainju has explored many places of Nepal for her official work. However, due to her busy schedule, she has not been able to visit many places outside Nepal. Her last holiday destination was Malaysia, one and half years ago. She believes that every vacation holds good memories with it. Though busy schedules have not given her to opportunity to go on vacations recently, she has desires to visit new places if she ever has free time.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Sainju, like every other woman, loves shopping. However, that does not mean that she likes to wander from shop to shop to buy a single good. She shops very fast and is not very choosy with items.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	In her youth, she used to play Table Tennis and recollects that she was very good at it. Nowadays considering time constraints she has given it up. Though she loves reading biographies, nowadays she has been not able to allocate time for it as well. She is not active in social networking sites also.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Despite being in a respectable position and having many responsibilities, Sainju strives to do something good for the society. She is a peace loving person and wants everyone around her to be at peace.</div>',
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			'description' => 'Jasoda Sainju, CEO of H&B Development Bank, is a person who believes in simple living and high thinking. She describes herself as a simple person leading her life in a simple manner that is limited to her office and her home.',
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			'title' => 'Boots Dominate Ladies Footwear Market',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		<strong>--By Rashika Pokharel</strong></div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		Along with woolen and other warm clothes, the chilling temperature has paved the way for the boots to rein the fashion market and presently they are most demanded footwear products in the ladies footwear sections of any store. Besides coming in eye catchy and adorable designs, boots have come in demand for the comfort and warmth they provide. They are the best option when it comes to protect well-cared-for feet from the harsh cold of winter and the dusty Kathmandu roads. There are various designs of boots such as the knee length boots, the ankle boots and the thigh high boots, for the ladies to flaunt.</div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		&ldquo;Boots are the most demanded footwear this season. This winter majority of our customers have been demanding them. The demand is higher compared to the previous year,&rdquo; says Ashok Maharjan, owner of Tick-Tac-Toe at the People&rsquo;s Plaza.Informing that his store deals in varieties of brand, he said that Timberland boots have been the most popular among the store&rsquo;s customer.&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		Every woman has the desire of being fashionable and stylish while being comfortable and warm in winter. A perfect pair of stylish branded boots provides the best of style and warmth. Clothes and make-up say a lot about a woman, and a personality-matching pair of boots can enhance her overall appearance and femininity. So when women have so much to adore their wardrobe, why deprive self from owning a classy pair of trendy boots.&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		Boots represent the vigor and the teen spirit. &ldquo;Boots these days have become fetish among teenage girls. Major of our teenage customers look for boots,&rdquo; opines Kumar Thapa, owner of Shreedhara Collection. Along with that, Thapa said that short boots have thrown long boots out of fashion.&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		With the surge in demand, boots are doing remarkable business in Kathmandu. Considering the limelight these products have received from the customers, every shop has been trying to put up special selection of boots available at a varied range of prices. &ldquo;We offer every type of boots such as casual boots, party boots and fancy boots at a price range between Rs. 2,000 to Rs. 9,000,&rdquo; says Rajeev Verma, Manager at Bentley, Durbarmarg.&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		Boots sold in the capital&rsquo;s shoe market are imported. Most of these boots are imported from countries like Bangkok, Korea and China.As mercury in the capital continues to dive, boot sales have remained pretty good. Tick-Tac-Toe&rsquo;s Maharjan said that at times they receive 50 to 60 boot customers on a single day. And considering the boot craze among the ladies, the boot business promises to remain in business for some time now.</div>
</div>
<p>
	<img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/cf1%20(Copy)(2).jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 244px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" /></p>',
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			'description' => 'Along with woolen and other warm clothes, the chilling temperature has paved the way for the boots to rein the fashion market and presently they are most demanded footwear products in the ladies footwear sections of any store. Besides coming in eye catchy and adorable designs, boots have come in demand for the comfort and warmth they provide. They are the best option when it comes to protect well-cared-for feet from the harsh cold of winter and the dusty Kathmandu roads.',
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			'content' => '<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Microsoft Launches New Safety App for Windows Phone Users</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Technology giant Microsoft launched a new application &#39;Guardian&#39; with safety features, exclusively for Windows Phone users. Guardian enables users to switch on a &#39;track me&#39; feature in the app that lets friends and family track them in real-time using Microsoft Windows Azure cloud services and Bing Map, the company said in a release. Guardian users can call for help through an &#39;SOS&#39; alert button and also connect to security agencies, police and hospitals easily via this app in times of crisis, it added. It took more than six months for a team of Microsoft employees in India to develop the safety app in the Microsoft Garage, the company said. Microsoft Garage is a global employee innovation initiative that gives Microsoft employees an outlet to explore ideas.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>AMD Unveils Graphics Processor for Apple&rsquo;s Mac Pro</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Chipmaker AMD announced a dual AMD FirePro professional graphics solutions (GPUs) to boost the performance levels of the Apple&#39;s Mac Pro workstation. AMD&rsquo;s FirePro D300, D500 and D700 professional GPUs offer exceptional compute power and reliability for creativity and productivity in a wide range of applications, the firm said in a release. These new AMD FirePro GPUs are built on the strength of AMD&rsquo;s award-winning Graphics Core Next GPU design &mdash; an architecture conceived from the ground up to intelligently managing rendering and compute workloads. The dual AMD FirePro GPU options for Mac Pro feature up to 6GB of VRAM and up to 2048 stream processors per GPU, matched with top configurations capable of up to 7 teraflops of computing power.</div>',
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			'description' => 'Technology giant Microsoft launched a new application 'Guardian' with safety features, exclusively for Windows Phone users. Guardian enables users to switch on a 'track me' feature in the app that lets friends and family track them in real-time using Microsoft Windows Azure cloud services and Bing Map, the company said in a release.',
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			'article_category_id' => '99',
			'title' => 'Khadka Wins Surya Nepal Eastern Open',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Rabi Khadka has won the Surya Nepal Eastern open, the fifth event under the Surya Nepal Golf Tour 2013-14 played at the par-70 Nirvana Country Club Health and Golf Resort in Dharan on Saturday. Khadka carded even-par 70 for a total score of three-over 283, that gave him two-stroke win over Umesh Nagarkoti. Khadka began the day with two-stroke cushion played one-over 36 that included birdies on the second and sixth holes against bogeys on the first, fifth and seventh holes. On the back nine, he shot birdies on the 10th and 16th holes before facing a bogey on the 17th hole. Khadka lifted his eighth major title along with a cheque of Rs 95,000.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Nagarkoti also played a round of 70, while local pro Suman Rai finished third at 287 after he shot two-over 72. Nagarkoti won Rs 60,000 and Rai was awarded Rs 44,000. Nagarkoti took the turn at two-over 37 before carding two-under 33 on the back nine with the help of five birdies, three bogeys and a double bogey. Likewise, Rai shot two birdies against four bogeys.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Mani Rai and Dhana Thapa shared the fourth position at 289 points. Deepak Thapa Magar came sixth with the score of 291, one ahead of Tham Bahadur Rai. Likewise, Ramesh Adhikari and Surya Prasad Sharma shared the eighth position at 293, while Ram Thapa and Sanjay Lama were tied for 10th at 15-over 295. Second-round leader Deo Raj Pakhrin of Dharan slipped to 12th position at 296 after he shot nine-over 79.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;A total of 46 players including 28 pros, six local golfers and 18 amateurs participated in the tournament organised by Nepal PGA under the sponsorship of Surya Nepal Pvt Ltd. Out of the total cash purse of Rs 514,250, all the 22 pros received their share of cash prizes. &nbsp;</div>',
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			'description' => 'Rabi Khadka has won the Surya Nepal Eastern open, the fifth event under the Surya Nepal Golf Tour 2013-14 played at the par-70 Nirvana Country Club Health and Golf Resort in Dharan on Saturday. Khadka carded even-par 70 for a total score of three-over 283, that gave him two-stroke win over Umesh Nagarkoti. Khadka began the day with two-stroke cushion played one-over 36 that included birdies on the second and sixth holes against bogeys on the first, fifth and seventh holes.',
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			'title' => 'Top Ten Losers (23 - 29 December 2013)',
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			'created' => '2013-12-31',
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			'description' => 'Top Ten Losers',
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			'title' => 'Fewer Tourists In November',
			'sub_title' => '',
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			'content' => '<div>
	The figures released by the Immigration Office, Tribhuvan International Airport reveal that visitor arrivals in the month of November 2013 by air, have decreased by 7.01 per cent , compared to the same month last year. A total of 55,245 international visitors arrived in Nepal in the month of November which is less by 4,166 tourists over November 2012. In November 2012, a total of 59,411 tourists visited Nepal by air.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Nepal observed a sustained growth in international tourist arrivals since June 2009 but suffered a decline in the second half of 2013. &nbsp;&ldquo;Experts suggest that&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	the decrease in arrivals in November might be due to the inconsistent air fare to and from Nepal to major gateways and coinciding with the Constituent Assembly election in Nepal on the 19th of November 2013,&rdquo; says a statement from Nepal Tourism Board. &nbsp;&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp; In November 2013, the number of Nepali arrivals from Tribhuwan International Airport declined by 27 per cent compared to the same month last year. A total of 52,970 Nepalis arrived in Nepal in November 2013, whereas this figure was 72,735 in November 2012. &nbsp;It is expected that the forthcoming year in tourism is going to improve as Nepal is heading towards stability.</div>',
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			'description' => 'The figures released by the Immigration Office, Tribhuvan International Airport reveal that visitor arrivals in the month of November 2013 by air, have decreased by 7.01 per cent , compared to the same month last year. A total of 55,245 international visitors arrived in Nepal in the month of November which is less by 4,166 tourists over November 2012. In November 2012, a total of 59,411 tourists visited Nepal by air.',
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			'title' => 'Where Will You Go For The New Year Bash?',
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	<strong>--By TC Correspondent</strong></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:16px;">As New Year is on the brink of arrival, almost all the hotels and restaurants in Kathmandu are organizing grand parties to bid farewell to 2013. Here is a list of few fabulous New Year Eve parties in town where you can eat, drink and be merry while welcoming 2014.&nbsp;</span></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Hotel Annapurna</strong></span></div>
<div>
	<img alt="Hotel Annapurna" src="/userfiles/images/1%20(Copy)(2).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;
width: 200px; height: 140px;" />Hotel Annapurna&rsquo;s New Year Eve Party &lsquo;Infinity Night 2013&rsquo; will be held at Poolside Garden of the Hotel from 7 PM to 1 AM. The Party will have live performances by Nima Rumba and Kshitiza Shakya. There will also be Sufi music and Bollywood dances by a dance troop among other attractions. Unlimited Food serving five International Cuisines and premium drinks from Chivas Regal, Glenlivet, Absolut, Jacob&rsquo;s Creek and Carlsberg are the culinary delights for the evening. Single will have to pay Rs 8,000 and couples Rs 13,500 for the party. At Rs 10,000 plus taxes, the Hotel is providing overnight stay for a couple which includes Champagne Breakfast at The Coffee Shop on 1st January 2014. &nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Hotel Soaltee Crowne Plaza&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	<img alt="Hotel Soaltee Crowne Plaza " src="/userfiles/images/2%20(Copy)(2).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;
width: 200px; height: 130px;" />Soaltee Crowne Plaza is organizing one of the biggest New Year&rsquo;s Eve Party at its Megha Malhar Hall with a musical Broadway titled &lsquo;You are simply the Best&rsquo;. The programme will feature various international music and dance performances, along with DJs and an exquisite cuisine. An eight-member dance troupe&rsquo;s modern contemporary and Bollywood dances are the main attraction of the event. Also, there will be live performances by renowned Nepali band Abhaya &amp; The Steam Injuns, and Torsha Sarkar, famous female play back singer of Bollywood. The programme starts 8 PM onwards, and tickets at priced at Rs 8999 for single and Rs 15999 for a couple. The price includes free flow of drinks, snack and dinner. The Hotel will also be giving away Door Prizes of Intercontinental Hotel Stay Voucher, two way airline tickets to international destination of Qatar Airways, complimentary dinner coupons and stay vouchers at other 5 star hotels in Kathmandu. Alfresco Restaurant at Soaltee is offering a 4-course meal at Rs 2000 plus taxes per person. &nbsp;&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Hotel Radisson</strong></span></div>
<div>
	<img alt="Hotel Radisson" src="/userfiles/images/3%20(Copy)(1).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;
width: 200px; height: 143px;" />Hotel Radisson is organizing various events in its cafes and restaurants on 31st December. &nbsp;Euphoria R-XIV is the name of the happening party at Hotel Nepa-Dhuku hall and Waterfall Garden of the Hotel. The prigramme will have dance and DJ sessions from 7 PM onwards along with a lavish buffet dinner. Guests can enjoy unlimited refill of whiskey, vodka, beer, wine and coke in the party. The Hotel is charging Rs 5555 for single and Rs 9999 for a couple.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	Also, there is a Buffet Dinner at The Fun Caf&eacute; at Rs 3000 plus taxes per person. It includes a complimentary drink, and starts from 6:30 pm onwards. A 5-course meal awaits you at the Olive Garden of the Hotel. It will cost you Rs 3500 plus taxes for veg menu and Rs 4000 plus taxes for non-veg menu. Price includes a complementary drink. Finally, The Corner Bar will be rocking with Trance, Techno and House music. A drink is complimentary with entry fee of Rs 999. &nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>The Everest Hotel</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="The Everest Hotel" src="/userfiles/images/4%20(Copy)(2).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;
width: 200px; height: 146px;" />The Grande Ballroom of the Hotel will be hosting an Eve Party from 8:30 PM to midnight. The programme will have live performances by Sabin Rai and the Electrix Band, dance performances and DJ sessions among other musical events. The tickets are priced at Rs 7,500 per person and Rs 14,000 for a couple. The ticket includes dinner and free flow of Carlsberg, Invenio wines, Red Bull and Pepsi. The Far Pavillion rooftop restaurant of the Hotel is also organizing an Eve Party with live ghazals, muzra and a lavish buffet dinner at Rs 2,200 per person. &nbsp;&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Hotel Shangri-La</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="Hotel Shangri-La" src="/userfiles/images/5%20(Copy)(2).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;
width: 200px; height: 148px;" />Hotel Shangri-La&rsquo;s Eve Party will have live performance by Mukti and Revival as its main attraction. There will also be DJ sessions and other musical programmes. Valet Parking is available for the event, and taxi service is also offered at fixed price. Moreover, there will be a gala dinner and door prizes as well. Shambhala Garden Cafe of the Hotel will host New Year&rsquo;s Day Bubbly Brunch at Rs 1499 plus taxes per person on 1st January 2014.</div>',
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>--By Suraksha Adhikari&nbsp;</strong></div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The value and importance of bees and honey have increased these days and beekeeping has became an entrepreneurial enterprise that has drawn many farmers towards it. Demand for honey has been increasing in Nepal and corresponding to it, its production is also rapidly increasing. Commercial beekeeping is becoming a reliable source of income-generation for some Nepali farmers.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	&ldquo;In the beginning of this business, one can earn Rs 5,000 per year. This income goes on increasing in the later years,&rdquo; said Raju Khatiwada, Proprieter of Namaste Mount Everest Honey Pvt Ltd. &nbsp;Khatiwada has been earning Rs 800,000 annually from 200 beehives. &ldquo;Initial cost of a hive is Rs 5,000 to 6,000. People may think this as low income, but as years pass by, the profit keeps increasing,&rdquo; Khatiwada added. Apart from buying beehives, which is a capital expenditure, other running expenditures are nominal and in the second year of the business, Khatiwada said that a profit of around Rs 15,000 could be gained.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	However, for commercial beekeeping, an entrepreneur needs to make initial investment of around Rs 400,000, according to Ganesh Basnet, President of Center of Nepal Bee-Keeping Cooperatives Association said. He explained, &ldquo;Commercial beekeeping should be started with at least 40 &ndash; 50 hives, as beehives have to be taken to different places for grazing and transportation expenses are the same whether you have 20 hives or 30 or 50.&rdquo; &rdquo;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Profit Generation</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Beekeeping business promises double profit to its entrepreneur within two years of starting the business. Nepal has favourable climate for bee keeping from Hilly to Terai region. Lately, commercial bee keeping is being done in the districts like Chitwan, Nawalparasi, Kaski, Palpa, Parbat, Kailali, Jumla, Sarlahi, Makwanpur, Jhapa, Sunsari, Morang, Surkhet, Kavre, Dang and Pyuthan. Bees are an important part of pollination. While they collect honey, they also play this important role of a pollinator that helps in the reproduction of plants and ultimately in maintaining ecological balance.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Estimates claim that Nepal has around 140,000 to 160,000 hives. Among them around 35,000 hives are Melifera and rest belong to the Serena species, according to Dharma Raj Shrestha, President of Center for Bee Keeping Association Nepal. Entrepreneurs claim that comparatively, Melifera breed is capable of producing more amount of honey in short span of time. Other honeybee species found in Nepal are Himalayan bee, Kathyauri and Ghar Mauri.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Demand Exceeding Production</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Honey entrepreneurs in Nepal have not been able to cater to the increasing demand of honey. Shrestha said Nepali market&rsquo;s annual demand for honey is around four million kg. But government statistics show that only 1.6 million kg of honey is being produced annually in Nepal. Cooperatives have been playing crucial role in the development of the honey industry. &ldquo;Around Rs 1.4 billion has already been invested in the bee keeping business conducted under cooperatives,&rdquo; Basnet said.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The commercial bee keeping in Nepal started from 2051 B.S. with the initiation of late King Birendra following his visit to Europe. According to &nbsp;Basnet among total honey produced in Nepal almost half amount is contributed by cooperatives.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&ldquo;Demand for honey from educated families who understand the importance of honey is increasing,&rdquo; Basnet said adding that demand for honey from companies producing Ayurvedic medicines has also been increasing.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Lack of Laboratory&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Nepal is rich in biodiversity, our bees feed on the nectar of flowers and fruits that are not available in many parts of the world but producers are finding it remarkably difficult to meet international standards. There is lack of proper laboratory for the verification of the quality of produced honey. Department of Food Technology and Quality Control (DFTQC) has been testing the quality of honey but honey verified by this department can&rsquo;t be exported in international market as its certificate is still not accepted by many importing countries, said the entrepreneurs.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	They said, &ldquo;The honey produced in Nepalis organic and its demand can highly increase in Nepal if the verification problem is sorted out.&rdquo; Shrestha said, &ldquo;Nepal government is not showing concern for promoting this business.&rdquo; He complains that various government institutions have been approving the distribution of honey without proper investigating its quality and adds that reasons like this have been rendering beekeeping business unsustainable.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Problems and Challenges</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Honey producers have realized that they have the potential of creating lucrative niche markets overseas through branding Nepali honey as &lsquo;organic honey&rsquo;, &lsquo;Himalayan honey&rsquo; and &lsquo;honey from the highlands&rsquo; but have been hindered in doing so due to existing set backs in the sector. Entrepreneurs claim beekeeping is yet to establish itself a commercial profession. Lack of proper technical knowledge in prospective beekeepers is another factor that has hindered the business from flourishing in Nepal. Inability to develop new species of honeybees and lack of a government regulatory body in the form of Honey Development Board, has been hindering the sector from flourishing. Presently the sector has been coordinated by cooperatives and establishment of a regulatory body is thought to be a crucial factor for giving it headway.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&ldquo;Though the government has introduced the &nbsp;policy of &lsquo;Bee-keeping for Livelihood&rsquo;, it is not enough for the commercial expansion of this business,&rdquo; Shrestha said.&ldquo;Commercial beekeeping can be conceptualized as prosperous business sector for the promotion and development of this sector,&rdquo; he added. He claimed that lack of proper policy facilitating commercial beekeeping has hindered honey exports to potential international market.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<img alt="BeeKeeping" src="/userfiles/images/fck1%20(Copy).jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 361px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" /></div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Steps to be taken</strong></span></div>
<div>
	The most important initiative to establish the honey industry is to make beekeeping entrepreneurial. Though production capacity is steadily growing, there is a need for establishing a consulting mechanism and to prepare an action that would ensure that prospective beekeepers can easily access latest technology and resources for expanding their business.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Providing training on beekeeping and production of hives, tools and providing consultation services on the safety of bees, honey production, storage, processing would attract youths for getting involved in this sector and get self-employed.</div>',
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	<strong style="font-size: 16px;">Health</strong></div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong><img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/fc1%20(Copy)(3).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;
width: 250px; height: 161px;" />1. Relieve Hangovers</strong></span></div>
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	&nbsp;Had a little too much fun last night? A few tablespoons of honey, which is packed with fructose, will help speed up your body&rsquo;s metabolism of alcohol.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>2. Heal Wounds, Cuts, Scrapes &amp; Burns&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Don&rsquo;t reach for the Neosporin the next time you cut or burn yourself &mdash; simply apply honey to the affected area. Honey works as a natural antiseptic.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>3. Soothe Sore Throats and Coughs&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Combine honey with the juice of one lemon and drink. It works like a wonder!</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>4. Remove Parasites&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Hopefully you&rsquo;ll never have to use this trick, but if you do, combine equal parts honey, vinegar and water and drink. The combination of these three ingredients is the perfect parasite killer.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Beauty</strong></span></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong><img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/fc2%20(Copy).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;
width: 250px; height: 198px;" />5. Moisturize Dry Skin&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Honey is a fantastic moisturizer, especially on dry patches, like your elbows or hands &mdash; even your lips! Rub onto your dry, patchy skin and let it sit for about 30 minutes before washing off. Honey also makes a great lip balm!</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>6. Condition Damaged Hair</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Honey is a great natural conditioner. You can simply add a teaspoon of the stuff to your regular shampoo to smooth your damaged locks. You can also combine it with olive oil for a deeper conditioning. Let it soak for 20 minutes with your hair wrapped in a towel before shampooing as usual.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>7. Have an Amazing Bath</strong></span></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;Relax your body and soak your skin in a soothing bath. Add 2 tablespoons of honey to 1 cup of hot water and let it dissolve for about 10 minutes. Add 2 or 3 drops of lavender essential oil and add it to your bath.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>8. Remove Acne</strong></span></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;Stubborn acne can really go away from a small daily dab of honey. Place a band-aid over the pimple, and take it off 30 minutes later.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>9. Give Yourself a Facial</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Combine 2 teaspoons of milk with 2 tablespoons of honey. Cover your face with the mixture and let it sit for 10 minutes before washing off.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Food</strong></span></div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong><img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/fc3%20(Copy).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;
width: 250px; height: 168px;" />10. Boost Your Energy</strong></span></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;Quit turning to coffee for your daily energy boost! Replace your cup of Joe with a cup of tea. Mix in a tablespoon or so of honey.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>11. Substitute Honey for Sugar in Baking&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	For every cup of sugar a recipe calls for, replace it with 3/4 cup of honey. For best results, add 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda and reduce another liquid in your recipe by 1/4 cup. Also, reduce the oven temperature by 25 degrees.</div>
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	<em>Source: www.care2.com</em></div>',
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>National Insurance to Complete Four Decades in Nepal</strong></span></div>
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	National Insurance Company is completing four decades of its operations in Nepal on 1st January 2014. The company will be having a month long nationwide celebration in the month of January. The celebrations will start with cake cutting celebrations in head office in Kathmandu and also in all branch offices in Nepal. The company will be distributing blankets, torches and sports item to various institutions including deaf and dumb children as a part of its CSR activities. It will also conduct one day exclusive session for its women employees which will cover areas of health, stress and communication skills among others. &nbsp;On 5th January, the company is organizing a free health check up and blood donation camp. &nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>NIBL&rsquo;s 27th AGM Held</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Nepal Investment Bank Limited (NIBL)&rsquo;s 27th Annual General Meeting was held on 26th December. The Net Profit of the Bank has grown by 84.3 per cent to reach Rs 1.91 billion against previous year&rsquo;s figure of Rs 1.03 billion. The AGM has decided to distribute 25 per cent cash dividend and 10 per cent stock dividend to the existing shareholders. &nbsp;The Bank has increased its deposits by 9.5 per cent, reaching Rs 62.42 billion against last year&rsquo;s Rs 57.01 billion. Similarly, total lending of the bank also grew by 11.2 per cent reaching Rs 47.70 billion.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Nabil Invest Relocates Offices</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Nabil Investment Banking Ltd (Nabil Invest), a Subsidiary Company of Nabil Bank Ltd and a Securities Businessperson (Merchant Banker) has shifted its Chabahil and Anamnagar Offices to Central Plaza at Narayanchaur, Naxal. The new office will provide services like issue management, underwriting, registrar to shares, trusteeship services, depository participant in a central depository service (CDS), portfolio management services (PMS), fund management and depository of Nabil Mutual Fund and corporate advisory services. On this occasion, Nabil Invest is providing 50 per cent discount on the annual management fee on limited PMS products.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Mega Bank Supports Aama Ghar</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Mega bank has provided Rs 700,000 to Aama Ghar, a philanthropic initiative undertaken by social worker Dil Shova Shrestha. On a programme held on 23rd December, CEO of Mega Bank Anil Keshary Shah handed over the cheque to Shrestha. Shah said that he felt delighted in supporting philanthropic initiatives like &lsquo;Aama Ghar&rsquo;. He also encouraged the private sector to take initiative in supporting the deprived and destitute people.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Sanima&rsquo;s Conducts Blood Donation&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Sanima Bank conducted a blood donation program at its head office in Naxal on the occasion of its 10th year of operation. Under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), the Bank has conducted various activities to mark its 10 years of operation. In the current fiscal year, the Bank has approved Rs 6.3 million for CSR activities. The approved amount is 2.07 per cent of net profit of last fiscal year.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Siddhartha Bank&rsquo;s Blood Donation Program</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Siddhartha Bank&rsquo;s Birgunj Branch organized a blood donation program on 25th December On the occasion of the Bank&rsquo;s 11th Anniversary. 160 donors participated in the program organized at the branch premises.</div>',
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	<span style="font-size: 15px;">Yamaha two-wheelers are popular among Nepali bike riders. The company recently launched two of its products, Ray Z and Yamaha Ray scooters, in international market including Nepal. Popularity of its products has been increasing and the company considers Nepal as an important market.&nbsp;<strong>Jun Nakata</strong>, Sales and Marketing Director of the India Yamaha Motor &nbsp;spoke to&nbsp;<strong>Sagar Ghimire</strong>&nbsp;of New Business Age during his recent business trip to Nepal.&nbsp;<strong>Excerpts:&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>What is the purpose of your visit to Nepal?</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Since Nepal is a very good market for Yamaha, I am here to hold face to face intense discussions on our future business plans, with partners, to explore further market prospects for Yamaha. My meeting with partners here, so far, has dwelt on strategies to expanding our market here amid existing stiff competition.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>How is Yamaha&rsquo;s market here?</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Total demand for Yamaha in Nepal is increasing. This year only it increased by 25 per cent. Thus, Nepal is a big market for us and we cannot ignore this country. The scooter segment here is growing tremendously and we see a lot of potential in this segment.</div>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>What are the recent Yamaha products introduced in Nepal?</strong></span></div>
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	We introduced Yamaha Ray scooter here last April. Back in September, we had introduced Ray Z scooter also. These are our two new products launched here in Nepal. Our target customers for these scooters are youngsters.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>What challenges is the company facing now in Nepal?</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Currently we are focused on Nepal&rsquo;s scooter market and our main competition in this segment is Honda. In the motorbike segment, we have been competing with Bajaj. Competition is the main challenge we are facing.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>What are your strategies to tackle this competition?</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Providing customer satisfaction is our main strategy. &nbsp;Every year we continue investing in innovating our products by improving their performance and design. Apart from that, we are in a constant touch with our customers through our partners and assess their comments and complaints. Awareness is an important factor in marketing. So, we are looking forward to create awareness among customers about the strength and features of Yamaha scooters. Yamaha brand scooters are equally popular in Asian, European and American markets. &nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>What similarities and differences do you find in Nepali and Indian customers in terms of choice, demand and satisfaction?</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Basically Nepalis and Indians are very close in terms of choice, demand and satisfaction. I came from Yamaha India Motors. We take care of the Indian domestic market. Our strategy in India focuses on improving customer satisfaction. It&rsquo;s the same concept and strategy here in Nepal too. We provide good service, excellent showrooms and attractive products.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Why would youngsters, your targeted customers for two-wheelers, choose Yamaha?&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Yamaha two wheelers are stylish, sporty and innovative. We always provide attractive products to our young customers. &nbsp;Though some customers prefer cheap price, we believe in providing quality, performance and style at reasonable price. We believe that quality counts over price.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Do you have any schemes or promotional plan for your products?</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Generally, promotional plans and exhibition are rolled out during special occasion. Just like Yamaha Scooter Exchange Mahamela was organised last October to offer best automotive services to potential visitors and customers. We provided opportunity to customers for exchanging old bikes and scooters with Yamaha Ray Scooter at reasonable prices. It was a good platform for customers to exchange their old two-wheelers and get a new one. We even provided on-the-spot finance services to those in need. We would like to continue organizing these kinds of events in the future also.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Yamaha in India has given special emphasis to its female customers by appointing more female staffs at customer care contact points and introducing female customer care programme. Can we expect similar programme also here in Nepal?</strong></span></div>
<div>
	We have got similar programmes here in Nepal too. We have appointed actress Namrata Shrestha as our brand ambassador. We have made it mandatory for our big dealers to have at least one female representative in workshop to deal with female customers. We have appointed more lady staffs at our showrooms also. &nbsp;We are going to introduce safety driving lessons for the young ladies soon. We are also thinking about launching programmes to provide scooter riding lessons to ladies.</div>',
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			'title' => 'International Relations And Diplomacy Courses In TU',
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	<strong>--By Ashok Poudel</strong></div>
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	Tribhuvan University (TU) has worked out all the details of its post graduate program in &ldquo;International Relation and Diplomacy (IRD).&rdquo; Central Department of International Relation and Diplomacy, under the Faculty of Humanities and situated within the University campus premise, will launch this course from the coming academic session, Khadga K.C., Program Co-ordinator and Associate Professor, informed.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	Curriculum for this 4-semester program has been developed said KC while informing that that the course comprises of analytical academic discourse, seminars and workshops on current international relationship status of Nepal, and steps needed to strengthen its existing foreign policy and diplomacy.&nbsp;</div>
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	Course syllabus adheres to international standards and practice and has been launched after much research and homework, KC., added.</div>
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<div>
	Though similar courses have been in practice across the world, TU had not been able to launch them so far due to various constraints.&nbsp;</div>
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<div>
	The course will be moderated by senior faculty members affiliated to political science department of the TU, visiting faculty members from foreign universities and incumbent and former diplomats.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	IRD course is getting recognition globally as international relations are given much priority by most of the countries across the world. And it is even more important for a least developed country like Nepal to extend and maintain its bilateral relation with its neighbouring and other world countries. K. C. said that the discipline aims to produce capable and efficient IRD professionals to meet the nation&rsquo;s growing need.&nbsp;</div>
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	Elaborating on the scope of the programme, K.C. said that the IRD programme is market friendly with global demand for IRD professionals.&nbsp;</div>
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	IRD graduates will have academic benefit over others for while vying for employment with foreign ministry and other formal and informal organizations specializing in foreign relations. Along with that K.C., said that the course is suitable for the students who want to pursue their career further in fields like media reporting, foreign service, corporate sector, and national security affairs.</div>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>&nbsp;Eligibility</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Students who have completed Bachelor&rsquo;s degree with at least second division or 2.0 CGPA in any discipline recognized by Tribhuvan University are elligble to appy for the course. Prospective student with better linguistic, analytic capacity will be preferred over other students during the admission, K.C., added.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Fee Structure</strong></span></div>
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	According to K.C. the University is not financially aiding the department currently. He said that department is managing financial resources for the course on its own. &ldquo;Thus fee structure is costlier than other courses of the university.&rdquo; Total tuition fee for all the four semesters is set at Rs 1 lakhs and 50 thousand.&nbsp;</div>
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							<strong>Dr Khadga KC</strong></div>
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		<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>What issues are included within the course?</strong></span></div>
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		The syllabus is developed tuning both practical and theoretical subjects. Students will be learning art of negotiation, methods of treaty making and agreement, of diplomatic protocols, public diplomacy, administration of managing foreign missions, promotion of cultural diplomacy, the job of work-attach&eacute;, diplomatic correspondence. They will also be taken for practical field visits to the ministries of the government which is associated with foreign matters.</div>
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		<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>What made you feel the necessity of this course in Nepal? And what is the scope of the programme?</strong></span></div>
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		International Relations as a discipline has been in practice worldwide since long. However, it is new in Nepal. Least developed countries like Nepal needs to expand its international relations even more. The discipline will generate the man power with new vision and skills for the same. Similarly, scope of this subject is not limited within domestic market. Graduates of the programme are sellable in international market too and can utilise their skills in various international organizations.</div>
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		<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>As it is a new discipline in Nepal, do you have adequate resources to train the students?</strong></span></div>
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		We have good networks with government institutions. Similarly, we also have quite good number of skilled people in political science and other related faculties. &nbsp;Graduates in the same subjects will also be facilitating during the course. We will primarily be tapping available resources and manpower. We will also invite experts and career diplomats for cooperation. Guests&rsquo; lecturers from friendly countries also will be invited for assistance.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Arunachal Pradesh Taps Religious Segment</strong></span></div>
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	Aruanchal Pradesh is looking at positioning itself as a religious destination in India. &ldquo;While the world famous Tawang Monastery attracts tourists in the state&rsquo;s western part, Buddhist town Mechuka in the north and the Golden Pagoda including famous pilgrimage Parsuram Kund in the east have been the cynosure of all eyes,&rdquo; Nabam Tuki, Chief Minister of the state said. Several infrastructure projects in this part of the state coming up, including the Trans-Arunachal Highway and railway connectivity to Tezu, the headquarters of Lohit district, besides close proximity to the airport in Assam&rsquo;s Dibrugarh district, Religious Tourism would thrive. While appealing to the people not to leave any stone unturned in preserving the uniqueness of the Golden Pagoda, Tuki said with the arrival of the relics, the place had turned into a holy land of Lord Buddha. (Traveldailymedia.com)</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Taiwan Eyes Eight Million Visitors</strong></span></div>
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	Taiwan could welcome eight million visitors this year, after the country revealed that it has already reached its target of 7.7m international arrivals. Reported by the China News Agency (CNA), the Taiwan Tourism Bureau revealed on Sunday that it has now exceeded its full-year target, and will offer 88 gifts to the year&rsquo;s eight millionth arrival, should the landmark figure be reached before the end of 2013. Taiwan&rsquo;s tourism growth in recent has been considerable, with the country adding approximately one million more visitors every year from 2008 to 2012. This has largely been driven by the relaxing of rules governing cross-Strait tourism between Taiwan and China. Arrivals from China are expected to reach almost 2.8m in 2013, accounting for approximately 35% of total arrivals. Taiwan&rsquo;s second largest source market, Japan, is expected to contribute 1.4m arrivals this year, with Hong Kong and Macau providing 1.1m visitors. (Traveldailymedia.com)</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Tourism, the Shining Light of UK Economy in 2014</strong></span></div>
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	As a record-breaking year for British tourism draws to a close, VisitBritain predicts new tourism heights will be reached in 2014. The national tourism agency&#39;s forecast of an increase of nearly 2% in overseas visitor numbers will result in record-breaking visitor spend of around &pound; 21.5 billion, representing growth of 4.2 % in nominal terms. Additionally, the agency predicts that the volume of visits will return to pre-global financial crisis record levels of 2008, with 32.6 million arrivals in 2014. Britain has experienced significant tourism gains this year and is on course to attain the highest recorded spend by international visitors. Latest figures show that in the first ten months of 2013 the number of visits from overseas was 6% up on the same period of 2012, while visitor spending was up by 12% in nominal terms. &nbsp;(Traveldailynews.com)</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Single Hottest Travel Trend is European River Cruising &nbsp;</strong></span></div>
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	Travel Leaders Group unveiled the 2014 results of its authoritative annual Travel Trends Survey. Based on the findings, the single, hottest destination trend in travel is European river cruising &ndash; having landed in the Top 5 international destinations for the first time ever (it ranked 21st just three years ago). The overall top domestic and international destinations for the coming year are Las Vegas and Caribbean cruises, respectively. This year&#39;s survey results also reveal that 85.7% of agents indicate that 2014 bookings are on par or greater than this time one year ago and 94% of those surveyed state client spending will be the same or higher in the coming year. This survey, based on actual booking data, was conducted by Travel Leaders Group from November 11 - December 14, 2013. (Traveldailynews.com)</div>',
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			'title' => 'Elections Over, Not The Conflict',
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	<strong>--By Achyut Wagle</strong></div>
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	The final results of the both parts, first-past-the-post and proportional representation of the Constituent Assembly (CA)-II elections held on November 19, 2013 are now out. The fortunate part was that the polls could take place, barring some exceptions, in relative peaceful and largely fairly manner. The high-pitched verbal intimidations of poll-opposing parties, led by CPN-Maoist (Baidya) to disrupt the polls, for all practical purposes, turned out to be a hoax. The interim election government headed by the incumbent Chief Justice Khil Raj Regmi and Election Commission deserve appreciation for the effort they had put to make the polls a success, on the scheduled date. Mohan Baidya and his brigade of 33-party also deserve their due share of applause for not resorting to extreme violence which, given their strength, could have made the elections impossible. The support of international community for the elections was not in any way less important. A good silver-lining is that, Nepal slowly seems entering into an era of peaceful politics, for the groups like Baidya have too started to understand the importance of the less destructive politics.</div>
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	Nepal&rsquo;s agenda of peace is far larger than the constitution itself. Lasting peace and a functional constitution in many contexts could be a &lsquo;chicken and egg&rsquo; story, but in our case, peace in the sense of non-violent politics, based on polls and opinions, has been the prerequisite to create a meaningful ambience and debate to begin to write a constitution; and ultimately to functionalise it. The entire objective of holding the second CA elections was in fact centered on Nepal&rsquo;s desire to transit from conflict to a constitutional era.</div>
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	But, what about the prospect of ending this conflict? It is the most excruciating of all questions and the answer is not yet emphatically affirmative. The only path to ending conflict is to respect the popular political mandate expressed through these ballots by all political forces of the country. And, the culture of such respect comes only out of unflinching faith on democracy and adherence to its true norms. This unfortunately, has long been one big black-hole in Nepali politics. The politics here is dominated by the &lsquo;opportunistic democrats&rsquo; in the guise of the left forces of all names and hues and the some regressive rightists. As long as they can exploit legitimate constitutional means they would utilise that and, the moment their constitutional might is in the receiving end, they, particularly the communists, would immediately resort to violent tactics to capitulate the State authority. The newly emerged regional forces are no different.</div>
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	These features have become real bottlenecks to Nepal&rsquo;s democracy and peaceful politics. In addition to it, there is a cognizable force led by Maoist-Baidya which had ab initio boycotted this election process, thus posses extra challenge to the very functionality of the new CA. The forces now badly defeated in polls are also in all likelihood to resort to alternative course of violence to make their existence felt. The respect for popular mandate would be the first victim and ensured peace therefore could still be a mirage for a long time to come.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Regardless of that gloomy side of the picture, these elections have given clear mandate to write a pluralistic, democratic constitution. The people have put Nepali Congress on the lead closely followed by the CPN-UML with the duo jointly constituting almost two-thirds of the 601-member CA. The Congress as the oldest democratic force of the country and the UML by now transformed into liberal left force with faith on ballots than bullets have substantially increased the hopes of institutionalizing democracy, polity of plurality and patience for peaceful policy through the new constitution.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	These elections pushed CPN-United Maoists into the third from the first position in the last CA. People were apparently deeply apprehensive about their agenda of &lsquo;ethnicity and caste-based federalism&rsquo; which might easily boil down to ethnic tensions and violence. The rise of staunchly pro-monarchist RPP-Nepal as the fourth force in the CA, is in fact an additional retort to the Maoist agenda of &lsquo;secularism&rsquo; in place of the Hindu state and ethnicity-based federalism at the cost of national integrity. The forces in the last CA with all potentially divisive voices have been virtually obliterated.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The people&rsquo;s vote to every party has a very clear message - well balanced and well defined. This in aggregate gives idea about the kind of constitution people are looking for. The near two-thirds majority jointly to the Congress and UML means that the constitution should unambiguously be democratic in its essence. On federalism, people upheld the &lsquo;capability based federalism with the state ensuring multiple identity&rsquo;. &nbsp;The relegation of UCPN (Maoists) to the third position is still an opportunity to transform itself into a credible democratic force that doesn&rsquo;t believe in provoking religious and communal sentiments to have its political ends met. People didn&rsquo;t prefer the concept of all-powerful president proposed by the UCPN (Maoists) but have favoured to the idea of ceremonial president with elected prime minister with all executive powers as was proposed by the Congress and the UML to the voters.</div>
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	Even if the RPP-Nepal chooses to interpret its resurgence to the fourth force as people&rsquo;s increasing faith on monarchy, it is reading the wrong message. It is in fact a wish of a considerable number of &lsquo;cow-worshiping&rsquo; Hindu voters to retain the identity of Nepal as &lsquo;some sort of&rsquo; Hindu state. It is a clear serendipity that the party&rsquo;s election emblem happens to be the &lsquo;holy&rsquo; cow, which reaped an intrinsic symbolic advantage.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The regional parties, mainly from Madhesh, putatively with a separatist overture are largely sidelined by no other than the Madheshi voters. But, again, they still jointly could have been the forth force. The factionalism and petty interests in them have taken the toll on them. Therefore, their strength must not be underestimated.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Putting all these aspects together, the future shape of the constitution becomes clear. &nbsp;Nepal will be a republic with a ceremonial president and elected executive prime minister. The federalism must not be based on single-ethnic identity alone but first on capability and them multiple identity. The division of provinces cannot be like the one of &lsquo;one-Madhesh-one-province&rsquo; as those manifestoes are clearly rejected. People want some form of religious &lsquo;Hindu identity&rsquo; than being unconditionally secular state.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	But, all these mandates could translate into constitutional provisions only if the constitution drafting process is not trampled by sheer non-respect to the popular mandate. Its ominous signs are already at the doorsteps. The UCPN (Maoist) along with other forces failing to fare as expected in elections are alleging &lsquo;structural rigging&rsquo; of the polls and threatening to boycott the CA process. &nbsp;Such politics of violence and blackmailing is not only likely to jeopardise the whole prospect of a truly democratic constitution but also distort and disturb the entire process.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The onus of taking the entire process to ensure a democratic yet implementable constitution unquestionably lies on the shoulders of the Congress and the UML. They have the strength and the mandate and international support. But the danger is, their priority and efforts might just be limited to grab or share the state power and constitution writing might be pushed to shadow again, like in the past.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The rampant tri-forked factionalism in these both parties could pose a real stumbling block to the smooth sail of the process. The CPN-UML President Jhala Nath Khanal has already proposed that the two parties should lead the government on turnkey basis. But in both parties it is going to be a herculean task to select their prime ministerial candidate at first. Each of them has at least three front runners for the job. In Congress, the Party President Shushil Koirala, Senior Leader Sher Bahadur Deuba and Party Vice-president Ram Chandra Poudel are vying for, actually dying for, the post. Similarly, in UML, President Khanal, Senior Leader Madhav Kumar Nepal and powerful faction leader KP Oli have claim with their own logic of respective suitability. The natural democratic way out could be electing a parliamentary party leader in them and assigning the responsibility, but it is surely not going to be this simple; as even the defeated ones would continue to move their pawns for a checkmate.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	If the practice of premiership on turnkey is adopted between the Congress and the UML, why not even smaller parties got proportionate duration of time to head the government according to their strength? At least, they will not fall short of claiming it. All this means is, entire exercise might just be concentrated in making and unmaking of the government. The politics of consensus, no doubt, is imperative to make constitution writing a reality, but the need of consensus shouldn&rsquo;t be a tool to blackmail power, against the popular mandate.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Needless to say, this CA election has not been very instrumental to put the potential political conflict at the backburner for it excluded some potentially violent forces from the election process itself. The new political equation is more likely to give space to new form of frictions. In view of massive international financing to make Nepal &lsquo;secular&rsquo; and ethnic boiling pot and voters&rsquo; clear mandate against it, this is going to be a real source of conflict afresh. When Congress leads the process and the RRP-Nepal led by Kamal Thapa becomes a balancing force, it might repeat the infamous &lsquo;horse-trading&rsquo; episode of 1996.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<em>(The writer is former editor of Aarthik Abhiyan National Daily.)</em></div>',
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Color X-22 in market</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Colors Mobile has introduced X-factor X-22 Wave Series mobile in the market. According to the company, the handset comes with a super fast file transferring system. The phone runs on Android 4.2.2 operating system and is powered by a 1 GHz dual core processor. Other features of the phone include 3.5&rdquo; HVGA touchscreen, 1200 mAh battery, 3.2 MP rear camera and a front Camera along with flashlight option.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Asian Paints Announces Top 50 Winners</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Asian Paints Nepal has announced top 50 finalists of its &lsquo;Dream Home Contest&rsquo; campaign. After 4 months of Facebook contest, the semi-finalists were selected on the basis of highest voted photographs in the Dream Home Contest App. These houses will be visited by a team of architects from the Society of Nepalese Architect (SONA). The jury members will select top 10 finalists after the visits. These top 10 houses will be visited by celebrity judges Karishma Manandhar, Nima Rumba and Rabi Dongol to decide the winners.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Johnnie Walker&rsquo;s Black List Party</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Johnnie Walker is going to organize first Johnnie Walker Black List Party in Kathmandu on 25th January 2014 to celebrate the success of its &lsquo;Join the Pact&rsquo; campaign in Nepal. The exclusive invitee-only event will be held at Hyatt Regency hotel. Attendees can indulge in Johnnie Walker&rsquo;s signature bold flavours while being entertained by performances from superstar international DJs, dancers and performance artists, says a statement. &nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Hyundai Grand awarded &lsquo;Indian Car of the Year 2014&rsquo;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Hyundai Grand has won the Indian Car of the Year (ICOTY) award for 2014. Grand i10 earned the India&rsquo;s highest automotive award where it competed with other major automobile companies. Hyundai has sold over 35,000 Grand i10 across India in the 90 days of after launching September 2013. Grand has been designed at Hyundai European design centre in Germany using Hyundai&rsquo;s &lsquo;Fluidic Design&rsquo; theme.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>VG Suzuki&rsquo;s Showroom in Birgunj</strong></span></div>
<div>
	VG Suzuki has opened its new showroom in Birgunj. The showroom will have on display Suzuki&rsquo;s three motorcycle and two scooter models. To celebrate the inauguration of the showroom, customers are offered a discount of Rs 10,000 on all the motorcycles and scooters. There is also a bumper prize of a Suzuki car and three LED TVs.</div>',
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			'description' => 'Colors Mobile has introduced X-factor X-22 Wave Series mobile in the market. According to the company, the handset comes with a super fast file transferring system. The phone runs on Android 4.2.2 operating system and is powered by a 1 GHz dual core processor. Other features of the phone include 3.5” HVGA touchscreen, 1200 mAh battery, 3.2 MP rear camera and a front Camera along with flashlight option.',
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>--By Angila Sharma</strong></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Jasoda Sainju, CEO of H&amp;B Development Bank, is a person who believes in simple living and high thinking. She describes herself as a simple person leading her life in a simple manner that is limited to her office and her home.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Sainju is very gentle and a soft-spoken person. She has no hobby in particular. However, she loves watching news on TV. Apart from that, she is a family person and dedicates most of her time to her family.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	She finds no trouble in managing her daily life that swings between her home and officer. &ldquo;To balance work and home, one must not mingle office work with household matter and vice-versa,&rdquo; Sainju opines. As a person who considers her family to be her biggest strength, she always tries to spend some extra time with her family.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Sainju has love for long holidays and loves exploring new places whenever she manages to go on holidays. She is a spontaneous person and so, believes that holiday become fun when it is planned randomly. Sainju has explored many places of Nepal for her official work. However, due to her busy schedule, she has not been able to visit many places outside Nepal. Her last holiday destination was Malaysia, one and half years ago. She believes that every vacation holds good memories with it. Though busy schedules have not given her to opportunity to go on vacations recently, she has desires to visit new places if she ever has free time.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Sainju, like every other woman, loves shopping. However, that does not mean that she likes to wander from shop to shop to buy a single good. She shops very fast and is not very choosy with items.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	In her youth, she used to play Table Tennis and recollects that she was very good at it. Nowadays considering time constraints she has given it up. Though she loves reading biographies, nowadays she has been not able to allocate time for it as well. She is not active in social networking sites also.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Despite being in a respectable position and having many responsibilities, Sainju strives to do something good for the society. She is a peace loving person and wants everyone around her to be at peace.</div>',
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			'description' => 'Jasoda Sainju, CEO of H&B Development Bank, is a person who believes in simple living and high thinking. She describes herself as a simple person leading her life in a simple manner that is limited to her office and her home.',
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			'title' => 'Boots Dominate Ladies Footwear Market',
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			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		<strong>--By Rashika Pokharel</strong></div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		Along with woolen and other warm clothes, the chilling temperature has paved the way for the boots to rein the fashion market and presently they are most demanded footwear products in the ladies footwear sections of any store. Besides coming in eye catchy and adorable designs, boots have come in demand for the comfort and warmth they provide. They are the best option when it comes to protect well-cared-for feet from the harsh cold of winter and the dusty Kathmandu roads. There are various designs of boots such as the knee length boots, the ankle boots and the thigh high boots, for the ladies to flaunt.</div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		&ldquo;Boots are the most demanded footwear this season. This winter majority of our customers have been demanding them. The demand is higher compared to the previous year,&rdquo; says Ashok Maharjan, owner of Tick-Tac-Toe at the People&rsquo;s Plaza.Informing that his store deals in varieties of brand, he said that Timberland boots have been the most popular among the store&rsquo;s customer.&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		Every woman has the desire of being fashionable and stylish while being comfortable and warm in winter. A perfect pair of stylish branded boots provides the best of style and warmth. Clothes and make-up say a lot about a woman, and a personality-matching pair of boots can enhance her overall appearance and femininity. So when women have so much to adore their wardrobe, why deprive self from owning a classy pair of trendy boots.&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		Boots represent the vigor and the teen spirit. &ldquo;Boots these days have become fetish among teenage girls. Major of our teenage customers look for boots,&rdquo; opines Kumar Thapa, owner of Shreedhara Collection. Along with that, Thapa said that short boots have thrown long boots out of fashion.&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		With the surge in demand, boots are doing remarkable business in Kathmandu. Considering the limelight these products have received from the customers, every shop has been trying to put up special selection of boots available at a varied range of prices. &ldquo;We offer every type of boots such as casual boots, party boots and fancy boots at a price range between Rs. 2,000 to Rs. 9,000,&rdquo; says Rajeev Verma, Manager at Bentley, Durbarmarg.&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		Boots sold in the capital&rsquo;s shoe market are imported. Most of these boots are imported from countries like Bangkok, Korea and China.As mercury in the capital continues to dive, boot sales have remained pretty good. Tick-Tac-Toe&rsquo;s Maharjan said that at times they receive 50 to 60 boot customers on a single day. And considering the boot craze among the ladies, the boot business promises to remain in business for some time now.</div>
</div>
<p>
	<img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/cf1%20(Copy)(2).jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 244px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" /></p>',
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			'title' => 'Tech Briefs (30 December 2013 - 5 January 2014)',
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Microsoft Launches New Safety App for Windows Phone Users</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Technology giant Microsoft launched a new application &#39;Guardian&#39; with safety features, exclusively for Windows Phone users. Guardian enables users to switch on a &#39;track me&#39; feature in the app that lets friends and family track them in real-time using Microsoft Windows Azure cloud services and Bing Map, the company said in a release. Guardian users can call for help through an &#39;SOS&#39; alert button and also connect to security agencies, police and hospitals easily via this app in times of crisis, it added. It took more than six months for a team of Microsoft employees in India to develop the safety app in the Microsoft Garage, the company said. Microsoft Garage is a global employee innovation initiative that gives Microsoft employees an outlet to explore ideas.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>AMD Unveils Graphics Processor for Apple&rsquo;s Mac Pro</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Chipmaker AMD announced a dual AMD FirePro professional graphics solutions (GPUs) to boost the performance levels of the Apple&#39;s Mac Pro workstation. AMD&rsquo;s FirePro D300, D500 and D700 professional GPUs offer exceptional compute power and reliability for creativity and productivity in a wide range of applications, the firm said in a release. These new AMD FirePro GPUs are built on the strength of AMD&rsquo;s award-winning Graphics Core Next GPU design &mdash; an architecture conceived from the ground up to intelligently managing rendering and compute workloads. The dual AMD FirePro GPU options for Mac Pro feature up to 6GB of VRAM and up to 2048 stream processors per GPU, matched with top configurations capable of up to 7 teraflops of computing power.</div>',
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			'title' => 'Khadka Wins Surya Nepal Eastern Open',
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			'content' => '<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Rabi Khadka has won the Surya Nepal Eastern open, the fifth event under the Surya Nepal Golf Tour 2013-14 played at the par-70 Nirvana Country Club Health and Golf Resort in Dharan on Saturday. Khadka carded even-par 70 for a total score of three-over 283, that gave him two-stroke win over Umesh Nagarkoti. Khadka began the day with two-stroke cushion played one-over 36 that included birdies on the second and sixth holes against bogeys on the first, fifth and seventh holes. On the back nine, he shot birdies on the 10th and 16th holes before facing a bogey on the 17th hole. Khadka lifted his eighth major title along with a cheque of Rs 95,000.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Nagarkoti also played a round of 70, while local pro Suman Rai finished third at 287 after he shot two-over 72. Nagarkoti won Rs 60,000 and Rai was awarded Rs 44,000. Nagarkoti took the turn at two-over 37 before carding two-under 33 on the back nine with the help of five birdies, three bogeys and a double bogey. Likewise, Rai shot two birdies against four bogeys.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Mani Rai and Dhana Thapa shared the fourth position at 289 points. Deepak Thapa Magar came sixth with the score of 291, one ahead of Tham Bahadur Rai. Likewise, Ramesh Adhikari and Surya Prasad Sharma shared the eighth position at 293, while Ram Thapa and Sanjay Lama were tied for 10th at 15-over 295. Second-round leader Deo Raj Pakhrin of Dharan slipped to 12th position at 296 after he shot nine-over 79.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;A total of 46 players including 28 pros, six local golfers and 18 amateurs participated in the tournament organised by Nepal PGA under the sponsorship of Surya Nepal Pvt Ltd. Out of the total cash purse of Rs 514,250, all the 22 pros received their share of cash prizes. &nbsp;</div>',
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			'description' => 'Rabi Khadka has won the Surya Nepal Eastern open, the fifth event under the Surya Nepal Golf Tour 2013-14 played at the par-70 Nirvana Country Club Health and Golf Resort in Dharan on Saturday. Khadka carded even-par 70 for a total score of three-over 283, that gave him two-stroke win over Umesh Nagarkoti. Khadka began the day with two-stroke cushion played one-over 36 that included birdies on the second and sixth holes against bogeys on the first, fifth and seventh holes.',
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			'title' => 'Top Ten Losers (23 - 29 December 2013)',
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			'description' => 'Top Ten Losers',
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			'title' => 'Fewer Tourists In November',
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			'content' => '<div>
	The figures released by the Immigration Office, Tribhuvan International Airport reveal that visitor arrivals in the month of November 2013 by air, have decreased by 7.01 per cent , compared to the same month last year. A total of 55,245 international visitors arrived in Nepal in the month of November which is less by 4,166 tourists over November 2012. In November 2012, a total of 59,411 tourists visited Nepal by air.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Nepal observed a sustained growth in international tourist arrivals since June 2009 but suffered a decline in the second half of 2013. &nbsp;&ldquo;Experts suggest that&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	the decrease in arrivals in November might be due to the inconsistent air fare to and from Nepal to major gateways and coinciding with the Constituent Assembly election in Nepal on the 19th of November 2013,&rdquo; says a statement from Nepal Tourism Board. &nbsp;&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp; In November 2013, the number of Nepali arrivals from Tribhuwan International Airport declined by 27 per cent compared to the same month last year. A total of 52,970 Nepalis arrived in Nepal in November 2013, whereas this figure was 72,735 in November 2012. &nbsp;It is expected that the forthcoming year in tourism is going to improve as Nepal is heading towards stability.</div>',
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			'title' => 'Where Will You Go For The New Year Bash?',
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	<strong>--By TC Correspondent</strong></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:16px;">As New Year is on the brink of arrival, almost all the hotels and restaurants in Kathmandu are organizing grand parties to bid farewell to 2013. Here is a list of few fabulous New Year Eve parties in town where you can eat, drink and be merry while welcoming 2014.&nbsp;</span></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Hotel Annapurna</strong></span></div>
<div>
	<img alt="Hotel Annapurna" src="/userfiles/images/1%20(Copy)(2).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;
width: 200px; height: 140px;" />Hotel Annapurna&rsquo;s New Year Eve Party &lsquo;Infinity Night 2013&rsquo; will be held at Poolside Garden of the Hotel from 7 PM to 1 AM. The Party will have live performances by Nima Rumba and Kshitiza Shakya. There will also be Sufi music and Bollywood dances by a dance troop among other attractions. Unlimited Food serving five International Cuisines and premium drinks from Chivas Regal, Glenlivet, Absolut, Jacob&rsquo;s Creek and Carlsberg are the culinary delights for the evening. Single will have to pay Rs 8,000 and couples Rs 13,500 for the party. At Rs 10,000 plus taxes, the Hotel is providing overnight stay for a couple which includes Champagne Breakfast at The Coffee Shop on 1st January 2014. &nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Hotel Soaltee Crowne Plaza&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	<img alt="Hotel Soaltee Crowne Plaza " src="/userfiles/images/2%20(Copy)(2).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;
width: 200px; height: 130px;" />Soaltee Crowne Plaza is organizing one of the biggest New Year&rsquo;s Eve Party at its Megha Malhar Hall with a musical Broadway titled &lsquo;You are simply the Best&rsquo;. The programme will feature various international music and dance performances, along with DJs and an exquisite cuisine. An eight-member dance troupe&rsquo;s modern contemporary and Bollywood dances are the main attraction of the event. Also, there will be live performances by renowned Nepali band Abhaya &amp; The Steam Injuns, and Torsha Sarkar, famous female play back singer of Bollywood. The programme starts 8 PM onwards, and tickets at priced at Rs 8999 for single and Rs 15999 for a couple. The price includes free flow of drinks, snack and dinner. The Hotel will also be giving away Door Prizes of Intercontinental Hotel Stay Voucher, two way airline tickets to international destination of Qatar Airways, complimentary dinner coupons and stay vouchers at other 5 star hotels in Kathmandu. Alfresco Restaurant at Soaltee is offering a 4-course meal at Rs 2000 plus taxes per person. &nbsp;&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Hotel Radisson</strong></span></div>
<div>
	<img alt="Hotel Radisson" src="/userfiles/images/3%20(Copy)(1).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;
width: 200px; height: 143px;" />Hotel Radisson is organizing various events in its cafes and restaurants on 31st December. &nbsp;Euphoria R-XIV is the name of the happening party at Hotel Nepa-Dhuku hall and Waterfall Garden of the Hotel. The prigramme will have dance and DJ sessions from 7 PM onwards along with a lavish buffet dinner. Guests can enjoy unlimited refill of whiskey, vodka, beer, wine and coke in the party. The Hotel is charging Rs 5555 for single and Rs 9999 for a couple.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Also, there is a Buffet Dinner at The Fun Caf&eacute; at Rs 3000 plus taxes per person. It includes a complimentary drink, and starts from 6:30 pm onwards. A 5-course meal awaits you at the Olive Garden of the Hotel. It will cost you Rs 3500 plus taxes for veg menu and Rs 4000 plus taxes for non-veg menu. Price includes a complementary drink. Finally, The Corner Bar will be rocking with Trance, Techno and House music. A drink is complimentary with entry fee of Rs 999. &nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>The Everest Hotel</strong></span></div>
<div>
	<img alt="The Everest Hotel" src="/userfiles/images/4%20(Copy)(2).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;
width: 200px; height: 146px;" />The Grande Ballroom of the Hotel will be hosting an Eve Party from 8:30 PM to midnight. The programme will have live performances by Sabin Rai and the Electrix Band, dance performances and DJ sessions among other musical events. The tickets are priced at Rs 7,500 per person and Rs 14,000 for a couple. The ticket includes dinner and free flow of Carlsberg, Invenio wines, Red Bull and Pepsi. The Far Pavillion rooftop restaurant of the Hotel is also organizing an Eve Party with live ghazals, muzra and a lavish buffet dinner at Rs 2,200 per person. &nbsp;&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Hotel Shangri-La</strong></span></div>
<div>
	<img alt="Hotel Shangri-La" src="/userfiles/images/5%20(Copy)(2).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;
width: 200px; height: 148px;" />Hotel Shangri-La&rsquo;s Eve Party will have live performance by Mukti and Revival as its main attraction. There will also be DJ sessions and other musical programmes. Valet Parking is available for the event, and taxi service is also offered at fixed price. Moreover, there will be a gala dinner and door prizes as well. Shambhala Garden Cafe of the Hotel will host New Year&rsquo;s Day Bubbly Brunch at Rs 1499 plus taxes per person on 1st January 2014.</div>',
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			'description' => 'Had a little too much fun last night? A few tablespoons of honey, which is packed with fructose, will help speed up your body’s metabolism of alcohol.',
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>--By Suraksha Adhikari&nbsp;</strong></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The value and importance of bees and honey have increased these days and beekeeping has became an entrepreneurial enterprise that has drawn many farmers towards it. Demand for honey has been increasing in Nepal and corresponding to it, its production is also rapidly increasing. Commercial beekeeping is becoming a reliable source of income-generation for some Nepali farmers.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&ldquo;In the beginning of this business, one can earn Rs 5,000 per year. This income goes on increasing in the later years,&rdquo; said Raju Khatiwada, Proprieter of Namaste Mount Everest Honey Pvt Ltd. &nbsp;Khatiwada has been earning Rs 800,000 annually from 200 beehives. &ldquo;Initial cost of a hive is Rs 5,000 to 6,000. People may think this as low income, but as years pass by, the profit keeps increasing,&rdquo; Khatiwada added. Apart from buying beehives, which is a capital expenditure, other running expenditures are nominal and in the second year of the business, Khatiwada said that a profit of around Rs 15,000 could be gained.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	However, for commercial beekeeping, an entrepreneur needs to make initial investment of around Rs 400,000, according to Ganesh Basnet, President of Center of Nepal Bee-Keeping Cooperatives Association said. He explained, &ldquo;Commercial beekeeping should be started with at least 40 &ndash; 50 hives, as beehives have to be taken to different places for grazing and transportation expenses are the same whether you have 20 hives or 30 or 50.&rdquo; &rdquo;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Profit Generation</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Beekeeping business promises double profit to its entrepreneur within two years of starting the business. Nepal has favourable climate for bee keeping from Hilly to Terai region. Lately, commercial bee keeping is being done in the districts like Chitwan, Nawalparasi, Kaski, Palpa, Parbat, Kailali, Jumla, Sarlahi, Makwanpur, Jhapa, Sunsari, Morang, Surkhet, Kavre, Dang and Pyuthan. Bees are an important part of pollination. While they collect honey, they also play this important role of a pollinator that helps in the reproduction of plants and ultimately in maintaining ecological balance.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Estimates claim that Nepal has around 140,000 to 160,000 hives. Among them around 35,000 hives are Melifera and rest belong to the Serena species, according to Dharma Raj Shrestha, President of Center for Bee Keeping Association Nepal. Entrepreneurs claim that comparatively, Melifera breed is capable of producing more amount of honey in short span of time. Other honeybee species found in Nepal are Himalayan bee, Kathyauri and Ghar Mauri.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Demand Exceeding Production</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Honey entrepreneurs in Nepal have not been able to cater to the increasing demand of honey. Shrestha said Nepali market&rsquo;s annual demand for honey is around four million kg. But government statistics show that only 1.6 million kg of honey is being produced annually in Nepal. Cooperatives have been playing crucial role in the development of the honey industry. &ldquo;Around Rs 1.4 billion has already been invested in the bee keeping business conducted under cooperatives,&rdquo; Basnet said.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The commercial bee keeping in Nepal started from 2051 B.S. with the initiation of late King Birendra following his visit to Europe. According to &nbsp;Basnet among total honey produced in Nepal almost half amount is contributed by cooperatives.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&ldquo;Demand for honey from educated families who understand the importance of honey is increasing,&rdquo; Basnet said adding that demand for honey from companies producing Ayurvedic medicines has also been increasing.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Lack of Laboratory&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Nepal is rich in biodiversity, our bees feed on the nectar of flowers and fruits that are not available in many parts of the world but producers are finding it remarkably difficult to meet international standards. There is lack of proper laboratory for the verification of the quality of produced honey. Department of Food Technology and Quality Control (DFTQC) has been testing the quality of honey but honey verified by this department can&rsquo;t be exported in international market as its certificate is still not accepted by many importing countries, said the entrepreneurs.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	They said, &ldquo;The honey produced in Nepalis organic and its demand can highly increase in Nepal if the verification problem is sorted out.&rdquo; Shrestha said, &ldquo;Nepal government is not showing concern for promoting this business.&rdquo; He complains that various government institutions have been approving the distribution of honey without proper investigating its quality and adds that reasons like this have been rendering beekeeping business unsustainable.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Problems and Challenges</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Honey producers have realized that they have the potential of creating lucrative niche markets overseas through branding Nepali honey as &lsquo;organic honey&rsquo;, &lsquo;Himalayan honey&rsquo; and &lsquo;honey from the highlands&rsquo; but have been hindered in doing so due to existing set backs in the sector. Entrepreneurs claim beekeeping is yet to establish itself a commercial profession. Lack of proper technical knowledge in prospective beekeepers is another factor that has hindered the business from flourishing in Nepal. Inability to develop new species of honeybees and lack of a government regulatory body in the form of Honey Development Board, has been hindering the sector from flourishing. Presently the sector has been coordinated by cooperatives and establishment of a regulatory body is thought to be a crucial factor for giving it headway.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&ldquo;Though the government has introduced the &nbsp;policy of &lsquo;Bee-keeping for Livelihood&rsquo;, it is not enough for the commercial expansion of this business,&rdquo; Shrestha said.&ldquo;Commercial beekeeping can be conceptualized as prosperous business sector for the promotion and development of this sector,&rdquo; he added. He claimed that lack of proper policy facilitating commercial beekeeping has hindered honey exports to potential international market.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<img alt="BeeKeeping" src="/userfiles/images/fck1%20(Copy).jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 361px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" /></div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Steps to be taken</strong></span></div>
<div>
	The most important initiative to establish the honey industry is to make beekeeping entrepreneurial. Though production capacity is steadily growing, there is a need for establishing a consulting mechanism and to prepare an action that would ensure that prospective beekeepers can easily access latest technology and resources for expanding their business.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Providing training on beekeeping and production of hives, tools and providing consultation services on the safety of bees, honey production, storage, processing would attract youths for getting involved in this sector and get self-employed.</div>',
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	<strong style="font-size: 16px;">Health</strong></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong><img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/fc1%20(Copy)(3).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;
width: 250px; height: 161px;" />1. Relieve Hangovers</strong></span></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;Had a little too much fun last night? A few tablespoons of honey, which is packed with fructose, will help speed up your body&rsquo;s metabolism of alcohol.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>2. Heal Wounds, Cuts, Scrapes &amp; Burns&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Don&rsquo;t reach for the Neosporin the next time you cut or burn yourself &mdash; simply apply honey to the affected area. Honey works as a natural antiseptic.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>3. Soothe Sore Throats and Coughs&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Combine honey with the juice of one lemon and drink. It works like a wonder!</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>4. Remove Parasites&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Hopefully you&rsquo;ll never have to use this trick, but if you do, combine equal parts honey, vinegar and water and drink. The combination of these three ingredients is the perfect parasite killer.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Beauty</strong></span></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong><img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/fc2%20(Copy).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;
width: 250px; height: 198px;" />5. Moisturize Dry Skin&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Honey is a fantastic moisturizer, especially on dry patches, like your elbows or hands &mdash; even your lips! Rub onto your dry, patchy skin and let it sit for about 30 minutes before washing off. Honey also makes a great lip balm!</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>6. Condition Damaged Hair</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Honey is a great natural conditioner. You can simply add a teaspoon of the stuff to your regular shampoo to smooth your damaged locks. You can also combine it with olive oil for a deeper conditioning. Let it soak for 20 minutes with your hair wrapped in a towel before shampooing as usual.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>7. Have an Amazing Bath</strong></span></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;Relax your body and soak your skin in a soothing bath. Add 2 tablespoons of honey to 1 cup of hot water and let it dissolve for about 10 minutes. Add 2 or 3 drops of lavender essential oil and add it to your bath.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>8. Remove Acne</strong></span></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;Stubborn acne can really go away from a small daily dab of honey. Place a band-aid over the pimple, and take it off 30 minutes later.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>9. Give Yourself a Facial</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Combine 2 teaspoons of milk with 2 tablespoons of honey. Cover your face with the mixture and let it sit for 10 minutes before washing off.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Food</strong></span></div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong><img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/fc3%20(Copy).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;
width: 250px; height: 168px;" />10. Boost Your Energy</strong></span></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;Quit turning to coffee for your daily energy boost! Replace your cup of Joe with a cup of tea. Mix in a tablespoon or so of honey.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>11. Substitute Honey for Sugar in Baking&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	For every cup of sugar a recipe calls for, replace it with 3/4 cup of honey. For best results, add 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda and reduce another liquid in your recipe by 1/4 cup. Also, reduce the oven temperature by 25 degrees.</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>National Insurance to Complete Four Decades in Nepal</strong></span></div>
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	National Insurance Company is completing four decades of its operations in Nepal on 1st January 2014. The company will be having a month long nationwide celebration in the month of January. The celebrations will start with cake cutting celebrations in head office in Kathmandu and also in all branch offices in Nepal. The company will be distributing blankets, torches and sports item to various institutions including deaf and dumb children as a part of its CSR activities. It will also conduct one day exclusive session for its women employees which will cover areas of health, stress and communication skills among others. &nbsp;On 5th January, the company is organizing a free health check up and blood donation camp. &nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>NIBL&rsquo;s 27th AGM Held</strong></span></div>
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	Nepal Investment Bank Limited (NIBL)&rsquo;s 27th Annual General Meeting was held on 26th December. The Net Profit of the Bank has grown by 84.3 per cent to reach Rs 1.91 billion against previous year&rsquo;s figure of Rs 1.03 billion. The AGM has decided to distribute 25 per cent cash dividend and 10 per cent stock dividend to the existing shareholders. &nbsp;The Bank has increased its deposits by 9.5 per cent, reaching Rs 62.42 billion against last year&rsquo;s Rs 57.01 billion. Similarly, total lending of the bank also grew by 11.2 per cent reaching Rs 47.70 billion.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Nabil Invest Relocates Offices</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Nabil Investment Banking Ltd (Nabil Invest), a Subsidiary Company of Nabil Bank Ltd and a Securities Businessperson (Merchant Banker) has shifted its Chabahil and Anamnagar Offices to Central Plaza at Narayanchaur, Naxal. The new office will provide services like issue management, underwriting, registrar to shares, trusteeship services, depository participant in a central depository service (CDS), portfolio management services (PMS), fund management and depository of Nabil Mutual Fund and corporate advisory services. On this occasion, Nabil Invest is providing 50 per cent discount on the annual management fee on limited PMS products.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Mega Bank Supports Aama Ghar</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Mega bank has provided Rs 700,000 to Aama Ghar, a philanthropic initiative undertaken by social worker Dil Shova Shrestha. On a programme held on 23rd December, CEO of Mega Bank Anil Keshary Shah handed over the cheque to Shrestha. Shah said that he felt delighted in supporting philanthropic initiatives like &lsquo;Aama Ghar&rsquo;. He also encouraged the private sector to take initiative in supporting the deprived and destitute people.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Sanima&rsquo;s Conducts Blood Donation&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Sanima Bank conducted a blood donation program at its head office in Naxal on the occasion of its 10th year of operation. Under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), the Bank has conducted various activities to mark its 10 years of operation. In the current fiscal year, the Bank has approved Rs 6.3 million for CSR activities. The approved amount is 2.07 per cent of net profit of last fiscal year.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Siddhartha Bank&rsquo;s Blood Donation Program</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Siddhartha Bank&rsquo;s Birgunj Branch organized a blood donation program on 25th December On the occasion of the Bank&rsquo;s 11th Anniversary. 160 donors participated in the program organized at the branch premises.</div>',
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	<span style="font-size: 15px;">Yamaha two-wheelers are popular among Nepali bike riders. The company recently launched two of its products, Ray Z and Yamaha Ray scooters, in international market including Nepal. Popularity of its products has been increasing and the company considers Nepal as an important market.&nbsp;<strong>Jun Nakata</strong>, Sales and Marketing Director of the India Yamaha Motor &nbsp;spoke to&nbsp;<strong>Sagar Ghimire</strong>&nbsp;of New Business Age during his recent business trip to Nepal.&nbsp;<strong>Excerpts:&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>What is the purpose of your visit to Nepal?</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Since Nepal is a very good market for Yamaha, I am here to hold face to face intense discussions on our future business plans, with partners, to explore further market prospects for Yamaha. My meeting with partners here, so far, has dwelt on strategies to expanding our market here amid existing stiff competition.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>How is Yamaha&rsquo;s market here?</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Total demand for Yamaha in Nepal is increasing. This year only it increased by 25 per cent. Thus, Nepal is a big market for us and we cannot ignore this country. The scooter segment here is growing tremendously and we see a lot of potential in this segment.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>What are the recent Yamaha products introduced in Nepal?</strong></span></div>
<div>
	We introduced Yamaha Ray scooter here last April. Back in September, we had introduced Ray Z scooter also. These are our two new products launched here in Nepal. Our target customers for these scooters are youngsters.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>What challenges is the company facing now in Nepal?</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Currently we are focused on Nepal&rsquo;s scooter market and our main competition in this segment is Honda. In the motorbike segment, we have been competing with Bajaj. Competition is the main challenge we are facing.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>What are your strategies to tackle this competition?</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Providing customer satisfaction is our main strategy. &nbsp;Every year we continue investing in innovating our products by improving their performance and design. Apart from that, we are in a constant touch with our customers through our partners and assess their comments and complaints. Awareness is an important factor in marketing. So, we are looking forward to create awareness among customers about the strength and features of Yamaha scooters. Yamaha brand scooters are equally popular in Asian, European and American markets. &nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>What similarities and differences do you find in Nepali and Indian customers in terms of choice, demand and satisfaction?</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Basically Nepalis and Indians are very close in terms of choice, demand and satisfaction. I came from Yamaha India Motors. We take care of the Indian domestic market. Our strategy in India focuses on improving customer satisfaction. It&rsquo;s the same concept and strategy here in Nepal too. We provide good service, excellent showrooms and attractive products.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Why would youngsters, your targeted customers for two-wheelers, choose Yamaha?&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Yamaha two wheelers are stylish, sporty and innovative. We always provide attractive products to our young customers. &nbsp;Though some customers prefer cheap price, we believe in providing quality, performance and style at reasonable price. We believe that quality counts over price.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Do you have any schemes or promotional plan for your products?</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Generally, promotional plans and exhibition are rolled out during special occasion. Just like Yamaha Scooter Exchange Mahamela was organised last October to offer best automotive services to potential visitors and customers. We provided opportunity to customers for exchanging old bikes and scooters with Yamaha Ray Scooter at reasonable prices. It was a good platform for customers to exchange their old two-wheelers and get a new one. We even provided on-the-spot finance services to those in need. We would like to continue organizing these kinds of events in the future also.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Yamaha in India has given special emphasis to its female customers by appointing more female staffs at customer care contact points and introducing female customer care programme. Can we expect similar programme also here in Nepal?</strong></span></div>
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	We have got similar programmes here in Nepal too. We have appointed actress Namrata Shrestha as our brand ambassador. We have made it mandatory for our big dealers to have at least one female representative in workshop to deal with female customers. We have appointed more lady staffs at our showrooms also. &nbsp;We are going to introduce safety driving lessons for the young ladies soon. We are also thinking about launching programmes to provide scooter riding lessons to ladies.</div>',
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong>--By Ashok Poudel</strong></div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	Tribhuvan University (TU) has worked out all the details of its post graduate program in &ldquo;International Relation and Diplomacy (IRD).&rdquo; Central Department of International Relation and Diplomacy, under the Faculty of Humanities and situated within the University campus premise, will launch this course from the coming academic session, Khadga K.C., Program Co-ordinator and Associate Professor, informed.&nbsp;</div>
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	Curriculum for this 4-semester program has been developed said KC while informing that that the course comprises of analytical academic discourse, seminars and workshops on current international relationship status of Nepal, and steps needed to strengthen its existing foreign policy and diplomacy.&nbsp;</div>
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	Course syllabus adheres to international standards and practice and has been launched after much research and homework, KC., added.</div>
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	Though similar courses have been in practice across the world, TU had not been able to launch them so far due to various constraints.&nbsp;</div>
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	The course will be moderated by senior faculty members affiliated to political science department of the TU, visiting faculty members from foreign universities and incumbent and former diplomats.&nbsp;</div>
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	IRD course is getting recognition globally as international relations are given much priority by most of the countries across the world. And it is even more important for a least developed country like Nepal to extend and maintain its bilateral relation with its neighbouring and other world countries. K. C. said that the discipline aims to produce capable and efficient IRD professionals to meet the nation&rsquo;s growing need.&nbsp;</div>
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	Elaborating on the scope of the programme, K.C. said that the IRD programme is market friendly with global demand for IRD professionals.&nbsp;</div>
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	IRD graduates will have academic benefit over others for while vying for employment with foreign ministry and other formal and informal organizations specializing in foreign relations. Along with that K.C., said that the course is suitable for the students who want to pursue their career further in fields like media reporting, foreign service, corporate sector, and national security affairs.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>&nbsp;Eligibility</strong></span></div>
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	Students who have completed Bachelor&rsquo;s degree with at least second division or 2.0 CGPA in any discipline recognized by Tribhuvan University are elligble to appy for the course. Prospective student with better linguistic, analytic capacity will be preferred over other students during the admission, K.C., added.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Fee Structure</strong></span></div>
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	According to K.C. the University is not financially aiding the department currently. He said that department is managing financial resources for the course on its own. &ldquo;Thus fee structure is costlier than other courses of the university.&rdquo; Total tuition fee for all the four semesters is set at Rs 1 lakhs and 50 thousand.&nbsp;</div>
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							<strong>Dr Khadga KC</strong></div>
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		<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>What issues are included within the course?</strong></span></div>
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		The syllabus is developed tuning both practical and theoretical subjects. Students will be learning art of negotiation, methods of treaty making and agreement, of diplomatic protocols, public diplomacy, administration of managing foreign missions, promotion of cultural diplomacy, the job of work-attach&eacute;, diplomatic correspondence. They will also be taken for practical field visits to the ministries of the government which is associated with foreign matters.</div>
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		<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>What made you feel the necessity of this course in Nepal? And what is the scope of the programme?</strong></span></div>
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		International Relations as a discipline has been in practice worldwide since long. However, it is new in Nepal. Least developed countries like Nepal needs to expand its international relations even more. The discipline will generate the man power with new vision and skills for the same. Similarly, scope of this subject is not limited within domestic market. Graduates of the programme are sellable in international market too and can utilise their skills in various international organizations.</div>
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		<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>As it is a new discipline in Nepal, do you have adequate resources to train the students?</strong></span></div>
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		We have good networks with government institutions. Similarly, we also have quite good number of skilled people in political science and other related faculties. &nbsp;Graduates in the same subjects will also be facilitating during the course. We will primarily be tapping available resources and manpower. We will also invite experts and career diplomats for cooperation. Guests&rsquo; lecturers from friendly countries also will be invited for assistance.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Arunachal Pradesh Taps Religious Segment</strong></span></div>
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	Aruanchal Pradesh is looking at positioning itself as a religious destination in India. &ldquo;While the world famous Tawang Monastery attracts tourists in the state&rsquo;s western part, Buddhist town Mechuka in the north and the Golden Pagoda including famous pilgrimage Parsuram Kund in the east have been the cynosure of all eyes,&rdquo; Nabam Tuki, Chief Minister of the state said. Several infrastructure projects in this part of the state coming up, including the Trans-Arunachal Highway and railway connectivity to Tezu, the headquarters of Lohit district, besides close proximity to the airport in Assam&rsquo;s Dibrugarh district, Religious Tourism would thrive. While appealing to the people not to leave any stone unturned in preserving the uniqueness of the Golden Pagoda, Tuki said with the arrival of the relics, the place had turned into a holy land of Lord Buddha. (Traveldailymedia.com)</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Taiwan Eyes Eight Million Visitors</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Taiwan could welcome eight million visitors this year, after the country revealed that it has already reached its target of 7.7m international arrivals. Reported by the China News Agency (CNA), the Taiwan Tourism Bureau revealed on Sunday that it has now exceeded its full-year target, and will offer 88 gifts to the year&rsquo;s eight millionth arrival, should the landmark figure be reached before the end of 2013. Taiwan&rsquo;s tourism growth in recent has been considerable, with the country adding approximately one million more visitors every year from 2008 to 2012. This has largely been driven by the relaxing of rules governing cross-Strait tourism between Taiwan and China. Arrivals from China are expected to reach almost 2.8m in 2013, accounting for approximately 35% of total arrivals. Taiwan&rsquo;s second largest source market, Japan, is expected to contribute 1.4m arrivals this year, with Hong Kong and Macau providing 1.1m visitors. (Traveldailymedia.com)</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Tourism, the Shining Light of UK Economy in 2014</strong></span></div>
<div>
	As a record-breaking year for British tourism draws to a close, VisitBritain predicts new tourism heights will be reached in 2014. The national tourism agency&#39;s forecast of an increase of nearly 2% in overseas visitor numbers will result in record-breaking visitor spend of around &pound; 21.5 billion, representing growth of 4.2 % in nominal terms. Additionally, the agency predicts that the volume of visits will return to pre-global financial crisis record levels of 2008, with 32.6 million arrivals in 2014. Britain has experienced significant tourism gains this year and is on course to attain the highest recorded spend by international visitors. Latest figures show that in the first ten months of 2013 the number of visits from overseas was 6% up on the same period of 2012, while visitor spending was up by 12% in nominal terms. &nbsp;(Traveldailynews.com)</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Single Hottest Travel Trend is European River Cruising &nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Travel Leaders Group unveiled the 2014 results of its authoritative annual Travel Trends Survey. Based on the findings, the single, hottest destination trend in travel is European river cruising &ndash; having landed in the Top 5 international destinations for the first time ever (it ranked 21st just three years ago). The overall top domestic and international destinations for the coming year are Las Vegas and Caribbean cruises, respectively. This year&#39;s survey results also reveal that 85.7% of agents indicate that 2014 bookings are on par or greater than this time one year ago and 94% of those surveyed state client spending will be the same or higher in the coming year. This survey, based on actual booking data, was conducted by Travel Leaders Group from November 11 - December 14, 2013. (Traveldailynews.com)</div>',
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	<strong>--By Achyut Wagle</strong></div>
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	The final results of the both parts, first-past-the-post and proportional representation of the Constituent Assembly (CA)-II elections held on November 19, 2013 are now out. The fortunate part was that the polls could take place, barring some exceptions, in relative peaceful and largely fairly manner. The high-pitched verbal intimidations of poll-opposing parties, led by CPN-Maoist (Baidya) to disrupt the polls, for all practical purposes, turned out to be a hoax. The interim election government headed by the incumbent Chief Justice Khil Raj Regmi and Election Commission deserve appreciation for the effort they had put to make the polls a success, on the scheduled date. Mohan Baidya and his brigade of 33-party also deserve their due share of applause for not resorting to extreme violence which, given their strength, could have made the elections impossible. The support of international community for the elections was not in any way less important. A good silver-lining is that, Nepal slowly seems entering into an era of peaceful politics, for the groups like Baidya have too started to understand the importance of the less destructive politics.</div>
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	Nepal&rsquo;s agenda of peace is far larger than the constitution itself. Lasting peace and a functional constitution in many contexts could be a &lsquo;chicken and egg&rsquo; story, but in our case, peace in the sense of non-violent politics, based on polls and opinions, has been the prerequisite to create a meaningful ambience and debate to begin to write a constitution; and ultimately to functionalise it. The entire objective of holding the second CA elections was in fact centered on Nepal&rsquo;s desire to transit from conflict to a constitutional era.</div>
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	But, what about the prospect of ending this conflict? It is the most excruciating of all questions and the answer is not yet emphatically affirmative. The only path to ending conflict is to respect the popular political mandate expressed through these ballots by all political forces of the country. And, the culture of such respect comes only out of unflinching faith on democracy and adherence to its true norms. This unfortunately, has long been one big black-hole in Nepali politics. The politics here is dominated by the &lsquo;opportunistic democrats&rsquo; in the guise of the left forces of all names and hues and the some regressive rightists. As long as they can exploit legitimate constitutional means they would utilise that and, the moment their constitutional might is in the receiving end, they, particularly the communists, would immediately resort to violent tactics to capitulate the State authority. The newly emerged regional forces are no different.</div>
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	These features have become real bottlenecks to Nepal&rsquo;s democracy and peaceful politics. In addition to it, there is a cognizable force led by Maoist-Baidya which had ab initio boycotted this election process, thus posses extra challenge to the very functionality of the new CA. The forces now badly defeated in polls are also in all likelihood to resort to alternative course of violence to make their existence felt. The respect for popular mandate would be the first victim and ensured peace therefore could still be a mirage for a long time to come.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Regardless of that gloomy side of the picture, these elections have given clear mandate to write a pluralistic, democratic constitution. The people have put Nepali Congress on the lead closely followed by the CPN-UML with the duo jointly constituting almost two-thirds of the 601-member CA. The Congress as the oldest democratic force of the country and the UML by now transformed into liberal left force with faith on ballots than bullets have substantially increased the hopes of institutionalizing democracy, polity of plurality and patience for peaceful policy through the new constitution.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	These elections pushed CPN-United Maoists into the third from the first position in the last CA. People were apparently deeply apprehensive about their agenda of &lsquo;ethnicity and caste-based federalism&rsquo; which might easily boil down to ethnic tensions and violence. The rise of staunchly pro-monarchist RPP-Nepal as the fourth force in the CA, is in fact an additional retort to the Maoist agenda of &lsquo;secularism&rsquo; in place of the Hindu state and ethnicity-based federalism at the cost of national integrity. The forces in the last CA with all potentially divisive voices have been virtually obliterated.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The people&rsquo;s vote to every party has a very clear message - well balanced and well defined. This in aggregate gives idea about the kind of constitution people are looking for. The near two-thirds majority jointly to the Congress and UML means that the constitution should unambiguously be democratic in its essence. On federalism, people upheld the &lsquo;capability based federalism with the state ensuring multiple identity&rsquo;. &nbsp;The relegation of UCPN (Maoists) to the third position is still an opportunity to transform itself into a credible democratic force that doesn&rsquo;t believe in provoking religious and communal sentiments to have its political ends met. People didn&rsquo;t prefer the concept of all-powerful president proposed by the UCPN (Maoists) but have favoured to the idea of ceremonial president with elected prime minister with all executive powers as was proposed by the Congress and the UML to the voters.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Even if the RPP-Nepal chooses to interpret its resurgence to the fourth force as people&rsquo;s increasing faith on monarchy, it is reading the wrong message. It is in fact a wish of a considerable number of &lsquo;cow-worshiping&rsquo; Hindu voters to retain the identity of Nepal as &lsquo;some sort of&rsquo; Hindu state. It is a clear serendipity that the party&rsquo;s election emblem happens to be the &lsquo;holy&rsquo; cow, which reaped an intrinsic symbolic advantage.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The regional parties, mainly from Madhesh, putatively with a separatist overture are largely sidelined by no other than the Madheshi voters. But, again, they still jointly could have been the forth force. The factionalism and petty interests in them have taken the toll on them. Therefore, their strength must not be underestimated.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Putting all these aspects together, the future shape of the constitution becomes clear. &nbsp;Nepal will be a republic with a ceremonial president and elected executive prime minister. The federalism must not be based on single-ethnic identity alone but first on capability and them multiple identity. The division of provinces cannot be like the one of &lsquo;one-Madhesh-one-province&rsquo; as those manifestoes are clearly rejected. People want some form of religious &lsquo;Hindu identity&rsquo; than being unconditionally secular state.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	But, all these mandates could translate into constitutional provisions only if the constitution drafting process is not trampled by sheer non-respect to the popular mandate. Its ominous signs are already at the doorsteps. The UCPN (Maoist) along with other forces failing to fare as expected in elections are alleging &lsquo;structural rigging&rsquo; of the polls and threatening to boycott the CA process. &nbsp;Such politics of violence and blackmailing is not only likely to jeopardise the whole prospect of a truly democratic constitution but also distort and disturb the entire process.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The onus of taking the entire process to ensure a democratic yet implementable constitution unquestionably lies on the shoulders of the Congress and the UML. They have the strength and the mandate and international support. But the danger is, their priority and efforts might just be limited to grab or share the state power and constitution writing might be pushed to shadow again, like in the past.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The rampant tri-forked factionalism in these both parties could pose a real stumbling block to the smooth sail of the process. The CPN-UML President Jhala Nath Khanal has already proposed that the two parties should lead the government on turnkey basis. But in both parties it is going to be a herculean task to select their prime ministerial candidate at first. Each of them has at least three front runners for the job. In Congress, the Party President Shushil Koirala, Senior Leader Sher Bahadur Deuba and Party Vice-president Ram Chandra Poudel are vying for, actually dying for, the post. Similarly, in UML, President Khanal, Senior Leader Madhav Kumar Nepal and powerful faction leader KP Oli have claim with their own logic of respective suitability. The natural democratic way out could be electing a parliamentary party leader in them and assigning the responsibility, but it is surely not going to be this simple; as even the defeated ones would continue to move their pawns for a checkmate.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	If the practice of premiership on turnkey is adopted between the Congress and the UML, why not even smaller parties got proportionate duration of time to head the government according to their strength? At least, they will not fall short of claiming it. All this means is, entire exercise might just be concentrated in making and unmaking of the government. The politics of consensus, no doubt, is imperative to make constitution writing a reality, but the need of consensus shouldn&rsquo;t be a tool to blackmail power, against the popular mandate.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Needless to say, this CA election has not been very instrumental to put the potential political conflict at the backburner for it excluded some potentially violent forces from the election process itself. The new political equation is more likely to give space to new form of frictions. In view of massive international financing to make Nepal &lsquo;secular&rsquo; and ethnic boiling pot and voters&rsquo; clear mandate against it, this is going to be a real source of conflict afresh. When Congress leads the process and the RRP-Nepal led by Kamal Thapa becomes a balancing force, it might repeat the infamous &lsquo;horse-trading&rsquo; episode of 1996.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<em>(The writer is former editor of Aarthik Abhiyan National Daily.)</em></div>',
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Color X-22 in market</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Colors Mobile has introduced X-factor X-22 Wave Series mobile in the market. According to the company, the handset comes with a super fast file transferring system. The phone runs on Android 4.2.2 operating system and is powered by a 1 GHz dual core processor. Other features of the phone include 3.5&rdquo; HVGA touchscreen, 1200 mAh battery, 3.2 MP rear camera and a front Camera along with flashlight option.</div>
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<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Asian Paints Announces Top 50 Winners</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Asian Paints Nepal has announced top 50 finalists of its &lsquo;Dream Home Contest&rsquo; campaign. After 4 months of Facebook contest, the semi-finalists were selected on the basis of highest voted photographs in the Dream Home Contest App. These houses will be visited by a team of architects from the Society of Nepalese Architect (SONA). The jury members will select top 10 finalists after the visits. These top 10 houses will be visited by celebrity judges Karishma Manandhar, Nima Rumba and Rabi Dongol to decide the winners.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Johnnie Walker&rsquo;s Black List Party</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Johnnie Walker is going to organize first Johnnie Walker Black List Party in Kathmandu on 25th January 2014 to celebrate the success of its &lsquo;Join the Pact&rsquo; campaign in Nepal. The exclusive invitee-only event will be held at Hyatt Regency hotel. Attendees can indulge in Johnnie Walker&rsquo;s signature bold flavours while being entertained by performances from superstar international DJs, dancers and performance artists, says a statement. &nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Hyundai Grand awarded &lsquo;Indian Car of the Year 2014&rsquo;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Hyundai Grand has won the Indian Car of the Year (ICOTY) award for 2014. Grand i10 earned the India&rsquo;s highest automotive award where it competed with other major automobile companies. Hyundai has sold over 35,000 Grand i10 across India in the 90 days of after launching September 2013. Grand has been designed at Hyundai European design centre in Germany using Hyundai&rsquo;s &lsquo;Fluidic Design&rsquo; theme.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>VG Suzuki&rsquo;s Showroom in Birgunj</strong></span></div>
<div>
	VG Suzuki has opened its new showroom in Birgunj. The showroom will have on display Suzuki&rsquo;s three motorcycle and two scooter models. To celebrate the inauguration of the showroom, customers are offered a discount of Rs 10,000 on all the motorcycles and scooters. There is also a bumper prize of a Suzuki car and three LED TVs.</div>',
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			'id' => '2391',
			'article_category_id' => '202',
			'title' => 'A Determined Banker',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>--By Angila Sharma</strong></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Jasoda Sainju, CEO of H&amp;B Development Bank, is a person who believes in simple living and high thinking. She describes herself as a simple person leading her life in a simple manner that is limited to her office and her home.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Sainju is very gentle and a soft-spoken person. She has no hobby in particular. However, she loves watching news on TV. Apart from that, she is a family person and dedicates most of her time to her family.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	She finds no trouble in managing her daily life that swings between her home and officer. &ldquo;To balance work and home, one must not mingle office work with household matter and vice-versa,&rdquo; Sainju opines. As a person who considers her family to be her biggest strength, she always tries to spend some extra time with her family.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Sainju has love for long holidays and loves exploring new places whenever she manages to go on holidays. She is a spontaneous person and so, believes that holiday become fun when it is planned randomly. Sainju has explored many places of Nepal for her official work. However, due to her busy schedule, she has not been able to visit many places outside Nepal. Her last holiday destination was Malaysia, one and half years ago. She believes that every vacation holds good memories with it. Though busy schedules have not given her to opportunity to go on vacations recently, she has desires to visit new places if she ever has free time.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Sainju, like every other woman, loves shopping. However, that does not mean that she likes to wander from shop to shop to buy a single good. She shops very fast and is not very choosy with items.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	In her youth, she used to play Table Tennis and recollects that she was very good at it. Nowadays considering time constraints she has given it up. Though she loves reading biographies, nowadays she has been not able to allocate time for it as well. She is not active in social networking sites also.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Despite being in a respectable position and having many responsibilities, Sainju strives to do something good for the society. She is a peace loving person and wants everyone around her to be at peace.</div>',
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			'description' => 'Jasoda Sainju, CEO of H&B Development Bank, is a person who believes in simple living and high thinking. She describes herself as a simple person leading her life in a simple manner that is limited to her office and her home.',
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			'id' => '2390',
			'article_category_id' => '201',
			'title' => 'Boots Dominate Ladies Footwear Market',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		<strong>--By Rashika Pokharel</strong></div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		Along with woolen and other warm clothes, the chilling temperature has paved the way for the boots to rein the fashion market and presently they are most demanded footwear products in the ladies footwear sections of any store. Besides coming in eye catchy and adorable designs, boots have come in demand for the comfort and warmth they provide. They are the best option when it comes to protect well-cared-for feet from the harsh cold of winter and the dusty Kathmandu roads. There are various designs of boots such as the knee length boots, the ankle boots and the thigh high boots, for the ladies to flaunt.</div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		&ldquo;Boots are the most demanded footwear this season. This winter majority of our customers have been demanding them. The demand is higher compared to the previous year,&rdquo; says Ashok Maharjan, owner of Tick-Tac-Toe at the People&rsquo;s Plaza.Informing that his store deals in varieties of brand, he said that Timberland boots have been the most popular among the store&rsquo;s customer.&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		Every woman has the desire of being fashionable and stylish while being comfortable and warm in winter. A perfect pair of stylish branded boots provides the best of style and warmth. Clothes and make-up say a lot about a woman, and a personality-matching pair of boots can enhance her overall appearance and femininity. So when women have so much to adore their wardrobe, why deprive self from owning a classy pair of trendy boots.&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		Boots represent the vigor and the teen spirit. &ldquo;Boots these days have become fetish among teenage girls. Major of our teenage customers look for boots,&rdquo; opines Kumar Thapa, owner of Shreedhara Collection. Along with that, Thapa said that short boots have thrown long boots out of fashion.&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		With the surge in demand, boots are doing remarkable business in Kathmandu. Considering the limelight these products have received from the customers, every shop has been trying to put up special selection of boots available at a varied range of prices. &ldquo;We offer every type of boots such as casual boots, party boots and fancy boots at a price range between Rs. 2,000 to Rs. 9,000,&rdquo; says Rajeev Verma, Manager at Bentley, Durbarmarg.&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		Boots sold in the capital&rsquo;s shoe market are imported. Most of these boots are imported from countries like Bangkok, Korea and China.As mercury in the capital continues to dive, boot sales have remained pretty good. Tick-Tac-Toe&rsquo;s Maharjan said that at times they receive 50 to 60 boot customers on a single day. And considering the boot craze among the ladies, the boot business promises to remain in business for some time now.</div>
</div>
<p>
	<img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/cf1%20(Copy)(2).jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 244px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" /></p>',
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			'description' => 'Along with woolen and other warm clothes, the chilling temperature has paved the way for the boots to rein the fashion market and presently they are most demanded footwear products in the ladies footwear sections of any store. Besides coming in eye catchy and adorable designs, boots have come in demand for the comfort and warmth they provide. They are the best option when it comes to protect well-cared-for feet from the harsh cold of winter and the dusty Kathmandu roads.',
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			'id' => '2389',
			'article_category_id' => '199',
			'title' => 'Tech Briefs (30 December 2013 - 5 January 2014)',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Microsoft Launches New Safety App for Windows Phone Users</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Technology giant Microsoft launched a new application &#39;Guardian&#39; with safety features, exclusively for Windows Phone users. Guardian enables users to switch on a &#39;track me&#39; feature in the app that lets friends and family track them in real-time using Microsoft Windows Azure cloud services and Bing Map, the company said in a release. Guardian users can call for help through an &#39;SOS&#39; alert button and also connect to security agencies, police and hospitals easily via this app in times of crisis, it added. It took more than six months for a team of Microsoft employees in India to develop the safety app in the Microsoft Garage, the company said. Microsoft Garage is a global employee innovation initiative that gives Microsoft employees an outlet to explore ideas.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>AMD Unveils Graphics Processor for Apple&rsquo;s Mac Pro</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Chipmaker AMD announced a dual AMD FirePro professional graphics solutions (GPUs) to boost the performance levels of the Apple&#39;s Mac Pro workstation. AMD&rsquo;s FirePro D300, D500 and D700 professional GPUs offer exceptional compute power and reliability for creativity and productivity in a wide range of applications, the firm said in a release. These new AMD FirePro GPUs are built on the strength of AMD&rsquo;s award-winning Graphics Core Next GPU design &mdash; an architecture conceived from the ground up to intelligently managing rendering and compute workloads. The dual AMD FirePro GPU options for Mac Pro feature up to 6GB of VRAM and up to 2048 stream processors per GPU, matched with top configurations capable of up to 7 teraflops of computing power.</div>',
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			'description' => 'Technology giant Microsoft launched a new application 'Guardian' with safety features, exclusively for Windows Phone users. Guardian enables users to switch on a 'track me' feature in the app that lets friends and family track them in real-time using Microsoft Windows Azure cloud services and Bing Map, the company said in a release.',
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			'id' => '2388',
			'article_category_id' => '99',
			'title' => 'Khadka Wins Surya Nepal Eastern Open',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Rabi Khadka has won the Surya Nepal Eastern open, the fifth event under the Surya Nepal Golf Tour 2013-14 played at the par-70 Nirvana Country Club Health and Golf Resort in Dharan on Saturday. Khadka carded even-par 70 for a total score of three-over 283, that gave him two-stroke win over Umesh Nagarkoti. Khadka began the day with two-stroke cushion played one-over 36 that included birdies on the second and sixth holes against bogeys on the first, fifth and seventh holes. On the back nine, he shot birdies on the 10th and 16th holes before facing a bogey on the 17th hole. Khadka lifted his eighth major title along with a cheque of Rs 95,000.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Nagarkoti also played a round of 70, while local pro Suman Rai finished third at 287 after he shot two-over 72. Nagarkoti won Rs 60,000 and Rai was awarded Rs 44,000. Nagarkoti took the turn at two-over 37 before carding two-under 33 on the back nine with the help of five birdies, three bogeys and a double bogey. Likewise, Rai shot two birdies against four bogeys.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Mani Rai and Dhana Thapa shared the fourth position at 289 points. Deepak Thapa Magar came sixth with the score of 291, one ahead of Tham Bahadur Rai. Likewise, Ramesh Adhikari and Surya Prasad Sharma shared the eighth position at 293, while Ram Thapa and Sanjay Lama were tied for 10th at 15-over 295. Second-round leader Deo Raj Pakhrin of Dharan slipped to 12th position at 296 after he shot nine-over 79.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;A total of 46 players including 28 pros, six local golfers and 18 amateurs participated in the tournament organised by Nepal PGA under the sponsorship of Surya Nepal Pvt Ltd. Out of the total cash purse of Rs 514,250, all the 22 pros received their share of cash prizes. &nbsp;</div>',
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			'description' => 'Rabi Khadka has won the Surya Nepal Eastern open, the fifth event under the Surya Nepal Golf Tour 2013-14 played at the par-70 Nirvana Country Club Health and Golf Resort in Dharan on Saturday. Khadka carded even-par 70 for a total score of three-over 283, that gave him two-stroke win over Umesh Nagarkoti. Khadka began the day with two-stroke cushion played one-over 36 that included birdies on the second and sixth holes against bogeys on the first, fifth and seventh holes.',
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			'id' => '2380',
			'article_category_id' => '110',
			'title' => 'Top Ten Losers (23 - 29 December 2013)',
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			'content' => '',
			'published' => true,
			'created' => '2013-12-31',
			'modified' => '2014-01-01',
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			'description' => 'Top Ten Losers',
			'sortorder' => '2229',
			'image' => null,
			'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
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		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '2386',
			'article_category_id' => '99',
			'title' => 'Fewer Tourists In November',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<div>
	The figures released by the Immigration Office, Tribhuvan International Airport reveal that visitor arrivals in the month of November 2013 by air, have decreased by 7.01 per cent , compared to the same month last year. A total of 55,245 international visitors arrived in Nepal in the month of November which is less by 4,166 tourists over November 2012. In November 2012, a total of 59,411 tourists visited Nepal by air.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Nepal observed a sustained growth in international tourist arrivals since June 2009 but suffered a decline in the second half of 2013. &nbsp;&ldquo;Experts suggest that&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	the decrease in arrivals in November might be due to the inconsistent air fare to and from Nepal to major gateways and coinciding with the Constituent Assembly election in Nepal on the 19th of November 2013,&rdquo; says a statement from Nepal Tourism Board. &nbsp;&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp; In November 2013, the number of Nepali arrivals from Tribhuwan International Airport declined by 27 per cent compared to the same month last year. A total of 52,970 Nepalis arrived in Nepal in November 2013, whereas this figure was 72,735 in November 2012. &nbsp;It is expected that the forthcoming year in tourism is going to improve as Nepal is heading towards stability.</div>',
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			'description' => 'The figures released by the Immigration Office, Tribhuvan International Airport reveal that visitor arrivals in the month of November 2013 by air, have decreased by 7.01 per cent , compared to the same month last year. A total of 55,245 international visitors arrived in Nepal in the month of November which is less by 4,166 tourists over November 2012. In November 2012, a total of 59,411 tourists visited Nepal by air.',
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			'id' => '2384',
			'article_category_id' => '99',
			'title' => 'Where Will You Go For The New Year Bash?',
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			'content' => '<div>
	<strong>--By TC Correspondent</strong></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:16px;">As New Year is on the brink of arrival, almost all the hotels and restaurants in Kathmandu are organizing grand parties to bid farewell to 2013. Here is a list of few fabulous New Year Eve parties in town where you can eat, drink and be merry while welcoming 2014.&nbsp;</span></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Hotel Annapurna</strong></span></div>
<div>
	<img alt="Hotel Annapurna" src="/userfiles/images/1%20(Copy)(2).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;
width: 200px; height: 140px;" />Hotel Annapurna&rsquo;s New Year Eve Party &lsquo;Infinity Night 2013&rsquo; will be held at Poolside Garden of the Hotel from 7 PM to 1 AM. The Party will have live performances by Nima Rumba and Kshitiza Shakya. There will also be Sufi music and Bollywood dances by a dance troop among other attractions. Unlimited Food serving five International Cuisines and premium drinks from Chivas Regal, Glenlivet, Absolut, Jacob&rsquo;s Creek and Carlsberg are the culinary delights for the evening. Single will have to pay Rs 8,000 and couples Rs 13,500 for the party. At Rs 10,000 plus taxes, the Hotel is providing overnight stay for a couple which includes Champagne Breakfast at The Coffee Shop on 1st January 2014. &nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Hotel Soaltee Crowne Plaza&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	<img alt="Hotel Soaltee Crowne Plaza " src="/userfiles/images/2%20(Copy)(2).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;
width: 200px; height: 130px;" />Soaltee Crowne Plaza is organizing one of the biggest New Year&rsquo;s Eve Party at its Megha Malhar Hall with a musical Broadway titled &lsquo;You are simply the Best&rsquo;. The programme will feature various international music and dance performances, along with DJs and an exquisite cuisine. An eight-member dance troupe&rsquo;s modern contemporary and Bollywood dances are the main attraction of the event. Also, there will be live performances by renowned Nepali band Abhaya &amp; The Steam Injuns, and Torsha Sarkar, famous female play back singer of Bollywood. The programme starts 8 PM onwards, and tickets at priced at Rs 8999 for single and Rs 15999 for a couple. The price includes free flow of drinks, snack and dinner. The Hotel will also be giving away Door Prizes of Intercontinental Hotel Stay Voucher, two way airline tickets to international destination of Qatar Airways, complimentary dinner coupons and stay vouchers at other 5 star hotels in Kathmandu. Alfresco Restaurant at Soaltee is offering a 4-course meal at Rs 2000 plus taxes per person. &nbsp;&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Hotel Radisson</strong></span></div>
<div>
	<img alt="Hotel Radisson" src="/userfiles/images/3%20(Copy)(1).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;
width: 200px; height: 143px;" />Hotel Radisson is organizing various events in its cafes and restaurants on 31st December. &nbsp;Euphoria R-XIV is the name of the happening party at Hotel Nepa-Dhuku hall and Waterfall Garden of the Hotel. The prigramme will have dance and DJ sessions from 7 PM onwards along with a lavish buffet dinner. Guests can enjoy unlimited refill of whiskey, vodka, beer, wine and coke in the party. The Hotel is charging Rs 5555 for single and Rs 9999 for a couple.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Also, there is a Buffet Dinner at The Fun Caf&eacute; at Rs 3000 plus taxes per person. It includes a complimentary drink, and starts from 6:30 pm onwards. A 5-course meal awaits you at the Olive Garden of the Hotel. It will cost you Rs 3500 plus taxes for veg menu and Rs 4000 plus taxes for non-veg menu. Price includes a complementary drink. Finally, The Corner Bar will be rocking with Trance, Techno and House music. A drink is complimentary with entry fee of Rs 999. &nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>The Everest Hotel</strong></span></div>
<div>
	<img alt="The Everest Hotel" src="/userfiles/images/4%20(Copy)(2).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;
width: 200px; height: 146px;" />The Grande Ballroom of the Hotel will be hosting an Eve Party from 8:30 PM to midnight. The programme will have live performances by Sabin Rai and the Electrix Band, dance performances and DJ sessions among other musical events. The tickets are priced at Rs 7,500 per person and Rs 14,000 for a couple. The ticket includes dinner and free flow of Carlsberg, Invenio wines, Red Bull and Pepsi. The Far Pavillion rooftop restaurant of the Hotel is also organizing an Eve Party with live ghazals, muzra and a lavish buffet dinner at Rs 2,200 per person. &nbsp;&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Hotel Shangri-La</strong></span></div>
<div>
	<img alt="Hotel Shangri-La" src="/userfiles/images/5%20(Copy)(2).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;
width: 200px; height: 148px;" />Hotel Shangri-La&rsquo;s Eve Party will have live performance by Mukti and Revival as its main attraction. There will also be DJ sessions and other musical programmes. Valet Parking is available for the event, and taxi service is also offered at fixed price. Moreover, there will be a gala dinner and door prizes as well. Shambhala Garden Cafe of the Hotel will host New Year&rsquo;s Day Bubbly Brunch at Rs 1499 plus taxes per person on 1st January 2014.</div>',
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			'description' => 'Had a little too much fun last night? A few tablespoons of honey, which is packed with fructose, will help speed up your body’s metabolism of alcohol.',
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			'id' => '2382',
			'article_category_id' => '153',
			'title' => 'Bee-Keeping: A Source Of Employment Generation',
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			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>--By Suraksha Adhikari&nbsp;</strong></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The value and importance of bees and honey have increased these days and beekeeping has became an entrepreneurial enterprise that has drawn many farmers towards it. Demand for honey has been increasing in Nepal and corresponding to it, its production is also rapidly increasing. Commercial beekeeping is becoming a reliable source of income-generation for some Nepali farmers.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&ldquo;In the beginning of this business, one can earn Rs 5,000 per year. This income goes on increasing in the later years,&rdquo; said Raju Khatiwada, Proprieter of Namaste Mount Everest Honey Pvt Ltd. &nbsp;Khatiwada has been earning Rs 800,000 annually from 200 beehives. &ldquo;Initial cost of a hive is Rs 5,000 to 6,000. People may think this as low income, but as years pass by, the profit keeps increasing,&rdquo; Khatiwada added. Apart from buying beehives, which is a capital expenditure, other running expenditures are nominal and in the second year of the business, Khatiwada said that a profit of around Rs 15,000 could be gained.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	However, for commercial beekeeping, an entrepreneur needs to make initial investment of around Rs 400,000, according to Ganesh Basnet, President of Center of Nepal Bee-Keeping Cooperatives Association said. He explained, &ldquo;Commercial beekeeping should be started with at least 40 &ndash; 50 hives, as beehives have to be taken to different places for grazing and transportation expenses are the same whether you have 20 hives or 30 or 50.&rdquo; &rdquo;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Profit Generation</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Beekeeping business promises double profit to its entrepreneur within two years of starting the business. Nepal has favourable climate for bee keeping from Hilly to Terai region. Lately, commercial bee keeping is being done in the districts like Chitwan, Nawalparasi, Kaski, Palpa, Parbat, Kailali, Jumla, Sarlahi, Makwanpur, Jhapa, Sunsari, Morang, Surkhet, Kavre, Dang and Pyuthan. Bees are an important part of pollination. While they collect honey, they also play this important role of a pollinator that helps in the reproduction of plants and ultimately in maintaining ecological balance.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Estimates claim that Nepal has around 140,000 to 160,000 hives. Among them around 35,000 hives are Melifera and rest belong to the Serena species, according to Dharma Raj Shrestha, President of Center for Bee Keeping Association Nepal. Entrepreneurs claim that comparatively, Melifera breed is capable of producing more amount of honey in short span of time. Other honeybee species found in Nepal are Himalayan bee, Kathyauri and Ghar Mauri.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Demand Exceeding Production</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Honey entrepreneurs in Nepal have not been able to cater to the increasing demand of honey. Shrestha said Nepali market&rsquo;s annual demand for honey is around four million kg. But government statistics show that only 1.6 million kg of honey is being produced annually in Nepal. Cooperatives have been playing crucial role in the development of the honey industry. &ldquo;Around Rs 1.4 billion has already been invested in the bee keeping business conducted under cooperatives,&rdquo; Basnet said.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The commercial bee keeping in Nepal started from 2051 B.S. with the initiation of late King Birendra following his visit to Europe. According to &nbsp;Basnet among total honey produced in Nepal almost half amount is contributed by cooperatives.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&ldquo;Demand for honey from educated families who understand the importance of honey is increasing,&rdquo; Basnet said adding that demand for honey from companies producing Ayurvedic medicines has also been increasing.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Lack of Laboratory&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Nepal is rich in biodiversity, our bees feed on the nectar of flowers and fruits that are not available in many parts of the world but producers are finding it remarkably difficult to meet international standards. There is lack of proper laboratory for the verification of the quality of produced honey. Department of Food Technology and Quality Control (DFTQC) has been testing the quality of honey but honey verified by this department can&rsquo;t be exported in international market as its certificate is still not accepted by many importing countries, said the entrepreneurs.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	They said, &ldquo;The honey produced in Nepalis organic and its demand can highly increase in Nepal if the verification problem is sorted out.&rdquo; Shrestha said, &ldquo;Nepal government is not showing concern for promoting this business.&rdquo; He complains that various government institutions have been approving the distribution of honey without proper investigating its quality and adds that reasons like this have been rendering beekeeping business unsustainable.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Problems and Challenges</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Honey producers have realized that they have the potential of creating lucrative niche markets overseas through branding Nepali honey as &lsquo;organic honey&rsquo;, &lsquo;Himalayan honey&rsquo; and &lsquo;honey from the highlands&rsquo; but have been hindered in doing so due to existing set backs in the sector. Entrepreneurs claim beekeeping is yet to establish itself a commercial profession. Lack of proper technical knowledge in prospective beekeepers is another factor that has hindered the business from flourishing in Nepal. Inability to develop new species of honeybees and lack of a government regulatory body in the form of Honey Development Board, has been hindering the sector from flourishing. Presently the sector has been coordinated by cooperatives and establishment of a regulatory body is thought to be a crucial factor for giving it headway.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&ldquo;Though the government has introduced the &nbsp;policy of &lsquo;Bee-keeping for Livelihood&rsquo;, it is not enough for the commercial expansion of this business,&rdquo; Shrestha said.&ldquo;Commercial beekeeping can be conceptualized as prosperous business sector for the promotion and development of this sector,&rdquo; he added. He claimed that lack of proper policy facilitating commercial beekeeping has hindered honey exports to potential international market.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
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	<img alt="BeeKeeping" src="/userfiles/images/fck1%20(Copy).jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 361px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" /></div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Steps to be taken</strong></span></div>
<div>
	The most important initiative to establish the honey industry is to make beekeeping entrepreneurial. Though production capacity is steadily growing, there is a need for establishing a consulting mechanism and to prepare an action that would ensure that prospective beekeepers can easily access latest technology and resources for expanding their business.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Providing training on beekeeping and production of hives, tools and providing consultation services on the safety of bees, honey production, storage, processing would attract youths for getting involved in this sector and get self-employed.</div>',
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			'description' => 'The value and importance of bees and honey have increased these days and beekeeping has became an entrepreneurial enterprise that has drawn many farmers towards it. Demand for honey has been increasing in Nepal and corresponding to it, its production is also rapidly increasing. Commercial beekeeping is becoming a reliable source of income-generation for some Nepali farmers.',
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	<strong style="font-size: 16px;">Health</strong></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong><img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/fc1%20(Copy)(3).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;
width: 250px; height: 161px;" />1. Relieve Hangovers</strong></span></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;Had a little too much fun last night? A few tablespoons of honey, which is packed with fructose, will help speed up your body&rsquo;s metabolism of alcohol.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>2. Heal Wounds, Cuts, Scrapes &amp; Burns&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Don&rsquo;t reach for the Neosporin the next time you cut or burn yourself &mdash; simply apply honey to the affected area. Honey works as a natural antiseptic.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>3. Soothe Sore Throats and Coughs&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Combine honey with the juice of one lemon and drink. It works like a wonder!</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>4. Remove Parasites&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Hopefully you&rsquo;ll never have to use this trick, but if you do, combine equal parts honey, vinegar and water and drink. The combination of these three ingredients is the perfect parasite killer.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Beauty</strong></span></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong><img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/fc2%20(Copy).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;
width: 250px; height: 198px;" />5. Moisturize Dry Skin&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Honey is a fantastic moisturizer, especially on dry patches, like your elbows or hands &mdash; even your lips! Rub onto your dry, patchy skin and let it sit for about 30 minutes before washing off. Honey also makes a great lip balm!</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>6. Condition Damaged Hair</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Honey is a great natural conditioner. You can simply add a teaspoon of the stuff to your regular shampoo to smooth your damaged locks. You can also combine it with olive oil for a deeper conditioning. Let it soak for 20 minutes with your hair wrapped in a towel before shampooing as usual.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>7. Have an Amazing Bath</strong></span></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;Relax your body and soak your skin in a soothing bath. Add 2 tablespoons of honey to 1 cup of hot water and let it dissolve for about 10 minutes. Add 2 or 3 drops of lavender essential oil and add it to your bath.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>8. Remove Acne</strong></span></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;Stubborn acne can really go away from a small daily dab of honey. Place a band-aid over the pimple, and take it off 30 minutes later.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>9. Give Yourself a Facial</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Combine 2 teaspoons of milk with 2 tablespoons of honey. Cover your face with the mixture and let it sit for 10 minutes before washing off.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Food</strong></span></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong><img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/fc3%20(Copy).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;
width: 250px; height: 168px;" />10. Boost Your Energy</strong></span></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;Quit turning to coffee for your daily energy boost! Replace your cup of Joe with a cup of tea. Mix in a tablespoon or so of honey.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>11. Substitute Honey for Sugar in Baking&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	For every cup of sugar a recipe calls for, replace it with 3/4 cup of honey. For best results, add 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda and reduce another liquid in your recipe by 1/4 cup. Also, reduce the oven temperature by 25 degrees.</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
	<em>Source: www.care2.com</em></div>',
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>National Insurance to Complete Four Decades in Nepal</strong></span></div>
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	National Insurance Company is completing four decades of its operations in Nepal on 1st January 2014. The company will be having a month long nationwide celebration in the month of January. The celebrations will start with cake cutting celebrations in head office in Kathmandu and also in all branch offices in Nepal. The company will be distributing blankets, torches and sports item to various institutions including deaf and dumb children as a part of its CSR activities. It will also conduct one day exclusive session for its women employees which will cover areas of health, stress and communication skills among others. &nbsp;On 5th January, the company is organizing a free health check up and blood donation camp. &nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>NIBL&rsquo;s 27th AGM Held</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Nepal Investment Bank Limited (NIBL)&rsquo;s 27th Annual General Meeting was held on 26th December. The Net Profit of the Bank has grown by 84.3 per cent to reach Rs 1.91 billion against previous year&rsquo;s figure of Rs 1.03 billion. The AGM has decided to distribute 25 per cent cash dividend and 10 per cent stock dividend to the existing shareholders. &nbsp;The Bank has increased its deposits by 9.5 per cent, reaching Rs 62.42 billion against last year&rsquo;s Rs 57.01 billion. Similarly, total lending of the bank also grew by 11.2 per cent reaching Rs 47.70 billion.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Nabil Invest Relocates Offices</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Nabil Investment Banking Ltd (Nabil Invest), a Subsidiary Company of Nabil Bank Ltd and a Securities Businessperson (Merchant Banker) has shifted its Chabahil and Anamnagar Offices to Central Plaza at Narayanchaur, Naxal. The new office will provide services like issue management, underwriting, registrar to shares, trusteeship services, depository participant in a central depository service (CDS), portfolio management services (PMS), fund management and depository of Nabil Mutual Fund and corporate advisory services. On this occasion, Nabil Invest is providing 50 per cent discount on the annual management fee on limited PMS products.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Mega Bank Supports Aama Ghar</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Mega bank has provided Rs 700,000 to Aama Ghar, a philanthropic initiative undertaken by social worker Dil Shova Shrestha. On a programme held on 23rd December, CEO of Mega Bank Anil Keshary Shah handed over the cheque to Shrestha. Shah said that he felt delighted in supporting philanthropic initiatives like &lsquo;Aama Ghar&rsquo;. He also encouraged the private sector to take initiative in supporting the deprived and destitute people.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Sanima&rsquo;s Conducts Blood Donation&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Sanima Bank conducted a blood donation program at its head office in Naxal on the occasion of its 10th year of operation. Under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), the Bank has conducted various activities to mark its 10 years of operation. In the current fiscal year, the Bank has approved Rs 6.3 million for CSR activities. The approved amount is 2.07 per cent of net profit of last fiscal year.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Siddhartha Bank&rsquo;s Blood Donation Program</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Siddhartha Bank&rsquo;s Birgunj Branch organized a blood donation program on 25th December On the occasion of the Bank&rsquo;s 11th Anniversary. 160 donors participated in the program organized at the branch premises.</div>',
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