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			'title' => 'Annapurna Supports Flood Victims',
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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">Executives of Hotel Annapurna handed over a flood relief package with cash and kind to Pramila Acharya, President of Zonta Club Nepal on June 30, 2013. The package for the victims of the far-western region was raised by staff members of the Hotel. Director of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Research and Development (R&amp;D) of Hotel Annapurna Shreejana Rana thanked the staff members for their prompt response towards assisting fellow countrymen in the time of need. This flood relief package was donated to complement the Hotel’s CSR Programme.</span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">Manaslu trekking trail will soon see the installation of wireless internet service. According to Ram Hari Devkota, a local tourism entrepreneur of the district, the installation will be completed within the next 15 days. The task of installing solar pane, battery and tower is almost done. A tower at Ghorjung Dada of Bihi VDC with other 10 sub towers at different other places will be installed for this service,” informed Devkota.&nbsp;</span></p>
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	Devkota further added, “This project has been started with the financial help of DFID as well the programme of Great Himalayan Trail Development under which Nubri Cultural Youth Awareness Committee provided Rs 3500,000, Rs 500,000 from Manaslu Conservation Area Project (MCAP), Rs 500,000 from Mahabir Pun Trust and various other technical and financial support from District Development Committee and VDC.”&nbsp;</p>
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	He said that internet services would be provided to 12 various VDCs including Sirdiwas, Bihi, Prok, Lho, Sama Gaun and Chhekampar under MCAP.</p>',
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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">The figures released by Immigration Office, Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) have revealed that the visitor arrivals in the month of June 2013, compared to the same month last year, have decreased by 4.6 per cent to 41,259. In aggregate, the South Asian segment has registered negative growth of 12.5 per cent. India has recorded negative growth of 15.3 per cent. Also, arrivals from Pakistan have decreased by 28.8 per cent. However, arrivals from Bangladesh and Sri Lanka have increased by 53.8per cent and 62.9 per cent respectively.</span></p>
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	Arrivals from Asia (other than South Asia) have recorded positive growth of 20.8per cent in aggregate. The visitor arrivals from China grew by 25.7 per cent compared to the same month last year. Similarly, the arrivals from Malaysia and Singapore have also increased by 195.1 per cent and 3.5per cent respectively. Japan, South Korea and Thailand markets saw declines of 10.5 per cent, 23.4 per cent and 18.8 per cent respectively.&nbsp;</p>
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	An overall positive growth of 1.4 per cent has been observed from the European markets with arrivals from markets such as the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy and Spain up by 2.6 per cent, 14.7per cent, 24.5per cent, 6.1per cent and 15.9per cent respectively.&nbsp;</p>
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	Between January to June 2013, international tourist arrivals to Nepal have declined by 3.9 per cent to 282,429 in aggregate. A total of 50,312 foreign tourists departed from TIA in June 2013. The number of Nepali arrivals stood at 57,931 while 82,167 Nepalis departed from TIA in June 2013.</p>
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					<strong><span style="font-size: 12px;">Nepal Promoted in North Indian Cities&nbsp;</span></strong></p>
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					Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) and Western Region Hotel Association, Pokhara jointly organized a 3-city Border Town Sales Mission 2013 in North India. According to a press release from NTB, The mission was carried out with the aim of increasing awareness and educating the North Indian travellers on Nepal’s tourism products and offerings. The Sales Mission was organized in Varanasi, Allahabad and Faizabad on 25, 26, and 27 June respectively.</p>
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	<strong><span style="font-size: 12px;">--By Sujan Tiwari</span></strong></p>
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	The Terrace Garden, one of the latest offerings of Radisson Hotel, has been the favourite of locals and in-house guests of the hotel for about a year now. Situated on the fourth floor of the Hotel’s new building, Terrace Garden offers a nice view of the city, delicious food and a soothing ambience.&nbsp;</p>
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	According to Neeta Upadhaya, F and B Executive at Radisson, Terrace Garden is different from other restaurants of the Hotel as it has a well maintained garden that offers a feeling of freshness to the guests. The restaurant looks classy, yet it feels really cozy. There is a comfortable seating arrangement in the garden for those who want to sit under the open sky. You can also chose to relax in the wide seating area next to the bar.&nbsp;</p>
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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">According to Upadhaya, the restaurant sees equal number of in-house and external guests, and the restaurant sees the locals as its potential guests. “As the menu is quite affordable, we expect more guests from outside,” said Upadhaya. Gatherings, events and parties are very frequent here at Terrace Garden. The restaurant also organizes its own events at times to promote the restaurant. Barbeque nights, themed parties and different food promotions will continue as soon as the monsoon is over, said Upadhaya.</span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">The restaurant serves fusion dishes, as well as Indian, Chinese, Continental and Italian cuisine. One of the most loved starters here is Momo Platter. The platter is served with fried, steamed, kothey and chilli chicken momos. The platter is a nice choice for those who want to try every type of momo in a single order. Classic Caesar Salad and Greek salad are the best selling salads here.&nbsp;</span></p>
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	Burgers and sandwiches are also very popular here, and not to miss is Toasted Panini. It is a French bread sandwich with cumin chicken, tahini paste and lettuce served with fries. Hawaiian burger is another specialty of Terrace Garden. The burger comes with m a r i n a t e d ground beef, fried egg, onion, bacon, yak cheese and grilled pineapple. The burger is served with fries and salad.&nbsp;</p>
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	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<img alt="Salad" height="133" hspace="25" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mylz9tfY2Yc/UdviKIoTfmI/AAAAAAAABBU/ensHEyU8Oa8/s575/salad (Copy).jpg" width="200" />&nbsp;<img alt="" height="133" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Kbec2SxI950/UdviJf8EUfI/AAAAAAAABBI/YdB0aABU4PY/s600/momo (Copy).jpg" width="253" /></p>
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	The restaurant also boasts of delicious pizzas. Eight varieties of pizzas are served here, that include Pizza Cinque, Pizza Sei and Pizza Dieci among others. All the pizzas are made with fresh tomato concasse, mozzarella and yak cheese, onion, garlic and other tasty toppings. There are quite a few options for main courses too, and Duck Supreme Sizzler is one aof them. The sizzler is served with duck meat, sautéed vegetables and fried noodles with savoury garlic sauce. Chicken Pepperita, a grilled chicken dish is another tasty option. The bar here serves different cocktails and mocktails along with aperitifs, cognacs, liqueurs, whiskies,wines and beers.&nbsp;</p>
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	Terrace Garden is one of such places where you want to sit and relax for hours, sipping your favourite drink. Add to it the scrumptious food and a comforting ambience; you have a perfect recipe for a lasting memory.</p>
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	<img alt="Bar" height="233" hspace="25" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-sb2Zx2uQ9bc/UdviJSFGqqI/AAAAAAAABBA/PH_mEYa5o78/s600/bar (Copy).jpg" width="500" /></p>
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	<strong><span style="font-size: 12px;">--By Pinaki Roy</span></strong></p>
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	The Furniture and Furnishing Expo (Furnex) 2013 expo will exhibit and display home &amp; office furniture; dining, kitchen, bathroom furniture &amp; appliances; outdoor furniture; flooring &amp; furnishing; steel &amp; wooden railing; wooden &amp; aluminum windows &amp; doors, partition, false ceiling among others. The participating companies will also have plywood, boards, laminates; furniture machinery tools/fittings &amp; fabricators; tiles, marbles, granite; upholstered, mattresses, cushions, mats; paints, wallpapers; adhesives, interior items during the five-day event.</p>
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	All in all, Furnex Nepal 2013 will provide a single platform for buyers and sellers, informed Kabindra Joshi, Spokesperson of the expo and General Secretary of NFFA. He added that all the leading furniture producers of the country will be participating in the expo along with some foreign brands. A total of 59 stalls will be erected for the expo in an area of 11,000 sqm, “While 57 of them will be housed in the exhibition hall of Bhrikuti Mandap, another two stalls will be provided space outside the hall,” said Joshi.&nbsp;</p>
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	The expo promises to offer a complete furniture and furnishing solution to the visitors through the five-day event. It is being organised to familiarise people with the current availability of furniture and furnishing products in the market. “We look to inform the visitors at the expo about the usefulness of the products along with pricing, maintenance and other related information,” Joshi told.</p>
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	The visitors at the expo will be given valuable information on how to choose products to suit their needs. Confirmed participants for the expo include Furniture Land, Index Furniture and S B Furniture among foreign brands. As for the local brands, Alpha Interiors, Wood N Style, Sann Furniture, Bira Furniture, Yeti Carpet, Yeti Polymer, S T Carpet, Duro Mattress and Darling Mattress among others have already confirmed participation.&nbsp;</p>
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				<b>Floor Plan for Furnex Nepal 2013</b></td>
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	<strong>Expo Expectations&nbsp;</strong></p>
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	The organisers are expecting to attract 5,000 official and 150,000 general visitors at Furnex Nepal 2013. “We are organising the event with the aim of making it a branding expo. Hence, there will be no emphasis on sales during the event,” Joshi stated. He said that the importers, manufacturers and government functionaries will be brought together to ensure a conducive environment for the benefit of the industry.&nbsp;</p>
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	The organisers will also conduct seminars at the expo to create an important platform for stakeholders, industrialists and general public to interact, said Joshi. He added that the event will be emphasising on Nepali products and become instrumental in popularising furniture produced by local craftsmen.</p>
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	<strong>Imported Products&nbsp;</strong></p>
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	A whopping 60 per cent of the furniture and furnishing products available in Nepal are imported. The imported goods include flooring, furnishing (except carpets), furniture and décor items. “While imports have swelled over the years, domestic production is declining on a consistent basis,” said Joshi.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	While overpopulation due to excessive migration of people to different urban centres in Nepal has resulted in increased demand for more furniture, domestic manufacturers have not been able to supply the market demand. “The decline in domestic production has not stopped people from buying furniture and hence, traders are increasingly depending on imported products to meet the market demand,” Joshi reasoned.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	Manufacturers allege that lack of skilled craftsmen, power cuts, non-availability of raw materials and absence of a favourable government policy are among the reasons why domestic production has declined. They said, “We need a proper government mechanism to help us boost our industry.” They added that the volatile political environment of the country too has hit them hard.</p>
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				<img alt="Members of Furnex Nepal 2012 Organising Committee" height="208" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-hmrWIPyoJPY/UdvLlmMOL3I/AAAAAAAABAQ/Y5gUraqXA80/s958/furnex.jpg" width="550" /></td>
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				<strong>Members of Furnex Nepal 2012 Organising Committee addressing a press conference last year</strong></td>
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	<strong style="font-size: 12px;">Future Prospects&nbsp;</strong></p>
<p>
	An investment of Rs 20 billion has already been made in the domestic furniture and furnishing industry, Joshi stated. He added, “We have a strategy to propose the government and bring its attention to the industry and give it its due treatment.”&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	Apart from the cultural and historical significances, traditional furniture industry can also be a considerable boost to the economy of the country if it is run smoothly. “If it is possible, why not provide a boost to the local industry and keep the money in the country,” said Joshi. He added that the domestic manufacturers, if encouraged and treated properly, have the potential to export in addition to fulfilling local demand.</p>
<p>
	“The furniture and furnishing industry can look forward to have better days ahead,” claimed Joshi, “Because these items have become necessities today and are not luxury anymore.” He said that housing &amp; real estate, residences, office complexes, hotels &amp; restaurants, schools &amp; colleges and development projects are the booming sectors for the furniture and furnishing industry.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	Furnex 2013, the five-day Furniture and Furnishing Expo in its second year, will kick off at Bhrikuti Mandap on 25 September. The branding exhibition, also the first of its kind in the country, is being organised to uplift and give exposure to domestic as well as imported products. The event, organised in 2012 for the first time, met with reasonable success and NFFA hopes to fare better this year.</p>
<p>
	“Encouraged by the overwhelmingly response of the participants last year, we planned to make it an annual event,” said Joshi, “We have gained experience during Furnex 2012 and hope it will come handy in organising the event this year.” Furnex 2013 hopes to attract homemakers and other potential buyers looking for furniture and furnishing products, along with hoteliers, industrialists, business entrepreneurs, students, and interior designers during the event.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	The organisers are hoping that, at the expo, customers will become familiar with quality and variety of locally manufactured furniture, eventually encouraging them to use locally produced items.</p>',
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	<strong>Nepal Furniture &amp; Furnishing Association&nbsp;</strong></p>
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	Nepal Furniture &amp; Furnishing Association (NFFA) is an umbrella organisation of furniture and furnishing manufacturers, product importers, distributors, dealers and professionals. It is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation established in 2056 BS with the involvement of a group of renowned furniture and furnishing related business people of Nepal. It focuses on promoting of furniture and furnishing products in Nepal in urban as well as rural areas besides protecting the rights of this sector’s businessmen and professionals. The Association believes in public private partnership and in assisting the Government of Nepal in related objectives like national import/export, manufacturing policy etc. It also believes in advocacy of user rights such as cases of warranty, guarantee, counterfeit, fraud issues of grey channel and any other denial of end user rights.&nbsp;</p>
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	<strong>Bira Furniture&nbsp;</strong></p>
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	Bira Furniture is one of the oldest wooden factory in Nepal, established in 1963 and deals in all kinds of wooden products, manufacturing and supplying furniture, door/window frames, trusses, parquets, wall paneling etc. The company, now run by his family, was established by Padam Shrestha. Since the time man started building, there has been engineering and in case of wooden products, there has been ‘Timber Engineering’. Bira Furniture knows how to design the wood crafts so that its method of structural analysis is put into practice. The transition of wood craft to wood art in the sphere of timber engineering to create elegance above excellence is Bira’s motto. In its 43 years of service, the company has made an exclusive clientele of leading hotels, resorts, hydro electric projects, showrooms, restaurants, schools, offices and residences with strong and upscale market possession.&nbsp;</p>
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	<strong>S T Carpet&nbsp;</strong></p>
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	S T Carpet was founded in 1992 by Sonam Tamang to meet the growing need of high quality Tibetan-Nepali rugs around the world. Over the years, it has established itself as one of the prominent manufacturers dedicated to supply premium handmade rugs from Nepal. S T Carpets specializes in both custom and readymade carpets and supplies its buyers with quality handmade rugs. The company caters to the custom designed projects markets while the quality of its carpets is reflected in its selection of materials and craftsmanship. The exclusive services of S T Carpet include custom rug design, premium materials and craftsmanship, customized project support, worldwide export and goodweave certified.&nbsp;</p>
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	<strong>Index Furniture Nepal&nbsp;</strong></p>
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	Launched in 2012, Index Furniture Nepal operates from its showrooms at Metro Park, Uttar Dhoka Lazimpat and Steel Tower Building Jawlakhel. It deals in bedroom sets, modular kitchens, dining sets, sofas, armchairs, entertainment centers, sofa beds, office furniture etc. Index Furniture Nepal acquired a franchise from the Thailand-based brand. Index Furniture entered Nepal after doing a market observation which concluded that the estimated market size was good. It focused on the medium and upper segment of consumers and planned the products accordingly. Despite being many brands present in Nepal it looked at delivering the full range of products which was lacking in the market. Index Furniture claims to be superior in terms of design, function, materials used and price. Index Furniture offers the best quality furniture that is designed by world class designers and leading designers of Thailand. It addresses all modern lifestyle with functional designs in many categories. The Index store in Nepal is similar to the one in Thailand and it can show the products and combinations of many products for bedrooms, living rooms, kitchens and home offices.</p>
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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">Bhargav Bikas Bank has opened its branch at Basgadi, Bardiya.</span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">Pathibhara Bikas Bank and Srijana Finance have signed an agreement for merger. After the merger the name of the new entity will be Pathibhara Bikas Bank with head office and corporate office at Biratnagar.</span></p>',
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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">Kumari Bank Limited (KBL) and Rastriya Beema Sansthan (RBS) have signed an agreement whereby the bank will operate extension counter in the premises of RBS effective from 30 June 2013. The agreement was signed by Uday K. Upadhyay, Acting CEO of Kumari Bank Limited and Ram Bahadur Khadka, Administrator of RBS. KBL is providing banking services from 30 points of representations.</span></p>',
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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">Infrastructure Development Bank (ID Bank) has pulled out from merger process with Manakamana Dev Bank, Yeti Finance and Valley Finance. The decision was taken by the management team on July 2. According to Kamal Gautam, CEO of ID Bank, difference on certain matters regarding the merger process forced them to drop out.</span></p>',
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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">H &amp; B Development Bank has opened its branch at Bhanu Chowk, Janakpur. The branch was inaugurated by bank’s chairman Shrawan Kumar Agrawal.</span></p>',
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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">As the final approval of merger from Nepal Rastra Bank and Company Registrar’s Office has been received, Professional Bikas Bank Limited (PBBL) and Diyalo Bikas Bank Limited (DBBL) are going to operate jointly in the name of “Professional Diyalo Bikas Bank Limited” from July 9. The registered office of the merged entity will be at DBBL’s registered office situated at Banepa-8.</span></p>',
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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">Bank of Kathmandu (BoK) Ltd. has commenced its extension counter service at NAMS (National Academy of Medical Sciences) Bir Hospital from June 30. The counter was inaugurated amidst a function by Director of the Hospital Prof Dr Buland Thapa.</span></p>',
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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">Newly merged NIC Asia Bank is distributing new share certificate of NIC Asia Bank to the shareholders of earlier Bank of Asia Nepal (BoAN). The shareholder are getting shares in the ratio of 2:1 i.e. the shareholder holding two shares of BoAN will get the one new share certificate of NIC Asia Bank Ltd. The new certificates are being distributed from July 2 onwards from Civil Capital Market Ltd.</span></p>',
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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">Om Finance has started mobile banking to its customers. With this, the customers of bank can send or receive money, make payment of bills, recharge balance on mobile phone, make payment of shopping and make online ticket booking.</span></p>',
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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">Executives of Hotel Annapurna handed over a flood relief package with cash and kind to Pramila Acharya, President of Zonta Club Nepal on June 30, 2013. The package for the victims of the far-western region was raised by staff members of the Hotel. Director of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Research and Development (R&amp;D) of Hotel Annapurna Shreejana Rana thanked the staff members for their prompt response towards assisting fellow countrymen in the time of need. This flood relief package was donated to complement the Hotel’s CSR Programme.</span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">Manaslu trekking trail will soon see the installation of wireless internet service. According to Ram Hari Devkota, a local tourism entrepreneur of the district, the installation will be completed within the next 15 days. The task of installing solar pane, battery and tower is almost done. A tower at Ghorjung Dada of Bihi VDC with other 10 sub towers at different other places will be installed for this service,” informed Devkota.&nbsp;</span></p>
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	Devkota further added, “This project has been started with the financial help of DFID as well the programme of Great Himalayan Trail Development under which Nubri Cultural Youth Awareness Committee provided Rs 3500,000, Rs 500,000 from Manaslu Conservation Area Project (MCAP), Rs 500,000 from Mahabir Pun Trust and various other technical and financial support from District Development Committee and VDC.”&nbsp;</p>
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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">The figures released by Immigration Office, Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) have revealed that the visitor arrivals in the month of June 2013, compared to the same month last year, have decreased by 4.6 per cent to 41,259. In aggregate, the South Asian segment has registered negative growth of 12.5 per cent. India has recorded negative growth of 15.3 per cent. Also, arrivals from Pakistan have decreased by 28.8 per cent. However, arrivals from Bangladesh and Sri Lanka have increased by 53.8per cent and 62.9 per cent respectively.</span></p>
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	Arrivals from Asia (other than South Asia) have recorded positive growth of 20.8per cent in aggregate. The visitor arrivals from China grew by 25.7 per cent compared to the same month last year. Similarly, the arrivals from Malaysia and Singapore have also increased by 195.1 per cent and 3.5per cent respectively. Japan, South Korea and Thailand markets saw declines of 10.5 per cent, 23.4 per cent and 18.8 per cent respectively.&nbsp;</p>
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	An overall positive growth of 1.4 per cent has been observed from the European markets with arrivals from markets such as the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy and Spain up by 2.6 per cent, 14.7per cent, 24.5per cent, 6.1per cent and 15.9per cent respectively.&nbsp;</p>
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	Between January to June 2013, international tourist arrivals to Nepal have declined by 3.9 per cent to 282,429 in aggregate. A total of 50,312 foreign tourists departed from TIA in June 2013. The number of Nepali arrivals stood at 57,931 while 82,167 Nepalis departed from TIA in June 2013.</p>
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	<strong><span style="font-size: 12px;">--By Sujan Tiwari</span></strong></p>
<p>
	The Terrace Garden, one of the latest offerings of Radisson Hotel, has been the favourite of locals and in-house guests of the hotel for about a year now. Situated on the fourth floor of the Hotel’s new building, Terrace Garden offers a nice view of the city, delicious food and a soothing ambience.&nbsp;</p>
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	According to Neeta Upadhaya, F and B Executive at Radisson, Terrace Garden is different from other restaurants of the Hotel as it has a well maintained garden that offers a feeling of freshness to the guests. The restaurant looks classy, yet it feels really cozy. There is a comfortable seating arrangement in the garden for those who want to sit under the open sky. You can also chose to relax in the wide seating area next to the bar.&nbsp;</p>
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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">According to Upadhaya, the restaurant sees equal number of in-house and external guests, and the restaurant sees the locals as its potential guests. “As the menu is quite affordable, we expect more guests from outside,” said Upadhaya. Gatherings, events and parties are very frequent here at Terrace Garden. The restaurant also organizes its own events at times to promote the restaurant. Barbeque nights, themed parties and different food promotions will continue as soon as the monsoon is over, said Upadhaya.</span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">The restaurant serves fusion dishes, as well as Indian, Chinese, Continental and Italian cuisine. One of the most loved starters here is Momo Platter. The platter is served with fried, steamed, kothey and chilli chicken momos. The platter is a nice choice for those who want to try every type of momo in a single order. Classic Caesar Salad and Greek salad are the best selling salads here.&nbsp;</span></p>
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	Burgers and sandwiches are also very popular here, and not to miss is Toasted Panini. It is a French bread sandwich with cumin chicken, tahini paste and lettuce served with fries. Hawaiian burger is another specialty of Terrace Garden. The burger comes with m a r i n a t e d ground beef, fried egg, onion, bacon, yak cheese and grilled pineapple. The burger is served with fries and salad.&nbsp;</p>
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	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<img alt="Salad" height="133" hspace="25" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mylz9tfY2Yc/UdviKIoTfmI/AAAAAAAABBU/ensHEyU8Oa8/s575/salad (Copy).jpg" width="200" />&nbsp;<img alt="" height="133" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Kbec2SxI950/UdviJf8EUfI/AAAAAAAABBI/YdB0aABU4PY/s600/momo (Copy).jpg" width="253" /></p>
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	The restaurant also boasts of delicious pizzas. Eight varieties of pizzas are served here, that include Pizza Cinque, Pizza Sei and Pizza Dieci among others. All the pizzas are made with fresh tomato concasse, mozzarella and yak cheese, onion, garlic and other tasty toppings. There are quite a few options for main courses too, and Duck Supreme Sizzler is one aof them. The sizzler is served with duck meat, sautéed vegetables and fried noodles with savoury garlic sauce. Chicken Pepperita, a grilled chicken dish is another tasty option. The bar here serves different cocktails and mocktails along with aperitifs, cognacs, liqueurs, whiskies,wines and beers.&nbsp;</p>
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	Terrace Garden is one of such places where you want to sit and relax for hours, sipping your favourite drink. Add to it the scrumptious food and a comforting ambience; you have a perfect recipe for a lasting memory.</p>
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	<strong><span style="font-size: 12px;">--By Pinaki Roy</span></strong></p>
<p>
	The Furniture and Furnishing Expo (Furnex) 2013 expo will exhibit and display home &amp; office furniture; dining, kitchen, bathroom furniture &amp; appliances; outdoor furniture; flooring &amp; furnishing; steel &amp; wooden railing; wooden &amp; aluminum windows &amp; doors, partition, false ceiling among others. The participating companies will also have plywood, boards, laminates; furniture machinery tools/fittings &amp; fabricators; tiles, marbles, granite; upholstered, mattresses, cushions, mats; paints, wallpapers; adhesives, interior items during the five-day event.</p>
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	All in all, Furnex Nepal 2013 will provide a single platform for buyers and sellers, informed Kabindra Joshi, Spokesperson of the expo and General Secretary of NFFA. He added that all the leading furniture producers of the country will be participating in the expo along with some foreign brands. A total of 59 stalls will be erected for the expo in an area of 11,000 sqm, “While 57 of them will be housed in the exhibition hall of Bhrikuti Mandap, another two stalls will be provided space outside the hall,” said Joshi.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	The expo promises to offer a complete furniture and furnishing solution to the visitors through the five-day event. It is being organised to familiarise people with the current availability of furniture and furnishing products in the market. “We look to inform the visitors at the expo about the usefulness of the products along with pricing, maintenance and other related information,” Joshi told.</p>
<p>
	The visitors at the expo will be given valuable information on how to choose products to suit their needs. Confirmed participants for the expo include Furniture Land, Index Furniture and S B Furniture among foreign brands. As for the local brands, Alpha Interiors, Wood N Style, Sann Furniture, Bira Furniture, Yeti Carpet, Yeti Polymer, S T Carpet, Duro Mattress and Darling Mattress among others have already confirmed participation.&nbsp;</p>
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				<b>Floor Plan for Furnex Nepal 2013</b></td>
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<p>
	<strong>Expo Expectations&nbsp;</strong></p>
<p>
	The organisers are expecting to attract 5,000 official and 150,000 general visitors at Furnex Nepal 2013. “We are organising the event with the aim of making it a branding expo. Hence, there will be no emphasis on sales during the event,” Joshi stated. He said that the importers, manufacturers and government functionaries will be brought together to ensure a conducive environment for the benefit of the industry.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	The organisers will also conduct seminars at the expo to create an important platform for stakeholders, industrialists and general public to interact, said Joshi. He added that the event will be emphasising on Nepali products and become instrumental in popularising furniture produced by local craftsmen.</p>
<p>
	<strong>Imported Products&nbsp;</strong></p>
<p>
	A whopping 60 per cent of the furniture and furnishing products available in Nepal are imported. The imported goods include flooring, furnishing (except carpets), furniture and décor items. “While imports have swelled over the years, domestic production is declining on a consistent basis,” said Joshi.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	While overpopulation due to excessive migration of people to different urban centres in Nepal has resulted in increased demand for more furniture, domestic manufacturers have not been able to supply the market demand. “The decline in domestic production has not stopped people from buying furniture and hence, traders are increasingly depending on imported products to meet the market demand,” Joshi reasoned.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	Manufacturers allege that lack of skilled craftsmen, power cuts, non-availability of raw materials and absence of a favourable government policy are among the reasons why domestic production has declined. They said, “We need a proper government mechanism to help us boost our industry.” They added that the volatile political environment of the country too has hit them hard.</p>
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				<strong>Members of Furnex Nepal 2012 Organising Committee addressing a press conference last year</strong></td>
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	<strong style="font-size: 12px;">Future Prospects&nbsp;</strong></p>
<p>
	An investment of Rs 20 billion has already been made in the domestic furniture and furnishing industry, Joshi stated. He added, “We have a strategy to propose the government and bring its attention to the industry and give it its due treatment.”&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	Apart from the cultural and historical significances, traditional furniture industry can also be a considerable boost to the economy of the country if it is run smoothly. “If it is possible, why not provide a boost to the local industry and keep the money in the country,” said Joshi. He added that the domestic manufacturers, if encouraged and treated properly, have the potential to export in addition to fulfilling local demand.</p>
<p>
	“The furniture and furnishing industry can look forward to have better days ahead,” claimed Joshi, “Because these items have become necessities today and are not luxury anymore.” He said that housing &amp; real estate, residences, office complexes, hotels &amp; restaurants, schools &amp; colleges and development projects are the booming sectors for the furniture and furnishing industry.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	Furnex 2013, the five-day Furniture and Furnishing Expo in its second year, will kick off at Bhrikuti Mandap on 25 September. The branding exhibition, also the first of its kind in the country, is being organised to uplift and give exposure to domestic as well as imported products. The event, organised in 2012 for the first time, met with reasonable success and NFFA hopes to fare better this year.</p>
<p>
	“Encouraged by the overwhelmingly response of the participants last year, we planned to make it an annual event,” said Joshi, “We have gained experience during Furnex 2012 and hope it will come handy in organising the event this year.” Furnex 2013 hopes to attract homemakers and other potential buyers looking for furniture and furnishing products, along with hoteliers, industrialists, business entrepreneurs, students, and interior designers during the event.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	The organisers are hoping that, at the expo, customers will become familiar with quality and variety of locally manufactured furniture, eventually encouraging them to use locally produced items.</p>',
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	<strong>Nepal Furniture &amp; Furnishing Association&nbsp;</strong></p>
<p>
	Nepal Furniture &amp; Furnishing Association (NFFA) is an umbrella organisation of furniture and furnishing manufacturers, product importers, distributors, dealers and professionals. It is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation established in 2056 BS with the involvement of a group of renowned furniture and furnishing related business people of Nepal. It focuses on promoting of furniture and furnishing products in Nepal in urban as well as rural areas besides protecting the rights of this sector’s businessmen and professionals. The Association believes in public private partnership and in assisting the Government of Nepal in related objectives like national import/export, manufacturing policy etc. It also believes in advocacy of user rights such as cases of warranty, guarantee, counterfeit, fraud issues of grey channel and any other denial of end user rights.&nbsp;</p>
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	Bira Furniture is one of the oldest wooden factory in Nepal, established in 1963 and deals in all kinds of wooden products, manufacturing and supplying furniture, door/window frames, trusses, parquets, wall paneling etc. The company, now run by his family, was established by Padam Shrestha. Since the time man started building, there has been engineering and in case of wooden products, there has been ‘Timber Engineering’. Bira Furniture knows how to design the wood crafts so that its method of structural analysis is put into practice. The transition of wood craft to wood art in the sphere of timber engineering to create elegance above excellence is Bira’s motto. In its 43 years of service, the company has made an exclusive clientele of leading hotels, resorts, hydro electric projects, showrooms, restaurants, schools, offices and residences with strong and upscale market possession.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	<strong>S T Carpet&nbsp;</strong></p>
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	S T Carpet was founded in 1992 by Sonam Tamang to meet the growing need of high quality Tibetan-Nepali rugs around the world. Over the years, it has established itself as one of the prominent manufacturers dedicated to supply premium handmade rugs from Nepal. S T Carpets specializes in both custom and readymade carpets and supplies its buyers with quality handmade rugs. The company caters to the custom designed projects markets while the quality of its carpets is reflected in its selection of materials and craftsmanship. The exclusive services of S T Carpet include custom rug design, premium materials and craftsmanship, customized project support, worldwide export and goodweave certified.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	<strong>Index Furniture Nepal&nbsp;</strong></p>
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	Launched in 2012, Index Furniture Nepal operates from its showrooms at Metro Park, Uttar Dhoka Lazimpat and Steel Tower Building Jawlakhel. It deals in bedroom sets, modular kitchens, dining sets, sofas, armchairs, entertainment centers, sofa beds, office furniture etc. Index Furniture Nepal acquired a franchise from the Thailand-based brand. Index Furniture entered Nepal after doing a market observation which concluded that the estimated market size was good. It focused on the medium and upper segment of consumers and planned the products accordingly. Despite being many brands present in Nepal it looked at delivering the full range of products which was lacking in the market. Index Furniture claims to be superior in terms of design, function, materials used and price. Index Furniture offers the best quality furniture that is designed by world class designers and leading designers of Thailand. It addresses all modern lifestyle with functional designs in many categories. The Index store in Nepal is similar to the one in Thailand and it can show the products and combinations of many products for bedrooms, living rooms, kitchens and home offices.</p>
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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">Pathibhara Bikas Bank and Srijana Finance have signed an agreement for merger. After the merger the name of the new entity will be Pathibhara Bikas Bank with head office and corporate office at Biratnagar.</span></p>',
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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">Kumari Bank Limited (KBL) and Rastriya Beema Sansthan (RBS) have signed an agreement whereby the bank will operate extension counter in the premises of RBS effective from 30 June 2013. The agreement was signed by Uday K. Upadhyay, Acting CEO of Kumari Bank Limited and Ram Bahadur Khadka, Administrator of RBS. KBL is providing banking services from 30 points of representations.</span></p>',
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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">Infrastructure Development Bank (ID Bank) has pulled out from merger process with Manakamana Dev Bank, Yeti Finance and Valley Finance. The decision was taken by the management team on July 2. According to Kamal Gautam, CEO of ID Bank, difference on certain matters regarding the merger process forced them to drop out.</span></p>',
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			'title' => 'Annapurna Supports Flood Victims',
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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">Executives of Hotel Annapurna handed over a flood relief package with cash and kind to Pramila Acharya, President of Zonta Club Nepal on June 30, 2013. The package for the victims of the far-western region was raised by staff members of the Hotel. Director of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Research and Development (R&amp;D) of Hotel Annapurna Shreejana Rana thanked the staff members for their prompt response towards assisting fellow countrymen in the time of need. This flood relief package was donated to complement the Hotel’s CSR Programme.</span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">Manaslu trekking trail will soon see the installation of wireless internet service. According to Ram Hari Devkota, a local tourism entrepreneur of the district, the installation will be completed within the next 15 days. The task of installing solar pane, battery and tower is almost done. A tower at Ghorjung Dada of Bihi VDC with other 10 sub towers at different other places will be installed for this service,” informed Devkota.&nbsp;</span></p>
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	Devkota further added, “This project has been started with the financial help of DFID as well the programme of Great Himalayan Trail Development under which Nubri Cultural Youth Awareness Committee provided Rs 3500,000, Rs 500,000 from Manaslu Conservation Area Project (MCAP), Rs 500,000 from Mahabir Pun Trust and various other technical and financial support from District Development Committee and VDC.”&nbsp;</p>
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	He said that internet services would be provided to 12 various VDCs including Sirdiwas, Bihi, Prok, Lho, Sama Gaun and Chhekampar under MCAP.</p>',
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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">The figures released by Immigration Office, Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) have revealed that the visitor arrivals in the month of June 2013, compared to the same month last year, have decreased by 4.6 per cent to 41,259. In aggregate, the South Asian segment has registered negative growth of 12.5 per cent. India has recorded negative growth of 15.3 per cent. Also, arrivals from Pakistan have decreased by 28.8 per cent. However, arrivals from Bangladesh and Sri Lanka have increased by 53.8per cent and 62.9 per cent respectively.</span></p>
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	Arrivals from Asia (other than South Asia) have recorded positive growth of 20.8per cent in aggregate. The visitor arrivals from China grew by 25.7 per cent compared to the same month last year. Similarly, the arrivals from Malaysia and Singapore have also increased by 195.1 per cent and 3.5per cent respectively. Japan, South Korea and Thailand markets saw declines of 10.5 per cent, 23.4 per cent and 18.8 per cent respectively.&nbsp;</p>
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	An overall positive growth of 1.4 per cent has been observed from the European markets with arrivals from markets such as the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy and Spain up by 2.6 per cent, 14.7per cent, 24.5per cent, 6.1per cent and 15.9per cent respectively.&nbsp;</p>
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	Between January to June 2013, international tourist arrivals to Nepal have declined by 3.9 per cent to 282,429 in aggregate. A total of 50,312 foreign tourists departed from TIA in June 2013. The number of Nepali arrivals stood at 57,931 while 82,167 Nepalis departed from TIA in June 2013.</p>
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					Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) and Western Region Hotel Association, Pokhara jointly organized a 3-city Border Town Sales Mission 2013 in North India. According to a press release from NTB, The mission was carried out with the aim of increasing awareness and educating the North Indian travellers on Nepal’s tourism products and offerings. The Sales Mission was organized in Varanasi, Allahabad and Faizabad on 25, 26, and 27 June respectively.</p>
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	<strong><span style="font-size: 12px;">--By Sujan Tiwari</span></strong></p>
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	The Terrace Garden, one of the latest offerings of Radisson Hotel, has been the favourite of locals and in-house guests of the hotel for about a year now. Situated on the fourth floor of the Hotel’s new building, Terrace Garden offers a nice view of the city, delicious food and a soothing ambience.&nbsp;</p>
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	According to Neeta Upadhaya, F and B Executive at Radisson, Terrace Garden is different from other restaurants of the Hotel as it has a well maintained garden that offers a feeling of freshness to the guests. The restaurant looks classy, yet it feels really cozy. There is a comfortable seating arrangement in the garden for those who want to sit under the open sky. You can also chose to relax in the wide seating area next to the bar.&nbsp;</p>
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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">According to Upadhaya, the restaurant sees equal number of in-house and external guests, and the restaurant sees the locals as its potential guests. “As the menu is quite affordable, we expect more guests from outside,” said Upadhaya. Gatherings, events and parties are very frequent here at Terrace Garden. The restaurant also organizes its own events at times to promote the restaurant. Barbeque nights, themed parties and different food promotions will continue as soon as the monsoon is over, said Upadhaya.</span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">The restaurant serves fusion dishes, as well as Indian, Chinese, Continental and Italian cuisine. One of the most loved starters here is Momo Platter. The platter is served with fried, steamed, kothey and chilli chicken momos. The platter is a nice choice for those who want to try every type of momo in a single order. Classic Caesar Salad and Greek salad are the best selling salads here.&nbsp;</span></p>
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	Burgers and sandwiches are also very popular here, and not to miss is Toasted Panini. It is a French bread sandwich with cumin chicken, tahini paste and lettuce served with fries. Hawaiian burger is another specialty of Terrace Garden. The burger comes with m a r i n a t e d ground beef, fried egg, onion, bacon, yak cheese and grilled pineapple. The burger is served with fries and salad.&nbsp;</p>
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	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<img alt="Salad" height="133" hspace="25" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mylz9tfY2Yc/UdviKIoTfmI/AAAAAAAABBU/ensHEyU8Oa8/s575/salad (Copy).jpg" width="200" />&nbsp;<img alt="" height="133" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Kbec2SxI950/UdviJf8EUfI/AAAAAAAABBI/YdB0aABU4PY/s600/momo (Copy).jpg" width="253" /></p>
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	The restaurant also boasts of delicious pizzas. Eight varieties of pizzas are served here, that include Pizza Cinque, Pizza Sei and Pizza Dieci among others. All the pizzas are made with fresh tomato concasse, mozzarella and yak cheese, onion, garlic and other tasty toppings. There are quite a few options for main courses too, and Duck Supreme Sizzler is one aof them. The sizzler is served with duck meat, sautéed vegetables and fried noodles with savoury garlic sauce. Chicken Pepperita, a grilled chicken dish is another tasty option. The bar here serves different cocktails and mocktails along with aperitifs, cognacs, liqueurs, whiskies,wines and beers.&nbsp;</p>
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	Terrace Garden is one of such places where you want to sit and relax for hours, sipping your favourite drink. Add to it the scrumptious food and a comforting ambience; you have a perfect recipe for a lasting memory.</p>
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	<strong><span style="font-size: 12px;">--By Pinaki Roy</span></strong></p>
<p>
	The Furniture and Furnishing Expo (Furnex) 2013 expo will exhibit and display home &amp; office furniture; dining, kitchen, bathroom furniture &amp; appliances; outdoor furniture; flooring &amp; furnishing; steel &amp; wooden railing; wooden &amp; aluminum windows &amp; doors, partition, false ceiling among others. The participating companies will also have plywood, boards, laminates; furniture machinery tools/fittings &amp; fabricators; tiles, marbles, granite; upholstered, mattresses, cushions, mats; paints, wallpapers; adhesives, interior items during the five-day event.</p>
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	All in all, Furnex Nepal 2013 will provide a single platform for buyers and sellers, informed Kabindra Joshi, Spokesperson of the expo and General Secretary of NFFA. He added that all the leading furniture producers of the country will be participating in the expo along with some foreign brands. A total of 59 stalls will be erected for the expo in an area of 11,000 sqm, “While 57 of them will be housed in the exhibition hall of Bhrikuti Mandap, another two stalls will be provided space outside the hall,” said Joshi.&nbsp;</p>
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	The expo promises to offer a complete furniture and furnishing solution to the visitors through the five-day event. It is being organised to familiarise people with the current availability of furniture and furnishing products in the market. “We look to inform the visitors at the expo about the usefulness of the products along with pricing, maintenance and other related information,” Joshi told.</p>
<p>
	The visitors at the expo will be given valuable information on how to choose products to suit their needs. Confirmed participants for the expo include Furniture Land, Index Furniture and S B Furniture among foreign brands. As for the local brands, Alpha Interiors, Wood N Style, Sann Furniture, Bira Furniture, Yeti Carpet, Yeti Polymer, S T Carpet, Duro Mattress and Darling Mattress among others have already confirmed participation.&nbsp;</p>
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	<strong>Expo Expectations&nbsp;</strong></p>
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	The organisers are expecting to attract 5,000 official and 150,000 general visitors at Furnex Nepal 2013. “We are organising the event with the aim of making it a branding expo. Hence, there will be no emphasis on sales during the event,” Joshi stated. He said that the importers, manufacturers and government functionaries will be brought together to ensure a conducive environment for the benefit of the industry.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	The organisers will also conduct seminars at the expo to create an important platform for stakeholders, industrialists and general public to interact, said Joshi. He added that the event will be emphasising on Nepali products and become instrumental in popularising furniture produced by local craftsmen.</p>
<p>
	<strong>Imported Products&nbsp;</strong></p>
<p>
	A whopping 60 per cent of the furniture and furnishing products available in Nepal are imported. The imported goods include flooring, furnishing (except carpets), furniture and décor items. “While imports have swelled over the years, domestic production is declining on a consistent basis,” said Joshi.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	While overpopulation due to excessive migration of people to different urban centres in Nepal has resulted in increased demand for more furniture, domestic manufacturers have not been able to supply the market demand. “The decline in domestic production has not stopped people from buying furniture and hence, traders are increasingly depending on imported products to meet the market demand,” Joshi reasoned.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	Manufacturers allege that lack of skilled craftsmen, power cuts, non-availability of raw materials and absence of a favourable government policy are among the reasons why domestic production has declined. They said, “We need a proper government mechanism to help us boost our industry.” They added that the volatile political environment of the country too has hit them hard.</p>
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				<img alt="Members of Furnex Nepal 2012 Organising Committee" height="208" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-hmrWIPyoJPY/UdvLlmMOL3I/AAAAAAAABAQ/Y5gUraqXA80/s958/furnex.jpg" width="550" /></td>
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				<strong>Members of Furnex Nepal 2012 Organising Committee addressing a press conference last year</strong></td>
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	<strong style="font-size: 12px;">Future Prospects&nbsp;</strong></p>
<p>
	An investment of Rs 20 billion has already been made in the domestic furniture and furnishing industry, Joshi stated. He added, “We have a strategy to propose the government and bring its attention to the industry and give it its due treatment.”&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	Apart from the cultural and historical significances, traditional furniture industry can also be a considerable boost to the economy of the country if it is run smoothly. “If it is possible, why not provide a boost to the local industry and keep the money in the country,” said Joshi. He added that the domestic manufacturers, if encouraged and treated properly, have the potential to export in addition to fulfilling local demand.</p>
<p>
	“The furniture and furnishing industry can look forward to have better days ahead,” claimed Joshi, “Because these items have become necessities today and are not luxury anymore.” He said that housing &amp; real estate, residences, office complexes, hotels &amp; restaurants, schools &amp; colleges and development projects are the booming sectors for the furniture and furnishing industry.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	Furnex 2013, the five-day Furniture and Furnishing Expo in its second year, will kick off at Bhrikuti Mandap on 25 September. The branding exhibition, also the first of its kind in the country, is being organised to uplift and give exposure to domestic as well as imported products. The event, organised in 2012 for the first time, met with reasonable success and NFFA hopes to fare better this year.</p>
<p>
	“Encouraged by the overwhelmingly response of the participants last year, we planned to make it an annual event,” said Joshi, “We have gained experience during Furnex 2012 and hope it will come handy in organising the event this year.” Furnex 2013 hopes to attract homemakers and other potential buyers looking for furniture and furnishing products, along with hoteliers, industrialists, business entrepreneurs, students, and interior designers during the event.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	The organisers are hoping that, at the expo, customers will become familiar with quality and variety of locally manufactured furniture, eventually encouraging them to use locally produced items.</p>',
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	<strong>Nepal Furniture &amp; Furnishing Association&nbsp;</strong></p>
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	Nepal Furniture &amp; Furnishing Association (NFFA) is an umbrella organisation of furniture and furnishing manufacturers, product importers, distributors, dealers and professionals. It is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation established in 2056 BS with the involvement of a group of renowned furniture and furnishing related business people of Nepal. It focuses on promoting of furniture and furnishing products in Nepal in urban as well as rural areas besides protecting the rights of this sector’s businessmen and professionals. The Association believes in public private partnership and in assisting the Government of Nepal in related objectives like national import/export, manufacturing policy etc. It also believes in advocacy of user rights such as cases of warranty, guarantee, counterfeit, fraud issues of grey channel and any other denial of end user rights.&nbsp;</p>
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	<strong>Bira Furniture&nbsp;</strong></p>
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	Bira Furniture is one of the oldest wooden factory in Nepal, established in 1963 and deals in all kinds of wooden products, manufacturing and supplying furniture, door/window frames, trusses, parquets, wall paneling etc. The company, now run by his family, was established by Padam Shrestha. Since the time man started building, there has been engineering and in case of wooden products, there has been ‘Timber Engineering’. Bira Furniture knows how to design the wood crafts so that its method of structural analysis is put into practice. The transition of wood craft to wood art in the sphere of timber engineering to create elegance above excellence is Bira’s motto. In its 43 years of service, the company has made an exclusive clientele of leading hotels, resorts, hydro electric projects, showrooms, restaurants, schools, offices and residences with strong and upscale market possession.&nbsp;</p>
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	<strong>S T Carpet&nbsp;</strong></p>
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	S T Carpet was founded in 1992 by Sonam Tamang to meet the growing need of high quality Tibetan-Nepali rugs around the world. Over the years, it has established itself as one of the prominent manufacturers dedicated to supply premium handmade rugs from Nepal. S T Carpets specializes in both custom and readymade carpets and supplies its buyers with quality handmade rugs. The company caters to the custom designed projects markets while the quality of its carpets is reflected in its selection of materials and craftsmanship. The exclusive services of S T Carpet include custom rug design, premium materials and craftsmanship, customized project support, worldwide export and goodweave certified.&nbsp;</p>
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	<strong>Index Furniture Nepal&nbsp;</strong></p>
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	Launched in 2012, Index Furniture Nepal operates from its showrooms at Metro Park, Uttar Dhoka Lazimpat and Steel Tower Building Jawlakhel. It deals in bedroom sets, modular kitchens, dining sets, sofas, armchairs, entertainment centers, sofa beds, office furniture etc. Index Furniture Nepal acquired a franchise from the Thailand-based brand. Index Furniture entered Nepal after doing a market observation which concluded that the estimated market size was good. It focused on the medium and upper segment of consumers and planned the products accordingly. Despite being many brands present in Nepal it looked at delivering the full range of products which was lacking in the market. Index Furniture claims to be superior in terms of design, function, materials used and price. Index Furniture offers the best quality furniture that is designed by world class designers and leading designers of Thailand. It addresses all modern lifestyle with functional designs in many categories. The Index store in Nepal is similar to the one in Thailand and it can show the products and combinations of many products for bedrooms, living rooms, kitchens and home offices.</p>
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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">Pathibhara Bikas Bank and Srijana Finance have signed an agreement for merger. After the merger the name of the new entity will be Pathibhara Bikas Bank with head office and corporate office at Biratnagar.</span></p>',
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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">Kumari Bank Limited (KBL) and Rastriya Beema Sansthan (RBS) have signed an agreement whereby the bank will operate extension counter in the premises of RBS effective from 30 June 2013. The agreement was signed by Uday K. Upadhyay, Acting CEO of Kumari Bank Limited and Ram Bahadur Khadka, Administrator of RBS. KBL is providing banking services from 30 points of representations.</span></p>',
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			'description' => 'Kumari Bank Limited (KBL) and Rastriya Beema Sansthan (RBS) have signed an agreement ..',
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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">Infrastructure Development Bank (ID Bank) has pulled out from merger process with Manakamana Dev Bank, Yeti Finance and Valley Finance. The decision was taken by the management team on July 2. According to Kamal Gautam, CEO of ID Bank, difference on certain matters regarding the merger process forced them to drop out.</span></p>',
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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">H &amp; B Development Bank has opened its branch at Bhanu Chowk, Janakpur. The branch was inaugurated by bank’s chairman Shrawan Kumar Agrawal.</span></p>',
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			'description' => 'H & B Development Bank has opened its branch at Bhanu Chowk, Janakpur. The branch was inaugurated by bank’s chairman Shrawan Kumar Agrawal.',
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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">As the final approval of merger from Nepal Rastra Bank and Company Registrar’s Office has been received, Professional Bikas Bank Limited (PBBL) and Diyalo Bikas Bank Limited (DBBL) are going to operate jointly in the name of “Professional Diyalo Bikas Bank Limited” from July 9. The registered office of the merged entity will be at DBBL’s registered office situated at Banepa-8.</span></p>',
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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">Bank of Kathmandu (BoK) Ltd. has commenced its extension counter service at NAMS (National Academy of Medical Sciences) Bir Hospital from June 30. The counter was inaugurated amidst a function by Director of the Hospital Prof Dr Buland Thapa.</span></p>',
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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">Newly merged NIC Asia Bank is distributing new share certificate of NIC Asia Bank to the shareholders of earlier Bank of Asia Nepal (BoAN). The shareholder are getting shares in the ratio of 2:1 i.e. the shareholder holding two shares of BoAN will get the one new share certificate of NIC Asia Bank Ltd. The new certificates are being distributed from July 2 onwards from Civil Capital Market Ltd.</span></p>',
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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">Om Finance has started mobile banking to its customers. With this, the customers of bank can send or receive money, make payment of bills, recharge balance on mobile phone, make payment of shopping and make online ticket booking.</span></p>',
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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">Executives of Hotel Annapurna handed over a flood relief package with cash and kind to Pramila Acharya, President of Zonta Club Nepal on June 30, 2013. The package for the victims of the far-western region was raised by staff members of the Hotel. Director of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Research and Development (R&amp;D) of Hotel Annapurna Shreejana Rana thanked the staff members for their prompt response towards assisting fellow countrymen in the time of need. This flood relief package was donated to complement the Hotel’s CSR Programme.</span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">Manaslu trekking trail will soon see the installation of wireless internet service. According to Ram Hari Devkota, a local tourism entrepreneur of the district, the installation will be completed within the next 15 days. The task of installing solar pane, battery and tower is almost done. A tower at Ghorjung Dada of Bihi VDC with other 10 sub towers at different other places will be installed for this service,” informed Devkota.&nbsp;</span></p>
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	Devkota further added, “This project has been started with the financial help of DFID as well the programme of Great Himalayan Trail Development under which Nubri Cultural Youth Awareness Committee provided Rs 3500,000, Rs 500,000 from Manaslu Conservation Area Project (MCAP), Rs 500,000 from Mahabir Pun Trust and various other technical and financial support from District Development Committee and VDC.”&nbsp;</p>
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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">The figures released by Immigration Office, Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) have revealed that the visitor arrivals in the month of June 2013, compared to the same month last year, have decreased by 4.6 per cent to 41,259. In aggregate, the South Asian segment has registered negative growth of 12.5 per cent. India has recorded negative growth of 15.3 per cent. Also, arrivals from Pakistan have decreased by 28.8 per cent. However, arrivals from Bangladesh and Sri Lanka have increased by 53.8per cent and 62.9 per cent respectively.</span></p>
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	Arrivals from Asia (other than South Asia) have recorded positive growth of 20.8per cent in aggregate. The visitor arrivals from China grew by 25.7 per cent compared to the same month last year. Similarly, the arrivals from Malaysia and Singapore have also increased by 195.1 per cent and 3.5per cent respectively. Japan, South Korea and Thailand markets saw declines of 10.5 per cent, 23.4 per cent and 18.8 per cent respectively.&nbsp;</p>
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	An overall positive growth of 1.4 per cent has been observed from the European markets with arrivals from markets such as the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy and Spain up by 2.6 per cent, 14.7per cent, 24.5per cent, 6.1per cent and 15.9per cent respectively.&nbsp;</p>
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	Between January to June 2013, international tourist arrivals to Nepal have declined by 3.9 per cent to 282,429 in aggregate. A total of 50,312 foreign tourists departed from TIA in June 2013. The number of Nepali arrivals stood at 57,931 while 82,167 Nepalis departed from TIA in June 2013.</p>
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	<strong><span style="font-size: 12px;">--By Sujan Tiwari</span></strong></p>
<p>
	The Terrace Garden, one of the latest offerings of Radisson Hotel, has been the favourite of locals and in-house guests of the hotel for about a year now. Situated on the fourth floor of the Hotel’s new building, Terrace Garden offers a nice view of the city, delicious food and a soothing ambience.&nbsp;</p>
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	According to Neeta Upadhaya, F and B Executive at Radisson, Terrace Garden is different from other restaurants of the Hotel as it has a well maintained garden that offers a feeling of freshness to the guests. The restaurant looks classy, yet it feels really cozy. There is a comfortable seating arrangement in the garden for those who want to sit under the open sky. You can also chose to relax in the wide seating area next to the bar.&nbsp;</p>
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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">According to Upadhaya, the restaurant sees equal number of in-house and external guests, and the restaurant sees the locals as its potential guests. “As the menu is quite affordable, we expect more guests from outside,” said Upadhaya. Gatherings, events and parties are very frequent here at Terrace Garden. The restaurant also organizes its own events at times to promote the restaurant. Barbeque nights, themed parties and different food promotions will continue as soon as the monsoon is over, said Upadhaya.</span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">The restaurant serves fusion dishes, as well as Indian, Chinese, Continental and Italian cuisine. One of the most loved starters here is Momo Platter. The platter is served with fried, steamed, kothey and chilli chicken momos. The platter is a nice choice for those who want to try every type of momo in a single order. Classic Caesar Salad and Greek salad are the best selling salads here.&nbsp;</span></p>
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	Burgers and sandwiches are also very popular here, and not to miss is Toasted Panini. It is a French bread sandwich with cumin chicken, tahini paste and lettuce served with fries. Hawaiian burger is another specialty of Terrace Garden. The burger comes with m a r i n a t e d ground beef, fried egg, onion, bacon, yak cheese and grilled pineapple. The burger is served with fries and salad.&nbsp;</p>
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	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<img alt="Salad" height="133" hspace="25" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mylz9tfY2Yc/UdviKIoTfmI/AAAAAAAABBU/ensHEyU8Oa8/s575/salad (Copy).jpg" width="200" />&nbsp;<img alt="" height="133" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Kbec2SxI950/UdviJf8EUfI/AAAAAAAABBI/YdB0aABU4PY/s600/momo (Copy).jpg" width="253" /></p>
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	The restaurant also boasts of delicious pizzas. Eight varieties of pizzas are served here, that include Pizza Cinque, Pizza Sei and Pizza Dieci among others. All the pizzas are made with fresh tomato concasse, mozzarella and yak cheese, onion, garlic and other tasty toppings. There are quite a few options for main courses too, and Duck Supreme Sizzler is one aof them. The sizzler is served with duck meat, sautéed vegetables and fried noodles with savoury garlic sauce. Chicken Pepperita, a grilled chicken dish is another tasty option. The bar here serves different cocktails and mocktails along with aperitifs, cognacs, liqueurs, whiskies,wines and beers.&nbsp;</p>
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	Terrace Garden is one of such places where you want to sit and relax for hours, sipping your favourite drink. Add to it the scrumptious food and a comforting ambience; you have a perfect recipe for a lasting memory.</p>
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	<strong><span style="font-size: 12px;">--By Pinaki Roy</span></strong></p>
<p>
	The Furniture and Furnishing Expo (Furnex) 2013 expo will exhibit and display home &amp; office furniture; dining, kitchen, bathroom furniture &amp; appliances; outdoor furniture; flooring &amp; furnishing; steel &amp; wooden railing; wooden &amp; aluminum windows &amp; doors, partition, false ceiling among others. The participating companies will also have plywood, boards, laminates; furniture machinery tools/fittings &amp; fabricators; tiles, marbles, granite; upholstered, mattresses, cushions, mats; paints, wallpapers; adhesives, interior items during the five-day event.</p>
<p>
	All in all, Furnex Nepal 2013 will provide a single platform for buyers and sellers, informed Kabindra Joshi, Spokesperson of the expo and General Secretary of NFFA. He added that all the leading furniture producers of the country will be participating in the expo along with some foreign brands. A total of 59 stalls will be erected for the expo in an area of 11,000 sqm, “While 57 of them will be housed in the exhibition hall of Bhrikuti Mandap, another two stalls will be provided space outside the hall,” said Joshi.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	The expo promises to offer a complete furniture and furnishing solution to the visitors through the five-day event. It is being organised to familiarise people with the current availability of furniture and furnishing products in the market. “We look to inform the visitors at the expo about the usefulness of the products along with pricing, maintenance and other related information,” Joshi told.</p>
<p>
	The visitors at the expo will be given valuable information on how to choose products to suit their needs. Confirmed participants for the expo include Furniture Land, Index Furniture and S B Furniture among foreign brands. As for the local brands, Alpha Interiors, Wood N Style, Sann Furniture, Bira Furniture, Yeti Carpet, Yeti Polymer, S T Carpet, Duro Mattress and Darling Mattress among others have already confirmed participation.&nbsp;</p>
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				<img alt="Floor Plan for Furnex Nepal 2013" height="379" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sgnwfIx78Og/UdvLmo_XGGI/AAAAAAAABAg/DAMTi-j-5mM/s640/furnex2.jpg" width="500" /></td>
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				<b>Floor Plan for Furnex Nepal 2013</b></td>
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<p>
	<strong>Expo Expectations&nbsp;</strong></p>
<p>
	The organisers are expecting to attract 5,000 official and 150,000 general visitors at Furnex Nepal 2013. “We are organising the event with the aim of making it a branding expo. Hence, there will be no emphasis on sales during the event,” Joshi stated. He said that the importers, manufacturers and government functionaries will be brought together to ensure a conducive environment for the benefit of the industry.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	The organisers will also conduct seminars at the expo to create an important platform for stakeholders, industrialists and general public to interact, said Joshi. He added that the event will be emphasising on Nepali products and become instrumental in popularising furniture produced by local craftsmen.</p>
<p>
	<strong>Imported Products&nbsp;</strong></p>
<p>
	A whopping 60 per cent of the furniture and furnishing products available in Nepal are imported. The imported goods include flooring, furnishing (except carpets), furniture and décor items. “While imports have swelled over the years, domestic production is declining on a consistent basis,” said Joshi.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	While overpopulation due to excessive migration of people to different urban centres in Nepal has resulted in increased demand for more furniture, domestic manufacturers have not been able to supply the market demand. “The decline in domestic production has not stopped people from buying furniture and hence, traders are increasingly depending on imported products to meet the market demand,” Joshi reasoned.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	Manufacturers allege that lack of skilled craftsmen, power cuts, non-availability of raw materials and absence of a favourable government policy are among the reasons why domestic production has declined. They said, “We need a proper government mechanism to help us boost our industry.” They added that the volatile political environment of the country too has hit them hard.</p>
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				<img alt="Members of Furnex Nepal 2012 Organising Committee" height="208" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-hmrWIPyoJPY/UdvLlmMOL3I/AAAAAAAABAQ/Y5gUraqXA80/s958/furnex.jpg" width="550" /></td>
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				<strong>Members of Furnex Nepal 2012 Organising Committee addressing a press conference last year</strong></td>
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	<strong style="font-size: 12px;">Future Prospects&nbsp;</strong></p>
<p>
	An investment of Rs 20 billion has already been made in the domestic furniture and furnishing industry, Joshi stated. He added, “We have a strategy to propose the government and bring its attention to the industry and give it its due treatment.”&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	Apart from the cultural and historical significances, traditional furniture industry can also be a considerable boost to the economy of the country if it is run smoothly. “If it is possible, why not provide a boost to the local industry and keep the money in the country,” said Joshi. He added that the domestic manufacturers, if encouraged and treated properly, have the potential to export in addition to fulfilling local demand.</p>
<p>
	“The furniture and furnishing industry can look forward to have better days ahead,” claimed Joshi, “Because these items have become necessities today and are not luxury anymore.” He said that housing &amp; real estate, residences, office complexes, hotels &amp; restaurants, schools &amp; colleges and development projects are the booming sectors for the furniture and furnishing industry.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	Furnex 2013, the five-day Furniture and Furnishing Expo in its second year, will kick off at Bhrikuti Mandap on 25 September. The branding exhibition, also the first of its kind in the country, is being organised to uplift and give exposure to domestic as well as imported products. The event, organised in 2012 for the first time, met with reasonable success and NFFA hopes to fare better this year.</p>
<p>
	“Encouraged by the overwhelmingly response of the participants last year, we planned to make it an annual event,” said Joshi, “We have gained experience during Furnex 2012 and hope it will come handy in organising the event this year.” Furnex 2013 hopes to attract homemakers and other potential buyers looking for furniture and furnishing products, along with hoteliers, industrialists, business entrepreneurs, students, and interior designers during the event.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	The organisers are hoping that, at the expo, customers will become familiar with quality and variety of locally manufactured furniture, eventually encouraging them to use locally produced items.</p>',
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	<strong>Nepal Furniture &amp; Furnishing Association&nbsp;</strong></p>
<p>
	Nepal Furniture &amp; Furnishing Association (NFFA) is an umbrella organisation of furniture and furnishing manufacturers, product importers, distributors, dealers and professionals. It is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation established in 2056 BS with the involvement of a group of renowned furniture and furnishing related business people of Nepal. It focuses on promoting of furniture and furnishing products in Nepal in urban as well as rural areas besides protecting the rights of this sector’s businessmen and professionals. The Association believes in public private partnership and in assisting the Government of Nepal in related objectives like national import/export, manufacturing policy etc. It also believes in advocacy of user rights such as cases of warranty, guarantee, counterfeit, fraud issues of grey channel and any other denial of end user rights.&nbsp;</p>
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	<strong>Bira Furniture&nbsp;</strong></p>
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	Bira Furniture is one of the oldest wooden factory in Nepal, established in 1963 and deals in all kinds of wooden products, manufacturing and supplying furniture, door/window frames, trusses, parquets, wall paneling etc. The company, now run by his family, was established by Padam Shrestha. Since the time man started building, there has been engineering and in case of wooden products, there has been ‘Timber Engineering’. Bira Furniture knows how to design the wood crafts so that its method of structural analysis is put into practice. The transition of wood craft to wood art in the sphere of timber engineering to create elegance above excellence is Bira’s motto. In its 43 years of service, the company has made an exclusive clientele of leading hotels, resorts, hydro electric projects, showrooms, restaurants, schools, offices and residences with strong and upscale market possession.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	<strong>S T Carpet&nbsp;</strong></p>
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	S T Carpet was founded in 1992 by Sonam Tamang to meet the growing need of high quality Tibetan-Nepali rugs around the world. Over the years, it has established itself as one of the prominent manufacturers dedicated to supply premium handmade rugs from Nepal. S T Carpets specializes in both custom and readymade carpets and supplies its buyers with quality handmade rugs. The company caters to the custom designed projects markets while the quality of its carpets is reflected in its selection of materials and craftsmanship. The exclusive services of S T Carpet include custom rug design, premium materials and craftsmanship, customized project support, worldwide export and goodweave certified.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	<strong>Index Furniture Nepal&nbsp;</strong></p>
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	Launched in 2012, Index Furniture Nepal operates from its showrooms at Metro Park, Uttar Dhoka Lazimpat and Steel Tower Building Jawlakhel. It deals in bedroom sets, modular kitchens, dining sets, sofas, armchairs, entertainment centers, sofa beds, office furniture etc. Index Furniture Nepal acquired a franchise from the Thailand-based brand. Index Furniture entered Nepal after doing a market observation which concluded that the estimated market size was good. It focused on the medium and upper segment of consumers and planned the products accordingly. Despite being many brands present in Nepal it looked at delivering the full range of products which was lacking in the market. Index Furniture claims to be superior in terms of design, function, materials used and price. Index Furniture offers the best quality furniture that is designed by world class designers and leading designers of Thailand. It addresses all modern lifestyle with functional designs in many categories. The Index store in Nepal is similar to the one in Thailand and it can show the products and combinations of many products for bedrooms, living rooms, kitchens and home offices.</p>
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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">Bhargav Bikas Bank has opened its branch at Basgadi, Bardiya.</span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">Pathibhara Bikas Bank and Srijana Finance have signed an agreement for merger. After the merger the name of the new entity will be Pathibhara Bikas Bank with head office and corporate office at Biratnagar.</span></p>',
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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">Kumari Bank Limited (KBL) and Rastriya Beema Sansthan (RBS) have signed an agreement whereby the bank will operate extension counter in the premises of RBS effective from 30 June 2013. The agreement was signed by Uday K. Upadhyay, Acting CEO of Kumari Bank Limited and Ram Bahadur Khadka, Administrator of RBS. KBL is providing banking services from 30 points of representations.</span></p>',
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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">Infrastructure Development Bank (ID Bank) has pulled out from merger process with Manakamana Dev Bank, Yeti Finance and Valley Finance. The decision was taken by the management team on July 2. According to Kamal Gautam, CEO of ID Bank, difference on certain matters regarding the merger process forced them to drop out.</span></p>',
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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">H &amp; B Development Bank has opened its branch at Bhanu Chowk, Janakpur. The branch was inaugurated by bank’s chairman Shrawan Kumar Agrawal.</span></p>',
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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">As the final approval of merger from Nepal Rastra Bank and Company Registrar’s Office has been received, Professional Bikas Bank Limited (PBBL) and Diyalo Bikas Bank Limited (DBBL) are going to operate jointly in the name of “Professional Diyalo Bikas Bank Limited” from July 9. The registered office of the merged entity will be at DBBL’s registered office situated at Banepa-8.</span></p>',
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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">Newly merged NIC Asia Bank is distributing new share certificate of NIC Asia Bank to the shareholders of earlier Bank of Asia Nepal (BoAN). The shareholder are getting shares in the ratio of 2:1 i.e. the shareholder holding two shares of BoAN will get the one new share certificate of NIC Asia Bank Ltd. The new certificates are being distributed from July 2 onwards from Civil Capital Market Ltd.</span></p>',
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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">Om Finance has started mobile banking to its customers. With this, the customers of bank can send or receive money, make payment of bills, recharge balance on mobile phone, make payment of shopping and make online ticket booking.</span></p>',
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