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Niketan College organised a day long workshop on ‘Emerging Issues of Management in the Country’ on Saturday, September 28. The programme was organized by BBA 4th semester students with the aim to enhance managerial skills of different Nepali organizations. Students from five colleges, including two groups from V.S. Niketan, made presentations on different issues. V.S. Niketan BBA 8th semester students presented on ‘Crisis Management’ while BBA 4th semester students presented on ‘Banking Mergers: A Perspective in the Context of Nepal’. Similarly, KFA College, Kathford International College, Kathmandu College of Management and Quest College also made presentations on the issues such as ‘Conflict in Business Sectors: Cause and Remedies in the Nepali Context’, ‘Brain Drain in the Country’, ‘Brain Drain: Looking Constructively’ and ‘Conflict Management’, respectively. “BBA students should be job creators rather than job holders,” said Chief Guest Economist Dr Chiranjibi Nepal in the programme.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>HSEB Publishes XII Management and Humanities Results</strong></span></div> <div> The Higher Secondary Education (HSEB) Board published the results of Grade XII of Management and Humanities faculties on Wednesday, 25th September.</div> <div> </div> <div> The pass percentage of regular students is 38.63 this year. Eighty thousand six hundred and twenty out of 208,701 students in the regular category passed the exam held in April-May this year. Results of five students were withheld while 171 were expelled during exams. Similarly, 137,412 students appeared in the exempted category out of which 42,538 examinees succeeded. The results of 11 others were withheld. Similarly, HSEB published a notice regarding the grade 12 chance examination which is to be held on 26 Oct, 2013.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Tribhuvan University CMAT Out</strong></span></div> <div> The Tribhuvan University (TU) Department of Management, Examination Controller Division, Kirtipur has published results of CMAT examination on 24th September, which was held on 5 Asoj 2070 BS. Students interested in admission in BBA/BIM and BHM/BTTM programmes at Tribhuvan University constituent or affiliated colleges must pass the CMAT exam. Likewise, TU has announced admission notices for BBA, BHM, BIM and BTTM programmes. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>TU Publishes MA 2nd Year Economics Results</strong></span></div> <div> The TU Office of the Controller of Examinations has announced the results of Master of Arts (MA) Second Year examinations in Economics on Thursday 26th September. The exam was held earlier this year under the Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences. The results can be accessed at www.tu.ntc.net.np .</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>100 per cent Literate District to be Announced</strong></span></div> <div> Preparations are on to announce a fully literate district within this fiscal year. Though the announcement was scheduled for the year 2015 according to government policy, the title is being announced ahead of the year. Campaigns were started after Fulbari VDC was announced as the 1st literate district in 2068. Last year, 5 VDCs and 2 Wards (7 and 12) of Bharatpur Municipality of Chitwan district were announced as fully literate. </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '0000-00-00', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'V.S. Niketan College organised a day long workshop on ‘Emerging Issues of Management in the Country’ on Saturday, September 28. The programme was organized by BBA 4th semester students with the aim to enhance managerial skills of different Nepali organizations.', 'sortorder' => '1754', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1892', 'article_category_id' => '151', 'title' => '‘We Are Trying To Make Our Regional Offices More Effective’', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><img alt="Prof KR Bastola" src="/userfiles/images/%3Blkf%3Bdk.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 250px; height: 167px;" />With delay in publishing the results of undergraduate exams by the Tribhuvan University (TU), students have been facing problems as it takes more than four years to complete a three years’ bachelor degree. Prof Keshav Raj Bastola is the Controller of Examination at Tribhuvan University. In a short interview with The Corporate, he shares some major causes behind the delay in publishing results. <strong>Excerpts: </strong></span></div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>When will TU publish the result of bachelor third year students this year?</strong></span></div> <div> We have been preparing to publish the results within this month. Our attempt will be on publishing the result of all departments. It may take some more weeks to publish the results as it involves a large numbers of students.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>What are the major problems in publishing and conducting exams in time?</strong></span></div> <div> The past exam was finished in March. Lack of manpower and infrastructure at the district level has created problems. It is necessary to publish the results as we have to conduct exams in the coming month as well. We are trying to make our regional offices more effective. We have been preparing to arrange for answer sheets at the regional level which could help publish the results on time.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>How can you assure students that the results will be published on time?</strong></span></div> <div> Weaknesses of the previous management team are yet to be resolved and it will take time to do so. We have been appointing officers at the regional level as well. Lack of manpower has hampered work largely, causing us to miss deadlines. We are aware that the delay in results has had a negative impact among students. The large numbers of students in departments like education and arts make it difficult to publish results soon.</div> <div> </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '0000-00-00', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'With delay in publishing the results of undergraduate exams by the Tribhuvan University (TU), students have been facing problems as it takes more than four years to complete a three years’ bachelor degree. Prof Keshav Raj Bastola is the Controller of Examination at Tribhuvan University. In a short interview with The Corporate, he shares some major causes behind the delay in publishing results. Excerpts:', 'sortorder' => '1753', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1891', 'article_category_id' => '156', 'title' => 'What To Do When Co-Workers Won’t Leave You Alone', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Sue Shellenbarger</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Interruptions at the office are more than an annoyance. Research shows they fuel a sense of overload and add to stress, physical ailments and anxiety, as reported in today’s “Work & Family” column.</div> <div> </div> <div> Most people try on their own to solve the problem, fleeing to a conference room or working from home when they need to concentrate. But tackling the problem as a team works better, according to employers and consultants.The best solutions require agreeing with co-workers that interruptions are a problem and figuring out better ways to communicate.</div> <div> </div> <div> Some work teams adopt a shared signal that an employee is in deep-think and shouldn’t be interrupted except for a crisis. About 30 employees at a Colorado-based beverage company strung fishing line across their cubicle doors, then hung bright-colored swimsuit cover-ups over the line to use as curtains when they wanted to concentrate, says Laura Stack, a productivity trainer, author and speaker. When the curtains were drawn, co-workers stayed away except for top-priority issues. Employees at a construction company donned orange armbands as a no-interruption signal, she says.</div> <div> </div> <div> To make team solutions work, Stack trains employees to prioritize their needs, similar to the way a triage nurse sorts patients into groups based on the urgency of their condition. “Priority One” issues are crises or emergencies that must be handled immediately; “Priority Two” issues might soon become a crisis, and so on. “Priority Four” is reserved for “occupational hobbies — anything we are doing to avoid doing a Priority One or Priority Two task,” Stack says; Priority Fours could be taken off your to-do list forever without harm. If co-workers agree up-front on what kinds of issues demand immediate attention, most can cut interruptions significantly, she says.</div> <div> </div> <div> Other work teams have to learn to say no, says Maura Thomas, a speaker and trainer on productivity and attention. “People ask, ‘How do I get the message across that I don’t want to be interrupted? I try to keep typing when people are talking to me, but they just keep talking. Or I try to ignore them when they yell over the cubicle, but they just keep yelling. So I just give in to them.’ [These people] are using every technique except their words,” Thomas says. She coaches employees on polite deferrals, saying, “I’m sorry, I really can’t talk now. Could we meet later?” When all members of a work group hear the same message, they’re more likely to take such rejections in stride, she says.</div> <div> </div> <div> Thomas also has co-workers set regular limits on their availability. Rather than setting an “open-door policy” that implies 24/7 access, she suggests managers limit open-door time to a few hours a day. Other teams set daily quiet hours for everyone. (http://blogs.wsj.com/atwork)</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '2013-10-07', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Interruptions at the office are more than an annoyance. Research shows they fuel a sense of overload and add to stress, physical ailments and anxiety, as reported in today’s “Work & Family” column.', 'sortorder' => '1752', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1890', 'article_category_id' => '151', 'title' => 'Learning At NTHMC', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--TC Correspondent</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Established in 1999 in Pokhara, Nepal Tourism and Hotel Management College (NTHMC), is the first colleges to offer Bachelor of Hotel Management (BHM) and Bachelor of Travel and Tourism Management (BTTM) programmes in Nepal. The college is affiliated to Pokhara University. According to Ashok Palikhe, Chairman of the college, students from NTHMC have been employed in foreign countries such as USA, Netherlands, France, Singapore, among other countries. “The students are earning Rs 200,000 per month,” he claims and says that the college has availed the BHM degree in Nepal as students otherwise had to go abroad to get the degree. The college has been focusing on imparting quality education rather than a profit-oriented one, according to Palikhe. “We have been working on developing Pokhara as the tourism, education and health capital of Nepal.”</div> <div> </div> <div> The college-owned building covers 13,000 square feet of area in its campus that sprawls across 22 ropanis of land. The college boasts state-of-the-art equipment and lab facilities. The company has a general body of 140 personnel, most of them scions of top leading business houses of Pokhara such as the Laxmi House, Gosheli house, Gandaki noodles, Pokharahomes, and Machapucchre bank. The college is also equipped with modern infrastructure such as 4 training labs, 1 seminar hall, computer labs and basketball court. The college also takes its students to countries like India, Malaysia and Dubai for educational excursions that help them acquire practical knowledge. </div> <div> </div> <div> “We have been attempting to deliver an education that focuses on the knowledge, skills and attributes required to build high competency among students,” says Palikhe. Experts from various countries like the USA, Switzerland and Netherlands provide training to students time and again. The college also offers scholarships to 2 students from the Higher Secondary Education Board (HSEB) and 4 students from Pokhara University. “We also provide full scholarships to students scoring high marks each semester,” says Ramkailsh Bichha, Principal of NTHMC.</div> <div> </div> <div> <img alt="Nepal Tourism and Hotel management College" src="/userfiles/images/trd.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 410px; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 15px;" /></div> <div> </div> <div> The college offers 10+2 education in Hotel Management as well as 4 years Bachelor Degree in Hotel Management courses whereas the city campus (Business Management Center) offers BBA and BBA-BI (Banking & Insurance) courses. The teaching and learning of BBA and BBA-BI are focused on the theory and practice of Business Management that enhance students’ ability to compete in the job market as managers.</div> <div> </div> <div> “Attraction of students toward hotel management and tourism have been increasing recently as hundreds of students get enrolled in the BHM course,” says Palikhe.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '2013-10-07', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'The first private college to offer courses in hotel management in Nepal is a well equipped institution today', 'sortorder' => '1751', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1889', 'article_category_id' => '105', 'title' => 'For The People', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> On September 27, the World Tourism Day, a group of VIP tourists were taken on a tour in a coach to show different important cultural and heritage sites of Kathmandu, Patan and Bhaktapur. Nepal’s tourism minister was also in the team.</div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>The tourists ask the Tourism Minister: </strong>“Who are these people with curio items in their hands, some pushing bicycles, and some pushing the carts? And where are they from?</div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Minister:</strong> “They are the common people of Nepal, the real rulers of this country”.</div> <div> </div> <div> After a while came a fleet of flag-bearing Mercedes escorted by Traffic chiefs on white painted motorbikes followed by Pajeros full of armed policemen. The tourist coach was stopped for a while to let the caravan to pass.</div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Tourists:</strong> “And who are these”?</div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Minister:</strong> “Well, these are us, the servants of the people.” <strong> -ML</strong></div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '0000-00-00', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'On September 27, the World Tourism Day, a group of VIP tourists were taken on a tour in a coach to show different important cultural and heritage sites of Kathmandu, Patan and Bhaktapur. Nepal’s tourism minister was also in the team.', 'sortorder' => '1750', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1888', 'article_category_id' => '160', 'title' => 'Corptoon Vol3 Issue33', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '0000-00-00', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Corptoon', 'sortorder' => '1749', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1887', 'article_category_id' => '146', 'title' => 'Visual Edit Vol3 Issue33', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '0000-00-00', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Visual Edit', 'sortorder' => '1748', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1886', 'article_category_id' => '144', 'title' => 'Businessmen In Politics: A Good Mix?', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> Are management principles that ensure success in business useful in politics? Can a successful businessman prove his worth in politics? Not always. The chances of failure always loom for the shapeshifter. </div> <div> </div> <div> These questions will be raised during the second Constituent Assembly (CA) election in Nepal where many businessmen have expressed their interest to contest from different political parties. Further, some businessmen and organizations have already been in controversies due to their alleged involvement to lobby for particular candidates in the CA election.</div> <div> </div> <div> Generally, the issues among the business community should be common: environment for honest and genuine business, provision of a level playing field and assurance of private property, along with others.</div> <div> </div> <div> But in our context, it does not seem that businessmen want to enter politics to foster an environment conducive for business.</div> <div> </div> <div> There is a saying: honesty is the best policy. Businessmen should be honest. The current horserace to get tickets to contest in the CA election or to be listed in the propotional representation list does not show the honesty of businessmen.</div> <div> </div> <div> Businessmen should dare to forge their own political parties if they want to be involved in politics or should announce openly that they will leave business to enter politics. The example of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra can be appropriate here.</div> <div> </div> <div> The greed of businessmen to get tickets to contest in the CA election or to be listed in the propotional representation list has tarnished the reputation of the business community. On the one hand, many accuse businessmen of bribing politicians to secure tickets. On the other, their open affiliation to political parties raises the question of misuse of power and power influence of power in their business activities.</div> <div> </div> <div> Preferably, businessmen should not enter politics when the stand of the business community is divided on major economic issues. How can a businessperson take an independent stand after his/her affiliation to a particular political party? These are some issues that need to be clarified by those willing to contest in the election.</div> <div> </div> <div> If businessmen want to be engaged in philanthropy, there are numerous ways to do so. Blatant use of money to get a ticket in the election and to be a member of the CA or parliament will do nothing more than tarnish the image of the private sector and pull the entire business community into controversy.</div> <div> </div> <div> In the end, businessmen should be clear that you can’t win elections with money alone. If that were true, all the big industrialists throughout the world would have been ruling their countries already.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '0000-00-00', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Are management principles that ensure success in business useful in politics? Can a successful businessman prove his worth in politics? Not always. The chances of failure always loom for the shapeshifter.', 'sortorder' => '1747', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1885', 'article_category_id' => '145', 'title' => 'Pokhara, Tourism & Sustainability Issues', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <strong>--By Ramji Sharma</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Tourism, a 21st century industry, acts as an agent to induce change in socio-cultural values and norms of a society. Social and cross-cultural contacts, encounters and interactions are inherent aspects of tourism and its impact and implication numerous and varied. The United Nations Environmental Programme says that the implications of tourism are ambiguous, for the same activities are seen as beneficial by some and perceived negatively by others - especially with regard to disagreements between business interests and environmental consciousness. ‘Sustainability’, thus, has become a buzzword in tourism academia now. </div> <div> </div> <div> To analyze the impact and implication of tourism in Pokhara, a model called ‘FIDELL TALCADS’ (acronym of thirteen selected variables) was devised and tested here. The variables were: </div> <div> Family structure / Social composition, Indigenous profession, Dining patterns, Emotion, Attitude and Behaviour, Lifestyle and Fashion, Labour division, Traditions, values and norms, Arts, crafts, curios and music, Language, Crime, Alcoholism / Smoking, Drug abuse, Sex</div> <div> </div> <div> The research shows that the effects of tourism can be measured in various social aspects.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Dining patterns</strong></span></div> <div> Food, it is believed, is the most important cultural expression that can sometimes be the reason of travel for some people. Ethnographically, Nepal is one of the richest countries in the world with 125 ethnic groups and 123 spoken languages. Different communities have different types of food to begin the day with. A most popular ritual which has now become a habit for many Nepali people is to wake up with a cup of tea. However, this common habit was only found in 25.86 per cent of the respondents at Lakeside, Pokhara. The percentage of respondents that articulated their preference for light break-fast in the morning with a cup of tea or coffee, on the other hand, was 74.14 per cent, and none of the breakfast choices included an item from the traditional Nepali cuisine. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Emotion, Attitude and Behaviuor</strong></span></div> <div> Tourism creates wide socio-cultural implications as tourists bring their distinct cultural baggage when they visit different places. The most striking feature of tourism is interaction and intermingling between hosts and guests that slowly penetrate and infuse a large number of small effects which individually appear insignificant but together make an impact.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Lifestyle and Fashion </strong></span></div> <div> Akin to the cultural variation in hospitality, tourism has multifarious implications on various aspects of human life. However, the intensity and mode may vary depending on the frequency of interaction, cultural distance and age groups that come into contact with tourists of different cultural values and lifestyle. Of them, the younger generation seems to be highly influenced by tourism. Most youngsters feel modern when they copy, follow or imitate the styles of tourists (mostly western) which is also called ‘the demonstration effect’ in tourism. The popularity of the multicolored shaggy hair, hair raise, hip-hop outfits, bra-less transparent tops, colour tattoos, piercing in various parts of the body are some of the noticeable demonstration effects in these communities. </div> <div> </div> <div> There is a significant influence of tourists on the lives of the waifs and stray children of the streets. Destitute children stroll around until they find kind tourists after which they swarm around the tourists begging for money, chocolate or sometimes ask them to take them to restaurants for dining. The children (and sometime seniors too) often dress in tattered clothes and prey upon the sympathies of the tourist who give them something and eventually turn them into professional beggars. Begging has become the best modus operandi for street children for easy living in spite of clearly written instructions given to visitors to not to give anything. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Traditions, Values and Norms</strong></span></div> <div> Each unit of society has a set of traditions, value systems, beliefs, ideas, attitudes, perceptions and habits. The growth of tourism may produce both problems and opportunities at a vast scale for societies and its main impact might be on the economy, culture and environment. </div> <div> </div> <div> Grand celebrations targeting the English New Year and Christmas is probably the best street carnival in Pokhara, indicating western influence. A perceptible void of festivity during the Nepali New Year and Dashain-Tihar signifies the westernization of tourism in Phewa Lake catchments. Regardless of this, respondents added that tourism has inculcated a broader outlook through knowledge and awareness that are not only desirable but also necessary to improve the quality of life of people in particular, and the society in general. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Art, Craft Curios and Music</strong></span></div> <div> Some artistic creations and expressions like painting, music, dance, architecture and other areas in the arts hold appeal for tourists. </div> <div> </div> <div> Tourism has a very supportive role in promoting ethnic and indigenous music, dance and songs in Pokhara. Respondents have noticed a sizable increase in Rodhi culture, Dohari, Ghantu, Sorathi, Chhyandu and Jhyaure in the Lakeside area due to tourism.</div> <div> </div> <div> Nature-based tourism in the spectacular milieu of our cultural mosaic is the core competence of the Nepali tourism industry. But nature and culture both are vulnerable and cannot remain in isolation from tourism. The example of Pokhara’s westernization shows that tourist cultures always dominate the host culture and in many cases, hosts are the losers despite the financial leverage they get. Coming close to Social Darwinists and Neo-Marxists, analysis has proved that tourism is a strong agent of socio-cultural diffusion, infusion, acculturation and assimilation with an anthology of a complex synthesis of various interconnected socio-cultural, environmental and economic influences, though although it primarily turns up as an economic enterprise. </div> <div> </div> <div> Further, socio-cultural influences and implications are not as apparent as economic impacts are. Such impacts are indirect, qualitative and hard to identify. They depend on value orientation and are also ambiguous. Thus, we can conclude that the impact and implications of tourism on the host society are latent, slow, but penetrating and lasting; and the impact individually appears to be insignificant, but together they vibrate and weaken the socio-cultural system. </div> <div> </div> <div> It is revealed that tourism, in many cases, appears as an exploitative envoy rather than an economic panacea till the destination remains a ‘pleasure periphery’ of the developed world and the traveler becomes a tourist, not a social activist. Therefore, the paradise valley of Pokhara has to focus on value tourists and not on volume of tourists to retain its charm and authenticity. A proposition which might be appropriate for tourism development in a developing destination like Pokhara is ‘Community Based Responsible Tourism’ (CBRT) which emphasizes on having a balance between tourism growth, ecological conservation, economic prosperity, socio-cultural authenticity and sustainability. </div> <div> </div> <div> (The writer is a PhD research fellow in Tourism at TU / Principal at Mount Annapurna Higher Sec School, Pokhara. He can be contacted at: ramjisharma@gmail.com)</div> <div> </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '0000-00-00', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Tourism, a 21st century industry, acts as an agent to induce change in socio-cultural values and norms of a society. Social and cross-cultural contacts, encounters and interactions are inherent aspects of tourism and its impact and implication numerous and varied. The United Nations Environmental Programme says that the implications of tourism are ambiguous, for the same activities are seen as beneficial by some and perceived negatively by others - especially with regard to disagreements between business interests and environmental consciousness. ‘Sustainability’, thus, has become a buzzword in tourism academia now.', 'sortorder' => '1746', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1884', 'article_category_id' => '34', 'title' => 'Nepal Political Economy News In Brief (30 - 3 October 2013)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Khadka Nominated NC Joint General Secretary</strong></span></div> <div> Nepali Congress (NC) Central Working Committee (CWC) has appointed Purna Bahadur Khadka as its joint general secretary. The meeting of the CWC held last Monday (September 23) nominated Khadka from the senior leader Sher Bahadur Deuba faction. The post was lying vacant since the party’s general convention in 2010 due to the intra feuds between the party president Sushil Koirala and the Deuba faction. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Envoy Sharma Recalled</strong></span></div> <div> <img alt="Sharma" src="/userfiles/images/shrma.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 105px;" />The government has recalled Nepal’s ambassador to Qatar, Maya Kumari Sharma, following a controversy over her remarks calling Qatar an “open jail”. The meeting of Council of Ministers held last Thursday made such a decision after Sharma reportedly refused to resign from the post. Maya Kumari Sharma had made the remarks in an interview with the BBC Nepali service six months ago. Following the controversies, Ambassador of Qatar to Nepal Ahmed Jasem Al-Hamar had also taken the issue with Foreign Minister Madhav Prasad Ghimire.</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Bodde Calls on Regmi</strong></span></div> <div> <img alt="Bodde" src="/userfiles/images/bodde.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 90px; height: 113px;" />American Ambassador to Nepal Peter W. Bodde met Chairman of the Council of Ministers Khil Raj Regmi last Wednesday, a day prior to Regmi’s visit to the US for taking part in the 68th General Assembly of the United Nations. During the meeting the duo discussed the latest political developments, preparation of the Constituent Assembly Election and the ongoing 68th General Assembly of the United Nations in New York, among others.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Parties Busy Selecting Poll Sandidates</strong></span></div> <div> As the election of the Constituent Assembly scheduled for November 19 approaches nearer, the major political parties are busy in the process of picking up candidates for the polls. The Election Commission has allocated the deadline for filing the nomination of candidates under first-past-the-post system for October 3 and proportional system for September 30. The major parties including UCPN (Maoist), Nepali Congress (NC) and CPN (UML) have intensified the process to select the candidates keeping in view the deadline of the EC. According to the Central Working Committee Member of the NC, Minendra Rijal, the recently formed Parliamentary Board of his party is holding meetings regularly to finalise the candidate list for the CA polls. Likewise, the UCPN (Maoist) and CPN (UML) are likely to finalise their candidates within a few days and make it public.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Army Mobilisation Decision Flayed</strong></span></div> <div> CPN-Maoist-led 33-party alliance has criticised the government’s decision to mobilise the Nepal Army for security in order to maintain security during the near-coming CA elections. CPN-Maoist secretary Dev Gurung argued that it was against democratic norms to mobilise the army for security during the polls. The alliance has claimed that the mobilization of the army would further invite confrontation. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Paswan Back to UCPN (Maoist)</strong></span></div> <div> CPN-Maoist central committee member Mahendra Paswan rejoined the UCPN (Maoist) last Wednesday deserting the CPN-Maoist party. Paswan along with other CPN-Maoist leaders, Dhiraj Patel and Hari Gyanwali, also joined the UCPN (Maoist) party. The three left the UCPN (Maoist) breakaway faction CPN-Maoist last Tuesday. Though they had announced the formation of CPN-Maoist (Revolutionary) party, their return to the UCPN (Maoist) has been seen as an attempt to ensure tickets for the upcoming CA polls.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '2013-09-30', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Nepali Congress (NC) Central Working Committee (CWC) has appointed Purna Bahadur Khadka as its joint general secretary. The meeting of the CWC held last Monday (September 23) nominated Khadka from the senior leader Sher Bahadur Deuba faction. The post was lying vacant since the party’s general convention in 2010 due to the intra feuds between the party president Sushil Koirala and the Deuba faction.', 'sortorder' => '1745', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1883', 'article_category_id' => '196', 'title' => 'Weekly Round-Up (23 - 29 September 2013)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<ul> <li> The Nepal Rastra Bank issued a reverse repo last Wednesday for the fourth time worth Rs 10 billion, within a period of three weeks. Banking and financial institutions (BFIs) have bid for securities worth Rs 21.85 billion for the fourth round of reverse repo held by the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) last Wednesday. According to the NRB, it has received sealed quotations from 21 BFIs amounting to Rs 21.85 billion for the reverse repo issued by NRB worth Rs 10 billion. The over-subscription indicates that BFIs are sitting on a chunk of cash posing a high risk of liquidity-induced inflation rise during the festive seasons. The tightening credit demand, rise in the flow of remittance and lack of investment opportunities are the reasons behind excess liquidity, analysts believe.</li> </ul> <div> </div> <ul> <li> The 34th World Tourism Day was celebrated in Nepal with a theme of “Tourism and Water: Protecting our Common Future” holding various programmes from September 21 to September 29. Two new tourist destinations were made public in a programme last Friday organised by Nepal Tourism Board (NTB).The new destinations are the 330 KM long Great Buddhist Trail stretching from Kathmandu to Banganga River, and Chitlang village of Makwanpur district as ´Village Tourism Destination 2013/14’. During the programme, Tourism Secretary Sushil Ghimire informed that Gautam Buddha Airport at Bhairahawa will be developed as Nepal’s second international airport by June 2017.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <ul> <li> While the Nepali economy is battling with huge trade deficits, Britian is likely to help Nepal in lowering such trade gaps. According to the British Ambassador to Nepal, Andrew James Sparks, he wants to help Nepal reduce its trade deficit, and will request his government to help Nepal in this regard. He has also made a commitment to help find a market for Nepali goods in Britain. Despite a two-century long relationship between the two countries, there has not been a single trade agreement between them. Speaking at a programme organised by Nepal Economic Forum in the capital last Tuesday, envoy Sparks informed that they will help create a market for Nepali goods with a ‘Made in Nepal’ brand.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <ul> <li> Asian Development Bank, a major financial aid agency, is now shifting its investment to large scale projects from small level ones, stating it has faced many problems in small scale projects. As Nepal’s capital expenditure is only 3 per cent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the ADB, which is formulating a 5-year Country Partnership Strategy (CPS), will also support increasing capital expenditure in Nepal. </li> </ul> <div> </div> <ul> <li> Nepal has received full membership of the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO). The recent meeting of the 36th General Assembly held in St Petersburg of Russia decided to grant the membership to Nepal which will come in effect from January 2014. Finance Minister Shankar Prasad Koirala made public the ISO membership certificate at a programme organized at the Nepal Bureau of Standards and Metrology last Thursday. The membership is both a challenge and an opportunity for Nepal, according to economic analysts. Nepal will have to pay Rs 2.6 million annually to the ISO. Since this is a powerful trade tool, the status can boost the exports of Nepali goods as it can give out a positive message in the international market about the quality of Nepali goods.</li> </ul> <div> </div> <ul> <li> As the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has arrested top four officials of the Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) for doling out bonuses to its staff, the government has decided to provide a loan worth Rs 2 billion to the state-owned entity. Currently, the NOC owes the government and different financial institutions a whopping Rs 28.50 billion. The government has alone lent more than Rs 12.50 billion to the cash-strapped institution. The NOC had also hiked the price of petro products earlier in the week to adjust its price with international prices. While the NOC, state owned oil monopoly, is ridden with the economic crisis, economic analysts have said that the only solution lies in the idea of an auto-price mechanism.</li> </ul>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '0000-00-00', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'The Nepal Rastra Bank issued a reverse repo last Wednesday for the fourth time worth Rs 10 billion, within a period of three weeks. Banking and financial institutions (BFIs) have bid for securities worth Rs 21.85 billion for the fourth round of reverse repo held by the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) last Wednesday.', 'sortorder' => '1744', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1882', 'article_category_id' => '142', 'title' => 'Poll Update (23 - 29 September 2013)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>RPP-Nepal Announces Candidates for Direct Election</strong></span></div> <div> Rastriya Prajatantra Party -Nepal (RPP-Nepal) has announced the list of candidates for the CA elections contesting under the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) system. Organising a press conference in the capital last Friday, the party has said that it will be contesting from all 240 constituencies. The list of 196 declared candidates includes most of the party’s top leaders, central committee members and district leaders. Among the top leaders, Padma Sundar Lawoti has been announced RPP-N candidate from Panchthar -2. Chandra Bahadur Gurung has been declared as candidate from Syangja-1, Udhav Poudel from Kathmandu-4 and singers Mira Rana and Sanjaya Shrestha from Kathmandu-3 and 6, respectively. Bharat Jangam, who joined the party recently, is also contesting from Kathmandu-1. The announcement of the remaining candidates will be done within the next two days, informed party chairman Kamal Thapa.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>“Polls preparation almost completed”</strong></span></div> <div> <img alt="Nilkantha Upreti" src="/userfiles/images/jll12.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 100px; height: 114px;" />Chief Election Commissioner Neelkantha Upreti has said that the Election Commission (EC) has almost completed the preparations for the upcoming Constituent Assembly (CA) elections scheduled for November 19. Speaking at a programme in the capital last Friday, Upreti said the EC is expediting the preparation work as per the election schedule. He also expressed confidence that the election fervour will further catch up with the parties after the registration of the candidates under the first-past-the-post election system.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '0000-00-00', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Rastriya Prajatantra Party -Nepal (RPP-Nepal) has announced the list of candidates for the CA elections contesting under the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) system. Organising a press conference in the capital last Friday, the party has said that it will be contesting from all 240 constituencies.', 'sortorder' => '1743', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1881', 'article_category_id' => '140', 'title' => 'Regmi Addresses UNGA, Thanks Intl Community For Poll Support', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <img alt="KRJ" src="/userfiles/images/jflkdj.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 200px; height: 158px;" />Chairman of the Interim Election Council of Ministers, Khil Raj Regmi, has addressed the 68th General Assembly of the United Nations (UNGA). Addressing the UNGA last Saturday, Chairman Regmi said that the necessary preparation has been made for the upcoming Constituent Assembly polls which will be vital for Nepal’s peace process. He also thanked the international community for the “moral and material support” made available for the elections. </div> <div> </div> <div> “The election will provide the mandate of the people for writing a constitution, advance civil and political rights, ensure people’s sovereignty in decision-making in state affairs and institutionalize multi-party democracy, federalism and republicanism,” he said.</div> <div> </div> <div> Meanwhile, Regmi has also met UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Indian Prime Minister Dr Man Mohan Singh and US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian and Central Asian Affairs Mr. Robert Blake in the sidelines of the UNGA. </div> <div> </div> <div> Regmi has also held an interaction with the representatives of the Nepali expatriate community in New York. </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '2013-09-30', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Chairman of the Interim Election Council of Ministers, Khil Raj Regmi, has addressed the 68th General Assembly of the United Nations (UNGA). Addressing the UNGA last Saturday, Chairman Regmi said that the necessary preparation has been made for the upcoming Constituent Assembly polls which will be vital for Nepal’s peace process. He also thanked the international community for the “moral and material support” made available for the elections.', 'sortorder' => '1742', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1880', 'article_category_id' => '140', 'title' => 'SC Bars Murder Convicts From Contesting CA Polls', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered the government and the Election Commission (EC) to not allow convicted persons from contesting in the Constituent Assembly elections. Scrapping an interim order, the apex court last Thursday upheld Section 19 of the Constituent Assembly Member Election Ordinance 2013 that bars murder convicts from contesting the election. </div> <div> </div> <div> Earlier last Monday (September 23), a single bench of Justice Tarka Raj Bhatta had ordered the government and the Election Commission (EC) not to implement Clause 19 (e) of the ordinance concerning election of CA members. </div> <div> </div> <div> Following the SC order, all murder convicts, including UCPN (Maoist) leader Bal Krishna Dhungel, will be unable to file candidacy for the upcoming CA election scheduled for November 19.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '2013-09-30', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered the government and the Election Commission (EC) to not allow convicted persons from contesting in the Constituent Assembly elections. 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Niketan College organised a day long workshop on ‘Emerging Issues of Management in the Country’ on Saturday, September 28. The programme was organized by BBA 4th semester students with the aim to enhance managerial skills of different Nepali organizations. Students from five colleges, including two groups from V.S. Niketan, made presentations on different issues. V.S. Niketan BBA 8th semester students presented on ‘Crisis Management’ while BBA 4th semester students presented on ‘Banking Mergers: A Perspective in the Context of Nepal’. Similarly, KFA College, Kathford International College, Kathmandu College of Management and Quest College also made presentations on the issues such as ‘Conflict in Business Sectors: Cause and Remedies in the Nepali Context’, ‘Brain Drain in the Country’, ‘Brain Drain: Looking Constructively’ and ‘Conflict Management’, respectively. “BBA students should be job creators rather than job holders,” said Chief Guest Economist Dr Chiranjibi Nepal in the programme.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>HSEB Publishes XII Management and Humanities Results</strong></span></div> <div> The Higher Secondary Education (HSEB) Board published the results of Grade XII of Management and Humanities faculties on Wednesday, 25th September.</div> <div> </div> <div> The pass percentage of regular students is 38.63 this year. Eighty thousand six hundred and twenty out of 208,701 students in the regular category passed the exam held in April-May this year. Results of five students were withheld while 171 were expelled during exams. Similarly, 137,412 students appeared in the exempted category out of which 42,538 examinees succeeded. The results of 11 others were withheld. Similarly, HSEB published a notice regarding the grade 12 chance examination which is to be held on 26 Oct, 2013.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Tribhuvan University CMAT Out</strong></span></div> <div> The Tribhuvan University (TU) Department of Management, Examination Controller Division, Kirtipur has published results of CMAT examination on 24th September, which was held on 5 Asoj 2070 BS. Students interested in admission in BBA/BIM and BHM/BTTM programmes at Tribhuvan University constituent or affiliated colleges must pass the CMAT exam. Likewise, TU has announced admission notices for BBA, BHM, BIM and BTTM programmes. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>TU Publishes MA 2nd Year Economics Results</strong></span></div> <div> The TU Office of the Controller of Examinations has announced the results of Master of Arts (MA) Second Year examinations in Economics on Thursday 26th September. The exam was held earlier this year under the Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences. The results can be accessed at www.tu.ntc.net.np .</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>100 per cent Literate District to be Announced</strong></span></div> <div> Preparations are on to announce a fully literate district within this fiscal year. Though the announcement was scheduled for the year 2015 according to government policy, the title is being announced ahead of the year. Campaigns were started after Fulbari VDC was announced as the 1st literate district in 2068. Last year, 5 VDCs and 2 Wards (7 and 12) of Bharatpur Municipality of Chitwan district were announced as fully literate. </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '0000-00-00', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'V.S. Niketan College organised a day long workshop on ‘Emerging Issues of Management in the Country’ on Saturday, September 28. The programme was organized by BBA 4th semester students with the aim to enhance managerial skills of different Nepali organizations.', 'sortorder' => '1754', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1892', 'article_category_id' => '151', 'title' => '‘We Are Trying To Make Our Regional Offices More Effective’', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><img alt="Prof KR Bastola" src="/userfiles/images/%3Blkf%3Bdk.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 250px; height: 167px;" />With delay in publishing the results of undergraduate exams by the Tribhuvan University (TU), students have been facing problems as it takes more than four years to complete a three years’ bachelor degree. Prof Keshav Raj Bastola is the Controller of Examination at Tribhuvan University. In a short interview with The Corporate, he shares some major causes behind the delay in publishing results. <strong>Excerpts: </strong></span></div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>When will TU publish the result of bachelor third year students this year?</strong></span></div> <div> We have been preparing to publish the results within this month. Our attempt will be on publishing the result of all departments. It may take some more weeks to publish the results as it involves a large numbers of students.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>What are the major problems in publishing and conducting exams in time?</strong></span></div> <div> The past exam was finished in March. Lack of manpower and infrastructure at the district level has created problems. It is necessary to publish the results as we have to conduct exams in the coming month as well. We are trying to make our regional offices more effective. We have been preparing to arrange for answer sheets at the regional level which could help publish the results on time.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>How can you assure students that the results will be published on time?</strong></span></div> <div> Weaknesses of the previous management team are yet to be resolved and it will take time to do so. We have been appointing officers at the regional level as well. Lack of manpower has hampered work largely, causing us to miss deadlines. We are aware that the delay in results has had a negative impact among students. The large numbers of students in departments like education and arts make it difficult to publish results soon.</div> <div> </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '0000-00-00', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'With delay in publishing the results of undergraduate exams by the Tribhuvan University (TU), students have been facing problems as it takes more than four years to complete a three years’ bachelor degree. Prof Keshav Raj Bastola is the Controller of Examination at Tribhuvan University. In a short interview with The Corporate, he shares some major causes behind the delay in publishing results. Excerpts:', 'sortorder' => '1753', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1891', 'article_category_id' => '156', 'title' => 'What To Do When Co-Workers Won’t Leave You Alone', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Sue Shellenbarger</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Interruptions at the office are more than an annoyance. Research shows they fuel a sense of overload and add to stress, physical ailments and anxiety, as reported in today’s “Work & Family” column.</div> <div> </div> <div> Most people try on their own to solve the problem, fleeing to a conference room or working from home when they need to concentrate. But tackling the problem as a team works better, according to employers and consultants.The best solutions require agreeing with co-workers that interruptions are a problem and figuring out better ways to communicate.</div> <div> </div> <div> Some work teams adopt a shared signal that an employee is in deep-think and shouldn’t be interrupted except for a crisis. About 30 employees at a Colorado-based beverage company strung fishing line across their cubicle doors, then hung bright-colored swimsuit cover-ups over the line to use as curtains when they wanted to concentrate, says Laura Stack, a productivity trainer, author and speaker. When the curtains were drawn, co-workers stayed away except for top-priority issues. Employees at a construction company donned orange armbands as a no-interruption signal, she says.</div> <div> </div> <div> To make team solutions work, Stack trains employees to prioritize their needs, similar to the way a triage nurse sorts patients into groups based on the urgency of their condition. “Priority One” issues are crises or emergencies that must be handled immediately; “Priority Two” issues might soon become a crisis, and so on. “Priority Four” is reserved for “occupational hobbies — anything we are doing to avoid doing a Priority One or Priority Two task,” Stack says; Priority Fours could be taken off your to-do list forever without harm. If co-workers agree up-front on what kinds of issues demand immediate attention, most can cut interruptions significantly, she says.</div> <div> </div> <div> Other work teams have to learn to say no, says Maura Thomas, a speaker and trainer on productivity and attention. “People ask, ‘How do I get the message across that I don’t want to be interrupted? I try to keep typing when people are talking to me, but they just keep talking. Or I try to ignore them when they yell over the cubicle, but they just keep yelling. So I just give in to them.’ [These people] are using every technique except their words,” Thomas says. She coaches employees on polite deferrals, saying, “I’m sorry, I really can’t talk now. Could we meet later?” When all members of a work group hear the same message, they’re more likely to take such rejections in stride, she says.</div> <div> </div> <div> Thomas also has co-workers set regular limits on their availability. Rather than setting an “open-door policy” that implies 24/7 access, she suggests managers limit open-door time to a few hours a day. Other teams set daily quiet hours for everyone. (http://blogs.wsj.com/atwork)</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '2013-10-07', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Interruptions at the office are more than an annoyance. Research shows they fuel a sense of overload and add to stress, physical ailments and anxiety, as reported in today’s “Work & Family” column.', 'sortorder' => '1752', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1890', 'article_category_id' => '151', 'title' => 'Learning At NTHMC', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--TC Correspondent</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Established in 1999 in Pokhara, Nepal Tourism and Hotel Management College (NTHMC), is the first colleges to offer Bachelor of Hotel Management (BHM) and Bachelor of Travel and Tourism Management (BTTM) programmes in Nepal. The college is affiliated to Pokhara University. According to Ashok Palikhe, Chairman of the college, students from NTHMC have been employed in foreign countries such as USA, Netherlands, France, Singapore, among other countries. “The students are earning Rs 200,000 per month,” he claims and says that the college has availed the BHM degree in Nepal as students otherwise had to go abroad to get the degree. The college has been focusing on imparting quality education rather than a profit-oriented one, according to Palikhe. “We have been working on developing Pokhara as the tourism, education and health capital of Nepal.”</div> <div> </div> <div> The college-owned building covers 13,000 square feet of area in its campus that sprawls across 22 ropanis of land. The college boasts state-of-the-art equipment and lab facilities. The company has a general body of 140 personnel, most of them scions of top leading business houses of Pokhara such as the Laxmi House, Gosheli house, Gandaki noodles, Pokharahomes, and Machapucchre bank. The college is also equipped with modern infrastructure such as 4 training labs, 1 seminar hall, computer labs and basketball court. The college also takes its students to countries like India, Malaysia and Dubai for educational excursions that help them acquire practical knowledge. </div> <div> </div> <div> “We have been attempting to deliver an education that focuses on the knowledge, skills and attributes required to build high competency among students,” says Palikhe. Experts from various countries like the USA, Switzerland and Netherlands provide training to students time and again. The college also offers scholarships to 2 students from the Higher Secondary Education Board (HSEB) and 4 students from Pokhara University. “We also provide full scholarships to students scoring high marks each semester,” says Ramkailsh Bichha, Principal of NTHMC.</div> <div> </div> <div> <img alt="Nepal Tourism and Hotel management College" src="/userfiles/images/trd.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 410px; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 15px;" /></div> <div> </div> <div> The college offers 10+2 education in Hotel Management as well as 4 years Bachelor Degree in Hotel Management courses whereas the city campus (Business Management Center) offers BBA and BBA-BI (Banking & Insurance) courses. The teaching and learning of BBA and BBA-BI are focused on the theory and practice of Business Management that enhance students’ ability to compete in the job market as managers.</div> <div> </div> <div> “Attraction of students toward hotel management and tourism have been increasing recently as hundreds of students get enrolled in the BHM course,” says Palikhe.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '2013-10-07', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'The first private college to offer courses in hotel management in Nepal is a well equipped institution today', 'sortorder' => '1751', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1889', 'article_category_id' => '105', 'title' => 'For The People', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> On September 27, the World Tourism Day, a group of VIP tourists were taken on a tour in a coach to show different important cultural and heritage sites of Kathmandu, Patan and Bhaktapur. Nepal’s tourism minister was also in the team.</div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>The tourists ask the Tourism Minister: </strong>“Who are these people with curio items in their hands, some pushing bicycles, and some pushing the carts? And where are they from?</div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Minister:</strong> “They are the common people of Nepal, the real rulers of this country”.</div> <div> </div> <div> After a while came a fleet of flag-bearing Mercedes escorted by Traffic chiefs on white painted motorbikes followed by Pajeros full of armed policemen. The tourist coach was stopped for a while to let the caravan to pass.</div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Tourists:</strong> “And who are these”?</div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Minister:</strong> “Well, these are us, the servants of the people.” <strong> -ML</strong></div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '0000-00-00', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'On September 27, the World Tourism Day, a group of VIP tourists were taken on a tour in a coach to show different important cultural and heritage sites of Kathmandu, Patan and Bhaktapur. Nepal’s tourism minister was also in the team.', 'sortorder' => '1750', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1888', 'article_category_id' => '160', 'title' => 'Corptoon Vol3 Issue33', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '0000-00-00', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Corptoon', 'sortorder' => '1749', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1887', 'article_category_id' => '146', 'title' => 'Visual Edit Vol3 Issue33', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '0000-00-00', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Visual Edit', 'sortorder' => '1748', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1886', 'article_category_id' => '144', 'title' => 'Businessmen In Politics: A Good Mix?', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> Are management principles that ensure success in business useful in politics? Can a successful businessman prove his worth in politics? Not always. The chances of failure always loom for the shapeshifter. </div> <div> </div> <div> These questions will be raised during the second Constituent Assembly (CA) election in Nepal where many businessmen have expressed their interest to contest from different political parties. Further, some businessmen and organizations have already been in controversies due to their alleged involvement to lobby for particular candidates in the CA election.</div> <div> </div> <div> Generally, the issues among the business community should be common: environment for honest and genuine business, provision of a level playing field and assurance of private property, along with others.</div> <div> </div> <div> But in our context, it does not seem that businessmen want to enter politics to foster an environment conducive for business.</div> <div> </div> <div> There is a saying: honesty is the best policy. Businessmen should be honest. The current horserace to get tickets to contest in the CA election or to be listed in the propotional representation list does not show the honesty of businessmen.</div> <div> </div> <div> Businessmen should dare to forge their own political parties if they want to be involved in politics or should announce openly that they will leave business to enter politics. The example of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra can be appropriate here.</div> <div> </div> <div> The greed of businessmen to get tickets to contest in the CA election or to be listed in the propotional representation list has tarnished the reputation of the business community. On the one hand, many accuse businessmen of bribing politicians to secure tickets. On the other, their open affiliation to political parties raises the question of misuse of power and power influence of power in their business activities.</div> <div> </div> <div> Preferably, businessmen should not enter politics when the stand of the business community is divided on major economic issues. How can a businessperson take an independent stand after his/her affiliation to a particular political party? These are some issues that need to be clarified by those willing to contest in the election.</div> <div> </div> <div> If businessmen want to be engaged in philanthropy, there are numerous ways to do so. Blatant use of money to get a ticket in the election and to be a member of the CA or parliament will do nothing more than tarnish the image of the private sector and pull the entire business community into controversy.</div> <div> </div> <div> In the end, businessmen should be clear that you can’t win elections with money alone. If that were true, all the big industrialists throughout the world would have been ruling their countries already.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '0000-00-00', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Are management principles that ensure success in business useful in politics? Can a successful businessman prove his worth in politics? Not always. The chances of failure always loom for the shapeshifter.', 'sortorder' => '1747', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1885', 'article_category_id' => '145', 'title' => 'Pokhara, Tourism & Sustainability Issues', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <strong>--By Ramji Sharma</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Tourism, a 21st century industry, acts as an agent to induce change in socio-cultural values and norms of a society. Social and cross-cultural contacts, encounters and interactions are inherent aspects of tourism and its impact and implication numerous and varied. The United Nations Environmental Programme says that the implications of tourism are ambiguous, for the same activities are seen as beneficial by some and perceived negatively by others - especially with regard to disagreements between business interests and environmental consciousness. ‘Sustainability’, thus, has become a buzzword in tourism academia now. </div> <div> </div> <div> To analyze the impact and implication of tourism in Pokhara, a model called ‘FIDELL TALCADS’ (acronym of thirteen selected variables) was devised and tested here. The variables were: </div> <div> Family structure / Social composition, Indigenous profession, Dining patterns, Emotion, Attitude and Behaviour, Lifestyle and Fashion, Labour division, Traditions, values and norms, Arts, crafts, curios and music, Language, Crime, Alcoholism / Smoking, Drug abuse, Sex</div> <div> </div> <div> The research shows that the effects of tourism can be measured in various social aspects.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Dining patterns</strong></span></div> <div> Food, it is believed, is the most important cultural expression that can sometimes be the reason of travel for some people. Ethnographically, Nepal is one of the richest countries in the world with 125 ethnic groups and 123 spoken languages. Different communities have different types of food to begin the day with. A most popular ritual which has now become a habit for many Nepali people is to wake up with a cup of tea. However, this common habit was only found in 25.86 per cent of the respondents at Lakeside, Pokhara. The percentage of respondents that articulated their preference for light break-fast in the morning with a cup of tea or coffee, on the other hand, was 74.14 per cent, and none of the breakfast choices included an item from the traditional Nepali cuisine. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Emotion, Attitude and Behaviuor</strong></span></div> <div> Tourism creates wide socio-cultural implications as tourists bring their distinct cultural baggage when they visit different places. The most striking feature of tourism is interaction and intermingling between hosts and guests that slowly penetrate and infuse a large number of small effects which individually appear insignificant but together make an impact.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Lifestyle and Fashion </strong></span></div> <div> Akin to the cultural variation in hospitality, tourism has multifarious implications on various aspects of human life. However, the intensity and mode may vary depending on the frequency of interaction, cultural distance and age groups that come into contact with tourists of different cultural values and lifestyle. Of them, the younger generation seems to be highly influenced by tourism. Most youngsters feel modern when they copy, follow or imitate the styles of tourists (mostly western) which is also called ‘the demonstration effect’ in tourism. The popularity of the multicolored shaggy hair, hair raise, hip-hop outfits, bra-less transparent tops, colour tattoos, piercing in various parts of the body are some of the noticeable demonstration effects in these communities. </div> <div> </div> <div> There is a significant influence of tourists on the lives of the waifs and stray children of the streets. Destitute children stroll around until they find kind tourists after which they swarm around the tourists begging for money, chocolate or sometimes ask them to take them to restaurants for dining. The children (and sometime seniors too) often dress in tattered clothes and prey upon the sympathies of the tourist who give them something and eventually turn them into professional beggars. Begging has become the best modus operandi for street children for easy living in spite of clearly written instructions given to visitors to not to give anything. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Traditions, Values and Norms</strong></span></div> <div> Each unit of society has a set of traditions, value systems, beliefs, ideas, attitudes, perceptions and habits. The growth of tourism may produce both problems and opportunities at a vast scale for societies and its main impact might be on the economy, culture and environment. </div> <div> </div> <div> Grand celebrations targeting the English New Year and Christmas is probably the best street carnival in Pokhara, indicating western influence. A perceptible void of festivity during the Nepali New Year and Dashain-Tihar signifies the westernization of tourism in Phewa Lake catchments. Regardless of this, respondents added that tourism has inculcated a broader outlook through knowledge and awareness that are not only desirable but also necessary to improve the quality of life of people in particular, and the society in general. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Art, Craft Curios and Music</strong></span></div> <div> Some artistic creations and expressions like painting, music, dance, architecture and other areas in the arts hold appeal for tourists. </div> <div> </div> <div> Tourism has a very supportive role in promoting ethnic and indigenous music, dance and songs in Pokhara. Respondents have noticed a sizable increase in Rodhi culture, Dohari, Ghantu, Sorathi, Chhyandu and Jhyaure in the Lakeside area due to tourism.</div> <div> </div> <div> Nature-based tourism in the spectacular milieu of our cultural mosaic is the core competence of the Nepali tourism industry. But nature and culture both are vulnerable and cannot remain in isolation from tourism. The example of Pokhara’s westernization shows that tourist cultures always dominate the host culture and in many cases, hosts are the losers despite the financial leverage they get. Coming close to Social Darwinists and Neo-Marxists, analysis has proved that tourism is a strong agent of socio-cultural diffusion, infusion, acculturation and assimilation with an anthology of a complex synthesis of various interconnected socio-cultural, environmental and economic influences, though although it primarily turns up as an economic enterprise. </div> <div> </div> <div> Further, socio-cultural influences and implications are not as apparent as economic impacts are. Such impacts are indirect, qualitative and hard to identify. They depend on value orientation and are also ambiguous. Thus, we can conclude that the impact and implications of tourism on the host society are latent, slow, but penetrating and lasting; and the impact individually appears to be insignificant, but together they vibrate and weaken the socio-cultural system. </div> <div> </div> <div> It is revealed that tourism, in many cases, appears as an exploitative envoy rather than an economic panacea till the destination remains a ‘pleasure periphery’ of the developed world and the traveler becomes a tourist, not a social activist. Therefore, the paradise valley of Pokhara has to focus on value tourists and not on volume of tourists to retain its charm and authenticity. A proposition which might be appropriate for tourism development in a developing destination like Pokhara is ‘Community Based Responsible Tourism’ (CBRT) which emphasizes on having a balance between tourism growth, ecological conservation, economic prosperity, socio-cultural authenticity and sustainability. </div> <div> </div> <div> (The writer is a PhD research fellow in Tourism at TU / Principal at Mount Annapurna Higher Sec School, Pokhara. He can be contacted at: ramjisharma@gmail.com)</div> <div> </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '0000-00-00', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Tourism, a 21st century industry, acts as an agent to induce change in socio-cultural values and norms of a society. Social and cross-cultural contacts, encounters and interactions are inherent aspects of tourism and its impact and implication numerous and varied. The United Nations Environmental Programme says that the implications of tourism are ambiguous, for the same activities are seen as beneficial by some and perceived negatively by others - especially with regard to disagreements between business interests and environmental consciousness. ‘Sustainability’, thus, has become a buzzword in tourism academia now.', 'sortorder' => '1746', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1884', 'article_category_id' => '34', 'title' => 'Nepal Political Economy News In Brief (30 - 3 October 2013)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Khadka Nominated NC Joint General Secretary</strong></span></div> <div> Nepali Congress (NC) Central Working Committee (CWC) has appointed Purna Bahadur Khadka as its joint general secretary. The meeting of the CWC held last Monday (September 23) nominated Khadka from the senior leader Sher Bahadur Deuba faction. The post was lying vacant since the party’s general convention in 2010 due to the intra feuds between the party president Sushil Koirala and the Deuba faction. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Envoy Sharma Recalled</strong></span></div> <div> <img alt="Sharma" src="/userfiles/images/shrma.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 105px;" />The government has recalled Nepal’s ambassador to Qatar, Maya Kumari Sharma, following a controversy over her remarks calling Qatar an “open jail”. The meeting of Council of Ministers held last Thursday made such a decision after Sharma reportedly refused to resign from the post. Maya Kumari Sharma had made the remarks in an interview with the BBC Nepali service six months ago. Following the controversies, Ambassador of Qatar to Nepal Ahmed Jasem Al-Hamar had also taken the issue with Foreign Minister Madhav Prasad Ghimire.</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Bodde Calls on Regmi</strong></span></div> <div> <img alt="Bodde" src="/userfiles/images/bodde.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 90px; height: 113px;" />American Ambassador to Nepal Peter W. Bodde met Chairman of the Council of Ministers Khil Raj Regmi last Wednesday, a day prior to Regmi’s visit to the US for taking part in the 68th General Assembly of the United Nations. During the meeting the duo discussed the latest political developments, preparation of the Constituent Assembly Election and the ongoing 68th General Assembly of the United Nations in New York, among others.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Parties Busy Selecting Poll Sandidates</strong></span></div> <div> As the election of the Constituent Assembly scheduled for November 19 approaches nearer, the major political parties are busy in the process of picking up candidates for the polls. The Election Commission has allocated the deadline for filing the nomination of candidates under first-past-the-post system for October 3 and proportional system for September 30. The major parties including UCPN (Maoist), Nepali Congress (NC) and CPN (UML) have intensified the process to select the candidates keeping in view the deadline of the EC. According to the Central Working Committee Member of the NC, Minendra Rijal, the recently formed Parliamentary Board of his party is holding meetings regularly to finalise the candidate list for the CA polls. Likewise, the UCPN (Maoist) and CPN (UML) are likely to finalise their candidates within a few days and make it public.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Army Mobilisation Decision Flayed</strong></span></div> <div> CPN-Maoist-led 33-party alliance has criticised the government’s decision to mobilise the Nepal Army for security in order to maintain security during the near-coming CA elections. CPN-Maoist secretary Dev Gurung argued that it was against democratic norms to mobilise the army for security during the polls. The alliance has claimed that the mobilization of the army would further invite confrontation. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Paswan Back to UCPN (Maoist)</strong></span></div> <div> CPN-Maoist central committee member Mahendra Paswan rejoined the UCPN (Maoist) last Wednesday deserting the CPN-Maoist party. Paswan along with other CPN-Maoist leaders, Dhiraj Patel and Hari Gyanwali, also joined the UCPN (Maoist) party. The three left the UCPN (Maoist) breakaway faction CPN-Maoist last Tuesday. Though they had announced the formation of CPN-Maoist (Revolutionary) party, their return to the UCPN (Maoist) has been seen as an attempt to ensure tickets for the upcoming CA polls.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '2013-09-30', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Nepali Congress (NC) Central Working Committee (CWC) has appointed Purna Bahadur Khadka as its joint general secretary. The meeting of the CWC held last Monday (September 23) nominated Khadka from the senior leader Sher Bahadur Deuba faction. The post was lying vacant since the party’s general convention in 2010 due to the intra feuds between the party president Sushil Koirala and the Deuba faction.', 'sortorder' => '1745', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1883', 'article_category_id' => '196', 'title' => 'Weekly Round-Up (23 - 29 September 2013)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<ul> <li> The Nepal Rastra Bank issued a reverse repo last Wednesday for the fourth time worth Rs 10 billion, within a period of three weeks. Banking and financial institutions (BFIs) have bid for securities worth Rs 21.85 billion for the fourth round of reverse repo held by the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) last Wednesday. According to the NRB, it has received sealed quotations from 21 BFIs amounting to Rs 21.85 billion for the reverse repo issued by NRB worth Rs 10 billion. The over-subscription indicates that BFIs are sitting on a chunk of cash posing a high risk of liquidity-induced inflation rise during the festive seasons. The tightening credit demand, rise in the flow of remittance and lack of investment opportunities are the reasons behind excess liquidity, analysts believe.</li> </ul> <div> </div> <ul> <li> The 34th World Tourism Day was celebrated in Nepal with a theme of “Tourism and Water: Protecting our Common Future” holding various programmes from September 21 to September 29. Two new tourist destinations were made public in a programme last Friday organised by Nepal Tourism Board (NTB).The new destinations are the 330 KM long Great Buddhist Trail stretching from Kathmandu to Banganga River, and Chitlang village of Makwanpur district as ´Village Tourism Destination 2013/14’. During the programme, Tourism Secretary Sushil Ghimire informed that Gautam Buddha Airport at Bhairahawa will be developed as Nepal’s second international airport by June 2017.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <ul> <li> While the Nepali economy is battling with huge trade deficits, Britian is likely to help Nepal in lowering such trade gaps. According to the British Ambassador to Nepal, Andrew James Sparks, he wants to help Nepal reduce its trade deficit, and will request his government to help Nepal in this regard. He has also made a commitment to help find a market for Nepali goods in Britain. Despite a two-century long relationship between the two countries, there has not been a single trade agreement between them. Speaking at a programme organised by Nepal Economic Forum in the capital last Tuesday, envoy Sparks informed that they will help create a market for Nepali goods with a ‘Made in Nepal’ brand.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <ul> <li> Asian Development Bank, a major financial aid agency, is now shifting its investment to large scale projects from small level ones, stating it has faced many problems in small scale projects. As Nepal’s capital expenditure is only 3 per cent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the ADB, which is formulating a 5-year Country Partnership Strategy (CPS), will also support increasing capital expenditure in Nepal. </li> </ul> <div> </div> <ul> <li> Nepal has received full membership of the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO). The recent meeting of the 36th General Assembly held in St Petersburg of Russia decided to grant the membership to Nepal which will come in effect from January 2014. Finance Minister Shankar Prasad Koirala made public the ISO membership certificate at a programme organized at the Nepal Bureau of Standards and Metrology last Thursday. The membership is both a challenge and an opportunity for Nepal, according to economic analysts. Nepal will have to pay Rs 2.6 million annually to the ISO. Since this is a powerful trade tool, the status can boost the exports of Nepali goods as it can give out a positive message in the international market about the quality of Nepali goods.</li> </ul> <div> </div> <ul> <li> As the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has arrested top four officials of the Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) for doling out bonuses to its staff, the government has decided to provide a loan worth Rs 2 billion to the state-owned entity. Currently, the NOC owes the government and different financial institutions a whopping Rs 28.50 billion. The government has alone lent more than Rs 12.50 billion to the cash-strapped institution. The NOC had also hiked the price of petro products earlier in the week to adjust its price with international prices. While the NOC, state owned oil monopoly, is ridden with the economic crisis, economic analysts have said that the only solution lies in the idea of an auto-price mechanism.</li> </ul>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '0000-00-00', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'The Nepal Rastra Bank issued a reverse repo last Wednesday for the fourth time worth Rs 10 billion, within a period of three weeks. Banking and financial institutions (BFIs) have bid for securities worth Rs 21.85 billion for the fourth round of reverse repo held by the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) last Wednesday.', 'sortorder' => '1744', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1882', 'article_category_id' => '142', 'title' => 'Poll Update (23 - 29 September 2013)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>RPP-Nepal Announces Candidates for Direct Election</strong></span></div> <div> Rastriya Prajatantra Party -Nepal (RPP-Nepal) has announced the list of candidates for the CA elections contesting under the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) system. Organising a press conference in the capital last Friday, the party has said that it will be contesting from all 240 constituencies. The list of 196 declared candidates includes most of the party’s top leaders, central committee members and district leaders. Among the top leaders, Padma Sundar Lawoti has been announced RPP-N candidate from Panchthar -2. Chandra Bahadur Gurung has been declared as candidate from Syangja-1, Udhav Poudel from Kathmandu-4 and singers Mira Rana and Sanjaya Shrestha from Kathmandu-3 and 6, respectively. Bharat Jangam, who joined the party recently, is also contesting from Kathmandu-1. The announcement of the remaining candidates will be done within the next two days, informed party chairman Kamal Thapa.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>“Polls preparation almost completed”</strong></span></div> <div> <img alt="Nilkantha Upreti" src="/userfiles/images/jll12.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 100px; height: 114px;" />Chief Election Commissioner Neelkantha Upreti has said that the Election Commission (EC) has almost completed the preparations for the upcoming Constituent Assembly (CA) elections scheduled for November 19. Speaking at a programme in the capital last Friday, Upreti said the EC is expediting the preparation work as per the election schedule. He also expressed confidence that the election fervour will further catch up with the parties after the registration of the candidates under the first-past-the-post election system.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '0000-00-00', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Rastriya Prajatantra Party -Nepal (RPP-Nepal) has announced the list of candidates for the CA elections contesting under the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) system. Organising a press conference in the capital last Friday, the party has said that it will be contesting from all 240 constituencies.', 'sortorder' => '1743', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1881', 'article_category_id' => '140', 'title' => 'Regmi Addresses UNGA, Thanks Intl Community For Poll Support', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <img alt="KRJ" src="/userfiles/images/jflkdj.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 200px; height: 158px;" />Chairman of the Interim Election Council of Ministers, Khil Raj Regmi, has addressed the 68th General Assembly of the United Nations (UNGA). Addressing the UNGA last Saturday, Chairman Regmi said that the necessary preparation has been made for the upcoming Constituent Assembly polls which will be vital for Nepal’s peace process. He also thanked the international community for the “moral and material support” made available for the elections. </div> <div> </div> <div> “The election will provide the mandate of the people for writing a constitution, advance civil and political rights, ensure people’s sovereignty in decision-making in state affairs and institutionalize multi-party democracy, federalism and republicanism,” he said.</div> <div> </div> <div> Meanwhile, Regmi has also met UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Indian Prime Minister Dr Man Mohan Singh and US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian and Central Asian Affairs Mr. Robert Blake in the sidelines of the UNGA. </div> <div> </div> <div> Regmi has also held an interaction with the representatives of the Nepali expatriate community in New York. </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '2013-09-30', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Chairman of the Interim Election Council of Ministers, Khil Raj Regmi, has addressed the 68th General Assembly of the United Nations (UNGA). Addressing the UNGA last Saturday, Chairman Regmi said that the necessary preparation has been made for the upcoming Constituent Assembly polls which will be vital for Nepal’s peace process. He also thanked the international community for the “moral and material support” made available for the elections.', 'sortorder' => '1742', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1880', 'article_category_id' => '140', 'title' => 'SC Bars Murder Convicts From Contesting CA Polls', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered the government and the Election Commission (EC) to not allow convicted persons from contesting in the Constituent Assembly elections. Scrapping an interim order, the apex court last Thursday upheld Section 19 of the Constituent Assembly Member Election Ordinance 2013 that bars murder convicts from contesting the election. </div> <div> </div> <div> Earlier last Monday (September 23), a single bench of Justice Tarka Raj Bhatta had ordered the government and the Election Commission (EC) not to implement Clause 19 (e) of the ordinance concerning election of CA members. </div> <div> </div> <div> Following the SC order, all murder convicts, including UCPN (Maoist) leader Bal Krishna Dhungel, will be unable to file candidacy for the upcoming CA election scheduled for November 19.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '2013-09-30', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered the government and the Election Commission (EC) to not allow convicted persons from contesting in the Constituent Assembly elections. 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Niketan College organised a day long workshop on ‘Emerging Issues of Management in the Country’ on Saturday, September 28. The programme was organized by BBA 4th semester students with the aim to enhance managerial skills of different Nepali organizations. Students from five colleges, including two groups from V.S. Niketan, made presentations on different issues. V.S. Niketan BBA 8th semester students presented on ‘Crisis Management’ while BBA 4th semester students presented on ‘Banking Mergers: A Perspective in the Context of Nepal’. Similarly, KFA College, Kathford International College, Kathmandu College of Management and Quest College also made presentations on the issues such as ‘Conflict in Business Sectors: Cause and Remedies in the Nepali Context’, ‘Brain Drain in the Country’, ‘Brain Drain: Looking Constructively’ and ‘Conflict Management’, respectively. “BBA students should be job creators rather than job holders,” said Chief Guest Economist Dr Chiranjibi Nepal in the programme.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>HSEB Publishes XII Management and Humanities Results</strong></span></div> <div> The Higher Secondary Education (HSEB) Board published the results of Grade XII of Management and Humanities faculties on Wednesday, 25th September.</div> <div> </div> <div> The pass percentage of regular students is 38.63 this year. Eighty thousand six hundred and twenty out of 208,701 students in the regular category passed the exam held in April-May this year. Results of five students were withheld while 171 were expelled during exams. Similarly, 137,412 students appeared in the exempted category out of which 42,538 examinees succeeded. The results of 11 others were withheld. Similarly, HSEB published a notice regarding the grade 12 chance examination which is to be held on 26 Oct, 2013.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Tribhuvan University CMAT Out</strong></span></div> <div> The Tribhuvan University (TU) Department of Management, Examination Controller Division, Kirtipur has published results of CMAT examination on 24th September, which was held on 5 Asoj 2070 BS. Students interested in admission in BBA/BIM and BHM/BTTM programmes at Tribhuvan University constituent or affiliated colleges must pass the CMAT exam. Likewise, TU has announced admission notices for BBA, BHM, BIM and BTTM programmes. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>TU Publishes MA 2nd Year Economics Results</strong></span></div> <div> The TU Office of the Controller of Examinations has announced the results of Master of Arts (MA) Second Year examinations in Economics on Thursday 26th September. The exam was held earlier this year under the Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences. The results can be accessed at www.tu.ntc.net.np .</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>100 per cent Literate District to be Announced</strong></span></div> <div> Preparations are on to announce a fully literate district within this fiscal year. Though the announcement was scheduled for the year 2015 according to government policy, the title is being announced ahead of the year. Campaigns were started after Fulbari VDC was announced as the 1st literate district in 2068. Last year, 5 VDCs and 2 Wards (7 and 12) of Bharatpur Municipality of Chitwan district were announced as fully literate. </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '0000-00-00', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'V.S. Niketan College organised a day long workshop on ‘Emerging Issues of Management in the Country’ on Saturday, September 28. The programme was organized by BBA 4th semester students with the aim to enhance managerial skills of different Nepali organizations.', 'sortorder' => '1754', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1892', 'article_category_id' => '151', 'title' => '‘We Are Trying To Make Our Regional Offices More Effective’', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><img alt="Prof KR Bastola" src="/userfiles/images/%3Blkf%3Bdk.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 250px; height: 167px;" />With delay in publishing the results of undergraduate exams by the Tribhuvan University (TU), students have been facing problems as it takes more than four years to complete a three years’ bachelor degree. Prof Keshav Raj Bastola is the Controller of Examination at Tribhuvan University. In a short interview with The Corporate, he shares some major causes behind the delay in publishing results. <strong>Excerpts: </strong></span></div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>When will TU publish the result of bachelor third year students this year?</strong></span></div> <div> We have been preparing to publish the results within this month. Our attempt will be on publishing the result of all departments. It may take some more weeks to publish the results as it involves a large numbers of students.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>What are the major problems in publishing and conducting exams in time?</strong></span></div> <div> The past exam was finished in March. Lack of manpower and infrastructure at the district level has created problems. It is necessary to publish the results as we have to conduct exams in the coming month as well. We are trying to make our regional offices more effective. We have been preparing to arrange for answer sheets at the regional level which could help publish the results on time.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>How can you assure students that the results will be published on time?</strong></span></div> <div> Weaknesses of the previous management team are yet to be resolved and it will take time to do so. We have been appointing officers at the regional level as well. Lack of manpower has hampered work largely, causing us to miss deadlines. We are aware that the delay in results has had a negative impact among students. The large numbers of students in departments like education and arts make it difficult to publish results soon.</div> <div> </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '0000-00-00', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'With delay in publishing the results of undergraduate exams by the Tribhuvan University (TU), students have been facing problems as it takes more than four years to complete a three years’ bachelor degree. Prof Keshav Raj Bastola is the Controller of Examination at Tribhuvan University. In a short interview with The Corporate, he shares some major causes behind the delay in publishing results. Excerpts:', 'sortorder' => '1753', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1891', 'article_category_id' => '156', 'title' => 'What To Do When Co-Workers Won’t Leave You Alone', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Sue Shellenbarger</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Interruptions at the office are more than an annoyance. Research shows they fuel a sense of overload and add to stress, physical ailments and anxiety, as reported in today’s “Work & Family” column.</div> <div> </div> <div> Most people try on their own to solve the problem, fleeing to a conference room or working from home when they need to concentrate. But tackling the problem as a team works better, according to employers and consultants.The best solutions require agreeing with co-workers that interruptions are a problem and figuring out better ways to communicate.</div> <div> </div> <div> Some work teams adopt a shared signal that an employee is in deep-think and shouldn’t be interrupted except for a crisis. About 30 employees at a Colorado-based beverage company strung fishing line across their cubicle doors, then hung bright-colored swimsuit cover-ups over the line to use as curtains when they wanted to concentrate, says Laura Stack, a productivity trainer, author and speaker. When the curtains were drawn, co-workers stayed away except for top-priority issues. Employees at a construction company donned orange armbands as a no-interruption signal, she says.</div> <div> </div> <div> To make team solutions work, Stack trains employees to prioritize their needs, similar to the way a triage nurse sorts patients into groups based on the urgency of their condition. “Priority One” issues are crises or emergencies that must be handled immediately; “Priority Two” issues might soon become a crisis, and so on. “Priority Four” is reserved for “occupational hobbies — anything we are doing to avoid doing a Priority One or Priority Two task,” Stack says; Priority Fours could be taken off your to-do list forever without harm. If co-workers agree up-front on what kinds of issues demand immediate attention, most can cut interruptions significantly, she says.</div> <div> </div> <div> Other work teams have to learn to say no, says Maura Thomas, a speaker and trainer on productivity and attention. “People ask, ‘How do I get the message across that I don’t want to be interrupted? I try to keep typing when people are talking to me, but they just keep talking. Or I try to ignore them when they yell over the cubicle, but they just keep yelling. So I just give in to them.’ [These people] are using every technique except their words,” Thomas says. She coaches employees on polite deferrals, saying, “I’m sorry, I really can’t talk now. Could we meet later?” When all members of a work group hear the same message, they’re more likely to take such rejections in stride, she says.</div> <div> </div> <div> Thomas also has co-workers set regular limits on their availability. Rather than setting an “open-door policy” that implies 24/7 access, she suggests managers limit open-door time to a few hours a day. Other teams set daily quiet hours for everyone. (http://blogs.wsj.com/atwork)</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '2013-10-07', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Interruptions at the office are more than an annoyance. Research shows they fuel a sense of overload and add to stress, physical ailments and anxiety, as reported in today’s “Work & Family” column.', 'sortorder' => '1752', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1890', 'article_category_id' => '151', 'title' => 'Learning At NTHMC', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--TC Correspondent</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Established in 1999 in Pokhara, Nepal Tourism and Hotel Management College (NTHMC), is the first colleges to offer Bachelor of Hotel Management (BHM) and Bachelor of Travel and Tourism Management (BTTM) programmes in Nepal. The college is affiliated to Pokhara University. According to Ashok Palikhe, Chairman of the college, students from NTHMC have been employed in foreign countries such as USA, Netherlands, France, Singapore, among other countries. “The students are earning Rs 200,000 per month,” he claims and says that the college has availed the BHM degree in Nepal as students otherwise had to go abroad to get the degree. The college has been focusing on imparting quality education rather than a profit-oriented one, according to Palikhe. “We have been working on developing Pokhara as the tourism, education and health capital of Nepal.”</div> <div> </div> <div> The college-owned building covers 13,000 square feet of area in its campus that sprawls across 22 ropanis of land. The college boasts state-of-the-art equipment and lab facilities. The company has a general body of 140 personnel, most of them scions of top leading business houses of Pokhara such as the Laxmi House, Gosheli house, Gandaki noodles, Pokharahomes, and Machapucchre bank. The college is also equipped with modern infrastructure such as 4 training labs, 1 seminar hall, computer labs and basketball court. The college also takes its students to countries like India, Malaysia and Dubai for educational excursions that help them acquire practical knowledge. </div> <div> </div> <div> “We have been attempting to deliver an education that focuses on the knowledge, skills and attributes required to build high competency among students,” says Palikhe. Experts from various countries like the USA, Switzerland and Netherlands provide training to students time and again. The college also offers scholarships to 2 students from the Higher Secondary Education Board (HSEB) and 4 students from Pokhara University. “We also provide full scholarships to students scoring high marks each semester,” says Ramkailsh Bichha, Principal of NTHMC.</div> <div> </div> <div> <img alt="Nepal Tourism and Hotel management College" src="/userfiles/images/trd.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 410px; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 15px;" /></div> <div> </div> <div> The college offers 10+2 education in Hotel Management as well as 4 years Bachelor Degree in Hotel Management courses whereas the city campus (Business Management Center) offers BBA and BBA-BI (Banking & Insurance) courses. The teaching and learning of BBA and BBA-BI are focused on the theory and practice of Business Management that enhance students’ ability to compete in the job market as managers.</div> <div> </div> <div> “Attraction of students toward hotel management and tourism have been increasing recently as hundreds of students get enrolled in the BHM course,” says Palikhe.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '2013-10-07', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'The first private college to offer courses in hotel management in Nepal is a well equipped institution today', 'sortorder' => '1751', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1889', 'article_category_id' => '105', 'title' => 'For The People', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> On September 27, the World Tourism Day, a group of VIP tourists were taken on a tour in a coach to show different important cultural and heritage sites of Kathmandu, Patan and Bhaktapur. Nepal’s tourism minister was also in the team.</div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>The tourists ask the Tourism Minister: </strong>“Who are these people with curio items in their hands, some pushing bicycles, and some pushing the carts? And where are they from?</div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Minister:</strong> “They are the common people of Nepal, the real rulers of this country”.</div> <div> </div> <div> After a while came a fleet of flag-bearing Mercedes escorted by Traffic chiefs on white painted motorbikes followed by Pajeros full of armed policemen. The tourist coach was stopped for a while to let the caravan to pass.</div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Tourists:</strong> “And who are these”?</div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Minister:</strong> “Well, these are us, the servants of the people.” <strong> -ML</strong></div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '0000-00-00', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'On September 27, the World Tourism Day, a group of VIP tourists were taken on a tour in a coach to show different important cultural and heritage sites of Kathmandu, Patan and Bhaktapur. Nepal’s tourism minister was also in the team.', 'sortorder' => '1750', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1888', 'article_category_id' => '160', 'title' => 'Corptoon Vol3 Issue33', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '0000-00-00', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Corptoon', 'sortorder' => '1749', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1887', 'article_category_id' => '146', 'title' => 'Visual Edit Vol3 Issue33', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '0000-00-00', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Visual Edit', 'sortorder' => '1748', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1886', 'article_category_id' => '144', 'title' => 'Businessmen In Politics: A Good Mix?', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> Are management principles that ensure success in business useful in politics? Can a successful businessman prove his worth in politics? Not always. The chances of failure always loom for the shapeshifter. </div> <div> </div> <div> These questions will be raised during the second Constituent Assembly (CA) election in Nepal where many businessmen have expressed their interest to contest from different political parties. Further, some businessmen and organizations have already been in controversies due to their alleged involvement to lobby for particular candidates in the CA election.</div> <div> </div> <div> Generally, the issues among the business community should be common: environment for honest and genuine business, provision of a level playing field and assurance of private property, along with others.</div> <div> </div> <div> But in our context, it does not seem that businessmen want to enter politics to foster an environment conducive for business.</div> <div> </div> <div> There is a saying: honesty is the best policy. Businessmen should be honest. The current horserace to get tickets to contest in the CA election or to be listed in the propotional representation list does not show the honesty of businessmen.</div> <div> </div> <div> Businessmen should dare to forge their own political parties if they want to be involved in politics or should announce openly that they will leave business to enter politics. The example of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra can be appropriate here.</div> <div> </div> <div> The greed of businessmen to get tickets to contest in the CA election or to be listed in the propotional representation list has tarnished the reputation of the business community. On the one hand, many accuse businessmen of bribing politicians to secure tickets. On the other, their open affiliation to political parties raises the question of misuse of power and power influence of power in their business activities.</div> <div> </div> <div> Preferably, businessmen should not enter politics when the stand of the business community is divided on major economic issues. How can a businessperson take an independent stand after his/her affiliation to a particular political party? These are some issues that need to be clarified by those willing to contest in the election.</div> <div> </div> <div> If businessmen want to be engaged in philanthropy, there are numerous ways to do so. Blatant use of money to get a ticket in the election and to be a member of the CA or parliament will do nothing more than tarnish the image of the private sector and pull the entire business community into controversy.</div> <div> </div> <div> In the end, businessmen should be clear that you can’t win elections with money alone. If that were true, all the big industrialists throughout the world would have been ruling their countries already.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '0000-00-00', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Are management principles that ensure success in business useful in politics? Can a successful businessman prove his worth in politics? Not always. The chances of failure always loom for the shapeshifter.', 'sortorder' => '1747', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1885', 'article_category_id' => '145', 'title' => 'Pokhara, Tourism & Sustainability Issues', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <strong>--By Ramji Sharma</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Tourism, a 21st century industry, acts as an agent to induce change in socio-cultural values and norms of a society. Social and cross-cultural contacts, encounters and interactions are inherent aspects of tourism and its impact and implication numerous and varied. The United Nations Environmental Programme says that the implications of tourism are ambiguous, for the same activities are seen as beneficial by some and perceived negatively by others - especially with regard to disagreements between business interests and environmental consciousness. ‘Sustainability’, thus, has become a buzzword in tourism academia now. </div> <div> </div> <div> To analyze the impact and implication of tourism in Pokhara, a model called ‘FIDELL TALCADS’ (acronym of thirteen selected variables) was devised and tested here. The variables were: </div> <div> Family structure / Social composition, Indigenous profession, Dining patterns, Emotion, Attitude and Behaviour, Lifestyle and Fashion, Labour division, Traditions, values and norms, Arts, crafts, curios and music, Language, Crime, Alcoholism / Smoking, Drug abuse, Sex</div> <div> </div> <div> The research shows that the effects of tourism can be measured in various social aspects.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Dining patterns</strong></span></div> <div> Food, it is believed, is the most important cultural expression that can sometimes be the reason of travel for some people. Ethnographically, Nepal is one of the richest countries in the world with 125 ethnic groups and 123 spoken languages. Different communities have different types of food to begin the day with. A most popular ritual which has now become a habit for many Nepali people is to wake up with a cup of tea. However, this common habit was only found in 25.86 per cent of the respondents at Lakeside, Pokhara. The percentage of respondents that articulated their preference for light break-fast in the morning with a cup of tea or coffee, on the other hand, was 74.14 per cent, and none of the breakfast choices included an item from the traditional Nepali cuisine. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Emotion, Attitude and Behaviuor</strong></span></div> <div> Tourism creates wide socio-cultural implications as tourists bring their distinct cultural baggage when they visit different places. The most striking feature of tourism is interaction and intermingling between hosts and guests that slowly penetrate and infuse a large number of small effects which individually appear insignificant but together make an impact.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Lifestyle and Fashion </strong></span></div> <div> Akin to the cultural variation in hospitality, tourism has multifarious implications on various aspects of human life. However, the intensity and mode may vary depending on the frequency of interaction, cultural distance and age groups that come into contact with tourists of different cultural values and lifestyle. Of them, the younger generation seems to be highly influenced by tourism. Most youngsters feel modern when they copy, follow or imitate the styles of tourists (mostly western) which is also called ‘the demonstration effect’ in tourism. The popularity of the multicolored shaggy hair, hair raise, hip-hop outfits, bra-less transparent tops, colour tattoos, piercing in various parts of the body are some of the noticeable demonstration effects in these communities. </div> <div> </div> <div> There is a significant influence of tourists on the lives of the waifs and stray children of the streets. Destitute children stroll around until they find kind tourists after which they swarm around the tourists begging for money, chocolate or sometimes ask them to take them to restaurants for dining. The children (and sometime seniors too) often dress in tattered clothes and prey upon the sympathies of the tourist who give them something and eventually turn them into professional beggars. Begging has become the best modus operandi for street children for easy living in spite of clearly written instructions given to visitors to not to give anything. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Traditions, Values and Norms</strong></span></div> <div> Each unit of society has a set of traditions, value systems, beliefs, ideas, attitudes, perceptions and habits. The growth of tourism may produce both problems and opportunities at a vast scale for societies and its main impact might be on the economy, culture and environment. </div> <div> </div> <div> Grand celebrations targeting the English New Year and Christmas is probably the best street carnival in Pokhara, indicating western influence. A perceptible void of festivity during the Nepali New Year and Dashain-Tihar signifies the westernization of tourism in Phewa Lake catchments. Regardless of this, respondents added that tourism has inculcated a broader outlook through knowledge and awareness that are not only desirable but also necessary to improve the quality of life of people in particular, and the society in general. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Art, Craft Curios and Music</strong></span></div> <div> Some artistic creations and expressions like painting, music, dance, architecture and other areas in the arts hold appeal for tourists. </div> <div> </div> <div> Tourism has a very supportive role in promoting ethnic and indigenous music, dance and songs in Pokhara. Respondents have noticed a sizable increase in Rodhi culture, Dohari, Ghantu, Sorathi, Chhyandu and Jhyaure in the Lakeside area due to tourism.</div> <div> </div> <div> Nature-based tourism in the spectacular milieu of our cultural mosaic is the core competence of the Nepali tourism industry. But nature and culture both are vulnerable and cannot remain in isolation from tourism. The example of Pokhara’s westernization shows that tourist cultures always dominate the host culture and in many cases, hosts are the losers despite the financial leverage they get. Coming close to Social Darwinists and Neo-Marxists, analysis has proved that tourism is a strong agent of socio-cultural diffusion, infusion, acculturation and assimilation with an anthology of a complex synthesis of various interconnected socio-cultural, environmental and economic influences, though although it primarily turns up as an economic enterprise. </div> <div> </div> <div> Further, socio-cultural influences and implications are not as apparent as economic impacts are. Such impacts are indirect, qualitative and hard to identify. They depend on value orientation and are also ambiguous. Thus, we can conclude that the impact and implications of tourism on the host society are latent, slow, but penetrating and lasting; and the impact individually appears to be insignificant, but together they vibrate and weaken the socio-cultural system. </div> <div> </div> <div> It is revealed that tourism, in many cases, appears as an exploitative envoy rather than an economic panacea till the destination remains a ‘pleasure periphery’ of the developed world and the traveler becomes a tourist, not a social activist. Therefore, the paradise valley of Pokhara has to focus on value tourists and not on volume of tourists to retain its charm and authenticity. A proposition which might be appropriate for tourism development in a developing destination like Pokhara is ‘Community Based Responsible Tourism’ (CBRT) which emphasizes on having a balance between tourism growth, ecological conservation, economic prosperity, socio-cultural authenticity and sustainability. </div> <div> </div> <div> (The writer is a PhD research fellow in Tourism at TU / Principal at Mount Annapurna Higher Sec School, Pokhara. He can be contacted at: ramjisharma@gmail.com)</div> <div> </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '0000-00-00', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Tourism, a 21st century industry, acts as an agent to induce change in socio-cultural values and norms of a society. Social and cross-cultural contacts, encounters and interactions are inherent aspects of tourism and its impact and implication numerous and varied. The United Nations Environmental Programme says that the implications of tourism are ambiguous, for the same activities are seen as beneficial by some and perceived negatively by others - especially with regard to disagreements between business interests and environmental consciousness. ‘Sustainability’, thus, has become a buzzword in tourism academia now.', 'sortorder' => '1746', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1884', 'article_category_id' => '34', 'title' => 'Nepal Political Economy News In Brief (30 - 3 October 2013)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Khadka Nominated NC Joint General Secretary</strong></span></div> <div> Nepali Congress (NC) Central Working Committee (CWC) has appointed Purna Bahadur Khadka as its joint general secretary. The meeting of the CWC held last Monday (September 23) nominated Khadka from the senior leader Sher Bahadur Deuba faction. The post was lying vacant since the party’s general convention in 2010 due to the intra feuds between the party president Sushil Koirala and the Deuba faction. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Envoy Sharma Recalled</strong></span></div> <div> <img alt="Sharma" src="/userfiles/images/shrma.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 105px;" />The government has recalled Nepal’s ambassador to Qatar, Maya Kumari Sharma, following a controversy over her remarks calling Qatar an “open jail”. The meeting of Council of Ministers held last Thursday made such a decision after Sharma reportedly refused to resign from the post. Maya Kumari Sharma had made the remarks in an interview with the BBC Nepali service six months ago. Following the controversies, Ambassador of Qatar to Nepal Ahmed Jasem Al-Hamar had also taken the issue with Foreign Minister Madhav Prasad Ghimire.</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Bodde Calls on Regmi</strong></span></div> <div> <img alt="Bodde" src="/userfiles/images/bodde.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 90px; height: 113px;" />American Ambassador to Nepal Peter W. Bodde met Chairman of the Council of Ministers Khil Raj Regmi last Wednesday, a day prior to Regmi’s visit to the US for taking part in the 68th General Assembly of the United Nations. During the meeting the duo discussed the latest political developments, preparation of the Constituent Assembly Election and the ongoing 68th General Assembly of the United Nations in New York, among others.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Parties Busy Selecting Poll Sandidates</strong></span></div> <div> As the election of the Constituent Assembly scheduled for November 19 approaches nearer, the major political parties are busy in the process of picking up candidates for the polls. The Election Commission has allocated the deadline for filing the nomination of candidates under first-past-the-post system for October 3 and proportional system for September 30. The major parties including UCPN (Maoist), Nepali Congress (NC) and CPN (UML) have intensified the process to select the candidates keeping in view the deadline of the EC. According to the Central Working Committee Member of the NC, Minendra Rijal, the recently formed Parliamentary Board of his party is holding meetings regularly to finalise the candidate list for the CA polls. Likewise, the UCPN (Maoist) and CPN (UML) are likely to finalise their candidates within a few days and make it public.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Army Mobilisation Decision Flayed</strong></span></div> <div> CPN-Maoist-led 33-party alliance has criticised the government’s decision to mobilise the Nepal Army for security in order to maintain security during the near-coming CA elections. CPN-Maoist secretary Dev Gurung argued that it was against democratic norms to mobilise the army for security during the polls. The alliance has claimed that the mobilization of the army would further invite confrontation. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Paswan Back to UCPN (Maoist)</strong></span></div> <div> CPN-Maoist central committee member Mahendra Paswan rejoined the UCPN (Maoist) last Wednesday deserting the CPN-Maoist party. Paswan along with other CPN-Maoist leaders, Dhiraj Patel and Hari Gyanwali, also joined the UCPN (Maoist) party. The three left the UCPN (Maoist) breakaway faction CPN-Maoist last Tuesday. Though they had announced the formation of CPN-Maoist (Revolutionary) party, their return to the UCPN (Maoist) has been seen as an attempt to ensure tickets for the upcoming CA polls.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '2013-09-30', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Nepali Congress (NC) Central Working Committee (CWC) has appointed Purna Bahadur Khadka as its joint general secretary. The meeting of the CWC held last Monday (September 23) nominated Khadka from the senior leader Sher Bahadur Deuba faction. The post was lying vacant since the party’s general convention in 2010 due to the intra feuds between the party president Sushil Koirala and the Deuba faction.', 'sortorder' => '1745', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1883', 'article_category_id' => '196', 'title' => 'Weekly Round-Up (23 - 29 September 2013)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<ul> <li> The Nepal Rastra Bank issued a reverse repo last Wednesday for the fourth time worth Rs 10 billion, within a period of three weeks. Banking and financial institutions (BFIs) have bid for securities worth Rs 21.85 billion for the fourth round of reverse repo held by the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) last Wednesday. According to the NRB, it has received sealed quotations from 21 BFIs amounting to Rs 21.85 billion for the reverse repo issued by NRB worth Rs 10 billion. The over-subscription indicates that BFIs are sitting on a chunk of cash posing a high risk of liquidity-induced inflation rise during the festive seasons. The tightening credit demand, rise in the flow of remittance and lack of investment opportunities are the reasons behind excess liquidity, analysts believe.</li> </ul> <div> </div> <ul> <li> The 34th World Tourism Day was celebrated in Nepal with a theme of “Tourism and Water: Protecting our Common Future” holding various programmes from September 21 to September 29. Two new tourist destinations were made public in a programme last Friday organised by Nepal Tourism Board (NTB).The new destinations are the 330 KM long Great Buddhist Trail stretching from Kathmandu to Banganga River, and Chitlang village of Makwanpur district as ´Village Tourism Destination 2013/14’. During the programme, Tourism Secretary Sushil Ghimire informed that Gautam Buddha Airport at Bhairahawa will be developed as Nepal’s second international airport by June 2017.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <ul> <li> While the Nepali economy is battling with huge trade deficits, Britian is likely to help Nepal in lowering such trade gaps. According to the British Ambassador to Nepal, Andrew James Sparks, he wants to help Nepal reduce its trade deficit, and will request his government to help Nepal in this regard. He has also made a commitment to help find a market for Nepali goods in Britain. Despite a two-century long relationship between the two countries, there has not been a single trade agreement between them. Speaking at a programme organised by Nepal Economic Forum in the capital last Tuesday, envoy Sparks informed that they will help create a market for Nepali goods with a ‘Made in Nepal’ brand.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <ul> <li> Asian Development Bank, a major financial aid agency, is now shifting its investment to large scale projects from small level ones, stating it has faced many problems in small scale projects. As Nepal’s capital expenditure is only 3 per cent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the ADB, which is formulating a 5-year Country Partnership Strategy (CPS), will also support increasing capital expenditure in Nepal. </li> </ul> <div> </div> <ul> <li> Nepal has received full membership of the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO). The recent meeting of the 36th General Assembly held in St Petersburg of Russia decided to grant the membership to Nepal which will come in effect from January 2014. Finance Minister Shankar Prasad Koirala made public the ISO membership certificate at a programme organized at the Nepal Bureau of Standards and Metrology last Thursday. The membership is both a challenge and an opportunity for Nepal, according to economic analysts. Nepal will have to pay Rs 2.6 million annually to the ISO. Since this is a powerful trade tool, the status can boost the exports of Nepali goods as it can give out a positive message in the international market about the quality of Nepali goods.</li> </ul> <div> </div> <ul> <li> As the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has arrested top four officials of the Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) for doling out bonuses to its staff, the government has decided to provide a loan worth Rs 2 billion to the state-owned entity. Currently, the NOC owes the government and different financial institutions a whopping Rs 28.50 billion. The government has alone lent more than Rs 12.50 billion to the cash-strapped institution. The NOC had also hiked the price of petro products earlier in the week to adjust its price with international prices. While the NOC, state owned oil monopoly, is ridden with the economic crisis, economic analysts have said that the only solution lies in the idea of an auto-price mechanism.</li> </ul>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '0000-00-00', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'The Nepal Rastra Bank issued a reverse repo last Wednesday for the fourth time worth Rs 10 billion, within a period of three weeks. Banking and financial institutions (BFIs) have bid for securities worth Rs 21.85 billion for the fourth round of reverse repo held by the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) last Wednesday.', 'sortorder' => '1744', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1882', 'article_category_id' => '142', 'title' => 'Poll Update (23 - 29 September 2013)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>RPP-Nepal Announces Candidates for Direct Election</strong></span></div> <div> Rastriya Prajatantra Party -Nepal (RPP-Nepal) has announced the list of candidates for the CA elections contesting under the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) system. Organising a press conference in the capital last Friday, the party has said that it will be contesting from all 240 constituencies. The list of 196 declared candidates includes most of the party’s top leaders, central committee members and district leaders. Among the top leaders, Padma Sundar Lawoti has been announced RPP-N candidate from Panchthar -2. Chandra Bahadur Gurung has been declared as candidate from Syangja-1, Udhav Poudel from Kathmandu-4 and singers Mira Rana and Sanjaya Shrestha from Kathmandu-3 and 6, respectively. Bharat Jangam, who joined the party recently, is also contesting from Kathmandu-1. The announcement of the remaining candidates will be done within the next two days, informed party chairman Kamal Thapa.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>“Polls preparation almost completed”</strong></span></div> <div> <img alt="Nilkantha Upreti" src="/userfiles/images/jll12.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 100px; height: 114px;" />Chief Election Commissioner Neelkantha Upreti has said that the Election Commission (EC) has almost completed the preparations for the upcoming Constituent Assembly (CA) elections scheduled for November 19. Speaking at a programme in the capital last Friday, Upreti said the EC is expediting the preparation work as per the election schedule. He also expressed confidence that the election fervour will further catch up with the parties after the registration of the candidates under the first-past-the-post election system.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '0000-00-00', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Rastriya Prajatantra Party -Nepal (RPP-Nepal) has announced the list of candidates for the CA elections contesting under the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) system. Organising a press conference in the capital last Friday, the party has said that it will be contesting from all 240 constituencies.', 'sortorder' => '1743', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1881', 'article_category_id' => '140', 'title' => 'Regmi Addresses UNGA, Thanks Intl Community For Poll Support', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <img alt="KRJ" src="/userfiles/images/jflkdj.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 200px; height: 158px;" />Chairman of the Interim Election Council of Ministers, Khil Raj Regmi, has addressed the 68th General Assembly of the United Nations (UNGA). Addressing the UNGA last Saturday, Chairman Regmi said that the necessary preparation has been made for the upcoming Constituent Assembly polls which will be vital for Nepal’s peace process. He also thanked the international community for the “moral and material support” made available for the elections. </div> <div> </div> <div> “The election will provide the mandate of the people for writing a constitution, advance civil and political rights, ensure people’s sovereignty in decision-making in state affairs and institutionalize multi-party democracy, federalism and republicanism,” he said.</div> <div> </div> <div> Meanwhile, Regmi has also met UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Indian Prime Minister Dr Man Mohan Singh and US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian and Central Asian Affairs Mr. Robert Blake in the sidelines of the UNGA. </div> <div> </div> <div> Regmi has also held an interaction with the representatives of the Nepali expatriate community in New York. </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '2013-09-30', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Chairman of the Interim Election Council of Ministers, Khil Raj Regmi, has addressed the 68th General Assembly of the United Nations (UNGA). Addressing the UNGA last Saturday, Chairman Regmi said that the necessary preparation has been made for the upcoming Constituent Assembly polls which will be vital for Nepal’s peace process. He also thanked the international community for the “moral and material support” made available for the elections.', 'sortorder' => '1742', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1880', 'article_category_id' => '140', 'title' => 'SC Bars Murder Convicts From Contesting CA Polls', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered the government and the Election Commission (EC) to not allow convicted persons from contesting in the Constituent Assembly elections. Scrapping an interim order, the apex court last Thursday upheld Section 19 of the Constituent Assembly Member Election Ordinance 2013 that bars murder convicts from contesting the election. </div> <div> </div> <div> Earlier last Monday (September 23), a single bench of Justice Tarka Raj Bhatta had ordered the government and the Election Commission (EC) not to implement Clause 19 (e) of the ordinance concerning election of CA members. </div> <div> </div> <div> Following the SC order, all murder convicts, including UCPN (Maoist) leader Bal Krishna Dhungel, will be unable to file candidacy for the upcoming CA election scheduled for November 19.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '2013-09-30', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered the government and the Election Commission (EC) to not allow convicted persons from contesting in the Constituent Assembly elections. 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Niketan College organised a day long workshop on ‘Emerging Issues of Management in the Country’ on Saturday, September 28. The programme was organized by BBA 4th semester students with the aim to enhance managerial skills of different Nepali organizations. Students from five colleges, including two groups from V.S. Niketan, made presentations on different issues. V.S. Niketan BBA 8th semester students presented on ‘Crisis Management’ while BBA 4th semester students presented on ‘Banking Mergers: A Perspective in the Context of Nepal’. Similarly, KFA College, Kathford International College, Kathmandu College of Management and Quest College also made presentations on the issues such as ‘Conflict in Business Sectors: Cause and Remedies in the Nepali Context’, ‘Brain Drain in the Country’, ‘Brain Drain: Looking Constructively’ and ‘Conflict Management’, respectively. “BBA students should be job creators rather than job holders,” said Chief Guest Economist Dr Chiranjibi Nepal in the programme.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>HSEB Publishes XII Management and Humanities Results</strong></span></div> <div> The Higher Secondary Education (HSEB) Board published the results of Grade XII of Management and Humanities faculties on Wednesday, 25th September.</div> <div> </div> <div> The pass percentage of regular students is 38.63 this year. Eighty thousand six hundred and twenty out of 208,701 students in the regular category passed the exam held in April-May this year. Results of five students were withheld while 171 were expelled during exams. Similarly, 137,412 students appeared in the exempted category out of which 42,538 examinees succeeded. The results of 11 others were withheld. Similarly, HSEB published a notice regarding the grade 12 chance examination which is to be held on 26 Oct, 2013.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Tribhuvan University CMAT Out</strong></span></div> <div> The Tribhuvan University (TU) Department of Management, Examination Controller Division, Kirtipur has published results of CMAT examination on 24th September, which was held on 5 Asoj 2070 BS. Students interested in admission in BBA/BIM and BHM/BTTM programmes at Tribhuvan University constituent or affiliated colleges must pass the CMAT exam. Likewise, TU has announced admission notices for BBA, BHM, BIM and BTTM programmes. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>TU Publishes MA 2nd Year Economics Results</strong></span></div> <div> The TU Office of the Controller of Examinations has announced the results of Master of Arts (MA) Second Year examinations in Economics on Thursday 26th September. The exam was held earlier this year under the Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences. The results can be accessed at www.tu.ntc.net.np .</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>100 per cent Literate District to be Announced</strong></span></div> <div> Preparations are on to announce a fully literate district within this fiscal year. Though the announcement was scheduled for the year 2015 according to government policy, the title is being announced ahead of the year. Campaigns were started after Fulbari VDC was announced as the 1st literate district in 2068. Last year, 5 VDCs and 2 Wards (7 and 12) of Bharatpur Municipality of Chitwan district were announced as fully literate. </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '0000-00-00', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'V.S. Niketan College organised a day long workshop on ‘Emerging Issues of Management in the Country’ on Saturday, September 28. The programme was organized by BBA 4th semester students with the aim to enhance managerial skills of different Nepali organizations.', 'sortorder' => '1754', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1892', 'article_category_id' => '151', 'title' => '‘We Are Trying To Make Our Regional Offices More Effective’', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><img alt="Prof KR Bastola" src="/userfiles/images/%3Blkf%3Bdk.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 250px; height: 167px;" />With delay in publishing the results of undergraduate exams by the Tribhuvan University (TU), students have been facing problems as it takes more than four years to complete a three years’ bachelor degree. Prof Keshav Raj Bastola is the Controller of Examination at Tribhuvan University. In a short interview with The Corporate, he shares some major causes behind the delay in publishing results. <strong>Excerpts: </strong></span></div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>When will TU publish the result of bachelor third year students this year?</strong></span></div> <div> We have been preparing to publish the results within this month. Our attempt will be on publishing the result of all departments. It may take some more weeks to publish the results as it involves a large numbers of students.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>What are the major problems in publishing and conducting exams in time?</strong></span></div> <div> The past exam was finished in March. Lack of manpower and infrastructure at the district level has created problems. It is necessary to publish the results as we have to conduct exams in the coming month as well. We are trying to make our regional offices more effective. We have been preparing to arrange for answer sheets at the regional level which could help publish the results on time.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>How can you assure students that the results will be published on time?</strong></span></div> <div> Weaknesses of the previous management team are yet to be resolved and it will take time to do so. We have been appointing officers at the regional level as well. Lack of manpower has hampered work largely, causing us to miss deadlines. We are aware that the delay in results has had a negative impact among students. The large numbers of students in departments like education and arts make it difficult to publish results soon.</div> <div> </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '0000-00-00', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'With delay in publishing the results of undergraduate exams by the Tribhuvan University (TU), students have been facing problems as it takes more than four years to complete a three years’ bachelor degree. Prof Keshav Raj Bastola is the Controller of Examination at Tribhuvan University. In a short interview with The Corporate, he shares some major causes behind the delay in publishing results. Excerpts:', 'sortorder' => '1753', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1891', 'article_category_id' => '156', 'title' => 'What To Do When Co-Workers Won’t Leave You Alone', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Sue Shellenbarger</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Interruptions at the office are more than an annoyance. Research shows they fuel a sense of overload and add to stress, physical ailments and anxiety, as reported in today’s “Work & Family” column.</div> <div> </div> <div> Most people try on their own to solve the problem, fleeing to a conference room or working from home when they need to concentrate. But tackling the problem as a team works better, according to employers and consultants.The best solutions require agreeing with co-workers that interruptions are a problem and figuring out better ways to communicate.</div> <div> </div> <div> Some work teams adopt a shared signal that an employee is in deep-think and shouldn’t be interrupted except for a crisis. About 30 employees at a Colorado-based beverage company strung fishing line across their cubicle doors, then hung bright-colored swimsuit cover-ups over the line to use as curtains when they wanted to concentrate, says Laura Stack, a productivity trainer, author and speaker. When the curtains were drawn, co-workers stayed away except for top-priority issues. Employees at a construction company donned orange armbands as a no-interruption signal, she says.</div> <div> </div> <div> To make team solutions work, Stack trains employees to prioritize their needs, similar to the way a triage nurse sorts patients into groups based on the urgency of their condition. “Priority One” issues are crises or emergencies that must be handled immediately; “Priority Two” issues might soon become a crisis, and so on. “Priority Four” is reserved for “occupational hobbies — anything we are doing to avoid doing a Priority One or Priority Two task,” Stack says; Priority Fours could be taken off your to-do list forever without harm. If co-workers agree up-front on what kinds of issues demand immediate attention, most can cut interruptions significantly, she says.</div> <div> </div> <div> Other work teams have to learn to say no, says Maura Thomas, a speaker and trainer on productivity and attention. “People ask, ‘How do I get the message across that I don’t want to be interrupted? I try to keep typing when people are talking to me, but they just keep talking. Or I try to ignore them when they yell over the cubicle, but they just keep yelling. So I just give in to them.’ [These people] are using every technique except their words,” Thomas says. She coaches employees on polite deferrals, saying, “I’m sorry, I really can’t talk now. Could we meet later?” When all members of a work group hear the same message, they’re more likely to take such rejections in stride, she says.</div> <div> </div> <div> Thomas also has co-workers set regular limits on their availability. Rather than setting an “open-door policy” that implies 24/7 access, she suggests managers limit open-door time to a few hours a day. Other teams set daily quiet hours for everyone. (http://blogs.wsj.com/atwork)</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '2013-10-07', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Interruptions at the office are more than an annoyance. Research shows they fuel a sense of overload and add to stress, physical ailments and anxiety, as reported in today’s “Work & Family” column.', 'sortorder' => '1752', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1890', 'article_category_id' => '151', 'title' => 'Learning At NTHMC', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--TC Correspondent</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Established in 1999 in Pokhara, Nepal Tourism and Hotel Management College (NTHMC), is the first colleges to offer Bachelor of Hotel Management (BHM) and Bachelor of Travel and Tourism Management (BTTM) programmes in Nepal. The college is affiliated to Pokhara University. According to Ashok Palikhe, Chairman of the college, students from NTHMC have been employed in foreign countries such as USA, Netherlands, France, Singapore, among other countries. “The students are earning Rs 200,000 per month,” he claims and says that the college has availed the BHM degree in Nepal as students otherwise had to go abroad to get the degree. The college has been focusing on imparting quality education rather than a profit-oriented one, according to Palikhe. “We have been working on developing Pokhara as the tourism, education and health capital of Nepal.”</div> <div> </div> <div> The college-owned building covers 13,000 square feet of area in its campus that sprawls across 22 ropanis of land. The college boasts state-of-the-art equipment and lab facilities. The company has a general body of 140 personnel, most of them scions of top leading business houses of Pokhara such as the Laxmi House, Gosheli house, Gandaki noodles, Pokharahomes, and Machapucchre bank. The college is also equipped with modern infrastructure such as 4 training labs, 1 seminar hall, computer labs and basketball court. The college also takes its students to countries like India, Malaysia and Dubai for educational excursions that help them acquire practical knowledge. </div> <div> </div> <div> “We have been attempting to deliver an education that focuses on the knowledge, skills and attributes required to build high competency among students,” says Palikhe. Experts from various countries like the USA, Switzerland and Netherlands provide training to students time and again. The college also offers scholarships to 2 students from the Higher Secondary Education Board (HSEB) and 4 students from Pokhara University. “We also provide full scholarships to students scoring high marks each semester,” says Ramkailsh Bichha, Principal of NTHMC.</div> <div> </div> <div> <img alt="Nepal Tourism and Hotel management College" src="/userfiles/images/trd.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 410px; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 15px;" /></div> <div> </div> <div> The college offers 10+2 education in Hotel Management as well as 4 years Bachelor Degree in Hotel Management courses whereas the city campus (Business Management Center) offers BBA and BBA-BI (Banking & Insurance) courses. The teaching and learning of BBA and BBA-BI are focused on the theory and practice of Business Management that enhance students’ ability to compete in the job market as managers.</div> <div> </div> <div> “Attraction of students toward hotel management and tourism have been increasing recently as hundreds of students get enrolled in the BHM course,” says Palikhe.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '2013-10-07', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'The first private college to offer courses in hotel management in Nepal is a well equipped institution today', 'sortorder' => '1751', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1889', 'article_category_id' => '105', 'title' => 'For The People', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> On September 27, the World Tourism Day, a group of VIP tourists were taken on a tour in a coach to show different important cultural and heritage sites of Kathmandu, Patan and Bhaktapur. Nepal’s tourism minister was also in the team.</div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>The tourists ask the Tourism Minister: </strong>“Who are these people with curio items in their hands, some pushing bicycles, and some pushing the carts? And where are they from?</div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Minister:</strong> “They are the common people of Nepal, the real rulers of this country”.</div> <div> </div> <div> After a while came a fleet of flag-bearing Mercedes escorted by Traffic chiefs on white painted motorbikes followed by Pajeros full of armed policemen. The tourist coach was stopped for a while to let the caravan to pass.</div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Tourists:</strong> “And who are these”?</div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Minister:</strong> “Well, these are us, the servants of the people.” <strong> -ML</strong></div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '0000-00-00', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'On September 27, the World Tourism Day, a group of VIP tourists were taken on a tour in a coach to show different important cultural and heritage sites of Kathmandu, Patan and Bhaktapur. Nepal’s tourism minister was also in the team.', 'sortorder' => '1750', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1888', 'article_category_id' => '160', 'title' => 'Corptoon Vol3 Issue33', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '0000-00-00', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Corptoon', 'sortorder' => '1749', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1887', 'article_category_id' => '146', 'title' => 'Visual Edit Vol3 Issue33', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '0000-00-00', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Visual Edit', 'sortorder' => '1748', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1886', 'article_category_id' => '144', 'title' => 'Businessmen In Politics: A Good Mix?', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> Are management principles that ensure success in business useful in politics? Can a successful businessman prove his worth in politics? Not always. The chances of failure always loom for the shapeshifter. </div> <div> </div> <div> These questions will be raised during the second Constituent Assembly (CA) election in Nepal where many businessmen have expressed their interest to contest from different political parties. Further, some businessmen and organizations have already been in controversies due to their alleged involvement to lobby for particular candidates in the CA election.</div> <div> </div> <div> Generally, the issues among the business community should be common: environment for honest and genuine business, provision of a level playing field and assurance of private property, along with others.</div> <div> </div> <div> But in our context, it does not seem that businessmen want to enter politics to foster an environment conducive for business.</div> <div> </div> <div> There is a saying: honesty is the best policy. Businessmen should be honest. The current horserace to get tickets to contest in the CA election or to be listed in the propotional representation list does not show the honesty of businessmen.</div> <div> </div> <div> Businessmen should dare to forge their own political parties if they want to be involved in politics or should announce openly that they will leave business to enter politics. The example of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra can be appropriate here.</div> <div> </div> <div> The greed of businessmen to get tickets to contest in the CA election or to be listed in the propotional representation list has tarnished the reputation of the business community. On the one hand, many accuse businessmen of bribing politicians to secure tickets. On the other, their open affiliation to political parties raises the question of misuse of power and power influence of power in their business activities.</div> <div> </div> <div> Preferably, businessmen should not enter politics when the stand of the business community is divided on major economic issues. How can a businessperson take an independent stand after his/her affiliation to a particular political party? These are some issues that need to be clarified by those willing to contest in the election.</div> <div> </div> <div> If businessmen want to be engaged in philanthropy, there are numerous ways to do so. Blatant use of money to get a ticket in the election and to be a member of the CA or parliament will do nothing more than tarnish the image of the private sector and pull the entire business community into controversy.</div> <div> </div> <div> In the end, businessmen should be clear that you can’t win elections with money alone. If that were true, all the big industrialists throughout the world would have been ruling their countries already.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '0000-00-00', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Are management principles that ensure success in business useful in politics? Can a successful businessman prove his worth in politics? Not always. The chances of failure always loom for the shapeshifter.', 'sortorder' => '1747', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1885', 'article_category_id' => '145', 'title' => 'Pokhara, Tourism & Sustainability Issues', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <strong>--By Ramji Sharma</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Tourism, a 21st century industry, acts as an agent to induce change in socio-cultural values and norms of a society. Social and cross-cultural contacts, encounters and interactions are inherent aspects of tourism and its impact and implication numerous and varied. The United Nations Environmental Programme says that the implications of tourism are ambiguous, for the same activities are seen as beneficial by some and perceived negatively by others - especially with regard to disagreements between business interests and environmental consciousness. ‘Sustainability’, thus, has become a buzzword in tourism academia now. </div> <div> </div> <div> To analyze the impact and implication of tourism in Pokhara, a model called ‘FIDELL TALCADS’ (acronym of thirteen selected variables) was devised and tested here. The variables were: </div> <div> Family structure / Social composition, Indigenous profession, Dining patterns, Emotion, Attitude and Behaviour, Lifestyle and Fashion, Labour division, Traditions, values and norms, Arts, crafts, curios and music, Language, Crime, Alcoholism / Smoking, Drug abuse, Sex</div> <div> </div> <div> The research shows that the effects of tourism can be measured in various social aspects.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Dining patterns</strong></span></div> <div> Food, it is believed, is the most important cultural expression that can sometimes be the reason of travel for some people. Ethnographically, Nepal is one of the richest countries in the world with 125 ethnic groups and 123 spoken languages. Different communities have different types of food to begin the day with. A most popular ritual which has now become a habit for many Nepali people is to wake up with a cup of tea. However, this common habit was only found in 25.86 per cent of the respondents at Lakeside, Pokhara. The percentage of respondents that articulated their preference for light break-fast in the morning with a cup of tea or coffee, on the other hand, was 74.14 per cent, and none of the breakfast choices included an item from the traditional Nepali cuisine. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Emotion, Attitude and Behaviuor</strong></span></div> <div> Tourism creates wide socio-cultural implications as tourists bring their distinct cultural baggage when they visit different places. The most striking feature of tourism is interaction and intermingling between hosts and guests that slowly penetrate and infuse a large number of small effects which individually appear insignificant but together make an impact.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Lifestyle and Fashion </strong></span></div> <div> Akin to the cultural variation in hospitality, tourism has multifarious implications on various aspects of human life. However, the intensity and mode may vary depending on the frequency of interaction, cultural distance and age groups that come into contact with tourists of different cultural values and lifestyle. Of them, the younger generation seems to be highly influenced by tourism. Most youngsters feel modern when they copy, follow or imitate the styles of tourists (mostly western) which is also called ‘the demonstration effect’ in tourism. The popularity of the multicolored shaggy hair, hair raise, hip-hop outfits, bra-less transparent tops, colour tattoos, piercing in various parts of the body are some of the noticeable demonstration effects in these communities. </div> <div> </div> <div> There is a significant influence of tourists on the lives of the waifs and stray children of the streets. Destitute children stroll around until they find kind tourists after which they swarm around the tourists begging for money, chocolate or sometimes ask them to take them to restaurants for dining. The children (and sometime seniors too) often dress in tattered clothes and prey upon the sympathies of the tourist who give them something and eventually turn them into professional beggars. Begging has become the best modus operandi for street children for easy living in spite of clearly written instructions given to visitors to not to give anything. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Traditions, Values and Norms</strong></span></div> <div> Each unit of society has a set of traditions, value systems, beliefs, ideas, attitudes, perceptions and habits. The growth of tourism may produce both problems and opportunities at a vast scale for societies and its main impact might be on the economy, culture and environment. </div> <div> </div> <div> Grand celebrations targeting the English New Year and Christmas is probably the best street carnival in Pokhara, indicating western influence. A perceptible void of festivity during the Nepali New Year and Dashain-Tihar signifies the westernization of tourism in Phewa Lake catchments. Regardless of this, respondents added that tourism has inculcated a broader outlook through knowledge and awareness that are not only desirable but also necessary to improve the quality of life of people in particular, and the society in general. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Art, Craft Curios and Music</strong></span></div> <div> Some artistic creations and expressions like painting, music, dance, architecture and other areas in the arts hold appeal for tourists. </div> <div> </div> <div> Tourism has a very supportive role in promoting ethnic and indigenous music, dance and songs in Pokhara. Respondents have noticed a sizable increase in Rodhi culture, Dohari, Ghantu, Sorathi, Chhyandu and Jhyaure in the Lakeside area due to tourism.</div> <div> </div> <div> Nature-based tourism in the spectacular milieu of our cultural mosaic is the core competence of the Nepali tourism industry. But nature and culture both are vulnerable and cannot remain in isolation from tourism. The example of Pokhara’s westernization shows that tourist cultures always dominate the host culture and in many cases, hosts are the losers despite the financial leverage they get. Coming close to Social Darwinists and Neo-Marxists, analysis has proved that tourism is a strong agent of socio-cultural diffusion, infusion, acculturation and assimilation with an anthology of a complex synthesis of various interconnected socio-cultural, environmental and economic influences, though although it primarily turns up as an economic enterprise. </div> <div> </div> <div> Further, socio-cultural influences and implications are not as apparent as economic impacts are. Such impacts are indirect, qualitative and hard to identify. They depend on value orientation and are also ambiguous. Thus, we can conclude that the impact and implications of tourism on the host society are latent, slow, but penetrating and lasting; and the impact individually appears to be insignificant, but together they vibrate and weaken the socio-cultural system. </div> <div> </div> <div> It is revealed that tourism, in many cases, appears as an exploitative envoy rather than an economic panacea till the destination remains a ‘pleasure periphery’ of the developed world and the traveler becomes a tourist, not a social activist. Therefore, the paradise valley of Pokhara has to focus on value tourists and not on volume of tourists to retain its charm and authenticity. A proposition which might be appropriate for tourism development in a developing destination like Pokhara is ‘Community Based Responsible Tourism’ (CBRT) which emphasizes on having a balance between tourism growth, ecological conservation, economic prosperity, socio-cultural authenticity and sustainability. </div> <div> </div> <div> (The writer is a PhD research fellow in Tourism at TU / Principal at Mount Annapurna Higher Sec School, Pokhara. He can be contacted at: ramjisharma@gmail.com)</div> <div> </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '0000-00-00', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Tourism, a 21st century industry, acts as an agent to induce change in socio-cultural values and norms of a society. Social and cross-cultural contacts, encounters and interactions are inherent aspects of tourism and its impact and implication numerous and varied. The United Nations Environmental Programme says that the implications of tourism are ambiguous, for the same activities are seen as beneficial by some and perceived negatively by others - especially with regard to disagreements between business interests and environmental consciousness. ‘Sustainability’, thus, has become a buzzword in tourism academia now.', 'sortorder' => '1746', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1884', 'article_category_id' => '34', 'title' => 'Nepal Political Economy News In Brief (30 - 3 October 2013)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Khadka Nominated NC Joint General Secretary</strong></span></div> <div> Nepali Congress (NC) Central Working Committee (CWC) has appointed Purna Bahadur Khadka as its joint general secretary. The meeting of the CWC held last Monday (September 23) nominated Khadka from the senior leader Sher Bahadur Deuba faction. The post was lying vacant since the party’s general convention in 2010 due to the intra feuds between the party president Sushil Koirala and the Deuba faction. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Envoy Sharma Recalled</strong></span></div> <div> <img alt="Sharma" src="/userfiles/images/shrma.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 105px;" />The government has recalled Nepal’s ambassador to Qatar, Maya Kumari Sharma, following a controversy over her remarks calling Qatar an “open jail”. The meeting of Council of Ministers held last Thursday made such a decision after Sharma reportedly refused to resign from the post. Maya Kumari Sharma had made the remarks in an interview with the BBC Nepali service six months ago. Following the controversies, Ambassador of Qatar to Nepal Ahmed Jasem Al-Hamar had also taken the issue with Foreign Minister Madhav Prasad Ghimire.</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Bodde Calls on Regmi</strong></span></div> <div> <img alt="Bodde" src="/userfiles/images/bodde.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 90px; height: 113px;" />American Ambassador to Nepal Peter W. Bodde met Chairman of the Council of Ministers Khil Raj Regmi last Wednesday, a day prior to Regmi’s visit to the US for taking part in the 68th General Assembly of the United Nations. During the meeting the duo discussed the latest political developments, preparation of the Constituent Assembly Election and the ongoing 68th General Assembly of the United Nations in New York, among others.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Parties Busy Selecting Poll Sandidates</strong></span></div> <div> As the election of the Constituent Assembly scheduled for November 19 approaches nearer, the major political parties are busy in the process of picking up candidates for the polls. The Election Commission has allocated the deadline for filing the nomination of candidates under first-past-the-post system for October 3 and proportional system for September 30. The major parties including UCPN (Maoist), Nepali Congress (NC) and CPN (UML) have intensified the process to select the candidates keeping in view the deadline of the EC. According to the Central Working Committee Member of the NC, Minendra Rijal, the recently formed Parliamentary Board of his party is holding meetings regularly to finalise the candidate list for the CA polls. Likewise, the UCPN (Maoist) and CPN (UML) are likely to finalise their candidates within a few days and make it public.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Army Mobilisation Decision Flayed</strong></span></div> <div> CPN-Maoist-led 33-party alliance has criticised the government’s decision to mobilise the Nepal Army for security in order to maintain security during the near-coming CA elections. CPN-Maoist secretary Dev Gurung argued that it was against democratic norms to mobilise the army for security during the polls. The alliance has claimed that the mobilization of the army would further invite confrontation. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Paswan Back to UCPN (Maoist)</strong></span></div> <div> CPN-Maoist central committee member Mahendra Paswan rejoined the UCPN (Maoist) last Wednesday deserting the CPN-Maoist party. Paswan along with other CPN-Maoist leaders, Dhiraj Patel and Hari Gyanwali, also joined the UCPN (Maoist) party. The three left the UCPN (Maoist) breakaway faction CPN-Maoist last Tuesday. Though they had announced the formation of CPN-Maoist (Revolutionary) party, their return to the UCPN (Maoist) has been seen as an attempt to ensure tickets for the upcoming CA polls.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '2013-09-30', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Nepali Congress (NC) Central Working Committee (CWC) has appointed Purna Bahadur Khadka as its joint general secretary. The meeting of the CWC held last Monday (September 23) nominated Khadka from the senior leader Sher Bahadur Deuba faction. The post was lying vacant since the party’s general convention in 2010 due to the intra feuds between the party president Sushil Koirala and the Deuba faction.', 'sortorder' => '1745', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1883', 'article_category_id' => '196', 'title' => 'Weekly Round-Up (23 - 29 September 2013)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<ul> <li> The Nepal Rastra Bank issued a reverse repo last Wednesday for the fourth time worth Rs 10 billion, within a period of three weeks. Banking and financial institutions (BFIs) have bid for securities worth Rs 21.85 billion for the fourth round of reverse repo held by the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) last Wednesday. According to the NRB, it has received sealed quotations from 21 BFIs amounting to Rs 21.85 billion for the reverse repo issued by NRB worth Rs 10 billion. The over-subscription indicates that BFIs are sitting on a chunk of cash posing a high risk of liquidity-induced inflation rise during the festive seasons. The tightening credit demand, rise in the flow of remittance and lack of investment opportunities are the reasons behind excess liquidity, analysts believe.</li> </ul> <div> </div> <ul> <li> The 34th World Tourism Day was celebrated in Nepal with a theme of “Tourism and Water: Protecting our Common Future” holding various programmes from September 21 to September 29. Two new tourist destinations were made public in a programme last Friday organised by Nepal Tourism Board (NTB).The new destinations are the 330 KM long Great Buddhist Trail stretching from Kathmandu to Banganga River, and Chitlang village of Makwanpur district as ´Village Tourism Destination 2013/14’. During the programme, Tourism Secretary Sushil Ghimire informed that Gautam Buddha Airport at Bhairahawa will be developed as Nepal’s second international airport by June 2017.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <ul> <li> While the Nepali economy is battling with huge trade deficits, Britian is likely to help Nepal in lowering such trade gaps. According to the British Ambassador to Nepal, Andrew James Sparks, he wants to help Nepal reduce its trade deficit, and will request his government to help Nepal in this regard. He has also made a commitment to help find a market for Nepali goods in Britain. Despite a two-century long relationship between the two countries, there has not been a single trade agreement between them. Speaking at a programme organised by Nepal Economic Forum in the capital last Tuesday, envoy Sparks informed that they will help create a market for Nepali goods with a ‘Made in Nepal’ brand.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <ul> <li> Asian Development Bank, a major financial aid agency, is now shifting its investment to large scale projects from small level ones, stating it has faced many problems in small scale projects. As Nepal’s capital expenditure is only 3 per cent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the ADB, which is formulating a 5-year Country Partnership Strategy (CPS), will also support increasing capital expenditure in Nepal. </li> </ul> <div> </div> <ul> <li> Nepal has received full membership of the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO). The recent meeting of the 36th General Assembly held in St Petersburg of Russia decided to grant the membership to Nepal which will come in effect from January 2014. Finance Minister Shankar Prasad Koirala made public the ISO membership certificate at a programme organized at the Nepal Bureau of Standards and Metrology last Thursday. The membership is both a challenge and an opportunity for Nepal, according to economic analysts. Nepal will have to pay Rs 2.6 million annually to the ISO. Since this is a powerful trade tool, the status can boost the exports of Nepali goods as it can give out a positive message in the international market about the quality of Nepali goods.</li> </ul> <div> </div> <ul> <li> As the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has arrested top four officials of the Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) for doling out bonuses to its staff, the government has decided to provide a loan worth Rs 2 billion to the state-owned entity. Currently, the NOC owes the government and different financial institutions a whopping Rs 28.50 billion. The government has alone lent more than Rs 12.50 billion to the cash-strapped institution. The NOC had also hiked the price of petro products earlier in the week to adjust its price with international prices. While the NOC, state owned oil monopoly, is ridden with the economic crisis, economic analysts have said that the only solution lies in the idea of an auto-price mechanism.</li> </ul>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '0000-00-00', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'The Nepal Rastra Bank issued a reverse repo last Wednesday for the fourth time worth Rs 10 billion, within a period of three weeks. Banking and financial institutions (BFIs) have bid for securities worth Rs 21.85 billion for the fourth round of reverse repo held by the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) last Wednesday.', 'sortorder' => '1744', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1882', 'article_category_id' => '142', 'title' => 'Poll Update (23 - 29 September 2013)', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>RPP-Nepal Announces Candidates for Direct Election</strong></span></div> <div> Rastriya Prajatantra Party -Nepal (RPP-Nepal) has announced the list of candidates for the CA elections contesting under the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) system. Organising a press conference in the capital last Friday, the party has said that it will be contesting from all 240 constituencies. The list of 196 declared candidates includes most of the party’s top leaders, central committee members and district leaders. Among the top leaders, Padma Sundar Lawoti has been announced RPP-N candidate from Panchthar -2. Chandra Bahadur Gurung has been declared as candidate from Syangja-1, Udhav Poudel from Kathmandu-4 and singers Mira Rana and Sanjaya Shrestha from Kathmandu-3 and 6, respectively. Bharat Jangam, who joined the party recently, is also contesting from Kathmandu-1. The announcement of the remaining candidates will be done within the next two days, informed party chairman Kamal Thapa.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>“Polls preparation almost completed”</strong></span></div> <div> <img alt="Nilkantha Upreti" src="/userfiles/images/jll12.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 100px; height: 114px;" />Chief Election Commissioner Neelkantha Upreti has said that the Election Commission (EC) has almost completed the preparations for the upcoming Constituent Assembly (CA) elections scheduled for November 19. Speaking at a programme in the capital last Friday, Upreti said the EC is expediting the preparation work as per the election schedule. He also expressed confidence that the election fervour will further catch up with the parties after the registration of the candidates under the first-past-the-post election system.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '0000-00-00', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Rastriya Prajatantra Party -Nepal (RPP-Nepal) has announced the list of candidates for the CA elections contesting under the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) system. Organising a press conference in the capital last Friday, the party has said that it will be contesting from all 240 constituencies.', 'sortorder' => '1743', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1881', 'article_category_id' => '140', 'title' => 'Regmi Addresses UNGA, Thanks Intl Community For Poll Support', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <img alt="KRJ" src="/userfiles/images/jflkdj.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 200px; height: 158px;" />Chairman of the Interim Election Council of Ministers, Khil Raj Regmi, has addressed the 68th General Assembly of the United Nations (UNGA). Addressing the UNGA last Saturday, Chairman Regmi said that the necessary preparation has been made for the upcoming Constituent Assembly polls which will be vital for Nepal’s peace process. He also thanked the international community for the “moral and material support” made available for the elections. </div> <div> </div> <div> “The election will provide the mandate of the people for writing a constitution, advance civil and political rights, ensure people’s sovereignty in decision-making in state affairs and institutionalize multi-party democracy, federalism and republicanism,” he said.</div> <div> </div> <div> Meanwhile, Regmi has also met UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Indian Prime Minister Dr Man Mohan Singh and US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian and Central Asian Affairs Mr. Robert Blake in the sidelines of the UNGA. </div> <div> </div> <div> Regmi has also held an interaction with the representatives of the Nepali expatriate community in New York. </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-09-30', 'modified' => '2013-09-30', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Chairman of the Interim Election Council of Ministers, Khil Raj Regmi, has addressed the 68th General Assembly of the United Nations (UNGA). Addressing the UNGA last Saturday, Chairman Regmi said that the necessary preparation has been made for the upcoming Constituent Assembly polls which will be vital for Nepal’s peace process. He also thanked the international community for the “moral and material support” made available for the elections.', 'sortorder' => '1742', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1880', 'article_category_id' => '140', 'title' => 'SC Bars Murder Convicts From Contesting CA Polls', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered the government and the Election Commission (EC) to not allow convicted persons from contesting in the Constituent Assembly elections. 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| Currency | Unit |
Buy | Sell |
| U.S. Dollar | 1 | 121.23 | 121.83 |
| European Euro | 1 | 131.65 | 132.31 |
| UK Pound Sterling | 1 | 142.47 | 143.18 |
| Swiss Franc | 1 | 124.29 | 124.90 |
| Australian Dollar | 1 | 71.69 | 72.05 |
| Canadian Dollar | 1 | 83.90 | 84.32 |
| Japanese Yen | 10 | 10.94 | 11.00 |
| Chinese Yuan | 1 | 17.17 | 17.26 |
| Saudi Arabian Riyal | 1 | 32.27 | 32.43 |
| UAE Dirham | 1 | 33.01 | 33.17 |
| Malaysian Ringgit | 1 | 27.36 | 27.50 |
| South Korean Won | 100 | 9.77 | 9.82 |
Update: 2020-03-25 | Source: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB)
| Fine Gold | 1 tola | 77000.00 |
| Tejabi Gold | 1 tola | 76700.00 |
| Silver | 1 tola | 720.00 |
Update : 2020-03-25
Source: Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers' Association
| Petrol | 1 Liter | 106.00 |
| Diesel | 1 Liter | 95.00 |
| Kerosene | 1 Liter | 95.00 |
| LP Gas | 1 Cylinder | 1375.00 |
Update : 2020-03-25
